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    Dan Duchaine and EFAs

    http://www.ironmanmagazine.com/ebooks/suppchps/suppch6.pdf
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    heat can reduce atrophy

    read the above post techo - if the heatshock protein prevents connective tissue breakdown, then your SD will be rendered less useful, since the whole point of SD is to allow breakdown of connective tissue.
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    Question about posture (kate?)

    how can you relax when you have to contract the muscles to maintain posture?
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    Can I use less protein if I only work 1/2 the body

    kewl - thanks. yea that makes sense - the differential amount is probably so small that it wouldn't be practical to account for it, and as he says if you're filling up the exercise split during that prolonged synthesis period you got the overlap.
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    Question about posture (kate?)

    I'm curious - good posture is touted as one that involves sitting with an arched back. I can do this and it looks aesthetically pleasing, however i don't find it comfortable to sustain for any period of time. I gather the reason is that maintaining that posture requires the erector spinae to...
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    heat can reduce atrophy

    the question is whether the heat shock protein will also protect connective tissue from breaking down during the SD.
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    Can I use less protein if I only work 1/2 the body

    I understand that protein is used for things other that reparing muscle tissue, which is why i said I'm assuming a portion of the protein is used to do so. Protein synthesis may be an ongoing process, but from what little i understand, synthesis increases after hypertrophic stimuli. Wouldn't...
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    Can I use less protein if I only work 1/2 the body

    Why not? Assuming that a portion of the protein you consume is used to repair and grow muscle, wouldn't there be a prima facie case for saying that less protein is needed if there is less muscle to repair and grow (which would be the case if one only worked out half the muscles in the body)...
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    Pain in the knee's!

    Advise him to see a doctor and have his knees examined. Also consult with a physiotherapist perhaps for some exercises or stretching or something. dunno just guessin
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    nutritional profile?

    The term profile is a useful one that is hard to define. A psychological profile of someone refers to the array of psychological characteristics of that individual, along a given set of general characteristics. (for example, personality type, aggressiveness, selfishness, etc (making these up) )...
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    Fastest way to gain for beginner is ?

    louno - excellent job on changing around your diet - if you've managed to stick with the diet alone for a whole week consistently, you've already accomplished a lot, and it shows you're serious - I would vouch for the fact that you will experience good results in the near future, if you maintain...
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    What Causes Soreness

    Whatever causes it, i value it, partly due to a (somewhat unjustified) belief that it is correlated with growth; but also coz i can feel my muscles much more viscerally than usual.
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    Fastest way to gain for beginner is ?

    Christ, do you partake or engage in any mind altering/enhancing substances or techniques before writing your posts? i love reading your stuff :)
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    Caloric demands on a per movement basis

    Curious as to how many calories, roughly, are expended for an average movement by an average muscle, over an average range, for an average weight, both concentric and eccentric. Let's calibrate with these two movements: * full squat with 200 pounds - average torso/limb ratios/insertions. *...
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    What are you Eating?

    Meal1: 3 extra large eggs (boiled). (perhaps i should cut down on the yolks?) Banana. Glass of milk. Meal 2: Can of tuna mixed with plain yoghurt and pepper. Peanut butter and banana sandwich on whole grain bread. Glass of milk. Meal3: Quarter pound chicken breast. Bowl of almonds and grapes...
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    supplements

    Cell-#### ? why did you write cell-#### ? (maybe it's a banned word on the board?) edit: err apparantly so - tech Cell#### cell-t.e.c.h. why is this a banned word?
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    Weight gainer? recommendations

    man diabanol - your recipies are so inspiring! Good stuff :) Curious tho: What's the upper range of calories you could consume in a single "drinking" for good efficacy? (efficacy with respect to efficient digestion and balanced/healthy utilization of body. Would saturating it with...
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    sexual abstinence and performance

    no need for crude language budec yeah i'm sure u can indulge and drain urself on that one day. The important thing is probably the abstinance interval. Now according to the study pasted at the beginning of this thread, the interval is 7 days. According to a poster on this board, he claims...
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