Comments on: The Future Of MuscleHack - Be A Part Of It! http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/ Build Muscle, Six Pack Abs and Lose Fat Fast. Natural BodyBuilding Blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:47:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark McManus http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1459 Mark McManus Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:25:03 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1459 Hi Allen, Comments like that make my day, thanks. I hope this site serves you well and I know you'll get your body into the shape you desire. 40 lbs down, that's fantastic - congratulations! Work on the forum will commence soon and I'll be glad of any help I can get quite frankly as I'm not a technical in the slightest. You're doing great on the sit-ups and push-ups but as you suspected I'm not an expert in running and stamina. There's a marathon-running guy at youtube I know. I'm sure he'd be glad to help you, go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/bowulf Tell him MuscleHack sent you. Glad you like the site Allen, Mark Hi Allen,
Comments like that make my day, thanks.
I hope this site serves you well and I know you’ll get your body into the shape you desire.
40 lbs down, that’s fantastic - congratulations!
Work on the forum will commence soon and I’ll be glad of any help I can get quite frankly as I’m not a technical in the slightest.
You’re doing great on the sit-ups and push-ups but as you suspected I’m not an expert in running and stamina. There’s a marathon-running guy at youtube I know. I’m sure he’d be glad to help you, go here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/bowulf
Tell him MuscleHack sent you.
Glad you like the site Allen,
Mark

]]> By: Tarik http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1456 Tarik Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:18:44 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1456 Thanks Mark for the great resources. Stumbled! Thanks Mark for the great resources.

Stumbled!

]]> By: Allen http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1455 Allen Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:30:30 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1455 Bro, found your site last night. Honestly, I havent had the time to throughly go through the whole thing yet, but it took about two minutes to understand that you are sharing your experiences with us as a service to the individuals that are serious about their health. Thanks. I am 40 years old and have drifted in and out of the fitness world most of those years simply because I seem to always hook up with the lastest fad that never lives up to the hype. This past year I recommitted myself to fitness and have made monumental gains with the goals that I set. As your experience shows I too found myself wading through the BS, wasting time, but have achieved a forty lbs weight loss in a healthy manner. Im in the early stages of rebuilding my body to fit the physical demands that working in a prison dictates. I think that your site will be the catalyst that helps me dodge the plateaus and achieve my goals efficiently. As for the future of this site, I truly hope that a forum is in the future as everyone has millions of questions. I have a computer geek friend that I will see this weekend that I will pick his brain for info that might help in making this a reality. Sorry for the long blog, but thanks for the straight dope that I have seen so far. A question, may be out of your area of expertise but here goes....I have a competition at work the first week of june. The physical fitness test consists of two minutes of pushups, two minutes of sit ups and a mile and a half run. Presently my pushups are in the 100-110 range and the situps are about the same(Im please with that, by the way im 6ft 185) The problem is my run, while my time is somewhat respectable around ten minutes, I struggle with the first mile. I seem to really bog down out of the gate and lose alot of time in the first mile, after that the proverbial second wind kicks in and I can run forever. Any ideas on how I can overcome this obstacle? I would like to be around 830 for the mile and a half. My legs feel fine its just I cant seem to get my breathing in check fast enough. Peace. Bro, found your site last night. Honestly, I havent had the time to throughly go through the whole thing yet, but it took about two minutes to understand that you are sharing your experiences with us as a service to the individuals that are serious about their health. Thanks. I am 40 years old and have drifted in and out of the fitness world most of those years simply because I seem to always hook up with the lastest fad that never lives up to the hype. This past year I recommitted myself to fitness and have made monumental gains with the goals that I set. As your experience shows I too found myself wading through the BS, wasting time, but have achieved a forty lbs weight loss in a healthy manner. Im in the early stages of rebuilding my body to fit the physical demands that working in a prison dictates. I think that your site will be the catalyst that helps me dodge the plateaus and achieve my goals efficiently. As for the future of this site, I truly hope that a forum is in the future as everyone has millions of questions. I have a computer geek friend that I will see this weekend that I will pick his brain for info that might help in making this a reality. Sorry for the long blog, but thanks for the straight dope that I have seen so far. A question, may be out of your area of expertise but here goes….I have a competition at work the first week of june. The physical fitness test consists of two minutes of pushups, two minutes of sit ups and a mile and a half run. Presently my pushups are in the 100-110 range and the situps are about the same(Im please with that, by the way im 6ft 185) The problem is my run, while my time is somewhat respectable around ten minutes, I struggle with the first mile. I seem to really bog down out of the gate and lose alot of time in the first mile, after that the proverbial second wind kicks in and I can run forever. Any ideas on how I can overcome this obstacle? I would like to be around 830 for the mile and a half. My legs feel fine its just I cant seem to get my breathing in check fast enough. Peace.

]]> By: Mark McManus http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1441 Mark McManus Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:55:41 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1441 Hi Tarek. I just answered a very similar question via email so I'll include some of that email here. As far as food ideas goes I would advise a high-protein breakfast. Nothing beats eggs for this. Your main meal should be meat and veggies. Then you have your post-workout shake, so there's maybe another 2 or 3 meals throughout the day you need to plan for. A leafy salad is always a good idea (with caesar dressing, mayo, balsamic vinegar). Home made protein bar which is just whey protein, natural peanut butter and a tiny bit of cream (splenda to sweeten). Sometimes I just grab a big bag of chicken drumsticks (not breaded but flavored) for a daytime snack from local supermarket Beef Jerky String Cheese or just some cheese cut into cubes with a cup of coffee :) Nuts Whipped cream sweetened (add some chocolate flavored whey to taste) BIG protein shake http://www.musclehack.com/monster-whey-protein-shake-recipe/ Here's a list of foods, tuna chicken prawns beef salmon turkey clams pork sole duck squid lamb trout goose shrimp veal crabmeat ham sardines quail venison devilled eggs herring pheasant omelettes Here's some good veggies Broccoli Cauliflower Cabbage Celeriac (celery root) Onion Salad Veggies mushrooms lettuce tomato peppers cucumber celery Youtube is good for finding low carb recipes too. Hope all that helps Tarik, Mark Hi Tarek. I just answered a very similar question via email so I’ll include some of that email here.

As far as food ideas goes I would advise a high-protein breakfast. Nothing beats eggs for this.

Your main meal should be meat and veggies. Then you have your post-workout shake, so there’s maybe another 2 or 3 meals throughout the day you need to plan for.

A leafy salad is always a good idea (with caesar dressing, mayo, balsamic vinegar).
Home made protein bar which is just whey protein, natural peanut butter and a tiny bit of cream (splenda to sweeten).

Sometimes I just grab a big bag of chicken drumsticks (not breaded but flavored) for a daytime snack from local supermarket

Beef Jerky
String Cheese or just some cheese cut into cubes with a cup of coffee :)
Nuts
Whipped cream sweetened (add some chocolate flavored whey to taste)
BIG protein shake http://www.musclehack.com/monster-whey-protein-shake-recipe/

Here’s a list of foods,

tuna
chicken
prawns
beef
salmon
turkey
clams
pork
sole
duck
squid
lamb
trout
goose
shrimp
veal
crabmeat
ham
sardines
quail
venison
devilled eggs
herring
pheasant
omelettes

Here’s some good veggies

Broccoli
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Celeriac (celery root)
Onion

Salad Veggies

mushrooms
lettuce
tomato
peppers
cucumber
celery

Youtube is good for finding low carb recipes too.

Hope all that helps Tarik,

Mark

]]> By: Tarik http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1432 Tarik Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:47:56 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1432 Hi Mark, First off, excellent site you have here. I used to work out religiously, then kind of got sidetracked after an injury. I started searching the web for interesting bodybuilding articles, and found your site. Sure glad I did. I think your MANS diet is very intriguing, and I plan to implement some of your suggestions into my daily routine. My 1 question is this: Where can I find a list of High protein/Fat foods that aren't processed? I'm having a hard time finding natural foods to add to my diet. Thanks! Hi Mark,

First off, excellent site you have here. I used to work out religiously, then kind of got sidetracked after an injury.

I started searching the web for interesting bodybuilding articles, and found your site. Sure glad I did.

I think your MANS diet is very intriguing, and I plan to implement some of your suggestions into my daily routine.

My 1 question is this: Where can I find a list of High protein/Fat foods that aren’t processed? I’m having a hard time finding natural foods to add to my diet.

Thanks!

]]> By: Dr. Weil Gives Low Carb Diets The Thumbs Up | MuscleHack http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1404 Dr. Weil Gives Low Carb Diets The Thumbs Up | MuscleHack Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:29:21 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1404 [...] Weil mentioned the Glycemic Load, something I mentioned in my ‘Future of MuscleHack‘ article. I’ll soon be creating a bodybuilding diet plan based on low Glycemic Load [...] [...] Weil mentioned the Glycemic Load, something I mentioned in my ‘Future of MuscleHack‘ article. I’ll soon be creating a bodybuilding diet plan based on low Glycemic Load [...]

]]> By: Mark McManus http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1383 Mark McManus Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:06:02 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1383 @ Andrew. On a low carb bodybuilding diet, you need to eat BIG - really BIG. I can't stress that enough. Low carb is satiating and you can be tricked into thinking you've ate enough when you haven't so eat like you've never ate before. That's why I did the post on the monster protein shake. Don't be afraid to go a little nuts at the weekend too when carbing up. @ Ramin. I appreciate the offer Ramin, I'll keep your email address. Yes a section on exercise execution might be beneficial. The diet section is on its way for sure. I like the pictures section idea. If I don't get that up right away, it'll be in the works for the future. Ramin I'm going to do a post soon on a mid-week carb-up for skinny guys but for now just start carbing from around 4-5pm on Wednesdays until you go to bed. You can also experiment with the GLAD diet when I get it done, it's higher carbs but only those carbs that have a minimal impact on blood sugar. You may be very well suited to it. Cheers guys, Mark @ Andrew. On a low carb bodybuilding diet, you need to eat BIG - really BIG. I can’t stress that enough. Low carb is satiating and you can be tricked into thinking you’ve ate enough when you haven’t so eat like you’ve never ate before. That’s why I did the post on the monster protein shake. Don’t be afraid to go a little nuts at the weekend too when carbing up.

@ Ramin. I appreciate the offer Ramin, I’ll keep your email address. Yes a section on exercise execution might be beneficial. The diet section is on its way for sure. I like the pictures section idea. If I don’t get that up right away, it’ll be in the works for the future. Ramin I’m going to do a post soon on a mid-week carb-up for skinny guys but for now just start carbing from around 4-5pm on Wednesdays until you go to bed. You can also experiment with the GLAD diet when I get it done, it’s higher carbs but only those carbs that have a minimal impact on blood sugar. You may be very well suited to it.
Cheers guys,
Mark

]]> By: Ramin http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1379 Ramin Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:04:36 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1379 Hello Mark, I have been on the MANS plan for about 3 months now. I've seen some great results. I think your ideas for the future of MH are really great thus far, and I'm here to help with anything I can. I have a good amount of technical knowledge, so your free to email me if you're ever stuck in a rut. As for the sections in the forums, a few ideas are: -A section on Proper Form, (where people could discuss your upcoming form videos and put a bit of their own input into it). -A section about progress and success stories/pictures (mostly for motivation) -Also a section on Diet would be greatly welcome (the MANS diet, and other diets like the upcoming GLAD diet) One more thing I nearly forgot. I am a very skinny guy, about 135-140 generally, and 6 foot. Also i'm about 2% body fat. I don't know if i should continue the MANS strategy exactly (fat during week, carb-up during weekend) or should i just keep both consistently high? I surely need to gain some weight however. Preferably muscle. Thanks Your friend, Ramin Hello Mark,
I have been on the MANS plan for about 3 months now.
I’ve seen some great results.
I think your ideas for the future of MH are really great thus far,
and I’m here to help with anything I can.
I have a good amount of technical knowledge, so your free to email me if you’re ever stuck in a rut.
As for the sections in the forums, a few ideas are:

-A section on Proper Form, (where people could discuss your upcoming form videos and put a bit of their own input into it).
-A section about progress and success stories/pictures (mostly for motivation)
-Also a section on Diet would be greatly welcome (the MANS diet, and other diets like the upcoming GLAD diet)

One more thing I nearly forgot. I am a very skinny guy, about 135-140 generally, and 6 foot. Also i’m about 2% body fat. I don’t know if i should continue the MANS strategy exactly (fat during week, carb-up during weekend) or should i just keep both consistently high? I surely need to gain some weight however. Preferably muscle.
Thanks

Your friend,
Ramin

]]> By: Andrew http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1373 Andrew Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:49:36 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1373 Mark, I agree with Mark about PHPBB. I've seen it work elsewhere nicely. I've never had any back-end experience with it (haven't touched PHP for 3 years), but from what I've heard, it's good stuff. Also, I'm quite interested in seeing your take on a glycemic index diet, as I'm a big fan of whole grains. I've been doing the MANS diet now for 5 weeks, and have seen *some* gains...but nothing earth-shattering (i.e. 1/4" more on the chest). I may just not be eating as much as I should, as I have made it a long-term habit of not eating until I'm stuffed. I eat until I'm comfortable, and only start when I'm hungry. Should I be switching that up some? Eat, hungry or not, then eat until I'm stuffed? It might be the only way that I can see to get the calories in, if that's what my problem is. *shrug* And, of course, I didn't know about the whole beef thing until 2 weeks ago...up until then, my meat intake was primarily fish and chicken. At least I *am* gaining now, after about 6 months of getting -nada-; and my overall weight has stayed about the same (low 180's). Ok, enough of my life story. ;) Mark,
I agree with Mark about PHPBB. I’ve seen it work elsewhere nicely. I’ve never had any back-end experience with it (haven’t touched PHP for 3 years), but from what I’ve heard, it’s good stuff.

Also, I’m quite interested in seeing your take on a glycemic index diet, as I’m a big fan of whole grains. I’ve been doing the MANS diet now for 5 weeks, and have seen *some* gains…but nothing earth-shattering (i.e. 1/4″ more on the chest). I may just not be eating as much as I should, as I have made it a long-term habit of not eating until I’m stuffed. I eat until I’m comfortable, and only start when I’m hungry. Should I be switching that up some? Eat, hungry or not, then eat until I’m stuffed? It might be the only way that I can see to get the calories in, if that’s what my problem is. *shrug* And, of course, I didn’t know about the whole beef thing until 2 weeks ago…up until then, my meat intake was primarily fish and chicken. At least I *am* gaining now, after about 6 months of getting -nada-; and my overall weight has stayed about the same (low 180’s).

Ok, enough of my life story. ;)

]]> By: Mark McManus http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1372 Mark McManus Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:20:46 +0000 http://www.musclehack.com/the-future-of-musclehack-be-a-part-of-it/#comment-1372 Ryan, Just keep the cardio sessions very short. If the main goal is to lose fat this is fine Ryan, keep carbs low as well and protein consistently high. Mark Ryan,
Just keep the cardio sessions very short.
If the main goal is to lose fat this is fine Ryan, keep carbs low as well and protein consistently high.
Mark

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