In this thread: massive amounts of other-optimization.
Dear OP: As with every other health-related, low-evidence area: experiment, record results, update on data.
In this thread: massive amounts of other-optimization.
WTF? That was the point.
Dear OP: As with every other health-related, low-evidence area: experiment, record results, update on data.
This isn't a low evidence area. There is an enormous amount of evidence relative to things-we-have-evidence-about. I do recommend recording results and updating on data (of course). There are some for whom general purpose routines will not work as well but they are the place to start. Doing what works for most other individuals of your species is hardly a bad heuristic!
I'm looking for resources on effective weight training for the purpose of physique building. It's an area with a particularly poor signal to noise ratio so I would value pointers from other rationalists. The kinds of questions I would like to answer are:
Edit: I'm vegetarian, and I now realise this is rather important to answers to point three. So far the only supplement I've been taking is soy protein.