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Hello everybody
Hope you are all doing great
I'm moving to a larger house and I have a decent space for a home gym for me and my wife
I planned to stick to the basics so I have just 5 pieces of equipment in my mind

1. Squat Rack (with olympic barbell and weights)
2. Flat/Incline/Decline Bench
3. PowerBlock DB's (5lb to 90lb set)
4. Dual Adjustable Pulley with chinup bar
5. Cardio Equipment (ThreadClimber or Threadmill)

I believe that will be pretty sufficient, what do you think?

Hi, I hope everybody is great and training hard
I have a qauestion for you all and Jamo
I am currently supplementing Protein, Glutamine and BCAA's pre and post workout and I'm thinking of adding creatine to my stack.
Yet I'm in a cutting phase and I don't want to be bloated with the water retention effect of creatine.
Should I simply get creatine out of my mind or go for alternate forms of creatine like creatine ethyl ester or kre-alkalyn?
If so is there a specific brand/product you can recommend

Hey Jamo and the wonderful people on MFT
My questions is about carbs
What do you think is the optimum amount of carbs I should be taking pre and post workout? (I'm 205 lb)
What do you think about the vitargo, waxy maize starch, maltodextrin, dextrose or gatorade?
Do I really have to take it as a supplement or are there any natural foods that would be great post workout carbs? Maybe like bananas or grape juice?
Jamo I would appreciate if you say a few words on this in video answers

Hello everybody on MFT I hope everybody is doing great
I have a question for everyone and jamo, of course.

I know Jamo doesn't like bench presses but I sometimes do it instead of DB presses. In the last 16 weeks I added nearly 25 lb to my bench press but now I'm stuck at 225.

I do 4 sets of bench presses starting with 180 lb for 16-18 reps then 202.5 lb for 11-12 reps and then 225 lb for 5-6 reps with spotting. Then I go for another shot at 225 and just manage 3. This method is what I did to add the 25 lb in 16 weeks but now it seems to have stopped working.

Hello everyone,
Nowadays I'm trying to lower my bodyfat percentage so I'm eating extra clean and reconsidering my mid morning and mid afternoon snacks. I'm 210 pounds and 12-13% bodyfat.
I am eating 15-20 unroasted and unsalted almonds and an apple for mid morning and 50-60 grams of low fat cheese and another apple at mid afternoon. The lowest fat cheese I could find has 7 gr fat and 5.5 gr carbs and 25 gr protein(per 100 gr cheese).

My first question is, I see the protein and carbs are good but is 7gr fat too much?

Hi everyone on MFT,
I have a question and I appreciate every single comment on it
My bodyfat percentage is around 12%, I eat extremely clean and I train 4 times a week at a high intensity. I do run intervals or play pickup basketball as cardio but that's 2 times a week.

I have reasonably good definition in my arms, chest and other parts but the abs.

I believe the reason is not my bodyfat percantage is high but I don't have abs. Of course everybody has abs but mine is not developed enough to be defined. So the question is how to develop them

All of us know by heart that Oatmeal is a great food and it is a must have in our breakfasts. Yesterday I was doing my grocery shopping nearby the oatmeal section I saw a product called wheat germ. It's nutritional values are pretty good (300 calories, 30gr protein, 45 gr carbs 3.5 gr fat per 100 grams) Am I re-inventing the wheel is this a well known product? Or is this a nutritionally superior alternative to oatmeal that I can substitute in my meal plan?