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One book by Bill "Superfoot" Wallace is Dynamic Stretching and Kicking. It is very basic and a lot of the stretches require a partner or are advanced stretches that have no explanations on how to progress to that level. Some other books that should be avoided due to little valuable information are: -Combat Kicking, By: Andre Lima -Basic Training for KICKING, By: Pu Gil Gwon -The Art of Stretching and Kicking, By: James Lew They are not useless, just basic, so I don't thing that they are worth the money. All it took for me was dynamic stretching and isometric leg lifts. You've probably heard that before, but that is the only advice that I can offer.

Thank you for the site ninjanurse! Also a great idea that never crossed my mind, Gloi. There are one or two small farms that I know of that are only a few miles away. I think I'll drop by and ask about their hens.

Protein is not my problem here. I was concerned with such things as essential fatty acids, HDL Cholesterol, and saturated fats, which I am unsure as to whether I am getting enough of or not.

I am a vegan, meaning that I don't eat dairy products or eggs. The reason for this is that I do not trust the sources of these foods and the methods of how they are obtained. Recently, I started researching nutrition again, and I have come across the eating principles of the Tibetan lamas. The lamas will consume butter, and raw or medium boiled egg yolks (Also the whites if they did manual labor during the day) daily. They say that these foods aid the functions of the brain and provide essentials for the body. Does anyone have a clue if it would be wise for me to find a natural and healthy source of these foods or if I can acquire the essentials offered by other means?

Along with low body fat, dynamic strength resulted in large forearm veins. If you are interested. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0865680132/qid=1069616675/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-6416591-5098541?v=glance&s=books

Sorry for being unclear, but I was talking about dynamic strength training not isometrics. Here is an example of an exercise called the Vertical Palm Press. It's the same exercise that newbalance had described with the imaginary rock. 1. Start out with your hands out in front of you, at chest level. 2. With your palms facing away from your chest and using a count of 3, extend your arms straight out from your body using as much tension as possible. 3. After you fully extend your arms, bring them back to the starting position with as much tension as possible, using the 3 count. IMO, Dynamic strength exercises have strength gains different from weight training but just as beneficial. (I hear it's good for cholesterol too.)

Plyometrics are exercises where you perform the reps in rapid sucession. Isometrics are exercises where you hold a position for a period of time. Such as sitting in a horse stance or holding a point in a pushup movement. What you have been doing is called dynamic strength training. Where you tense your muscles and use them to counteract eachother making a movement as difficult as you wish. The great thing about dynamic strength is that any movement can be a strength training exercise. I have also found DST to be a nice developer of speed The most complete guide that I have seen is a book by Harry Wong called "Dynamic Strength".

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I'll be going again tomorrow morning and I'll let you know when I return. That is, IF I return, hehe.

I have a large field behind my house and I go out there a lot now that it is summer and all. My favorite place to go is the area around the basketball court on the edge of the woods. But a few days ago there was this bird (Red-Winged Blackbird) that started to fly circles around my head. Each day he has gotten more violent. Yesterday he actually started taking dives at me and today he followed me halfway home before he gave up. His nest seems to be far enough away that I shouldn't be invading his territory. Is there any way to stop this bird from attacking that doesn't involve harming him or his nest? I don't think the bird seed that I put down will work. At least it's keeping me from boredom somewhat. It's fun dodging the dives.

Fresh fruit and a bowl of cereal makes for a quick and healthy breakfast.

Does any here play DDR? I think that it is an amazing game.

I will try out full day volume training like you suggested Iolair. I will start varying my workouts daily, because I always used to do them routinely which may have been the cause of my plateau. I will also try Nathan's suggestion of weighted pushups. Hobz, you are exactly right about my ectomorph body type. I'm 6'2. But I wasn't always like this. I used to be about 6' 165 but I gave up junk food and sweets and just started losing weight. I'm also a vegan, but I eat more than anyone I know. I get plenty of protein from breads, nuts, cereals, vegetables, and soy milk so I don't think that should be a problem.

I know that there have been a lot of posts on pushups but I have another one for you. Last year I tested myself and I only got 12 pushups. I'm not heavy or anything (135lbs.), but I never really trained before that. So at the beginning of January I tested myself again and I did 18. Since January I have done pushups every other day until about 2 weeks ago. My max is still at 18 (on good days I can squeeze out 19). I have tried absolutely everything I have ever heard of. I alternated variations every two weeks. I tried basic sets (45 PU's total)I tried sets where I max out on each one (18, 15, 11, 10, 7, 5). I have tried pyramid sets ( I only got up to 5 or 6 and back). I tried ladder sets (Got up to 6 or 7) and finally I tried volume training where I did around 10-15 every 5 minutes during my workout. I was wondering if anyone has had a pushup plateau similar to mine and if so how did you break through it. Or it may just be that I am not a pushup (or bench press) kind of guy.