I agree with you. I think there's plenty of entertainment to be had from youtube bodybuilders, but to use them as inspiration or motivation is a little odd for me. Lifting weights is about primarily bettering yourself, which can be kind of hard to do if you spend a bunch of time admiring guys who are genetically very gifted, juiced to the gills, and much older.
That's my personal approach though and I'm sure using them as inspiration works for some.
Ya, 1 lb a month is very reasonable. You could probably put on more per month as a beginner without ******g yourself over.
This gets discussed a lot here, but basically if you don't have particularly defined ab muscles in the first place, it's going to be difficult to get them to show up without going super low on the bf spectrum. No single food is gonna help. What's your ab-routine? Also, recognize that it's more difficult for women to get to extremely low bf%s than it is for men.
That's the thing, I don't have a set ab routine. I basically just do boot camp/circuit type training. I understand no single food... I mainly just wanted to know of what ideal workout coupled with an ideal "meal plan" will yield me better results.
I'd prefer ab exercises I can do at home w/o gym equipment. I was doing insanity abs but I don't know if that's legit or not. I really like it though because he doesn't have exercises that strain my lower back, which gives me problems.
Mark you say strong lift? Never heard of, I'll google.