Awesome heavy lifters here ? Rookie has questions !!

Allterrain_Lady

Okay.

1.) Good job for starting lifting!!

2.) Congrats on your progresss.

3.) Good job on having an open mind.

4.) STOP MESSING WITH THE PROGRAM.

Pick a program DO THE PROGRAM.

This means - do the rest- do the lifts- do the time off- the down time- follow the instructions "if you fail- this is what you do"

You don't sound like you're in a place to be tinkering with things- so just don't. Do that later when you run a program and are unhappy or feel you need extra work. There are things at play you don't yet realize that you may need recovery from or are hitting and don't realize so you add something then wind up compromising your life next time b/c you aren't recovered. Too many variables.

This is why a program is a program.

Of course, I keep an open mind. There's no point n asking if you don't want answers.
I admit that if I chose a program, I should do it the way it's been written and not considering it like a buffet and take what pleases me.
I will DO THE PROGRAM! ;-)

Allterrain_Lady

Some Back Raises to help strengthen your lower back and hamtrings will help with stability and injury prevention. Some light ab-work, not for 6-pack but for Core Strength & Stability. Yes the compound lifts help but a little core work is still useful, especially for injury prevention. People often forget about that aspect of lifting.

Definitely taking that into account

Allterrain_Lady

There's no word for how much I love the support system here. Thank you so much for the time you took to put me in the right direction. I'm really really grateful

JoRocka

Okay.

1.) Good job for starting lifting!!

2.) Congrats on your progresss.

3.) Good job on having an open mind.

4.) STOP MESSING WITH THE PROGRAM.

Pick a program DO THE PROGRAM.

This means - do the rest- do the lifts- do the time off- the down time- follow the instructions "if you fail- this is what you do"

You don't sound like you're in a place to be tinkering with things- so just don't. Do that later when you run a program and are unhappy or feel you need extra work. There are things at play you don't yet realize that you may need recovery from or are hitting and don't realize so you add something then wind up compromising your life next time b/c you aren't recovered. Too many variables.

This is why a program is a program.

Of course, I keep an open mind. There's no point n asking if you don't want answers.
I admit that if I chose a program, I should do it the way it's been written and not considering it like a buffet and take what pleases me.
I will DO THE PROGRAM! ;-)

good girl. that's the way it's done. You are miles ahead of many others with an open mind- asking and willing to recieve- that's very hard for some people. Not sure why they ask if they are just going to disagree- so kudos. And I deeply mean that.

i absolutely get wanting to tinker- I've been lifting a long time- and I haven't really been a "program" kind of girl- but I started somewhere around the start of year and have been through 2-3 programs- or variations- it was very VERY difficult for me to let go and just trust the program- annoying to be doing lighter weights that I felt were beneath me and I was embarrassing myself. LOL well now I'm struggling to get through workouts- even with "lighter" for me weights- but I'm repping out a higher weight - my base lifts have all gone up. It's hard- I know believe me I know... but do the program trust it- do other things when you are done.

just but your chest into the collar- lean and do the work. If you constantly stop to look at the work behind you while plowing- you never get the field plowed- you gotta lean in- go all the way to the end and then you can see the work you achomplished.

If you have further questions- don't hesitate to reach out!! We are here for you

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Okay.

1.) Good job for starting lifting!!

2.) Congrats on your progresss.

3.) Good job on having an open mind.

4.) STOP MESSING WITH THE PROGRAM.

Pick a program DO THE PROGRAM.

This means - do the rest- do the lifts- do the time off- the down time- follow the instructions "if you fail- this is what you do"

You don't sound like you're in a place to be tinkering with things- so just don't. Do that later when you run a program and are unhappy or feel you need extra work. There are things at play you don't yet realize that you may need recovery from or are hitting and don't realize so you add something then wind up compromising your life next time b/c you aren't recovered. Too many variables.

This is why a program is a program.

Of course, I keep an open mind. There's no point n asking if you don't want answers.
I admit that if I chose a program, I should do it the way it's been written and not considering it like a buffet and take what pleases me.
I will DO THE PROGRAM! ;-)

This is a really good attitude. You'll do well here.

brower47

If you're not doing hip thrusters then you're not doing Strong Curves. My advice is to do the program the way it is written. Once you start advancing you might need to change things slightly but in the beginning you need to do it by the book.

"Hump the bar"-- at the top of your deadlifts you should thrust your pelvis forward against the bar and squeeze your glutes.


edited: typo

I read that about overhead lifts too. I think it said squeeze the booty when pushing the bar over my head; is that correct too?

Always squeeze your booty.

I know this was meant in humor but you really should be squeezing you booty as much as possible and not just during weight training. Whenever you're just standing, its a good idea to activate both you glutes and abs. A physiotherapist told my father this would help with posture and reduce lower back pain because we generally overuse our back muscles in everyday motion and underuse our butts and abs as a result if out culture generally sitting so much. Just some mildly related FYI.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

If you're not doing hip thrusters then you're not doing Strong Curves. My advice is to do the program the way it is written. Once you start advancing you might need to change things slightly but in the beginning you need to do it by the book.

"Hump the bar"-- at the top of your deadlifts you should thrust your pelvis forward against the bar and squeeze your glutes.


edited: typo

I read that about overhead lifts too. I think it said squeeze the booty when pushing the bar over my head; is that correct too?

Always squeeze your booty.

I know this was meant in humor but you really should be squeezing you booty as much as possible and not just during weight training. Whenever you're just standing, its a good idea to activate both you glutes and abs. A physiotherapist told my father this would help with posture and reduce lower back pain because we generally overuse our back muscles in everyday motion and underuse our butts and abs as a result if out culture generally sitting so much. Just some mildly related FYI.

Good to know.

Allterrain_Lady

I know this was meant in humor but you really should be squeezing you booty as much as possible and not just during weight training. Whenever you're just standing, its a good idea to activate both you glutes and abs. A physiotherapist told my father this would help with posture and reduce lower back pain because we generally overuse our back muscles in everyday motion and underuse our butts and abs as a result if out culture generally sitting so much. Just some mildly related FYI.

I'll try to think about that as often as possible!