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    Strong Lifts 5 x 5 program for the beginner :)

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    • Posts: 388 Member
      Fantastic! Thank you!
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      Oh my goodness, THANK YOU. Bookmarked. :)
    • Posts: 862 Member
      that's great, thanks!
    • Posts: 3,783 Member
      check out this great group

      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/4618-stronglifts-5x5-for-women
    • Posts: 1,624 Member
      bump!
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      My wife did Starting Strength with me (similar program) and she started out using the pre-loaded bar bells with all of her movements. She now uses the olympic bar and plates...just as an example, she started out squatting 1RM of the Olympic Bar and repped with 25 Lbs...she now reps with 145 Lbs (she weighs 120 Lbs and is 5'2"). Mind you, this is about 7 months of progress

      ^^Wow!!! Super impressive! Thanks for the added tips. Bought and read NRLFW and found it much too confusing. The visual by the OP makes much more sense to me!
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      Nice!
    • Posts: 1,276 Member
      Thanks!
      Just started StrongLifts last week and I'm liking it so far. Just feels like I'm not doing enough right now. Weights are so light I have to constantly stop myself from putting more on.
      Do you do cardio with this as well?

      Concentrate on getting good form now while the load is light! With the progressive loading, it will soon get heavy! There are lots of good YouTube vids out there to help with form (e.g. by Mehdi or Mark Rippetoe).

      Do cardio if you like. I do it on my non-lifting days.
    • Posts: 3,038 Member
      Anyone can do this program. It is suggest you start with just the bar, which should not pose much of a problem for anyone.

      Youtube has TONS of good videos regarding proper form. The above-mentioned Starting Strength by Mark Rippletoe goes into crazy detail on the base exercises and he also has some great form videos that support the material in the book.

      There is no reason to wait. Everyone can benefit from compound lifting.
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      bUMPO!
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      Bump! Thanks.
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      Concentrate on getting good form now while the load is light! With the progressive loading, it will soon get heavy! There are lots of good YouTube vids out there to help with form (e.g. by Mehdi or Mark Rippetoe).

      Do cardio if you like. I do it on my non-lifting days.

      Cool, thanks!
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      Awesome visual! Thanks! :drinker:
    • Posts: 71 Member
      Great info to get started... thanks!
    • Posts: 2,979 Member
      Bump for later :)
    • Posts: 33 Member
      thanks! Great find!
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    • Posts: 48 Member
      helps a lot, thanks!
    • Posts: 191 Member
      Awesome! I just started this program last week...thanks for the visual. Also - there are you tube videos if anyone is interested.
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      Thanks.
    • Posts: 185 Member
      Thanks alot. It made it so much simplier to understand. Now I just need to get me some weights.
    • Posts: 754 Member
      THANKS!

      I was a total newbie and was so confused at first, lol. I'm still a beginner and always learning. This is cool.

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      Thanks for the find! Hubby and I did Stronglifts last year but then it fell by the wayside when we got super busy. This renews my motivation to start it up again now that we are through our busy season and hopefully make enough of a habit to keep it going even when it gets crazy again. Love how simple yet effective this program is!
    • Posts: 333 Member
      Thanks for this.
      Have just started a new programme but will keep this for the next one :-)
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