I wonder if there is a way to get the current stickied threads up date a bit. I think that has to be done by a moderator though and I haven't seen one of those peeps around for a while.

Anyway work out today
Recovery run of 3.5k really slow at lunch
Workout A this evening
Squat 180 lbs 5/4/5/4/5 I was pretty confident that I was hitting below parallel on these and I think my running is impacting this negatively as well
Bench 90 lbs 5/5/5/5/4 I think I could have gotten the last rep but I really didn't feel like doing the roll of shame
Row 85lbs 5x5 these felt pretty solid. I just deloaded from 95 lbs so this really wasn't an unknown

Food wise today I saved 600 kcals for my after workout "snack" I had been craving nachos so badly but I think that left me unfueled for my workout. Probably won't be doing that again any time soon

I was also planning on doing a tempo run of 3.5k tomorrow at lunch but I think I will just have an active rest day tomorrow. My shins hurt and my knees are quite stiff so I don't want to push too hard and hurt myself badly.

^^ NOT AT ALL

Poor phrasing on my part. My apologies. I edited my post to fix that.

@Llama - I've been thinking that same thing. Maybe the owner can add a group moderator that's actually active in the group?

And I just re-peeked at the current FAQ, and it covers some things but not all of the stuff that's been coming up lately. It's one of the reasons I like the idea of people posting their favorite pieces of advice -- which will include stuff that new folks might not think to ask about.

I considered staying home today and making it a lazy day off since didn't have work. Instead, I went to the gym and tried out the 6:30 pm grit strength class, which requires dealing with traffic and more people in the gym in general. I know they change the class but guess I didn't quite know how often because it's already different than when I took it two weeks ago, which had been only the second time from the last change. We needed steps and did burpees and jumps with those along with the usual variety of row, clean & press, lunges, etc. I'm still slow, can do far less but I did sort of regular push-ups with the burpees along with trying to jump on one set of jump things, since I don't usually do the jumping. She fixed my form on row, reminding me to pull higher cause I can't quite get the move when going to my stomach. Also, one of the few times I'll be told not to squat so deep, lol.

Did 30 minute walk treadmill after. Now it's time for food and to try and get decent protein today.

Newbie, no questions. I just downloaded 5x5 app. Will start tomorrow. Cardio day today. Been doing too much cardio, need to mix it up.

Having a "so you want to start SL" section would be helpful, I think. There are some questions I thought silly, but ended up saving my form for example.

Yester I carried on with plates on the Oly Bar for OHP - 50 lbs. I managed 4 reps for 4 sets and 5 for the first!! Will keep this going until I get stronger.

The Squat felt a bit odd. I do not know if it is because of a long time injury that I have on my hip.

Has anyone ever experienced pain/discomfort in the hips when squatting? Right on the pelvic bone? Am researching on stretches...

Apparently I jumped the gun getting back into the gym today...

Squats - I barely broke parallel with the bar only before my back was screaming at me, I did half squats to see if it would help stretch things out, but no luck. Just pain!

OHP - 1x8 @ 45, 5x5 @‌

BW Dips - 3x12

And a lot of foam rolling. Felt lame only spending 30 minutes there, but I fear my back will get worse if I don't let it heal.
As I type this it hurts when I sit :-(

Any suggestions on what do to for lower back pain other than rest? And stretches that really help you??

Ugh. Frustrating couple days. Last night was 3 hrs of derby, and 2.5 hrs in, I got hit (cleanly) in scrimmage, fell funny, and tweaked the ankle that is still recovering from a sprain. Of all the days to forget my brace at home. I had to sit out the last half hour. I was so pissed off.

I really wasn't feeling my workout this morning, but went anyway.

Squat - 5x5 at 120 lbs after warming up. Still feeling ok. I am liking my grip now and really getting the hang of squeezing my shoulders at the back. I am sick of getting the unsolicited advice from random people of "Don't lean over, keep your back upright" when warming up. Yeah, cuz how am I going to do that with 120 lbs in a low bar position without falling over backwards?

BP - failed after 3 reps at 70 lbs and had to so the roll of shame. Damn that hurts the pelvis :P Super frustrating because I only missed 5x5 by one rep last time! I was expecting to nail it, and instead I didn't even get 3 full reps. I went down to 65 lbs and did 5x5, but it was hard. I am undecided what to do next. Whether to up to 70 again and try again, or stay at 65 until it gets easier.

Row - 5x5 at 75 lbs. This is a repeat weight. They felt a lot better this time, and I will go up to 80.

I suspect a couple things contributed to failing on BP.
1) I was tired and not really feeling it.
2) I may have not eaten enough. I had a bowl of Kashi for breakfast, but I was starving when I got home. I may try eating more next time, or going later in the day. Even though it was after school drop off, I am not a morning person.

Thank You @krokador!!!

Well, kinda glad I'm not the only one a little achy. Miser likes company and all. lol My left hip does ache some when I squat, which is weird for me because my right hip is the one I've injured in the past. It only aches during squats, however, and by cardio time it's fine again though my left knee has been a little cranky on occasion too. My back is bugging me so I'm icing along with the heat pad (not same time) to see if that helps. I think OHP was the culprit but it'll be fine soon, I hope. I just need to be more careful today with freight and not try to move too fast or carry too much. I might actually use a cart to move things closer instead of grabbing a bunch of stuff to carry at one time.

Still going to lift tomorrow. Somehow, the back ache isn't bothered by deadlift so I'm going to try 200 on my day 3 of week 12 session.

Oh and if anyone is good at form checks, there is one posted in the sticky forum. I looked but I dunno since I mostly do high bar and mostly stare at the lifting belt cause I don't even know how to use those. Maybe someone who knows more on the squat form can go look and help the one who posted.

Public holiday here so morning lifting on a weekday - weird lol

Squat 5x5 @‌ 140lbs
Bench 5x5 @ 85lbs.
Row 5x5 @ 90lbs.

Some lat pull downs, underarm pull downs, step ups for fun lol