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Baby's First Bulk
So I need a pep talk and a cold bucket of water to splash in my face. I've been attempting a deficit for a few weeks now and while I know these theses take time, I am going absolutely loony waiting to see some sort of change in my body. I've remained so stagnant that hell, I'd even take the weight gain at this point! I've…
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Activating lats
I'm back, and I have another probably stupid question. I'm trying to strengthen my lats to help with my swimming. I've always had a hard time activating my lats. I've now found that with wide grip lat pull downs, I can at least feel it in my right lat, but my left still seems to be lazy. I'm being careful to keep the…
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too fat to lift?
Hey everyone. I am a 33 year old female, 5'8, 226 lbs. I've dabbled with lifting over the past couple of years and am currently doing Les Mills Pump 3x a week and running 3x a week. I haven't been tracking my nutrition until a couple days ago. I'm at 2100 calories. 40/30/30 macros. I seem to gain and lose the same 5 lbs.…
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fat loss challenge
I am wondering if anyone has ever completed the fat loss challenge from eat to perform . com? I am interested in hearing thoughts about this. Thanks
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Assistance exercises for OHP?
I'm stalling at 125... so deloading and working back up. There must be something else i can do to help this along... some assistance lifts? Thanks. TG
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MelBourne gym junkie
Hey all anyone lives in Australia, Melbourne and trains at anytime/zap fitness hit me up need a new gym buddy.
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Pain in heel of hand
Hi all. I wanted to see if there was anything I could do about the pain that I get in the heel of my hand when doing the OHP (primarily in my left hand). I don't know how to change this or if there is anything I can do.
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hi to all
Hello to all My name is Neil I’m 38 year old dad of 5 kids. I decided to get fit a last year and started my journey properly about 5 weeks ago. Right now I am in the first week of Focus T25 Beta by beach body. I have also started a blog to chronicle my journey you can find it here…
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hi
Hello just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Angelia and I am new to this. I have tried losing weight many times before and have quickly given up. I am determined to succeed this time. I look forward to making new friends too along the journey.
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Gym Story Saturday
First of all, I apologize to Sarah and Patrick if they don't want this thread here. Please delete at your discretion. I don't frequent the main forums. ....don't get me started. This is pretty much the only group I semi-frequent. Just thought you could all use a few laughs once in a while. Here's the most recent gym story…
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Classical stretch
Has anyone used DVDs classical stretch using the Esmonde technique? It is a series of stretches designed for weight loss and pain relief. If youhave used it ,in what sequence do you do the exercises ? How did you like the exercises?
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Why exercise?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozYuc1xbc8&feature=youtu.be
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Muscles and body image (woman)
well, let's face it. I have muscles. Like a lot of muscles. I train hard, and eat right. So... My issue is the way people perceive me, and call me. Since I lift heavy, and have the muscles to prove it, i have been call at the gym "beast", " machine", " tank", etc... Always with admiration, true, but i dislike theses words.…
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Substitute for squats
I injured my right shoulder last summer, and it's not getting any better, so I'm looking for another option for squats. I'm using All Pro, and since we don't have a squat rack, I do goblet squats. As the dumbbells have gotten heavier, it's really jerking my shoulder when I flip my hands around the end of the dumbbell to…
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Getting really frustrated
Hi guys, I could really do with some advise!!! I have been lifting for a yr now and although my progress was slow, partly due to my own issues I have now fully committed to a progressive overload training regime and have increased my lifts by a lot in the last 2 months. I am following strong curves program. My problem is I…
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Deadlift: Conventional to Sumo
Based on some issues I've had with conventional deadlifts, and talking with a few of the guys Saturday, I'm going to switch over to sumo. The thing is: where do I start? I'm going back to 5/3/1 - not sure why I ever got away from it, as it worked very well for me before - and I'm not sure if I should just start going sumo;…
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Testing 1RM with Wendler 5/3/1
Since it's the end of the year, I'd like to test my 1RM. The question is whether I test 1RM next week, which would ordinarily be the heavy week of my cycle, or whether I take a deload week and then test 1RM the following week. Current training information - I am following the 4 day Wendler 5/3/1 triumvirate template. I…
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Form presses
I just watched the OHP presses video below, and saw a few videos on power cleans. I don't have sound on my computer, thus excuse me when this is wrong. It seems like the bar should rest on the shoulder muscles. I think it's clear it should certainly not be on the colar bones (been there, got the bruise). I've seen various…
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Advise on lifting: would this work?
I'm currently in a country where the only gym I could use belongs to the gated community I live in. There's a rack, a bench I can move into it for bench presses, and two bars, each weighing about 5-6kg (thus no olympic bar). Total amount of weights is about 80kg. This gym has very limited opening hours and there's usually…
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IIFYM
Probably one of the most amazing but misunderstood concepts circulating among bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts in general, is IIFYM. What started as a phrase from a user named Erik Stevens on bodybuilding.com, quickly caught on and proceeded to cause an uproar of internet stupidity everywhere. IIFYM stands for "If It…
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advice on lifting schedule
Quick question. My goal is to shed a little body fat. I'm about 20% and 118 lbs right now. I recently started eating a lot more protein and increasing weight training. Still doing 3 heavy cardio sessions a week. The only days I can lift are Wed, Thurs, and Fri. Since the days are consecutive I can't do a full body routine…
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Stalling on lifts--not sure if I even want to progress...
I was following SL 5x5, but usually only getting in 2 workouts instead of 3. We eventually found the time to increase our weights to 3x/wk by doing morning workouts. I got my squats (5x5) to 140 and bench to 90 (105 1rmax) and then got sick with flu and strep. Everything went down and hasn't quite come back. I workout…
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Back pain with squats
I know to get the best advice I need to take a video and post to the form check... After lifting I have had some lingering back pain in the middle of my back and a bit in my upper back. I am pretty sure that it is due to my squats. I have been doing high-bar back squats as part of the NROL4W program. Any tips on what I…
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Adjusting goals and macros
I was here before but scared to trust the numbers. Well, here I am again! haha. Still scared. the last month or so I tried changing my percentages, basically limiting my diet to 50% carbs (meaning eating more protein and fat). I think this helped some of my digestive issues, but still not seeing the progress I'd like. I've…
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SL 5x5 injury. What to do now?
So pretty much about two summers ago I was down to 190 then I ended up getting tendinitis and hating life. Long story short I stalled, tried to find other ways to lose and ended up gaining. I have since healed and want to get back in action, I tried doing this with the SL program. I got up to 240 on my squats but got hurt.…
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20 to 30lbs to go, what should my weight loss target be?
I really want to keep it at 2lbs, but those calories are hard to maintain for me without lots of exercise. I'm afraid to lower it cause I want to hit my goal asap, but what is generally recommended when you are close to goal weight?
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NON-SHEER Athletic Pants?
It seems impossible to find athletic pants that aren't see-through. I've bought various brands and tried various sizes to no avail. :s Anyone know any good brands for athletic pants?
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fit to ULTRA-fit!!
Hi, thanks for taking the time to read my question. I'm in my mid-forties. I'm 5'2" and 118 for over 20 years, and I mainly use MFP because I like to see the details of what I'm eating. My fitness level is above average. Workout details at the end. My diary is open, so you can see what I eat. (Week of March 9th is missing…
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Disturbed Sleep on a Bulk!!!
Hi, Off late I have trouble getting sleep at night. This is happening from the time I started Bulking a few weeks ago. I had been cutting cals for over a year & currently I'm having a couple of hundred cals above my TDEE. I get sound sleep on the days I workout. But on Non workout days I find it very difficult to get…
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Help a newb- stalling on lifts and maybe fat loss?
Hi! Thanks for the great info in this group- I've been lurking on here for a few weeks. I haven't been on a weight loss stall but I am stalled out on my weight lifting and I am not seeing any evidence of actual fat loss so I'm wondering if there is something I should tweak with my diet and/or my workout. Sorry this is so…
