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Share your workouts OCTOBER here
Hi there, it's been a long time since I've checked in here. Wanted to drop in and share that I've been fairly consistent with workouts since early summer. I've just been going in, got my 5x5 and got out - no accessory work or random workouts to speak of. Last night I went to the gym to just try and burn some calories, I'd…
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August We Skipped July?
So, I technically lifted in July... like twice. But was not in a particularly social or organized head space. And thus I didn’t come say anything about it. I also hit a new PR....on body weight, so of course that helped headspace immensely.... not... Anyways, I lifted today. Rather disorganized, and light, but it was…
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MAY Need to use this thread for JUNE lifting reports too! (Monthly-ish workout report thread)
Making the thread to rejuvenate the posting. No lifting today. But making thread while we have people saying hi. Did a hike/run that turned into more of a death march when I made the wrong turn to catch the less than 3 mile loop, and ended up on then 6+ mile route. Oops.
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Hello!
Glad I found this group! I need support and accountability... I started 5x5 about 4 weeks ago and it's been going OK, had a few missed days and my "group" that I started with sort of fell apart because my boss got into an accident... so now I'm doing the work out at a gym with my SO that I'm actively trying NOT to spend so…
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Introducing myself!
I've come back to 5x5 (I've done it before) after taking some time off due to illness and injury, and also because I need to take a step back to work on my form (with regards to squats). At my best, I've done 165x5 on squats and 195x5 DL. I've broken 100 on bench, but I don't think I hit 5, I think I just got 3. I won't…
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Practice safe sets
So, since MFP doesnt like you advertising’s your own interests.... if you find my same user name on Instagram.... you will see what happens if you try and ego lift or out lift a bad day attitude. Essentially this is my general reminder to fellow lifting ladies to remember the important things, and to remember failure IS an…
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March you going to lift?
Nothing major. Squats, I had 55lbs on the bar from OHP the other day, and I decided it was better than nothing’s. So 5 x 5 @ 55. Also, I got talked into a yoga class today. I don’t know which part of yoga I’m worse at, the focus, or the flexibility.
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Anyone else 5x5ing in a home gym?
I just got the green light to clear out an area in the workshop for my rack. What racks, barbells, and weights are y'all using?
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Dumbells
I just started the program but am a flight attendant and one of my work outs will be at the mercy of a hotel Gym. Has anyone substituted the workout using dumbells?
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Juno you like to lift
Ok if I start a June thread? Squats 5x5 @ 120 Bench press 5x5 @ 70 Assisted pullups 3x5 @ -115 I'm starting a small fat loss coaching group through Eat Train Progress, so hopefully I can lose some weight while rebuilding my strength! Wish me luck.
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May the Force be With You
Ok... that one seems to obvious, but it’s all I got. Today’s workout was fueled by tacos. Bench 5 x 45 5 x 65 5 x 85 3 x 105 5 x 5 @ 110 I did it!! Like just barely. My 5th rep wasn’t as clean as I like, and so I tried to end on a better note. But the 6th rep wasn’t there at all. So I BARELY got my 5x5, but I got it darn…
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Aprilly love lifting
Monthly lifting thread!
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Fabulous February Lifting
Calendar flipping post, really. I ran today. No lifting to report. Hope all of you lovelies are doing well.
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Jan you lift that? Yes I Jan
Happy New Year lifting friends! January post is open. Remember to post your goals under 2019 goals if you'd like an easy place to reference! To new gains!
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Please read and vote! Jen Thompson for athlete of the yar.
Hi Ladies! I'm not sure how familiar any of you are with Jen Thompson, but she is a huge inspiration to me and a lovely individual all around. The world games are run by the international olympic committee and occur every 4 years for sports that aren't in the olympic games. More information is below. Vote early and often!…
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so there was this guy in the gym . . .
i just have to tell this story, i guess. i mentioned it in my daily update a week or so back, but it's still sitting there in my head. there was this guy at the gym. he showed up while i was between sets with squats or something, and i kept trying to not look at him. and kept failing at it. he had The Biggest Biceps I've…
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Decide to Lift in December
In the same vein as “if you build it, they will come,” I am trying for “if I build it, I will do.” Fighting a mother of a cold this week, but we are also slated for like 6-10 inches of snow today, so, it’s not like I’m going anywhere. So maybe I will do a spread out slo mo workout by the end of the day.
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Goals
Hi ladies! 2018 goals will be de-stickied at the end of the year, but 2019 goals are up now. Post away!
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We will remember to lift in November!
Starting thread...but I will have to wait until Friday to post a workout.
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Getting Scary Strong (October Lifting Thread)
K, I worked late... brain clearly isn’t playing along. It’s the best I came up with... just be glad I tossed the ones that worse. Yesterday (not october, I know) 40 minutes on elliptical (GAWD, I need a treadmill) and then tried to figure out some accessory work with my limited set up. Today: 1.2 mile interval run. My…
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It's a tender set of sore muscles we got!
Puns with september are hard, dude! I gotta say I am pretty happy with my past 2 sessions Saturday Work up to a heavy barbell snatch 75, 85, 90, 95, 100 all OK, failed 105 twice. Stripped down to 85 again and hit it, then went to 102.5 and made it! It's my old PR, so no new record but I'll take it. Then I did an every 2…
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Just started today :)
Hey y’all! So I’ve never really lifted weights. I tried to do NROLFW like 6 years ago when I had access to a gym but I didn’t make it very far. Fast forward to now, I’m a single mom with a 3 year old. I’m turning 30 next May and a couple of months ago I decided I wanted to enter my 30s healthy and happy and confident. I’m…
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August another day at the gym!
New month, new thread, new beginnings and all that wazzoo :) Today I derailed a little from the plan, and decided to start with some snatch skill work. Snatch warm-up at 35lbs, then deconstruct reps x 2/2/3 @ 55 snatch pull + power snatch @65 x 3 singles, @ 75 x 2 singles snach pull 85x5, 90x5, 95x3, 100x3 (interspaced by…
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When July in bed all day because the heat won't go away... Go to the gym! [Workout Thread]
Please forgive me for 1. Not posting this one sooner and 2. The terrible title. I have been sidelined by a minor concussion since Saturday night. Spent 3 hours and some change at the ER only to be told my symptoms were not serious enough to warrant a scan, was offered a doctor's note for a few days off work and declined,…
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Burn the fat, feed the muscle...
Hi! What is wrong with me? I am so hungry today too!!! Maybe I am not getting enuf calories when I workout so hard. My goal is to only eat 1500 but bodybuilding.com said I should eat 1871 to lose fat but 2839 to gain muscle. I am so confused by feed the muscle when I am trying to lose fat. How do I do that simultaneously &…
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Where did June all go?
Ok, I give up. I still have no lifting to report, but I miss you all. So, I made us a June home. So umm where are you guys? How are are you guys?
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So, I'm kind of new here
I've been doing SL 5x5 for about 4 months now. I started them last year, but quit not long after (I'm a group class/cardio addict, so SL was a little boring and lonely for me). This time I'm not quitting. Sometimes I feel like I need more workout, but I assume as the weight grows I won't feel that way. Currently: Squat:…
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May we all hit PRs (May lifting thread)
It's May! And in Philly, we skipped straight from winter to summer this week. 50 degrees on Sunday, 89 this Thursday. So long, spring. I've started walking/strollering to the gym and back again, trying to add some more steps and a little extra calorie burn. It's a mile and change each way, with lots of hills, so it does…
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April-ly Good Month to Lift
I, in theory know it is April, currently. This will not occur to me later today, I am sure. So, I’m going to leave this here for my own sake, if that works for all of you.
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March to the Gym
K, y’all were making me check my calendar today. But, I think I’ve convinced myself it’s March. Makeup squat day. 5x 45 5x 60 3x 70 5x 85 3x 100 5ishx 110 (this is the real reason I skipped it Tuesday after pt crazy. I would have to look, but IF I’ve ever lifted this before, it was for like 1) Leg press 3x10 @ 160 Lunges…