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Aargh, sorry to hear it, @kimiuzzell. Sounds like you're doing the right thing in resting. And ha, you must have been doing some serious work on your left side, @canadianlbs! I've never tried using the clips left handed - I doubt I could do it.

It's inspiring how how well you're doing with this...

I really love your enthusiasm :smile:

Cheers, both. It's kind of taken over my brain for now, fretting about it, but I'm dying to get back to proper weights!

Day two of lower weights. I have an appointment at the eye hospital on Tuesday, so I'm hoping I'll get the all clear and can go back up in weight again! Squat: 3x5 @ 50kg Bench: 3x5 @ 2x10kg dumbbells Row: 3x5 @ 2x10kg dumbbells Pull ups: 2x3 bodyweight, 1x10 15kg assisted Then I did 30 hero manmakers! I'm going to feel…

Well done!

Thanks, @krokador, I thought that must be the right one because it had the challenge and you were on 46 on the 17th, so it made sense :smile:

Okay, back at it! (I got a scare earlier this week, because my eyesight started to misbehave. The optician told me the pressure in my eye is too high and is referring me to the eye hospital. He didn't mention weights as a potential cause (who would, to a tiny 47 year old woman?) but a bit of googling got me scared that…

A kettlebell in your suitcase! Wow :smile:

Your Elmo pants have made my day ... :smiley:

Oh man, I'm paranoid about that too. I remember being mesmerised by a woman because you could see every detail of her flowery pants through her leggings as she squatted. I do not want to be that woman... You get it a lot in cycling too, riding behind someone and realising you can see their bottom through their thinning…

Ha! Yuck...

Thanks, @Llamapants86! I'm less panicked than I was earlier, but skipped the gym tonight. I'll work out a reduced programme and just have to wait to talk to the doctor. It looks like it's only a problem if you have glaucoma, really, and I don't. But my dad does, so .... I don't know. I'm just a bit freaked by my vision…

Hmmmmm. I just typed 'weight lifting and optic nerve' into Google and got a whole page of results about how it can damage your eyes! Does anyone know anything about this? The pressure at the back of my eye is really high and my vision is distorted. Jesus. Have I brought it on, with weights?! I'm waiting to hear from the…

I had a boss who got into a pyramid marketing thing, and it was terrible trying to deflect all these suggestions that we should look into it, we'd be perfect for it, etc. She was convinced this was her path to 'financial independence', while damaging her prospects at a good, well paid job!

Squats: 5x5 @ 71.5kg Bench: 4/5/5/5/5 @ 35kg Row: 4/5/5/5/3 @ 2x22kg dumbbells And some goblet split squats thrown in, thanks to @krokador, while I waited for a free bench!

Wow, you're doing so well!

There's a bunch of teenage boys have taken to going to the gym at the same time as me, and they're always milling about and drifting between the two squat racks when I turn up,though they usually end up moving on fast. Tonight when I arrived one rack looked free, but had weights on the bar, so I was unsure. But one of the…

Good night tonight. I think I finally cracked the deadlift! I did lots of googling on 'why is my back sore after deadlifts?' - because it was, after Saturday. And the reason every single site gave? 'You're rounding your back.' And you know? I was! At least I think so. And when I focused on not rounding or ... whatever the…

Ha, I have the same thoughts every year. "Must encourage new people!" "Man, get out of my way!" At least, as you say, they're less likely to be hogging the squat rack.

Well done on booking stuff in, @kimiuzzell. I feel like I've set times now and people (friends, husband) know now they can't just change. Which means I know it, too, and just make myself go! Last year I went to the gym on 1 Jan. I remember thinking "Wow, everyone in the gym looks really fit, it's usually more of a mix",…

Everyone is terrified of this! It's really hard to explain it's not going to happen....

Well done!

70.5kg! I know it's a bit silly but I felt it was important to add the 0.5kg :-) And I'm glad you've got the new kettlebell!

Well done on all that, @DawnEmbers. You're clearly someone who does what she sets out to do!

Hope you feel better soon, @christch - that sounds sore. So, I'm back from the gym and fed and feeling happy. Squats: 4x5 @ 70kg, and then I stuck on an extra two teeny plates to make it 70.5kg, or 1.5 times my bodyweight of 47kg. I did it! I'm so pleased. It wasn't even that hard. Well ... not easy, either! Bench: 3x5 @…

1.5 x bodyweight squat! Done! More later, after I stuff some food into me, but just had to boast :blush: Woo!

Well done @kimiuzzell :-)

I think you're pretty normal - I gather that progressing on both of these is hard for women. We just have rather weak arms, it seems! To begin with, at least. I bought fractional plates online and take them to the gym. They're 0.25 kg each, so I can add half a kilo - about a pound - at a time. And even with that, I'm not…

Hope you feel better soon, @DawnEmbers - rest when you can.