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I don't know if this is stuff you've already seen in your program, but this site helped me improve my form a lot.. https://stronglifts.com/deadlift/ I also took video to check my form. It felt really awkward for a while after I realized my form was off and started correcting it. I remember wondering if I was ever gonna be…

Thanks for the advice! At my most consistent I was lifting between 5 and 6 days a week, and I'd like to get back to that. I felt really good when I was doing it.

Progressive overload for both of us.. just a three-day split that we came up with. It's gotten results, but there's been no expertise behind it.

*chose it because

We've been lifting for about a year and a half. I chose it was on the list here and because it seems doable for us. I've been considering trying a structured program for a while now, but we've gotten comfortable with our routine. This program has a good number of lifts we already do and some new ones, so we're comfortable…

It's not that I'm already looking to modify.. it's just that the hubby and I will be doing it together, and he's not necessarily as motivated as I am to follow it exactly. It does include squats but not as often as I'm used to doing them, but if extra squats would be detrimental to any progress I can avoid it. I just know…

Mostly to lean out at this point, but I wouldn't mind improving my strength too.

A couple questions.. When following a program, specifically a 5-day program, how important is it to get in all 5 days in a 7-day period? Would an extra rest day every once in a while have much effect? Also, how important is it to lift only as the program details? What I mean to ask is if it's detrimental to do any other…

Thanks y'all :)

It's better to do something you enjoy! Feels less like a chore and is easier to do long-term.

No, but sometimes I tell people who feel guilty about indulging, "sometimes you have to eat things that are good for your soul." It has no religious implications for me, and I don't see it as an excuse to overindulge on a regular basis. I just mean that sometimes it's good to eat things that make you happy regardless of…

Agree with slowing down. I've heard one should work on speed or distance but not both at the same time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1NukoqKctU&t=0m11s

I'm in Germany, originally from the states though.

I really want to help. I've had more than my fair share of relationship issues, but I'm not sure how to help without knowing the situation more specifically. You can message me if you want to chat about it!

It's not very considerate, but maybe it's better this way in that you get to choose what you want instead of being stuck with whatever they might make.

Just want to add that appetite is not necessarily a good indicator of caloric needs. Feeling full after 900 calories doesn't mean your body only needs 900 calories.

I can understand why you're feeling that way, but not making the team doesn't mean you shouldn't try to do what you love. In what other ways can you follow this passion?

Lentils or black beans mixed in.

I never thought I'd marry someone I hadn't lived with. Then again I never thought I'd marry someone eight months after meeting him. But those things happened. And I'm happy. We're happy. To each his own.

We got married eight months after meeting, and we lived apart during that time because he's in the military. It just made more financial sense for him to continue living in the barracks until we were married. He moved in the week we got married, maybe a few days before. I can't remember exactly. The transition was easy…

Grams of food are separate from grams of macros. Just because your serving of chicken weighs 4 ounces (or 112 grams because there are 28 grams in an ounce) doesn't mean you're consuming 112 grams of protein. You have to determine the macronutrient makeup of your foods.

The Shining.

You can be consistent without exercising every single day! There are these free workout videos online I'd suggest looking into. If you go to fitnessblender.com you can search for low impact workouts, and you can also search by length and level of difficulty and other things too. You might find something you like - or at…

I found my form started to go a bit when I got too confident with it. I didn't focus as much because I got used to it. I don't use this program, but I did use this web site to get my form down. https://stronglifts.com/deadlift/ It goes into a lot of detail about form. It can get redundant, but you don't absolutely have to…

You haven't been on the Internet long, have you?

No weighing. No estimating. No logging. No regerts. B)

I agree with what's already been said. What also helped me was finding a physical activity that I really liked and starting to look at that as something I do for fitness and health, not for weight loss. The only other thing I'll add is that the question to ask yourself, especially at first, is "what's the most I can eat…

How much do you have to lose? Maybe you're simply cutting too drastically..

It doesn't have to be so hard, but I know it can feel that way sometimes. I agree with not restricting too much. Unless you have a sensitivity or some kind of medical issue that requires to cut foods completely out of your diet, I'd suggest not making anything off limits. You can eat everything in moderation and lose…