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What can I replace squats and deadlift with while I let the hip flexor recover? I've been doing the warmup prescribed in sl5x5. Any recomendations for stretches?

Only difference is I started adding calories almost 2 months ago. I'd start ramping tour daily calories up now as your 1700 per day is probably 1500 calories low.

Me and you have pretty much the exact same path. Are you running a structured routine?

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I've been doing it since May. It's gotten to that point on all the movements. I'm just asking if there are any reason why I couldn't slow the progression down. This constant failure/success pattern has become quite taxing.

Anyone?

Pretty sure upping the calories was the right choice. I was making slow gains in weight progression(success one workout followed by failure) to making gains every workout. Recovery has been a lot better too!

Thanks for the advice everyone. Echoing exactly what I was thinking. Gonna up my calories to 3k a day and reevaluate in a month. Still happy with my gains I noticed a difference in the mirror. Upper abs are more noticeable aswell as my traps and triceps. Tempted to stick to what I've been doing but I'd like more strength…

Yes they are from a month ago. I am not trying to recomp. I was thinking the same thing that I might need to up the calories. All the weight I gained was in the first week. Glycogen replenishing? My plan was to shoot for half a pound a week.

I think I'm going to up my calories to 2750 for the next two weeks and retake my measurements and reevaluate

I'm using barbell. My squat is @ 150. Dead were 185. BP is 100. Ohp is 70 (I got stuck on this right away) row is 95. Are those impedance BF scales that inaccurate that it would say I'm @ 11% when I'm actually @ 20%?

I mean that I've been unable to add weight. I deload. And have made it back to where I stalled and am unable to add weight.

Yes it is. Why do you suggest this? I seem to have stalled with progression.

Anyone?

To be clear. I followed the sl 5x5 program to the t from may(when i started maint.) to early august.

Sounds good. I'll keep running strong lifts at maintenence then. I was just thinking about it because prior to my 3 week break I seemed stuck. I wish we had trainers around here that could do something like that. But I lost alot of hope for a good trainer when the one at the gym told me NOT to break parallel on my squats.

My diet is in check. I realize I'm a twig. Hence why I'm considering trying to put weight on. I have been consistent with the lifting up until about 5 weeks ago when I had some major 8n expected life issues happen. Hence the 3 week break. I'm now back in my routine.

Thanks for the input. I just feel like I've stopped Making gains which made me think of doing a bulk.

I understand how hard it is to add calories, it was war to transition to maintain. I've got not problem posting pictures, let me know if you need something else. Any input on if I should wait until the end of cycling season?

I'm not looking for some to tell me if a bulk is right for me. I'm asking if it seems I'm ready to do one or if I should wait. I've already decided I'll be doing one. Just want to know if my body is ready for it.

Also I LOVE cycling, to build muscle I've read conflicting opinions on if I have to give this up, I don't push hard when I ride(HR stays around 140BPM) Or should I wait until the end of cycling season to start a bulk?

The watch itself is great but the software side of it has been terrible. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

I might find my way into a local group. Won't be doing it with a charter. Might be doing it solo or with a friend. Don't know yet.

I've ridden the Heritage Trail numerous times this year past there and always have the thought of seeing what it's all about, but I'm usually pulling my son in his trailer and doubt i'd make it up the hill with the extra ~70-80lbs of weight. I've seen the training program on the website. I don't plan on training only for…

And oatmeal has 5g of protein. Doubt you'll find anyone that wouldn't call it a high carb. For it to be high anything the majority of its calories need to come from that macro.anything nut related can't accomplish this.

Many of your snacks are high fat not high protein.

Plain greek yogurt

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Maybe the term flaring out is wrong. It's more so keeping my knees from coming in, or closing my hips. I've posted videos before and the consensus was my form was good. I'll see if I can get a video of what I did this morning.

Maybe I'm not flaring my knees out enough? If I make it a point to flare out just a hare I font get that pain. My warmup is what is suggested by stronglifts