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Strength day today: Back squat: 4x4@115 lbs Bench press: 4x3@72.5 lbs SL RDL: 3x12@45 lbs Happy Friday everyone!

Kimi! Glad to see you back! So sorry to hear about your injury and diagnosis. How frustrating, when it seems like you were going on such a good track! I hope you'll be back at it soon enough. Jo - baby steps! You've got a lot of stress going on in your life I know. I'm glad that you have DLs to help manage :) Dawn - sorry…

I love matching gym clothes, even though I workout by myself in my home gym and no one sees me. It's all for me, though!

I use the frozen kind (green giant, birds eye, or trader joe's brand). The first two steam in bag in the microwave which is super convenient. I mix with some regular cooked rice (need to cook this anyway for kids and husband) and with sauce (stir fry, etc.) it is not bad. The texture is pretty close. I've never used it in…

Ugh, I haven't been updating here. I've been making some good progress on my squat, though. I think I have a lot more in me in my deadlift but I need to get over my fear. Bench is poopy as usual. This morning did: Back squat: 3x6@105 lbs Bench: 4x3@68 lbs Rear delt fly: 3x12@7.5 lbs Was away over the weekend but still got…

I love cheese. Cheese any day over sweets. Can almost always resist a cinnamon bun or ice cream, but put out a plate of cheese and crackers and it's over. I lived on ritz and babybels through the first 12 weeks of my pregnancies. Only thing that sounded good. I'm a pretty equal opportunity cheese lover. Love a good St.…

How many days do you exercise (or want to exercise)? I have done Strong, which is the new and updated version of NROLFW. It's 9 month's worth of workouts and it's 3 days a week. I thought it was very good for me as a rank novice, cause it progresses you into each compound exercise. Ex: first month goblet squats, then box…

Hypertrophy Day Squat - 3x8@95 lbs Bench - 2x5@30 kg, 2x4@30 kg DB rear delt - 3x12@7.5 lbs

Aubrey - I don't even know what a YTWL is! Lunges are painful but such a good workout. Dawn - have fun with your parents! Ran on Saturday since it was supposed to rain like crazy all day Sunday. 6.1 miles. Yesterday did an interesting session Squats - 6x1@110 lbs Bench press - 3x2@68 lbs Deadlifts - 2x3@136 lbs Eccentric…

Dawn - what do you mean by bodyweight being down enough for deadlift? This morning: Squat 4x3@100 lbs, yeay for triple digits Bench 4x3@70 lbs (32 kg) SL RDL - 3x12@40 lbs, tough on my grip holding a 40 lb DB long enough to complete 12 reps :-p Happy Friday everyone!

Aubrey - congrats on finishing Stage 3! 4.0 mile run for me this morning

Deadlifts+accessories today Deadlifts 6x1@136 lbs Hip thrusts 3x12@103 lbs DB OH press 2x10@15 lbs DB row 3x12@20 lbs Happy Hump day!

Dawn - Wow, 2xBW would be amazing! Go for it! First day of my new program today, I think it's kind of an intro week. Squats - 2x8@90 lbs BP - 3 sets at 65 lbs, RPE 8, got 4,5,5 reps Rear delt fly - 3x20@5 lbs, should have upped weight on these It was short and looks even shorter writing it out. But excited for things to…

Jo - Nice workout! Funny how it never looks like that much when you write it out. But 7x5 squats is no joke, plus all that other stuff! Aubrey - I didn't have an incline bench when I went through Strong, so I just subbed flat bench. Does your gym have flat benches available? As Jo mentioned, doesn't work shoulders quite as…

Dawn - I'm always torn on eating before lifting. I get the mechanism by which it should help. I just always feel heavy and slow after I've eaten much. I usually lift fasted, early in the AM, but on the weekends I'll put the kids down for a nap and lift after lunch. I never feel so so much better or anything. But maybe I…

Sorry to hear about your tough time, Dawn. Nice squats though! 4.1 mile run this morning. First time without flashlights in months and months. Yeay for spring.

Dawn - sorry to hear about your uncle. We are the same weight but you are so much stronger! Heavy upper day - Bench press - 3x6@31 kg DB row - 3x6@30 lbs OHP - 1x6@21 kg Chin ups - 3x2@1 1/8" band assist Nice day out today, so hope to get some steps in!

Jo - ah, wine sabotage is such a problem! Nice benching, though! Heavy lower day today - Squats - 3x6@~45 kg Deadlifts - 2x6@136 lbs Hip thrusts - 3x12@83 lbs Back extensions - 3x15@BW Hit 131 lbs BW this morning. Sub 130 here I come!

Dawn - Nice deadlifts! 255 is awesome! Jo - Nice new pictures. Hope squats went well! Saturday Candito Linear Program, Control Upper day Bench press 1x6@30 kg Spoto press - 5x4@30 kg Paused DB row - 6x4@30 lbs OHP - 1x10@20 kg Chin ups - 2x5@1.5" band assist Hammer curls - 3x12@12 lbs dbs overhead tricep press - 3x10@12…

Where is everyone?? :) Candito Control Lower today Paused squats - 6x4@34 kg Deadlifts - 1x4@125 lbs Paused deadlifts - 2x4@103 lbs Spent some time working on my video set up so ran out of time for accessories. Anyway, psyched to say that I signed up for coaching with Patrick at Eat, Train, Progress starting in May, so…

Nice foggy 4 mile run this morning. Able to turn my flashlights off partway through. It's getting lighter out!

Candito Linear Program, Heavy Upper Day Bench press - 3x6@30 kg DB row - 3x6@30 lbs OHP - 1x5@22 kg Chin ups - 3x2@1 1/8" band assist Lateral raises - 3x12@8 lbs Rear lateral raises - 3x12@8 lbs

Beeps - It's weird, I could move more weight with a lower rep hip thrust, but for whatever reason feel it more in my glutes when I do a lighter weight and more reps. When the weight goes up I feel I get my quads/hams into it too much somehow. Yeay for the slow and stead weight loss! Dawn - nice, will have to look it up!

Aubrey - nice workout! I have never had my arches hurt with SL RDLs before. The balance is definitely tricky though. I actually love that exercise and haven't done it in a while. Dawn - have you done a meet before? cool! You definitely have the strength for it. Stephie - I really like Candito! I feel like I'm making good…

Happy Monday, everyone! I'm feeling not so happy that it's Monday, but trying to pretend. Fake it til you make it. Saturday I did Candito Linear Program, Control Upper Day Spoto Press - 6x4@29 kg Paused DB row - 6x4@30 lbs OHP - 1x10@19 kgs Chin ups - 2x5@1.5" band assist Skipped accessories as it was late. Yesterday I did…

Dawn - love the pastry fuel! Candito Linear Program, Control lower day Pause squat - 6x4@34 kg, same as last week, but felt better Pause deadlift - 3x4@105 lbs Front squat - 3x8@15 kg, not trying to load this, just get the movement down RDL - 3x8@25 kg Happy Friday, everyone!

Dawn - that does sound like a long day! Out for a nice 5k run this morning. Need to get back in running momentum. Hoping the warmer weather and getting light out earlier will help.

Haha, Stephie, another new program! Which one is this one? Candito Linear Program, Heavy Upper Day today Bench press - 3x6@29 kg. Was feeling really smooth until I realized I was supposed to have increased to 30 kg today, since 29 kg was the same weight I did last week. Oops. DB row - 3x6@30 lbs OHP - 1x6@22 kg Chin ups -…

Stephie - Moving is so stressful! Glad it all worked out though! Dawn - ugh, what a silly thing for that guy to say! Today was Candito Linear Program, Heavy Lower Day Back squats - 3x6@90 lbs after warm up Deadlifts - 2x6@125 lbs Hip thrusts - 3x12@83 lbs Back extensions - 3x12@BW Short but sweet, weights moving up.

Dawn, you have way more treadmill patience than me! Doing a little better today. Did candito linear program, control upper day. Spoto press - 6x4@28 kg Paused db row - 6x4@30 lbs OHP 1x10@18 kg Chin ups - 2x5@1.5 inch band assist Overhead tricep push - 3x8@12 lbs Hammer curls - 3x8@12 lbs dbs Now need to go outside and dig…