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Have you tried using the Vasalva Maneuver for deadlifts? It's a breathing technique for lifting basically tightening your abs with air and gives more support to the lower back helping it to stay straight. Also, I keep the bar as close to my shins and legs as possible on the way up and down. My back pain was gone when I…

I personally have never had any neck soreness from planks of any kind. Make sure you are holding your head in line with your back. Your head and back should be aligned in a neutral position keeping your core tight. You should be feeling it in your abs not your back or neck if you are doing it right. Concentrate on…

I use a rack with safety bars and have been doing fine with heavy weights without a spotter. The safety bars are placed at the correct height to catch the bar safely in case of failure. See if your gym has one available.

Sorry I have nothing to offer in terms of advice. I just enjoy the heat. I live in Florida where it's always like a sauna in the summer (consistently 90 degrees and high humidity). I don't like to work out when it's too cool from the a/c. I work out in my home gym in my garage without air conditioning. Never feel like the…

I use Inov-8 Fastlift shoes I purchased from Amazon. The heals are raised and are solid. They added a lot of stability to my deadlifts and especially my squats. Love them and did not know what I was missing when I using running shoes.

Macros helped me fine tune my diet so it worked with my needs and training program. For me it's about making sure when I lose weight I am losing mainly fat and not muscle and fat. That is especially true as you get older when our bodies have a tendency to lose muscle. So lifting and sufficient protein helps to make sure I…

Be strong and forget him. He is obviously not a good person. You can do this!! Get your TDEE and monitor your calories on MFP to make sure you are in a deficit. Do this consistently and you will lose weight.

This!!

60 and enjoying retirement and working out in sunny Tampa Bay, Florida

Nope. Never felt anger during workouts. Many other occasions yes but working out with heavy weights actually calms me down and is an escape from every day life.

According to Mark Rippletoe in his book Starting Strength he says about the bench press: "Force applied by the legs from the floor acts as a stabilizing force during the bench press and contributes to proper exercise posture".

If you are exercising three times a week then you are not sedentary. I would select light or moderate on those sites. "How many minutes per day" is asking how long you exercise each day separately not in total.

It varies with each individual. There is so much written on this subject and so many different approaches. In my case, I did not see the results I wanted until I started paying attention to my macros and tracking carefully. But that does not mean it will work for everyone. My advice would be since you have not worried…

I was always a skinny guy unable to put on weight. I can tell you what worked for me to stay healthy and gain lean weight. First you have to Google for a TDEE calculator. This will tell you the number of calories you consume with normal daily living. You have to be at a surplus over TDEE. So you add calories to the TDEE…

Agee with others saying you need to up calories above maintenance. You need to play with the number of calories to see what works for you since everyone is different. Women require less of a calorie surplus then men. Just keep increasing until you see gains every couple of weeks. You may want to do some weight training to…