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I thought about trying it in the spring when on cut cycle.

I've been doing it since February. I follow the app to the letter. I am not doing any other exercises. It absolutely works. I'm in my mid 50's and I'm developing the body I always wanted.

THIS IS NOT ADVICE, just telling my experience. I've had the usual intermittent lower back pain most of my life. I'd walk around all crooked for a week at a time. Chiro's did their thing countless times, told me not to lift, made no improvement. Now, in my mid 50's lost the 20 extra pounds & started the 5x5 lifting…

I'm at about 3500. Diary is open to friends, I'll send FR. The last few days were under for me, it was a bad weekend.

Set MFP to gain 0.5 pounds per week. Lift heavy. Cut in the spring.

Don't underestimate your sleep. It makes a huge difference lifting.

Posture & confidence. Hold your head up, stick 'em out & smile!

Fat reduction is dietary. Set MFP for lose weight. Accurately & honestly log everything you eat. Fat comes off where it wants. There is no spot reduction. Make sure your exercise plan is balanced, you did not mention any pushing movements. Best to follow a proven plan. Good luck.

Stick to it. It takes a lot of time. I've been doing SL5x5 since February. I've gone up & down the deloads & the repeats. Eventually, you do break through your sticking points. Currently squatting 220, benching 170 5x5. I'm happy enough with that much progress at my age. i will get to the better numbers. OHP has been very…

Judging by OP's pic, he doesn't have much to lose. If he cuts now, his family will tell him he looks sick. Its fall. Bulk now, cut for spring.

Enter your stats into MFP. Set goal to maintain. Let it set your macros for you. If you want to recomp, be sure to hit your calorie, carb & protein goals everyday. Lift heavy.

Set MFP goals to gain 0.5 lbs per week. Lift heavy.

Me: No thanks, it's my workout night. Them: Ok Arnold.

At home. I have a power rack in the basement. I can do my 5x5 workout by myself, with my own music, on my own time. I may join a gym later, when I shift to cut cycle.

Get the rack & the bar & go heavy.

Stick with it! It's a lifestyle.

I use the activity level as a "tweek". If, over time I'm not seeing the results I'm after, I bump the activity level up or down a notch & give it a few weeks to see results. It usually works great.

Just an example: I weigh every morning, after the john, naked, before anything else. I have one of those bluetooth scales, so it tracks very nicely. Here is a print of 3 months of daily weigh ins. I am on a slow bulk for strength trainig, so the line is going the "wrong" way.

It took me a few months to zero in on the slow bulk. It took a lot more calories than I expected to actually gain some weight while weight training. The thing to remember is that weight fluctuates dramatically from day to day. you have to go long enough to watch the pattern between the waves. This guy: strengthunbound.com/…

Sent FR's to all. Let's make this work!

I'm 56, lost the extra pounds & now weight training 3 nights a week & the muscle is going on. You can do it too. Good luck.

I'll give it a try.

I'm falling behind. I manged to get myself kind of "run-down" over the last week, including getting over heated putting an engine in my boat all day Friday in the 90 degree sun. I did my 5x5 workouts Monday & Wednesday, feeling better now. Did 15 this morning, will pick off more a little bit at a time. Clearly not going to…

Cheat & Chest often go hand in hand.

You look super - awesome! Great job. This article: strengthunbound.com/why-you-should-be-bulking/ addresses the leftover skin thing. It is probably the opposite of what you want to hear right now.

If it was easy, everyone would do it.

64 on Wed. total so far: 1089

All of them.

I drink 8-10 cups a day. That's about one of your jugs.