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I'm grateful for baby wipes, because wiping a poopy bum with wet tissues sucks. lol

finish my milk 2 go sport, shower, get dressed, walk home, finish rest of protein smoothie while relaxing on the computer and depending on the day possibly entertain and feed a 2 year old

haha I don't know if it "counts" but it sounds unpleasant. at my gym the door to the men's changeroom is just off the main weight area with the squat racks and such and one time I was doing my thing and this guy came running through the room into the changeroom area and I wondered if it was a puke issue. he came walking…

I.... don't need a new grip method? honestly is anybody actually reading this? I only asked about lightheadedness I'm getting so confused by this thread

I don't find anything annoying about using mixed grip. I honestly don't know why everyone is so fixated on this lol.

such truth

I'm grateful for days with nothing on the schedule :)

I honestly don't feel like either of the 2 grips are any stronger or weaker than the other. I don't have an issue with my grip. it was just the lightheadedness that was starting to become an issue. I also don't know why or how you would assume my arms and grip are weak, or that I have huge leg muscles? lol switching grip…

I'm grateful for my doctor. she's great.

mixed grip was what I originally read about when starting this program, and now I just have an irrational compulsion to do an equal number with each grip. I have a few OCD-esque compulsions like that in my life, it's just the way I am.

I'm not struggling physically, it's just the lightheadedness, which has improved.

I'm not worried about strength it's just an irrational compulsive thing for me to want it to be equal.

I just say *kitten* it and let myself have a day of glorious eating and don't worry about it.

no, I do mixed grip always.

but I don't do any sort of accessory exercises. I just do the 5 compound exercises included in the stronglifts program.

okay. so I get set up for a set of 2 reps. do one rep, switch grip, do other rep. therefore after I've completed 3x2, I've done 3 reps with each grip. as opposed to if I only did 1x5, I would do 3 reps with one grip and only 2 with the other.

doing stuff around the house, not exercise. walking outside, yes, because I keep a more or less consistent pace, it's not stop-and-go repeatedly like chores tend to be. working out at the gym? obviously exercise.

yeah I do mixed grip.

i'm actually quite self-body-positive since losing the extra weight I'd put on. before that happened, my whole life I stressed over stupid little things, like rolls of skin thinking they were fat, my stomach being a little bit rounded somedays, etc.... now that I've actually had a decent amount of extra weight on my frame…

well I just always do a warmup of one set of 2 reps, and then 3 sets of 2 reps at the full weight. it's just slightly modified from stronglifts because the 5 reps thing bugged me, I prefer an even number so that I can do an equal amount with each grip lol. I'm positive I could do more than that but that's not what the…

I'm currently lifting about 145lbs, heaviness is all relative so I don't know if you'd consider that heavy. and deadlifts are always the last thing I do, so I would have already done my sets of heavy squats before doing deadlifts.

for me drinking was a social activity, so it came down to not putting myself in situations where I was going to want to drink and having it made easily available to me. since you're an at home drinker, you may want to consider just not buying bottles of wine anymore. having it always available to you could, I imagine, make…

dr pepper, or vitamin water, or iced tea, or gatorade.... depends on my mood, what's on sale, etc

awesome! you look great!

I definitely don't do them in quick succession. I do the lift, hold it for a few seconds, set it down, breathe, make sure I'm still in proper position, switch my grip, and then do it again. then I take a proper rest before doing 2 more, another rest, 2 more.

deadlifts went much better today! still noticed some lightheadedness start to happen as I was standing and holding the lift for a few seconds, but breathing out a little bit for those few seconds kept it at bay. thanks for the help!

okay so yeah it's probably because I tend to take a deep breath into my chest and hold it until I've set the bar back down. I'll try breathing into my stomach more and taking a couple extra breaths beforehand and see if it helps. I only ever do one full lift at a time, definitely not doing multiple reps on the same breath.…

most days

I just go as low as I can while still getting up from it lol. which is usually parallel, or close to it

mmm doritos