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I know... I earned this punishment. 🤪

OH MY QUAD, my legs are STILL sore from Monday's sesh. Still... going to try and lift today (I already did half an hour of snow shoveling lol).

Here I was thinking your ACTUAL ribs went up and down somehow like a Victorian corset! 🤪 My brain is soooo messed up.

Super cool to me! :smiley:

I don't blame her. My bf loved his football days, but those concussions came at a cost. Docs have told him that it wouldn't be surprising if he died of an aneurism or stroke before he's 65. Too much brain trauma. :(

my boyfriend played football when he was a teen. after his 15th concussion the coaches told him to just not tell anyone if he felt dizzy after a hit because then he'd be taken out of the game. "You'll be fine" they said. sigh. Take care of those melons, guys! haha

I find that jeans marketed towards curvy fit tend to work better with my waist to butt ratio... But the best fit was to spend the $20 to fit for Thighs and get the waist taken in at a tailor. I wear a lot more stretchy clothes because nothing is soft on me anymore... 🤪 The stretchy clothes give a bit more in the areas they…

I meant that back when I thought I looked my best, my friends were getting worried that I was too thin, but I still saw fat and rolls and wanted to lose another 10lb. I didn't see what they saw. Now I have a lot more muscle and fat.. Almost 40lb more. But I am pretty sure I prefer this me to that one. (still want to lose…

I don't know that I want to SEE progress pics at this point. My before and afters have swapped. 🤪 Though looking back to where I was when I thought I was in my "best shape", I now recognize why some of my friends were getting worried about me.

I wasn't pushing out my stomach, I just wasn't sucking it in. That was me just relaxed. I wasn't faking it to look bigger. If anything, the flexed pic is more false. 😔 Since then, I am probably up another ten pounds so it's even more of a difference now. As I age and my wrinkles start to show, skin care isn't as smooth...…

Oops! Haha

Well... First workout of 2024 done. Already feeling it. 🤪 Going to try to commit to two workouts a week for now. Really struggling mentally with some stuff and having a hard time getting of my couch and out from under the covers into the dark cold-ish night. But I have to do this.

Love it! Babies love helping with workouts! I used to get a lot of core work flying them around on my legs and feet! Haha Happy new year and congrats on the beautiful grandbaby!

Welcome here! Looking forward to seeing how things go for you! I've been rather quiet the last month and a half of 2023. Not overly happy with how things have gone for me lifting wise, but life wise has been pretty awesome, so winning overall. It's time, however to be back. I'm not overly happy with my plan for total body…

Looking great, Gus! So cool to see how well you're progressing! Way to keep at it!

Thank you so very much! :heart: :heart: :flowerforyou:

I am happy that this thread has morphed a bit beyond just a gif thread... so thank you for sharing this! 1. you look amazing 2. this is so epic and awesome! So glad they were "advanced enough" to be able to have a copy to keep forever! <3 You Rock!

Thank you so much! I really felt like a rockstar that night. :smiley:

Thank you! That means a LOT to me! :) I DID work out last night. I had planned a set that was CLEARLY ambitious and way too much. Got to the gym at 8:45, did 15 mins of treadmill warmup and started my set: It was disappointing to me. Hard to believe how fast you lose strength. I had planned on 3x5 at 185, then 2xamap at…

haha that's ok! This one is from Mar 2020 (right before everything was shut down for covid). The next year we did a virtual fundraising and then last year I took the year off due to personal stress. :) This year we're doing random anthemy songs ( Material Girl, Final Countdown, Rasputin, Love Shack). It's an eclectic set,…

Thank you, so very much. It's hard feeling like a failure every time I deviate from plan. I HAVE been involved in some pretty big stuff lately (participating in some health care reform initiatives, was even flown to Toronto for a conference)... But still. It's not "as planned" and that's a brain eff for me. As for the…

Share them now. Celebrate what you're doing now, and when you get further down the road, you'll have something to look back on and say "Wow!!! look how far I've come!"

Moment of realness... I've fallen off the wagon again. Pretty hard. I started slipping near the end of ball season (5 tournaments in 6 weekends kind of tired me out). Still I managed to stick with it. In September I re-started dating someone I've been sweet on for a while (we took a break), so that takes up some free time…

Does it turn my head, hell yes. Have I ever dated someone with a physique that perfect? No. It's not that much of a priority for me to seek it out. The guy I am dating is tall and strong, but has a definite dad bod. I find him incredibly attractive because of who he is. So.. head turn? YES. Must have? NO. Have I ever…

I have the same socks! Granted, my quads are not NEARLY as epic. Great pic!

I actually think that going barefoot so much (because we were in lockdown and working from home) has allowed our feet to spread more and be more like they're "supposed" to be. Mine are also wider, because I haven't been cramming them into shoes that are built for aesthetic and not fit. I think it's much healthier for my…

lol no.. the black things were my socks. I use those on the leg press. My squat shoes are the red ones and I use them for bench and squat. :) I know you are kind of cranky with squat university, but they are the only place that I've heard that does wide foot squat shoes. Everything else seems to be narrow. And thank you…

Also... I swear I'm going way below parallel when I do the squat, but upon review... I barely break it most times. 😑 These are the last few in that set of 10...

Late to the party... haven't been around on here much. Loved reading all the discussion. :) Great gifs @kinetixtrainer2 ! Great progression on your lifts @nossmf! I'll weigh in on the lifting shoes / vs runners / vs barefoot with a bunch of random thoughts. (If you care to read them haha) I cannot squat or deadlift in…

Thanks Gus! I'm sure feeling them today! Lol