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Curious...regarding Face pulls These seem to be one of those exercises where I don't really feel muscle fatigue or a burn while doing them... I just get to a point where I can't get the full ROM anymore. Does anyone have other exercises they do instead of face pulls? I know they are often recommended to offset bench and…
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These last few days have been really heavy emotionally (said goodbye to my kitty of 17years) and I did not want to go to the gym last night. I didn't think I'd be able to do my lifts and didn't even want to walk on the treadmill. But I went. I got on the treadmill already preparing myself for how I'd lower my squat weights…
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Thank you 😊
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Wow! Well done! 👏 👏
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Hell yes! Excellent work!
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Happy Friday all!
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Epic!!! Absolutely epic!!
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Last night I had a great workout. Squats went solidly and my 3rd set worked out to a calculated 1rm of just over 250, so yay! Depth was also pretty good. I did some leg presses. Tried changing up the foot height and position to get better ROM. Some random on the interwebs said I was ego lifting the 5 plates and sacrificing…
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It's back again, never fully left. Happening frequently in Google Chrome browser (haven't tried Edge). Happens regularly when you try to go to a person's page, but today is also happening on the main feed.
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@nossmf Congrats on the new PR and I'm sorry that 305 was an sob. I felt that way on my last deadlift attempt... I was sure 310 would be mine and was shocked when 305 didn't even want to go all the way up. I'm confident you will get it though! That said, if you did start chasing 1rms, I've heard it's better to work your…
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I won't be going back to them (dips). I have been hard on my rotator cuff all my life... baseball, swimming, lifting - they all seem to aggravate it. (damn near destroyed it from playing in the outfield). I did go to physio last week and the PT said that my right shoulder is rotated inward some. That I am pec dominant and…
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I can imagine how painful this is. My shoulder has been acting up on me pretty regularly since I pissed it off doing dips. It's the same area and when it hurts, it's hard to think clearly. Hope the pt helps! (and quickly!)
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This is just epic! Well done and crazy 1RMs!
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Too cool! Can't wait til we get there!
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Feeling excited about this... I am working towards my goals al of a 315lb deadlift. I am so close, I can almost taste it! Last night I did amap reps at 225 and got 13 - and they all moved so nicely!
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Me update... Still doing my bench experiment. Right now I'm playing around with form and have been doing half reps in the lower half to cement my form (working with a friend/former coach). We'll see how that goes, but it's not very exciting. I AM benching something almost daily though, so it'll be interesting to see if…
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You sound so very close! Kinda wild that you are working your way to that weight on BENCH, while I'm fighting to get there for Deads. LOL BEAST MODE MIKE. You totally need to break the no film rule for your bench PR. I'm sure they'd be ok with it. It would be awesome to see (and for you to have) for posterity!
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Firstly... CONGRATS at being back in the gym! And "Tried" is way better than "didn't try at all" :smiley: You always impress me with what you can do, and I love hearing the joy in your writing. Life IS wonderful!
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Thanks Gus! :smiley: So far *knock on wood* I have been injury free on deads. That said, I do put it back down if I feel my form breaking and don't tend to go for 1RMs often. Sucks that you have a blizzard! Hopefully it passes (AND MELTS) quickly! Thank you! This week I was doing 4 sets of 7 at 75% of 1rm with the last two…
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Deadlifts felt solid and strong tonight (7,7,12,12x225lb) Also got 5 plates a side tonight for leg press!
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Finding a body length sunbeam on the floor, laying down in it to feel the warmth on my face... and then having my cat come join me to cuddle in the sun for a few minutes.
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I guess this is a vocal lift, since the voice is a muscle LOL. We did our concert last night. It was a battle of the bands with seven bands performing and we each raised money for Cancer Care research. Overall we raised $88,000, which feels pretty darn good. Here is a link to our last song of the night, hope you like it!…
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I don't know why, but for some reason my body does NOTHING with change for almost 5 weeks. I started logging, drinking my water and consistently working out in mid Jan. Lost maybe 2lbs total between Jan to the beginning of March and now I'm down almost 3 pounds since Mar 1st. The body is a system, yes, but it can do weird…
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This is so awesome, Gus!! Well done!!!
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This reminds me of a rabbit hole I went down a while back. A few years ago I bought wonder woman underpants. I remember thinking, I am wearing superhero underpants!... but wait... superheros don't wear their own logos on their underpants. They just wear regular underpants. The underpants become superhero underpants by…
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Haha you are too sweet! 😂😂😂 The tights are magic. I swear it!
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Haha thanks! The nails are orange and black with silver to match the shirt my band members are wearing... We're playing in a fundraiser for CancerCare on Saturday. 😊
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She looks amazing!!! ❤️
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Thanks J!! They're called the Valkyrie leggings 😊
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Got a new pair of tights yesterday and man, I felt great in them. 😊