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OP do you have a history of eating disorders? If so pls seek advice from your treatment team and if not your GP. I don’t think consulting strangers who have no information about you is the best way forward.

I wouldn’t programme based on rippetoe’s advice. I love the trap bar.

Where’s your evidence that they are an injury risk? There is no evidence I am aware of other than anecdotes. Most injuries I think are more to do with people putting too much weight on the bar for them rather than the movements themselves bring inherently ‘risky’, I mean the squat is a movement all toddlers do very…

I’m not sure what you mean by method. It’s just a way of splitting up your training days over the week, right? It’s not a method as such. I have done a 3 day ppl training set up before when I could only commit to 3 days a week in the gym. I’m currently splitting my training up over 4 sessions so upper lower upper lower.

If you are an emotional eater I would try listening to the first few episodes of weight loss made real podcast by Cookie Rosenblum. She uses a psychological/ behavioural approach. She’s not a great advocate of counting calories. It may not be helpful for everyone but I like her concepts

Naa, don’t do it. U will likely rebound. Slow and steady is best long term.

What about making odd noises? Any research on grunting. Plenty of that goes on where I train.

What’s your current programming? Training history?

It’s necessary for me to take 3 to 5 mins between sets. I’m not being lazy or sociable though I do talk to people. I need the rest time. Different strokes for different folks

The brain over binge podcast really helped me. I have never been diagnosed with a BED but I had a period of eating repeatedly and secretly to the point of needing to vomit because I was so uncomfortable. Listen to the podcast. It may help. She has very simple concepts. But you have to br patient and put any thoughts of…

That diet would be a disaster for me. My protein needs are far higher.

I’ve no idea how to read those results but I read ur post on quora. Good post. Ur body fat is fine Resistance training is good for all of us at any age but particularly women. I’m 10 years older than u and in perimenopause. Muscle loss is a real concern as is loss of bone mass. One of the best things you can do to…

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1557988318786868 No firm conclusions, but interesting.

I don’t know what metabolic conditioning is?

Agree with the above post about weight loss not solving all your problems. People with a normal bmi range still have bad days a abs get depressed.

You need to be willing to “do the things” for the rest of your life. If you aren’t then there’s a good chance of regain. “The things” are what caused you to shed weight. And they vary from person to person.

I lost 40 pounds using a paper diary to record my food in an imprecise way. I’ve never had a tracker. I only found mfp in 2015 which was 5 years after. I used it to lose a further 10 pounds which I logged more carefully.

Versa grips. I use em for rdls and pretty much everything else

Mind muscle connection isn’t important. As long as you are running a programme which is based on progressive overload it and you are progressing in reps abs or adding weight.

I gained 10 pounds over 7 months last year. I’m cutting now. Well I’m trying to cut! Did you have any specific questions about gaining?

Get the dress altered so it fits. Nothing worse than feeling uncomfortable in a tight dress. You will look fabulous whatever the scale says

There’s a whole world of activity out there that isn’t Hi intensity interval strength training. I don’t even know what that is tbh. It sounds exhausting. Try some other activities.

I had an extended maintenance break over crimbo. Back to a deficit now. I’m aiming to lose 10 more pounds and see what I look like. I’m not giving myself a timeframe and I might need more maintenance breaks. I’m not a happy bunny when I’m in any kind of deficit. There’s not a lot of muscle to be seen at the moment but I…

Bulking equals some fat gain. That’s why you look fatter in the pic. 3 months bulking is quite short. You could legit carry on bulking or cut. There’s no right or wrong answer. No one can tell what’s underneath the fat layer until you cut. It’s a process. If you feel uncomfortable then cut. I’m not qualified to comment on…

The sessions will probably take longer than half an hour though.

There’s a body weight only beginners programme in strong curves. The other programmes in the book are definitely adaptable.

I use the free version cos I’m a skin flint. My physique is pretty cool. That’s Nothing to do with mfp though!

Great work. People are jealous. I just filter out the haters.

I ate at maintenance calories. Planned diet break for 2 weeks. Happy days. No gain no loss