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Do you feel any withdrawal symptoms, like headache or unusual angryness? I'm not really good with stimulants in general, and at some point, I stopped drinking more than one coffee a day (an espresso, so there's really not much caffeine in there) and I immediately saw how much it was affecting my sleep, even if I was…

@crabada you actually inspired me in trying those Good Mornings I kept seeing here. I'll add them on my next workout. I hope you're feeling better now. @krokador those burpees with a side jump are like a nightmare to me. Seriously, you rock. @Autumnfilly2005 one amazing thing is, even if you had a bad day, you kept going,…

Thanks for this message! I had the same problem before starting to lift weights, I was so shy to be using the free weights and the power cage, and feeling so clumsy. As if anybody cared. I'm really interested in the BOSU class. I should do it.

What a list! I'll sure try some of those (but none of them involving handstand pushups :P ).

It makes sense for me. I usually feel more confident with my fourth or fifth set with a load because, hey, I already lifted it 15 times, I can do it again. Even if I love deadlifts, it's the lift I feel the less confident with for the same reason, I usually do only one or two warmup sets and then, you only get one shot (do…

Tress, I'm sorry to ear that. I say, don't bother with weight loss while you need your energy to heal. I'm sending you good vibes.

It seems that my new hobby is to go in the office bathroom to flex my arms and be amazed by how my traps pop up. Am I crazy?

My goals for the week are a little bit different than usual because of my diet break. 1) Eat at maintenance minus 150 cals (about 2300 a day) paying attention to my protein goal (200g a day, its a lot!!). 2) Exercise: 3 workouts from Stronglifts 5x5 + 3 sessions of cardio. Had burpees at some point. 3) Remember to keep…

Workout B this morning. I thought that the diet break would help with the load, but no, I was repeating and failing things I had done before. It was a little bit sad in some ways. Warm up: 12 minutes on the bike Squats: 2x5 @ 45, 1x5 @ 65, 1x5 @ 85, 1x5 @ 100, 5x5 @ 110. First set hurted my elbow a little bit, and I…

I like this warm up! Not sur I am able to do one minute jumping jacks, but still, I will probably try it.

There is a lot of people who tells my husband that he is a Seth Rogen look alike, and most of the time, I think it's because of his curly thick hair, thick beard and thick glasses. At one point, it was embarassing. When we were working in college together, he replaced me with a student one on one and gave him an assignment…

That would be nice, though.

No calorie count at Au Pied de Cochon? Let me help you: Foie gras poutine: a shitload of calories Pig's trotter stuffed with foie gras: another shitload of calories Cassoulet and foie gras for two: a crap ton of calories Fried sugar pie on a stick: a truck load of calories I hope this is helping. ;)

I never lift on weekends, so yesterday I did cardio (two workouts from Turbo Jam, I think I missed the genuine motivation of Chalene Johnson), and today, I did a mix of cardio and yoga, with 30 day shred (level 2) and the Stretch DVD from T25.

Back injuries are so recurrent, you better heal that one for real before trying DL again. I'm feeling you, I had back issues in the past and I am somewhat sensitive in this area, so I have to be careful on DL and also on pendlay rows. I hope you'll feel better.

Ok, so here is my follow up: 1) Still doing Stronglifts and never skipped a workout in six weeks. Yay! 2) January 11th: -1.6 January 18th: -0.6 January 25: -1.6 February 1st: -1.2 February 8th: - 1.8 February 15th: -1.2 Total: -8 (totally on par with my Valentine's day goal, yay!) 3) This week cardio was done, but I did…

@krokador does cheat meals this week means it's your birthday? Happy birthday in advance! ;) @crabada low motivation week happens sometimes. This winter is rough on me (well, as a Montrealer always buried in snow and cold, at least) and I navigated from blah week to supercharged weeks. You will find the motivation in you,…

Also, as suggested by Stephany, I propose weekly goals instead of daily goals for the next challenge. It will be easier to do a follow up.

Quick check in cause I have a lot to do at work. Workout A this morning. Elliptical: 12 minutes Squats: 1x5 @ 45, 1x5 @ 65 1x5 @ 85, 5x5 @ 110. Pendlay rows: 1x5 @ 45, 5x5 @‌ 55 Bench: 1x5 @ 45, 5x5 @‌ Then stretching. Good workout, but I should have done 60 for the bench and the row, I didn't remember I did it last time.…

I would love to chat more, so yay for a chat thread :)

Thank you for checking in! ;) I hope you're doing good!

Thanks for joining in ;)

OHP are still pretty hard for me, I don't think I will be able to increase to 55 pounds in weeks. Seriously. It's hard. But it makes my shoulders fabulous. Hang on on those! Forgot to check out yesterday. It was not-so-boring cardio day, but I didn't lose myself because I had a lot to do at home. I did a workout from 30…

When I'm going to the gym in the morning, I eat my first breakfast at 5:30 (usually some piece of whole grain toast with cheese and about 10g of proteins, like a bit of chicken or an egg - total about 175 cals). Then, I eat post-workout second breakfast at work, at about 8:30. We have a real kitchen in the office, so I'm…

I'm seriously considering buying a foam roller for our house. While I was pulling et pushing on hubby's limb, I was saying again and again: seriously, if you would love to foam roll those, you would feel soooo great. Oh, god, you'll love foam rolling. I think that I may have a secret crush for that stupid PVC roll.

@krokador thanks for this list of yoga poses to help with my back. I did a couple of them (with the help of my Wii Balance Board, so tech-savvy), and it helped a lot. After that, I helped my husband to stretch a little. He did a routine with bodyweight squats and some straight leg deadlift (with a 15 pounds kettlebell,…

I'm sure you'll be there in no time. Plus, I'm really impressed by your numbers. Good job!

I'm voting for Easter too. I will set new nutrition goals for this challenge, so I'll have more time to see improvement. As for this week weight in, I'm down -1.2. I would have love to have a 1.5 loss, so I will have more chance to reach my goal for this challenge, but it didn't happen. Still, I'm close to it. EDIT: Ohh, I…

I didn't take time to check in yesterday, but I did some sort of circuit training for 30 minutes, and I shoveled snow for about an hour (wearing my HRM to see if it worth logging that calorie burn, turned out I burned almost 300 cals just from the shoveling, so I did log them). Today was workout A. I think I hurted…

Ok, so here are my progress on my 15 goals. 1) Still doing Stronglifts, and I'm doing good. 2) January 11th: -1.6 January 18th: -0.6 January 25: -1.6 February 1st: -1.2 February 8th: - 1.8 Total: -6.8 3) Eww. Cardio was bad this week. Bad. Going to sleep at 8:30 every night didn't give me a lot of time to exercise. 4)…