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super jealous!! but you deserve it! WTG

BOSTON STRONG!

in MY day, our protein shakes were ALL LUMPS, and we were GRATEFUL!!! :p

I am not currently experiencing overtraining symptoms. However, i currently train 4 days a week using 5-3-1 with a single assistance exercise on training days. I DID recently experience a few symptoms, after which i reduced assistance volume by about 50% (these spreadsheets don't take into account the user's age!!) and…

Ditto! Great work!

I hate to have to back off a lift... i'm doing it with OHP now. But given the alternative of not progressing at all... I'll take it.

I hate to have to back off a lift... i'm doing it with OHP now. But given the alternative of not progressing at all... I'll take it.

low- or no-fat cottage cheese is a great protein source that is very versatile in recipes and good eaten plain if you prefer...

Wait till your late 40s...

DITTO!!

i get some fwd lean too, when i lose focus on what i am doing or drop too fast. I get fwd lean on one rep, get my head out of my rectum, and then no lean on the next. But that's only one possible cause of lean. Or two.

OHP is a real *kitten*. How often do you do it?

Holy crap - I'm almost STRONG!! FWIW i'm turning 48, 5'10 around 215, been lifting for about 2.5 years, and have recent training maxes of bench 225 2RM, squat 380 2x3RM, deadlift 350 3x2RM.

this might help - http://stronglifts.com/overhead-press/

i've been watching this thread for a few days... my personal preference is following a program and making progress, watching my numbers go up, and feeling badass. I don't have goals other than that... i don't compete (except with myself), i don't have deadlines. When my program stops working, or it's time to make a change,…

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Ditto. Though i've only been lifting about 2 years.

Bet that felt good. I've had to break my 5x5 at 325 down to 8x3 !!

what's peaking?

sometimes it's about sharts.

not sure it was a torch... maybe just a flaming shart.

At the end of every set, do you have to say "Science! " like Thomas Dolby?

The Smith balances the weight for you, so when using it, you're not working the muscles involved in balance, just the large muscles involved in pushing the weight up. When the weight is free, i.e. lifting with the free bar (whether loaded or unloaded), you work the muscles pushing the load, and the muscles balancing the…

I'm giving the Texas Method a try and I was wondering if it's OK to swap out the clean for barbell rows. (I have no interest in the clean.)

Belt while benching? Splain please?

i just got it for Kindle... i didn't wait for responses :o

other options: sweetened OR unsweetened dark chocolate powder honey molasses peanut butter sub in ice/water for the frozen fruits/milk if you need to. Really, smoothies are super-flexible. And this one is FILLING.

awesome thread. One of my many protein smoothie versions: protein powder cottage cheese lowfat milk stevia greens (spinach, kale, broccoli) various frozen fruits for fiber, micros, and extra coldness blend smooth pour into travel drink vessel - BAM! Portable.

Yep

ok so here's what i did for my "deload". These are my lifts and their weight per set on the week of 13 July: Squat (Mon/Fri) 170 215 255 300 340 (Fri 350) Bench (Mon/Fri) 105 130 160 185 210 (Fri 215) Row (Mon/Fri) 105 130 160 185 210 (Fri 215) OHP (Wed) 85 100 120 135 (only able to do 2 reps at 135) Deadlift (Wed) 195 235…