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Beep-I can, but I have tendonitis in my right ankle. Have been icing, naproxen, etc to help. My feeling was maybe I just was cheating myself. Especially after I saw two men doing squats on the smith machine yesterday and they weren't even CLOSE to parallel, yet had 315 pounds on the bar. I would rather fix it now (as you…

The first time I lost 80 pounds (pre children, and post high school), I worked at Lane Bryant. I went from a size 24 to a size 12. Customers that I had known for 2 or 3 years refused to allow me to help them any longer. I remember one woman actually saying to me when I recommended an outfit to" mind my own business because…

My squat looks about the same as yours, but I keep my head up. I have trained in power lifting, and coached a highschool team for 5 years, but I haven't lifted seriously since I had my first child in 2006. I am a "can do" coach, and would workout with my kids so I could be right there to check their form and help spot.…

I teach this in my 10th grade Bio class... nicely worded. Sexual selection is a completely different animal. I joke that I married my average height/weight husband in a feeble attempt to cull my gene pool for my children. The men in my family are well over 6 feet (brother is 6'8"), and we are all built like trucks. But…

Interesting theory...my husband is a brunette with dark eyes, and I am a brunette with blue-grey eyes...guess what? We have a beautiful red haired, brown eyed girl...love, love, love my ginger!:heart:

I am happily married, and can't help but notice boobs...and I have my own to look at. It doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, if you have boobs hanging out I will look...not drool...not stutter...although I have been known to scream out randomly "double hung madness!" (no joke BTW) :drinker:

I used to coach a power lifting team, and I suggest NOT wearing any assists when you lift. I don't wear knee braces or gloves, and only use a belt if I'm maxing out. I have been out of lifting since my son was born (5 years ago), but am part way through stage one. I squat 135 for 12, and deadlift 135 for 12. I am 5'7" and…

I started stage one with twice a week and worked up to 3 times a week...I do yoga once or twice a week to help with soreness,but really any activity that you do that gets your blood flowing will help heal the damage you do to your muscles during lifting.

You're doing a great job! Huge difference!

laser hair removal...to quote my favorite man "I don't care what boobs look like as long as they are naked and pressed up against me." :drinker:

Are the "tall" sizes still too short? I am 5'7" so average is just a tad shy of perfect, and of course tall is too long...so back to men's sizing. If men's pants only had space for hips! :grumble:

ARRRGGGHHHHHHH! This just makes me think they should size women's clothing like men's. If my waist measures 32; I buy a 32. I hate it when my husband walks into a store, buys jeans and refuses to try them on. AND they fit! How is that fair?

This is absolutely the best review EVER!

LMAO! Love that song!

lol. I have to ask...are you in the middle east? Are those ladies sporting burkas?:wink: I have exactly 30-45 minutes to workout...I have it down to a science. If ANYONE disrupts my workout I get irritated. I could spend an hour ranting about the guy yesterday that sat and RESTED on the seated row machine and wouldn't get…

I've been lifting weights since I was 10...have always loved it. Power lifted through high school and college. Trained a high school power lifting team (and won at state several years) for 5 years before I had kids...and then nothing. lol. I would lift on and off but didn't get serious about lifting again until this past…

Lol...and yet, in your profile picture I see...gasp!...suspenders! Or were you wearing two shoulder holsters?:devil:

Ah...so now I understand what the other poster meant when she had "some pretty bad scarring around her belly button." I was trying to figure that out! Thanks!

Did the doctor "save" your belly buttons or make you new belly buttons? (I have a mental image of a giant quilting needle--ouch)

You definately get points for being controversial!! :drinker: I'd drink with you.:heart:

Thanks Hendrix...I'm second guessing everything I do these days. I always do when I change up my routine.

I wear Brooks. My feet are wide and they come in wide sizes and have a bigger toe box, but I'd suggest that you go to a sports store and try on a few different brands to see what fits you best. It took me 32 years to discover Brooks, and now I won't wear anything else.

So let me start with my opinion: running is something that people do once they are fit, not to get fit. Noone told me this when I was younger, and I always wanted to run...and couldnt figure out why it was so painful at 240 pounds. Then I started just walking...and circuit training. One day at 190ish I decided to try to…

You lose water weight through sweating...no calorie burn.Unless you are working out in the sauna? :wink:

lower your weight and work on an easier squat or lunge than the bulgarian split squat. Try a reverse lunge with no weight and a forward lunge with no weight, and once you have the form down, add weight...then try the bulgarian with no weight....then add weight. Form always, always needs to come first so you don't injure…

totally.

brown, blonde, red, orange, blue, purple, pink, fuschia, green...purple was my favorite unnatural color. I haven't colored my hair in over 4 years, and I'm ok with the light brown....and grey. You know you are getting old when the GREY hair starts to come out when you brush/wash your hair!

38 two kids under 6 Moderately active Its definately better in the summer when I'm off work. My DH refers to me as Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde. As I am very work focused during the school year, and in the summer anything goes...we average 2 a week during the school year maybe 4 times in summer.

Also, the longer you wait, the harder it gets to have sex...so do it sooner rather than later!

Holy mother of god...a chipotle burrito has about 1200 calories...that must be at least 3500!!!