ishtar13 Member

That's more like circuit training than real strength training. Try heavier weight for fewer reps, not a crossfit type workout.

And I'm sorry that he made you feel like that. We can't control what other people do, but we can control our responses. Use it to get MAD and fuel your workout instead of tearing you down.

1. I would have said, "I've researched my program thoroughly, thank you" and put my headphones in to stop the conversation. And if he kept going, I'd pretty much say, "eff off". 2. I'd report him to the manager, because that is NOT good business.

That's fantastic!!! My highest bench so far was 82.5 for 4 reps, back in Sept (before I started flaking every other week). I can't wait to get to 25 lb plates!

No problem, just didn't want your update to get lost. :)

Oh, and I forgot to address the arms. Fat will decrease as your body composition changes. The bench press, overheads and rows will work your arms, and you're already doing push ups and dips, which are great for that. Again, if you feel you absolutely, positively have to do more than that, tricep press downs with a rope and…

Yes, please read tameko's summary. Stronglifts is a full body program 3x/ week. Every session you work everything, with only 3 lifts, only 5 sets of 5 reps (although some of us have gone down to 3 sets after reading Starting Strength or getting to higher weights) Squats, deadlifts and overheads will work your abs. If you…

You may want to repost on the December thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/810634-december-check-in-and-chat-thread

Well, stronglifts as written is only 5 compound lifts. You can read tameko's sticky post summary for the details, but it's: Workout A: Squat, bench press, barbell (Pendlay) row. Workout B: Squat, overhead press, deadlift I see a lot of single joint exercises in your routine. If you can do lunges after squats, you might not…

I'd get 4 tens and 2 of all the others. but that's me, one of my warm up sets on squats is always 85 lbs, so that's 4 tens and the bar.

thank you for bringing my comment over here. I'm just glad to be back. :)

I went to three different trainers over the years, plus a weight lifting class at a community college. I told all of them, "I want to be strong, I don't care about weight loss" They all tried to put me on a routine of massive cardio and machines with 12-15 reps each. So, yeah, just do it on your own. If possible, take…

congrats!!!! That's fantastic.

I take about 70 minutes most days, depending on how many warm ups and how long my rests are.

I know I'm late, but that's great! Congrats.

I'm still trying to lose weight, so I'm eating at a deficit, ~`1400 on non-lift days and ~1600 on lift days.

I have never had that experience. There was only one time when I had spent several minutes setting up the cage for my use and one guy didn't realize it and tried to take it. I have walked in when other people were using the equipment I wanted and just asked, "are you gonna be awhile?" Then set my stuff down to show I was…

I'm sorry I sounded that way, it's not really like me (and it's sweet of you to notice). I just lost focus for a little while and I'm getting it back now. I was eating badly, didn't lift for 17 days, lost strength, gained a couple pounds and put some fat back on my waist. I had a couple of personal things going on that…

Hmmm, I don't know how to handle that, then, except to try to increase reps before you increase weights. So, after you get a 5x5 at one weight, try to do 6 or 7 reps per set before increasing weight. ETA: and look for a different gym that has barbells with plates.

so, see if you can find some 2.5 kg or 1.5 kg weights. 2.5 kg = roughly 11 lbs and 1.5 kg = 3.5 lbs. If you can find two plates that are 1.5 kg or so, you can add it to each side and then you're only going up 7ish lbs, which isn't that far from 5 lbs. If that makes any sense.

What she said. I don't feel any pain from the bar, and I've squatted as much as 130 lbs.

So, my last rant about diet matters? Yeah, it really does. Today I couldn't lift what I lifted last week, much less what lifted in the middle of last month. I've been eating like crap. Way too much sugar and not nearly enough protein. (And we won't even talk about what that's done to my waistline.) My fitness goals aren't…

I'm frustrated because taking some time off and eating crappy means I'm back at weights I was at in early September. I don't even want to report them! Diet matters. Eat your protein! But a bit of a funny, yesterday I was doing squats and this guy comes over and tries to hand me a bar pad. There were already two of them on…

Welcome! Ishtar

a soldier is in the army; a marine is in the marines. Just sayin'.

I've had several weeks where I only lifted 2x/week.

i'm at about 70 mins now with about 3 mins rest between work sets.

But Rippetoe's thing has never been about having low body fat. If you read his stuff, he doesn't address that at all. His thing is getting strong. And for that, he's great.

I looked at the ingredients list and it's basically sugar and flavoring. I wouldn't say bad, unless you need to avoid sugar. I'd make sure to record it.

Yep, keep 'em in my gym bag. Before I got them, I would do extra reps at one weight before going up. Like, if I got 5x5 with the bar alone, then next time, I'd try to get 6 or 7 reps per set, and only then try to increase the weight while reducing the reps. So, like the 2nd time after getting the bar alone, I'd go to 50…