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In my house it depends on the situation. If it just let's get something to eat, we split. If I am really wanting to eat somewhere specific, I pay or we're not going. I always offer to pay my share, but often if it was his suggestion, he'll offer to pay my share. I would not be comfortable with the man paying all the time.

So are you ditching this program? Or just modifying? BTW, I just saw your post over at JP Fitness about the dumbbell snatches. I hung out there for a few years, made it to the Summit in 2009, but I've strayed a bit. Still FB friends with several JP forumites, but just back now to get reacquainted.

Wow, congratulations! That's very impressive! I wish I could say strength training did the same for me. After three years of strength training (I had completed the programs in the first NROL and had completed NROL4W) I joined a group of women training for sprint tri's. The tri's were a blast, but I was slow in every leg…

There is nothing woman specific about the NROL4W program, just the book is geared toward women. All of the exercises in the program are also in NROL4 Life, so it isn't as if anyone on the gym floor is going to know he's doing a woman's program. Just got notice this morning about the latest NROL book due out December…

Also, if you are using MFP's default macro percentages, your protein might be set quite low, making it easy to go over. Lately, mine has been manually set at 132 grams and I find it impossible to reach my goal.

Unless you have chronic kidney disease, which many people do and they don't know it. Take me, for instance. Otherwise super healthy, no symptoms, no CKD related illness, yet found out I had a GFR of 58, which is Stage 3 kidney disease. Since one test can be off, I was good and kept myself hydrated, did everything right,…

I'm on a roll, although increases are tiny. Still feeling good. Squat 127 BP 83.5 (yes, a 1/2 lb. Increase and it was easy) DL 163.5 (was easier than expected) I'll be happy to finish out July with 130 on squats. Maybe I'll be up to squatting my body weight by September.

Nice way to progress! I'm loving the fractional weights as well.

I usually don't drink anything with my meals, except maybe coffee with breakfast., but only because I don't enjoy doing so. I've never heard water speeding up the digestion process. I have heard the diluting your acids theory and also read that was bunk. I really don't think it is going to have much impact either way.

You can log it here so your friends can see how bad *kitten* you are, then really log it in a spreadsheet so you can chart your progress. That's what I do. But yeah, if you don't care if your friends can see what you're doing it is pretty pointless.

I have a few friends that tell me they would only date tall men, and I don't get it at all. Height has never been a consideration for me. It is just not an issue at all. My bf is very handsome, very masculine and sexy and he is 5'7-1/2". I am 5'6". I did briefly date a guy who was 5'2" and he was very athletic and it was…

I did this program last year. You'll like it...lots of fun and challenging moves. Definitely a fat burner, as well.

Did you read in Practical Programming about cyclists and squatting? How cyclists tend to be able to lift heavier loads than most beginning lifters, but since cycling is all concentric, cyclists have not developed the strength to handle the eccentric portion of a heavy squat., and thus need to be careful not to go too heavy…

Another strong workout. I recently changed my goal to maintenance so have increased my calories a bit. I think this may be making a difference. The last two workouts I added a measly 1-1/2 pounds to the bar, but I was at least able to increase from one workout to the next. Today I decided to throw five pounds on the bar…

Wow....yeah, I'd probably give it another day even. I don't think I've ever been dehydrated....that sounds awful.

I do think SL or Starting Strength is a great place to go after this program. It is definitely a change of pace....although after getting accustomed to short rest periods between sets it might take som time adjusting to much longer rest periods and no alternating sets. I love it all and it is nice to change things up. But…

At 50 I have perkier buns than I ever did in my 20's. I had an average size butt, not flat but not prominent either. It is more prominent now, nice shape but not big.

If your goal is to lose weight, you need to eat less than you burn. On this program you'll be working hard and burning, so you'll want to eat more. Your body will make you! You will get results doing this program no matter what, whether that be weight loss or just getting fit. You do need to fuel your workouts properly to…

Thanks! LOL.

Okay, I had a root beer float at work and a really good workout after work....coincidence? I might have to do some more trials and see if the results hold up. I may have a new workout nutrition regimen. Hit everything, will move up on all next time. Squats 120 (moved up just 1.5 lbs. each of the last two workouts and it…

,, Good point! Still, I'd rather break someone's toes than break my neck! Hopefully, if someone is close enough to get their toes broken they are close enough to see you're in trouble and either run or help. I definitely am not squatting without clamps. My plates are all over the place when I'm racking the bar.

What muscle groups do you imagine are being left out? You are hitting everything. Rippetoe, at this level the only useful assistance exercise are pull ups, which work all the muscles lat pulldowns work and more...they are far superior. When they get too easy, add weight. Also...fractional for OHP. Go up 2 lbs I you stall…

I personally do use clamps for the other lifts because my plates do shift. Rip does okay them for DL's because the weights tend to walk off the bar...otherwise he'd rather we learn to keep the bar level so the weights stay put. I'd rather not worry about it for the squat. You can use clamps on BP if you have a spotter, but…

First time in a while that I actually got in a Monday and Wednesday workout. It went very well I went up 1-1/2 lbs. On the squat (yay for fractionals!) and felt like my depth was better than Monday. I increased 2 lbs. On the OHP. Decided to do power cleans instead of BOR tonight...I think I will alternate the two as long…

It's not a big deal to release your grip and reset for each rep on your deadlifts. I often go on the Starting Strength forum where people post videos for Rippetoe to critique their technique. One guy reset his form on every single rep, even straightening his knees. Also, Rip even recommends switching the supinated grip on…

That's another way to go, but 5x5 is a novice program. Once you've maxed out your strength gains you will change things up. There are a lot ways to do this once you've reached intermediate status. And yes, maximum strength is achieved with lower reps. As with everything, strength and fitness, it depends on the individual…

I love DB single arm snatches. They are fun as hell.

The difference with this book is you build your own workout, so you determine how challenging it is each step of he way. And if you add something and hate it, you can replace it and nobody is going to tell you You're not doing the program!"

That is why you don't use clamps when you bench...so you can dump the weights off the end in such a situation. I never use them for this reason, per Rippetoe's advice. Does your bench have two sets of hooks...an upper and a lower set? I failed last week and, while I was not getting the bar high enough to reach the regular…

Exactly! And there is nothing we can do about it. I don't have an hourglass an d I never will because I wasn't born with one. If I gained 30 pounds I would be fat, not curvy. And you can be curvy as all get out and be thin and muscular with a six pack.