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if you are following Stronglifts, its pretty easy. If you have never lifted, or just screwed around in the gym until now doing silly body builder splits, you start with the bar on squat, bench and press, 65 on row, and 95 on Deads. Work on your form while its light. Lift like its heavy, brace, stay tight. then when it gets…

Follow the program, especially if you have never lifted. The weights will get heavy soon enough. use the time that its light to really concentrate on your form. Always lift like its heavy, keep correct form and bracing. Then you won't pop a vertebrate once it really does get heavy.

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I bet its your form. I notice especially on dead lifts, that if I don't keep my neck neutral..BAM..instant headache...I think your PT is full of it too....The big compound lifts that are used for 5/3/1 also utilize your stabilizing muscles, so long as you are doing them with a barbell and not a smith machine.

Knees out. Stay tight Knees out dammit

3 weeks is way too short. Your body is just adjusting to the changes by then...

What are your PRs for the weights/routine you are doing? If you dont have your PRs what is the amount of iron you're moving per set with # of sets.

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its really not, takes me like 3 minutes to check and verify...just sounds like it...but i'm a data junkie...to each their own.

I have found that its important to calibrate the BMF. I have been using a suggestion by heybales to calibrate my BMF down and i have been noticing a difference. First using a site like scoobys or heybales' spreadsheet you need to know your BMR(preferably your Katch BMR) then take your daily graph and narrow down to 3 hours…

i would make sure of a couple things. 1st are you sure the band is not too tight? Can you slip your fingers underneath and the band gives? 2nd is the band the right size? It ships with a medium. 3rd is the elastic worn out and you have had to crank the pressure up to keep the band on? I have only had mine for a month but I…

once you start lifting heavy, especially since you are so close to your goal, you should focus on the way you look and feel and less on what the number on the scale says. You may even be heavier than your goal weight, but look so much better than the cardio alone can provide.

you can track your workout on BMF by starting a workout for the time period you are on the equipment. I have been doing that to verify the accuracy of my BMF.

i am thinking that is the model's fault in not understanding the dynamics. I did a google image search for gin miller kettlebell; and while I didnt find any images to the contrary, the only ones I found showing technique were the ones from the article.

"at my gym there is a lady that will walk back and forth along the treadmills doing stretches for about ten minutes then will put the incline way up on the treadmill and proceed to walk backwards, " It sounds like she is trying to strengthen her MCL. Walking backwards on an incline is one of the rehabs I believe...

There's no shame in doing pushups on your knees. I still do sets of the when I run out of steam on full pushups.

Thanks Heybales :) Right now the YAYOG is having me do ladders, so I do 1,2,3,4,3,2,1 of each exercise for 7.5 minutes, then rest for 2 minutes between exercises. The neat thing about the yayog ladders is you rest between reps for only as long as it took you to do the set...so If I do 1 push up in 5 seconds I get a 5…

I use my phone and runtastic to monitor my walks and cardio, and an Hrm for my hiit on the elliptical. I consider Kettlebells to be strength training since I swing heavy (50 lb singles then 35 snatches). I can't do that right now since I injured my forearm doing negative chin ups. Thanks for the input.

I am big proponent of Kettlebells. But you need to take the time to learn to swing them properly. Once your form is down you are ready to rock. I like both Skoggs and Pavel. Pat Flynn is more hard core when you are ready for it.

When I had my embroidery business. I had a sign in the shape of a pyramid. On the points it said Fast, Good, Cheap. Underneath it said Pick any two. Its kind of the same thing. Like some of the others have said, the best thing to do is make too much for dinner and take leftovers...

I did it for 12 sessions. working up from 35lb kettlebell 350 swings to 50lb 500 swings. The mental aspect was the hardest. I stopped though because I still didnt see much movement in the scale or my body. I may try it again in a month or so. Its better if you are doing it with someone to keep you motiveated. My partners…

I typically burn 10-15 calories per minute doing KBs. I am not sure what the other poster meant by steady state cardio, because hiit is not steady state either and there's plenty of people who use HRMs for tracking that. I can usually tell if I haven't pushed myself hard enough because I should have no less than 10 cals…

Sorry, You are wrong. Maybe if you have an injury you should start that light, but most reputable kettlebell sites and certified instructors recommend the 18lb women 25 lb male starting weights. And actually I think pavel recommends 35 starting for men. Maybe you misread or there was a typo. I looked it up and 7kilos is…

Actually if you are using the proper weight kettlebells are the highest calorie burn exercise available. http://davidrbradley.hubpages.com/hub/Burn-20-Calories-Per-Minute-with-the-Kettlebell-Snatch Granted if you are just beginning then you wont start off burning that much. Forget the tiny weakling KBs at your gym. Since…

try this site: http://www.timinvermont.com/fitness/orm.htm This will calculate your one rep max based on your actual lifting. then you can dial back the weight some for more reps.

running in place does not have the same body mechanics as actually running. You are more up on your toes. I injured my tibial tendon by running in place and no longer do so.

Kettlebells.

You might want to start heavier...even as a beginner. The recommended weight for an average woman starting kettlebells is 15-18 lbs...my 12 year old daughter started swinging with me but I only have her on 10 lbs for now...

Kettlebells...Lots of videos around. Can burn up to 20 calories per minute when you push it...

It's not in my list either. But according to ACE (http://www.acefitness.org/getfit/studies/kettlebells012010.pdf) the only exercise that burns as many calories is cross country skiing uphill with maximum effort. Which happens to be in the cardio list. I am curious though, how are you surviving for 50 minutes? i do 60/60…