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Sore is okay, pain is not. Once you warm up you'll hardly even feel sore, and it will help prevent further soreness. Pain will only get worse and is an indication to stop immediately.

When I was rowing at a D1 school I was pulling 7-something 2ks pretty regularly. Now, probably closer to 9 or 10 minutes as I haven't even looked at an erg in about two years.

Just focus on the big compound lifts 2-3 days a week. Bench, deadlift, squat, overhead press, etc. Those will get you started just fine.

I'm 27 and I weigh 167 as of this morning. I wear size 10 jeans. I eat about 2200 calories a day and my routine is 3 days of running in the morning, powerlifting 3 days a week (training for competition currently) and a short bike ride at lunch every day. Current goal weight is 155; when I get there I'll reevaluate.

205 is awesome! I hit a 210lb 1RM the other day after our box finished a 6 week deadlift program. I went from 185 to 210 with their help. :)

Boil it in chicken stock instead of plain water.

My boss has a bad back, and asked me to move a filing cabinet for him. I think he was expecting me to drag it, because the look on his face when I deadlifted it and plunked it down by his desk was priceless. It probably weighed about 80lbs or so.

We did this a few weeks ago in our box too. The exercises were box jumps, kettlebell swings, push press and push ups. Joker was a 100m plate walk. It was evil. Took me 60 minutes to complete and I couldn't use my arms properly for the next week.

I was benching yesterday, and I was struggling to do 2 reps of 80lbs, which is what I had been able to do no problem last week. I was pretty disappointed. Until my friend realized that we'd actually loaded 85lbs on the bar by accident! So I'd done 2 reps at a PR weight! Instantly felt much better.

I get that from people a lot too. I'm 5'6 and hovering around 165lbs. I often get mistaken for closer to 140lbs, but I do carry quite a bit of muscle mass from when I was rowing in college and eating like a machine.

Finishing up my fourth month of Crossfit. I go a couple days a week so I still have time for strength training, rock climbing, and kickball during the week. It's hard. A lot of days I want to kill something in the middle of the workout, but I feel good when I'm done. And it's increased my endurance and VO2 max by a TON. I…

I am the same way. I'll get a light coat of sweat and then it will stop. I'll turn red in the face and start to overheat. I've nearly passed out a couple of times during high intensity workouts because I don't sweat enough to cool down. Wish I did. :(

I love mine. I run and lift in them. They took a little adjusting to when I first got them, but once I was comfortable I noticed my ankles getting stronger, my calves getting more of a workout and my shin splints disappeared.

Last one I did was Saturday, but my arms are STILL dead. WOD: Deck of Cards Hearts = Box Jumps Clubs = KB Swings (53/35) Diamonds = Push Ups Spades = Push Press (95/65) Joker = 100m plate walk (45/35) Number = Value Face = 10 reps Ace = 11 reps 60 min time cap. We did the entire deck. For some reason I decided that was the…

I had some fun with her and threw out that I was a D1 rower in college and have been doing crazy **** like this for a long time. She went away.

Counting calories stresses me out, but I still log occasionally just to get an idea of where I'm at for the day (lately I've been undereating more than anything). I was really good about counting a while back, though, and I got good at eyeballing portion sizes and estimating calories, so I still have a general idea of what…

I have a PC that I'm planning on using for most of my next-gen games. The boyfriend and I will probably still get a PS4 just for some exclusives, but we're not interested in the Xbox.

I was disappointed in how yesterday's went. Lift: Power clean to front squat 5x3 WOD: 5 round metcon Option A: 30 box jumps (30"/24") 30 kettlebell swings (70lb/55lb) Option B: 20 box jumps (24"/20") 20 kettlebell swings (55lb/35lb) Option C: 20 box jumps (20"/16") 20 kettlebell swings (35lb/26lb) I went into the workout…

I'm in my third month doing Crossfit, and I just joined the regular class a few weeks ago. I go Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I also play kickball and softball during the week, and go rock climbing at the gym on off days when I can. Right now I feel like I'm still adapting to the craziness of the "full" Crossfit workout,…

Warm-up: 250m row 15 back extensions 10 push ups x2 Practice: HSPU Double unders WOD - One round for time: 5 rope climbs 20 weighted lunges 20 dumbbell push presses 40 kettlebell swings 80 wall balls 800m run I finished in 20:02 because the stupid wall balls took forever.

I'm 5'6", 166lbs and my TDEE-10% is 2100 calories. When I calculated my calorie requirement a couple of weeks ago I was 168lbs.

Female 5'6" 166lbs - wanting to lose 10-15lbs 5-6x/week workout (softball 1x, kickball 1x, rock climbing 1x, Crossfit 3x) 2100 calories a day (10% deficit)

Pretty much this. If you can lift 10lbs 50 times, it's time to try a heavier weight. And use the same weight/rep scheme for each arm, and tailor it to the weaker arm and it will catch up eventually (i.e. if your left arm can do 10 reps of 15lbs but your right can only do 10 reps of 10lbs, stick with 10lbs until your right…

2.5lbs to each side, for a total of 5lbs each week. And I'd say stick with the program, even if it doesn't feel terribly challenging yet. The point is to absolutely have the form nailed down before the weights get too heavy. Starting off slow builds a solid base of muscle memory and will help keep you from injuring…

That actually looks like a curl rack. The bars are shorter right? Do you have access to anything like this? http://www.discountonlinefitness.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e9eac4083af1bf3e0366a14280110ed/i/n/ins-olympic_squat_rack_wo.jpg With a rack like this^ you can squat as heavy as your legs will allow. I hit…

I was on it for 6 months and finally just quit last November because I hated it. I lost a ton of hair (clogged a drain that hadn't clogged once in 15 years), couldn't lose any weight despite frequent cardio and strength training and a good diet, and my sex drive TANKED. Sex was so painful (dry) that I would go out of my…

I'm thecate. It's such an awesome site; I got addicted to trying to squeeze every last point out of my workouts.

Heavy is relative. For instance, what feels heavy now (15lbs) might be nothing to you in a month or so if you keep going and pushing yourself. For instance, when I first started, a 45lb "bar only" squat just about killed me. Now I can squat 150lbs with relative ease. It's all about personal history and perspective. :) Keep…

I eat 1700-2000 calories a day and usually just eat them in two big meals. 500-600 calories for lunch at 12:00, mostly meat and fruit, some veggies. Dinner is around 6:30 and is usually 1000-1100 calories. I don't know why, but I find large dinners extremely satisfying. I tried eating several smaller meals throughout the…

I eat there once in a while if it fits my calorie goal, but my stomach will often get upset within an hour of eating their stuff. (I also did a weird personal experiment in college when I had cancer. I started radiation therapy, started getting nauseous all the time, ate a TON of McDonald's and started associated…