smittybuilt19 Member

I will take these suggestions and work from there. Thanks y'all.

Thank you for this. I have been quitting my OHP session after a failed rep, I will instead, try finishing out with either less weight or push press.

Thanks for the suggestions y'all, as well as the encouragement.

http://youtu.be/drwpM6ncXdI Today's DL. I feel like my grip was limiting my lock out abilities especially rep 4. At what point would one switch to alternate grip?

Had not thought of this. Thank you!

I have done nothing aside from sticking to the prescribed SL5x5 "deload." I'm really planning for future fails, as odd as that may sound.

Good point, I've spent more money on useless items.

Sweeet!! Thanks Sara.

Gah, why are these things so dang expensive lol.

Thank you, I'm Googling the washers now.

It seems that I can hit a certain weight (85 lbs in my case) and form just goes to hell and so goes the progress. I'm in my first "deload" for OHP per stronglifts 5x5. Sucky suck.

^^Yes Yes Yes. Thank you for sharing!

Hell Yea!

If only I could go back and learn compound barbell exercises 10 years ago haha.

Also, how quick did you have to transition to 3x5 and to 1x5? I have already had one deload on OHP. grrr

^^Thank you for sharing, I sometimes get discouraged personally about how much I can lift, but have accepted the fact that I am not a large guy and I just started. I've recently adopted the mentality of "am I lifting more than I was last week/month"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9zV3TMr1EM&feature=youtu.be Well ya'll, it's PR's from now on with DL (not that the bar was set too high to begin with). This is relatively heavy for me, I have never repped 215 lbs. before and hope to continue the up swing! All critiques welcome.

I wish I could find a guaranteed cleanse restaurant...

Unfortunately....IN

I did think, about halfway through my excessively long post, maybe this shouldn't be posted being mostly just a diary of "what I've been doing lately," then I decided to go with it anyway. If there is anyone reading this that may have quit lifting all together and thinks they maybe want to get back to it, but know it will…

^^Indeed it did. Thank you sir, you, along with other members of ETP, have been instrumental in my recent successes.

Hi, I'm a guy. The second comment was a shameless bump of my own thread in which I said, to myself, "no one cares you suck head." For the record, I love MFP and it does not suck anything, not sure where you got that from. Also, people do respond to threads of all types even during "business hours" ie. Five Bite Diet,…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdJ2Vyu_U5g Sorry for the constant posting, but, I got the videos if you got the time. Thanks all

Thanks! Finally someone responds. I was trying to think of a catchy title to get views... ...should've went with 3 Bite Diet

Haven't had a need to try it, but since no one has responded yet I'll share a few words. At first I would have said don't waste your money, then I realized you had already made the purchase, so I googled it, and apparently it's not that expensive. If your goal is to create a calorie deficit then this video paired with…

I can see what you're talking about there, I will try to incorporate more leg drive and I will watch those videos. Thank you!

That sounds like an excellent plan, your support is greatly appreciated!

So you would rather have cheerleaders rather than legit advice...got it. You go You! Yay

Could there be an underlying issue here, or do I just need to make a conscious change in wrist position? *I mean bar position.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7NTkARyDoc&feature=youtu.be Check out the bench form. Let me know where I need to improve.