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https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z7IOQh7JPcI&feature=youtu.be Another video, a little more weight this time.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=rTWvRY06Owg&feature=youtu.be Form video. Trying to keep elbows under the bar, and chest up. *Yes, it was shot with a potato.

Thank you Chris for the input. I do feel like I could add more DL than just the standard SL 1x5, I do need the form work. I'm going to have a good look at 5/3/1 and make diet adherence an immediate goal.

Haha! There was actually a time when I worked for a beer company loading trucks when someone was stealing product, the president of the company rounded us up in the warehouse and told us if he ever found out one of us were stealing again he would burn our f---ing house down. srs.

Is there a hard copy available anywhere. I can't stand reading on the computer or phone. (Yes I am 90 yrs old)

German Volume Training? Looks like fun. ;)

Alright MFP says 2300 for .5lb wk. I'll set it and try to adhere and see how things go. I'm still not sure what to do about routine. I have Bill Starr 5x5 on my computer. I'd like to see what beyond 5/3/1 looks like but couldn't find any templates.

So according to Scooby and mayo clinic calculators my maintenance calories are estimated around 2600. Scooby says 2045 would cause approx 1 lb week loss. So if I'm correct I would add 250 cals to that for .5 wk. I'll check what MFP says . Interesting .

I should be trying to lose fat, that's why I came to MFP to begin with. Only then I learned about skinny fat, even lived it for a few short months before returning to fat.

Damn you and your patience with me lol. You have said similar if not exactly the same things to me before. What will keep me in the weight room is what matters. I was totally hung up on needing to squat X or bench X before I move on. My home brew squat plan I mentioned early, that I had screwed around with in early…

No blood panel, I was around 174-178 when I started going to him and now I'm about 20-22 lbs heavier over the past year. I think he just pulled a number out of his *kitten* without applying context. He already knows I have anxiety which leads, personally, to sugar low type symptoms and from time to time I do have actual…

See, I can't agree or disagree with this due to lack of experience, but the comment about 1.5 and 2 times body weight lifts are what I read quite often. My current max on squats: 225lbs. and bench: 175lbs. Squat 2xbw= 380lbs. Bench 1.5xbw= 285lbs. That is what makes me feel like it would be a total mistake to switch the…

My anxiety med is linked to weight gain, but I don't want to believe it (seems like a cop out). My chart did say "celexa-weight gain f/u" when I went to the doc yesterday so maybe he's concerned.

Sam - I am trying to adhere to 1950 right now. Some weeks are better than others. My doctor told me to try 1600, he's concerned that I put on 20 lbs in a year's time (understandable). I just don't think 1600 would be the answer, unless I'm trying to pass out.

I did try a little DIY on squats while farting around in early September, started off very fun and exciting, getting to work with higher weights but by the third week I was toast. lol

SL5x5 First run - June through August 2013, quit cold turkey in mid Sept. with new job and didn't make time to lift. Second run May through July 2014. Maxed out in July (bad mistake in hindsight) hit all PR's lost motivation and farted around until mid September and started back up again full force, now hitting walls…

I have thought about that several times. The only reason I haven't acted on it is because it seems that most opinions state that I should not be failing at the weights I am failing at. Idk, I also thought that if I switched to a hypertrophy routine while still in a deficit (small but there) I would lose what strength I had…

My apologies for jumping. There's a certified bro that lifts on his lunch break the same as I and it pains me to think of ever being like him, although he looks pretty good (hetero*). I understand that my previous comments make me look ridiculous ie. wanting the looks while training for strength. I'm just having a time of…

dbmata, guess I'm labeled as a bro for the use of the word aesthetics. It was the only word that came to mind at the moment. There's only so much praise I can give myself about pushing the numbers higher and higher (especially now that the numbers are stalling, body weight barely budges, and I feel like I'm close to an…

^^That post makes it seem like I'm only concerned with looks, but I'm not. Maybe I'm being impatient.

My goal is ultimately to lose weight (again) and I know I don't have to lift to do that. As far as lifting goals are concerned, I've been telling myself just to focus on increasing the weight, but I am becoming more and more uninterested in lifting as I am not seeing much in the way of aesthetics. If I can summarize, I am…

Hey how are things in Claremont?

Fat, Sick, and Nearly Lunchtime. Somebody hand me a cheeseburger...nom sayin'

You got it, going through the motions might be a better way to describe it for me. I may not have truly stalled weight wise but more so lost the "fire" that I had in the beginning.

About a minute after I bumped the thread I remembered I had read about why it is not wise to develop your own program for the reason you mentioned. I will check out BB.com, I think I am just getting a little bored with SL since the weight increases have slowed. Thank you!

Shameful bump. ETA. IDC.

Fit - I know it's not per SL, I am trying to come up with my own schedule/routine while still incorporating the lifts I learned in SL. Edited- I did check out ICF 5x5, thank you for the suggestion.

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Way to go. There is really no need to wait!

Derp in a hurry.