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You're going about this all wrong, because you're asking the wrong questions. What are YOUR goals?

It sounds like you're just messing around in the gym, and you don't have a plan set for whatever your goals are. Lets start here: what are you goals?

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Yeah you can use them, but they're too short in my experience. Try proping them up with a couple dumbbells turned on their sides.

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Seconded. Strength should be your primary focus. The stronger you are, the better you can do everything else. Just start with the minimums. I swear you will never regret it, and if you follow SL 5x5's progression, things will get heavy as hell in just a few months anyways. That's fine too, of course. Just make sure you…

Absolutely, just start with the minimums: Bench = 45 lbs (bar) Press = 45 lbs (bar) Squat = 45 lbs (bar) Deadlift = 90 lbs Row = 65 lbs If it's too light for you, try AMRAP on the last set (As Many Reps As Possible), up to say, 10 reps. The point of starting light is to give yourself room to improve (being untrained and…

For instance, a bodyweight pushup is equal to benching 2/3rds of your weight. That's not light. That would be a good 25 lbs heavier than what my PT has advised me to do. Devil's in the details lol, you could definitely hurt yourself doing BW stuff too. It's all about pacing and starting light.

Truth = You need both. Press doesn't develop your chest like the bench does, and the bench doesn't develop the shoulders like the press does. My belief = Bench, Press, Deadlift, and Squat are the primary, key movements that need to be in every routine. Also rows. Also, muscles only pull, they don't push. Back is used…

It is different from a massage actually, in one very key way. Massage causes shearing between tissues, where rolling only "rolls" over a given point. So in the later, there's little if any "myofascial release". It's almost equivalent to pressing down on a given spot. Now, as for the efficacy of massages, I have no idea…

Hmm, that's a really interesting thought. What comes to mind though is that training the same thing every day doesn't allow for recouperation at all, even for the tendons you're trying to avoid injuring. In the event that you do take a rest day, your tendons will be even more fatigued. Since the muscles recoup faster, they…

Zero appreciable difference. Workout when it's a good time for YOU.

It's just a step counter. If you need one, I hear they work very well. They can also make this kind of thing fun for you if you like tracking stats.

Nah man I was mostly playing with you. That makes intuitive sense sure, but I don't know if the " frequent light use to increase blood flow" is better than just giving it rest. Think playing with a scab, versus just leaving it alone.

Ya, but he was advocating proactively exercising the joint with more frequency and less volume& weight to promote blood flow. Lol he was just working out an idea, out loud. That said in this case it's my elbows and knees. My knees get a lot of use on a daily basis whether I like it or not. Of course I'm going with PT's…

That's some tenuous broscience right there man lol :drinker: But yeah whether it's for this reason or not, he doesn't want me to outright stop squatting. He just advised that I go back to about 50% of bodyweight, once a week, and see if there's any pain.

I saw you bought 5/3/1, great program man. START LIGHT though lol, like on the other forum. This template is actually his "boring but big" template, with the main lifts off-set. As for more squats... I don't see why exactly. More isn't always better, but you could always just do them 5x5. Then again, you bought 5/3/1. Just…

Yeah man, absolutely. I work a desk job, and hadn't been particularly active for a while. I started up on Wendler's 5/3/1, which was probably a mistake, since it has you starting the program, working at 90% of your 1RM when I was relatively untrained. I confused having the strength to do it with being properly conditioned…

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Why not keep the Upper / Lower and just do something like this: Day 1: Bench 3x5 & Press 3x10, Abs Day 3: Press 3x5 & Bench 3x10, Abs Day 2: Deadlift 3x5 & Squat 3x10, Row 3x10 Day 4: Squat 3x5 & SL DL 3x10, Row 3x5 There you keep some hypertrophy work, everything gets hit twice a week, and you have a mix of heavy and…

^ This. For more information, you should read New Rules of Lifting for Women. Great resource.

Read New Rules of Lifting for Women. Even if you don't end up lifting, it'll give you plenty of good solid info that you can use to decide what you want to do. It's availabe as an ebook on Amazon even.

Nothing changes in a couple weeks from weight lifting except for fat loss from a deficit... That said, there's some research out there I believe that says weight lifting burns fat efficiently... but screw all the margins and the "tips". Stick with the basics, find an exercise you like to do and can do, and you'll get your…

Agreed, it's awesome. But like with anything else, take it slow at the beginning, and read that book I suggested. You don't have to love exercise, not everyone is going to be a character in a Nike commercial (for instance, I hate cardio). Learn the basics, and make your decisions (healthy decisions). Good knowledge,…