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* I like it because it has made my body look waaaaaaay better than hours on end of cardio and it makes me feel like a badass. * I like setting lifting goals, exceeding them, and setting new ones. * It's an enjoyable challenge. * It forces me to get my head straight because lifting is just as much mental as it is physical.…

Ok then, I think I'm going to take this week off. My shoulder blades (right between them so mid/lower trapezius??) has been sore for 2 days now. I thought it was just DOMS, but when I went to squat a few minutes ago, the pain/pressure from the loaded bar on it KILLED. No idea what I did, but I'm going to just give it until…

Lifted yesterday. Planned on Saturday, but I took a 3 hour nap instead lol. I'm happy with that decision, though. :) Squats: 3x5, 1x6, 1x7 @ 165lbs - that was supposed to be 7x5, but I felt like changing it up a little bit. Deadlifts: 3x3, 1x4, 1x5 @ 175lbs - also suppose to be 7x5, but I ran out of energy after squats lol…

What I do is exaggerate it. Get the bar on my back, breathe all the air out of my lungs with my head hanging/eyes pointing to the floor and relax my shoulder and spine, then take a loud, sharp breath in from my mouth making sure my belly expands outward as far as possible (e.g. as unattractively as possible) while bringing…

Did bench last night. I half considered skipping my workout yesterday (those DL DOMS are killer), but I forced myself to and today my back DOMS is 1000x better than it was yesterday. Bench: 7x5 @ 105lbs I didn't do any accessories, but I ran up and down the stairs for 5 minutes between each set (I was playing with the dog…

I've been doing this for ~2 years and with my body, the changes are so subtle (to me anyway, but that makes sense since I look at myself all the time and in minute detail at that lol) that the only way I know I've made aesthetic progress is to take pics and measurements.

Nope. Take a break whenever you need to! I've learned that even if my body feels fine but my mind is exhausted my workouts suck, so if your body's feeling tired, then definitely take a day (or two or whatever you feel you need) off. :)

Well, I did not get to lift yesterday as planned. Had to do a bunch of running around right after work and I didn't get home until 7 and still had to make dinner so... yeah... Deadlifts today! 6x6 @ 170 Yin Yoga warm up Did this on my lunch break so I made it kind of a short and sweet workout. More time for lifting…

No workout to check in with, but hey, I want to check in anyway! Deadlifts were planned for yesterday, but I got some sort of 24hour stomach bug/vomitting/vertigo/temporary DEATH, so all that happened was me lying in bed in the fetal position trying not to puke on my sheets (I'd get up every few hours thinking I was…

Bench: 6x6 @ 97.5lbs Upright rows: 3x7 @ 70lbs OHP: 3x7 @ 70lbs Bench seemed easy, but OHP, wow. I haven't done OHP in quite a while (sometime in April??) so I was definitely grinding the 7th rep on each set. Gotta keep working on this one.

Happy birthday @psych101!!

Back at it after 2 weeks off! Did 20 minutes of Yin Yoga as my warm-up to stretch out my hips, hammies and shoulders then squehhhhhts. 6x6 @ 160lbs beltless. I'm going to really try and stick to cutting for a few months, so I'm working my way back up without equipment (knee sleeves only) so no belt for a while! I also did…

Nope, not at all. I also wouldn't necessarily call those reps failed either (in my eyes a failure is having to bail the bar like roll of shame for bench press or letting the bar hit the safeties you hitting your knees and crawling under the bar for squats). If you're not comfortable with the weight or your form, then stick…

Good to see that for it only being June 3rd, there's quite a few posts in here! Here's to a kick *kitten* start to June! I tested my maxes today. I didn't hit the weights that I was aiming for, but I am beyond happy with what I got. It's either the pre-workout wearing off, the weightlifting version of runner's high, an…

The scale never seems to tell me anything I want to hear so I'm going to stay off it lol. Even when I lose inches and am supposedly eating at a defecit, it says the same weight. I've done some awesome strength increases over the past couple months while not really focusing on my diet and not really logging very tightly…

Well, here's a check-in for a workout I didn't do yet! I'll be doing yoga later. Then again tomorrow and Wednesday. Wednesday will test my 1rm's after yoga.

Good to hear you didn't break your middle finger @canadianlbs! You never realize how important it is until you can't use it (that's a joke and a serious thought at the same time lol). I broke my right middle finger two years ago (dog leash, combo spiral fracture and crush fracture). The first few days in a splint were…

Just popping in to say that come June, I'll be a regular in this thread again. :) I've gotten my strength up to where I want it (Smolov Jr cycles are brutal) so now it's time to really concentrate on shredding some of this fat, actually sticking to my calories and macros, and slowing down on my lifting PR's. I test my…

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Knocked out those triples! I cut my sets down because I needed food. Squats: 5x3 @‌ 185 Bench: 3x3 @120lbs which is a PR for me since 120 used to be my (ugly, grindy) 1RM!!! Now I rest until Saturday for new 1RM testing.

Triples will not happen today. Soooooooooo tired. No energy to lift. Only motivation to sleep. Triples will be done tomorrow. Over and out.

Oh, I'm another one that just writes my workouts down on paper. I do have the SL 5x5 app, but I haven't used it in forever. I actually keep all my workouts in spreadsheets, but once I actually perform them, I write it down in a little notebook I keep near my power rack.

Sets of 4 today, triples tomorrow, then REST REST REST. Squats: 8x4 @‌ 180lbs Bench: 8x4 @‌ 115lbs I've been working on my arch for bench for the past few weeks and I think I got it down pretty well since today's bench wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it'd be. Sooooo, I made it up to using 35's on bench!!!…

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@psych101‌ Just take a break & re-charge; it'll feel great. P.S. those biceps!!!! *swoon*

Fivesies today! Yes, I'm making up words. I can if I want to. lol. Squats: 7x5 @ 170lbs (felt great) Bench: 7x5 @ 110lbs (also felt pretty good) I've discovered that I'm usually good with a minute-and-a-half of rest between the first 3 to 4 sets, but after that I need 3+ minutes.

^^^ Hahaha! Just thought I'd pop in and say I'm a little giddy that it's a thing now. <3

I got knee sleeves for my crunchy knee. It's still crunchy sounding, but any soreness that would accompany it is gone after squatting since I've been wearing the sleeves. I was using knee wraps for a bit and they got rid of the crunchy sound while squatting, but didn't do anything for post-squat soreness. The compression…

Pushups, dumbbell rows, inverted rows and doing higher rep/lower weight of bench and OHP as accessories have helped me.