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Congrats!! That's awesome progress!

Ugh, still wet here. The only consolation is that it's deadlift day and toting the lifting belt and gym bag on the motorcycle is a pain. Guess I'm driving today.

I keep forgetting to check in to the thread but at least I've been remembering to log better. I'm feeling pretty good since I'm down since last week and even better, remembered to both prep my work lunches for the week yesterday, and brought them to the office this morning. Now I have no excuses to hit the evil cafeteria…

Good morning. Today will be mostly deadlifts after work, should go a little better than chest yesterday since my shoulder started bugging me a bit. Trying to get used to my new HRT regimen has me much more motivated than I have been in a couple months so that feels really good.

So, is been a while since I've been on the forums. Just figured out I'm a transguy this last Christmas. Hoping to be more active now that I've got some *kitten* dealt with. Always open to new friends, especially ones that might understand some of this.

Feel free to add me to I'd you want, I'm not in the forums much since I mostly use the app but do check my feed frequently.

Update with my new PR's from this last week... Squat - 300# Bench - 135# Deadlift - still stuck at 280# damn grip :(

How much is recommended per kg of bodyweight usually will vary depending on your goals and where you're currently at. I think it sounds about right, I usually aim for 160-190.

Liquid Grip is a life saver. Also, for what it's worth, I tried gloves once and found I actually had a harder time holding onto the bar.

If I'm at the gym I'll bench in the cage depending on how many people are there and how many cages are available. If it looks like I might be in danger of monopolizing the cage (all the others are in use) I won't use it and just ask someone to spot me instead.

I'll be there... glad to know I won't be the only newbie! I'm definitely not lightweight class but apparently we'll both be competing in Masters? You should definitely review the USPA rulebook as it has a ton of information about what's legal to wear and the guidelines for good lifts. Even if your trainer is familiar with…

Are you sure it's in Lincoln City? There's a meet that day in Newport but I didn't know about a Lincoln City one... I agree that you should try to find a trainer that powerlifts, however, depending on where you live that might take some searching. What town do you live in? Corvallis has a powerlifting gym and Portland has…

When I get to 20%BF I'm going to look into *gasp* a boob lift. I'm beginning to get depressed at them turning into deflated saggy bits. I don't want them any bigger I actually like that they've shrunk, I just don't want them hovering around my navel forever.

Holy hell, awesome job!!!

First name: Rachel Age: 41 State or Country: OR Starting Weight in MFP: 247 Current Weight in MFP: 196 Goal for year end (92 days left): 185 Plan to achieve that goal: Lifting heavy 3-4x week, HIIT 3x week and eating a lot of clean foods. Current primary focus is on strength rather than weight loss, but a 10ish lb. loss…

I really like mine and haven't had any issues with it. The BF% isn't tremendously accurate but it still works for getting a baseline and monitoring up or down trends.

So much this. *kitten* definitely will make me smile, but a great set of strong thighs will keep me staring all day long, collarbones would come next... so yummy.

Seriously?? If light housework was a "fun workout" I wouldn't need the squat rack in my living room. Fun loving workout for me at home= deadlift, squats (not bodyweight), bench press, overhead press...

^Exactly this.

I work with a trainer twice a week and do boot camp 3x a week on the other days. I love working with a trainer. It helps me push harder and stay more motivated. It also gives me a second opinion and feedback from someone who knows what they're doing about my progress in terms of diet/bringing up weak areas/technique. When…

Feel free to add me. I'm not in the forum much because I'm mostly on from the phone app, but I am on almost daily (even when I forget to log anything).

This.

If I'm at a gym that doesn't let me use chalk I'll use my Liquid Grip instead. It's a little stinky but it works great!

Well, managed to hit boot camp 3x this week and my *kitten* is kicked! I still have another lifting session to get done but so far so good.

July is a crazy month for me schedule-wise so I'll keep my goals more simple: Boot Camp at least 2x a week Bring my bench Press to 110lbs Be consistent in following my weekly meal plan

DL - 245lb SQ - 210lb Bench - 60lb OHP - 60lb Bench and OHP are still off what I was pre-injury. Deads and squats are coming back up nicely though. Lifting a little under a year and a half but with 4 months recovery time for a torn pec minor and some lifted ribs that I kept irritating, so since I've only been released from…

Late to join but here's my goals: Drop 5 lbs Get my DL back to pre-injury weight (255lb)

I started with just the bar for everything but calf raises and leg presses. I still don't do calf raises, leg presses I started heavier because it's an isolated movement but I don't remember how heavy I started them. I think it's best to start with the bar and add a little each time. Just like JoRocka said, form is…

I'd definitely talk to her and let her know where you're at. Let her know that sometimes it makes you nervous because of your past relationship history. Let her know you're trying to work on moving past it so she doesn't think you're accusing or suspecting the worst. Hopefully she'll understand. It can be hard trusting…

Currently I only lift twice a week but once my shoulder's done healing up I'll be back to 3-4x a week. For me it really all depends on what program I'm doing, how my recovery times are looking and what my goals at the time are.