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Welcome to the group. I personally do both when it comes to the extras. I work some things in on my rests and other things in after my stronglifts. That also depends on what I am doing. For instance, I don't stand there on my breaks with OHP and do curls. OHP is a hard workout for me so I really need my rests to master the…
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WHOOP WHOOP!!!! I made it through my bench sets at 75 all by myself w/o a spotter saturday!!!! The bf has been spotting me because 75 was kicking my *kitten*, but he hasn't been for a couple weeks. I had dropped it down 10 lbs and have been increasing the past couple weeks to what I could handle on my own and I made it…
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I think those are great #s!!!!!! Keep at it though and you will improve!
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Hola--- Per the advise of you awesome ladies I decreased weight on my squats and am incorporating some core work into my routine. No more than 15 minutes. I am also doing some cardio again so we shall see how it goes. I did a small workout to start for the core the other day with: crunches x10, russian twists x10, and 1…
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I am hungry all the time! No matter whether it is a lift day or not. I am also usually hungry even if i just ate.
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Excellent. I am going to put some of these to use tomorrow!!!! Thanks for the tips/list.
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I actually started working some core stuff in as accessory about a week ago. Any suggestions on some core work I can do that wont be too much on top of my 5 x 5? And I know I should be proud of the triple digits I just expected to be squatting more by this point. I have never really worked my core much which you could see…
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Thank you Thank you!!! I am hoping to master that though and increase at least 10lbs this month. Fingers crossed. I have been experiencing some pain in my lower back with my squats though. :( Almost like the weight is too heavy, but it is only 105-110 lbs. So I don't know what the deal is. I dropped to 3x5 on my squats to…
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I am Kasey.... thats it! Just kidding! I am 27, I am from West Virginia and absolutely love it here. I have a 7 year old exact version of myself and man is it world war III in our house daily because of it. lol. I am a single mom..sordive. I have a boyfriend of 5 years. He and I are total total opposites, but even though…
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July check-in. Today makes my offical 8 weeks of Stronglifts, I have seen improvements in both strength and body. I now need to work on my patience level. I am not where I want to be in the program yet, but I am advancing. Eight weeks ago just picking up the Olympic bar was rough!! It was heavy as all get out, but now to…
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Favorite: this is tough but its a toss between squat and bench. I love that I can bench press, and I love that I have people in the gym come over to me and say your squats are awesome, you go so low and your form is perfect. Least Favorite: OHP only because it is taking a light year to advance. 6-7 weeks in and still just…
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We actually have a squat rack with adjustable bars, so I don't need to stack unless someone is using that particular rack.
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Rocked a 95 lb row last night!!!!! But i had to wait on a machine and I suffered on my bench press as I did some workouts between my squats and presses. I still did all 5 sets 85 75 65 65 65. All NSV for me I can now curl 20 lb dumbbells. Before Stronglifts I felt like 15 was too much, but i can now rock that 20 lb no…
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2 workouts missed last week due to being involved in my cousins wedding and it took up my thursday-saturday and sunday i could barely drag myself out of bed to do much I was so wore out. Back to routine today, and picking up where I left off. Technically this would be my 6th week but I am gonna count it as 5 since i missed…
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Good to know, but man I was so disappointed. I try not to read into any of that stuff. I think I might step away from everything but pictures and good ol fashioned my pants are fitting better. :)
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Ok thanks I will try the added rep. Sadly my gyms smallest plates are 2 1/2 lbs. I checked a place or two saturday to buy my own smaller ones, but haven't found any yet.
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At a slight stand still on my squat. I should be at 105, but am not comfortable at anything over 95 right now. I can do 100 but only for 3 out of 5 sets then I have to drop it down. Advice? Should I work at 95 for a week or two to build up or should I start at the specified weight and decrease if needed?? Otherwise all is…
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My goals for this month is to increase my protein. I really suck at getting an ample amount of protein in daily. So i will do my best to focus on getting more in. Secondly, I am going to attempt adding some lighter weigh workouts to the end of my stronglifts. I really want to work more on my back and triceps. I don't feel…
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Since this is my first month my goal is to get and maintain proper form for each workout. Some of these are new to my workouts and form blows. Also i plan to make sure I run at least 2 days a week. Running is something I've been trying to get into since last summer. I have a love hate relationship with it, but I am…
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Can someone explain the ice cream before bed the night before a workout to me?? I am not sure I understand what it does. So last night started my WEEK 2 of Stronglift 5 x 5-- Stats: Squat 60- OHP 45- Deadlift 100 Let me say that OHP at 45 I thought I would never make it through. I am not sure if i can do an increase next…
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Ok thanks I will definitely look for it!!! I just feel so very awkward with that move. And thank you for the welcoming :)
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Hello,, I am just starting this program. Today is actually my third day (workout a). I had a bit of a rough time with the barbell row the first go round so I am hoping to improve it today. I apparently did it kinda wrong in that I put a 10 lb plate on each side but didn't raise it up from the floor so lifting it felt…
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Ok will do.. I am going to give this a try tonight. Hope i succeed. I am easily overwhelmed when reading things thinking I am going to do it all wrong. Until I do it and then realize it wasn't as complicated as it looked.
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How do you know your max lifting weight. It said something about lifting at 50% of you max but i am not sure how to know that. Sorry if this sounds kind of dumb.. :ohwell:
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You have done so well Joey!!! Congrats on the NSV that is really awesome!
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A lady that used to be on my friend list ( she deactivated) did it and recommended it to me. I use it for the tummy tuck and cardio. The tummy tuck is a 18 minute ab workout--- and let me just tell you it is no joke. Of course neither are any of the workouts from what I have found.
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That is awesome!!! Congrats for reaching a goal.
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If you have a place to store the weights you can certainly strength train at home. I started out with 3, 5, 8 lb dumbbells at home doing 2-3 different Jillian Michaels workouts ( i hear turbo fire and Chalean Extreme are great as well). Now this didn't build a ton of muscle but it did help build strength and tone up my…
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I have the book and I have read it and I even made copies of the workouts but I am really so confused. I am looking at stage 1 workout A. am I supposed to do a and then pick b1 or b2 and then c1 or c2 or what ??? Because Workout A exercise A is just squats.. Pardon me I just am kinda confused.
