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There's a cherry almond gelato in my freezer with my name on it ...
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Be less vague. Next time, tell him you learned these methods from studying Rippetoe, and if dude can come up with a better biomechanical explanation than Rip, you'll be glad to consider the value of his methods to see which one might be more beneficial to you. Because dude is so full of himself, plus you're in "his…
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Well ... I'm counting on my camera's self timer cause I work out alone too. :smile:
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If you can do wall push-ups, the idea of progression with those is that you continuously lower the angle until you eventually get to the floor. So maybe try a dresser or table next and work on that until they're easy, then find a lower piece of furniture after that like a bed or whatever, etc. (just make sure the furniture…
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Oh come on, you can do eet!!! Tell your mom I'm 45 and never touched a barbell until this year. And I love it!! Just go at it slowly and it'll be alright. You got this!
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Oh? What sort of contraption is this? I'm intrigued (the rower was my favorite thing to do back in the days of my now-lapsed gym membership).
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Start as low as you need to and slowly work your way up. OHPs are a really great way to show you how weak your upper body muscles really are. It's a great lift, though, so don't quit on it. Just take it easy. I love me some OHP (and I'm probably the odd duck out there). I just made a decision to…
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May is just around the corner. I'm not going to make your decision for you. You have to know how you would feel about backing out of your 5K commitment. The weights aren't going anywhere and you can always lift after the 5K. Or you could lift a couple times a week right now doing some squats and deadlifts and whatever to…
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You could invest into a reasonably priced pedometer and aim for 10,000 steps a day. Ellipticals, bikes and swimming are all good for people with busted knees also. Basically anything low impact.
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Since it's almost May (REALLY???? !!!!!! :noway:), I suggest new profile pictures of us either squatting or deadlifting? Just for something different. And to show of our amazing bada$$ery, of course. Disregard my smallish plates when I post mine. :blushing:
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Make sure you don't go up on your toes with the overhead press. Keep your feet firmly planted, for support and balance. With heavier weights, the last thing you want is lose your balance, so insist on correct form right from the start. Go with a lower weight if you need to.
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Exactly. At the top of the movement you're basically "infinitely pushing the bar towards the ceiling." Make sure you plant your feet, keep your torso tight, etc., because it's obviously a whole-body move. If I had to guess, I'd say it's because dumbbells require different stabilizer muscles than barbells. I also think 5…
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I have a weak lower back so I a) don't follow the Stronglifts progression (too aggressive for my personal taste) and b) do yoga, and include poses that strengthen my spinal erectors. You're only as strong as your weakest muscle, so slow down as much as you need to, so that you don't go from spasm to injury. Not worth it.
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I started the OHP with two 10-lb dumbbells because I had not much upper body strength to speak of. You start where you start. Don't worry about it. As long as you make progress, that's what matters.
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Basically rather than moving the bar in a curve (bad!), you move your body underneath and start off in a kind of lean-back position and then move your hips and shoulders under the bar as it travels past your nose straight on up. It's what I do, and it's basically one fluid movement. Rippetoe is a huge fan of the perfectly…
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I talked to a personal trainer before I started, and he was of the opinion to start with resistance bands, graduating to dumbbells and then barbells after that. I nodded my head a lot, wished him a great day, bought a barbell set and started lifting. Although I did start overhead presses with dumbbells because I just…
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No ma'am. My gym is in the garage, so first thing I do is open both garage doors and turn on our enormously huge, loud fan to get the gasoline smell out (cause we have lawnmowers and a motorcycle plus gas cans in there. Then I go do yoga (in the house, not the garage). Then I return (to the garage), close one door…
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Squatting ATG is entirely optional unless you're specifically training in olympic style lifting for competitive purposes (at which point you'd have a coach already and wouldn't be looking for feedback from recreational interwebs lifters like ourselves). Please don't make squat depth an either/or issue when "parallel or…
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Man, lifting from home is so boring. I miss out on all the funny gym stories. :bigsmile: OHP is one of my favorite lifts. I'm trying really hard to not start hating on them, so am doing what I can to take my time and proceed very, very slowly. Cuz mama wants triceps without…
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Got to 80 on squats today and 65 on BPs! Back to my old PR of 115 on deadlifts, and inching my way up there with OHP (47.5 today). :drinker: 5x5 is quite a bit more work than 3x5, but I'm liking it even though I seem to be making slower progress. 3x5 for OHP may end up being the way to go, because 5x5 for those is a…
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Ever hear of the "pound sign"? Like on your phone dial? That's what # is. It's also being referred to and used as a "number sign", of course. So there you go. Learned something today. :smile:
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Yep, respect your weakest link and train that until it catches up. You're really only as strong as the weakest muscles in your body. :smile:
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The Barbie weights feel heavy because you're going for endurance, not strength. You're just dealing with muscle fatigue from that. I've done dumbbell/kettlebell compexes but I have to be careful with them because I simply lack the endurance to do 100 goblet squats, so I stick with sets of 12-15 or something along those…
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Hey welcome back! Glad your shoulder is mended and you can lift again!!
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Find a gym with a squat rack/power cage and rack/load/unload your own bar?
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I'm not in the UK obviously, but I'm going to point y'all in the general area of 2-inch flat industrial washers, adjustable ankle/wrist weights, and homemade coin socks.
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No problem! It's actually not my idea at all, but is actually a more traditional 5x5 format. Stronglifts is just one variation of [/b]many[/b]. That's what I mean when I say "Mehdi doesn't own the 5x5". I know he makes a big deal out of "I'm offering this powerful program to you for free!" when in reality he has to offer…
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Or stagger 5x5 (go up by 2.5 to 5 lbs on each set, with 1 high working set for the day). For example, my highest on bench is 62.5, so my 5x5 looked something like 45x5, 50x5, 55x5, 60x5 and 62.5. On the last set I make a decision if I want to go higher or stick with my previous session weight (set #4 is set at my previous…
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There's really no "weight training diet" (healthy diet is healthy, for anybody) but you should aim for about 100g of protein or more a day if you're lifting heavy to help your muscle recovery (about 1g of protein per gram of lean body mass). I'm 5'10" and I aim for somewhere around 125g of protein a day, and I do well on…
