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Oh? I have some elbow tendinitis that's been flaring ever since a particularly exuberant rows and power clean session. I may need to do some curling. Nothing to report here. Started a self-created squat/push-up 30-day challenge. Today was day 1. No telling if day 30 shall be achieved (I'm not terribly well known to see…

Hey, welcome back! I know how stressful moving can get. Glad you're finally getting settled and back to a routine!

I bought spare 2.5 lb plates at our local Play It Again Sports and 2-inch diameter Fastenal washers at our local Fastenal store for fractionals (4 should do you, 6 are ideal if you ever want to take lifts up in 1.25 lb increments rather than 2.5).

Yes that would be fine. We actually have a sticky for ladies to post form check videos here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1087942-form-check-videos Lifting has a lot to do with core support, so you may want to consider a deload and working your way back up again from that. It's possible that you're at a place…

Well done! And that's right Ms. Kira, you had better stick around. I'm too old and tired to follow people around on other parts of the forum and/or interwebs. :laugh: I can highly recommend bromelain for keeping down inflammation. It's a pineapple enzyme that does fabulous anti-inflammatory work without taxing your liver.…

The "squiggly" bar seems to be an EZ curl bar, and there are different styles. I own an Olympic Super Curl bar which weights about 15 pounds (or about 7 kg). This is the bar I have: (edited for larger picture)

Heya all who posted since I did! I finally caught up and loved reading all your stories! Welcome, welcome! :flowerforyou:

I'd be terrified to lift with hardwood floors around, but that's a nice setup you've got there!

You lift from home, right? Here's the thing: No program is worth you jacking up your back over. It doesn't matter if it "feels" like cheating, because your health is priority. And if I have to choose between health and some program ... well then health is going to win out. Period. Unless you really would love to end up in…

*nods approvingly* Also, welcome back!! :flowerforyou:

Try a mixed grip and tighten everything before you lift. The mixed grip will force you to use your legs/glutes a lot more and push up rather than yank. Your core and arms should be there to stabilize and guide the bar up, rather than yank it. It's not. Tennis balls make me cry. They get into spots a foam roller can't and…

Well done! I do have to confess that weight loss isn't even my goal. (*GASP*) My goal is to still be able to move under my own power when I'm 95 (if I'm around that long). I will credit MFP for helping me crystallize that goal by helping me fall in love with barbell training and a general idea of what my intake ought to be…

1. Started with the bar on all lifts (even deadlifts cause I'm chicken) except the OHP which I started with two 8-pound dumbbells. 2. I have low back problems, and weight lifting, while challenging my low back muscles, has also stabilized them and strengthened my core that was a metric crapton weaker than I ever realized.…

*insert counseling quickie* Yanno, many times a person can become afraid of succeeding because now all of a sudden the bar is raised, you know what you're actually capable of, and there's a different set of expectations to deal with. That can be challenging for us who prefer our comfy cozy cushy bubbles. Mmmmmm bubbles.…

Ahhhh it's been a while since I pushed 1 RM deadlifts and forgot how fun those are. Only got to 125 but I'm a happy girl now. Sometimes ya gotta lift what ya gotta lift. :heart: Oh yea there were power cleans and Pendlays too but only at 50 so ... whatevs. TGIF !!! :drinker:

I've been lifting in a pair of Nike runners and recently found a pair of Merrell glove-type shoes on sale which I now wear everywhere. They're not really pure "barefoot" shoes, even though I wear them barefoot and they fit very snugly, but they offer a large amount of support. My feet love them because they have a rather…

3. I've also been doing C25k. I had been up to a 5k but started focusing elsewhere and lost my endurance. I wogged yesterday morning and lifted this morning and felt like lack of recovery was maybe responsible for some of my struggle. I don't want to quit running. Suggestions? That really depends on your goals. I was…

I lift in the garage and started in February. It was cold, although I'm in FL so nowhere near England temperatures! My setup is by the door to the house, so I just left it open and allowed my fan to blow warm air from the house/laundry room my way. It helped. Of course thorough warm-up is key here, and wearing adequate…

Yes, yes you are. Very helpful though, as usual. :flowerforyou:

The Pendlay row is an Olympic style lift that's supposed to be explosive. As for form, it's basically an inverted bench press (sort of) except you're pulling very rapidly rather than pushing, obviously. So it's basically an inverted explosive bench press if that makes any sense at all. Imagine your upper body as a bench,…

Hey, no shame in starting on that OHP with dumbbells. That's what I did. If you progress on that by like a pound a week, you're doing well, so don't let the "I gotta get everything up by 5 pound like the spreadsheet says!!" into your head because it's unrealistic. Push your limits, but respect them would be my advice.…

Keep lifting and progressing with my 3x8 ... as slowly as it takes. I no longer care about any numbers, really, just progression in general and maintaining strength or maybe even adding some more. Had my general check-up today and my doc seems happy with what I've been doing, so it's probably time to relax and accept the…

1. Bar and plates. 2. Bench. 3. Squat rack or power cage (power cage, while more expensive, giving the additional benefit of safety bars as well as things like a pull-up bar if that's your cup of tea). 4. Some form of floor protection (we bought rubberized garage floor shop pads that you can modularize to whatever size…

Yes, it's something. Had to deload my OHP yesterday. Evidently I need to take up things even slower than previously planned. Urgh. Going to keep on trucking though, because any day under the barbell is a good day, even with loads less weight on it. Because that's still loads more weight than I was lifting when I lifted…

Starting Strength. Read the book, too. Stronglifts is really a variation of Starting Strength (5x5 rather than 3x5, in A/B rotation).

I highly doubt 10 minutes of warm-up on the elliptical is going to hurt your lifting, especially not with such a huge deload back to the bar. I do 20 minutes actually, and some days I add yoga and end up progressing through my lifting session without issues. However, that's an individual thing of course, and as your cardio…

Water weight. Nobody loses 9 pounds of fat in 4 days.

How dare he!! :noway: (Well done, y'all! Highest of fives!) :drinker:

I'll be done when I'm 100 years old and moving under my own power still rather than shuffling about in a walker or not at all. At least that's the goal.

Sara and SS are awesome. Well done! Multiple thumbs up to you, sir!