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workout b today. squats were a mess at 125. I hit 5-5-2 and stopped. I think I have a mental block and just need to focus on form each and every rep. OHP at 80... It went 3-4-3-5-3. I kept stopping at the top of the third rep and failing miserably to put up the 4th. Deadlifted 195 and it was effing HEAVY. Totally wiped me…

Haha, right? I also wore my Little Mermaid "today is leg day" shirt so I felt like a real jackwad haha

I was not in the mood to work out this morning. I really should have gone later in the day but wanted to get it over with. I... Did not squat. Did not Pendlay Row. But I did hit 5x5 at 100 pounds on bench!!!! The only struggle were the last two reps on the last two sets. I was pretty stoked. I also did 3x10 RDLs but it was…

I owe it all to my rugby and basketball playing days... OHP and its cousin the Push Press have always been my favorite two lifts.

Aww shucks. I've had pretty abysmal upper body strength my whole life, it has surprised the hell out of me that I've made so much progress on benching since starting SL. I am also 5'10" and weight about 250, so putting up 100 is not even close to body weight for me lol.

Workout B this morning (my preferred workout) squats 3x5 at 125. Getting sick of squats every day so, yeah, 3x5 sometimes. OHP at 75 woop! The last two sets were rouugghh. DL at 185. Good stuff. Excited to put up 100 on bench on Wednesday... Well, hopefully.

"I'll take a meatball marina" "What comes on the chicken bacon ranch?"

You'd be surprised at the lack of sense you witness when working behind the counter at a Subway.

I accidentally took two weeks off (life/holidays) so went back to start week 7 of SL last night. Deloaded on squats to 115x5x5 95x5x5 bench 115xFAIL on Pendlays. I can't walk today. Darnit.

Chipotle. Well, my concoction from Chipotle anyway. I've tried doing the stay-under-500-calories options there, but I just fail. I see that guac and have to have it. And that sour cream. And cheese. And corn. And then chips and next thing I know its 1400 calories. But 1400 delicious, oh so worth it, yes I make room once a…

I used to HATE fruit. A lot of it was that I hadn't tried much because my mom always focused on me eating my veggies, not my fruit. Anyyywayy a few years ago i made it my goal to try a new fruit once a week for a few months. It opened my eyes to delicious things I had been previously refusing. There were some failures too…

FInished week 6 on Saturday. I missed today because my car got broken into blech. Jerks. But anywho Stayed at 125 for squats hit 5-5-5-4-5 on 75 pounds OHP. I felt like a frikkin monstaaa 175 deadlift. I had a weird crampy feeling in my back ribs during this workout and since then my ribs have been oddly sore. I'll…

Jumping in here, since I do this too. Yes, pretty much. I make a batch of whatever flavor I want for the week in the crockpot (usually apple cinnamon). Just make sure you spray the crockpot with cooking spray, or else you'll wind up pissed off and hungry in the morning! And it only needs to cook on low for 6 hours. To…

I deadlifted my lean body mass today (172) but uhh.... I actually weigh 250. womp womp.

from tuesday: stalled at 65 on OHP last week, hit 70 this week. 120 squats 165 DL and damn that bar got hard to hold! lol annnd today 125 squats (think i'll stay here next session, my form was not great) 90 bench 110 pendlays, they've been feeling great now that my form is correct I totally got called out for flexing in…

From my experience with guy friends, they sometimes have no idea how tall they really are. I've had a few male friends insist they were 6'0" even though I'm taller than them (and not 6'0") or even 5'9" when they're clearly like 5'6" or something. I think they're in denial.

I met a friend of a friend, and the first thing he says "to" me is "damn, she tall. how tall are you" Uhhh.... I'm here to support YOU and your band, you could be less of a wiener. Also had a man follow my friends and me in a parking lot going, 'DAMMMN SHE LIKE AMAZONIAN OR SOMETHIN" I guess that's shock and awe?

First post here, whee. I just finished W5D1 for stronglifts. 105 squats 80 (!!) bench. For some reason in high school/college sports I "couldn't" break 65 pounds. So I'm stoked, and cannot weight to hit 100. 95 pendlays. I backed off from adding weight (should be at 110) to reevaluate my form. I think I fixed it and it…

Some gyms have smaller bars that are preloaded with weight. They aren't as long as the oly bar but I imagine they'd work, They usually reside together on a slanted rack thingy. I think my gym has them starting at 25 pounds up to 75 pounds. I'm just not sure on the increments.

Ah, thanks. That makes sense. I thought perhaps he had not realized he grabbed it, the weight room at my gym is generally a disaster and you have to hunt for missing bars quite often.

170, with wiggle room. I'll reevaluate if I need to/want to. I lift weights so anticipate weighing more, and the only time I've ever weighed 150 at this height was on Christmas Day when I was 15 and hadn't eaten for 2 days. So, nope.

Not gonna lie, I am a horrrrrible people watcher at the gym. I see people doing things I just don't get (spotter in the smith machine?) all the time, but Im not going to say anything. I assume that they, like myself, have a specific goal in mind and its been working for them so far... I see the same 10 guys at my gym in…

Haha, one time I forgot my sports bra for rugby practice. I had a regular bra but it was more than worthless for any type of sport. Rather than skip practice, I borrowed a teammates XS tshirt and wore it like a sports bra. Hahaha it totally worked but it was sooo ridiculous.

I go to the YMCA, which is super non-aggressive as far as membership goes (at this one anyway). The dude was like, "are you sure? this one is the closest to your home? we can get you a discount until you're 30!" etc etc. And they let me work out alone and tour the place myself before signing anything, which was nice.…

Eh the figuring out takes about 30 seconds. I use the tracker as motivation, yes, but as of right now I 'm not sure if I should qualify myself as moderately/lightly active. On days I dont work I dont do much, on days I do work it varies but today its only noon and I've already hit 12,000 steps. Once I feel like I have…

There is a firm cutoff for pace between joggers and runners. If you run any slower than an 8min mile, you must only refer to yourself as a jogger. Real runners never have days where they hate every second of their workout and just want it to be over from the minute it starts. If you experience this, running probably isn't…

I've not ever been pregnant so I'm not sure if this will helpful or fit into the rules of healthy pregnant eating, but when I'm crazy hungover (lol) and can't keep water down, I make pedialyte with the powdered mix and water, then mix that with sprite. Its sugary but it helps me with the dehydration factor. Good luck!!

I highly recommend Enell bras.. They're expensive and ugly but dang do they work. titlenine.com has lots of good other choices too. Before I could afford an enell I wore an old regular (underwire) bra with a regular sports bra over it. It worked, just wasn't the most comfortable.

My boyfriend in high school told me his mom had asked if I was pregnant since I'd gained a little weight after basketball season ended. To this day I'm not sure if she actually asked that or if he was just being a wiener. I also routinely have to climb on not-very-sturdy things and squeeze into small spaces at work, and…

My mom died about a year and a half ago, it sucks and I can't imagine losing both parents so close to each other. Anyway, my mom's death actually kicked my *kitten* into gear. She had lung cancer and was generally not a healthy person. She also had some unresolved mental health issues. She died at 55 and I remember…