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But! But! What about my morning hair! Just kidding. I keep meaning to at least turn my hat around, but then I forget. I'll try to push my elbows forward more to angle the bar path "back" (though in fact, just vertical). I still haven't worked out what a straight line path even feels like for all the moving parts, so maybe…

Oh boy, you're good! Thanks for the comments. So I rechecked a form video by Johnnie Candito to see how he gets the straight line all the way down at the bottom, and I compared screen caps of his squat and mine at the lowest point. There were some obvious differences (besides the 3x+ weight he's squatting)... 1) His TUBOW…

LOL! But but but don't you need at least 40 data points to come to a credible conclusion? Maybe if you try it again next workout it will be completely different and awesome!

7.5km run this morning as per my training schedule, one month to go until the race. Thanks to a wake up call from bumblebums about why I might not be progressing very quickly as a Stronglifts beginner, I am now officially on maintenance calories! I was only supposed to be on a 250 calorie deficit, but now I feel like I…

That could explain a lot. The ideas you floated are spot on. Not eating maintenance and half-marathon training between lifting sessions. I have to get my butt in shape for the 16K race I have coming up in 5 weeks, so I'd better at least get on the maintenance calories boat. Thanks for the reminder.

Hey bumblebums, jumping in with a q, (sorry for hijacking, maegmez!) if I have not seen linear improvement for nearly that long, any thought on why that might be? I was able to increase by 2.5kg/5lbs only 3 or 4 times, if that before feeling like I hit a wall. Am still increasing (very slowly now, a kg a week, if that),…

I honestly forget to pay attention to breathing nowadays during sport. I know it's bad and that structurally it makes a huge diff in lifting. I will take a deep breath (as Rippetoe also showed in those videos) and report back. Thanks for reminding me of that. I used to be a swimmer, and obviously learning rhythmic…

I was trying to do the hip thing, but I think I was going too far. I did just watch a playlist on OHP with Rippetoe on YouTube, which I think helped. Hehe. He said not to exaggerate any part of the movement. I will try keeping everything more aligned next time and keeping the hip bounce only slight. Other issue could be…

Uggleuggle had to do governmental paperwork this morning before work, so went to the gym at 5:30. Wasn't in good shape. Haha. Squats: 5x5 @ 32.5 kg Was able to do the reps, but did not get as low as I should. This always happens when I first attempt a weight. Hm. OHP; 3x5 @ 20 kg I wimped out today cause my shoulder was…

Kirabob, hope your dad is better soon. Non-Stronglifts day. It was raining pretty hard today, so skipped Sunday long run... Substituted with the pool for the first time in forever, 1800m.

I hear ya! Same problem here in Paris. :'''(

Bah! What! No! If I could even do ONE rep @ 55lbs, I would be all proud and stuff.

Hum. I don't know how I feel about today's workout. I felt good after that I did it, but everything just seemed hard. Squats: 5x5 @ 32kg Bench: 55535 deloaded to 25kg - Agh, I've lost my bench. :( Rows: 55533 @ 32.5kg - Finally hard. Too hard.

Be careful! Running through pain is the worst thing I have ever done in training in any sport. It's not that kind of good bite-the-bullet stuff. If you aggravate an injury, it will just multiply the recovery time you will ultimately have to take. Better to take a week or even two off until the pain is completely gone…

Posterior chain pain (good type) ! I had the distinct feeling that I was squatting differently (better) yesterday, butt out, chest up. Today, I have new-found soreness in my glutes, hamstrings, and what a Google image search tells me might be my adductor magni. I think it's a good sign, and I can't wait to get back…

I have yet to see another girl use either of the two racks! One was using the dreaded Smith machine once, and others use dumbbells/leg press sometimes, but never seen another use a bar. Hum.

I swear I thought Bovril was an agricultural product...Oops! Hope your twitchy thigh will get better soon. Today: Squats: 5x5 @ 31.5kg (repeat). Got good depth on the first 3 sets, last 2 still struggling enough that I think I will do this weight one more workout. OHP: 5x5 @ 20kg !!!!! BOOYAH! The last set was huuurd, but…

Just to be clear about what I was saying, I meant that in the past few years (27+, I am now 29), I have noticed the signs of aging. So I agree fully that I was still developing up until I was at least 25, if not another year after that. After I stopped growing/"rejuvenating", is when I started noticing everything slowing…

I'm training for a 16K race (my first ever) in just over a month, so I think I will dial back my Stronglifts to twice a week as I wasn't feeling recovered enough at 3 lifting sessions and 3 runs. So unrelated to lifting, but ran 13K today for the first time (albeit at a very slow pace). I think I'll make it for the race…

Maybe. I haven't changed in stature since about 4 or 5 years ago though, just slower metabolism leading to fat accumulation, slower recovery time for everything, aches, etc. One really noticeable change was that I used to be able to rebound from a night of heavy drinking like it never happened. Nowadays, I have a couple…

Also, from what I have read, the more your surplus, the more potential there is to gain fat (for calories not used towards building new muscle based on the load you are training them with). E.g. 100 calorie surplus, you could put almost all of that towards building muscle, and your muscles may even demand more depending on…

Great article, thanks! Nevermind the benefits when elderly, I am close to 30, and the past few years, I had already started experiencing the slowdowns associated with aging. I know, it sounds like I'm exaggerating, but in all seriousness, I didn't have any radical issues, but I had new issues (creaky joints, lower back…

You should totally bring your stuff into that room to deadlift. Wuahahahaha.

Can't wait! Keep us posted! *rubs hands together*

Sluuuuggish morning at the gym. I forgot to pack my PWO shake and I was literally creeping around like a snail. Squats: 31.5 kg, think I will stick with this one next session to make sure I can get nice and deep Bench: 27.5 kg, failing all over the floor, had to roll of shame on the fifth rep of the first set, my weak left…

Saw your post, didn't see the fail. Awesome job! I slowly and silently crumbled and sat down in the rack on my third day of Stronglifts. As I was ducking under the bar, I saw a dude looking at me slowly and silently. Whatevs though! This was after I couldn't walk properly for three days after my first empty bar squat…

How are you in the shoulders? Do you do pull-ups? Since I started getting fit, my shoulders have gotten a lot broader, which seems to give the impression that my waist (which hasn't changed so much compared to my hips, which have shrunk) is smaller than before.

Oh wow, I work out and go directly to work, so I'm loaded like a pack mule in the morning. This guy that came in behind me today said "You could stay at the gym all day with all that stuff!". I wish. I wear my nerdy workout clothes in the metro, so yeah, ahem, don't have to pack those. - Spibelt to hold my giant phone…

I received my (holy crap expensive) fractional plates! I will probably be making most of my increases with those from now on, as 5lb is a bit too big a jump for me without having my form go south. Workout B day: Squats 5x5 @ 31 kg (hehe those 0.5kg plates are so adorbs!!! They are even Fisher-Price coloured!) OHP uhhh 5 3…

- Do Stronglifts - OHP that darn bar 5x5 - Don't hurt myself while running (training for a 16K in September) Easy peasy!