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I'd be interested in hearing what you're doing too if you feel like sharing. Were you at a lifting or weight loss/change plateau? I've been stuck for months and it's seriously ruining my frame of mind and determination to keep sticking with this.

I'm taking a break. I had a really bad lifting session on Monday and it really messed with my head. I had planned on taking the rest of this week off from lifting to get mentally right. I may go back tomorrow and try again instead of waiting until Monday. I'd planned on doing the C25K on my non lifting days. [/quote]…

Sounds like a great idea wolfsbayne, I'm right there with you! Was supposed to lift tonight but I find myself feeling very physically exhausted this week. Had to fight and claw my way through an easy jog yesterday, but I'm just DONE today. I think I may skip any workouts the rest of this week and hopefully will be ready…

Oh my goodness, you had me at balls...

I was just shopping around for this to give it a try. The powder I've been using is just whey protein so I wanted to see if the 3 different protein types in Trutein make any difference. Thank you for posting that code!!!

Bump for dinner!

If your doctor's not too worried about your complaints, perhaps find one that will at least bother to do an MRI to make sure that you don't have an injury that is just going to get worse with progressive lifting. I had a similar issue pop up a couple of years ago when I started doing workouts other than running, and it…

^^^This for sure, take a little bit of time to rest before getting back to it! I had great success going back and repeating month 2 (no need to go all the way back to month 1). In between I just did the whole recovery week workouts again then went straight to the beginning of the month 2 workouts.

Had a few more days than usual in between lifting sessions because there's a sore spot right in the middle of my back that I think came from some burpee circuits I did last week. Gotta remember to keep that core tight when I do those stupid things!! So, with that in mind I did a "gentler" deloaded version of workout B last…

I did my first roll of shame during my workout last night actually! It was my first attempt at 100 pounds, and I could tell I wasn't going to hit all the reps so I was somewhat mentally prepared to have to do this at some point. Just angled the bar to the side and rolled the bar down one side...that way I only had to go…

Some interesting stuff on here, here's a little bump to go back and read the links later. I'm just a newb at this lifting stuff, but was a runner before, so I'm still trying to figure out what works the best for me too. When I first started lifting all I did was lift the 3 days per week, but it rapidly became apparent that…

Sorry to hear about your kitty anna and the way it happened sounds horrible. I had to put my 18-year old kitty down a couple of months ago, and I definitely still miss the little s&%t (yes, that was his nickname on occasion....). Sitting at my desk today but it's gorgeous outside and I want to run and play in the sun. But,…

Wow, three pages of workouts already and it's only April 4. Everyone is doing fantastic!!! I have been getting my lifts in this week, just too tired to lift a finger to report in afterward! The weights are definitely getting to the heavy side and I am feeling it! So here's last night's workout: Squats - 5x5 at 105 pounds;…

I ended up doing most of Insanity in my bare feet. They got a little sore sometimes, but it actually helped my knees feel better as being barefoot forces you to pay really close attention to your form during all those jumps.

So I was totally cracking up this morning when I realized that I now have actual visual proof that I lift weights! The first sign: Little ugly greenish-yellow bruises right around the end of each clavicle where the bar touches during OHPs. Just when they start to go away, oops, it's OHP day again! And the second: I now…

Awwww, not fair! What if I only have kids of the fuzzy 4-legged variety? That's about all I can handle at the moment! :laugh:

WOO HOO! Congrats on the weight loss! :drinker: :drinker:

Back to it today, hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! @Stef - thanks for that article, that's just what I needed to read. @AAbru - glad the wrist is healing and you're back. @Fittree - holy crap, 100 pound OHP?!?! You're my hero. @Wofsbayne - same to you, holy crap, 235 pound DL!!! Awesome work everyone! Did workout B…

Just because nobody's mentioned them yet...I'll throw out there that I run in Newton's. Got fitted for them when I started running a few years ago at my local running shop. Haven't really wanted to use anything else since, and completed a half-marathon in them last year. They're also designed specifically for running with…

Welcome to the group! I'm also in the Houston/Galveston area, and have a Fitbit One just to help monitor my daily calorie burn. I'm not sure how accurate it is lately because I've switched from mainly cardio to more of a weight lifting approach over the last couple of months. But I still like to get a good run in every…

Hello and welcome! :happy: Don't worry about the starter gains, in fact, even though it's nearly impossible to do I'm trying my very best to ignore the scale. Like you, I also try to keep my cardio up so right now I do 20-25 minutes of sprint interval workouts after my lifting sessions. On off days I do either an easy long…

YES YES YES!!! That was so me last night! Saturday I was bad and ate too much chocolate on a chocolate tour. I thought the extra carbs would fuel an awesome session Sunday night, but it was just the opposite. Squats: moved up to 115 pounds and only managed 5,5,5,4, and 1 on the last. BOO! Something felt wrong in my back on…

Oh no...I don't even want to consider the possibility that I might be lifting less!!! :sad:

Thank you for this! Totally brought a smile to my face today! Great loss on the inches too _cruisinscrapper! :drinker:

Happy hump day ladies and RAAAAAWWWWRRRRR to all the awesome numbers everyone put up today!!!! :drinker: Workout B for me today too. Yay for deadlifts, boo for OHP... Squats: 5x5 at 110 pounds. These are starting to get to the heavy range, and my form just felt "off" for the first 4 sets, then everything finally clicked…

Oh you young'uns always rubbing it in...:laugh: I graduated about 22 years ago and have managed to keep away from all the reunion bs. High school was fun but I don't think I ever want to see any of those people again! And cheers to all the lifterversaries out there! :drinker: I'm only about 3 months in so a while yet to go…

Success! I survived Mardi Gras weekend and somehow managed to get a workout done today, that's a first!!! And it even felt pretty good, must have been all the carbs from the beer... :laugh: Today was B day. I have kind of a love/hate with it because I love doing bench press, but can't stand those rows still. So: squats:…

That's awesome!! There must be some kind of pheromone that comes with heavy lifting, because I've been having the same sort of experience these last few weeks. All these 20-something boys hanging around me lately, that have no idea about my age and don't believe me when I tell them that I'm...*ahem* 40. Not that I'm…

Yum, one of my favorites for sure! But it's a protein shake for me at the moment. Tomorrow is a different story...watch out beer here I come!!!! :love:

I agree! Tried to pay attention to this during tonight's workout and think I did okay. Don't have a mirror or anything to look at so I tend to focus on the floor a few feet in front of me. Speaking of tonight's workout, back to A! Squats - did 5x5 at 75 pounds. Was wondering why these seemed so easy because my energy level…