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One of the worst moments of my life was when my husband told me he'd been invited on a trip to red river gorge...and then he said it was guys only. We don't climb much anymore being stuck in the weeds of young children but we did rock, ice, snow and alpine when we were young and free and we hope to get back at it in a few…

what about something online? Like the shredded by science course? or the monthly research in S&C review? I've never seen a non broscience magazine. I suppose you could also get him a subscription to a university library so he can access online content (journals etc).

I love running in the rain. Love it.

I run in the early am (5) with a friend 2-3 days a week before work and lift at home in the evenings 2-3x a week. My kids have an early bedtime because they are young and that helps. As a family we try to increase our non exercise activity - I run after my 2 and 4 year old while they bike, we go on lots of family hikes,…

Coming back to advise doing the banded stuff twice: - once at the beginning of the workout to activate your glutes and remind your brain where they are - At the end to burn out to create a lot of metabolic damage as simulation for muscle growth. Brett explains this in his book. My PT did this with me because my glutes were…

One of the things Brett talks a lot about on his site and his social media accounts (particularly Instagram where he posts a ton of cool exercises) is the need to develop your upper glute muscles in order to get that round shape. He recommends a lot of banded exercises for this, lots of abductions, frog pumps, monster…

When I work nights things are all over the place. It's not really the night shift, it's the switching from day to night and back to day that creates havoc. If you just worked nights you would have no problem with a flipped schedule for eating and sleeping, right? Think less about meals and just run your food diary in 24 HR…

Just go. Have you gone yet?

I kind of laugh when I read these threads when busy moms ask for motivation and support and most of the advice takes MORE time out of their already busy schedule. OP I work variable hours - on average 50 -60 a week and have two kids. While I agree that making yourself a higher priority is good advice, I wouldn't be able to…

For warm ups I tend to just do some active mobility stuff and then start with a weight progression to work sets. If I do Turkish get ups I do them at the end. I also like renegade rows with push-ups interspersed. For me those kinds of things are more "serious lifting is out of the way let's try to swrat and get maybe some…

Tonight I authoritatitively told my husband that to calculate his one rep max he should multiply his working weight by the number of reps in his set. And he believed me for about 3 seconds.

I think that your health and safety should be the top priority for you. At a BMI of 27, you aren't in a significant danger zone wrt weight and health and it seems you are getting the 20-30 min of daily exercise that is recommended for heart health. Leaving an abusive relationship is challenging. You have to be strong to do…

When I first opened the thread I was going to make a joke about body fat % and having a big brain...since the nervous system contains a lot of fat. I wasn't lucky enough to see the glute striations. But Hornsby your bod is amazing which is all well and good but man, look at the workload it can sustain. It's amazing how…

When i work nights I tend to also log midnight to midnight. I try to eat most of my carbs later on in the shift because 1) as the night goes on I start to feel more crappy and carbs are comforting and 2) carbs before "bed" help me sleep which isn't always easy on a non circadian schedule. When I wake up I eat some protein…

I think the idea is a bad one. It's quite ableist. Not everyone can exercise. I think it excludes groups that can't because of physical limitations or health problems or who don't have a safe space to exercise and I think it's another example of shame based anti obesity "education."

I think you can look at Bret contreras' site he's got a post about finding your ideal squat depth based on your biomechanics - it's different high vs low bar long vs short femurs etc.

I can actually do as many if not more pull ups compared to chin ups. Probably years of climbing vs weak biceps. And neutral grip? Hah that reduces my rep count. Which is to say I think there is some value in changing your hand position.

If you hang on the bar, straight arms and try to activate your lats, sort of do the first couple degrees of a chin up/ pull up, that really helps with getting over the bottom sticking point.

:). Yep. Keeper.

I have a rack, bench, barbell, plates, Dumbbells from 10-70 lbs. Mirrors are essential. We also have a fan in the ceiling for ventilation which helps. If you can buy horse mats for the floor which are cheaper than commercialy gym rubber matting, or something similar for when you drop barbells...if noise is an issue or you…

I generally work out at home but yesterday I was at personal training in a commercial gym and there was a guy huffing and puffing through half squats. Who then proceeded to put more weight on the bar so he could quarter squat his work sets. I am hoping he is on the quad only program for a good reason. I mean if you can't…

Yep, is fight flight or freeze. Freezing is a defence mechanism too and freezing does not imply consent! Please file a police report.

I hate my lulu lemon Tatatamer. The hooks that hold the straps on the back band always seem to come undone in the middle of whatever I am doing. Usually in the middle of my run. The moving comfort brad are good I used those back when I was nursing and still had boobs. Bonus that the shoulder straps Velcro fasten in the…

Upper power Bench 90 4-3-3 Pull up BW 3x5 DB incline bench 35 3x8 OHP DB 30 5-6-6 Bent over BB row 75 3x6 Biceps triceps abs Tweeted something in my neck So pull ups - negatives are good, assisted with bands or by a partner, and also TRX or barbell inverted rows. Start with you feet on the ground and move up to feet on a…

Lower hypertrophy Supersets Front squats 3x8 85# Single leg hip thrusts 3x16 Sumo deadlifts 3x8 135# Assisted pistol squats Swiss ball hamstring curls single leg 3x12 Deficit reverse lunges 25# Dumbbells 3x8 each leg Abs - hanging leg circles, crunches and these horrible but oh so good planks 5 touches each wrist elbow…

Last night lower power Back squat 130# 3,1 125# 3. Hmmm got greedy must deload to 125 and then inch up with smaller umps I think Deads 155# 3x5 great must do more Nordic ham curls 2x5 felt like they were gonna tear so stopped Split squats 30# DB 3x10 Forgot to do hip thrusts so did them this am 135# 3x10 Abs: hanging leg…

Don't be scared Sumi. One thing I've learned from a almost year at maintenance* is that your body knows what to do with those calories if you are lifting consistently. And what it will likely do is build booty. * aka losing and gaining the same five pounds 6 times.

Marsh wiggle! :D CS Lewis. I work out in socks. Or bare feet. At home. Any neutral shoe will do. I have lifted in chucks and Nike frees. But my feet are narrow. I would maybe check online retailers for wide sizes - any cross fit shoe should do or any running shoe with a neutral bed (no heel lift). There are also people…

I'm two years postpartum and I still have a bit of jiggle. And some of lose skin which is really only apparent when I bend forward at the waist..except for my belly button wrinkles :o but I can Botox those, right? Right? No. Crap. Usmcsp's thread is great.

My husband and I both want a third baby. But for me it's not the weight gain and loss, it's the toll it takes on fitness in general and pelvic and core function in particular. After my second it took about a year to rehab to the point where things didn't hurt every single day. So we don't know...you can't always have…