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I rode on my bike trainer in the garage for 67 minutes. And while I did that I watched some very embarrassing tv. Come on legs! Grow some mitochondria already!

They are also good for ATG goblet squats

Or...get a band and do OHS with it...so good for upper and mid-back activation to really maintain that core tension and neutral spine, reduce butt wink and pull your shoulders back for improved posture, improved bar shelf, and to counteract all the sitting (and possibly knitting).

Was short on time so I modified to superset: A: Squat 95# 3x5. These are a struggle if I do them properly without doing a squat-morning Incline bench press with dumbells 30#, 3x6 B: Wide band rows Deadlift. Worked up to 145# 1x5 C: Pull ups BW 2-3-3 Hip thrusts 145# 3x6 Abs Must either be getting sick or still really tired…

The premise behind SS and SL is that linear increases are for people new to strength training. If your body needs more time to recover between workouts than the 2-3 days you are giving it, maybe you need to move to an intermediate program that allows for more recovery time. If that's the case than CONGRATS! You are no…

Almost all the images we see connected to fitness are photoshopped pictures of fitness models who engage in vlcd prior to photo shoots. Many of them are also on anabolics to preserve muscle mass while they are on starvation macros for their photoshoot. Many of the natural fitness images are of young women who have a…

I used to work with a am cardiologist that would recommend a cup of broth (salt load) a day for women with symptoms of low blood pressure, especially that feeling of "about to pass out when I stand up too fast". I tried it and it worked for me also I found when I was in a deficit that a high salt content in my food kept…

Oh I downclimb too because nobody needs to unnecessarily roll an ankle. 1/3 of the routes have a top out finish with slide, 1/6 have a top out finish with a downclimb and the rest just end at the lip. I am mad about my flapper tho - will see if it hurts me tonight lifting. I'm about to start my cold dark am bike commute.…

Ok please no one laugh...my overall lifestyle/ stress/ self care stuff is interfering with gym effort and recovery 1) I'm going to try to shower more. I'm not dirty or gross or anything, (maybe I lack insight?) but honestly showering is something I usually let slide because I lack time. I just think I would feel better if…

Worked with my trainer: Lots of rehab stretching stuff Single leg squats on a box Bear crawl all tied up with bands Push-ups against resistance Inverted body weight rows Cable rows - wide, pronated grip OHS with a band Front squats 65# only Barbell rows Lots of very difficult plank variations Then a couple of hours later I…

I also don't think it's that big a deal. 7 pounds. I'm getting pretty tired of overselling fitness in terms of health. Some new studies correlate increased survival with a BMI around 30, the cusp between overweight and obese. Walking briskly 30 min a day 5 times a week is all you need for reduction in your risk of…

1) didn't happen. 2) sort of. I now know what to do...and I do it prior to lifting but I should be more consistent, especially around conditioning work 3) this didn't happen at all due to trainer scheduling issues 4) added conditioning. Screw sleep. Who needs sleep when the world contains coffee? Well, I'm gonna jump on my…

Squats #115 3x5 Seated OHP (our ceiling is low) 65# 3-4-3-3 DB row 45# 3x6 Chin-ups BW 5-4-3 Ham curls on TRX 3x10 Lots of warm up and activation stuff to start - glute bridges, donkey kicks, one legged DL at BW, banded hip abductions, lat pulls, rows with a band, wall Angels...

Front squats 85# 3x6 SL deadlifts 3x8, 1x6 "airplanes" Walking lunges 3 sets gym length, 30# DBs Chin ups 1x8, 3x6 (!!) Plank+ Dead bugs with Pilates ball 50 minute walk with dog in forest. Now I'm going to do my LSD on the bike (HR zone 1-2 for 90 min). A few more weeks of developing my aerobic base and I'll start tempo…

Front squats 65# 3x8 Dub rows 40# 3x8 Bench 80# 3x5 RDL 135 1x6 plus lots of warm ups Some rehab and activation stuff

I got rid of my home scale too. I couldn't be consistent imwith diet and excercise because I was ruled by the number - if it was up if get emotional and really restrict food until I was lightheaded for a few days and then I would eat a box of cookies or something. If it was down, I'd reward myself with food. So crazy. It's…

I can say that squats absolutely make a difference to skiing both in terms of strength to plow thru crud (aka the wet coast cement we get over here) and general ability to resist fatigue. If you add in regular split squats and step ups so much the better! I weight train to support my skiing and climbing. I am organizing a…

You can plagiarize your own work - at least in academia...journals will reject you if you don't reference yourself. It's a ridiculous world. I have the newest edition of starting strength and he does have the same info in it so maybe it's an edition issue or maybe I'm confusing that with Practical programming for strength…

Squats 120 3x5. This was hard. My core fails me about halfway up. Stupid weak core! OHP 70 2-3-3-2 Row 70 3x5 Hip thrust 135 3x8 Chin up BW +2.5 4-4-4

I took half an inch off my lower abdomen and added it to each thigh. Jeans now loose on waist tight on legs. Husband has grown out of his jeans his quads got so big this month. So I've inherited them. They are a bit slouchy. Weight is stable.

I'm eating up all my gainz with cardio, yo. Ran Thursday am, Friday night (in the dark with headlamps and husband) and today I swam while my kid had a swimming lesson. Lifting tonight. Balancing strength and conditioning training is gonna be challenge given no time and a resolution to get more sleep. I need a treadmill bed.

That advice for women to do 5x3 when they stall on 3x5 is in starting strength, at least the most recent edition. He doesn't go into it much but his article on t-nation basically plagerizes his book. So it's not really new info...he's just pulled it out instead of it being buried in text. Did he mention the "too bad you…

EVery tiny Tupperware container with half eaten toddler snacks comes out of the fridge and is inhaled. Cleanup sucks tho. Those tiny tupperwares don't stack in the dishwasher in a way that satisfies my type a tendencies.

That depends, is the trainer planning on selling them to you or giving you his "exclusive" discount code for the supplement shop? ;) There are only a few amino acids we have to ingest. The rest can be made by your body from other amino acids. Just get your ~0.8 g/lb of protein a day and call it a day.

Agree. What a great effort! You'll be eating lots and lifting lots (more) in no time.

Well as a woman I know my worth is tied to what men think of my body rather than my sparkling wit, intelligence or personal and professional accomplishments. Therefore I am quite happy big butts are fashionable because I can achieve that with strength training and diet, unlike big boobs which could only be mine with…

Squat 115 3x5. Figured out why it has been hard - failure to take a big breath and lock my rib cage. Bench 90 4-3-4 Dead 65 1x5 Pull up 2.5 5-4-4

Squats 125 1x3. Every rep was a good morning. 115 2x5 only half the reps were good mornings. FFS. OHP 65 3x5 last rep was a grind but it went up. Next time I think I'll add something to the bar. Like my toddlers foam blocks. That would be the right amount of weight. Row 65 3x5. I de-loaded this significantly ever since wed…

I maintain at 2400. While I was breastfeeding before introduction of solids I'm sure I ate about 3000 a day. I didn't try to create a deficit until 7-8 months. Supply tanked. Came up a bit with better hydration but I had to go back to eating and not diet until I weaned. I was about 10 lbs above prepregnant weight and still…

What do you want to do about the wedding? Is the relationship/ friendship over or something you want to preserve? Or something you need to preserve bc of small town / other connections/ business concerns? At the very least if you are going to shoot the wedding I would suggest getting an agreement in writing for the amount…