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I actually had some pain near my left quad and knee area for a while. Luckily my coach is also a physical therapist and helped me with some rehabbing. These exercises coupled with my typical squat warmup routine have helped me feel warmer and ready for squats. You will need a hip circle to do 2 of them. 3 sets of 12…
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Also, Olympic lifting shoes for squats and bench. I am not picky about my brands. I do love fabletics for their functional yet cute pocketed leggings. If you get the VIP discount they’re super cute. My favorite workout shorts I have are fleos. Comfortable and cute designs. Plus no riding up. Would love some cute ones with…
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Leggings, t shirt (I don’t get how people can do fitness indoors I. Long sleeves), socks that I can tuck my leggings Into, knees sleeves for squats, wrist wraps for squat and bench, lever belt for squats and deadlifts, and wrestling shoes for deads. Oh and chalk. If my hands are in bad shape and I’m doing a deadlift…
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I recently did but only because I still had a lingering high after my nap. It was 50/50. Some exercises I did went better than others because I could just focus on motor patterns and it was kind of rhythmic and calming. Ex: hyperextensions. I was also a bit less nervous moving new weight than I normally am. However, I was…
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Female powerlifter. I've been focusing on powerlifting for just over a year. There are strong female powerlifters out there. Look up girls who powerlift on insta. Such strong women that can outlift many gym bros. I thought I was alone and I started seeing more women at my gym powerlifting. There are 2 women at my gym who…
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https://instagram.com/p/BYWdVZdlkyT/ Beltless squat double/beltless PR! First time doing 195lbs/88kgs ever without the belt so it was exciting to do 4 sets of beltless doubles although some were for sure rough! 5th and final set was an AMRAP, which I did belted. Even after misgroving the first rep, I still got a 1 rep PR…
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I'm in the small hands club too. And I'm just starting to get hook grip. My thumbs feel the pressure, but i feel like it minimizes callouses vs mixed grip! Literally as soon as I started doing sets of mixed today, I got some baby rips in the hand facing underhand! But yeah, it's subjective. I say if you have small hands,…
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I used to use gloves. I feel like while they prevented callouses from forming they made gripping harder. I say if you get callouses, file them down as they will naturally form If you are going to be deadlifting and doing other strength training exercises (but mostly deadlifting). Also, utilize chalk and practice the use of…
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I'm around 60/61kg so a minimum of 7lbs.
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I generally do I high ponytail but my hair is bewb length. I think for you French braids are the way to go. Either that or if you want to get fancy, do waterfall braids and tie whatever is left of your hair into a bun. There's tons of tutorials on YouTube for all sorts of braids in YouTube; use em gurl!
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Oh my god serious typo! This is a 154.3lb bench lolol no way do I bench more than I squat haha!
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Finally got blue plates on the platform! For both my 2nd and 3rd, but here's my 3rd; 254.3lbs/70kg. Yay 4 being a mini benchpuff! https://instagram.com/p/BU5pz_dFm05/
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IgHt-qq7ZEM I'm a fan girl, but this is pretty much how I feel. Are you just starting out and just want to get used to new exercises or do you have a specific goal in mind? If the latter applies to you, then look for a *program* so you have something Taylor made to specifically consider where…
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I actually did isometric holds for a while. I also did farmers walks and managed to do 100lbs/handle for 45 feet or so. I mean all the grip work helped a smidge for deads but didn't really help my grip strength to skyrocket. I guess the only way to truly get stronger with double overhand for deads is to continuously…
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Last year I did it Cindy style. It was awful and could only manage 11 rounds rx because my hands were ripped to shreds so I started scaling with banded pull-ups. Didn't even get through all 20 cindys because coaches wanted everyone to get Murph done in sub 60 so after 17 or 18 rounds, I was sent out to run. Fun stuff!!
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25kg plates yaas gurl! 4 days til my 3rd full meet here hoping that I can finally have a successful blue plate bench here lol. But them reds are goals!!
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I started focusing more on double OH this year when warming up because I came to realize that I was WAY stronger with mixed and almost felt like I wanted to play catch up because my DOH strength was nearly 100lbs less than it. I usually warm up for deads with 135x5 DOH unbroken, and then do 185x5 DOH having to reset my…
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Even the standard barbell back squats have variations, each which are supposed to help with your overall strength and stability in the barbell back squat. Pause squats are where you take several seconds to pause in the bottom of the squat before ascending, and tempo squats are a variation where you purposefully lower…
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It's not cheating...it's meant to help you perform pull-ups with assistance; the idea is that you progressively require less assistance until you can do bodyweight pull-ups. However if I were you, I'd start doing negatives to help eventually get pull-ups. Use a box and jump so that your chin is over the bar and then slowly…
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I think you mean Mark Bell...who runs supertraining along with Silent Mike XD . The cool thing about Mark though is he is very responsive to people. I shared a video of me doing slingshot bench and he suggested I move the slingshot up my biceps a smidge more. Super helpful, funny, and friendly guy!
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Alan Thrall Cody Lefever (programming/coaching) Jen Thompson Jim Wendler Vinh Pham/vinnierehab (general/stretch and mobility tips)
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Love: slingshot bench press. I love how I can handle much more volume with heavy weight and that feeling of getting the bar off my chest quickly. Hate: Burpees. They are gross!
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Just started with peaking today and I'm a happy girl! The decreased volume helped me get a rep PR on back squats: 195lbsx4. Form could be cleaner on the last reps but a PR is still a PR, and can't wait to see where I am come meet day!! https://instagram.com /p/BUAFjdVFe6S/
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Yeah it's not an official app. It's important to have an understanding of Jim's programming and read the book and his blog posts before running 5/3/1 and logging with the app
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Anything's a PR with this since it's a fairly new movement, but I got 155lbsx9 (or is it 160?) for my top set of SSB squats. I'm pretty pleased with how my form is looking with these even though idk what my arms are doing even XD. https://Instagram.com/p/ BTrfnE4lBHB
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Also maybe I'm over analyzing because of a "friend" commenting that my back "hurt to look at"
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I'm following GZCL UHF 9week template. First few weeks include 3 inch deficits to start with and go from reps of 4 to doubles and then the deficit decreases to 2 inches; the goal is to eventually pull heavier off the floor. Fortunately for me, that was my last week of 3 inch deficit pulls. Hopefully these deficits don't…
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I'm just going to leave this here :D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NgLq6d_w4e4
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Sumo pulled 225x4 today which is pretty exciting as a conventional puller. Too bad I can't link an IG video, and I don't feel like uploading via YouTube. Thanks MFP!
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Currently running the 9 week UHF as part of my meet prep. Had to skip to week 2 because my meet is in early June, but I am definitely feeling its benefits. I love how T2 is having me to help strengthen main lifts. Also, looking forward to overload training with slingshot bench and doing SSB squats for the first time!!
