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I think one as an individual needs to figure out what goals they want to achieve. Do you want to gain strength, and maybe not lose a bunch of LBM eating at a deficit ? A compound strength program will be the way to go. Do you want to eat at massive surplus, spend hours in the gym doing split routines to achieve a…

Someone needs to calculate the calorie content of the McMonstrosity. Will it fit any macro's ??

You will lose some of the core workout doing them seated but you can do them for sure. Here is a link to the Stronglift site where Mehdi addresses a seated OH press, and the proper way to do them. http://stronglifts.com/how-to-perform-the-seated-press/

Of course there is. You have a few options available to you. One would be to do the OHP in your garage, or somewhere you have a little more clearance. Another option would be to just do them from a seated position. Something is better than not doing it. I would gladly do seated OH press for the convenience of having a…

What about a 3 or 4 egg omelet ? Add in some cheese, and mushrooms, onions. Top with a little salsa. Great low carb high protein meal. If its too 'breakfast-y' for you how about a simple grilled seasoned chicken breast with steamed asperagus.

Quads on women not sexy ???????????????? YEA RIGHT

All the programs use an Olympic sized bar for them so its going to make it a little more difficult, but as long as you know the exact weight of the bar that you're using I don't see an issue with it. The main key of the stronglifts program is to just continually progress with the weights. As long as you can account for the…

I started the program at 305 lbs, and had to repeat certain weeks twice due to shin splints so if you feel not quite ready to move on, redo what you need to for sure. It took me about 12 weeks to complete the 9 week program...ha. I did finish however and am currently running a 5k at about 37 min. Current stats are 41 years…

Oh squat stands are nice too...don't get me wrong. I don't have room for that either but if I did I would definitely take stands into consideration.

Low ceilings will interfere with the standing overhead press. This lift also works your back/core so it is advised not to do them from a seated position....something to think about. Most every Olympic bar I have ever seen has the larger collars on them. Someone with more knowledge than me can maybe answer the plate…

The first few weeks on Stronglifts, really focus on form while the weight is still light. I even had youtube clips on form for every exercise cued up on my phone and I would literally watch them right before performing the lift. If you have questions you could always record yourself doing the lift and upload to youtube and…

Not to derail the thread but I WISH WISH WISH I had the room for a power rack. I would drop my gym membership in a second

I would go even further than that. I would say the ONLY time you shouldn't use a barbell is if you cant lift the weight of the barbell. At that point I would advocate dumbells, or even better barbells with bolted on weights only until you can do the 45 lbs barbell weight. Both programs stress this fact.

The things you should look for or ask about at the gym: power rack flat bench Olympic barbells...or barbells apprx.7 feet long and 44/45 lbs plate weights in increments from 2.5 lbs to 45 lbs. Should have at least 500 lbs of them in varying increments. I wouldn't worry too much about having the 2.5 lbs plates at the gym. A…

Just say NO to the smith machine. That said if the gym only has free weight to 160 lbs, it will not be enough. With both programs you will be hitting 160 with squats and deads before finishing the progression of the program. It might be enough to start but trust me you will be stuck . Every exercise in SL, not sure about…

The biggest tip I've learned, or the biggest eye opening information for me: Weight loss happens in the kitchen. I think more people would have an easier time losing weight if they first realize this. To this day I have a hard to impossible time convincing people of this simple fact. Way too many people think you have to…

You could skip ahead but why don't you just continue doing what you are doing and add extra intervals to the end of your runs ? I never skipped sessions but I occasionally did extra run sessions if I felt good enough and had extra energy. Half the battle is building up your endurance

This runner does ! Squats and deads have done more for my speed and endurance as anything I have ever done in the past

To who ever mentioned the dreaded first mile...that should definitely be in the list somewhere. No matter how often you run, or how many miles you run regularly, the first mile always sucks. As someone mentioned in another post somewhere..."everyone hates the first mile...even the Kenyans" So true..

Great thread ! I am facing all the same issues with a big calorie deficit, SL 5x5 progressions, and running on my 'off' days. I was running into two main problems. I am getting into some heavier weights and I feel am not recovering enough with the deficit and running on my in between days, I can feel it already in my…

AGREED !! Hey, I am sure most people who have been doing cardio, and HIIT cardio cant run any marathons either though they might get farther than the non-cardio guy :wink: Cardio has its place for sure, but I am not sure I would do it at all if you don't enjoy it, or aren't training for some type of competition.

I just want to add to all the people who say you are not working your system with lifting like you can with cardio....There isn't much cardio-wise that gets your heart thumpin and your blood pumping like a solid set of deadlifting heavy weight !!

I am no expert but I have dealt with shin splints more than once doing C25K. Some good stretches to help with the pain in to do the alphabet with each foot. Hits the muscles and tendons around the shin and calf. Also the pain might be an indication of shin splints which totally suck. Did you have a run analysis done ? Did…

Great point !! I guess I didn't even consider moving to another phase of the program for some of the lifts.

I guess I am ready to post in here....I finished week 8 last week and instead of going on to week 9 I decided I would do three runs to 5k instead. Well I finished the last run, averaging about 40 mins . My goal at this point is to start doing some outside runs and improve my times considerably. I have a friend at the same…

It may be a good app but having finished the regular C25K, if at some point sprinting was a part of just trying to finish the run I would have been ..'Nope' Sounds like this could be a more advanced C25K type program for those who are at a higher fitness level than a lot who have not run in years and years if ever.

So basically your muscles become more efficient ?? I understand that but seriously how long can that last ? At some point with eating at a surplus and increasing how much you lift your muscles are going to build...right ? Admittedly this is over my head ah..I see you did address that in your previous post that I read for…

If you want to log the calories from spices so be it, but I think walking to your spice cabinet, pulling out the spice, walking to your stove and sprinkling it in will burn off the amount of calories you are adding to the dish. :wink:

You look fantastic but I really wanted to say GO PACKERS !!