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Awesomeness Elia
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Hey Sara and SS - I forgot to ask - are those Eat Train Progress shirts available of sale? Pretty cool! wink wink nudge nudge Elia (ETP wall flower groupie)
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SS, n3ver3nder, Thank you both. I'm reading up on all of the mentioned programs: 5-3-1, continued SS through Practical Programming, MADCOW, and the Texas Method now. I'll post some form videos once I get back in the gym. I had a slight setback - a level 2 hamstring strain about 10 days ago and am working though PT now.…
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Oh - too dang funny! All that talk of coffee....gotta go get some...
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SS, Hendrix7, Thanks for the feedback. As I'm trudging along sometimes stepping back to assess progress is a good thing - with almost no experience I don't always know if I'm reasonably making progress. SS - you are so right - the life stuff will effect whatever program I'm running. I'm hoping my workouts can settle into a…
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Happy Birthday Sara!
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SS I'm glad to hear you're back lifting. I get hobbled from time to time with injuries and both being away from lifting/training, and then climbing back up that ladder stink. From my perspective yours are awesome numbers. Elia
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My update: 2014 2nd Q Goals and Actuals: Lifts:........................Goal...........Actual Low Bar Squat.....150 lbs......150 lbs* Deadlift..................205 lbs......195 lbs* Bench Press........160 lbs.......145 lbs* OHP.........................90 lbs.........80 lbs* Power Clean.........115 lbs.......stopped;…
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The OP's question prompted me to take a look at Elliot's videos for the first time. I picked one in which he talks (rants?) about how dead lifts and squats don't build core strength. He lost me a couple of times in the logic of his arguments, and I don't agree with his overall argument. Dead lifts and squats - performed…
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Bostonwolf, I'm not sure if you were referring back to my original post...if so -- Some I am working on fixing (the plantar fasciitis), some I have no further / other solution for (the medial meniscii tears have been cleaned up as much as possible), and the hernia issue seems to be in 'remission' thanks to the lifting (as…
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Jwdieter, Thanks! I'm going to add the rows to my routine and see how it goes. FromHereOnOut, It is the dynamic springing off of the feet which causes the problem with my PF. I'm going to try the rows and see how it goes. My PT had given me calf raises and lowers to both strengthen my calves and provide…
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212019156, I know this sounds odd but on the other lifts - low bar squat, bench press, dead lift and power cleans - I do engage my abs. On all those lifts I take and hold a breath doing the valsalva pressurization and engage my abs. For whatever reason I wasn't doing that with the OHP. Helpful lesson learned. Elia
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I'm checking back in here. May has been a miserable month for me, lifting wise, but I have done OHP and I've been really concentrating on working the abs. Holy cow! I clearly wasn't engaging them nearly enough before in OHP. When I used abs to counter the hip forward tendency, and forced my hips slightly backward - no…
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N3ver3nder, 212019156, My next workout with OHP will likely be Tuesday. I'll try to record a clip of it and post it. I've tried thinking of my form and I think I maybe rolling the top of my hips forward - I really feel it in the lower back. If I try (without a bar or load) rolling the bottom of my hips forward I don't feel…
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Thanks. I picked up two errors I sometimes do in low bar squats. Elia
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Agreed. Don't sweat it. It can (and does) happen to many (all?!) of us. Refocus on your calorie and macro targets and move on. And hopefully you had a grand day on the splurge. Cheers, Elia
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2014 2nd Q Goals are: Lifts: Low Bar Squat.....120 lbs ---> 150 lbs Deadlift..................175 lbs ---> 205 lbs Bench Press........130 lbs ---> 160 lbs (this may be a stretch!) OHP..........................75 lbs ---> 90 lbs Power Clean.........100 lbs ---> 115 lbs Diet: - more focus on eating to my macro targets (lax…
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Great post, excellent philosophy.
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SS - Very cool. Congratulations! Elia PS Too far from Philly to commute
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SS - interested, though I too suspect I'm late to the game. engian Elia
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Ukulelist, Good topic. I'm in....the same boat. Exactly the same. I want a trainer who can give me feedback and advice real time. I've already had an encounter with a trainer at the club we belong to and was unimpressed with their 'advice'. So igloo would like to hear what things to look for, what questions to ask, in…
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FrnkLft and DopeItUp, First off - thanks for the responses and feedback on my form. Here are three clips of tonights workout. Squat, low bar, at 85 lbs, side view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk2qnK3wzMw Squat, low bar, at 85 lbs, front view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz99m5-BnZA Deadlift, at 115 lbs, side view:…
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FrnLft, Thanks for taking the time to review my (one!) video. I’m heading to the gym this afternoon and will try to shoot some new ones of my squat and deadlift again. I now realize I was pushing to up my weights week by week and my form wasn’t correct. So at my last workout (which occurred after the video was shot) I…
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Whoops. Sorry about that. I'm as new to posting videos as I am to lifting. Permissions to the videos have been changed to unlisted. Squat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7STn5KciRMY Deadlift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7STn5KciRMY Elia
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To all you weight training guys and gals - WARNING: Skinny 51 yr old guy lifting weights (comes from not doing any exercise for too long). Here are a couple videos shot this morning showing my squat and dead lifts. I really appreciate any feedback, comments, and critiques. First the squats. Weight is 95 lbs and is not my…
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JeffseekingV, GuitarJerry is right. I'm on the beginner Starting Strength program. It begins with only five basic lifts: squats, bench, overhead press, deadliest, and power clean. Currently I'm doing 4 of those. I need to incorporate the power clean. I did realize that I was causing part of my wiped out feeling by doing 3…
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Just a quick update. I've tried the scoop of whey powder in glass of water and some fruit (navel orange for instance) just prior to heading over to the gym for a workout. I definitely felt better through the workout and afterwards. SS - thanks for the suggestion. I now have a container of whey powder at work for those…
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Carleenc1909, You might find one of the protein bars from Think Thin or Clif might suit the bill. Think Thin bars have, depending on the flavor, something like 230-240 calories and 20g of protein. They also have a low glycemic index. The Clif Builders Protein Bars have around 270 calories and have around 23g of protein. I…
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SS, I'll give the whey powder and water/milk and fruit a try. I can take a small bag of it to work and store in my desk for those after work workouts. I had picked up some Optimum Nutrition 100% nature whey (vanilla). On the slight caloric increase - maybe 50 or 100 cal/day?
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SS, I'm pretty new to this - heavy (ish) lifting. I've been at it only a couple/few weeks now. I typically take 2-3 minutes between my working sets. For my warm up sets it is less, sometimes for the first sets (like with just the bar) I may only take 30-45 seconds. By the time at my deadlift working sets (my last lift…
