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Nope, not squeamish.

Well of course I am, you should see the gray and white in my beard :)

Huh! So did I from 88-90.

Well, shoot, didn't realize you were from Idaho. Grew up in the Magic Valley and didn't leave Id until I was 27.

I'm probably right around 20%, more likely a bit over than below. Carry almost all my fat around the middle and some on my upper thighs. If you just saw me in a tank top you'd think a lot lower, as shoulders, arms and upper chest are lean, as is my calves.

^^ I don't think it's a poverty bench. I don't train at a powerlifting gym, mostly at work and then at some regular gyms. I don't see a lot of people moving more that 200lbs on bench. Most top out around 185 (men). I think one of the mental ways we get all wacky is we ONLY see PL type people and have to remember we are…

Yep, heard it in the beginning and it irritated me to no end. What it did end up doing is providing a bit more drive to hit the heavy weights and stay consistent in the weight room. Fast forward these past couple of years I don't get the skinny comments anymore but I do get complemented on staying healthy. I'll also point…

I eat something about a little over an hour before my lifting session. Usually around 10:15am and then lift from 11:45-12:45. If I don't I get light headed and sick to my stomach. Usually it's 2 greek yogurts and a tablespoon of peanut butter.

As other's have said, I too just end up reducing the portion sizes and don't really cut anything out. Although I will say it's easier for me to drop carbs down to keep protein and fats a bit higher. I don't have anything against carbs, they just happen to be the macro that's easiest for me to work with.

You do realize there are 4 distinct Texas style BBQ and 2 of them use a tomato and sugar based sauce right? There is no "one Texas style BBQ".

Every 7 weeks or 2 cycles of 531. Body just needs it. Feel loads better after a deload and refreshed. Never noticed a drop off of strength either. I do an active deload, like prescribed in 531. It's basically 3 sets of 10 at 50%, more to get the blood flowing than anything else.

Lamberts...home of the throwed roll! Got me a big Lambert's travel mug when I last there about 2 months ago.

No smackdown. KC BBQ is the best, end of story. Oh, and chili always have beans. Texans don't know what they're talking about.

Was it cake donuts or regular donuts? If it wasn't cake donuts, can't be cake culture, it would be bread culture.

I should tell my co-workers that I'm entering the chili contest with a chili made of fruit and seeds and record their reactions.

I'd be in heaven if it was "Hefeweizen und Brätwurst". Maybe I need to start a culture shift for that very thing B)

I have fractional plates, which help when stalling out or a standard increase is too big. You can buy the fractional plates and just take them with you to the gym.

I absolutely agree! To keep everyone else safe and to provide a barrier just send me all the meat! Seriously folk I'm looking out for your own good and will take a shot for the team......

Some of my buddies and I post up weekly pictures of what we have on our grill. Quite possibly those "cake people" <shudder, cake, bleech> post up, but you're not in their "society".

Not familiar with that app but I'd think there would be a way to change the weight used to calculate the 3 week cycle. So you'd set your 1 rm for OHP at 60kg and it would recalculate 90%, then 85% of that for week 1, 90% for week 2 and 95% for week 3. Your numbers should look like this resetting your OHP to 60kg. 60*0.9=54…

The above jumps out at me. Get on a structured lifting program. Take a look at this thread http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1 Then take a look at this thread…

I didn't with barbell OHP. Just kept going with the DBs adding reps or going to higher weight DBs. As long as there wasn't any pain I moved up and continued. Just started back with BB OHP a few weeks ago and I'm off by about 15lbs for the top end (did 7 reps at 135 where I was good for around 12 reps a year ago). Building…

Very good point. As I stated earlier, I started with just the 5lb DBs for OHP. Prior to my injury my best was a BB at 165lbsx3reps. I've now worked up to the 65's for 5x5 but it's taken the full 9 months to get to that point. If I ever do get to around 80-82lbs DB it won't be for a long time if ever, and I'm cool with that.

If it's got calories I log it.

Looks like this:

Going very wide on lat pulldowns bothered my left shoulder. I moved my hands in and that was better but then found a sweet neutral grip pulldown bar and started using it.

Reese peanut butter cups. 2 of them is 232 cals. Get the King Size 4 pack.

I switched to DB OHP and I know quite a few lifters who dropped BB OHP in favor of DB OHP as they said it doesn't bother their shoulders (doesn't bother mine either). I'll throw in some BB every once in a while but I'm still cautious about using a BB for OHP. And, for my shoulder, pulling lifts didn't bother it at all, so…

Well, shucks, thanks for that :)

Forgot to mention that I moved my grip in on both bench and OHP when I started them back up. Keeps the shoulders nice and tucked. Plus I focus on staying tight and control the weight down and back up.