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+1 Planet Fitness doesn't want me as a member and freely mocks my workout choice and I feel just as free to mock their use of the word gym. I also am completely free to encourage others to avoid the place like the plague. I won't mock anyone for going there but if you ask questions about how to get better rests I will…
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Sorry or hear about the meet. That sucks on the squat. All it takes is one little thing to be off. Regroup, hit the gym and make a couple runs at 350 and up just to clear the doubts from your mind.
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Her loss. Guess she will have to work her schedule around the times when no "bodybuilders" are in the gym. Or find a new gym that caters to her kind of people.
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Lifters don't wear gloves or soft sole shoes because they take away from the lift. PWO can give you a bit of pickup to perform better. I am having trouble under the cheating aspect here. To stay on topic, I find C4 to be pretty mild, my be a good thing in the OPs case.
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Nobody else can answer that for you. There will always be someone with a different opinion about your arms but only you can decide what is right for you.
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The PWO is using some ingredients that are claimed to be fat burners which might be bugging you. It's sweetener is sucralos (Splenda) so it shouldn't be hard to test your reaction to that. I use C4, Mad Dog, and Assault depending on which one I grab. I don't worry about taste because I just drink it down fast. You can…
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Eat more and follow a structured plan. If you eat more and never do anything to tax your muscles then all that food is going to waste and to your waist. Getting muscular requires the proper fuel and proper work together and won't work without a balance.
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Finally broke the 400 mark on my squat. Did 405x3 today. Squat 405x3 Deadlift 445x6 Bench 300x1 Total = 1150. So close to 1200 I can feel it. I think I have more in my squat and know I have more in my deadlift. My bench is my weak lift.
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I am going out on a limb and assuming because she can actually do the goblet squats with full ROM vs partial ROM with the back squat. Still probably a good idea to figure out why the OP has trouble with the back squat and correct it so she can eventually lift heavier weights if she wishes.
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Fixed that for you. And I can't even believe this is a thing people do. What the *kitten* is the "scientific" basis for this beyond re-arranging your internal organs? Squish everything together so your body re-arranges all the fat, muscle, tissue, and organs above or below the corset?
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The problem is that insurance companies would love to misuse the BMI for a stand-alone diagnostic when setting rates for individuals. BMI when used correctly as a statistical measure for a population and trend analysis is fine, when used and applied to an individual as a definitive measure, not so good.
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I would be more concerned that he knows more about how you should look than you do.
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Nobody said not to run, keep doing it because it is great for cardio health. And since you enjoy it, even better. The bolded part explains why running is not a weight loss technique. You have to understand portion control and calorie expenditure so when you aren't running you don't put on 20 lbs.
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It sounds like you didn't appropriately adjust your calorie intake to match the calorie burn from the non-running exercise. You aren't expending as many calories with the other exercises so you can't eat as many calories.
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If you have completed all 5x5@30 lbs then add weight anyway and try. Follow the program's failure ans deloading protocol and move on. Don'the be afraid to fail at the heavier weight, that is part of progressing forward. If you never try then you will never find out. Look around the gym for 1 lb ankle weights, I bet you can…
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This ^. I hate adjusting my lever belt, way easier to eat less and keep it in the same position.
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0.75 per week.
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I self inject weekly and no issues other than I have troubles with needles anyway. My doctor suggested maybe half the dose 2x week but not mentally ready for that. His reasoning is that it is a less drastic swing compared to monthly up and down.
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Curious how long this equivalency lasts. Does it taper off after the "newbie gains." A good follow up study would be moderate to intermediatelyrics healthy people and if the same results happen. That would be a real breakthrough.
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Same author. https://bloodandiron315.com/2013/08/22/use-olympic-shoes-to-squat-big-weight/ His squat improved. A lot depends on stance sump probably doesn't benefit much. I bought Inov8 shoes which have a smaller heel and they seem fine for under $100.
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I prefer mornings but with a new work schedule I am not getting up any earlier than I do already so I live with evenings.
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I disagree. When I was overweight it hurt my knees to walk ashy distance, sometimes to the point of swelling to grapefruit size. I started "squatting" by sitting on boxes and standing up, not box squats, just sitting down and standing up. I progressed with shorter boxes. I also was instructed to do leg extensions and still…
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Back in the olden days I raced a CR500. I miss it and now that I am in better shape who knows what it might be like.
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Two off the top of my head are Omega Ultima and Hemavol. No caffeine so no real "eyes wide open" and jacked up feeling but also no jitters or crash. I used them together as I was building a tolerance for caffeine. Sensitive in what way?
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Make him useful, hand him the camera and ask him to video. Otherwise set the camera on a bench and use a water bottle as a support.
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I see where you didn't bench but no mention of overhead press pressed rows. Are those next time too? Deadlifts can make the shoulders and traps sore, think about which body parts are holding the bar. Squats will also do it until you get used to the position, especially low bar, it is almost unnatural. The real fun begins…
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I throw it in with my pre-workout and down it. I usually have to rinse or swirl the bottle at the end to get it all. I don't like sipping it because the granules never really dissolve.
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This. Starting Strength (the book) is 347 pages of detail descriptions, pictures, diagrams, moment arms, and instruction. The book dedicates 55 pages to the squat alone. Other options for a lighter bars are PVC or aluminum tunes with ankle weights, micro plates, plates, , or even filled with sand. Nobody advocates…
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Agree with trusting the trainer or not and in this case it sounds like her first session with the trainer so it might be a tad early to trust completely. There are some rando internet strangers here that I trust more than any big box gym trainer.
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It is entirely up to you and will depend on your recovery and goals. You might want to try your lifting for a full 2 weeks to get a feel then decide what your body can handle for cardio on your rest days.