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Im 8 weeks out from my first figure comp. Im using guides from joe mancini and also karen sessions. Theres lots of utube videos on posing and most of the shows have websites with photos of competitors from previous year. If you go to a show go to the prejudging part, the tickets are cheaper and its going to show you whats…

While most people on theses forums think its not any harder for short people to lose weight, i have to agree it is more difficult to lose because we not only require less calories we also burn less when we do exercise, so you cant eat portions meant for the average size person. It can be done it just takes a more accurate…

Thats so good to hear i also have been an off and on lifter. Even back in my 30 s I couldnt wait to get thru with the "required" cardio to go hit the weights. I look better than i ever have right now at 54 except for the veins, crepey skin and grey hairs, but im wearing tanktops and always getting compliments on my…

I use the rower for my warmup also 10-15 min. At the y i go to they are facing a mirror and in the reflection is the weight lifting area, squat racks, i can watch and see when squat rack is open and the other people lifting, its just hard to stay on it longer cause i wanna go lift.

Im not an expert by any means but i think you need to go lighter, your form looks off to me. To much foward and knees look to be caving some.

Ok, so women have to do 10reps at 250lbs, right. Im getting ready to add some deadlifts to my training, i currently do stiff leg. Ive got an experienced guy gonna help me. I dont expect to do this in 2 months but im gonna give it a shot, i love a challenge and a specific goal. This is perfect.

Turned 54 monday and last night squatted 95 lbs for the first time. Also almost did a body weight pullup for the first time. Ive been progressing in all my lifts since i started getting serious 12 weeks ago. For the year and a half prior i was doing boot camp style workout and lost 25 lbs ive since lost another 5 but…

Im also a daily weigher and when my weight is higher i check my wedding ring it will always be tighter and i know its just fluid from to much sodium and ill try to do lower carbs that day. It all evens out and as long as the highs get lower and the lows get lower im on track.

Muscle is muscle, if you want to gain some you have to eat more than your maintenance and expect to gain some fat too.

Just go with the sushi next time,lol

Jorocka your so right about actualizing the muscle. The back area is the hardest ,its so easy to let the biceps and shoulders take the lead. I started shooting a compound bow 4 years ago and still have a hard time isolating what they call your bow muscle. The best shooters only have to relax that muscle to trigger their…

My goal was one unassisted by my bday,next monday. I started 5 weeks ago at 90lbs on the assisted machine .i weigh 122. im now at 40 lbs able to do 3-4 reps 4 sets. Im not gonna make this goal so ill push it out to thanksgiving. I can do the hands facing each other bicep pullup but not the overhand. As far as those big…

Ill be 54 next week and for some reason keep thinking im gonna be 45. Is that dementia or dreaming. When i was 8 or 9 my best friend got the first color tv on the block. We didnt have air conditioning at home or school and i live in florida till i was 12. In high school there was a senior smoking area. I was vo-tech and…

Got it, i usually do the 3 pt dumbell row so the incline bench one is better. I changed gyms last spring and im still getting the hang of the equipment. Thanks

And im sorry forgot to ask what do you mean by chest supported.

I bow hunt so i do most of what your saying. I do just have a smaller upper body dna,im damn near boney and i hate that plus im old so it looks worse. I want to do a bulk but ive still got thigh fat so im hesitant. Do you do lat pulls wide grip or narrow? My goal is one unassisted pullup by my bday which is the 20 th. Im…

Ok you are both really making me envious. Im trying to build my back. What specifically are yall doing. I cant seem to isolate the proper muscles. Shoulders are pumped arms arms are jacked but baby lacks back ,help.

I use the rack when its available but im only up to 85 lbs. when its being used i do my goblet squats with 40 lb dumbell , i can go atg and actually feel like im getting better results(on my posterior chain) alternating this way. The goblets i can do 4×10 and the rack squats i do 5×5. So like another poster said theres…

Its never for nothing. Its what builds character my father would say. You have nothing to be regreted or humbled. Your inspiring so many of us so much more than that.

Bzah10 No sorry but you got it wrong tedebear was responding to OP the person he said to ignore is the one in her post that said lifting heavier will make her bulky

Im Ann, im married to an alcoholic. I used to drink alot but i got tired of hangovers and then all the extra weight that came with eating and drinking too much. My husband has been progressively drinking more for the last 5 years . His father died from it at 64 he best friend at 53 and i lost someone very special at 55…

That describes me as well. I wasnt meaning to recomp,but apparently dont count my calories well enough to be at a decent enough deficit to lose weight. I lose maybe a pound a month. I have been like this for almost a year and have liked the tranformation to this point but am now stalled too . Im also going to try a bulk…

Sorry didnt look at pic, but after reading everything youve said id say cut for the 6-8 weeks and do same program lifting progressively more, the only way your going to know if its the fat bothering you is to get rid of it. Then you can do maintenance for a couple of weeks change your routine to hypertrophy start bulking…

Glad to see your ok Jo and looking fantastically fierce.

I found the woman i was posting about shes " liftnlove_ " check out her blogs.

Theres a woman on her that has a blog, i cant remember her user name ,the post i first saw her on was like fluffy mom to fitness something. She had her whole routine on it. I can tell you,it aint for sissys. But she has an incredible body and competes. I was specifically looking at her leg routine and wow she is doing the…

Is Jo on vacation? Or maybe just bored with this women bashing women again.

I posted several months back about not lifting heavy and having very good muscle definition. I was doing body weight, med weight high rep, at a bootcamp style class. I was very happy with my results and had really good cardio conditioning too. I was told by one of the heavy lifters, thats great if you just want to be lean,…

I think if i had a partner it would help with my rest between sets, i tend to get antsy. My daughter works out with me once a week and i like it wish we could do it more often. I would want someone a little more advanced than myself so i would push my self, and im very competitive.

Good for you, its easy to let the unknown be scary, and its nice when someone notices your effort. When i joined my gym i was in pretty good shape too so the weights didnt feel foriegn but omg all the new machines id never seen before put me off a little. I finally just asked someone after i watched them use it , ive only…