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I stopped weighing myself 3 years ago and it was the best thing I ever did. I have always been fit and loved to work out, so the scale became something that caused me anxiety over normal fluctuations. Check out this website www.mybodygallery.com. You can type in a weight and see tons of pictures of people at that weight…

Congrats on starting soon! I'm sure someone who knows better than I do will chime in on exactly how Mehdi says to handle the failures in the program. I sort of do my own thing, and if I fail (don't get all 5 sets and 5 reps) for 3 workouts in a row on that particular exercise, I de-load. But about your spotter question,…

I also trained for a half while doing SL....and I found that I really couldn't let myself progress as much as *I could have* on squats especially, and get long runs in as well. I was ok if my runs were 3-4 milers, but the longer runs really suffered If I had lifted too much even if it was 3 days before! So, my race is Oct.…

Thanks for your replies! Very helpful. :)

Just wanted to update that I did deadlift the 135 this week, using the mixed grip it was so much better! I will continue to use the regular grip on my warm ups, but the mixed grip helped tremendously and I was able to complete my 5 reps. :) Thanks for the advice!

Thanks for the advice everyone!

Thanks for the reply! Looking forward to getting started. Today :)

Thanks everyone for the replies! Keep them coming!

anyone else have success at losing those last few pounds while eating 2000 calories (netting 1500ish)? Thanks!

Thanks! I will try that! I appreciate your reply!