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Awesome stuff, you will love it. Good luck and most of all, enjoy yourself

Thanks for sharing, love the before and aftwr pic! Awesome job!

So after some reading and videos...i stared working hard on my form. My hips are misaligned, which throws everything off, so i thought the knee twinge was from that. This last week, deloaded a lot of weight and worked strict on form. Finally!!! Yesterday, no pain in squats! I have also decided to drop all the weights and…

I was/am having knee and shoulder pain. I have been seeing my chiro and now just hit him every other week for adjustments. Today squatting, I felt that twinge in my knee coming. I took my sneakers off and just squatted in socks. No pain at all. Not sure if it's the cushion in the sneakers, squishy and letting your foot…

I was having some knee twinges during my second set of squats, and I decided to just take my sneakers off. I haven't bought any lifting/flat shoes yet. I have very wide feet, so converse are too narrow, and tbh I am just lazy and don't want to shop for new ones. Anyway, knee pain went away! Woohoo! SLs Squat 5x5@165lbs OHP…

I hear ya on the 40something body. It is nice my husband says that he can see a difference, but....well you know how that goes. Sl Squat 5/3 @165 pds...knee hurt so dropped down to 155pds did 4/5/5 sets Bp 5x5 @105pds...nobody was at the gym to spot so i did this weight Barbell row 5/5/5/4/5@130pds pretty excited about…

For the assisted pull ups, at the gym they have this really heavy assisted rubber band they use. It's pretty cool, you loop it over the handles, then around your feet and off you go. My son came with me to the gym and I helped him with this. It was pretty funny, cause he was like, this doesn't look safe lol.

Good luck today! What Deena_Bean said, as long as you get 3 days in a 7 day period. My schedule is usually Tues-Fri-Sun my two days off being wed and thurs. If the bar is too heavy, I think you can do them with dumbbells. I think there is various alternative lifts with them, just do a quick google search.

pezhed - I grab some of those steps that they use in the aerobics classes, and I put the weights on the floor on top of those for height. The weight on my bar is not heavy enough to have them raised high enough for the lift. After each row, I let the bar touch the ground and start again. I have been doing this since just…

Oh yea...yesterdays lifting was the pits... SL's Squat 5/5/3/4/5 @ 175lbs OHp 4/5/5/5/4 @70 pds -have to deload...ugh Dl 1x3@185pds had to stop I was really thinking of form way too much and screwing something up. Deloaded to 135lbs and focused on form did 3x5@135pds Cause I was very cross at myself, I decided I wanted to…

I was really nervous about going into the gym when I first started. I read everything I could get my hands on, watched some videos on form. When I started, I tried to go in when there would not be a lot of people. Honestly, most people are into their own thing and are really not looking at what anyone else is doing. I…

I totally hear you on the bitchiness...the last couple of days I have just wanted to run and hide. Between yelling at my husband and crying the next minute, I am about to dive into a hole somewhere.

I liked the title, was cute. Who knows, maybe I will wear a dress one day....but I doubt it ;D I like the idea you have at staying at the weight, getting comfortable with it before moving on. The weight on the BP is getting hard to move, and I'm thinking ^%*&%$ not sure if I can go higher next lift. Had to get a random guy…

I love squats. Don't like the ohp and barbell row...but I tolerate them because I'm supposed to do them. Today's Sl Squat 5x5@170pds BP 5x5@110pds Row 5x5@120pds I am pretty excited about this. First time in about a month or so, that I have completed the session without anything hurting (knee, shoulder). Very happy with…

Ugh, I feel you on this. I have a fair bit to lose. I was hoping it would be a little faster, but I have been eating back my calories burned cause I'm hungry. I need to up my protein more, and eat less. So easy to say, so hard to do! Good luck!

DDHFree - you are doing great. Just keep increasing what is comfortable with you :D OHP is my yucky lift as well. I find it very difficult. Just keep plugging away, eventually we will get it.

Nice job amyrebeccah. Stronglifts Squat 5/5/5/5/3 @ 170 pds - I just kind of stopped on the last two. Knee started twinging and the shoulder was as well, so I just stopped. Didn't even feel guilty for a change. OHP 5/5/5/5/4 @ 70 pds - Forgot my arm brace, but really excited I was able to do most of it. Wrist started…

Thanks for sharing. Informative.

I need need sneakers as well, but I have huge wide feet :( I was trying to squeeze them into some Converse, but it's a no go. Ugh, duck feet are horrible.

Busy weekend, hope everyone had a nice long weekend with their family/friends. Hit the gym Friday: SLs Squat 5x5@155pds (not sure how I ended back at 155...but just went with it...it was kind of nice not having any knee pain doing this) Ohp 5/5/3/5/5@ 70 pds (sooo started with 70 pds, 3rd set craptastic, so dropped the…

Thanks for the nice replies. I have found that the working out really helps me focus with other things and is a great stress reliever, which is most needed! SL's Squat 1x5@175pds, 4x5@155pds - dropped down again, knee was achy and didn't want to push it. BP 5x5@100pds Row 5x5@115pds OMG, I just hit 100pds on a bench! I am…

Awesome, thanks for sharing.

Went to the Chiro on Sat...having shoulder and knee problems again, ugh. Yesterday SL's Squat - 2x5@ 175pds; 3x5@155pds - started with 175pds, did ok till the 3rd set, knee starting bugging me, so dropped 20 pds off and no issues with the pain OHP - 5x5@65pds - really excited with this, have the form down, stopped twisting…

Well, I went into the gym today feeling really good. But, I don't know, maybe I am starting to overthink my squats and positioning etc. My left knee started to really hurt. So I dropped 20 pds off the squat and finished out the reps with that. I am going to hit the chiro again tomorrow, cause the left knee, arm, wrist and…

Wore my brace, no issues today with ohp! Woohoo! Sl Squat 5x5@ 170pds Ohp 5x5@ 65 pds Dl 1x5@ 165pds I felt awesome after...though a bit sore tonight. My inner thighs like right in the crease is sore. Trying to stretch it out, see how it goes.

I have had some issues with tennis elbow and i have issues with hands and wrists from being on the computer all the time. I really recommend finding a good chiropractor. Helps with all that and my hip alignment problems. I felt so much better after. He also recommended swimming, in particular the breast stroke for the…

I love reading this post! It is so refreshing to see people be so positive, educational and doing it in a way where it just makes the other person feel good. Thanks everyone, really made a really cruddy day into a pleasant one!

Today I remembered my arm brace! Yay! Squat 5x5 @ 165pds BP 5x5 @ 90pds Barbell 5x5 @110pds Didn't think I was going to make the BP, it was harder then I thought it was going to be.

Hit the gym yesterday...felt really good for a change. I foegot my brace, so instead of ohp, i did benchpress instead. Squats - 5x5 @ 165pds Bench - 5x5 @ 85pds Deadlift - 5x5 @ 160 pds Hips were a bit sore again but shoulder was good.

Google mark rippetoe ohp. Very helpful with form.