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Exercise and education! Win-win!

I would get mats to put under everything, as well. Amazon has some puzzle mats that look like they'd work well.

All of this.

That's exciting! They're one of my favorites. :smile:

I do 10ish minutes of cardio and then 4-5 warmup sets of the movement I'm doing. This site: http://warmupreps.com/#program-2 is helpful for determining how heavy each of your warmup sets should be. It even tells you the plates to use so there is no math involved! :laugh: I use it as a base and then go heavier or lighter,…

They are oddly shaped for peas. Must be unprocessed.

There's a blueberry, but I don't know about limes.

Try going parallel or slightly below instead of ATG and see how that works. You're not going to get any benefits from ATG that you don't get from just hitting parallel (other than bragging rights :wink: ). You're going to have (at least) one lift where you progress slower than you think you should. Just make sure you're…

You could drop the squats to 3x5 instead of 5x5. If you're having a really hard time recovering, you can drop them to 2 days a week instead of three. How long do you rest between sets? Longer rest periods can also help.

I'm partial to the vodka and twinkie diet, myself.

If you want to do power cleans, choose Starting Strength. If not, do Stronglifts. I don't have a trainer/coach/mentor that I trust to teach me power cleans and I'm too scared to try them on my own, so I do Stronglifts. Both programs are good, beginner programs, so it really boils down to what you prefer to do.

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Sounds good!

I'm making this one from Betty Crocker tonight with some rice and asparagus on the side: Easy Chicken with Tomatoes and Spinach Ingredients 1 tablespoon olive or vegetable oil 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 1/4 lb) 1 clove garlic, finely chopped 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt 1/4…

I got a burger from a food truck that had peanut butter, pickles, sriacha, and cilantro on it. I wanted to eat 4 of them.

This is how we roll in my house as well. As long as it smells fine and there's nothing growing on it, I think it's ok. He will eat the "good" leftovers (like pizza), but not really too much of anything else.

You would probably get more use out of a blender and/or food processor. You can use those elsewhere when cooking.

I currently have Body Fortress whey isolate in Vanilla and regular whey in Cookies and Cream. Too much lactose causes an upset stomach for me, I only use the CnC powder in non-dairy milks (my fav is coconut). The whey isolate I mix with water or cow's milk if I want to use my calories that way. Once these are gone, I'll…

Jump into Stronglifts now. Test out the movements with the Olympic bar (45lbs) to see how that works. I'm betting you can lift more than you think you can. If it's too heavy, you can use the standard bar (20lbs) or fixed barbells, like the other ladies mentioned. You can also modify all of the movements so they can be done…

I made it through stage 2 and then switched for the same reason that others listed: simplicity. Plus, I feel more badass doing deadlifts than I do doing some variation of lunges.

Youths today. :noway:

Bookmarked for later. Thanks for sharing!

I'm going to agree with the "get acquainted with your gym's equipment" theme. It will make it less intimidating. Also, watch a lot of form videos to really visualize the movements that you're going to do. It will help with any anxiety of not knowing what you're doing.

They're made from the nuts of dough: doughnuts!

Lishie's answer still applies. You're going to have varying ability on what you can do for each exercise. You can only do what you can do. So in that regard, your weights are "normal". Continue to follow the program as written. When you get to a point where you can't do that, that's when you make adjustments.

Coffee enemas.

Are you getting enough fat in your current diet?

I've been lurking but not so much posting. You ladies are rocking it! It's A day this evening, for me. If I remember, I'll post it!