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Such an awesome job. My hat is off to you. It is also great that you got insurance to pay for some of the skin removal cost. I looked into it at one time and it was way out of my price range. While I still have a way to go I hope to be at my goal weight soon. By the way how old are you? You look young.
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Gamer here as well. Mainly I just do Everquest (Evercrack, lol). I have lost a lot of my life playing that game and I still play some as well. Since I refocused on RL, I do not play much at all. I have been able to loss 160 pounds since I got serious about leveling my self and my RL instead of my peeps.
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@TASO about your squat. You needed more depth, not alot but still need to get down some more. There may be many different things that will help you get there. Other angles are needed to make good suggestions. One thing is try to keep a more up right posture. (I am very bad about this ... too many years doing "football"…
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I looked at the lift one time at full speed. Like you would have to judge one. I may have missed something but that happens when you get to view stuff over and over in super slow mo. The speed of it looked fine. The side angle is hard to tell about your lockout and if you became motionless on your chest. Feet and butt…
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May have been said over and over. But here is my take on it: put the headphones on and enjoy your run, who gives a rats rear what anyone else thinks. Not only that but if you are running 8.5 miles I would bet that the people making fun of you could not even come close to doing what you are doing. If they knew they would be…
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Howdy all. 6' 3" to 6' 4" started around 480 pounds, not really sure on the top weight. I began tracking at 466 pounds and have got down as low as 306 pounds. I have stayed within 10 pounds of that low for about 6 months now. I may go down some more, not really sure yet. I am working on getting a lower body fat % at this…
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LOL I will look at the lifts. Allowed equipment varies from fed to fed. I would say knee wraps, belt, wrist wraps are all legal for raw. If you use a support suit or lifting breifs then you go to equipped. I would say lets just do single ply as there are some pretty radical suits out there. If I see anything that looks…
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Its all about what you are looking for. I do alot of cardio but I am mainly in weight loss mode. If you are just trying to max strength then stay low on cardio. Your body will dictate how much is too much. So if your trainer is getting you ready for max strength you likely did too much cardo. I do not believe you undid…
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You know my joints actually feel better after I have been working out heavy for awhile. I like the comments of listen to your body. That is the best advice there is. I still like the keep it simple approach. Heavy weights and low reps. Also, if you are truely just going for powerlifting increases, I say dont do a lot of…
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Think I fit into this group well. I started out in the 475 range and at 6' 3". I am currently at 305ish and liking it. I have actually maintained this weight for a month on purpose. I may go ahead and drop down to the 260 range but that is likely as low as I will go. Open to friends requests just send me a note. I'm really…
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Awesome job man. It is so nice to hit the maintain phase. I hit mine about 3 weeks ago. However, it was at 310. I will drop more at some point.
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South of Amarillo, TX
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The depth of the squat is the single most talked/complained about topic in powerlifting. Personnally I like this definition. The top of the knee is slightly above the crease the body and the leg make. Different federations have other definitions. The argument over depth of squat has made bitter enemys between lifters and…
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Howdy: I currently judge THSPA (Texas High School) and I judge/compete in NASA (drug free upequipped or singly ply). For the slingshot I can see it working as a training aid. I still prefer raw lifting (traditional wraps and belt). Equipment has gone a long way in making all lifts go up. Just the percentage in the bench is…
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As one of the"big boys" I am compelled to respond. One year ago I was the fattest (heaviest) person in the gym. Now I am generally the heaviest in the gym. Usually I am also the one moving the most iron. There are always going to be rude people, however big people generally are not the ones being rude. If they are a jacked…
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Are you lifting equipped/unequipped. If equipped single ply, closed back or one of the many others?
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Howdy: I've been in and around powerlifting for many years. I normally judge events but I do lift in meets from time to time. My biggest focus at the moment is getting in better shape and lossing weight so my strength has suffered. However, I still enjoy lifting as much as I can. Strength is coming back some. Currently…
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One damn awesome job man. You have made an amazing change. I started at about the same mass as you did. I have not lost near what you have though.
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For my first goal I have about 30 more pounds to go. After that I may go for another 50 or so will just have to see how I feel. I have tried to keep my strength up during this so I have not lost as fast as I could have. I did lose some strength but I am getting it back. I restarted my journey in November of 2010, but did…
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Not sure how much this will help. My first target weight is 310, I might go as low as 260 but I'm not sure. Anyway, I have lost 124 pounds with just exercise and eating right in the last 13 months. Most of my loss has been in 9 months. I do 3 to 4 days of "boot camp", "cross training". Manly bodyweight exercises and the…
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You are doing great and your family as well. You look like you are feeling good.
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Very nice job. You are awesome.
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Very good job. Keep it up we will do it.
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Great job on doing this. I am worried about week 4 let alone the 20 minute straight. Getting ready to start week 4. I started with week 3 :(. Anyway, I walk at 3.5 and run/jog at 5.5. Does that sound like a resonable pace? I have been doing alot of aerobic activity ... is why I started on week 3. That 3 minute strech was…
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My hat is off to you. You are one brave and considerate person. Thank you for sharing about an issue I truely worriy about. The answers dont come as often as I like. Your candor is so appreciated. And you look so awesome. After I stabilize I will consider getting some plastic surgery done. I may lose as much as 200 pounds…
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If you want to lift heavy or learn how to lift properly don't go to Planet Fitness. If you want to use cardio equipment then it is probably fine. It is truely a Judgement full zone not a judgement free zone.
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Nice job and that sounds like alot of miles to me.
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I recently looked at my medical records and had to laugh, not a good laugh, all my weights were "XXX" as stated by the patient. I went back at least 5 years looking for one that I actually got recorded. To be fair about a year ago my doctor did get a scale that went to 400 pounds but it still said tilt when I got on it.…
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I so know the feeling. It is so nice to say sure a booth is fine. It used to be literally painful to sit in a booth because my stomach was being compressed between the back of the booth and the table. I always hated having to take over the handicap table because it was the only one that had chairs not attached to the…
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For what its worth I have done "tabata" type workouts many times in the last year. They are awesome in that they work you really hard. It is one of the tools you can use. It seems to work well.
