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If you're within 5-10g of your macro goals and you're in a deficit you're just fine (assuming you're trying to lose weight). No one hits it perfectly every day. Hell, being within 5-10g on each macro is exceptionally good if I'm honest.

Keep digging that hole, surely you will come out on the other side eventually.

Bingo. At the top of the movement, squeeze those glutes and drive your hips forward like you're trying to bruise your thighs with the bar. That doesn't mean lean backwards, just really get those hips through strongly.

Stan is the man. His car videos are very informative and detailed as well.

Everybody has strength and size imbalances. If it's not causing terrible technique (possibly due to an injury on one side?) then I wouldn't sweat it.

I think it was around 245 squat, 265 deadlift and 175 bench? And something around 105-115 OHP (you'll end up deloading a bunch on that...forever))? I switched to madcow 5x5 after that. Then 5/3/1 for the past...3-4 years.

It's funny because while bodybuilders have the best physique, they generally have the worst programming and nutritional knowledge. When your sport is 95% drugs, site injections, genetics and complete disregard for one's health then well, it's just not going to cultivate elite coaches. Realistically, seeking out the actual…

That's a great way of putting it. Without refeed days I used to struggle SO MUCH MORE. Whether it was just mental or not, who knows, and who cares? Success is success.

Having said that, for regular joes there are plenty of tall people who will complain that they suck as squatting/deadlifting/benching/etc because of their height or long limbs. Several of them in this thread already! There are techniques for dealing with all sorts of body shapes and sizes. If Brian Shaw can deadlift…

There's a reason why the vast majority of world record holders are short. The greatest powerlifter of all time, Ed Coan, is only 5'3". It is EXTREMELY rare for a record holder to be tall (recent exception of note, Kirill Sarychev). Bodybuilding is the same way, being short means you look a lot more muscular with a smaller…

Assisted pullups (I just used a band) until I could do real pullups. Amazing, I know!

Even if you can manage 2lbs/week consistently (fairly doubtful) it's gonna slow way down as you get closer to your goal. Just prepare your expectations. I'd add in some strength training too, lots of cardio and quick weight loss will generally result in a smaller but still flabby body. I'd say 2x/week full body strength…

If you've been inactive for so long you've basically lost all conditioning so it's normal to be out of breath after even minor exertion. It's no big deal at all, it'll just take time to build back up.

My bad.

As a severe carpal tunnel sufferer that sounds very familiar. Look up carpal tunnel stretches, that will help a lot. You may need to wear a brace/splint for a while as well (look up carpal tunnel braces on amazon). If that doesn't help, a doc is what you're looking for.

I've tried them several times due to having extremely sensitive skin. There are more drawbacks than advantages I think, I haven't used them in a couple years now.

40lbs on each side with a squat? So 125lbs? I'm guessing you can do at least twice that on the leg press in comparison (for the same reps). I'm guessing you're just holding back on the leg press. For the record, repping 125lbs on the squat isn't bad at all for your size and gender. Keep up the good work.

Where on earth, and WHY on earth do you have a MFP shirt? UNSUBSCRIBE

I would just stick with the program for now until you run into problems - then follow the suggest Stronglifts deload procedure (I think if you fail to get 5 reps for two workouts in a row you deload 10% or something? Look it up I'm probably wrong). The whole point to progressive overload is that it gets harder and harder…

In my 20s I had chronic lower back pain (especially when waking up in the morning) every day. I was 300lbs, had never worked out a day in my life and had a desk job with likely terrible posture. I picked up powerlifting in my early 30s and now at 37 I have no back pain at all. I can deadlift mid 500s and my back is great.…

I would probably try to immobilize it. Wrap it or wear a splint (like for carpal tunnel sufferers).

Certainly not a bad idea I don't think. At the most you'll be out a little bit of money. Worth trying. I wear them too.

Of course, you wouldn't claim a raw 1RM when you used a slingshot. It's used for training, not for setting records. Overload training has a place in strength training and can be quite effective. Similar to bands/reverse bands or chain setups where you get assistance (or reduced resistance) at parts of the movement.

My favorite recommendation is this series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHx1gYTA-Rw Also Mark Bell has a lot of good stuff on benching as well.

No to all of the above. It's just elastic that provides more assistance the closer to your chest. Bench operates in a normal ROM and technique, it just gives you help in the hardest part of the movement. Used for overload work or for rehab work for people with injuries who still want to bench full ROM. For overload work…

1) Wrist wraps (or other wrist support) 2) Avoid exercises with excessive wrist bending My carpal tunnel is bad enough to require a splint daily and I can still lift hundreds of pounds so she'll probably be fine with 1) and/or 2) above.

That's pretty good, I might try this on my next bulk. Typically I do the same with the "opposite" accessories (squat accessory on deadlift day etc) but I just do straight 5x10 or 5x5 for the back-off sets (oftentimes both). I think I like yours more. Oh btw, use Google sheets if you want to share a spreadsheet.

Yes, the chest stops the bar, whether it be touch-n-go or paused, it's still a physical barrier. Honestly, anecdotally most of the people I've known to get hurt on bench were doing partials. Maybe it was because it was more weight than they could handle full ROM (which is one of the major reasons, perhaps even the primary…

I'm not a doctor and I'm not sidesteel but this is my opinion on the matter: I PERSONALLY believe that doing partial ROM bench press with nothing to stop the eccentric (IE: NOT a board press, pin press, floor press, etc, just a normal bench but not touching your chest) can actually be MORE injurious than full ROM bench…

Thank you for posting this, I got a good laugh out of it.