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This. I have a marked preference/ability to lift more with the thinner woman's bar. If I were buying only one bar, I'd get a woman's Oly. Also, Dan, I'm surprised you weren't correcting people on bar weights since the 15kg woman's bar is 33lb and the 20kg men's is 44lb. Highlighting that lifting is supposed to be measured…

AND ATG Squat holding it!

LOL! That can't be true, can it?!!

I win! just had to find the damn meme elsewhere. But seriously, that booty gif... .... ...

Al, did my picture show/any of my links followable? I need to get the message out. lol

I don't get the raw thing, and I don't know what the rules are, but there are a bunch of larabar type recipes where you basically food process dates, almonds (or some other nut) and add whatever else to that. Something like http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2011/08/12/hot-fudge-brownie-larabars/

I don't know why, but this was my first fully loud, fully out there laugh of the day. Love this thread!

my favorite is mashed with almond milk (I'm lactose intolerant) to make them creamy. Then I top with bacon or pecans, both are delicious.

No good view at this gym. https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o3jvgc0pyl8rqn/2013-05-12%2016.17.46.mov https://www.dropbox.com/s/zhsfinhzu04y21a/2013-05-12%2016.20.48.mov https://www.dropbox.com/s/qwkokbr6q9ht1oe/2013-05-12%2016.23.04.mov -> tried to just practice catching Felt kinda ****ty today. Also, is this proper use of the…

lol my shoulders kill me when I do the heavier weights, even though I'm almost hitting myself in the face with every rep. Why is that? I'll try making adjustments this week and see if I get less comical. Ideally staying on my feet.

I DID MY HOMEWORK! I think I'm getting an F though. Attempted the drop cleans. In looking, it looks like I'm still lifting the bar, but this was less like a catch + front squat? https://www.dropbox.com/s/irzvzw8jzj8u6x1/2013-04-14%2014.45.01.mov Went heavier to see if I would drop more, and I think my form got ****tier.…

Send me a picture and I'll let you know if this is okay or not. You're welcome. Also, as far as I'm concerned, anyone can work out in whatever the hell they want. I'm pretty focused on me, so I probably won't notice unless they look *really* good.

It's weird that you have a fetish for that noise, but I guess with all the help, I owe you, so... I'll feed your fetish.

Thanks Dan! I think drop cleans will help a lot, I'll be giving that a try this week. Maybe today, depending on how much time I have at the gym after I finally get off my *kitten*. That clean video is AMAZING. I like it. A lot! I'll let you know how this week's training goes!

This. I would want to know that they were unhappy with my look without makeup, but only so I could dump their *kitten*. I do look better in makeup, but I'll be damned if I'm dating someone that can't honestly say to me, fresh from the shower, "you are beautiful"

Grr! I hate not knowing what happened. It also looks like Martin had stuff up on his site that he has since removed. I'm guessing he called out Lyle, got a response, posted said response?

This! I have much more relative lower body strength than upper, so not only are my numbers smaller for upper body things, I feel like they're also much less advanced. I also like squat variants, except overhead. I like the movement of overhead, but my shoulders give out frustratingly easily.

I've found that I retain more water when I eat higher carb. So, while it doesn't effect my fat levels (assuming constant calories) I look better and feel better about the way I look when I don't eat them as much. Maybe when I've lost more fat, the carb bloating won't bother me and I'll not worry about being lower carb. But…

Okay, in typical me form, I forgot that I made vids of trying to do this. Disclaimer: I still don't think I know what I'm supposed to be doing here. The second time was me trying to see if I could do the not catching thing. And the bar barely moved. So does that mean I'm probably using my arms mostly still?…

Hmm? How would you hip clean a weight you can't catch? Just aggressively thrust the bar up and fail? This sounds like it will look comical, so I may post a vid Sunday when I attempt this

Okay! Thanks for giving me the baby steps. Should I be able to hip clean the same amount I was poorly hang cleaning? Or should it have to be much lighter?

The hip clean part makes sense. The second part, kind of. Starting position makes sense, straighter legs, bar above the knee, not the sitting in a chair with a barbell on my lap position I tried last time. Ending position is shrugged up, but not dropping under and catching? Also, I can't believe you didn't go to the gym in…

Thanks, Dan. You're the best! Actually, like 65th best on my list. But that's up remarkably from where you were.

Okay, so, I think I've gone backwards? I don't know. I've been practicing with 85# https://www.dropbox.com/s/jnepnbd300h2whk/2013-03-03%2015.07.19.mov?m https://www.dropbox.com/s/pbgjfe6ia8ue8zk/2013-03-03%2015.09.03.mov?m From Sunday!

Stupid people who crossfit don't make gainz, same as the dumbass at the gym that uses the same weight on the same stuff every week isn't making gainz. Smart people who crossfit and understand its limitations can make great gains. I couldn't hang and bend my arms in November, and I can do a set of 5 strict pull ups now. I…

9 of the 54 participants dropped out citing overuse or other type of injury.

So, I'm a crossfitter. So I would love to say this is a great study... but they pretty much had no controls. It's really a pretty poor example of science, but thanks for showing me! It's good to see crossfit being researched!

Don't worry, I'm incapable of holding more than 1 thought in my head at a time. And usually that's "don't hit yourself in the face with the bar" I'll get in more practice and maybe a vid on Thursday, if I've made progress. Thanks again ^^

Thanks for the explanation, sir. When I do just front squats, I keep my heels down just fine, so it isn't strictly a mobility problem. More likely me still having trouble properly dropping under the bar properly? Was the heel raise in all of the reps or just the funky botched one at the end of the first vid? I watched and…

In my defense, I asked if you were okay before I laughed. Well, kinda after. But I asked! Hmm. I had always thought it was the heel on the running shoes that made them suboptimal... but in reading, is it actually the extra padding/cushioning/shock absorption absorbing power from the floor when you actually want that power?…