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Joined this group just for you. My hip flexors got super tight last wednesday, and so I went through damn near every possible stretch to loosen them. Most useful for me: warming up with a kettlebell goblet squat and holding at the bottom and pushing knees out with elbows except on a box at the gym... kinda trying to push…

Is heel lift bad? I thought it was good so long as you weren't jumping. And sorry, I didn't check on my thread because I'm a bad person. I have been considering getting new shoes, but I'm currently crossfitting for most of my workouts, so I was thinking about something that has enough support for box jumps but not much…

Hmm. So when you pull from the floor, how does that work? Or should I still not pull from the floor?

Thanks again Dan! That helps a lot. So I'm starting it more like a squat and need to start it more like a dead.. Basically? I'll try fixing the start position this week.

Tough love: Nothing can give you motivation. Has to come from you. If you don't want to work out and you don't want the results from it... then you aren't going to do it. That simple. Find something you like, try a lot of different things like kick boxing classes, yoga, lifting weights... find something you like and you…

One month later: https://www.dropbox.com/s/l3sm7yt7mqlr6qg/2013-01-31%2020.27.52.mov at 75 lb. The people watching said I was still too light and the bar was bouncing a bunch, so I went up to 95 lb https://www.dropbox.com/s/eqdpm3ostvrfjee/2013-01-31%2020.34.33.mov literally my first reps ever at that weight. Basically, I…

You are definitely eleventy. Am I allowed to say that I don't think the OP is an 8? OP: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just because you don't find those men attractive doesn't mean that you're hotter than them.

My gym is having a 1 month paleo challenge. I'm 2 weeks in and I like it if for no other reason than that I'm pretty sure I am retaining less water from lowering my carb intake. Getting the beginning of abs! At this point, I'm thinking I'm going to keep it up after the challenge but be much less strict than I have to be…

New Rules of Lifting for Women is a good starting point. There are others, but that's the one I started with.

I hard boil 12 eggs on Sunday and cook a pack of bacon. Every morning, I microwave 2 eggs and some bacon and eat that. I like it for ease. The eggs can be eaten cold if he doesn't have the time to microwave and sit down to eat

My Harbaugh is better than yours!

Sorry, just looked through thread titles to see if it looked like someone posted about it. Whoopsie for the repeat!

This. Resistance train to build lean mass, then cut fat as necessary. And honestly, that picture almost looks like bloat more than fat because it is so localized. If you're having any GI issues or anything, it might be worth checking if you have a food intolerance. When I became lactose intolerant, I gained 3 inches around…

I would only like it if the music had some meaning. Like if the guy told me I had ****ty taste in music, then gave me his good music, I would like that. But I'm not a huge music person, so I would need context

If you could post a vid of it getting stuck it might help. I saw your other thread, that's why I added the grip part. As far as I can think, bar grip distance is the only way to change where the bar falls when you fully stand up. Maybe stance a little as well. Also, it's not supposed to go over your *kitten*, which is…

I have no experience with this lift, but generally, you drop your chest and round your shoulders, rather then keeping that tight. Also, I can't tell how wide your grip is, but making that more narrow will lower the end point position of the bar.

I have no experience to speak of, but I'm okay with math. You are 153 @ 27% which would put you at about 112 lb of lean mass. Assuming you want to lose around 1 lb per week, if you do everything perfect and lose only fat, you would be 137 lb with 112 lb lean mass, which would put you around 18% body fat. 18% seems a bit…

The middle one has my dream body, but the one on the left is more attainable for me. But the one on the right is closer to where I am now. SIGH! So far to go before I get to my arbitrary goal!

I'm gonna try to get up the nerve to compete next year. Maybe. So I can't really tell you anything about it as a sport. However, I would highly recommend starting a lifting program like New Rules of Lifting or Strong Lifts and using that to get stronger and acquainted with lifting.

Congrats, you look great!

From new year's eve! So a week.

I'll give you the best euphemism you've ever had!

I'm in this camp. With the caveat that by bad form here I mean you are not correctly doing the exercise. Just drop the last couple reps. In fact the problem you are describing is why I frequently hate dumbbells and kettlebells... The lower one won't challenge me and the upper one is bordering on too hard. Like most of the…

I'm not saying this is the best idea in the universe, but you could eat at a surplus for a couple months, put on a pound of muscle, and be over 18.5 and able to work.

I really think that anyone that tries hard can put on some muscle. And since all BMI cares about is weight, increasing the lean mass would do this without asking the model to add more fat.

In an ideal world, maybe, but without firm guidelines (which will never be applicable to EVERYONE), there will be doctors that are more or less lenient and the models will just go to the lenient doctors.

Sounds like a solid plan to me. 1800 might be too low, if your activity is high and you only have a little bit to lose. I likr http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ to calculate TDEE and just a 20% or less deficit from that.

While I completely agree, especially since I'm overweight by BMI but not overfat, the simple solution for those models would be to put on more muscle, which would be a look I would find more aesthetically pleasing anyways.

My mommy said speed kept her skinny in her 20s, so that's another good idea.