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Wanted: Body Beast friends
Hey all, Anyone else out there doing body beast? I'm on week 2 and would love some friends who are also giving it a shot. I'm loving it so far! Shoot me a request :)
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Wanted: west coast friends
Hey everyone. I recently relocated from the east coast to California and could use some friends in the same time zone. It's proving a bit difficult to get the level of interaction with some of my friends that I'd like because of the time difference. Please feel free to add me!
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Wanted: friends who don't log food daily
I've realized that while tracking my calories and macros has helped in many ways, it has also resulted in some bad habits. For me tracking has become a numbers game and while pre-planning my day I sometimes obsessively play around with food combinations in an attempt to be perfect. Pre-planning my day also means I'm very…
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Starting Strength vs. New Rules of Lifting for Women
Anyone read both? What's the difference between the two plans? Is one book better at explaining proper form, have more pictures, etc? I have to admit I often find women-specific things cheesy and the whole "look like a goddess" slogan is a bit much for my taste. I'm inclined to go with Starting Strength unless there's a…
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Well that doesn't make sense!
I've been following a progressive lifting program for 6 weeks now, but of course didn't take measurements or pictures until week 2. So today was my 4 week progress check-in. I've been eating at maintenance in an attempt to do a body recomp and weighed myself every week to see if I need to adjust up or down. I've stayed the…
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Do you pick up heavy things and put them down?
If so, be my friend! I could use some more interaction with people that have similar goals :)
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Assistance lifts - good or bad??
I'm on week 2 of Starting Strength and the author is big on just keeping it to the 5 compound lifts (squat, deadlift, press, bench press, power clean). He does given some assistance lifts but recommends sticking to the compounds for quite a while. I get that compound lifts are the shiznizzle and have no intention of…
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I am (almost) the biggest loser
I came in 2nd place!!! My gym did an 8 week competition and I'm very proud that I came in 2nd out of 25 people. Pretty bummed that I missed 1st place by less than 2lb (the prize was a significant amount of $), but happy nonetheless. This was exactly the kick in the butt I needed to get me going and I intend to keep…
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Friends looking to change body comp
Hey everyone! Today I'm starting the Starting Strength program and would like some friends also interested in body recomp. It'd be good to see what's working for people, what's not, and be able to check out each others' diaries. I'm 10-15lb from where I think my goal weight will end up being though I think what the scale…
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Calorie goal while lifting
I'm going to begin the starting strength plan today and am debating what to set my calorie goal at. What calorie surplus should I aim for each day to balance progression while minimizing excessive fat gain? I'm planning on MWF lift schedule, and T,Th,Sa cardio (HIIT, not long and slow). Do you eat differently based on your…
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What's one scoop of whey protein in TBS?
Help! I haven't had my whey protein in months and vaguely remember using the scoop for something else a while back and throwing it out. I'm sure it was a good idea at the time but now... not so much. So... can anyone who has Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein pretty please do me a favor and measure out what 1 scoop…
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Off to a great start, could use some friends for support!
Hey everyone! These past few weeks have been wonderful - I'm sticking to my food and exercise goals and am encouraged by the weight I've lost so far. BUT... I know it won't always be this easy. I'm in this for the long haul and that means there will be days when I eat more than I'd like, days I decide to be lazy and skip…
