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Halo Top
How is this so delicious?! How is it so few calories?! IS THIS THE DEVIL'S WORK? And most importantly... how will I afford to buy a pint every day?? :D
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Struggling - what should I do, in your opinion?
My love affair with SL has had many ups and downs as my motivation surges and flags. At last I'm back in full swing and hitting it 3x a week for almost 3 months without screwing up (except for a brief sickness that knocked me out). I had to practically start over on my weights and last week was finally at my old max…
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I went way over my calories today! Am I doomed forever?
Today I ate at least 1500-2000 calories over maintenance, possibly more (I don't even know!) Here's what will happen: a) When I wake up tomorrow I will probably be up 3-5 pounds from my normal weight. This is because I ate so much that I will replenish my glycogen stores (I am usually at a deficit) and retain a ton of…
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How fast/good are your squats?
I tend to stay at a weight until I can keep form. I notice it takes me a long time to move up in my weights because I struggle with form so much. My squats seem slow. I watch other people squatting at the gym and they have very smooth, controlled up-down squats. They rarely seem to struggle on the ascent. I am always…
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My Strongest Muscle
Couldn't decide where to put this. I know there is a forum dedicated to Motivation & Support, and there is always Success Stories, but this forum is the busiest and I hope that people will enjoy reading this. TL&DR: Willpower is my strongest muscle My willpower is my strongest and most powerful muscle, and I exercise it…
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OHP Form Resources?
Any favorite resources for OHP form? I am certain I have seen some links bandied around but I don't even know what threads those were in =| At a form check yesterday my OHP form got like... a D. So I have to tighten this up somehow.
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Fitbit and Vivofit Accuracy
I have a Garmin Vivofit. My research indicated that this is a very accurate step tracker with great reviews. My mom has a FitBit Flex (also great of course and the most popular option out there) Today she came over and we went for a walk. Overall the walk was just over two miles. When we returned home, I had logged 9k…
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Accessory plans/routines?
I'm an intelligent human and can research various exercises, but for some reason my brain leaks out my ears when I try to devise an actual accessory routine. I just can't seem to chain together a group of tasks that feel synergistic. The only thing that I do sometimes as an accessory routine is supersets of walking lunges…
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Losing Weight - Lifting vs. Only Deficit
Just want to share an interesting (and unfortunate) lesson I learned this month. For the month of December I lifted... three times. I check in with my PT at the gym every month for measurements, body fat % and weight. So in the 4 previous months of checkins, where I lifted 3x weekly, I lost 3-4 pounds each month, and it…
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November Chit Chat
Can we have a thread just for chit-chat? NO? TOO BAD, *kitten* :) I always feel like I'm trying to get all chatty in the workout threads and then I feel like I'm doing it wrong. How is everyone doing so far this month? I haven't done anything yet. Saturday the 1st was supposed to be yoga with my bestie (her thing... not…
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How to get the bar from my shoulders to the floor safely?
Sometimes I can't get control of the power cage to do my SL routine, so I work with the free bars doing different exercises (walking lunges, good mornings), but they intimidate me a lot. I use a much lower weight when I get the free bars and use the weight that I can comfortably push press. I've learned a (sloppy) power…
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Ankle "locked up" - what happened here?
Yesterday I was at a yoga class with my bestie and after class we were messing around trying to contort into a weird lift. I was flexing my foot in a peculiar way trying to shift into this lift and I felt a weird twinge. At this point my ankle and foot became locked in this flexed position, turned inward, and I could not…
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How do you account for your lifting calories?
So I DID use the search but you guys know how it sucks. And I looked it up in Google. But I want to know what people HERE do for logging calories for the workouts, for Stronglifts and similar programs in particular. I wear my HRM when I exercise and my routine involves a 15min run to the gym, SL 5x5, MAYBE some accessories…
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High bar vs low bar squats?
Which do you use? Why? I've realized that I do high bar, and am curious if one is "better" than the other. I'm not even sure how I would switch it out.
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Thinking ahead toward strength stall
At some point I am going to stall out on strength gains, because I am lifting at a deficit. Currently my deficit is 2500-3500 weekly. I know that at some point I just will not be able to keep adding weight at the deficit. I'm sure it is different for everyone, but has anyone here hit that wall, and where was it for you?
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Acceptable muscle loss when losing while lifting?
Hi all, I recently was working with a trainer who took my measurements and body fat % at our first session and at our last after 17 days. She and I worked almost exclusively with lifting. I exercise at least 4 times a week and spend about 45-60 minutes actively lifting and 30ish minutes cardio. During the 17 days I lost…
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Your favorite lifting shoes?
I need to pick up some shoes that are made for lifting. Google is my friend so I have certainly seen a lot of the options, but a lot of the review articles are by men and I'm not sure if the shoes reviewed work as well for women (fit wise, I mean) What is your favorite shoe? Also, I have to order them online, and I'm not…
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Did my first Stronglifts workout. Feedback please?
Hi everyone, It's been almost three weeks since I joined the gym and I've had 5 sessions with a trainer learning a lot of free weight technique, so today I felt ready to man up and go it alone. I did squats, bench press and row. Squats: I've finally cleaned up my squat form, but I still am tentative and nervous about it so…
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Just getting started - how to improve my squat form?
I am just getting started and haven't even done the program yet. Last week I joined a gym to get access to the barbell equipment. I hired a trainer, specifically requesting a person who would teach me free weights and heavy lifting with the barbell. I've never had any access to this equipment before so I really wanted…
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Please critique my custom workout?
Hi everyone :) I’m looking for some constructive critiques of the routine that I have put together for myself. I have enjoyed Jillian Michaels circuit videos, specifically 30DS and Ripped in 30. But I am a little bored with these and just want to try some self-directed stuff for a while with my own music. I don’t…
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My daily allotment is so low and I'm losing my will.
So, I am actually one of those people whose BMR is very low and as such my calorie allotment is so low. I get mega jealous at all of the threads that I see where people get to eat 1500, 1700, 2000 calories. It's starting to sink into my brain that as I lose weight I will be allowed to eat even fewer calories and the…
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Please clarify effects of lifting at different eating levels
I'm really interested in the idea of lifting, but oddly I can't seem to understand the different effects that it will have on body composition depending on the caloric habits that go along with it. When we say "heavy lifting" I mean like Stronglifts 5x5 that I hear people talk about. Here's my questions. All questions…
