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Thoughts on squats
Just curious to find out what everyone thinks. Is it better to lift lighter weight and go "ATG" or heavier weight and go parallel? And why?
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Lumpy's story
Hey. My name is Lumpy and I am new here. I wanted to share with you my story. Now when you look at me you might say “Ah his name fits” and well truth be told it does but it didn’t always. When I was younger, I am 7 now (49 in people years) I was slim and sleek and fast as the wind. But somehow somewhere along the way my…
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taking a break from weight lifting??
I have been lifting fairly heavy (for me) for about a year now. I normally love lifting {I still do cardio everyday as well} but the last couple of days I am just not feeling it like I used to. I am thinking about taking a week, maybe two, off of lifting and just doing cardio. I would really like to hear from all the…
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I can't believe I did that!!!
Alright, I have been lifting for quite a few months. Did the Jamie Eason thing to begin with and it really got me started. But after phase 2 i was bored. :( I started doing a new set of lifting that went like this: example Leg extentions: 60 lbs x12 reps 65 lbs x 10 reps 70 lbs x 8 reps 75 lbs x 6 reps 60 lbs x 12 reps do…
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anyone else??
I cannot believe it! Today is my weigh in day and I GAINED a pound. I have been working super hard at the gym 5 days a week, keeping my calories around 1200, AND doing stuff with my boys when we all get home. I don't understand :( . I actually wanted to cry when I left the gym today!! Has ANYONE else had this happen? I…
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need some help from the runners
So I really need a bit of help for the runners out there. I recently started running this interval program on the treadmill at my gym. Goes like this: 2 min warm up, 30 sec @ 5.0 mph, 30 sec- @4.0 mph, 30 sec @ 6.0 mph, 30 sec @ 3.0 mph and so on. When I first started I could only do 8 minutes, then moved up to 10 mins, 15…
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how much weight is heavy?
Hello Ladies, I am doing round 2 of Jamie Eason's workout. I went through phase 2 and decided to start over at the beginning and just use heavier weights. I am curious to know how much weight you all are lifting for the exercises. I know we can't do them ALL but can you guys give me some ideas of how much you are doing?…
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today I became one of those CREEPY chicks
I hate to admit it but today I crossed the line at the gym. Well maybe not crossed it but mighty dang close to it. There's this guy (don't all great stories start with 'there's this guy?) omgosh beautiful guy. Works really hard on his body and it shows. I couldn't help it today because he had on a super tight workout shirt…
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Just saying hi!
Hello group! I just joined this morning. Thank you Debbie for hooking me up!! I am doing day 22 of phase 1 on Monday. Really love this workout. Not doing the diet thing but I am willing to reconsider if you all are having luck with it. I also have made up a pretty simple to use chart on word if anyone needs or wants it let…
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strength training and/or cardio
I need some advice: When I started back at the end of Nov I was primarily doing cardio. (elliptical, treadmill, bike) I would do about 45 minutes. Not long after that, maybe two weeks, I added in weight lifting (strength training) for about 15 minutes. As time has progressed I found that I prefer strength training and…
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Big Bang Theory Challenge
Hello All, I noticed on that a whole bunch of us love BBT and it gave me an idea. I realize it is a little early but I wanted to gauge everyone's interest in doing a challenge. I thought to start off we could do crunches during all the commercials while BBT is on. It seemed funny to think that a WHOLE BUNCH of people would…
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Big bang theory challenge...
SOOOO how did we all do? Was it harder than you thought it would be??
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Crazy GYM observations
So, I like to people watch. It's just what I do. This last week I have seen some pretty incredible things at my gym and I wondered if anyone else has similar experiences. First a little bitty skinny lady RUNNING on the elliptical machine. (Is that weird or just me?). Not ONE but TWO guys on machines right next to me…
