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5x5 -> 3x5 after 12 weeks?
On August 1, I finished my 12th week of SL, and was doing 5x5 for all lifts except deadlifts as the program is written. Lately, though, the increased weights that I am lifting has made 5x5 1.) sometimes impossible to get all 5 sets because of fatigue, or 2.) I'm spending 90 minutes at the gym to do workout A with lots of…
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Thoughts... started 10th week of SL today
This morning, I began my 10th week of Stronglifts. I started on May 3rd, and took a week off in early July for vacation, but have otherwise done 3 SL workouts a week. I don't do any other workouts aside from light walks with my dogs, and occasionally I'll start doing HIIT sprints around the neighborhood with them for a few…
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Heavy lifting 3x/wk - Appropriate TDEE activity level?
If you follow a full body progressive lifting program (SL 5x5, NROL, Wendler's 5/3/1, etc.), and you use the TDEE method for calculating calories - would you say that you are lightly active, or moderately active on a TDEE calculator? I was never sure and kind of took the average between both of those numbers to figure out…
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Stronglifts and activity level for TDEE?
*Reposted this from the regular MFP forum under the Fitness & Exercise tab because I received no responses there yet.* Thank you in advance! If you follow a full body progressive lifting program (SL 5x5, NROL, Wendler's 5/3/1, etc.), and you use the TDEE method for calculating calories - would you say that you are lightly…
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Nervous to shop for wedding dresses...
I have an appointment to go try on wedding dresses for the first time in my life tomorrow evening after work. I almost cancelled the appointment last night. Not because I don't want to find a great dress to get married to a phenomenal guy in, but because I'm afraid I won't be happy with how I look in anything. I'm very…
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SL5x5 while on vacation?
We're going away on vacation from 6/27 - 7/6. I just finished my 5th week of SL (Started 5/3/14). While we're away, I fully intend on eating whatever I like within reason (i.e. not eating 3 full sized whoopie pies like I did last year on vacation...). Last year was pre-MFP. I will be weighing and logging my breakfast and…
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People of Denver, CO!
We are planning a cross country move to Denver in the near future. My bf hasn't been back to Denver since he moved away 14 years ago. As we start to think about areas that we want to find an apartment or home, we aren't sure how to tell what is a decent area and what's kind of sketchy. We'll have a 3 day weekend to visit…
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Lower back very sore after barbell rows this morning - Help?
I started SL5x5 last week (I am hooked!!!), and today was my third time doing workout A. The first two times, I had no issues or pain with the barbell row, but this morning I increased the weight 5# from last week for a total of 60# today. I didn't feel anything different or any pain when I was completing the sets, and I…
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Mother's Day gift ideas for a mom fighting breast cancer
I'm not really very creative in the gift-giving department. Can anyone suggest an idea for a Mother's Day gift for a mom that's fighting breast cancer at the moment? She had surgery in January, finished radiation recently, and is not out of the woods yet. I'm having her over to my house for brunch on Sunday and need help…
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Free Weights for Home Use?
Hi, I'm moving into a new house in a month, and while I'll still maintain my gym membership (Planet Fitness, crowded/intimidating free weights section that I've never set foot in, currently using weight machines at PF for strength training, but want to branch out), there's tons of space in the finished basement or the…
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Always trust the food scale?
I just got a food scale yesterday. I've been weighing everything I eat since dinner last night, but after I just got done cooking dinner tonight... I think I'm doing it wrong. Earlier today, I calculated out servings of each of the items I was going to make for dinner and logged them, so that when I got home to start…
