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Anyone use Misfit Shine or Flash? Need friends?
Feel free to add me as a friend in your Misfit app - I could use some more competition! Username: grove_angel
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NSV: Deadlifted more than my body weight!
Had a great Stronglifts 5x5 workout last night! I deadlifted 165lbs (more than my body weight) for the first time! Felt like a badass! I was so jazzed, I went home and took progress pics - something I have seriously been lacking in. I've lost almost 40 lbs since Christmas, though I'm back to around the 30-35 lb mark now…
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Barehand Gloves?
So, I've been thinking about getting a pair of gloves, especially for deadlifts. I keep seeing the Barehand Gloves pop up on my advertisements, and they seem good, though I have no experience. I think I would like something that doesn't completely cover my hands better. Any experience with these, or recommendations for…
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Barehand Gloves
So, I've been thinking about getting a pair of gloves, especially for deadlifts. I keep seeing the Barehand Gloves pop up on my advertisements, and they seem good, though I have no experience. I think I would like something that doesn't completely cover my hands better. Any experience with these, or recommendations for…
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Disappointing workouts?
Tonight's workout was such a STRUGGLE! Two weeks ago, I busted out 5x5 at 75 lbs on bench like a boss, and last week, I did 80 lbs 5x5 and only failed on the very last rep. Tonight, I stayed at 80 and failed the last rep of sets 2 and 3, dropped back to 75, and STILL only put it up 4 times the last two sets... so…
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Meeting with the trainer was a bust...
He just couldn't seem to wrap his head around the fact that I was actually lifting actual weights already. Kept telling me I needed to use the leg press and the lat pulldown. Butterfly machine, incline press machine... but not TOO heavy. And aparently it's better to do atg squats than just break parallel squats because…
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Squatting with a Smith machine?
I just started Stronglifts with actual weights at the actual gym (had been using my home cable gym half-assedly for a few months. Finally got a gym membership) I know the goal is to do everything with free weights, but I'm new to the weight room and ended up using a Smith machine yesterday (had to look it up online to…
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5ish Month Progress - with pics!!
My journey started at Christmas when my grandmother (not meaning anything by it, honestly) asked me, "So, do you have any big news to tell us?" "No, Grandma..." "Are you sure?" "Grandma, I'm not pregnant, I'm just FAT." "Well, you were so slim last Thanksgiving..." I went home and stepped on the scale and I was 10 lbs…
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Advice needed: Plateau - water retention having this big of an effect??
Okay guys - talk to me about the effects of salt and alcohol on weight loss. I've lost just over 20 lbs since January, but I seem to have hit a stall the last couple of months. I've been keeping meticulous data and weighing every day to try to see fluctuations for the last 5 weeks, but I'm kind of at a loss. I keep…
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Anyone else part of the GCC - Global Corporate Challenge this year?
This is the first year I've done it, and I think I'm just a little overly excited, LOL! I'm quite competitive. Have you participated in the past? How did you like it?
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Based on my personal stats – why super rapid weight loss would be nearly impossible
So, I keep seeing posts pop up with questions about how to lose X number of pounds in X number of days/months. Usually the number of pounds is high, the number of days/months is low, and OP is trying to meet a pretty much unattainable goal. If you’ve been here on the forums for a while, you’ve read the general figures over…
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Consistency is Key!! You don't have to wait until GOAL to start celebrating!
There are a lot of much more dramatic success stories here, but I wanted to take a minute to celebrate the small successes that keep us motivated to continue moving toward our ultimate goal. It's easy (for me at least) to lose sight of all the progress we're making along the way. I'm three months in and 18 lbs down. This…
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Stronglifts 5x5 at home on a "home gym" cable machine?
So, I started using the Stronglifts 5x5 app tonight. I have a Weider 8530 cable weight machine, and was able to bench, squat, and "barbell" row (bent over low pulley rows) no problem. However, it says go up 5lbs next time, and I don't really have that option. The equivalent resistance goes up in like 15-20 lb increments...…
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Mini-Success Story!
Loving my weight graph today! https://plus.google.com/photos/103245467310627157899/albums/6111622756664077537 I started back up with MFP after the holidays when I realized I was 10+ pounds heavier than the day I gave birth to my now 18-month old. My initial goal was to get rid of that 10 pounds, and as of this weekend, I'm…
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Prevent HRM strap from slipping? Polar FT7
Does anyone ever experience this issue? I use a Polar FT7, and during really sweaty workouts (recently, my first C25K run, and last night on the treadmill when I was working it pretty hard), the chest strap must slip or something and lose connection, causing the watch to make a horrible shrill sound. On the C25K run, I…
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Ladies - tips for getting rid of the C-Section "flop"?
Before I had my second child, mine had almost gone back to normal - just a slight pudge. This time around, however, it's 10x worse than the original. Any tips/tricks? I'm sure general weight loss will help, but even when I initally lost the baby weight (my youngest is 1.5 and I've just gained it all back in the last 6…
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First actual workout in like 8 months - any tips for stepping it up?
Amazingly, I'm not super sore this morning - either seems promising or like maybe I need to push it a little harder next time... Here's what I did: 1 mile run/walk (4.5mph/3.5mph) on the treadmill then 3 sets each of bench, leg extensions, abs, and squats (I have a multi-station home gym) with about a minute of walking in…
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Talk about a wake-up call...
I knew I had gained some weight this year, particularly since my youngest daughter turned 1 in July. I just didn't realize HOW MUCH I had gained until my grandmother asked me at Christmas dinner, "So, what's this? Any news to tell us?" She thought I was pregnant... I stepped on the scale last night and realized that I now…
