-
Power lifters--when do you consider yourself "intermediate"
I am a 40ish woman who has been lifting with a powerlifting (big 3 lifts) mindset for a few years now. I read Starting Strength and focused on form before I ever added significant weight. I train solo in the early morning and I typically have an hour tops to train. I've been doing 5/3/1 (for powerlifters) for about a year…
-
New Rules of Lifting for Women group?
Forgive me if there is already something like this in existence (and point me the right way to that thread, if so) but I'd love for there to be a MFP NROLFW (blurgh!) group on here. I have been learning the ropes in Stage 1 for a few weeks now and I'm actually almost done with the first stage, technically. But I read in…
-
Women doing Rippetoe's Starting Strength program?
I'm just starting with Mark Rippetoe's original Starting Strength program featured in his incredibly helpful book of the same name. I'd love to find other people who are doing or have done this program. I'd especially love to find other women lifters who are familiar with this program to compare our progress, offer…
-
training questions
Forgive me, I feel like I can't stop talking about the first powerlifting competition I signed up for that's taking place in late July. Currently, I do a 5x5 routine (stronglifts) and I'm wondering if there is something better. Before Stronglifts, I did a bit of Starting Strength before giving up on teaching myself power…
-
Aspiring powerlifter just beginning
Hi! I'm Tracey and I just started lifting with goals related to powerlifting. My routine is Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength regimen which consists of two workouts. Day A is Squats, Bench and Deadlift while Day B is Squats, Press and Power Cleans. I am still working on mastering the Power Cleans but everything else is…
-
"racking" the weight in front squat
& power cleans too, eh? I would love some guidance as to which stretches/exercises to use in order to be able to get my elbows UP in the right position when front squatting/racking the weight for power cleans.
-
before/"during" aka 30+ lbs. lost
This was the picture that first got me thinking, hmmm. Taken August 2010 at around 166 lbs: before by racecar_gibson, on Flickr I started a gym membership in December 2010 and mostly did the eliptical machine and sporadic weights. I got serious about weight training in late February. Flexing new-formed muscles (and a big…
-
active rest week -- ridiculous need for reassurance
Hey! I am between stages in my current weight training program which recommends a week off after every stage. I rarely comply. I am thinking of actually doing this with a big exception that I will still do cardio (walk/run, eliptical, stepmill) for the week I have "off". Now, here comes the ridiculous part. There is a…
-
another angsty calorie query (NROLFW related)
As far as rest-day calorie limits, I am on the 1/4 a week level. I could easily bump that up and perhaps that would get me out of this "plateau" (how long do you have to not lose for it to be considered a plateau? My weight bumped up from 134 to around 135-137 a bit before my Special Woman Time and hasn't gone back under…
-
bodyfat measurement options
The rec. center where I work out has two options for "body composition assessment". They are both reasonably affordable. The first is what they call direct segmental multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance method. This is fifteen dollars. The second is good ol' caliper testing for five bucks. When I googled bioelectrical…
-
new jeans and more!
It's been a NSV sorta weekend around here! I needed to get new jeans because my size 12s (which were tight at the start of this prompting...well...the start of this!) are hanging off of me like I'm a gansta. So I went and got a pair of size 10s which zip super-easy and feel great! And then I made the bold move of getting a…
-
fit, lean and strong
Hi! I have been using MFP for a little over 30 days and pledging to be more intentional about my eating since a little before the winter holidays. I was very fit in my mid-20s when I had a heavy weightlifting habit that I am now working on regaining. (My used-to-be stat was a 19 percent bodyfat percentage. I also had a…
