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is this typical?
I'm currently doing stonglifts 5x5 with a primary goal to get really, really strong. This is the first time I've done a proper strength training programme with a primary goal to gain strength, before that I had a few months of bodybuilding style lifting with no real goal sometimes cutting sometimes not tracking and not…
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body/image/food etc things you wish you'd known as a child?
I'm a mother of two girls aged 3 and 6, and I want them to grow up to have a healthy relationship with food, their bodies and to enjoy exercise, healthy food, to be able to stay fit and healthy and not grow up hating their bodies. What do you wish you'd been taught/told as a child that would have enabled you to have been…
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getting back into training and eating after illness
cut a long story short, I spent the weekend in hospital with my daughter, she had gastronenteritis and moderate dehdration so spend 2 nights in hospital on a drip, I was with her and also came down with the same bug although I was just treated in the emergency dept and then discharged so I could stay with my daughter in…
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OHP - increase in 2.5lb a week maybe?
Today I just did 5x5 of 50lb OHP which I failed at last week. the last rep of the last set today was very very difficult (but I made it with good form YAY!) going up to 55lb next week seems a big jump.... that's a 10% jump, and from what i read in the pdf, it's all about taking a long term view and building strength up…
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my barbell lost weight!!
I always weigh my barbell on my bathroom scales before lifting, because I suck at mental arithmetic. At the end of the last workout, I used a 70lb barbell.... well my first exercise of this workout calls for a 70lb barbell, so I whacked it on the scale to check it was 70lb it was 70lb two days ago today it weighed 69.8lb…
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stronglifts 5x5 NSVs
I've been doing stronglifts for just one week, I was doing more bodybuilding style training before, i.e. 2-3 sets of 5-8 reps,but wasn't being consistent, so I started the stronglifts 5x5 programme so I'd have something consistent that I can stick to instead of flitting between one thing and another and basically getting…
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to cut or to bulk, that is the question....
I have a mental block that's stopping me from making any more progress. I wanted to discuss it in here, where there are more intelligent people with good attitudes towards fitness and body image. I have no goal, hence no progress. But I don't know what my goal should be. One major issue is that I'm afraid of being in a…
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noob question - what counts as a fail?
I started stronglifts 5x5 this week, just done the 3rd workout. I have some experience lifting already, but not using a program like this with a consistent structure. I used to do 5-8 reps to failure, 2-3 sets, mostly big compound lifts. I made some strength and LBM gains doing this but really I still count as a noob as I…
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what to do with frozen fish?
yes I know, thaw it, cook it, eat it... but I'm looking for interesting ways to do that I have a bag of frozen fish, not sure what kind, the pack says "premium fish fillets" and the ingredients say "basa fillet" - do you think that's Arabic for bass or typo'd English or is it something else? It's a white fish and looks a…
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Never mind crazy things kids say...
what about the crazy things you say to your kids, because they're doing something totally bizarre me, just now (which inspired this thread): "If you carry on licking the TV I'll turn it off!!!"
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pendlay rows form question
when I do pendlay rows, I can get the first 3 reps done no problem the 4th rep I can do, but can't quite get the bar all the way to my chest, it's maybe an inch short the question is does that count as failure (because it's bad form)... or should I carry on doing reps as high as I can until I fail totally as in can't lift…
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what age for children to start weight training?
My 6 year old is very eager to start weight training with real dumbbells and barbells (she has toy dumbbells already). I think six seems too young, especially as it's so important to get the form right. But I'd like to get information and experience from knowledgable people about what age is appropriate for starting to…
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do you see dieting as a penance?
There seem to be some people who attach an almost moral value to eating and dieting, as though they see being fat and overeating as morally wrong, and they seem to view dieting as a penance for this "sin", and a form of self-punishment. There are also some who have very puritanical attitudes towards food, like that it's…
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the real cause of heart disease
dedicated to everyone on this forum who does not understand the difference between correlation and causation
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exercise programme design - all aspects of fitness
I want to be strong, and fit, and just all round fit, tough and strong basically. This means more to me than what I look like, but having a lower body fat percentage would be good too. Goal: 20% or less body fat, 105lb+ lean body mass. I'm sorted for calories (I'm currently eating at what I think it maintenance to see if…
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"culking" and cyclic plans - effective?
Hi, just want to get some informed opinions regarding "culking" and cyclic plans (i.e. alternating short surplus and deficit phases), as opposed to traditional bulks and cuts my goals: to get to 18-20% body fat - well it's how I look that I'm after more than the actual numbers, but based on pics what I want is around those…
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my barbell's not heavy enough :(
my barbell with all the weights that I have on it weighs 88lb, and that's too light to keep progressing in deadlifts and I'm really not far from it being too light for squats too, in fact as I intend to start working out at lower rep ranges, it possibly already is. This is not good because I'm really focused on increasing…
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women who lift heavy
please be my friend :flowerforyou: (and anyone else who has a positive attitude towards women lifting heavy) I've been maintaining my weight for a while and I've more recently been doing heavy lifting while eating at a surplus and made big gains in strength. I have every intention of continuing this although currently I'm…
