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significant overnight drop - scale error?
Over the past 8 months or so, I've been steadily dropping about 7-10 pounds per month (towards a total goal of 130 pounds lost). I've gotten to the point where I'm comfortable weighing myself nearly every day, and I don't freak out over the little daily ups and downs; the trendline is the important bit. However, I'm a…
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Lifting heavy - Time between sets?
When lifting heavy (stronglifts 5x5, for example), what is an appropriate rest time between sets? Is it more on the order of 30 seconds or something like 5 minutes?
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Backsliding on strength
My wife and I have been hitting the gym a couple of times a week for a little over six months now. We do a round of weights (on one of those old high school weight room machines) and then some cardio. It had been going very well, and I've seen a huge improvement in my strength (I started from somewhere below completely…
