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Diet Break
So, when I was away for a couple weeks, I basically had no workouts (I really have to work my way up again, especially on squats, which I was already starting to work up again due to the hip impingement issue). I also was being fed really well by my family (read that as treating me to breakfast, lunch, and dinner out…
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Getting out of Dodge...
So, I'll be heading out of town for a few weeks, and I'm wondering how to handle my macros/exercise. I doubt I will have access to any weights (I don't want to sign up for a full blown gym membership when I only need a month). So, how would I handle this? I can do some body weight exercises, but what would be the…
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Hip impingement
So, I had what I thought might be a hip flexor, or even an adductor issue because I was getting pain in my hip in the squat position and getting out of cars, etc. It was the one thing that made me dread squats. Finally got to see a physical therapist, and she told me I had something called a hip impingement, basically…
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Sore thigh joints, and failure to lift current weight
Does anyone else get the front semi-inner joint of their thighs sore from squatting? Mine are killing me and it makes it hard to do squats. I don't know what's up with this! I've gone from 95lb squats to 140lb squats in 3 months, running at a 20% deficit. I think I hit the wall on squats. I've been getting really sore in…
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Texas Method
I went backwards a bit on my lifts today. I'm confused because I am not losing weight (or inches), but I'm eating at a deficit and it shows in the lifts. I don't think I can move forward much on my lifts at a deficit, but I'm not at my goal weight yet, and still have plenty of padding that needs to go. I'm thinking Texas…
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When do you know it's time to deload?
I've been doing Strong Lifts 5x5 (on a deficit) twice a week for a few months and upped it to 3 times a week about a month ago. I'm at the end of 3 months now. I've gone from 95lb squat to a 140lb squat, but it's stayed at that weight the last couple weeks. I started doing them today (after the weekend break) and I was on…
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What should I set my calories to?
So, I'm still uncertain on where to set my calories, so I just wanted to run this by you folks. This is because the descriptors for activity levels on TDEE calculators don't seem to match what my days are like. I'm doing Strong Lifts 3 days a week (the main compounds), so I figure that as about 3 hours a week. Outside of…
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Is it normal...
Is it normal for you to feel hungry when you first start following this? I actually ate 300-350 OVER my recommended today, and I'm feel quite hungry right now. Not sure if I'll be able to fall asleep with the pangs.
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BMR confusion
So, I'm confused. I've been reading about how you should at least eat your BMR + exercise calories. I did the BMR tool, and it said mine should be 1600 cals/day. If I exercised for 200 cals, then that would put me at 1800 cals that day, right? But, in my weight loss goal, it said I should eat about 1260/day. This is less…
