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returning to lifting after surgery.
I had inguinal hernia repair laparoscopically 1 month ago and I have the green light from my surgeon to begin lifting again. My plan is to begin stronglifts 5x5 at 50% to 60% (wherever round plate math happens) of my pre injury tested 1rms. squat 365= 185x5 bench 235= 135x5 OHP 175= 90 deadlift 435=225 bb row 225= 135 My…
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stronglifts with specialty bars
My wife has recently started lifting weights with me. we started her with stronglifts 5x5 but since I have a safety squat bar and a trap bar she is using those instead of a straight bar for squats and deadlifts. She is never planning on competing so is there anything I'm overlooking by just using those instead of the…
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10mm or 13mm?
looking into buying a lever belt do I want 10mm or 13mm? I do have a history of lower back issues that my current 10mm belt has helped with. Its a nice single prong but my long term cut has left it bigger than I would prefer.
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tips for beginners that no one told you.
Let's have a little fun and add some potentially useful tips that you wish someone might have told you before you learned them the hard way. Never and I mean never fart during your first squat or deadlift rep unless its a 1rm and you have a chance to get away. This is extra important if you tried preworkout powder before…
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first marathon any tips.
I'm running a marathon in less than 3 weeks. I haven't trained for it because up until 5 days ago I didn't know I was running it. My wife's friend asked me to run it with her and didn't accept no as an answer. I just finished a half marathon a few weeks ago on equally short notice and ran a PR. I will run it. I will finish…
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trap/hex bar for home gym?
over the last few months I've had some lower back issues that have been aggravated by deadlifts. I've been reading about how hex or trap bar deadlifts take the pressure off your lower back and allow people to deadlift. What are your thoughts?
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adjustable dumbbells suggestions
In the seemingly never ending quest to outfit my home gym I'm finding myself in need of some dumbbells but I don't have the money or more importantly the space for a giant rack of them. I'm looking at powerblocks, bowflex, ironmasters, or plate loaded handles preferably olympic. any experience or suggestions would be…
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wife having weight loss surgery.
8 months ago my wife and I decided to go on a diet and attempt to get into better shape. We had a lot of weight to lose between the 2 of us. During a routine dr. visit my wife was suggested gastric bypass surgery. She looked into it found that it was covered by her insurance and went to the initial appointments. She came…
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good lifting belt
I've come to the conclusion that I need a better belt for lifting heavy things. I don't use the one I have much but its golds gym walmart special and crap so it probably doesn't afford me all the bennefits that a good one would. What do you use and why? intended uses are squats and deadlifts. And of course curls in the…
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stronglifts and running
I'm about 3 months into stronglifts now and I'm squating well over 200lbs 3 days per week and I'm running on 3 other days per week and taking a rest day on Sunday. I'm running 2 5 mile runs and a longer run between 8-10 miles I'm starting to feel like my legs aren't recovering correctly and I'm just unable to keep up the…
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for those who work out at home
for those who work out at home what is the best piece of home fitness equiptment you have ever bought? For me it was a power rack instead of cobbling together squat stands.
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polar flow syncing issue?
I have a polar m400 gps watch that I really like and i use the polar flow app to sync my data to mfp. I am a large heavy guy so when I run my watch and heart rate monitor calculate a larger number of calories burned per time and distance than for most runners. When I sync to mfp it seems just to send the calories burned…
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lifters, whats your worst lift?
mine is the bench press always has been probably always will be. at 6'2 and 205 in highschool I could bench 235 for 10 now at 34 and 240 and a bunch of shoulder problems later I struggled at 150 this morning. I thought this might be a good thread to be honest with each other and maybe add some accountability to practice…
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eating on the run?
I'm signed up for a half marathon in about a month. My runs have progressed to the well beyond 1 hour mark now and I'm hitting a wall around the 90 minute mark. I've carried water with me for a bit now but have been running out of that as well so I ordered a camelbak circuit which allows me to take 1.5 liters of water in a…
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Do I need a rack?
I have a golds gym bench squat rack combo that fits my needs for the bench press but is just too short for me to use as a squat rack. As I see it I can dump about $50 into some lumber and build it a bit of a platform giving me about 8 more inches of adjustment and making it easy to rack the weights or I can Save up and buy…
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running and lifting heavy.
in the past I've been an ocasional runner and an ocasional weight lifter. Now I am running 4 miles a day 3-4 times a week and would like to start stronglifts 5x5 to improve my strength and attempt to counteract a possible muscle mass loss while eating at a slifht deficit. I still have a bunch of weight to lose but realize…
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barbell
I'm looking for an inexpensive olympic bar that is rated 500lbs+ as the cheap one that came in my fitness gear weight set is bending.
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goal setting
Where do I set my goal? I'm 34 years old 6'2 and around 255lbs and when I went to the dr for a physical and mentioned that I was losing weight she pulled out her trusty bmi calculator and told me that I should shoot for my healthy range which seems to be between 169 and 195lbs. I promptly set my goal at 199lbs to be under…
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too fast?
I know that none of you want to hear this but over the last 8 weeks I've lost 30lbs. I keep seeing this lose 1 to 2 lbs per week and no more than 1% of body weight. The first time I stepped on the scale was 288 and I had been watching what I ate a few weeks previous to weighing myself so I can't contribute it to water…
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c25k?
This morning I had a couch to 5k workout week 5 day 3 workout was walk 5 minute warmup run 20 minutes and then cool down. I transfered it to runkeeper as walk 5 minute warmup run 2 miles then 5 minute cooldown because I felt that my pace wasn't below 10 minutes a mile. It was cold today and my phone was under my jacket…
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hauling water?
ok i did it signed up for a half marathon. I am a new runner and have been working on increasing milage. in the weeks ahead i see longer and longer runs on my training schedule. My question is hydration and night time visibility. I live in a cold climate where there are no outdoor public water fountains to run past and i…
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need some shoe advice.
ok i am a big guy 6'3 and about 230lbs. have been running in an old adidas trail shoe for the last 3 months i made myself a deal that if i ran through winter i would buy a new shoe well my shoes are getting beaten up and i need a new pair early. Because of the snow i am running mostly on the road now so i will probably buy…
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who i am and why i am here.
i am a 32 year old man i am 6'2" tall and weigh around 236 today. about 5 years ago i weighed 305 and so i engaged in a year of vigorous workouts and eating a crap ton of salads with chicken. life changed my son was born and what i found was that the pounds rapidly came back on. I got down to 203 was in ok shape lifted…
