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Should I really delaod?
So, I have "failed" my OHP 3 times now at 95. Though, I am failing much less and want to keep plugging away at it. Today I did 4/5/4/4/4 which seemed pretty great to me, especially since I did a bunch of push presses two days ago. I *could* go to 92 and a half, but I don't want to. lol. Any harm in just keeping on at this…
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strong-woman
So I went to visit with a trainer at a powerlifting/strong-man gym. We went through the PL lifts and he said my form was great but we worked on some issues with my deadlift. I am still dealing with a muscle strain or something on my upper back and I felt like I really got how to make it a glute dominant lift because I did…
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Half marathoners who lift
Anyone else in here running any long distances this year? Have you done it while lifting? I started my "pre-training" which means I'm increasing my weekly milage from 15ish miles to 20ish miles with a race mid-october. I have run a couple 5ks over the years; racing - and the crowds - is not really my thing, but I think a…
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slower on the treadmill
Hi all Ive been a runner off and on (mostly on) for over 10 years. I run outside most of the time and track my time and distance with map my run and have checked my regular route on a map so I know the distance is accurate. I do run on my treadmill at home when its hot, really cold or dark outside (I live in a fairly…
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hoping for some encouragment/recomp at higher weight
Hi all, The last couple months I haven't really lost any weight. I have lost an inch on my waist maybe and overall look smaller/pants are looser. I feel like I would be super cool with this if I was lighter, but I still weigh over 200 pounds! I have an estimated LBM of 140ish pounds (Im 5'5"), so I am already really…
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heavy squats all the time
I'm starting to feel like I just need more recovery from my heavier squats. When work or illness forces me to take a break, I feel way, way better coming back. Does anyone squat lighter every other workout? Or do some other exercise instead? I am coming up on 12 weeks I think so maybe its just time to switch to another…
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Frustrated - feeling whiney
I stepped on the scale this morning - gained 5 pounds in one week. My mom was in town and I definitely ate most days over my defeceit but nothing crazy. Anyway, I am really feeling bummed by the thyroid thing these days. My weight seems pegged at 220 no matter how little I eat. I kinda stopped logging most days a few weeks…
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protein
So, if I weigh over 200 pounds should I really be getting 200grams of protein a day? I was thinking no but lately I have been feeling really blah like how you might feel at the beginning of the flu and wonder if it might be protein related. I am getting enough calories, not really losing much weight (maybe half a pound…
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Is this an official injury?
The last three times I have squatted, I have felt quite a lot of pain in my adductor longus muscles on both sides. It subsides a couple hours after lifting and I have been able (unwisely, probably) to complete my lifts with good form and add weight. Tonight I stopped on my 5th set because I just felt like I was on the edge…
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thoughts on a weightroom on the mainfloor of the house
So, our basement is where the weights currently reside. Its not a very tall ceiling-ed basement, and is cold and damp. A power cage will definitely not work down there and OHP is impossible. We have a sprawling 110yo house with a huge, high ceiling-ed room on the first floor that we don't use. Is it universally a bad idea…
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Being strong is awesome because....
How has being stronger impacted your life? Lets share in this thread :) For me, being stronger is awesome because... yesterday I was at a birth (I am a midwife) and my client really couldn't get up off the bathroom floor. Maybe she could have, but she really didn't want to. So, I picked her up and carried her to where she…
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Best way to maintain strength with BW
Hi all, I've been doing 5x5 for a couple weeks and am loving it. I have some prior experience with heavy lifting so its been fun and easy so far. I'm wondering about something though - we are going to rural belize for over 2 weeks in a month. There will not be facilities for lifting, obviously. Any thoughts of BW exercises…
