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nsv: when you wave @ me my whole arm waves back
Maybe a year ago, but not now! I hadn't even thought about this little embarassment in ages, but was just in the ladies room and tried every wave I know, the royalty wave, a normal wave, jumping up and down flapping my wings, what ever and those bad boys never shook. Man those hours hitting the iron is paying off in more…
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Finding stuff
If you find something what do you do? Does it depend on where you are? Does it depend on what you find? If it's money, does it depend on the amount? Let's say you're at the gym and find $10? $100? a phone? an ipod?
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What do you think of truvia?
So I baked with truvia for the first time this morning and the jury is still out on the results. While it didn't change the texture of my banana bread the favor is off, it's a little too sweet and has a bit of that artificial aftertaste. Does anyone use this regularly and what do you do about the aftertaste? I was thinking…
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What do you do to stay awake during meetings?
I have meeting upon meeting some days and if I'm not charged with speaking during the meeting I tend to start dropping off. It's only been obvious once, but it's terribly embarrassing. Last few meetings I've taken coffee and got no help. Sometimes I blurt out something that's hopefully on topic to try to wake myself up as…
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To the person who stole my creamer out of the fridge
Seriously, whoever walked away with my full sugar free peppermint mocha creamer better watch out. I consumed 3 tablespoons of creamer out of that bad boy when I brought it in on Friday (with my name on it) and didn’t use it yesterday. When I went to cream up my coffee today, G.O.N.E. I’m buying more, melting down Ex-Lax,…
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Befores and Afters
It never dawned on me to take before pictures back in March, I'm a little dispondent about that now. I am starting my first bulk next week. I've decided to coincide it with entering Stage 2, so I'm going to have dh take my befores tonight, and I'll update them monthly as I work on making the temple into a fortress. Pretty…
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improving grip strength
How do I improve grip strength. I've just added wrist curls to the end of my weight room routine, but I was wondering if there was something else. I'm trying to avoid straps, but some of my weights (deadlift for example) are too heavy for my grip.
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women, bulking, and weight gain?
I'm trying to figure out, as a below average woman (5'3") what I should expect for weight gain per week or month while bulking. I've never actually tried to gain weight before . . . I know that in a perfect situation the most a woman can expect to gain in muscle in a month is like 2 pounds, but I'm not sure where to set my…
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Your age or older
My husband is my age, he’s actually only a 3 months older than me. When I was a younger woman (I’ve been with DH since I was 25) I would only date guys who were no less than 2 years younger and no more than 5 years older. Now at 34 I think if I found myself single (disclaimer: I’m in a very happy and committed relationship…
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snipping this from another thread, touching pregnant ladies
yes or no? Do you? would you? I personally was never purposefully touched by a random person when I was pregnant. I chatted on a parenting and pregnancy board more then and was surprised by the number of women who said that their bellies were regularly molested by strangers. The people I love, rub away, but strangers? I…
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Dilemma
I stupidly packed my lunch in sandwich baggies instead of tupper wear. While this isn't normally a problem, today I packed roast beef and half a sweet potato. I have no plate and am looking for creative solutions. And ready . . . shoot:
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NSV
I've been doing negative wide grip, over hand, pull-ups for at least a month now. Jump up, hold, s l o w l y lower, repeat. I've also been working on lat pull downs, increasing my weight. This morning I did my first unassisted pull up in probably more than 15 years. 1 down, a million more to go!
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Does anyone else worry that we're doing too many reps?
I keep reading that you really shouldn't do too many reps and that over 6 or 8 you start getting into endurance. Thoughts?
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door frame chin up bar
Anyone have one of those door hanging chin up bars? Which do you have? Where did you get it? How is it? I'm not looking to use it to do chin ups, but I need it to work on my grip strength . . . having a problem deadlifting my weight because I can't keep ahold of the bar. Someone had suggested that hanging from one of these…
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Pictures over the past 7 months
This was a blog, but the pictures wouldn't post in my blog so I brought it here instead. So I'm trying to piece some progress pictures together. This is what I have (I don't have any from the beginning): From maybe back in May: From July 29 (freaking blury): October 13: This morning (December 7): I lost my weight then…
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Gym closed this weekend, what would you do
I usually hit the weight room and do some cardio on Saturdays. My gym is closed this weekend, here are my choices: 1) stick to cardio 2) get a day pass to another gym so I can get in my 3rd lift for the week 3) nothing except sit on the couch, eat ice cream, and watch children's programming (which I'm going to do anyway…
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what do you want more than anything from your exercise/weigh
I want an *kitten* you can bounce a quarter off of . . . it won't ever happen my genetics are against me, but that's what I want more than anything from my exercise program.
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How much would you expect to pay on a house with a disclaime
Would you live in a house where there was a brutal murder (institutionalized child brutally kills parents)? Would you expect there to be a discount on the purchase price of the home? If so, how much (say regular price is around $250000)? This is assuming, of course, that the house is fully and professionally cleaned and…
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Seriously crazy
So someone apparently called in a bomb threat to the club where my DH works full time and I work part time. Seriously, who does that? It's a swimming and fitness facility for goodness sake! Crazy MFer
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Legs, I finally have nice legs
I'm pretty self conscious of my legs. I’m 5’4” and not leggy by any stretch of the imagination, then there’s the spider veins that started popping up when I gained weight in my 20’s and added to during my pregnancy 2 years ago. That being said, earlier this week I wore a pair of boots that I bought last year or 2 years…
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Ladies, what would you do?
You go to the gym, get in a good workout, and take your shower. As you're getting dressed you realize, there is no bra in your gym bag. Do you: A. wear your dirty sports bra and just use the dryer to dry it up B. go commando (small breasted) C. stop at home adding 15 minutes onto your work communte making you a little…
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Le sigh, lunch
I'm bored with lunch. It's always Jason's deli, salsaritas, or panera . . . (unless I'm having fries, then it's dandelion market).
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The wrong deadlift . . . oops
So I realized last night that I was doing the wrong deadlift. I've been doing straight leg or Barbell Romanian deadlifts in Stage 1. I wonder if I can do more or less weight with the plain old barbell deadlift. I was talking to DH about how sore my back muscles were from deadlifting and he said "you're doing them wrong"…
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Turkey trot, frosty foot
Who's doing a turkey trot this week? I've signed up for my first race ever. DH and I are doing a trukey trot 5 K Thursday morning. we're super excited! Anyone planning on doing a frosty foot in December?
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how to make it up to him
So I hurt my DH's feelings. He was relating something personal to me and I just hadn't realized that he was very sensitive about it because for me it was business as usual. So as he's telling me the story I chuckle, not realizing that he was sensitive about this, and he told me that it's not ****ing funny and some other…
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Lake Norman Turkey Trot
Anyone? Just signed DH and I up for the 10K. He thinks we can do it in an hour, I think he's *kitten* hat crazy.
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You ladies ROCK!!
I want to say that you ladies totally rock my socks! I was browsing my groups and noticed that we have more members here than either the "ladie's strengh training" or the "bodybuilding" board. Keep pounding that iron like you mean it, and hitting the weight room like a woman, not like a woman using broscience!! Keep it…
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Stats, Oct 5 & 8 versus Nov 15 & 17
Then: Squat*, 70 Push Ups, 3 sets of 15, on toes Seated row, 52.5 Step-ups, 40 Prone jackknife, 3 sets of 15 Deadlift, 85 Shoulder press, 20 Lat pulldown, 75 Lunge 25 Swissball crunch, 25 @ 10 pounds Now: Squat*, 140 Push Ups, 3 sets of 15, on toes hands in blast straps feet on bosu ball Seated row, 72.5 Step-ups, 65 Prone…
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Thoughts on interesting comment
As I was leaving the club the other day I stopped to chat with the morning desk attendant. I’ve been teaching at the club for 4 years now, but I am by far in the most superior shape of my life right now. We started chatting about my weekly routine and how I the weight and started building my lean mass. She said “wow, you…
