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Off topic but oh-so-good
This is the disclaimer Rip has everyone sign at his gym. Isn't it just pefect?! ALL MEMBERS/GUESTS OF WICHITA FALLS ATHLETIC CLUB MUST READ THIS! Wichita Falls Athletic Club is populated by unstable, unsavory and unpredictable people. Dangers are everywhere. You may fall, be injured or die. There are hidden dangers. You…
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September goals
Fire away :-)
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The august ladies' August check in and chat
*groan* the puns are back! :)
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Help me with my next steps pwease!
So... following on from my hijacking of the chat thread, what next.. 2 days lifting (of some description) and one day cardio? It's gotta be simple though, cos I'm a bear of very little brain!
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August Goals
I'm sure some of you will have some ;)
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Confession time
Ok ladies, I know this is a safe space.. I realised that I've put on over half a stone (7lb+) since my lowest point. This has fluctuated but over the last 3 months has really been creeping on. there are a few things contributing - a total lack of cardio since March, only stronglifts, eating more, etc. However today I…
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July check in and chat: barbell-lovin' BAMFs in training
How's that for a July thread title? couldn't think of any July puns..
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OHP hip wiggle form check
I've gone back to the bar to try to work on this form, as it's a pig! Trying to squeeze my shoulder blades back and together at the top is raising the bar more overhead which I certainly hadn't been doing before, and do that darn hip wiggle at the start.. sorry the vid is dire quality, I propped my phone up on the rack and…
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Aylesbury uk dw gym any ladies?
I want to start getting serious with strength but my gym is pants for PTs and could do with a lass gym buddy with similar ideas .. any takers? :-) we can go into the testosterone zone and show the muscle men that you don't have to drop the weights from a great height for a start!
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June goals
I'll start this one too :-) Main goal, get used to and progress with 3x5 as 5x5 was taking too long *wail* Work on doing a press up! work on the assisted pull up machine thingy can do with 50kg of support at the moment... be accountable with my food (yes it is on here for the third month in a row! Will I ignore it yet…
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June check in and chat:June-o mess with these chicks
I present to you the crowd sourced June thread title! Squeezed into 60 characters...
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I met the trainer!
Vince is from Ghana originally, has been lifting since the age of about 13, and can deadlift something ridiculous... He helped with my deadlift and bench today. This is after trying to fix my lagging hips (my back was taking too much strain). Your comments appreciated! Also I thought this one I had trimmed but uploaded the…
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Lydia's dilemmas
Overly dramatic headline lol! Dilemma 1 is should I deload on bench, I've been hovering around the same weight for yonks and not really progressing, I think the switch to 3x5 has masked that somewhat. At 37.5kg looking inelegant... Should I drop to 30? Back to the bar? Think I need to check out form too as the back arch…
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deadlift form check please!
70kg so showing the largest 25kg plates... Versus my height. I think I need to sit back into them a little more to flatten my lower back. Comments appreciated! Thanks.. I did then go on to do 85kg but only 3 reps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNuNmc_qSDM&feature=youtube_gdata_player hope this works!
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Squats and rows form check please!
OK, my first ever YouTube uploads eek.. and on the squats I think the major problem is I'm coming up in 2 phases, not sure how to correct.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCKXYKdkh-s On the rows, I'm actually a bit chuffed, feel free to shoot down my chuffedness! and it proves I still have rolls round my middle lol..…
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Pendlay rows
Right gang I need your help! I have to do rows tonight and I am still not confident with my stance/form... particularly - how straight/bent should legs be? the Pendlay video the guy seems to have pretty straight legs with a fairly wide grip on the bar, straight back and lift straight up to his stomach... I'm nearly 6 foot…
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Squat check please (eep!)
OK first of all I hope these work.. otherwise someone tell me how to fix as I've never tried posting video before! secondly, these were warm up sets at 30kg but this is actually when I feel I have decent form, so it's probably as well! I'm planning to drop some weight to focus on form as I can't get parallel at 50kg,…
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UK girls.. fractionals?
Hiya Well, I'm not there yet but I can see that the day is coming especially for my upper body lifts. I can see that there are non-expensive options in the US but not sure what is available here.. anyone with any good solutions? thanks! :)
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hello from a lifting n00b..
HI ladies lovely to find you all. Did day1 of 5x5 today and would love some strong gal friends to add to my fun sassy mfp friends! I'm a 6 foot 177lb tall girl, the first 3 today I did were squats 40kg (felt I could have done a bit more) chest press 25kg (manageable just) and pendlay rows 30kg (struggled!). Never done any…
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Reached first goal - over 20kg lost - Pics!
Wow, so between January and Easter I got to my heaviest ever, and since then thanks to MFP, a revelation (thanks to the photo below!), weekly PT and some self control, I had my Christmas party last night... looking like this. I'm so delighted!
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woo nsv!
Proper non scale victory today. Put my wide calf boots on for first time in 6 months and rather than just fitting at a squeeze they are positively floppy!
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Nearly 2st down, first progress pics and the one that kicked
Hi everyone I had the first picture below taken at around Easter, and thought I never want to look like a chipmunk again! In April I was exactly 16st / 102kg and 29.9BMI (I'm 6'). I lost half a stone before getting a personal trainer. I'm now 2lb off 2st loss since then (it's getting harder!) but loving the new level of…
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10kg down!
Just had to share... Finally cracked 10kg lost since April after stuck scales for a couple of weeks. More importantly all the other numbers are going the right way body fat, water etc. So I'm half way there!
