OK, I don't think you caught the reason I asked about 4 days. I am on stronglifts 5x5, beginners. Means I do squats every workout, 3 times a week. WB tells not to do cardio on leg days, and you say the same thing, but see I have 3 leg days. That's why I'm at a bind here, it's not that I am trying to change what's prescribed, I am trying to integrate it.
"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
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"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"
She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.
Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.
The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.
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Sorry I got you confused with anothers thread on the workout (the other person wasn't doing stronglifts). Just do it 4 times a week then.
OK, so I am still sick, but I did take videos of my forms on all the lifts. Honestly, I was surprised by how awful my form is, when lifting can't really feel it. I mean I am no expert but the bar is clearly not going straight up. Well, see yourselves.
Deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUVlu3Cl934
Bench Press: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLDtu_8TWo
Barbell Row: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWVLYHtlHgs
Overhead Press: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP2uTuhfq_M
Squat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbDR2B32dLA
All suggestions/criticism/comments are appreciated.
Thanks!
P.S. Excuse the quality of the video files, all I had was my roommate's phone.
Deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUVlu3Cl934
Bench Press: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyLDtu_8TWo
Barbell Row: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWVLYHtlHgs
Overhead Press: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP2uTuhfq_M
Squat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbDR2B32dLA
All suggestions/criticism/comments are appreciated.
Thanks!
P.S. Excuse the quality of the video files, all I had was my roommate's phone.
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Squat is by far wrong.
You move your ass SLIGHTLY backwards, but you sit down with your legs, you're going to be trying to get weight down to the ground with your back at that crazy angle is wrong, not a squat.
Deadlift, sit your ass down a bit more, gets more leg into it.
Bench, bring the bar down lower on your body, where your chest muscles finish, quite far down. As far down to your stomach as you can. Also keep your upper back tight.
You move your ass SLIGHTLY backwards, but you sit down with your legs, you're going to be trying to get weight down to the ground with your back at that crazy angle is wrong, not a squat.
Deadlift, sit your ass down a bit more, gets more leg into it.
Bench, bring the bar down lower on your body, where your chest muscles finish, quite far down. As far down to your stomach as you can. Also keep your upper back tight.
MrS: Thanks mate.
OK, I read stronglifts post about hip movement before knee movement, and I think I overdid that part. Can you elaborate more on the angle of my back, I didn't quite get it. Should stand more straight when locked out, and not bend my back?
Thanks!
OK, I read stronglifts post about hip movement before knee movement, and I think I overdid that part. Can you elaborate more on the angle of my back, I didn't quite get it. Should stand more straight when locked out, and not bend my back?
Thanks!
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
Squat: Get your whole body under the bar before you unrack the weight. Your upper body should stay as upright as possible during the movement (this will depend on your flexibility and back strength). You seem to be doing a goodmorning to get the weight up back up: your hips are moving first. The head should be the first thing to move upwards and the rest of your body should follow. Don't squat with weight until you have the movement down with just an empty barbell, otherwise you WILL injure your back.
Deadlift: Like MrS said.
Bench: Like MrS said. You need to be lowering the weight slower so that you have it under full control at all times. Also, push the bar back up in a straight line and not towards your head.
Barbell Row: Weight should start from a dead stop every rep, otherwise you've turned it into a bent over row. Back position should be exactly like it is before you perform your first rep: as parallel to the floor as possible throughout the movement. You are moving your hips too much. Lift the weight with your lats by squeezing your shoulder blades together.
Overhead Press: Your second rep is probably the best. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sebbhlKhs2E&feature=related for more (if you haven't already watched it).
Deadlift: Like MrS said.
Bench: Like MrS said. You need to be lowering the weight slower so that you have it under full control at all times. Also, push the bar back up in a straight line and not towards your head.
Barbell Row: Weight should start from a dead stop every rep, otherwise you've turned it into a bent over row. Back position should be exactly like it is before you perform your first rep: as parallel to the floor as possible throughout the movement. You are moving your hips too much. Lift the weight with your lats by squeezing your shoulder blades together.
Overhead Press: Your second rep is probably the best. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sebbhlKhs2E&feature=related for more (if you haven't already watched it).