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    I'm in the same boat. I used to work out 2-3 times a week, then down to once a week. Now I'm back trying to go 2-3 times a week but find I'm not doing as strenuous a workout or covering all major muscle groups. I work out at the gym at the office during breaks in the day so I can't get too sweaty. It's been a few months since I ran regularly too, but that's probably because it's 95-100 F outside.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
    Much better. Keep those shoulders up and that butt down. Maybe spread the feet a little wider too. Otherwise looks good from this angle. Did you try doing the corrected form with 225lbs? Was it impossible?
    I haven't tried yet, was too exhausted by the end of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaZie View Post
    I haven't tried yet, was too exhausted by the end of it.
    Did you feel a difference from doing it with the new form? When I started doing them correctly, even at lower weight, I was tired out a lot more noticeably than when I was doing it the wrong way.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
    Did you feel a difference from doing it with the new form? When I started doing them correctly, even at lower weight, I was tired out a lot more noticeably than when I was doing it the wrong way.
    I definitely feel less strain on my lower back. That also might be because the muscles involved have gotten used to being used.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LaZie View Post
    I definitely feel less strain on my lower back. That also might be because the muscles involved have gotten used to being used.
    You're definitely in much better shape than I am. When I did them incorrectly I was breezing through deadlifts. When I did them the correct way I felt like puking after 3 sets. Deadlifts tax your back, shoulders, and legs, so they wear you out pretty good. At least they did to me.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
    You're definitely in much better shape than I am. When I did them incorrectly I was breezing through deadlifts. When I did them the correct way I felt like puking after 3 sets. Deadlifts tax your back, shoulders, and legs, so they wear you out pretty good. At least they did to me.
    I gym about 5 days a week. 2 days on and 1 day off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Animeniax View Post
    Much better. Keep those shoulders up and that butt down. Maybe spread the feet a little wider too. Otherwise looks good from this angle. Did you try doing the corrected form with 225lbs? Was it impossible?
    I did one rep of 225 lbs today. Felt good on the way up. The lightheadedness started to kick in on the way down. Felt like I could've went higher, but not risking to look like this guy here.

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    anybody here wearing a fitbit wristband?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MFauli View Post
    anybody here wearing a fitbit wristband?
    I don't, but speaking of fitbit wristbands, here's an interesting post I found on reddit.

    Wore my Fitbit heart rate monitor during sex. Beautiful./

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    Hey, guys, how's everyone's goals so far?

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    Started to seriously lift in January. Here are my PRs so far:

    Bench: 5x 125 lb
    Squat: 5x 225 lb
    Deadlift: 5x 315 lb

    Didn't make much gains until last month when I switched to a new plan composed entirely of all compound exercises. Goal for the summer is to get to 200/300/400 lbs, hopefully, but it might take another year before I reach that.
    Only reached one of my goals; here are my new #s (in lbs):

    Bench: 5x170
    Squat: 5x365
    Sumo Deadlift: 5x335 (5x395 for conventional deadlift, but switched over to sumo)

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    Just saw this video from Reddit. It's a parody of Drake's song Back to Back and it's about gym etiquette. Pretty hilarious.


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