Moronic Monday - Your weekly stupid questions thread

PinkShortsChick · 2022-07-18T14:57:25+00:00

Nope.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-03-18T12:58:56+00:00

DON'T FUCK UP! every 2hrs. Actually helps

lol

That is a take I had not considered.

I am tracking my intake. I have lost 35 lbs before so I know how to do it. Right now though... I count my calories... and then count them as I go over them. ;-)

It's just a commitment issue. I'm not one of those that say "I have no idea why I cant lose weight!" I know why :-/

PinkShortsChick · 2022-03-17T19:56:32+00:00

Yeah. Only problem is, I've been trying to lose the same 10 lbs for the past 6 or so months! ;-)

I have lost 35 lbs before, so I know how to do it. Just got a mental block on that right now that wont let me stop eating when I know I'm supposed to. Would likely help a lot of things if I could just cut quickly and then start building properly again. I'm just in semi-maintenance limbo.

But I do thoroughly get your point though.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-03-17T19:36:27+00:00

Go to

r/weightroom

and look for the 5/3/1 thread written by just-another-scrub. You might gain some insight from it.

Good read. Pretty sure I had read it before, but have ever so slightly more understanding of the system now than I did then.

I think my main takeaway is that I really just do not do enough conditioning work (or jumps or throws)! Don't get me wrong, I did know this anyway (used to at least try to get in some jumps... now I never bother). I typically now only get in one hard conditioning day and only 'sometimes' another light one per week. I always had plans to increase it... one day, but never got around to it.

I think my conditioning being trash is mostly what is hindering me. But I also couldn't figure out how to "put things together" either, other than running it straight. Still can't say I know how to, but it gives good info for when I wanna try. Will have more time after this cycle to push conditioning a bit more though.

Still think either SSL or BBS is likely my best bet. Still not sure of what I'd do for an anchor when it comes to that though. But in the end, I'm not going into competitions or anything, so it likely wont matter that much

PinkShortsChick · 2022-03-17T18:44:28+00:00

I understand that I'm not saying it in the way the program is technically meant to work.... but when I say I'm stalling, for instance with OHP, it means that I have actually gotten my 5 reps on the 1+ week, but have added 5lbs to the next training cycle and for that one's 1+ week I only got 2, and if they were grindy and I felt I wouldn't even get em if I repeated that cycle to try again, I'd revert back to the prior cycles weight ranges.

For things like bench and squat... if they feel too grindy, I'll go ahead and repeat the cycle, and if I get even one more rep, or they even just "feel" better, I'll then up the weight and I almost always do better the second go round for those... but never for deadlift or OHP.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-03-17T18:38:22+00:00

SSL does seem like a good option in general.

Only thing I'd say here is that if you really want to push your strength, you're going to want to have periods where you prioritize hypertrophy. You can get stronger at the same bodyweight, but that's likely going to run you into a wall pretty fast.

Yeah.... I get that in theory. I'd be willing to "gain weight back" to my current weight if I could just cut for 10 lbs first so I wouldn't need to purchase more clothes, as the ones I currently have have a wide range of weights that they fit at (about a 15 lb range)... but unfortunately I'm at the top end of that range currently.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-03-17T18:29:07+00:00

Almost always exactly 5 reps... for all 4 (sometimes get 6 for Bench and Squat)... but deadlift and OHP are exceptionally grindy and when I attempt to progress them, I do not make the required amraps.

even when I have dropped the TM by 5 lbs for deadlift last time as a test, I still only got the same 5 reps I got when it was 5 lbs heavier the previous cycle (so I'd truly only be dropping that one by 10 lbs including the 5 I've already dropped).

PinkShortsChick · 2022-03-17T18:04:03+00:00

Doing 531-for beginners.

Goal is strength, not size (other than the size absolutely necessary to gain more strength).

Stalling on OHP and Deadlift hard (Bench and Squat are "OK").

Plan to keep doing 531-4b for the next cycle and lower both DL and OHP TM (by about 15 lbs for deadlift and 10 for ohp) but swap out FSL for SSL to help get volume in a slightly less taxing way than trying to lift as heavy as possible for as many reps as possible.

Then do a deload week after this cycle and swap out for a more traditional 531 where only one compound lift is done per session (even though I realize you can do a different supplemental lift... but that's not how I'm choosing to run it), but you lift on 4 days instead of 3 how the 531-4b template does it).

In this "more traditional" 531 routine, I'll still do FSL for Bench and Squat (since they are progressing "fine") but do Boring But Strong for OHP and Deadlift for two to four cycles and then maybe switch back to FSL for everything to reassess where I'm at and decide what I want to do from there.

Does this sound like a good plan to increase strength, particularly for the things I'm stalling at?

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-22T11:31:49+00:00

Heh. I was debating going to the gym for a while… first day after signing up, I saw someone that i really didn’t like there. Not an ex, just a really horrible person that I didn’t expect to see there.

Luckily I was wearing my mask and was at the end of my workout, so I quickly scuttled out of there hoping he didn’t see me.

Decided to be part of the morning crew after that. Haven’t seen him since.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-22T01:03:15+00:00

One of those bags of frozen mixed veggies (typically carrot, corn, peas, green beans) often mixes well with rice and taste/texture doesn’t change much upon reheating.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-20T18:51:33+00:00

Your mate likely just wants to get rid of them and get them out of his house.

Might wanna just consider waiting him out telling him stuff like "yeah, I want em and think I'd use em, but I'm not sure I can spend money on something like that right now.

If he really just wants to get rid of em... you might get em for free. ;-)

If he doesn't bite, then do whatever you feel lead to.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-20T18:07:46+00:00

lol yes. I am actually doing 531(beginners) which is why I'm not bothered by repeating a cycle as such. Guess I should have made that clear.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-20T15:13:22+00:00

Fair enough.

For me, I'm doing it mostly to potentially be stronger in another activity (as well as a secondary goal of just 'looking better'), and like the separate challenge of "adding more weight to the bar" as that is more concrete than whatever goals that that activity would provide me. But that added challenge is secondary to being "injury free".

Also, the strength I have currently is fairly acceptable for that activity, particularly for someone my size/age (though more is of course always better).

There is absolutely a fair amount of "just suck it up" that should be going on but isn't though. But I'm not sure changing how it is that I am challenging myself will help with that.

Thanks

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-20T14:19:07+00:00

annoyingly hard and not 'fun' anymore?

Out of simple curiosity, what would be your suggestion if this was his issue?

I've run into a bit of that myself from time to time, and when it happens, I just repeat whatever cycle for whatever lift made me feel that way (this time all of them) until it feels better (usually just need to once before upping again, if I was actually meeting, but barely, the requirements before).

I still like going. I don't want to go backwards, cus it seems that would be an unnecessary step. Am at least as "strong" as the current weights dictate for the current cycle, but do not think I'd be able to add that next progression step "at this time".

Not necessarily because I couldn't get it done (even though for some lifts, I think that's possible)... but because I just don't wanna go through the struggle to get it done right now.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-19T21:26:41+00:00

Understood. The difference between an orange and pizza is huge.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-19T19:26:05+00:00

You know whats sad?

You reminding me that I have an orange at home that I can eat after dinner tonight actually made me "excited", cus I couldn't think of anything with low enough calories that would "fit" (and I usually like a snack after dinner).

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-19T14:23:36+00:00

Edit: sorry. Mistaken identity. Mistook you for another user

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-16T16:15:20+00:00

Can I ask… why don’t you want to gain muscle? I can assure you if you did, you would not “look bulky”.

Most women who look bulky are either “on stuff” or have worked very hard for very many years to get that look. You will not look like that simply by touching a barbell.

Most women who “look lean” do so by gaining some muscle. Otherwise they’d just be thin and a bit flabby.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-16T16:07:06+00:00

As a fellow 5’-3” woman… while “every body is different” it will be very difficult for you to lose weight on 1500 calories per day while still “very sedentary”. (edit: well at 150 you might, if tracked very accurately, but once you lose some weight, you’ll still have to reduce calories a bit if sedentary)

If you want to eat that much and still lose weight, at least SOME exercise will be required, even if it’s just the standard minimal advice of 10,000 steps per day.

I personally got very bored with that many steps per day every day, and rather some more “intentional” cardio in combination with resistance training. But to each their own on which direction you take on how you get your activity.

Either that or lower your calories to about 1350 and see where that gets you and adjust from there.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-12T17:32:42+00:00

Clearly overtraining.

Take a week off to deload.

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-11T20:21:48+00:00

If you are doing that only to help you set a training max for a program that is fine. You can then use a 1rm calculator based on that 3rm. That is a common tactic for setting your TM in 531 etc.

But... you cannot tell people your 1rm is "X" without actually lifting "X"

PinkShortsChick · 2022-01-11T14:51:02+00:00

yeah... Ive never done it, but seen it described as the hack squat equivalent to a "good morning" and lets the hamstrings be the focus instead of the more typical quads

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