btfc - Day 52 of 84 - Found! Reddit Discussion Threads

Apparently, I overlooked the weekly btfc discussion threads. I am going to quickly go through them the next couple of days. Below are questions for the 1st week of September:

http://www.reddit.com/r/BTFC/comments/k4fml/btfc_discussion_thread_for_the_week_of_september/

  • The progress of your transformation. Do you have any new progress pictures? No

  • What has worked for you thus far? Stronglifts 5x5 has helped me tremendously; 1. It's very challenging. 2. It's fun to go into the gym wanting to constantly improve. 3. It took the guesswork out of the "what should I be doing?"

  • Successes/failures you had this week. Success was improving form and lifting to build a base. Failure - there wasn't much other than the feeling that I should be lifting more and not following a slower improvement by jumping to higher weights too early.

  • Do you have any eating tips or recipes? That's the million dollar question. Recipes: I hadn’t tried mixing protein powders with food prior to this. I mixed 1 scoop creamy vanilla Optimum casein powder with about 2/3 a cup of Fage Greek Yogurt (0% fat), some frozen berries (blueberries, blackberries and raspberries) and 2-3 tbs skim milk that I really enjoyed.

  • Have you found any articles that you've found helpful or motivational? Mostly http://stronglifts.com/stronglifts-5x5-beginner-strength-training-program/ because it took me away from looking at all the steroid educated bs articles I forever had been looking at in the past. I find most of the motivation from the users at Fitocracy and Tumblr.

  • Would you like some new Fitocracy followers or BTFC buddies that you can exchange PMs with? Sure, I'm at http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/momona/ on Fitocracy. My btfc blog is http://momona.tumblr.com/ 

  • Do you have any questions or concerns about the competition? Anything you'd like to see changed for the next round? I'd recommend to keep it simple like it is.

My workout for Friday, September 29th

momona earned 1217 points for:

  • Elliptical Trainer:

    • 0:06:00 || 0.4 mi (+9 pts)

    • w/u

  • Barbell Squat:

    • 135 lb x 5 reps (+47 pts)

    • 185 lb x 5 reps (+64 pts)

    • 230 lb x 5 reps (+80 pts)

    • 275 lb x 5 reps (+96 pts)

    • 320 lb x 5 reps (+112 pts)

    • 375 lb x 3 reps (+123 pts)

    • 275 lb x 8 reps (+104 pts)

    • Did I mention that I am so happy with Madcow 5x5? :)

  • Standing Barbell Press Behind Neck:

    • 115 lb x 5 reps (+28 pts)

    • 135 lb x 5 reps (+33 pts)

    • 160 lb x 5 reps (+39 pts)

    • 180 lb x 4 reps (+42 pts)

    • fail, drop 15% and shoot for 225!

  • Barbell Deadlift:

    • 225 lb x 5 reps (+78 pts)

    • 335 lb x 3 reps (+110 pts)

    • 375 lb x 4 reps (+127 pts)

    • 405 lb x 1 reps (+125 pts)

    • grip fail, retry next workout on set 3 375x5...

 

 

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