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Personal Info And Background:
Real Name:
Jen
Sex:
Female
Age:
26
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Occupation:
PhD student (Molecular and Medical Genetics)
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When I Started:
May, 2007
How I Started:
My husband: his great progress with lifting inspired me. Oh yeah, and in the first year of grad. school I put on 8# of fat making me realize that I needed to be proactive with my health.
Why I Love It:
For the energy, confidence, stress relief and physical improvements that result; and the persistance, hard work and consistency it requires.
How I Stay Motivated:
I managed to lose my first-year grad. school weight gain and now want to "see how far I can go." Plus I've always admired lean muscular women and would like to someday be one.
BB Accomplishments:
My arms are not as pathetically scrawny. :)
Forum Signature:
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity." Louis Pasteur
What is the most common reason that somebody gets injured while lifting?
poor form (that was my probelm with the squats)
- Updated Mar 14, 2008 6:04pm
Have you ever had a lifting injury?
Yes
What type of injury was it? How long were you injured? How did you recover?
My back. I was moving and lifting a lot of boxes and then I went to the gym and did squats and tweaked my back somehow. Not bad but enough that I ended of throwing it out the next day moving. I then did not do squats, deadlifts or bentover rows for 1.5 months after I did that. About 3 months later I am finally returning to my former weights on these exercises.My back. I was moving and lifting a lot of boxes and then I went to the gym and did squats and tweaked my back somehow. Not bad but enough that I ended of throwing it out the next day moving. I the...more
I did my first unassisted pull-up today! It was overhand with a really close grip but still :) However, I still can't budge an inch with shoulder-wide grip. So I will start incorporating a wide-grip lat. pull down from now on and instead of the close grip lat. pulldown I was doing, I...
Nice. No-I do mostly early phase pharmaceutical development. Figuring out ways to synthesize new drug compounds for big pharma companies. And I have a meth lab.
I'll probably just keep doing this BFL split... I kinda like it. I do extra cardio right now though. Once summer is over, I'll probably start a bulking cycle.I'll definately post pics, I would've already but my camera is getting fixed. I think I've made a huge progress since the last set was taken... well I hope at least :)
I was stuck at the 23% for so long until I started this 12 week thing, it just gave me the extra motivation. Good luck to you. Your back looks nice!
Ya, I have like no fitness buddies here. None of my friends workout or eat like me :( I'm just trying to lean out. I'm doing the BFL right now just as a little personal goal thing. I'm trying to end up at 17%.... three more weeks. It's getting close!! How long have you been in Oregon?
