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  1. UCSMiami

    Constantly feeling fatigued?

    progesterone
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    hip thust at the smith machine

    All the women at my gym do it. I do not mind seeing it.
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    I'm back, Y'all Miss Me?

    I remember you bro. Welcome back. You been lifting bro?
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    50% of people experience Gymtimidation

    I do recall how strange the gym was when starting weightlifting in 2012. I did elliptical and treadmill for many years prior to. Never weights. I was not intimidated although only a skinny runt. I enjoyed watching and learning. It is nice the machines have little diagrams with muscles worked and...
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    Constantly feeling fatigued?

    When I felt that way I had low Prog and Vitamin D. Blood work identified it
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    What’s it like when you’re approaching / at your genetic limit?

    Training partner who is stronger than me. So spotter, forced reps, competition and more squats reps,sets.
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    50% of people experience Gymtimidation

    March 23, 2019 Exercise, Health & Medical, Weight Loss Half Of Americans Battle ‘Gymtimidation,’ Afraid Of Working Out In Front Of Others by Ben Renner NEW YORK — Getting to the gym is a tall task for many adults, but once there, feeling comfortable enough to start working out may be even...
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    What’s it like when you’re approaching / at your genetic limit?

    done
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    What’s it like when you’re approaching / at your genetic limit?

    I thought I was there. I changed my training a bit and managed to move along a little bit more. Still have not found that top layer with the new routine. I use a site which has strength standards by age and weight and see I am close to the max before PEDs enter into calculations.
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    Best shoes for Deadlifting?

    Regarding Adidas powerlift shoes, my training partner uses those for almost a year now and swears they are the best for both squats and DLs. I see they are more for squats as they have an arch and are not flat. I am looking at shoes for squats. I still DL barefoot.Yeah it is sore sometimes.
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    Family Board (and card) Games

    We were three brothers and one cousin so we played the Game of Life often. It was well done and ideal for our age group and no. of players. Grade 1-5. For some reason we found the game Trouble a favorite. The other games we played were two player and a bit older age group than in the OP. Well...
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    Time frame to reduce SHBG & feel normal again?

    I think Free T and DHT and IGF-1 are the critical values. I am respectively middling for the two former and upper end for latter. I have high SHBG which steals my T I feel great otherwise.
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    Time frame to reduce SHBG & feel normal again?

    I am or better said was a low carber. Have now changed as oatmeal recently replaced eggs for breakfast. I do supplement zinc every day. I doubt choline as I was consuming large amount of eggs and free range ones at that. I am concerned about the SHBG. I do not drink and avoid unhealthy foods...
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    Time frame to reduce SHBG & feel normal again?

    You know I find if one goes down to below parallel there is no stress on the knees. It is all on the glutes, quads, hamstrings and of course the back,chest, abdominal area and shoulders from holding up the bar.
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    Time frame to reduce SHBG & feel normal again?

    I looked into that topic via Internet search when starting here in 2012 and periodically revisit the topic to include earlier this year when I posted yet again a "how much %" question. There are few reputable links out there regarding the increase, only not a specific expected percentage.
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    Time frame to reduce SHBG & feel normal again?

    Received annual physical blood draw results. This was analyzed by Labcorp on 12/12/2018 Test (free +total) 992 ng/dl on a scale of 264-916 Free test 12.7 pg/ml on a scale of 7.2-24.0 IGF-1 195 ng/ml on a scale of 61-200 SHBG 105 nmol/l on a scale of 19-76 Estradiol 20.5 pg/ml on a scale of...
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    Ok to lift weights before blood draw?

    Thanks everyone. Did the blood draw. Rested the same day and night before. The irony I caught a cold that day. Sick people visit the Dr. too.
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    Giving People Advice.

    that guy from starting strength, rippletoe or something similar. Yet I watched all of his videos with interest on how to do X.
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    Need advice setting up an online store

    I ran the E-commerce dept. in my previous company. We were later Amazon Choice and Best in Category sellers. So, that is my CV for Ecom. I setup a few E-comm sites for smaller companies. For friends basically. I like WooCommerce themes. Works well with Wordpress engine. For a few skus, any of...
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    Giving People Advice.

    This is true. I am asked,usually by those who are visibly untrained, what my routine is or how I got my build. I am not strong or huge. Only symmetrical in build. Not too common to see very visibly fit males in my age cohort.
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