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Anyone know the max. weight you can load onto one of the old Firm barbells?

Does anyone know what weight Cathe uses for squats in STS? I think she uses 40-5# in several of her other workouts. I know she's said she wasn't going to announce the weight she uses in STS, but sometimes you can tell from looking ...

I don't know how I would even get a set of 50# dumbbells home from the store. And God knows if I ordered them by mail my poor mailman would quit. Geez - what do you use a 50# dumbbell for? One arm rows is all I can even conceive of at that weight.

I tried applying the 1RM results in some Cathe w/os (mostly at 60%) and just couldn't. Chris. :D I was wondering about that - my 1RM says I should be lifting something like 10# heavier for bicep curls than I have been. And I seriously struggle with what I use now. I also wondered...

Another vote to forgo Fitness - I think it's a pretty mediocre magazine. One thing that always concerns me is what list i'm going to get on by subscribing. I get so much junk - in the mail, email and phone calls. I find a call from Conde Nast on my caller ID almost every other day, which I...

I will definitely need more weights. I just ordered a 20 lb vest, and I think I need to invest in a bigger barbell as my old Firm barbell is already loaded to 45# and I don't know if it can take any more! My husband's barbell is one of those super-long ones that I'm sure I'd end up knocking...

According to the 1RM tests I've done so far, I haven't been lifting heavy enough weights. I feel like I've really pushed myself as far as weight training these last 6 months - kept logs, increased poundage (the dumbbells, not me) and usually really pushed myself. But now it looks like on a...

What weight are you guys using?

The bar itself is 10#

It's great that you took the time to share your kind thoughts with everyone. I have to say, I totally agree with you about the people here. I have visited other forums on other fitness sites, and inevitably there's some kind of drama. It's interesting for a while, I suppose, but ultimately...

I have wondered about this before. If you want to continue to challenge your muscles, you have to keep increasing the weight you lift. But you can't keep increasing your weights forever - at some point you'd get to something ridiculous and probably dangerous. So maybe a benefit to taking off...

My slo mo lunge "cheat" is to stop after two and yell at Cathe that she's a sadistic bully. Then I do two more, yell some more, and if I'm feeling emotionally strong enough I yell at her through the last set as well. I'm not getting any stronger but am working through a lot of aggression.

Could it be that your sister just was born with more muscle mass than you? If not, maybe you could ask her about her diet. Maybe that's the key to her definition. Finally, maybe her trainer is really pushing her to her limit, which is something that is hard for a lot of us to do for...

I just took some pictures and was mortified. I have to keep telling myself it was bad lighting, a weird angle, a poor choice of clothing, etc. etc. Sometimes it's just better to live with your delusions ... ;)