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  1. ahiggs

    Post your workout routine

    monday 3x5 squats and 3x5 presses 3x max effort pullups, abs wednesday 3x5 squats 3x5 deads (this is enough!!) friday 3x5 squats 3x5 bench, finish with hard conditioning (hill sprints)
  2. ahiggs

    Your fitness routine?

    it kinda depends on a few things but a good starting routine is strong lifts 5x5 or starting strength both really are good programs you may need to buy the book for starting strength to get the full program, but i personally prefer it. i also like jim wendlers 5-3-1 this is the one i am doing
  3. ahiggs

    Who loves thunderstorms?

    i have always liked storms...have a new respect for them though i live very near joplin, about 15 minutes i pretty much grew up there
  4. ahiggs

    Treating sore backs

    deadlifts...
  5. ahiggs

    Weight loss frustration

    also something you may want to consider is keep a log of everything you are eating for say a week. this will let you know exactally what your caloric intake is each day
  6. ahiggs

    Weight Training

    a more efficient muscle burns more calories. cardio does burn some, over the course of a day strength training will burn more. because when you are doing cardio you only burn calories while you are exercising, with resistance training you will burn calories all day. there is no big secret to...
  7. ahiggs

    Your fitness routine?

    ok my routine has chaged for a little while trying to get my squat up monday 3x5 squats and chest wesnesday 3x3 squats, deadlifts and back friday 5-3-1 squats and shoulders will stay on this until my squat stalls on the single
  8. ahiggs

    The Economy In 2012 May Not Be Obama's Political Friend

    no why would they do that? he is an easy target or at least easy for them to blame then they don't have to blame obama
  9. ahiggs

    Weight Training

    if you haven't tried squats you should really give them a try!! also for abs or "core" its main function is to support not to move, so i train them that way. prone bridges are great!!! also look into an ab wheel, that thing will hurt you!!! i am farily certian that thing was made by the...
  10. ahiggs

    WBC to rub salt on Joplin's open wound

    i hear that WBM got a little taste of south west missouri hospitality? from what i understand they got hit with a little tear gas courtesy of our boys in blue, Joplin PD... apparently not feelin the love? hahaha
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    WBC to rub salt on Joplin's open wound

    yeah yeah yeah...:cool: i was actually in alabama at the time, and it is hard for me to remember what i did this morning
  12. ahiggs

    Weight Training

    i totally agree!!! squats are the king of lifts. OP a 1 1/2 times body weight bench press is huge especially for a woman!!! you should look up starting strength by mark rippetoe. there are lots of videos where explains the lifts and how to do them safely. personally i would stay away from...
  13. ahiggs

    stay home obama don't need you here

    personlly to be honest i never really thought about a presidental visit of a disaster area one way or the other, until it affected me personally. i know that is self centered but that is the truth of the matter. it just seems to me right now that our time could be better spend that babysitting...
  14. ahiggs

    WBC to rub salt on Joplin's open wound

    you guys had a bad one what 6 or 7 years ago? i know what you mean everyone know someone that that needs help here right now
  15. ahiggs

    stay home obama don't need you here

    i agree hop in a chopper fly over and make the speach from washington, at best it will be a distraction, at worst rescue workers will have to clear out and it may cost lives?
  16. ahiggs

    stay home obama don't need you here

    this is true and i understand that everyone is going to complain it doesn't matter what he does. i am not so out of touch that i don't get that...we just really don't need the distraction.
  17. ahiggs

    WBC to rub salt on Joplin's open wound

    how are you doing? carthage you guys know all about tornados huh!?!?!
  18. ahiggs

    stay home obama don't need you here

    thank you very much!!! the prayers and support, and volunteers that have been pouring in have been overwhelming. people are being turned away because there is nothing for them to do, people have been turned away because they have no more room for blood. people have been told we have no more...
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    WBC to rub salt on Joplin's open wound

    they would be wise not to show up here!!! they are very likely to get hurt!!! there are over 8000 displaced people here and to say the very least we are not in the mood. this is not like protesting a military funeral as bad as that is. this is thousands of people, and many have nothing left...
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    Mark Zuckerberg's new challenge: Eating only what he kills.

    got no problem with that!!! her and bambi too!!