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@acer621 Good on them. Sports uniforms should only be gendered to the degree that they need to conform to male and female bodies. In plenty of sports, there are minimal differences between what the men and women wear, even sports that legitimately require skin-tight gear, like swimming and...

@ihavetwofeet41 Overhead squats are one of the most challenging movements IMO. Even without any weight, OH squats challenge your mobility and balance as few other movements do. 8x4 sets with a 35# barebell is a lot! Don't feel embarrassed, you're killing it!

@shnoudashnouda Snatches, even light ones really take it out of me, so I'm starting to think I'll go scaled and do C&J

@musicforerunner I can't decide whether I want to scale or not. While I can snatch 65#, it's close to my max, but it's only about 60% of my C&J. So do I do the RX weight and clean and jerk it, or do the scaled weight and snatch it? This is my first ever Open.

@josho Keep playing around with your foot position until you find something that allows you to break parallel. In my very unprofessional opinion, breaking parallel is more important than ATG, they just get equated some times. Scale your weight way back and work your way up from a solid air squat...

@josho Play around with foot placement, can you get into a deep squat without any weight? Do goblet squats. Work on ankle mobility, get heel inserts or shoes for squatting.

@james512 A few tips that others haven't mentioned. As you work to hinge at the hips, lower your gaze a bit. Don't look so straight forward, this will help you avoid over extending your neck, but also make the hinging motion feel more natural. As with your grip, try a hooked grip before moving...

@cwriter15 This is really helpful, thanks! And keep up the great work!

@cwriter15 Thanks for the motivation. How long do you cut for and then how do you maintain after that? Do you just recalculate your TDEE or go back to what it was before?

@ambasea Oh, I'd never be able to do this! Even when I've had food poisoning I always have some degree of an appetite! Lol.

@cwriter15 That's what I feared.

@sunshine27 1+1 1/4 squats are also good at building strength out of the whole. You descend, come a bit back up, go back down and then ascend as fully to complete the lift. Also, if lifting shoes aren't an option, heel lifts have worked well for me. I have the older version of the VersaLifts...

@mlm146 It is helpful to hear, thanks. I do think an overhaul would be a helpful first step. I've considered taking photos of everything I eat for a week to serve as a visual food diary and going from there.

@mlm146 Yup, when I saw the first bit of definition in my arms and back I definitely started wanting faster results! I feel really good about my relationship to food atm and don't want to do anything too drastic. I feel like I eat pretty well, have plenty of energy to get me through even the...

@sheldonl Yes! This! I want to see progress, of course, I mean, who doesn't? But, I also want to maintain my sanity.

@notsparedtherod Thank you!

I'm at a weight and size I'm happy with 32F, 5'6, 137lbs. However, I would like to burn some fat and grow more muscle i.e. recomp. I mostly avoid processed foods and most of what I eat is fresh or homemade (yogurt, hummus from dried chickpeas, granola, etc.). I eat healthily enough M-F (yogurt...