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    I had a DEXA scan done! 35F, 5’7”, 176lbs, 30.4% BF

    @ajoj Username checks out. You look great and super strong! Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to get a DEXA myself, I’m sure I’m going to be surprised as actual bf% seems to have only a loose association with how lean/muscular someone looks.
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    Study: Back Squat produces better glute growth than hip thrust

    @manwithnohat I also have long femurs and a very short torso, have to do a steep forward lean with back squats, but I’m extremely glute dominant and don’t feel squats in my quads at all (I’m also struggling to grow them which is annoying). I don’t think proportions have anything to do with glute...
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    F/34/5'7.5" [150 > 142.6lbs = 7.4lbs] 3 month Recomp, 1 month slight cut. PCOS and hypermobility/EDS

    @jacky8887 Amazing progress and you look great! Really resonated with me as someone also on the autistic spectrum, with POTS and suspected EDS , who struggles with frequent injury and daily pain. I have four diagnosed family members with similar symptoms, but they are all much more hypermobile...
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    APT=no glute activation!

    @webstranger Interesting and informative! I struggle with extreme hip tightness and APT too, and I am glute dominant, somehow. But working on flexibility and correct posture over the past couple years has helped me start to recruit and grow my quads.
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    Did anybody stop short of their weight loss goals because they realized they liked their body at a higher weight?

    @wedemars 110lb at 5’4” is just a couple pounds above medically underweight. So definitely not ‘excuse-y’ - having a super low BMI isn’t a great goal to cut towards IMO (though I understand some people have one without trying, me included most of my life). You’re in a healthy but slim weight...
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