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I haven't been to the Coli since mid 2013 but I miss The Gym!

I need some guidance: I'm deadlifting (Romanian stiff leg with an arched back) the highest I've ever done and I want to keep increasing but I've been getting weird soreness in the back bottom of my pelvic bone. Not shooting pain, but very weird stiffness. This started once I started taking Hula kahiko dance class 2 months ago, which require me to be in a semi squat position, arched back, and on the tips of my toes most of the time. I'm thinking the dance class requires flexible hips and maybe my deadlifts are fighting with that. I don't want to stop either though. If I transition to rack pulls or sumo for a few months, and then come back to Romanian, will I still be able to deadlift a high amount of weight Romanian style? Are the deads compromising my hip flexibility and if do, how do I combat this?
Maybe a video tape will help me give you a proper assessment :shaq:
 
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You know ur in a good groove in the gym when missing lifts is "fun" because you see failure as a chance to grow. That's what makes weightlifting great. There's always a small way to improve.

lost a 525 deadlift 3/4 of the way to a lockout because of my small ass hands for a heavyweight just couldn't hang onto it. That barbell slammed hard as hell and the gym was busy so of course I got the :merchant: from the mirror muscle guys that were around. I pretty much went :manny: cleaned up my weights and called it a day after.
 

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When was the last time you took a break from that?

Many months ago breh. Outside of a cheat day once every three weeks or so, I usually eat the same stuff. Two geek yogurts with almonds for breakfast, sardines or cottage cheese with grapes for lunch, one more healthy snack with protein before dinner, and then dinner is either a veggie burger with cheese and lettuce, tofu wraps with cheese and lettuce or fish. All usually served with beans.
 

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Many months ago breh. Outside of a cheat day once every three weeks or so, I usually eat the same stuff. Two geek yogurts with almonds for breakfast, sardines or cottage cheese with grapes for lunch, one more healthy snack with protein before dinner, and then dinner is either a veggie burger with cheese and lettuce, tofu wraps with cheese and lettuce or fish. All usually served with beans.
@GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy!

Might be time for a diet break. Those cals seem low for your stats.
 

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@GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy!

Might be time for a diet break. Those cals seem low for your stats.
@Versa http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html

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Finally got my True Nutrition whey protein isolate. True Nutrition lets you build your own protein and level of sweetening. I got chocolate flavor with the 1x sucralose sweetener. I like it. I don't fukk with regular whey anymore- too much cholesterol and fluff- protein/$$$ it's the same as "more expensive" whey isolate. I tried 2 types of whey isolate- NOW and Dymatize ISO100. NOW unflavored tasted like soap, and NOW chocolate tasted like soap and ass (at least what I imagine ass tastes like). Dymatize ISO100 was somewhat OK, but they used wayyyyyy too much sweetener. shyt was hard to drink.

Like I said I got 1x sucralose chocolate. The taste isn't :noah: but it's doable. It's the kind of taste that's not phenomenal, but is also doable every day. I think once I burn through this 5lb bag, which if I am consistent should take ~3 weeks, I will try some other flavors like vanilla, strawberry, banana etc.

shyt is priced OK too... about $12/lb shipped if you get 5lbs at a time. They let you size your shyts in 1lb increments. Only thing is they're based out of Cali so shipping to the east coast takes a while.

http://www.truenutrition.com

Random thought.... I usually get at least 200g a day with the help of whey... for the last month I had no whey... shyt didn't not have a huge impact on my performance. Lifts progressed a little slower, but I was still able to perform. So anecdotally, protein helps, but if you aren't getting 250-300g a day like I can on a good day you should still be skraight. I've read studies to this effect as well.
 

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Down to 211 in the morning :damn:

Lean everywhere but chest. Just need to do more chest work.
 

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That's the thing man. I'm so close! Only about 5 more pound to go and I can start bulk. Can't stop now.
Are those 5 pounds going to make that much of a difference in your look?

10 days of a slight calorie increase could be the right move.
 

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That's the thing man. I'm so close! Only about 5 more pound to go and I can start bulk. Can't stop now.
Well there are a couple of things at play here.

- 1 after a long stretch of dieting your metabolism will be fried. A break will let your hormones and shyt reset.
- 2 the leaner you get the harder it is to lose. Which is why stopping and letting your hormones re-optimize will help. Being lean AND being at the end of a long stretch = making it twice as hard on yourself.

U don't have to go full hog maintenance. Just add like 300kcal/day for 2 weeks of carbs (a Snickers bar). U will feel so much better... might get a little water weight back, but your muscles will fill back up with glycogen and you will feel much better to hit that last stretch.

Next year for my cut I'm going to take a break every 2 months... I have a long way to go :sadcam:
 
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