Kickstartmeed

I mean eating for real. Like eating until I gag the food out of my mouth hard eating. I cannot believe I’ve been artificially stopping NLP and causing overuse injuries for years by succumbing to the social norms of being a 20-something woman and trying not to eat *too much*. My squat progress and recovery have been insane. Adding weight to the bar every workout but the squats just feel the same because I have started EATING. 5’5”, just hit 132lbs. I have chronic illness and was at a skeletal 107 four years ago. This program & website gave me the motivation, structure, and tools to transform my physical existence. I am probably the 16,538th person to say all this but anyway this shit works.

Ladies, please, eat. Especially protein.

Mark Rippetoe

Glad we could help.

Cole Gorton

eating excess calories and protein for training is like being on PEDs, for me anyway. it makes hard effort actually feel good instead of torture.

skid

When you workout hard, your body and not your mind tells you to eat more. At least that's my excuse

Johnsonville

Same here. White rice is almost as good as anabolic steroids it seems like for me when I really start pounding it in.

Al2020

I watched the video where mark explains how to prevent/minimize callus formation by gripping the bar higher in the hand , the place where it's already trying to go

I retore a callus today after tearing it for the first time exactly a month ago

They both happened the exact same way , Deadlifting using a hook grip and I only notice them like 5 minutes after they happen.

I do make sure to manage my calluses, is this just something unavoidable having small hands (I remember Mark saying that's more problematic) and using hook grip?

Also now that it's torn again how should I go about it? (Should I cut off the remaining skin and is there something I can do to make it heal faster or better?)

I plan on taping it and continuing to pull.

Mark Rippetoe

You have to trim the torn skin down as close as you can get it, and then keep it filed off as it heals. Might be time to think about switching to another grip.

Satch12879

Rip, have you ever used any of the liquid skin products for temporary protection of a torn callus?

Mark Rippetoe

No, because a deep callus tear cannot be protected by anything other than a leather glove. You can glue it down, but it will rupture when it's loaded. The glove is a problem too because it makes the bar "fatter."

Al2020

What does filed off mean? Make sure something covers it?

Switching to mixed would suck, it took me a while to get used to hook but I feel really good with it now

Mark Rippetoe

You know what a "file" is?

File

Nail file