I don’t think that the skinny little fuckers like the fact that you bench more than they do. And with their limited capacity for abstract thought and internal reflection, they can’t figure out that they just need to focus on themselves and get stronger. So they use their sub-third-grade-langauge skills to post rude comments as a coping mechanism.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
I don’t think that the skinny little fuckers like the fact that you bench more than they do. And with their limited capacity for abstract thought and internal reflection, they can’t figure out that they just need to focus on themselves and get stronger. So they use their sub-third-grade-langauge skills to post rude comments as a coping mechanism. [/quote]
damn - it takes a lawyer to write up such a scathing descriptive paragraph such as that!
well done, Jack!
hi pmpm - nice bench!
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that is an awesome bench! you are such a powerful bencher! maybe the youtube dweeb just wants the shirt off to check out your beautiful pecs? or maybe he’s a douche.
wolbarret’s lil id avator thingie is totally distracting me .
Fuck 'em. People that can…do, peaople that can’t talk shit.
Good luck in your meet!
Looks like you loosened up on the press in that video. You kept tight and good form through the pause, then tried to put too much shoulder into it. Looks like your elbows flare out abit, which puts your tris in a less powerful position, puts more work on the delts rather than the chest, and also takes some of the momentum away from the shirt.
I bet I’m going to learn a ton from you in PR.
You will…like I said, I’m that good.
I can hardly wait to see how you do in PR. I still love that video. I’m not quite as eloquent as Jack. All I can come up with is crunch buddy has a small cock and you wearing a bench shirt somehow underscores that fact.
Congratulations on the 225 flying up. It’s a good feeling isn’t it?
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
I can hardly wait to see how you do in PR. I still love that video. I’m not quite as eloquent as Jack. All I can come up with is crunch buddy has a small cock and you wearing a bench shirt somehow underscores that fact.
Congratulations on the 225 flying up. It’s a good feeling isn’t it? [/quote]
Yeah, it is nice. But I’m still kind of disappointed in myself - I haven’t really made any progress since this time last year. I know that I’ve had a lot of other shit to deal with, but I’m still frustrated.
Anyway. Deadlifted to my proposed opener, 335. Not too shabby. Then I did some very very very light bench speed work with bands. I wish I’d been doing that for the past year.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
I can hardly wait to see how you do in PR. I still love that video. I’m not quite as eloquent as Jack. All I can come up with is crunch buddy has a small cock and you wearing a bench shirt somehow underscores that fact.
Congratulations on the 225 flying up. It’s a good feeling isn’t it? [/quote]
Yeah, it is nice. But I’m still kind of disappointed in myself - I haven’t really made any progress since this time last year. I know that I’ve had a lot of other shit to deal with, but I’m still frustrated.
Anyway. Deadlifted to my proposed opener, 335. Not too shabby. Then I did some very very very light bench speed work with bands. I wish I’d been doing that for the past year.[/quote]
What is very, very, very light? I was doing 75 with bands for a while but for some reason the bands were agravating my left arm. Not the shoulder but some bicep or tendon issue and the pulling of the bands made it flare up.
Have you made any progress with squat and/or deadlift? My squat hasn’t gone up much except to be better in a meet but my bench is crawling up and deads are growing by leaps and bounds. For a bit of perspective I remember watching that video of you squatting very early on in gear and ‘corkscrewing’ out of the hole with 275 I think it was. What’s your planned third at the meet…420ish?
I’m not saying you shouldn’t be disappointed. I shit on myself all the time. Besides, there are starving kids in Africa who would be happy with a 225 bench. Just saying.
There are starving kids in Colorado who would be happy with a 125 bench.
—not so starving Giant Brute’s would be happy with a 125 bench :{!!!
seriously.
I love my starving Colorado girls who want a 125 bench.
My band work was with 95 and the blues - middle.
I know that I have reached the point where the combo of noob gains & equipment are initially tapped. Now is the time, where if I ever want a 500 lb squat, I have to decide to reach that, instead of just getting a decent squat by virtue of my nature.
I hit 407 twice but high in December in CO at the State meet. At that time, I was aiming for 407 and then 420 or so. Same goal this meet, 8 months later. In that time, I went from free hours all day for training to working for a damn living. I’ve sacrificed training to work and home life more than I like to admit, and I’m the only one to blame for it.
I am aiming higher for my bench, but I still feel like I could be doing better if I had a real group to train with, or was more dedicated myself.
What do you do to psych yourself up when you’d rather be doing work/laundry/beer/television/etc.?
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I love my starving Colorado girls who want a 125 bench.
My band work was with 95 and the blues - middle.
I know that I have reached the point where the combo of noob gains & equipment are initially tapped. Now is the time, where if I ever want a 500 lb squat, I have to decide to reach that, instead of just getting a decent squat by virtue of my nature.
I hit 407 twice but high in December in CO at the State meet. At that time, I was aiming for 407 and then 420 or so. Same goal this meet, 8 months later. In that time, I went from free hours all day for training to working for a damn living. I’ve sacrificed training to work and home life more than I like to admit, and I’m the only one to blame for it.
I am aiming higher for my bench, but I still feel like I could be doing better if I had a real group to train with, or was more dedicated myself.
What do you do to psych yourself up when you’d rather be doing work/laundry/beer/television/etc.?[/quote]
To psych myself up? I take a hit of something. Seriously just spike or something. However, I use lifting to escape from all the rest of it. When other stuff is sucking I can still feel better lifting. I have a pure escapist personality and that’s were I go to get away. I used to hide in books, now it’s under a piece of metal.
You may have peaked in gear and newbie gains. It has to happen sooner or later. I doubt I’ll be all that much farther behind you. I guess the gains you make now will be due to time. I spend a lot of time looking at the CPU website (our national IPF version) at the lifter database. I check out various women who have been competing for years and the gains they have continued to make over time. The best are consistent and continue to tend upwards a bit at a time. You’re fortunate in that you’re still young and have the time to make the gains you want. You will undoubtedly see them because you aren’t the type to hope for anything; you work to ensure it happens.
You’re right that you’d likely be performing better if you were with a team or had a solid training partner. It’s tough to really push past boundaries without the security of big ass spotters and knowledgable people to assist you. However, I think that’s a limitation for a lot of people.
I love you. Move to CO.
Long ago I said maybe the greatest thin in the gym to psyche myslef up. We were sitting around and a few of us were having bad days. The I said, “Well, just remember, we could always be jogging to stay in shape.”
That phrase is now spoken in the gym anytime someone is having an off day.
Funny, you have the talent but have to dig for the motivation at times. I always seem to have the motivation but very limited talent. I’m like O in that lifting for me is my solace, my escape.
Does the Virtus crowd train together regularly? If not, maybe it’s time to actively look for a training partner, someone who will motivate and push you. I highly recommend the male/female combination.
I understand the frustration of “peaking,” although I’m still in the honeymood period with gear.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Funny, you have the talent but have to dig for the motivation at times. I always seem to have the motivation but very limited talent. I’m like O in that lifting for me is my solace, my escape.
Does the Virtus crowd train together regularly? If not, maybe it’s time to actively look for a training partner, someone who will motivate and push you. I highly recommend the male/female combination.
I understand the frustration of “peaking,” although I’m still in the honeymood period with gear.[/quote]
Yeah, they train regularly, but it’s far enough away that it’s difficult for me to get down there regularly without having to deal with spousal pushback. That’s always been a big issue for me, and I know I need to deal with it but I avoid it because that’s what I do. I’ve got a new female training partner, we’ll be working together once or twice a week after PR.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Funny, you have the talent but have to dig for the motivation at times. I always seem to have the motivation but very limited talent. I’m like O in that lifting for me is my solace, my escape.
Does the Virtus crowd train together regularly? If not, maybe it’s time to actively look for a training partner, someone who will motivate and push you. I highly recommend the male/female combination.
I understand the frustration of “peaking,” although I’m still in the honeymood period with gear.[/quote]
Yeah, they train regularly, but it’s far enough away that it’s difficult for me to get down there regularly without having to deal with spousal pushback. That’s always been a big issue for me, and I know I need to deal with it but I avoid it because that’s what I do. I’ve got a new female training partner, we’ll be working together once or twice a week after PR. [/quote]
Figure out a way to deal with it if you can. I mean the spousal push back. That isn’t even coming from the perspective of you need a team to really grow more as a lifter. This is from the perspective of having an ex spouse with whom I avoided stuff like that. I’d just end up angrier and angrier without ever really pushing for what I wanted. In retrospect (divorced 7 years) it was my own damn fault and didn’t do either of us any favours just burying my head.