I will say this much…it isn’t something I’d want to be wearing if I had to pee very badly.[/quote]
You definitely have to work out strategies ahead of time for escaping it, and be sure to pee before you get into it. (Can’t you hear your mother saying, ‘just go try…’?)
Also, it will relax a little with a few uses, so it shouldn’t feel so much like a straight jacket soon.
Things to do:
if it doesn’t relax soon enough for you, get suit slippers
buy some Titan Powerwash and wash it at least after every other use; note that washing it means tossing it in the washing machine by itself with Powerwash on the rinse/spin cycle – don’t run it through a full cycle and definitely not anything hotter than warm (I use cold, fwiw). If you wash it in Powerwash, it won’t stretch out as quickly over time. Air dry it.
Hope that’s useful. Let me know if you need sources.
I will say this much…it isn’t something I’d want to be wearing if I had to pee very badly.
You definitely have to work out strategies ahead of time for escaping it, and be sure to pee before you get into it. (Can’t you hear your mother saying, ‘just go try…’?)
Also, it will relax a little with a few uses, so it shouldn’t feel so much like a straight jacket soon.
Things to do:
if it doesn’t relax soon enough for you, get suit slippers
buy some Titan Powerwash and wash it at least after every other use; note that washing it means tossing it in the washing machine by itself with Powerwash on the rinse/spin cycle – don’t run it through a full cycle and definitely not anything hotter than warm (I use cold, fwiw). If you wash it in Powerwash, it won’t stretch out as quickly over time. Air dry it.
Hope that’s useful. Let me know if you need sources.[/quote]
Thanks very much for the information. I actually had it on three times last night seeing if I could loosen it up a bit. The first time was the worst. It got easier after that. The first time I tried it I MacGuyvered my own suit slipper technology and tried stockings. The legs are so tight, I couldn’t get the stockings off. I must have looked like one of the short but kids in a super tight squat suit and sexy stockings.
The third time, I powdered up in the bathtub. I think that helped. No doubt it will relax soon. Right now the legs are so tight it’s painful just doing body weight squats. Other than that, it’s tolerable.
The work out started in an exciting manner. I was the first one there and I had to pee really badly so I ran around to the back of the barn. I was too lazy to walk to the house.
When I was peeing in the bushes, I leaned over and my head went into a burr bush. I got a ball of burrs stuck in my hair (on my head) while I was peeing. Everytime I moved to try and pull it out it just got stuck further in my hair. It was like gum. It felt like I had a giant hamster hanging from my head.
I came out from behind the barn and one of the teenage boys had arrived and was wondering what the hell I was pulling out of my hair. Fortunately his mom had a brush and I was able to dislodge the pesky rodent.
Everyone thought it was hilarious. One guy told me he always knows when I sneak behind the barn because I have burrs hanging from my t-shirt in the back.
Any way:
Bench
45x1x10
65x1x5
77.5x3x8
65x1x10
DB Bench
35x3x8
Squat
45x1x10
95x1x5
95x1x5 new suit on with the straps down
95x1x4 straps up
I’m just trying it out for feel and I have to say it feels horrible. My legs are on fire. Around both of my thighs it feels like the skin has abraded right off. It doesn’t look as bad as it feels though. It was tough to go past parallel because of how tight it is in the thighs and how much it hurt. Is that normal?
135x3x8
95x1x5 no suit
Bottom start squats
Hip height
155x2x5
1.5" higher
175x1x5
I’m a bit bummed out right now because when I got home my tenant gave me notice so I have to find a new one for December 1.
The work out started in an exciting manner. I was the first one there and I had to pee really badly so I ran around to the back of the barn. I was too lazy to walk to the house.
When I was peeing in the bushes, I leaned over and my head went into a burr bush. I got a ball of burrs stuck in my hair (on my head) while I was peeing. Everytime I moved to try and pull it out it just got stuck further in my hair. It was like gum. It felt like I had a giant hamster hanging from my head.
I came out from behind the barn and one of the teenage boys had arrived and was wondering what the hell I was pulling out of my hair. Fortunately his mom had a brush and I was able to dislodge the pesky rodent.
Everyone thought it was hilarious. One guy told me he always knows when I sneak behind the barn because I have burrs hanging from my t-shirt in the back.
Any way:
Bench
45x1x10
65x1x5
77.5x3x8
65x1x10
DB Bench
35x3x8
Squat
45x1x10
95x1x5
95x1x5 new suit on with the straps down
95x1x4 straps up
I’m just trying it out for feel and I have to say it feels horrible. My legs are on fire. Around both of my thighs it feels like the skin has abraded right off. It doesn’t look as bad as it feels though. It was tough to go past parallel because of how tight it is in the thighs and how much it hurt. Is that normal?
135x3x8
95x1x5 no suit
Bottom start squats
Hip height
155x2x5
1.5" higher
175x1x5
I’m a bit bummed out right now because when I got home my tenant gave me notice so I have to find a new one for December 1.[/quote]
Squats suits are very painful:( They are really meant for heavy singles. I wouldn’t use it for high reps.
Squats suits are very painful:( They are really meant for heavy singles. I wouldn’t use it for high reps.
Good luck finding a tenant.
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I kind of figured they are meant for heavy singles. I just felt so uncomfortable in it I thought I would try it with some light weight just to get the feel of moving in it.
The first time I tried knee wraps I felt so odd I thought I would fall over.
Even though I’m still in pain, I feel more confident of how I can move in it so will go heavy singles next time I use it.
Thanks for the good wishes on the tenant. I just made a sign to post locally. I usually use the local paper but that gets expensive.
I don’t know why that struck me as so funny but I am cackling like a hen! I mean laughing like I’m watching Borat (okay, I’m 45 but I’m STILL a guy!)!!
Hint: DON’T dress up as one of those for Halloween! I don’t care how “glamorous” it looks!
Oh, but would I give a healthy sum to watch “knob gobblers” watching you Powerful Women lifting!! I can’t think of anything that would send them scurrying back to their Playstations faster!
That suit sounds painful, ouroboro_s, but I’ve no doubt that you’ll soon adapt and the #s will climb like a homesick angel. Next time I’m in Canada I’ll fake a limp and just watch while you squat!!
I don’t know why that struck me as so funny but I am cackling like a hen! I mean laughing like I’m watching Borat (okay, I’m 45 but I’m STILL a guy!)!!
Hint: DON’T dress up as one of those for Halloween! I don’t care how “glamorous” it looks!
Oh, but would I give a healthy sum to watch “knob gobblers” watching you Powerful Women lifting!! I can’t think of anything that would send them scurrying back to their Playstations faster!
That suit sounds painful, ouroboro_s, but I’ve no doubt that you’ll soon adapt and the #s will climb like a homesick angel. Next time I’m in Canada I’ll fake a limp and just watch while you squat!!
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I’m glad that made you laugh. I’m usually more likely to get in trouble for being not very nice and sweet. My sister disapproves of me. I’m not lady like enough for her. Happily, my brother and I get together and laugh at her.
I like the phrase “the numbers will climb like a homesick angel”. That’s very poetic. Is that a Mississippi thing or a flying thing?
I’m glad that made you laugh. I’m usually more likely to get in trouble for being not very nice and sweet.
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I’m ALL for polite, but sometimes you just can’t polish a turd. You gotta call the baby ugly . . . . Knob gobblers. I’m still saying that and chuckling.
How much can SHE squat ? ? ? ? ? ? That’s what I thought! Game, Set, Match to ouroboro_s!!
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I like the phrase “the numbers will climb like a homesick angel”. That’s very poetic. Is that a Mississippi thing or a flying thing?[/quote]
A little of both. It sounds like “home” but I’ve heard it thoughout the flying community. I first heard it as an impressionable young 25 year old flying the F-4, my avatar’s jet in my native Miss’ippi, though. We might be 50th in almost everything but Mississippi has a ton of literary talent.
Our State Motto is “Thank God for Arkansas!” Oh, Lord, am I gonna get my ass flamed for THAT. Just MAYBE you’ll get your thread back a couple pages from now!!!
Bottom start squat
155x2x5
175x1x1 (I only got one rep out on this and just couldn’t push out any more)
I had a laugh this morning at training. I was the last one to leave. The barn is in a very rural area and the driveway is like a long dirt road. Driving out, I saw the van of the two teenage boys stopped in the middle of the driveway/road.
I slowed down because they weren’t in the van. Then I see them hiding in the woods behind some bushes waiting for me to get out and investigate. They were going to jump out and scare me.
However, they miscalulated in that they are huge and they aren’t wearing camoflage so they are totally exposed. I turned my window down and asked what they were doing like a couple of homos in the bushes. I laughed my ass off. It was funny as hell.
This afternoon I went for a hike in the woods with one of my daughters. I love this time of year. We were walking on the top of the escarpment. This is one of the pictures she took. I wish I could live in these woods.
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The first time I tried knee wraps I felt so odd I thought I would fall over.
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The third time my coach wrapped my knees the first time I tried them (when he wrapped them “reasonably tight”) they were so tight I couldn’t breathe. I had no idea my kneecaps were connected to my lungs.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
ouroboro_s wrote:
The first time I tried knee wraps I felt so odd I thought I would fall over.
The third time my coach wrapped my knees the first time I tried them (when he wrapped them “reasonably tight”) they were so tight I couldn’t breathe. I had no idea my kneecaps were connected to my lungs.
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Who knew right? I think it’s just a general feeling of constriction and claustrophobia. I kind of felt like my feet disappeared. I don’t think I had my really tight either.
I think it’s just a general feeling of constriction and claustrophobia.
Could be your diet beforehand. For some reason that happens to me when I eat Greek Food!
I kind of felt like my feet disappeared. I don’t think I had my really tight either.
I’ll bet that’ll go away with time.
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I hear Greek food does that to you. Do you eat a lot of it or is it only on special occasions? On the other hand, I would have thought your ears would be far more affected than your feet but what do I know?
P. Cleans
95x3x5
100x1x1
105x1x1
110x1x1
115x1x1
120x1x1
Good mornings
45x1x10
95x1x8
105x1x8
120x1x5
Squats (superset with good mornings)
45x1x10
95x1x8
105x1x8
120x1x5
135x1x5
135x1x1 (this one had a pause at the bottom. I just sat on my heels for a second. I do this frequently with cool down sets at 95)
Rack Pulls
205x1x8
225x1x5
245x1x3
265x1x2
275x1x1
285x1x0 (I think I would have gotten this one but I almost peed my pants when I started to pull hard. Next time, I’ll go before I try for heavier weight. Who wants to be limited by their bladder)
225x1x8
BB rows
95x1x8
100x1x7
105x3x5
Pullups (Maybe I need some of these for the rack pulls. Either that or Depends)
1x9
1x6
1x5
I hear Greek food does that to you. Do you eat a lot of it or is it only on special occasions?
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VERY special occasions.
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On the other hand, I would have thought your ears would be far more affected than your feet but what do I know?[/quote]
Probably a lot more than you think. It warms my ears somethin’ fierce! How’d you know?
Great numbers, by the way! That’s a LOT of work! Your volume is impressive.
As far as being limited by one’s bladder, my Commander told me that for guys (you DEFINITELY ain’t a guy) over 40 “never trust a fart and never pass up a bathroom!!”
