Hi, still here!
Hope everyone had a good 4th 
Hey, I didnt get a chance to read all 4 pages so sorry if this was already mentioned. I’m sure it was.
If u wanna do a pull up, (palms away from you)
I would start by doing chins if u cant do those. Start by doing the eccentric phase only(lowering)and go down as slow as you can. Eventually try to be able to lower yourself for a 30 second count. Then with pauses at the mid point, top, etc.
Then do this with weight and if u have them, with bands as well.
Don’t use those assistance machines either. Mainly since when ur hanging ur gonna be swinging around, with those machines ur kneeling on a stable base so you lose a beneficial stability component of the exercise.
Thanks for stopping by!
For me, its more than just wanting to do a pull up…yes,its the kind of strength I’m after…
But I think you can be really strong and bench like crazy, but if you cant do some decent push ups, or pull ups for that matter, do you really have business being under the bar?
Im not sure…
For now I am still plugging along, trying to get rid of this stubborn fat!
Hey there. Your bench is coming along really well. I like your sets at 110. I’m excited when I can push out a couple at 105. I’m kind of of the reverse of you in that I can bang out pullups and push ups but struggle on the bench.
I went to the doc yesterday, and she set me up to get my labs done.She did note that my thyroid felt enlarged! Im also meeting with a nutritionist in a couple weeks. Supposed to keep a food log(which I already do.)
Personally, I think its time to add in MORE FOOD! Ill just stick to what Ive been doing until I see the nutritionist though…Its time to start getting answers about my lack of fat loss…maybe I should have done this sooner!
So here are my (boring foods) for the day…
830am- 1packet weight control oatmeal
M.D. shake with a splash of coffee!
11am- 4 hardboiled eggs(whites only)
1/2 cup garbonzo beans
2 celery sticks
130pm- M.D. shake
Apple
215-WORKOUT-
430-chicken
barilla pasta
spinach
630-pork chop
.5 tbsp olive oil
broccoli
830-cottage cheese
Calories Eaten Today
grams cals %total
Total: 1760
Fat: 46 413 25%
Sat: 8 68 4%
Poly: 4 34 2%
Mono: 13 117 7%
Carbs: 183 575 34%
Fiber: 39 0 0%
Protein: 170 680 41%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%
I hope your doctor can help you solve the riddle of your lack of fat loss. I know you are very frustrated and I think it’s great that you are still plugging along.
Are you still losing inches, or has that stopped too? 
Actually, I haven’t taken any new measurements since mid June…I really don’t think anything has changed though…I had to get weighed at the doctors yesterday, and apparently I have GAINED 6 pounds in two weeks…I know I at while on vacation, but DANG!
Anyway, Im so over it…its a good thing I enjoy working out and not eating like a piggy, otherwise I dont see where the motivation would be coming from!
I hit a new PR for bench today…115! YAY!! Each time I hit a max, it has been going up fairly easy, well not easy, but you know…Im not struggling in other words…I hope Im doing this right…does this look like too many warm up sets? Im trying to spend as much time as I can under the bar to make it count…If I was lifting 300+ pounds then that would be a different story, lol…
Workout today:
Bench
1x12xbar
1x10x75
1x8x85
1x8x95
2x5x105
1x3x115
Incline db bench-3x10x35s
Bent over barbell row(underhand)- 4x10x85lbs
Bent over delt flyes-3x12x10s(up from 7.5s)
Weighted crunches on a ball… Never did those before, lol…but I could certainly feel my abs working, so hopefully I was doing them right!!
15 min hill intervals on treadmill…
I did deadlifts today!! And before that there was another guy doing dls, the first time I’ve EVER seen anyone else do them…
It was only my second time ever doing them, but I plan on adding a 4th day to my training, so I can do them routinely! I think I could really learn to love them!!
So here is a video…don’t mind my booty sticking in the air, I realize its not the best view ;)…135lbs goes up pretty easily, but I think I will stay with this weight for a couple weeks to practice form…I’m open to any crtiques…I know it’s probably not perfect, but gotta start somewhere, right?
oops, Im a dork! someone could have told me that stupid link didn’t work, LOL!! SOrry!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
135lbs goes up pretty easily, but I think I will stay with this weight for a couple weeks to practice form…I’m open to any crtiques…I know it’s probably not perfect, but gotta start somewhere, right?[/quote]
Pshaw. Those looked so easy! I bet you didn’t even break a sweat or start breathing hard.
It looks a tad awkward because I think you have your feet a bit too wide so you are forcing your arms out further. When I do a conventional stance like that I try to keep my feet shoulder-width. Of course everyone’s body is different, so just play around with what stance feels best for you. Other than that, you did a good job getting your butt down before you pulled. Looked great to me.
Will someone tell me what fatman chinups are? Tks.
Its like an inverted pull up a on a fixed object…
Thanks SIC! I will keep practicing!
Those deadlifts looked good. It won’t be long before you are pulling much heavier. I agree with Sic on playing around with stance. When I started my natural inclination was sumo. I’ve since transitioned away from that but I think your body will go with what works best.
I didn’t realise you were so tall. When I was watching the video I had to double check your profile. I’m not sure why, but I had visualised you as much shorter. Funny.
Those DL looked good, easy for you, but good 
I agree that your stance looked a little awkward but you will figure out what works best for you as you keep doing them.
This video helped me alot when I first started
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_RipDeadliftIntro.wmv
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Its like an inverted pull up a on a fixed object…
Thanks SIC! I will keep practicing![/quote]
Ahhh, ok, I call them something else. Thanks!!
Thanks girls, it means a lot…I guess you can say that the deadlift and I are still getting to know one another, so we’re in our awkward phase…I get all giddy when I step up to the bar
Place your feet so that your arms are parallel. That will give you the longest arm distance. Your knees will press outward on to the inside of your arms. Just before lift-off your body should look like the number “4”. Try to visualize that. Your form looked pretty decent.
Like Sic said, you didn’t even break a sweat or get the heart pumpin. $10 says you’re good for
200 lb. right now. Once you get hooked on heavy you’ll hate warm-ups. Keep up the good work.
TNT
Thank you, thank you!
Like I said before, that was only my second time ever doing deads, and it was at the end of my leg day when my legs already felt like Jello, so who knows!
I don’t even know what the usual starting weight is for someone just learning the move…I know at my gym there aren’t training plates or anything else I hear about.And as you can see from the video there really isn’t a decent spot to do anything! I need a new gym…Anyway,I assumed starting with 35s was standard, did that last time, felt easy, so I went up to 45s
Thank you all for having confidence in me! I will go up next time and see what happens…I just dont want to compromise the form Im still learning too much!
The first time I tried to DL I did 135. It was difficult since I’d never done the lift before, but it wasn’t hard. Boy was I sore the next day!
I think women typically underestimate their abilities. You’re doing a really great job progressing on your other lifts. As soon as you get a little more confidence with this I think your strength will skyrocket.
Also, make sure you “lockout” on your DL.
Lean back slightly when you finish. You want your shoulders to go slightly passed vertical. Squeezing your butt should accomplish that.
TNT
Ya, Im still sore! Sore in places I didn’t think Id be sore in, like my traps…But those darn lunges get me everytime, and it hurts to sit down for a couple days after, lol…