[quote]AlisaV wrote:
I’ll just get back on the horse. [/quote]
Right.
Handling success is easy. How you handle setbacks and disappointment will define who you are and what you end up achieving in your life.
You are tearing it up…
Rome wasn’t built in a day
New motor skills take a while to build.
and your progress is great.
I get beyond frustrated when I bomb- or don’t hit the numbers I want,
but the numbers all come in time.
use the “bad lifts” bad days as markers for where to improve
good technique
good reps
good food/rest
the numbers will get there.
PS I would not drop the running- just change up your volume and when you do it.
if you do it different days from lifting- it prolongs your recovery-
sounds counter intuitive but it’s true
do a lower day- and then run or sprint right after-
doing it on a non strength day tends to just prolong recovery from your strength work
I dislike the word but you need to periodize a wee little bit with the running
( and I like my running too)
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
AlisaV wrote:
I’ll just get back on the horse.
Right.
Handling success is easy. How you handle setbacks and disappointment will define who you are and what you end up achieving in your life. [/quote]
I concur!
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
tried sumo deadlifts:
10@135, 5@175, 1/1/1@205
and rack pulls:
10@135, 3x5@175, 3@175, 2@175
bench:
10@45, 5@65, 5@85, 4/3/5 @95
20 min on stair machine, 127 floors
1411 kcal, p/f/c 97.5/23/99.3
Thanks for the encouragement. But sometimes I think this has been a total waste. If I don’t hitch at all, my deadlifts are down to 175. Seriously. How the fuck am I supposed to add 75 pounds to my deadlift? It’s so fucking depressing because I really wanted to be good at this weightlifting thing, I wanted to actually be good at something physical for a change, I wanted to be strong for a change, and it hasn’t happened. Whatever I did wasn’t enough.
I so hate getting my hopes up only to have them smashed. [/quote]
Are you finished crying yet? Pull yourself together.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your strength. It sounds like you need to spend more mental time on the lifts. Tape them and analyse them. What works for someone else may not work for you. Don’t expect it to come quickly. Make small changes and experiment. We sound like we’re about the same size and I was tired of watching all the short girls squat like it was nothing. I played with my squat to work best for me.
I know it’s frustrating. I deadlifted on Saturday and my guy (also a powerlifter) watched and every time he said. Nope. Nope. Nope. Too much back. Not enough legs and hips. I did it over and over again. Saturday night I went into my garage and pulled again. This time trying something that had come as an epiphany while I was making dinner. It was much better.
My point is that the biggest gains I’ve made in the past year were probably from making changes in how I lift, not necessarily getting stronger. Based on everything you’ve posted, I’m pretty sure you have the mental capacity to work it out 
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
p.s.—> I’m referring to the T-Vixen 'tude, not to be confused with the brotard/ cardio bunny/ soccer mom tudes. [/quote]
Fuck you. I totally rock the soccer mom 'tude.
Alisa, this ‘weight lifting thing’ is more of a journey than a destination. So, to agree with Hungry, listen to your fellow Powerful Women. They’ve got you heading in the correct direction!
Oh and BTW, from what I’ve seen, your lifts are pretty damn impressive for your level of training and your body composition! We ALL get discouraged from time-to-time, however just as with a distance run we have to keep telling ourselves to ‘lift those knees!’
Best of luck!! Glad to have you back elsewhere!
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
CBear84 wrote:
p.s.—> I’m referring to the T-Vixen 'tude, not to be confused with the brotard/ cardio bunny/ soccer mom tudes.
Fuck you. I totally rock the soccer mom 'tude.[/quote]
Nope. Soccer moms dont flip tires across their backyards. They hire someone to do that for them.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
Are you finished crying yet? Pull yourself together.
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with your strength. It sounds like you need to spend more mental time on the lifts. Tape them and analyse them. What works for someone else may not work for you. Don’t expect it to come quickly. Make small changes and experiment. We sound like we’re about the same size and I was tired of watching all the short girls squat like it was nothing. I played with my squat to work best for me.
I know it’s frustrating. I deadlifted on Saturday and my guy (also a powerlifter) watched and every time he said. Nope. Nope. Nope. Too much back. Not enough legs and hips. I did it over and over again. Saturday night I went into my garage and pulled again. This time trying something that had come as an epiphany while I was making dinner. It was much better.
My point is that the biggest gains I’ve made in the past year were probably from making changes in how I lift, not necessarily getting stronger. Based on everything you’ve posted, I’m pretty sure you have the mental capacity to work it out :)[/quote]
This is pretty much exactly where I’m at. Deconstructing my squat and deadlift by filming and critiquing and adjusting and experimenting. My numbers suck at the moment and my form is only slowly and marginally improving. But this has gotta be done.
Weight training is your hobby – you aren’t getting paid to do this. Its just a nice break from your studies, at which you are probably similarly uber-motivated, right???
Okay. No more crying – oh boy did I boo-hoo too much.
I think you’re right about the thinking. I had such a tendency to rush into things without thinking. Today I’m going to do the same thing again; lots of good deadlifts, at whatever weight I can do them right.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Okay. No more crying – oh boy did I boo-hoo too much.
I think you’re right about the thinking. I had such a tendency to rush into things without thinking. Today I’m going to do the same thing again; lots of good deadlifts, at whatever weight I can do them right.[/quote]
Not too much. You go to your boy friend to get ‘poor sweet baby’ type feed back. You come here for a kick in the arse
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
tried sumo deadlifts:
10@135, 5@175, 1/1/1@205
and rack pulls:
10@135, 3x5@175, 3@175, 2@175
bench:
10@45, 5@65, 5@85, 4/3/5 @95
20 min on stair machine, 127 floors
1411 kcal, p/f/c 97.5/23/99.3
Thanks for the encouragement. But sometimes I think this has been a total waste. If I don’t hitch at all, my deadlifts are down to 175. Seriously. How the fuck am I supposed to add 75 pounds to my deadlift? It’s so fucking depressing because I really wanted to be good at this weightlifting thing, I wanted to actually be good at something physical for a change, I wanted to be strong for a change, and it hasn’t happened. Whatever I did wasn’t enough.
I so hate getting my hopes up only to have them smashed. [/quote]
Well for the record, since nobody asked, I think you need MORE FOOD. Like 1800 to 2200 cals on days you hit the iron. If you are trying to gain strength then loosing weight is not usually compatible with that goal.
Also something is jacked with your rack pulls. You should pull serious weight with them. Like more than your deads. Its primarily an upper back lift- the pins should be set just barely below your knee cap.
So fix the pull point on your rack pulls and you can rack some big weights up there( I am guessing around 300ish)- it will fire you up to do the same else where- i promise!
And EAT.
And Hi, I am Candy - Gram that is.
Hi Candy!
Something is, indeed, jacked with both my deads and my rack pulls. I’m trying to figure it out. The bar is in the right place, though.
rack pulls: 5@135, 5x5@175, 3x5@205
deadlifts: 10@135, 6x1@205, 2x1 sumo deadlift (it isn’t any easier)
bench: 1x10@45, 1x10@65, 5/3/2@95, 3/2/2/1/1@100
squat: 5@45, 5@95, 5@115, 5@135, 5@155, 5@175, inexplicably bushed at this point
narrow squat: 5@135, 4@145
4x25 pushups
single-leg DB deadlift, 5x5@30 each leg
Couldn’t eat lunch for schedule reasons – this means I didn’t even get to 1200 cal.
Also, videotaped myself (it’s not been loading, I’ll try again) and my main problem is still rounding my back.
One more try with the rack pulls. 175 lbs.
Your back’s round, but you know that. I do this when I’m not careful as well - comes of having a long back (proportionally) and hunching over a computer all day. Work on your hip mobility and stretch the fuck out of your hip flexors. It should help.
Here’s a nice instructional video on rack pulls
The rack pull is a glute+hamstring lift. Keep the back straight so you don’t end up like me, wishing you could have that nice, healthy disk back where it belongs.
Consider dropping weight and working form (video each lift and check it) until it’s solid and then start moving the poundage up.
I know you aren’t shy…stick that booty out!!
[quote]DaCharmingAlbino wrote:
Here’s a nice instructional video on rack pulls
The rack pull is a glute+hamstring lift. Keep the back straight so you don’t end up like me, wishing you could have that nice, healthy disk back where it belongs.
Consider dropping weight and working form (video each lift and check it) until it’s solid and then start moving the poundage up. [/quote]
Thanks. That’s what I’m going to do. I need a “learning day” or several.
It would probably help straiten out your back if you pulled from the top of the knee rather than the bottom 
What does that mean?