Yeah, there’s always salad, and there’s a microwave down the hall.
6 sprints.
quarter mile, 97 s
quarter mile, 110 s (feh)
10 minutes running up and down stairs.
I am convinced my roommate/best friend should try weights. She has the potential to be a beast. She just carried a girl down four flights of stairs! She’s one of those naturally stocky & strong types who can keep muscle while doing barely anything.
Of course, she’s scared of barbells and my misadventures have done nothing to reassure her. It’s pretty well established that she’s the sane one and I’m the nut. (A lovable, talented nut, perhaps.) But maybe we can do dumbbell stuff together. I think her talents are wasted on the damn elliptical.
Just tell her that you bet you are stronger than she is, and make a competition out of it! 
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
I am convinced my roommate/best friend should try weights. She has the potential to be a beast. She just carried a girl down four flights of stairs! She’s one of those naturally stocky & strong types who can keep muscle while doing barely anything.
Of course, she’s scared of barbells and my misadventures have done nothing to reassure her. It’s pretty well established that she’s the sane one and I’m the nut. (A lovable, talented nut, perhaps.) But maybe we can do dumbbell stuff together. I think her talents are wasted on the damn elliptical.[/quote]
Alisa - YOU MUST CONVERT HER! This is me. Seriously. I assume she struggles with cardio because she feels “fat” or “big” and doesn’t understand why this way of working out isn’t whittling her down to a size 2. For me, once I found this outlet through which my “bigger” body became not only extremely useful, but desirable, everything changed. You must be the fly in her ear…especially because your strength and dedication should inspire anyone who knows how you do what you do!
Shauna – that’s exactly her, to a T. She does the cardio dutifully, but it’s pretty much the way you said. And she really could be good at weights. It’s hard to compare her lifts to mine since she doesn’t do barbell stuff, but the weights she does do are pretty good (e.g. 80 on lat pulldown) especially for someone who is kind of on-and-off about the gym. Thanks for the encouragement and I’ll try to get her started.
squats:
5@45, 5@85, 5@95, 5@115, 5@135, 3@145 (PR!)
Note to random gym guy: please, do not unexpectedly come up behind me and “help” me with weights I am able to lift myself!
He said “That looked heavy for you.” Well, DAMN STRAIGHT it was heavy for me. That’s kind of the point of going for a PR. I’m sure he meant well, but there’s no real danger of squashing yourself in a power rack with bail bars. And I suspect that were I a man straining a little on my last set, he wouldn’t have interfered.
seated DB press:
5@30’s, 3x5@35’s
rack pulls:
5@135, 5@155, 5@175, 5@185
deadlifts:
5@60, 5@105, 5@135, 5@155, 5@165, tried 175 but back was starting to round.
I like how deadlifts are going now, because I’m aware when my form is good and it feels awesome. New goal: 200 by December. Reasonable?
DB rows:
10 each arm @45, 50, 50.
lat raises: 3x10@15
pushups: 4x25
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
squats:
5@45, 5@85, 5@95, 5@115, 5@135, 3@145 (PR!)
Note to random gym guy: please, do not unexpectedly come up behind me and “help” me with weights I am able to lift myself!
He said “That looked heavy for you.” Well, DAMN STRAIGHT it was heavy for me. That’s kind of the point of going for a PR. I’m sure he meant well, but there’s no real danger of squashing yourself in a power rack with bail bars. And I suspect that I were a man straining a little on my last set, he wouldn’t have interfered.
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I hope you told him that so he doesn’t do this again.
Your squats and deads are coming right back up after that little form-bump in the road!
Question: does anybody do rack pulls ABOVE the knee? Does that even count as an exercise?
I normally do them below the knee.
I was hoping to get that fun boost of “oh wow, I can pull so much more than I deadlift” but it actually isn’t that much easier for me.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
AlisaV wrote:
squats:
5@45, 5@85, 5@95, 5@115, 5@135, 3@145 (PR!)
Note to random gym guy: please, do not unexpectedly come up behind me and “help” me with weights I am able to lift myself!
He said “That looked heavy for you.” Well, DAMN STRAIGHT it was heavy for me. That’s kind of the point of going for a PR. I’m sure he meant well, but there’s no real danger of squashing yourself in a power rack with bail bars. And I suspect that I were a man straining a little on my last set, he wouldn’t have interfered.
I hope you told him that so he doesn’t do this again.
Your squats and deads are coming right back up after that little form-bump in the road![/quote]
Thanks.
Actually I was so flustered all I could say was “Sorry.”
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Question: does anybody do rack pulls ABOVE the knee? Does that even count as an exercise?
I normally do them below the knee.
I was hoping to get that fun boost of “oh wow, I can pull so much more than I deadlift” but it actually isn’t that much easier for me.[/quote]
it counts like box squats above parallel count. it depends what you’re trying to accomplish.
ps. bobbi does em above the knee. she pulled 405.
next time you see that silly, last minute spotting prat in the gym, let him know whats up. like, if you dont ask for it, BACK THE FUCK OFF!
Okay, for CBear, food info:
2163 kcal, p/f/c 137.7/132.0/114.5
(a little guesswork since I had coconut milk curry which is not listed on fitday. )
And I will say something the next time. I tend to have the attitude that it’s “his” gym (if he’s male and stronger than me) and so it’s me who should apologize, but I recognize that’s kinda dumb.
Do you listen to music while training?
I did for a long time and as soon as I stopped everyone felt the need to chat up a storm!
No, I never did. Generally it’s distracting for me.
ya, thats why I stopped…
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Okay, for CBear, food info:
2163 kcal, p/f/c 137.7/132.0/114.5
(a little guesswork since I had coconut milk curry which is not listed on fitday. )[/quote]
atta girl!
[quote]
And I will say something the next time. I tend to have the attitude that it’s “his” gym (if he’s male and stronger than me) and so it’s me who should apologize, but I recognize that’s kinda dumb.[/quote]
fuck, alisa. seriously. if i saw you in person i would cause a small amount of physical harm to your person for attitudes like this.
Alisa, are you kidding me? What he did was foolish and dangerous. You don’t jump in and spot someone squatting when they aren’t expecting it. You don’t even talk to them ffs. What a fucking cunt. I swear to god if I’m ever injured it is because some fucktard is trying to rescue me. A few weeks ago when I was benching, I had the bar locked out at the top, setting up for my set and all of a sudden this guy appears in my vision and grabs the bar telling me he thought it looked heavy. I was locked out you fucking retard. Let me tell you, I didn’t apologise even after I flayed the skin off his body for doing something so dangerous.
Sweety, you need to work on your aggression or at very least your assertiveness or people will walk over you for the rest of your life.
You don’t need to go full on CBear but you need to draw your own line in the dirt and hold fast to it.
lotsa food, meant to try climbing but the wall was unexpectedly closed;
instead sat on my ass but was productive at least.
2281 kcal, p/f/c 101.3/156.8/194.5
Yeah, I need to try that assertiveness thing.
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
You don’t need to go full on CBear [/quote]
I lol’d.
alisa-> I’ve become very entertained by rock climbing. I suggest anyone give it a shot.
came to the gym too late to get a full workout so that’ll be tomorrow; did cardio afterwards instead.
squat: 5@45, 5@65, 5@85, 5@95, 5@115, 5@135
burpees: 3x60 s
box jumps: 3x60 s
squat hops: 3x30 s (my sister used to do these for dance class. Squat down, ass to ankles, and hop in a squatting position. It’s hellish.)
squat jumps: 3x30 s
4 30-second sprints
food:
1864 kcal, p/f/c 128.7/111.6/63.9