squats: 5@45, 5@85, 5@95, 5@115, 5@135, 5@145, 2@155 (ugly so didn’t keep going), 10@95 (explosive & very pretty)
bench: 10@45, 5@65, 5@85, 5@95, 5@105, 2@115
This time I tried it with middle finger on the rings – wider grip than usual. I feel a lot stronger that way. Is it “legal”?
high row: 5x8@45 (I’m not sure if that’s the right word; it’s a shoulder exercise where you’re standing upright and bring the bar from your waist to your shoulders.)
So, basically hit my goals for this month: +20 on squat and deadlift, +10 on bench. The hope is to repeat that increase by Jan. 1. Might not happen, since I’ll be visiting my family part of the time, and will have to wheedle my parents to let me go to the gym. But they’ve been forewarned and seem to be cool with it.
Nice going with the PRs! I fully intend to keep training over the Christmas period, although Christmas and Boxing Day, the gym will be shut, of course. I have my kettlebells, though.
You know what?
Celibacy sucks. So does loneliness.
Come on to a male friend? Couldn’t do it; could lead to permanent humiliation. I’m half thinking about it but it could be awful.
Meet people at bars? I tried that once and nothing came of it. It’s too expensive a habit to keep doing.
The internet? Creeps and scuzzballs and axe murderers.
Ask the handsome guy in my art class what his name is? Oh, what’s the fucking point?
Pretend I don’t really care and the only thing that matters to me is working hard and being a good girl? I’m trying, man, but it doesn’t work so well.
Why is it so hard? I’m a 21-year-old girl. I swear to God I’m nice and easy to get along with. It shouldn’t be this hard for me to get a little satisfaction.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Well, I did try overhead squats yesterday. Got the bar up, but could do no more than a lame quarter-squat with it. Maybe with a curl bar or a body bar, but not with the Oly bar.[/quote]
I’d like to keep progressing at the same rate:
+20 on squat (which should mean 185)
+20 on deadlift (215 – if I can, I’ll go for 225 just so I can have two plates.)
+10 on bench (125)
Good goals - I wish I could do those weights when I was 21. Good luck and stay injury free.
As for the no sex thing - yeah, it bites but you it really isn’t everything in life. You are young and have plenty of years ahead of you. (Being in the same situation at twice that age = not so cool). But why not chat to the nice looking guy in art class? I mean, you don’t have to lick your lips and stick your tits in his face - just be friendly. It can’t hurt. Without being patronising, you do sound as though you lack confidence, and you have no need to buy. The guys over on SAMA seem to like your ass so it can’t all be bad, eh?
Ah, fair enough.
I guess it’s not a huge deal. Sometimes it seems to matter a lot and sometimes it doesn’t. (When I’ve had enough sleep, oddly enough, everything feels better.)
I haven’t got any of this figured out. Yeah, low confidence, the whole SAMA business (blech), thinking that nobody can really like me unless I really tilt the odds in my own favor. I am so bad at this.
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
Good goals - I wish I could do those weights when I was 21. Good luck and stay injury free.
As for the no sex thing - yeah, it bites but you it really isn’t everything in life. You are young and have plenty of years ahead of you. (Being in the same situation at twice that age = not so cool). But why not chat to the nice looking guy in art class? I mean, you don’t have to lick your lips and stick your tits in his face - just be friendly. It can’t hurt. Without being patronising, you do sound as though you lack confidence, and you have no need to buy. The guys over on SAMA seem to like your ass so it can’t all be bad, eh? [/quote]
What’s wrong with licking your lips and sticking your tits in his face? I’m just saying.
So, intended this to be a PR day, but, since I was lifting with the PL guys, instead it was an incredibly humbling form-correcting day.
Squats: 5@45, 5@95, 5@135, 5@135, 5@115, 10@95, 10@45 truly ass to grass, staying down in the hole for 5 seconds each
My problem is back rounding, as usual. When I’ve gotten up to 165 these are real squats to depth, mind you, – they’re just fugly. Leading with the butt is so much harder. I actually failed on the last rep at 115. The guys are patient but I wish i could show them something good and instead it’s just a lot of failure.
Deadlift: 20@115, 8@155, 5@175, 10@65, 10@85, 10@115.
Here my problem is butt again. I have the back rounding (mostly) fixed, but I have trouble getting my butt low enough and so I never get to use my legs; my deadlifts look like RDL’s.
They want me to stay at 115 for deadlifts. Feh.
At this point, fuck the meet, really. These aren’t numbers.
Fuck it all. I haven’t got strength or brains and every day is so daunting I don’t want to get up in the morning. And this happens to me every year around the start of winter and has since I was eleven.
Hey Alisa, dont get discouraged, your log is a pretty impressive testament to your dedication. Im impressed. Do you take a vitamin D supp? I have always ran out of gas in the winter, but after reading the article “D is for doping”, by Chris Shugart , and started taking 5- 6000 IU a day of vitamin D a day, it has been a beautiful winter so far. The two guys that I work with have been sick and to the doctor twice. Four of my closest friends, we eat lunch together about every day, have all had a cold this year already and one of them ended up in the emergency room with strep throat! And my two daughters have also had a cold a peace. So far, I haven’t had even a sniffle. And the best part? I feel like a sunny day! I urge you to read the article, I hope it helps.
hammer, your advice is better than mine. When I started taking fish oil I couldn’t believe the changes in my mood. Less irritability, fewer angry conversations in my head. I have been thinking about adding vitamin D.
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Confucius
Not much i can add that hammer hasn’t hit upon, but to keep it up kid and here are a few quotes. (PS i really love quotes, and you should do the meet, it will give you a baseline to improve upon)
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
Thomas Alva Edison
“Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.”
Henry Ward Beecher
Thanks for the encouragement, guys.
And I’ll check out the Vitamin D. I’ve been a gloomy person for so long, especially after dark or in the winter, and it never occurred to me that there might be something I could fix physiologically.
upper body day:
bench: 10@45, 5@85, 5@95, 5@105, 1@115, 5@110
rows: 10 each arm @30, 3x10@35
(had to relearn form on these; I’m not supposed to use my shoulders.)
shrugs (first time doing these)
10@45’s, 2x10@55’s
db curls: 3x15 each arm @20
machine row:
10@70, 3x10@80
lat pulldown:
10@80, 10@90, 8@100, 5@120
PL guy said I was getting better. Who knows.
He brought his girlfriend (not a lifter) and they were all whispering and giggling and I hope it wasn’t at me.
Also. I’ve been eating badly and not running and i got a bit fatter. I won’t be able to just get rid of it now since I have to go home soon and won’t have choice in food. I’m in a very FA mood (like, should i even go to formals? or just hide in my room) but this is stupid.
Also. Thesis. Classes. Applications. Please God let me die.
Any particular reason you are doing shrugs? Most people are upper trap dominant and are better served by a combination of rows (to bring shoulder blades together) and direct deltoid work for aesthetics and shoulder stability.
Stop fretting about your weight. Before Christmas is a bad time to get caught up in all that. Eat, drink and be merry, and diet in January with the rest of the herd. Most people are trying to be healthier then so you will have less temptations to face.
Besides, it’s unlikely anyone notices except you, so no, don’t hide in your room feeling sorry for yourself. Put on a big smile, act like you’re a goddess and everyone else will believe you are.
