Can I be you please?
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Can I be you please?[/quote]
So you can meet the pukey fairy? I know, everyone’s jealous of our close relationship.
U-L35 Upper 19
129.4
A fulfilling lift. Hit a PR, smashed my lats, took 3 ibuprofen so no shooting shoulder pains and the pukey fairy didn’t find me.
BB Bench (had dips on the list but passed because of the shoulders and went with something less stressful)
10x45
5x65
5x85
2x95
2x110 (+5lb) the dufus who spotted me handed the bar off while my feet were still up on the bench! I was like “holy shit man!” Got my feet down quick and still managed to get the double up with relative ease so that’s encouraging.
10x95 Got a different spotter. Failed on 11. Getting more comfortable with this powerlifting style set up. Eventually I’ll groove without missing high and low.
Parallel pullup 9xbw (+1)
1 DB leaning OHP 12x35 (+2)
Wide seated row (strip set)
10x100
10x85
10x70
10x55
10x40
Bent over curl 3x8-40
OH pressdown 3x6-42.5
Cable crunch 2x15-65
assistance*
HS high row (strip set)
20x110
15x90
15x70
20x50
HS decline press 10x50 dead stop to explosive
CG bench
8x65
8x75
UH bench 10x85
does parallel pullup mean hands parallel or feet elevated “rack” pull ups??
crazy on the handoff. good job finding it in you to nail a couple reps.
pukey fairy should be ur enemy.
i like today’s weight. is 130 on the horizon!?!?! =+P
Parallel pullup means a pullup with palms facing each other aka neutral or log grip.
And I’m working on it 
k…that’s what i figgered.
work harder.
we need food porn, missy.
You’ve been having super-strong training days lately. If there’s a secret, share!
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
You’ve been having super-strong training days lately. If there’s a secret, share!
[/quote]
Be awesome. lol
Food porn. 3 quarts of whole milk today? Yahhh
I miss lifting 
Probably won’t hit the gym again until next week sigh
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
You’ve been having super-strong training days lately. If there’s a secret, share!
[/quote]
She is strong because of the pornographic food. It gives her superpowers. 
Taking off to Chicago tonight. See ya’ll next week!
have fun!! eat lots!!
stay safe!
Finally got in the gym. I had to go to the Y up here in Findlay which el suckos and I didn’t have my supps or pre workout ritual so I went in tired. Still managed some PRs!
U-L35 Lower 20
127.6
Deficit DL
10x45
5x135
3x165
1x185 PR - I remember when I was coming back from the car accident and couldn’t pull the bar off the top of my feet. Proud day. I know next time I’ll get at least a trip, if not all 5.
DB lunge 6x40 (+5)
BB hip extension 15x185 - guys were asking me what this was, what muscle it’s for, how I do “so much weight” LOL
Seated calves
15x135
15x135 - there was a guy (maybe mid 40s, 5’8" 175) on the machine when I came over and asked to work in. He was like, “let me take a plate off for you, that’s a lot of weight.” I was like, “no that’s alright.” He insisted “are you sure? that’s a lot of weight. I don’t think that’s a good warm up.” I plopped down, popped out the safety bar and banged out 15 quick ones. He was like “um. wow. okay.” hahahaha
Decline sit (behind head) 15x10 - try putting a plate behind your head 10X harder
Cable crunch 12x70
DB shrug 20x65
nice work on those defecits and overcoming that.
deets on the car accident please.
[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
U-L35 Lower 20
127.6[/quote]
You must have the world’s fastest metabolism. Damn.
[quote]Deficit DL
10x45
5x135
3x165
1x185 PR - I remember when I was coming back from the car accident and couldn’t pull the bar off the top of my feet. Proud day. I know next time I’ll get at least a trip, if not all 5.[/quote]
Well done. How do you set up your deficit? Are you up on a step or something?
[quote]
Seated calves
15x135
15x135 - there was a guy (maybe mid 40s, 5’8" 175) on the machine when I came over and asked to work in. He was like, “let me take a plate off for you, that’s a lot of weight.” I was like, “no that’s alright.” He insisted “are you sure? that’s a lot of weight. I don’t think that’s a good warm up.” I plopped down, popped out the safety bar and banged out 15 quick ones. He was like “um. wow. okay.” hahahaha[/quote]
Love this story. Laughing right along with you!
Because of you I tried this with a 5# plate behind my head. And, yeah. HARDER.
Your workouts look great! What do you do in Chicago…its actually my hometown…would love to hear some stories:)
Who is the actress in your avi vid? It’s been killing me.
[quote]dejavued wrote:
nice work on those defecits and overcoming that.
deets on the car accident please.[/quote]
In August of 2006, I lived in Miami, Florida. I was living my 18 year old dream of dancing in music videos and bartending to pay the bills. Being August in south Florida, it had just rained. Went to pick up a buddy in my mustang to get burgers and lift. Headed to the burger joint on a 5 lane road, 2 going my way 2 coming the other way and a center turn lane.
I’m in the left lane. We’re chatting away when my buddy jumps and grabs the ceiling of the car. I look to my 1 o clock and see a old car rolling through a stop out of a community into the road ahead. He was trying to turn left before the oncoming traffic. I slam on the breaks. The road is wet and we slide. We nail the guy on his front driver side quarter panel and get shot off into the oncoming lanes. There is an SUV coming strait at us. I hit the breaks again but no dice - line was cut in the collision. We’re about to get plowed head on but last second I thought to yank the e-brake and pull right. Front of car moves into turn lane and back end whips out left. I correct left and the back end slides into the turn lane right before the SUV goes by.
My buddy is shitting bricks “I can’t believe you remembered the e-break! Holy shit!”
I’m shaking. Get out of the car. Walk up to the old man getting out of the car we hit. He doesn’t speak a lick of English. Great. Call the cops. Lay on the side walk. Cop comes and takes a report. Do I need medical attention? NO, I FEEL FINE. My buddy? No, just bumped his head. I call a tow truck. We ride to my place.
Flash forward to next morning. Wake up.
OH MY GOD. I can’t move.
My lower back is in excruciating pain. I crawl to the bathroom. Call my dad. I’ve been in a car accident. Can’t move. What do I do? Call a lawyer he says, they’ll send me to a doctor. So I did and they did. Got an x-ray. They asked me how long I’ve had scoliosis? I don’t have scoliosis. Um, yes, you do. Well fantastic.
You’ve also pulled, strained or torn just about everything in your lower back. Try to look at your shoes. HA! No extension of the lumbar or thoracic spine. Limited flexion throughout. Basically now I’m a board. Sweet. Now you’re going to get adjusted and massaged, try not to cry, it’s gonna suck.
Hope that wasn’t too bad. Look forward to repeating that 3 times a week for a year. Then you’ll be able to tie your shoes again. Yippee!
I proceed to get fired from my job bartending on south beach because A) I have no car to get to work and B) I no longer have the strength to pull 24 packs of beer out of the cooler. I also find out my 2 roommates and myself are being booted so they can remodel and raise rent.
No better time than now to fly up to Ohio to visit my girl. Last night I’m there I think, Hey, my life is a clusterfuck. I have no car, no job, no money, no place to live and I’m half handicapped. I might as well move to middle of nowhere Ohio to be closer to my girl. Yey!
Spend the next year going to the chiropractor to NOT get better. I do shitty back extensions on a body by jake with a tiny band and get stem treatments 3 times a week. Eventually, because of the stretching I do on my own, I can sit in a car without pain. Then I can pull my knees most of the way to my chest. I can tie my own shoes again. I get and quit 2 jobs because I couldn’t handle the long periods standing.
What the hell can I do to make money if I can’t stand? I know a shitton about lifting weights - trained some athletes in Florida, but there are no athletes here. I could be a personal trainer! I won’t have to work many hours and I can sit down without getting yelled at!
And that is how my business came to be.
Finally my chiro says I can lift weights again. Here’s some 3s, try a deadlift. Okay now 5s. Want to do 10s? Awesome. You can do the bar now? That’s great! December of 2007 I finally pull 135 again. YES! I am back!
So I’ve spent the last 2 years ACTUALLY lifting weights. I still have serious back issues, very little mobility. I can’t stand for more than about an hour and I run funny. Still, I’m a hell of a lot stronger than the doctors thought I would be able to get and I plan on going a lot further.
Everything happens for a reason I guess. Without the accident I never would have come up to Ohio and without being here without a job I never would have thought to start a personal training business. Now I’m opening a gym and really, really good at what I do which makes me really, really happy.
Anyway, that’s the long version. haha
wow…what a story. things definitely happen for a reason. i’m glad you’ve found your place in the grand scheme of things. many congrats to your career and starting with your gym. that is beyond awesome!
and i’m glad you are recovering and able to be healthy. many people never recover from something like that.