Step away from the cardio machines, Brute. If you do it too much, it will chew through your incredible muscles and affect your strength.
Who said that they’re doing cardio? No cardio here Missy!
HIIT or diet.
No hour long TMs, arc trainers, yadda yadda allowed.
YEAH! I know i know…snapper and Nikki. I just get in these phases. I confess I do get anxiety to cut it out cold turkey. Sounds bad, and I know its a prime T-Nation No No. It is an old skool coping mechanism of mine. As I get stronger and more in control I will taper off… .but i promise it will leave the schene here soon–as in i’ll be over it. Quickly. As in next week.
today
push presses
95x8, 105x8, 95x8x4 sets, then 105x5. then 105 x10. I bounced around a bit:)
kroesque rows 50#'s x20, x15, x15(right arm) 20 left arm (I’m right handed but my left is stronger)x 8
pec flyes–eww–with 15#'s 3x10, x8
slightly different lat pull downs with a curved bar-3x8 80#'s
cling and jerk to a shoulder press with 27.5# db 3x10
cardio
Awesome push presses, I have to admit that I do steady state cardio like 2-3x/week 
Just no running because I’m not built for it.
ah hey shaunar! I am sorta anti diet, i get weird when i have to count out every thing.–my main problem has always been binging. For some reason I’ve been able to control that here lately, so fingers crossed --long as i keep that under wraps i pretty much am just unlimited veggie chick with lots of good meats… George foreman grilling 
Also finding to i have dairy allergies knocked out an entire beautiful food group…Oh my god I love cheese so much!!! but I can’t have and expect to be even remotely functional --i get whole body inflammation and just awful draggyness.
THIS IS THE HEARTBREAK OF MY YEAR–maybe decade. For sure.
Also knocked out is pretty much any bread or cereal, or oatmeal things you eat in bowls, candy yumm yumms or anything glorious like that. WAHHHHH…It just triggers the hell out of me to binge–its just too risky. I’m lucky that i live alone too so i don’t have to impede on anyone’s menu choices…because if there is a bag of lucky charms hanging around for more then a few hours and i don’t touch it its fine…once i start its just going to get worse, EPICALLY. so i can’t even go there.
I do make an exception for my sisters Challah bread. that is just holy. And she makes it about twice a month… just for me :)!
hey owlie!! oh screw running!!
update:
I’m over it. Yeah–I’m not doin it anymore …HA HA HA!!
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
hey owlie!! oh screw running!!
update:
I’m over it. Yeah–I’m not doin it anymore …HA HA HA!! :)[/quote]
Yay! Brute was converted in 3 posts haha
I did 10 minutes on the Arc Trainer for my warm-up today and I felt like all the guys was like “Typical. She’s going to be there for an hour and a half.” That was the longest 10 minutes ever. I just wanted to hop off and get to the squat rack haha
[quote]owlie wrote:
Just no running because I’m not built for it.[/quote]
Word. Most people aren’t. If people want to run because they want to be better runners/endurance athletes, go for it. But my BIGGEST PET-PEEVE EVER is the “if you want to lose weight, you have to run” mentality that dominates in America. Ugh.
And Brute - fuck counting calories. There is a time and a place…and powerlifting is not it.
I LOVE CHALLAH BREAD OM NOM NOM NOM OMGGGGGGGGG lovez it.
Oh and running=weight loss=BULLSHIT.
Lots of fatties run a lot faster than me. And they’re still fat. so THERE. Fuck running.
I will run when the zombies come. And far enough for a good firing position.
Mel, I’m fatter than you. Hush now.
[quote]melanieamber12 wrote:
I will run when the zombies come. And far enough for a good firing position.[/quote]
aye.
Brute I’m the same with restriction and binging so I understand the cardio thing. If you can’t be super strict with diet (and I can’t although I’ve gotten way better) what are the options apart from cardio? complexes, HIIT?
and don’t tell me to just suck it up. trust me it ain’t pretty when the shit hits the fan.
ha ha MEL!! YEAH! I shall run when the dinosaurs return, or the zombies awaken…WORD! Isn’t challah the best?? My sister makes her own honey challah…HONEY CHALLAH!! and golden raisin challah…and orange zest challah…oh my… OH MY GOD…i eat it and fall into a bread coma…so delicious!!
Hey nlmain! OH NO WAY. There is no way to just suck it up! maybe people who don’t have the same sorta issues can do that–and am i envious of that!! but I personally have to tred on the dark stupid side sometimes…just to try and damage control my own stupid habits. Its devastating–sounds dramatic but i think you might relate if you have similar problem–just demoralizing as all hell when you totally screw yourself over- alot of times for no good reason. Sometimes even stupid steps that sorta kinda lead to the right path make a big difference for me and help me feel slightly better which will lead to feeling more in control. DRAMATICAL!! HA HA!! Silly but what can you do? work with what you got.
I think i shall just reserve cardio for emergency situations now. like potentially if i have a bingetastic session–maybe sprinkle it in. I really need to get on myself to do some upper body things. I think for me, that helps boost my metabolism since i never do it pushups. those wear me out. any sort of over the head arm movement also i feel gets my heart up, so word. there’s my plan.
today
overhead squats 85x8x5 sets
one legged squats with barbell 65x8/ (per)leg,75x8/leg,80x7/leg, 85x5/leg
squats 135, 185x5x4 sets, 205x4x3 sets, 225x3x3 sets
then i ran outta gas
The only time you’ll catch me running is if a c bear is chasing me.
I think humans are built for walking long distances, and sprinting in times of danger(dinosaurs, zombies, etc)
Your plan sounds good Brute!! Just by talking it out you simplified it x10!
saturday
Bench 95x5x3 sets, 100x5x3sets, 105x5x 3sets
Db bench 30#â??s x12 4 sets
Db rows 40#â??s x12x4 sets
sun just some planks 2x2mins, some reverse crunch things
today
Deads bar, 135, 185, 225, 245x9,x7,x6,x6, 265, 225x5,x5, x2 ss with 10# delt flyes
Reaverse alt lunge/good am combo 95x10, 105x10, 115x8, 115x8 (total not per leg)
Back extensions with 45# 3x12
Lat pulldown 80x10, 90x8,x7
Thatâ??s it.
cardio haterz!
I do cardio because I like my vo2 max to be nice and efficient. I’m also a binge eater and this does help keep my fat ass in check - not because it helps me lose weight, but becuase inner thigh schafe sucks.
I can’t imagine a world where I don’t do cardio at least 1 to 2x a week. But then again, I’m not a powerlifter, Im a soccer player. Different strokes.
Great training Brute! Those deads are fantastic. Nice stuff.
thanks mashy!! yeah, i kinda do like cardio–honestly! i do! of course you do as well! soccer is very cardio intense, in a great way!
but for me i go way overboard sometimes. i tend to favor certain aspects of training over the other. for a while it was cardio because i was dropping wt, not really concerned if it was fat or muscle, i just wanted a lower wt class.
now i need to get my strength back priority number 1! But i think i just need to tinker. i’ll get some sorta cardio in, but for now i need just want my my numbers back today i’m going to experiment and do some sorta something.not quite sure. i’m sore from dead lifts yesterday but i need to do something or i’ll be freaking sore and stiff tomorrow …hmm…maybe super ligth deads with a speedyness
today
push presses 95x15,x12, x8,x8,x8
cling to overhead press 65x10x2 sets, 75x7x5 sets,80x7, 85x5, 95x1
about half way through the power went out, us nerds got to have a cool chilled out dark lifting experience… until they made us leave ha !
sounds nice. I enjoy a dimmer environment. I like it when the power goes out at my work and we can make all the customers leave. Once the power was out for about 15 min and the managers were hiding in the back so I took it upon myself to announce in a shouting voice that everyone had to leave. I even started herding people towards the door, but then the lights came back on and I just ended up standing there blinking like a fool in the brightness with 50 pairs of eyes staring at me and then scuttled off grumbling. How was I supposed to know the power would get turned back on?