thanks Mim and Nikki! thank you Nadia! yeah, I’m enjoying the snatching:) going to workon it more tonight.
Archane! hurray! I’m glad you signed up! I’m not competing ( lame!) and I’m working Friday and Saturday night But If I do go I will definitely help! I might pop in for a little bit after i get off work Friday night, I’d love to meet you and see Snap and everyone:)!
…are you reffing PMPM??..
today is the first day i’ve been able to get my self to wake upon my new sleep schedule, success! if i can keep this up who knows? maybe my brain will flourish
well, today was alright i guess…but have i mentioned that i miss deadlifts? because I do! oh i do:{
tried to do em first, but i BARELY got 225. Hmmpf. I think I …I …yeah. ANYWAYS.
overhead squats 95x10, 115x7x2 sets, 95x10
benching 115x9,125x4x3 sets,125x3,x2
push pressin 95x8,100x7,105x7, 110x5,115x3
some fat man pullups. also mixed up some bar only gm’s. I think my deadlift drama is mostly fear laced hesitation.
i have a very strong lower back for fucks sakes!! and hamstrings!! why am i being a dweeb?! so anyways maybe I’m mixing up my signals.maybe a stretch or just a muscle slowly waking up is what i’m confusing with pain or lack of go power. Also i might need to warmup. I never used to really warm up for deads, just do a few singles as i load up the bar then whammo. i’ll try some cardio for a few mins to get me all electrified and warm.
what ev. I believe i have just GOT to get more movement in, even if its one set of anything every day or twice a day. I know i can do it,I know I have the ability, but this scared of shit stuff is ridiculous!
Those numbers look great to me! But i hear ya Burtus. You’ll get back into the swing of things - you have been a bit out of practice! Give it a week or so to get back into the mix
yeah, you will get back into it. could the cold weather have something to do with your maybe needing a bit of a warm-up? i dunno… i’d be pretty stoked if I could deadlift that - but i know your standards are higher
thanks Cbear:)!!! I take any and all compliments :)!
Thanks Masch and Alexus…I 'm being a spoiled brat. Bleh…I must quit that. :{ I shall.Its boring to keep saying that i’m disappointed etc. who cares?! i do but its …not helping!
OH! and definitely weather makes a contribution…driving home from work and its freezing…makes me drive straight home into bed and sleep forever or until i have to get up.
I’m pretty excited that I got a head start on the new sleep schedule…so far so good. Going to keep it up, so must go to bed to keep on track. WORD
Nah girlie, i hear ya. I get super bitchy when my training doesn’t go as well as I want. Just this morning my lower back was hurting during my training sesh. Got me all pissy.
yep–Cbear, you should come to Denver some time and party with US And you better believe everything comes off for weigh ins, gotta ditch that extra 2 ounces of fabric for sure!
PMPM–well word…I’ll probably miss out on the meet as a spectator anyways…LAME. I’m hoping maybe one in the summer, or late spring. DO you know of any local USAPL ones around then?
it seems everyone is learning to oly lift. ran into yet another newby at my 24hr fitness. i just warmed up doing some snatch attempts,bar only, trying still to get it right.
but i did deadlift. I give em a C ,maybe a C+ for deadlift type day
warm up, bar,135, 185, 225x5,x6,x7,x5. Had some gas in the tank still so word.
benching 120x8,x4x3sets, 125x2
yeah, you WOULD say that. i’m still bitter. planning on staying in the 181’s now, though. if you do weighins and weigh ins only, sure, i’ll make plans to be out there sometime. but if you’re judging my depth… well, we’ll hafta discuss that.
when we win the lottery… ha! it does sound like fun tho, from what i hear, CO is where the crazy people, the cool people, and escapees go. promises to NOT be boring, thats for sure.
like i would be shy about getting naked. “aw man, i hafta put clothes on to lift? well, fine… grumble grumble”
Cbear–oh yeah, plenty of strangies and stuff. But not obnoxious yet like Californians. Or scary quick to anger but also quite sweet crazy like Texans can be:{ no offense to either states, I’m a So Cal native and lived in DTW for 2 years. but CO is nice.
thanks snap! yeah… <–I actually frowned with that. I dunno snap, I’m just not there, and still unsure of my injury status. But thanks for the august info! that’s far enough away for me…But you and Archane are going to represent us so well! and Soldog too! Making us so proud!
the bar still kicks my ass on oly stuff… the women’s bar, even (15kg). glad you didn’t have a sucky time deadlifting. hopefully things will feel better and you will get confidence back with that soon.
thanks alexus!
I wish they had lighter bumper plates at my gym. i’m glad they have anything but they start at 10kg and i can’t do them! I think trying to get that damn snatch at the right level as in not just a bar on the floor would help. I need to get someone with a circular saw to make wood baby plates. BLEH!
today’s stuff made it absolutely clear that i’m no where near ready for a meet. I have probs! But its not a big deal. Just will give me something to do…ALLL summer…maybe fall…
i warmed up a bit squatting the bar which felt awesome of course because its only 45#.
popped up 135–STIFFFFFFwierdddd…ouw…noooooo. I say ok, maybe i just need to workout that first rep, the next will be ok did 5. nope. they looked like shit, felt like shit. I looked like i was trying to get into the fetal position instead of shit up. I feel alright now, but it was painful to do them.
so i’m not doing regular squats. I will start from scratch (that’s going to be number 3 or 4 for relearning squats) come the time I’m ready to do them again.
So my back hates them and that’s ok. I’ve been cheating on normal squats for years…fronties and overheads and Bulgarians fell fine so word:P PEACE OUT SQUATS.
after i did some light deads to my body in motion body with 135.
Aww shit. Sorry your back is keeping you from squatting. But, you seem, otherwise, like you’re in a good space and I’m happy to read that. And as you say you’ve still got fronties, overheads, and go go bulgarians!
(I may need to edit that having never posted a link to a pic before)
My gym has that kind. The lighter grey parts are moveable but precisely where they are in the pic sets a bar at the right height. I put one under each end of the bar (the steppers length-wise). The risers that Kimba uses - I think that two of them with the platform on top sets the bar at the right height, too.
I was using wooden blocks (in my vids) but have moved to the steppers. I think they are better because they have some ‘give’ so if I drop a bar on them with little metal plates on it the bar is less likely to be bent than if it hits the wood hard and then bounces off onto the floor (as tends to happen).
I’ll be sure to use the steppers in my next vid so you can check out the setup.
hey Nikki! I hope i can do some for of something. I’ll keep at it:)
kimba I dunno what I’m not really sure. Plan for now is go day by day, see how I feel. Also spread out my wt lifting days, do something everyday however. Benching is ok, cardio too. I just get painfully stiff and clenched up it seems if I don’t keep moving. I’m trying to clean up my act significantly diet wise so i can at least feel better about that.
OH! and I just got some homeopathic spray stuff–I’ll try anything. Some concoction that you spray under your tongue a few times a day. I’m game!
ah!! Alexus!! why didn’t i think of that?? thank you!!ha ha! I’m going to nap and then wake up and play oly bar at the local 24 hour fitness.ha! I totally didn’t even think of that!
today
just more cardio for 30 mins,some bar only gm’s.
I’m not competing ( lame!) and I’m working Friday and Saturday night 
thanks Cbear:)!!! I take any and all compliments :)!