so i am kinda excited…sorta. I just checked out the state games website and it looks like there will be the regular wt classes.
BUT…um…I don’t know if i’ll be able to get down to 75kg. :{ my wts been all over the place. In all honesty I would like to do a big cut but I don’t think its really going to be beneficial this late. also i want my full strength back and more!
but i am becoming unhappy with my freakin belly. I dunno know if its the addition of my newer tattoo on my belly making it look huger then it normally is when i have a belly or what but its bothering me. So plan for it is do the meet, see if i can water deplete to sneak into the 75 kg then start cutting and cardioing.
the last 7 months i haven’t been going nuts or anything binging wise but i haven’t been counting cals. …and I’ve been slowly adding on the pounds that i lost last year. SO i guess i’m one of the many who have to count all everyday to keep from plumping. I had a strong suspicion I was after all the years of fucking around with my body but didn’t want to believe it! oh well.
I love coming in here for puppy power and your awesome vids! Your DL is very inspirational.
I know exactly what you mean about hitting the gym to deal with nervous energy. Been doing a lot of that myself recently. Not sure that it is always productive from a training perspective, but it makes me feel better.
And I am nervous for you regarding the cardio/cutting thing after the meet. Don’t want to see cardio-crackhead Brute re-emerge!
Good luck with the lifts! I’m sure you got that 350 DL in you.
I was wondering about that foot bump too. I caught it on one rep and then I couldn’t stop watching for it. lol. I went through a short phase where I decided that I wanted to come up on my toes almost like a calf raise during my squat warmups. I have no idea why. It wasn’t something I had ever had a problem with before, but I had to actually think about not doing it for a couple of workouts…weird.
Hex plates are a bitch. It doesn’t bother you to touch and go with them? I would always land with one flat and one on the corner and it would feel all uneven and weird.
Looks like Nigel makes a good coach in that one video
MiM–…i dunno…i feel gross when i stare at my belly. I’ve had a sausage gut for most of my adult life on and on. like an old friend who stops by for a few years, a few months then leaves. I’ve never really been self conscious of it. and right now its not anythign larger then its been in the past.
the more that i think about it the more i think it might be more then likely because of the tattoo…because i look from my non tattooed right side and i feel pretty ok…just head on and from the left i feel lardo FUUUCCCKK. And if its driving me crazy now, its just going to keep it up.
I’m NOT looking forward to fixing it. well more to the point making it make more sense means i’d have to fill in the gaps. and it hurts. and its in a lame area that although i am confy with my tattoo guy, its still pretty much on my whoohaa. blaaaaaaahhhhh :{ not a huge fan of been exposed AND in pain. one or the other i can deal with
sigh this never ever ending tattoo.
VEG thanks I’m not going to start to EVEN let Crackhead Cardio out of the cage until I get that 350 decision made !!!
hey buckeye–HEX PLATES ARE AWFUL. I don’t have any other options…but it is a treat to go form them to regular plates come meet time. I have no clue about the foot thing, probably some weird thing i picked up that helped for something or other–but apparently i’ve been doing it for a while and i get so exciting doing reps i get crazy…wonky and uneven…get all rambunctious oh well
Wha? Wait a minute…your tatts on your hoo-ha? lol! Clearly this is one we’ve never seen before…
hmm…this is an interesting conundrum since you’re basically not a plumpkin (esp considering how unbelievably adorbs you are) but rather, your tatt is causing an optical illusion…filling in the gaps does sound like the logical solution. Tattoos are never ending indeed! NEVER ENDING!
But you’re gorgeous, I <3 you! And you DL is wicked. Carry on!
Cbear and Maschy–ugh…I don’t wanna. I just keep adding and adding to this thing and the only place for it to really go to make sense is to the hey-nah-nah area vacinity. not on it, but in that lovely lil area medial to my hip bone and below. :{
I’ve been tired the last few days—work and some other baloney. so no workouts. went to the gym tonight to see what i could do and it wasn’t going to fly. did some bar work and singeldls up to 275. I could have maybe etched out more but i didn’t. Tryign not to be stupid with my body when i’m not all for it workout wise.
meet is on the way! 6weeks or so? SO that’s five more training weeks…well,not like i’m really going to change anything. I guess i should but i’m going into it relaxed.
I have still to figure out what my squat is. Haven’t maxed out on that in a while. Bench…meh. DL we’ll just have to see. I’ll probably start lowering the reps and seeing what i can achieve.
No comment on the tat issue other than I hope you figure out a satisfying solution.
As awesome as your 225# for reps is I’m curious to see how the lower rep/higher weight work will treat you.
There’s a fine line (for me, probably for most people who aren’t Matt Kroc) between going in when you don’t feel really up for it and being lazy. Sounds like you’re figuring out just where that line is, which is a good thing I think. nod
yeah, you seem pretty good at listening to your body and knowing when to push and when to back off. much better at that than me, though i hope i’m learning. i can’t believe what you get done on a ‘light’ or ‘easy’ day lol. one day, when i grow up, i wanna be strong just like you!
Hey Kristof! I’m not sure how the lower reps are going to go. I have a feeling I have that differant type of strength from all the volume I do-- more endurance vs pure power. we’ll see!
Alexus! I am trying VERY hard to be a better girl about cutting it back! Its hard when I’m psychotic and typically think I have to prove my life’s worth daily and legitimately feel bad if i don’t prove it everyday–some how. Some sort of tasks,or sacrifices or whatever be it work, working out, whatever my brain gets fixated on must be done everyday before i can be rewarded with normal day to day activities…like relaxing and watching tv or reading…and for years i wouldn’t let myself shower unless i worked out before. ( i used to workout ALOT–never skipped a day of showering as well!)
And I don’t prove it everyday! SO i have good ol catholic guilt mixed with some OCD about misc bazaar shit :{
but i’m working on it! the older i get the better i get, more laid back. when i’m stressed out that’s one of the first things that pops up. OCD madness whenever my anxiety is up.
ha ha!! LONG REPLY!!
thanks sbmart!! I have no idea how i’m going to prep for my meet. I’m a bit of a scrambler here…I hope to just do slightly better then my last one since I’ll be a bit more wt wise Or just show up would be cool too :)!!
Deadlifts
bar, 135,185,225,255,275,295x8,315, 335 FAIL, 275x5,265x7,255x9,245x9,225 at walk to the rack with it and rack it up
over heads 95x10, 115x10
warm down etc. HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT…and i get to try and sleep init…during the day …bletch. I’m happy though, day 6 of work is tonight then a nice weekend
Looking at your deadlift numberss, I think showing up will do the trick! I’m thinking about doing a meet in August (sans squatting). My goal is just to show up too. I’ll do a month of heavy low rep work. I think I need a few more meets under my belt before I stress about the details.
oh my god sbmart!!! I don’t think I’ll ever go into a meet calm! They scare me and i’m wasted afterwards!! I dunno. I like doing them but then but I don’t because i’m busted afterwards for weeks with all the nerves and trivial stress. it is satisfying I guess…but I have to really way the pros and cons.
this being said I’ve only done 2!! I’m not a truly competitive person. But it is nice to have people who do the same thing I do all get together and rally each other…then pass out afterwards :}
They are the ones who understand how much effort it takes and have all done the same grueling work so I feel good that they can understand it more then the normal folks in my life. regular people think its cool, but can’t fully share in the grief and triumph we lifters can. And that is a big part of why i want to compete again.
its such a big part of my life I want to share it with the important people in life, but they just kinda sorta get it. “hey! look at me! I just got a dl pr and its pretty good!” And they kinda just think all the wts weigh the same :{
OH WELL. Just have to import more lifters into my inner Brute circle Or convert some…
But you guys know all this. And I’m sure you can relate!
today
benching
bar,120x9,130x4,140–about 80% down, 125x5,135x2,135 for about 4 singles. maybe i just need to do singles at 135 for a while. some nice pretty ones.
today
overheads 95x27, 115x10,125x10,135 fail to lift up?? wtf, 130x9
fronties 135x19,155x8,x7,135x5 those bastards…I have to really keep up with those weekly or i loose my reps :{
I’ve decided that I don’t really have much choice in not going in calm. A year ago I figured that I’d never be able to do a meet again. So, it would really just be a test and good motivation to keep training hard and improving. If I get my nerves up, I’ll try to push it. This mentality could be disastrous for my over all goals to remain physically healthy. It also comes at a good time to be able to take a week or two of rest. The week after the meet I start Physical therapy school. With all the orientation stuff, I probably won’t get to train much that week anyway.
Prior to my knee injury, I was right there with you! Either way, I love to see how hard you train. It’s an inspiration.
i think i hear what you are saying about the people who understand and care. nice to have that camaraderie.
and they kinda just think all the wts weigh the same :{
though… i’ll admit that i’m still such a noob (with pound to kilogram conversion issues to boot) who mostly sees ‘lots and lots’ rather than the actual numbers being particularly meaningful to me :-/ i’m sure that will change as i get stronger, though…
thanks sbmart!! You have a very important point- perspective. I like you attitude!
alexus- oh my god! i can definetly relate to the kilo-pound confusion! it was a nightmare when i was in the uk because they use kinda both. then i had to figure out wtf a stone was :{
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today
Bulgarians 95x10/leg x 2 sets,105x9/leg,115x7
tried to see if i could squat but my back seid NOPE. AHHHH
I’m not really sure what my deal is. I’m in a strange mood. Touchy and stuff. I find myself feeling at a point of some kind. MMMMEEEhh. Also I am feeling scared of my back again. BUT I forgot until a few hours ago that i had been having dairy the last few days…and that’s probably why i feel more inflamed and its taking longer to recover then normally it would. fucking cheese and ranch dressing is so good though :{but it hurts me:{
I really feel like i need a drastic change. I’m also feeling like I’m growing in a strange direction…I dunno. Maybe I’m just hormonal and full of crazy dairy induced madness.
thanks 