Fantastic news about the job. It must also be an nice boost to get offered the other position as well. Cool!
And yeah, nice work with the chins.
thank you everyone! I am still very surprised!
Snap! I will keep at it on the pull up for sure. Funny, my excitement is still there but I am starting to realize the smartness of the once a week sets. I can’t do any if i tried today! I’ve been good…only did em weds.
today was front squats
135x20 ,145x10, 155x6,165x3, 135x8
that’s it!
Snaps proposal of a fun meet for the state games in 3 weeks had me thinking…I haven’t tried any maxes in a long time, beside squats. they don’t really count though since i’m very rusty on those too… Hmmm.
today’s training was a bit disappointing but not surprising. I tried for a max on my dl and of course its way down. I’m not shocked because I’ve been chasing my reps attacks , when i feel wt that isn’t something i feel i can do a lot of reps for i tend to stall out.
dl
135,185,225,255,275,295,305,315 fail. That’s ok. FOR NOW. I was actually surprised I got the 305. its been a bit
have to work on that.
then 245x5
swap to sumo 135x5, 185x20,225x5
a few bar only gms.
getting more into the swing again for training so i’m pleased with that. for a while i had no real direction–not like i have much now! but at least I’ve been getting my friends in once a week–front sq, dl’s, overheads, token benching, welcome back Bulgarians and now pull ups. 
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
today’s training was a bit disappointing but not surprising. I tried for a max on my dl and of course its way down. I’m not shocked because I’ve been chasing my reps attacks , when i feel wt that isn’t something i feel i can do a lot of reps for i tend to stall out.
dl
135,185,225,255,275,295,305,315 fail. That’s ok. FOR NOW. I was actually surprised I got the 305. its been a bit
have to work on that.
then 245x5
swap to sumo 135x5, 185x20,225x5
a few bar only gms.
getting more into the swing again for training so i’m pleased with that. for a while i had no real direction–not like i have much now! but at least I’ve been getting my friends in once a week–front sq, dl’s, overheads, token benching, welcome back Bulgarians and now pull ups. :)[/quote]
Are you the strongest girl I know? You are aren’t you?
Disappointing 305 lulz lulz lulz1
Sooooooo … whats the direction gonna be? For ‘no direction’ you really HAVE been keeping up your work under the bar. Srsly.
aw thanks My lovely!
I spoil myself when i lift!..i really do…and tend to do stuff i like out of pure joy and not any common sense training wise. I’m not really into wts for any concrete reasons other then making me happy… Such as doing the extra pullups when i was specifically warned not too.
I have to remind myself since I have committed to that program that other people take it very seriously. i pissed off the guy at elitefts! I hope i can redeem myself by following directions…if he gives me another chance!
After looking on that site i see a WHOLE other philosophy to lifting then mine. I’m a party girl at heart!..or like Nadia had said about her own stuff…i train like an asshole!
Brute, what good news on the job front! Definitely you are doing the right thing by being smart about money and looking out for yourself.
And 305 to top it all off…yeah!
I’m going to check out the elitefts site now and see what all this chinup business is about.
great news on the job front Brute, remember that lesson for the future. People will never just hand it out to you. You need to ask, and sometimes learn to fight.
thanks Kimba and n! Its nice as well because its suddenly brought back a very strong ethic that diminished in the least two years of really disgruntled time.
I was always a solid tech, and personally i feel i went above and beyond other peoples work but now i want to be way way above that… I want to prove myself so much more now! I hope it shows!
congrats on your raise! it really is no joke given the current economic climate.
i’m sure the guy at elitefs will forgive you in time. once he sees you work hard on the program. i’ve missed things, too, because i expected peopel to email me rather than post a response on boards that i check infrequently (or respond via pm where i need to be logged in to boards i check infrequently).
my chin-ups got better since i’ve now realized that my olympic weightlifting shoes (with their additional heel raise) really are a non-trivial weight when it comes to chin-ups! put my sneakers on and i did 10x1 so easily i actually got (for the first time ever) a double round numbers 4-5!!! i forget where you are at with them… but i’ll be very interested to follow your progress along because i’d like to get better at these to.
Those are AMAZING deadlifts. I can’t even fathom what over three hundy pounds feel like. You are awesome.
thanks Dani!..but they aren’t my best… I’ve not budged on my max dl for nearly a year–and I haven’t pulled that in a LONG time. But its my own doing and now hope to change it!
Alexus!! Oh man do i know how much a lil extra wt makes a difference on the chins or pullups. my god! does it ever. And the elitefts guy gave me another chance!! this weeks assignment is 7 sets of 2. i’ll do em later this week:)
Checking out that site is great because there are so many people asking him for pull up advice. if you look thru the q and a you can see all the people doing their own quests. makes you feel less alone and pathetic but also interesting to see how he prescribes different lifters to do different things based on their individual abilities. way cool!
this brings up the fact that i have EMBARRASSINGLY weak shoulders, deltoids etc. the 8 week program I’ve been doing is awakening muscles i NEVER use. and I have to use minimal wt. I can’t feel too bad except for my own laziness in avoid that area of my body. can’t blame my lil muscles! I’m the one in charge of making them decent.
so today was a shoulder day thing then benching
benching
110x8,x8,x7,x7,x7,x4
What is your best deadlift then?
336!
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
336![/quote]
!!! WELL YOU JUST MADE ME FEEL FANTASTIC!
Now I must do more to make you proud! 
thank you!!
hmm… well if your assignment is 7 doubles i guess your doubles are pretty good, then
i’ll check out the site. thanks for that.
So . . . any chance you’re going to show up and pull with me on December 3? T’would be fun.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
So . . . any chance you’re going to show up and pull with me on December 3? T’would be fun.[/quote]
I’m considering showing up to see what Ron’s up to, I’m not planning to lift, and I don’t want to ref either. LOL. Lazy Lindsay.
oh Snap!..urhh…I am so out of shape 
Also with my new position at work I’m unable to take off Saturdays:( I will pop by and sneak a peek at you though! and Lindsey too!!..maybe she’ll wear a skirt again :)!
You going though has made me stop and test some maxes…and they aren’t pretty! about 30 pounds down on my dl…sq is probably 20 pounds down…bench is disgusting… I’ve put on about 14 pounds…excuses excuses!!
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
thanks Dani!..but they aren’t my best… I’ve not budged on my max dl for nearly a year–and I haven’t pulled that in a LONG time. But its my own doing and now hope to change it!
Alexus!! Oh man do i know how much a lil extra wt makes a difference on the chins or pullups. my god! does it ever. And the elitefts guy gave me another chance!! this weeks assignment is 7 sets of 2. i’ll do em later this week:)
Checking out that site is great because there are so many people asking him for pull up advice. if you look thru the q and a you can see all the people doing their own quests. makes you feel less alone and pathetic but also interesting to see how he prescribes different lifters to do different things based on their individual abilities. way cool!
this brings up the fact that i have EMBARRASSINGLY weak shoulders, deltoids etc. the 8 week program I’ve been doing is awakening muscles i NEVER use. and I have to use minimal wt. I can’t feel too bad except for my own laziness in avoid that area of my body. can’t blame my lil muscles! I’m the one in charge of making them decent.
so today was a shoulder day thing then benching
benching
110x8,x8,x7,x7,x7,x4[/quote]
Being alone on a quest for excellence is hardly pathetic.
