HA! I’m the same way with the volume and thinking its cardio. It is kinda, though…no? Like conditioning? HAH! Whatever!
YAY! Brute’s gonna try a program!!
Hmm…this hip pain doesn’t sound good at all…Butt dimple area…could it be from the massage? Did the massuease dig into your flexors or something? I can’t imagine that walking might make your hips hurt, walking to me is the most natural of exercises. But maybe speed walking uses a different kind of movement? But yeah, definitely don’t let your stride be affected!! If you can correct your gait, do it. Otherwise you might end up exacerbating any imbalances, or creating new ones. I might suggest you do a little pre-bedtime stretching to keep things aligned until the pain passes.
Oh Brutiful! You have a powerful story, girl. I’m so happy you’ve been able to forge your way through the muck and get into a happy and healthy place. I always feel like one of the biggest lessons we all have to learn in life is to find balance - when to push and when to hold back, the ego and the id, compromising between others and being true to yourself…I struggle with it all! And worse, I trip myself over the same rock all the time. Lol! I’m a repeat offender shrug
But like Nadia said, you are so incredibly beautiful! Find your zen, Brute 
Thanks for sharing that, Brute. It makes me so happy that you are in a good place and aware of yourself enough to know when you start going a dangerous direction.
The hip pain has me perplexed…I started that defranco hip mobility stuff and it seems to be helping. Also, don’t read into that falling arches comment. Did she tell you this while you were lying down?
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
Oh Brutiful! You have a powerful story, girl. I’m so happy you’ve been able to forge your way through the muck and get into a happy and healthy place. I always feel like one of the biggest lessons we all have to learn in life is to find balance - when to push and when to hold back, the ego and the id, compromising between others and being true to yourself…I struggle with it all! And worse, I trip myself over the same rock all the time. Lol! I’m a repeat offender shrug
But like Nadia said, you are so incredibly beautiful! Find your zen, Brute [/quote]
extremely true words.
thanks for sharing brutey. lotsa positive, balanced thoughts flying your way through space. ;+)
Thank you Nadia!!! And thanks again for the pullup help–I can’t thank you enough actually!!! Its all I’m going to be able to do today i think :{ I really really really am not horrifically down about my wt when I’m so lucky everywhere else.. but you know what i mean?! GRR!!
MASHY!!-- that damm rock keeps tripping me up to!! thank you for being wonderful!! My zen isn’t too far1 of tht i’m confident!
..and thank you for reminding me to CHANGE my gait! shit! i didn’t even think of how it’d mess with everything else..gotta get on it. Nigel will be pissed since my pace will be slower but whatever. I have no clue what’s wrong :{
Lula! she did say my arches were falling while i was laying down. I think this entire back shit is completely her fault–not really but hey!–so I’m blaming it entirely on her hands! no more massages the involve anything under my ribs.
why thank you Deja!!!
uuuuuugh. another day of pain. I have self diagnosed it with the help of the internet and my veterinarian friends as having an SI episode. Localized inflammation on my SI joint! If it last s more than a week its not good, but I’ve had theses flare ups before.
so that makes me a bit relieved. apparently insults to the area can take up to 6 days to show up, a week to calm down. so its no lifting this week, some anti-inflammatories and what not. i can tell shits increasing because I’m feeling nerve pain on my legs too, all my vericose veins are throbbing as well. why not? sounds dramatic but i think its just dispersing out–the swelling. or i’m just hoping! whatever!
A glimpse of me when I was 17. All 102 pounds of me!
Today i just ended up doing some cardio and stretching it out. Pullups maybe tonight? maybe weds.
Well…backs getting better in inches. Not so hard to get out of bed and out of chairs. But still. makes me all freaked out and throws my world in a spiral.
workout wise it was just cardio and pull ups today. 6 sets of 3, 4 sets of 2.
I dunno. I either am ridding some strange wave of emotions and soon I’ll smooth out, or crash a bit. But I’m tired of it! And it just came out of the blue! MMPF. I hate to sound all emo yet I’m having a very emo-esque crisis! If I had hair, I’d …no I’d never cut in asymmetrical bangs. But I’m very capable of wearing skinny jeans and fucked up graphic tees.
Ready for the other tide to come in…I’m going to wade in and drag it in myself for fucks sake.
BRUUUUUUTEE!!! grin
Sorry you’re feeling down/sideways, I ‘love’ your plan to change that though.
My own back was feeling a little wonky this weekend, I’m extremely happy it’s (almost) better now. I hate how you never know with that low back whether it will be a short annoying tweak or something that keeps you down and disgruntled for a week(weeks).
Also, I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: You’re one of the people I channel when I’m getting ready for a high % lift. Totally. 
Pet Nigel, feel better soon!
yah, i too channel my inner brutey often when i’m being a pussy under the bar! lol
my god you were a BONE. yikes.
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
I like these! Nothing real exciting but I am enjoying them! I feel like Johnny Rocket shooting out of a hole!! :)[/quote]
While my eyes remained glued to your glorious posterior chain, I intend on showing this vid to my daughter, as she has so much physical potential. You shall be a booster for my kids, Bruticus. Nuff said.
Thanks guys! …and I totally popped in here for some good mojo too! Thank you for the much needed vibes! fucking bacccckkk!! ARGH!
Nigel’s all a flutter too since we’ve been snowed in…and my back was so ouch the last few days our walk’s have been cut down. Snow + Nigel + crazy me + SNOW MADNESS WILD NIGEL ATTACK .
oh my…
Did you just say you were…emo?
I hope your back feels better, Brutiful!!
And you’re such a cute, gangly 17 yr old. LOL! (no offense) But I can see that badass in ya. Its in the eyes!
Nice work on the pullups! Does hanging from the pullup bar help your back at all? Sometimes that helps me get things decompressed and stretched out…
The Emo Crisis was at peak levels…but has ebbed! i’ve had some distraction after being snowed in and full of myself.
Thanks My Maschy! My pull up bar’s too short–hanging in my door frame, but the hanging is a swell idea! I’ve been doing cardio the last three days and stretching at the gymzzo. Also roman chair hlr’s and a few regular hlr’s.
Did some broomstick snatching too!
*********** I apologize to the entire universe for the amount of moaning and whining done by me in this log the last week or so. I’m such a baby! And I never realize it until I’ve already moaned for days… I’m not used to be hurt or sick so when either happens I think the heavens are falling.
Not 100% yet, but I’m turning the page on this. Did some bar only overheads which I think made my heart soar a bit I’m excited to get back at RMLC. They have a lot of oly equipment. I’m not going to go oly but I am interested in seeing how I can squat jerk.
Heh, no need to apologise - if you can’t vent here, where can you? Glad things are looking up though. Have a good Christmas eh?
I love this chick. I’m sure most of you have seen her, but I wanted her in my log
thanks Cal!!! :)!! YOU TOO!
[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
Heh, no need to apologise - if you can’t vent here, where can you? Glad things are looking up though. Have a good Christmas eh?[/quote]
Agreed!! That’s what we’re here for!!
Anyways, 2011 was a cosmically strange year, if you ask me. My non-log, log has made for some of the most impressive rants and whinging…good times! haha!
In the words of our wonderful Kimba, here’s to a shiny brand new year!
Lots of love to you brutiful! Merry xmas to you and your puppers!
I’m so glad that you are planning to compete in the spring. It’ll be fun to watch you train for it.
Why is it a politically incorrect decision to drop some weight? For sure it will make your pull ups easier. It isn’t a ton of weight to drop and I can’t see it significantly affecting your strength any if at all.
I think weight drops affect people that left in gear more due to the fact that it doesn’t fit as tight or the way they are used to it fitting.
AWW!! Thank you My Maschy! I think 2012 will fantastic!
Hey O! I think I might be able to get back at least my former strength…we’ll hope for more!
Emo update** feeling better back wise. Better mind wise too! Got some much needed family time. lovely:)
Christmas was great! I hadn’t realized how much I missed my family’s bazaar stories. I can only take them in smallish doses , but this dose came at just the right time.
Yesterday I stopped by RMLC and paid up! And Looks like I’m going to get some help! Big stupidly nerdy step for me to take actually being coaching by someone. I’m not sure what will happen, but I’m going to show up at the time when everyone works out on all the days I can. Its nice to just be around people who are into the same things!
Time with my family emphasizes that fact. Trying to explain stuff about lifting and my whatever the fuck and getting some what understanding glares back. but not the same. And I need people to help me, and challenge me, and give me direction!
Nadia’s intervention with just the email correspondence with the pull up guru really has opened my eyes to just how motivation can help…And lucky for me RMLC is a great place, close, and they are all chill and nice. As far as i can tell!
Tonight I’ll be heading back to get something in.
Woo awesome gym where people are there to help! I know how you feel with the family situation. And the emo-ness. I’ve done my fair share of bitching and whining in my own log too. Knee rehab and weird mini-back injury blew my world apart 
Good stuff on finding a gym like that. I’ll be interested to see what happens with your training next year now that you have a coach Should be a great year!
