[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
Heh, nice. I dropped a barbell on my foot today. Fortunately it was only an EZ bar with 5kg on it but still. Never fun when you do that.[/quote]
lol I just replied to your other post cross post. I have never dropped anything on my foot, that would suck.
MIM- yeah I need to get some single arm stuff for my shoulders in. I will probably do this if I stall at progressing in the main lift on shoulder day. Substitute the press for a single arm variety.
I will just refer to what I do for the main lift on shoulder day as a press. Just to make my life easier. lol
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Today is deads
So this funny thing happened, I suck at math! I was reading my written journal for the gym and I noticed that my math was off for the plates for the deadlift last week. So instead of pulling 150lbs I had actually pulled 155lbs(my old 1RM). So I had repped out my old 1RM and didn’t even know it. Doh! Anyways I am planning on putting off my de-load of deads until next week so I did the same lifts I did last week, basically a repeat of week 3(5/3/1).
75%=120lbs 5
85%=135lbs 3
95%=155lbs 4 and 4
I took some vids too, while I am still not getting my ass down far enough, I feel I am using my glutes more, trying to focus on pulling the bar up to the knees(pushing feet into floor) then thrusting. I am also getting better at remembering to setup for each rep first before pulling.
Here are the vids, we are experiencing the usually warm humid weather right now so my hair is being controlled as best I can lol.
One of the warm up sets. There is a girl running on the treadmill, that’s the pounding noise.
120lbs for five. It’s hard to tell but for some reason I was shocked by how easily this went up. lol
135lbs for three. I think the 3rd pull was the best for form.
155lbs for four, this is the old 1RM again. There were some grunting with either this set or the one before.
It was later than I thought, so I only did one accessory, the hip thrust, I think I like the weighted glute bridge better(easier to get into and out of position lol).
Then a superset of standing crunch(not sure I like this) and roman chair lift.
That’s it.
looking good to me!
congrats on your inadvertent pulling your previous PR for reps!! i’m always amazed at how much of this is a mindgame when something like that happens because i miscounted the weight on the bar.
pretty sure you have a whole heap more in you.
i don’t deadlift… so i don’t know…
but if your hips were a little lower in the start position you would be using your legs a little more. some people have a bit of trouble with ankle flexibility to get the hips a little lower? dunno. i certainly can’t without my heel raise Oly shoes (which apparently are a bad idea for deadlifting because they shift your weight forwards and weaken the whole movement).
your back looked safe. i wondered a bit about whether it is possible for your to hold your lumbar arch a bit harder… just so you have a little more in reserve for when the weight does start to pull out your arch. not sure if this makes sense… your back is flat (good) but if it got pulled out a little by the weight then it would be rounded (bad). if you could arch it harder then if the weight pulled it out a little it would be flat (also good) before it got to be rounded.
but since i don’t deadlift i should probably step back. especially since your deadlift is looking one hell of a lot better than my deadlift!
Totally agree on watching your progress! You’re doing fantastic and the numbers are going up consistently. Awesome!
I’ve never MP’d in my life. I don’t know why tbh. lol! But yours look great! I’ve got a bunch of inbalances too. My right side always takes over when the left fatigues.
Cute kitties vids are my favorite!
repping your old 1rm…NICE!!!
[quote]alexus wrote:
looking good to me!
congrats on your inadvertent pulling your previous PR for reps!! i’m always amazed at how much of this is a mindgame when something like that happens because i miscounted the weight on the bar.
pretty sure you have a whole heap more in you.
i don’t deadlift… so i don’t know…
but if your hips were a little lower in the start position you would be using your legs a little more. some people have a bit of trouble with ankle flexibility to get the hips a little lower? dunno. i certainly can’t without my heel raise Oly shoes (which apparently are a bad idea for deadlifting because they shift your weight forwards and weaken the whole movement).
your back looked safe. i wondered a bit about whether it is possible for your to hold your lumbar arch a bit harder… just so you have a little more in reserve for when the weight does start to pull out your arch. not sure if this makes sense… your back is flat (good) but if it got pulled out a little by the weight then it would be rounded (bad). if you could arch it harder then if the weight pulled it out a little it would be flat (also good) before it got to be rounded.
but since i don’t deadlift i should probably step back. especially since your deadlift is looking one hell of a lot better than my deadlift![/quote]
As far as my back is concerned yes I would like to arch it more. I think I do better when I make sure to concentrate on resetting my position before pulling again. More practice. As far as having more in the tank yes I think so too, I just want to practice for another round(4 weeks) then retest my 1RM. I would like another try at 185lbs, I tried this in mid Feb and I could only get it about a foot off the floor. So I would like to be able to at least pull this and hopefully more.
Thanks Mimkins and Masch
So today was squat. Zero motivation so I did better on the accessories than the main lift oh well.
*Disclaimer-I am drinking right now, and unfortuantly not drunk and yes alcohol does increase the emotion you are currently feeling. I was blue and now I am bluer. Oh well.
Squat numbers, I just did the prescribed reps today(5). Blah
65%-75lbs
75%-85lbs
85%-95lbs
Did a superset of push press with squat(lighter for practice)
Did another superset of weighted plank(45lbs) with a back lunge(I used to do these all the time they were a fav) My butt was tired after these. 
Nothing much else to write about in the workout department.
First of all, you’re drinking at 5:30am? HAHA! I love you.
Second of all, I’m sorry you’re blue 
I hope it passes.
I feel ya, sometimes accessory work is just more fun! I rarely get my jollies off my main lifts, but the accessory stuff is where I can really push myself. I’m a high-repper, so I love that stuff.
Love the supersetting squat with push press. I used to do a front squat push press, which i think is the same thing you were doing. Awesome to put into a complex for conditioning work.
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
First of all, you’re drinking at 5:30am? HAHA! I love you.
Second of all, I’m sorry you’re blue I hope it passes.
I feel ya, sometimes accessory work is just more fun! I rarely get my jollies off my main lifts, but the accessory stuff is where I can really push myself. I’m a high-repper, so I love that stuff.
Love the supersetting squat with push press. I used to do a front squat push press, which i think is the same thing you were doing. Awesome to put into a complex for conditioning work.[/quote]
Lol
Well I started at 11pm (approx) here and I am a night person so it’s the middle of the day for me. Yeah I’m starting to remember my old fav supersets and and all that. I’ll have to write them down and try to work them in as accessories. I usually only get excited about the main lifts if I’m going for a new PR. Otherwise I think of them as practice.
Don’t be blue Charlie. Have fun with the supersets and complexes. They’re FUN!
Late-night drinking is one of my “hobbies” from time to time too. Also a night person. What were you indulging in?
Nice DLing too! Keep up the good work.
Really? I love, LOVE day boozing. Nothing better than getting sauced while the sun is out. But then again, I’m a morning person.
So basically, you’ve not yet gone to sleep, and I’ve just woken up…is this life?
Feel better ma bish.
[quote]veggiestrong wrote:
Don’t be blue Charlie. Have fun with the supersets and complexes. They’re FUN!
Late-night drinking is one of my “hobbies” from time to time too. Also a night person. What were you indulging in?
Nice DLing too! Keep up the good work.[/quote]
They were caesars(spicy) so not too bad as it has tomato juice in it right?
I think the blue is because of the month, 2 anniversaries June 1(2nd year anniversary of my separation) and July 1st (wedding anniversary). Also some extra stuff thrown in. I’ll be fine.
Thanks for the concern.
YUP tomato juice scores some points, I guess…
And Masch, daytime drinking is fun too. Best done at the beach or something. I like to hit up the Jersey shore on a week day and go up to the boardwalk for a few and then go back and lounge in the sun.
Glad you’re ok Charlie! Chin up! Now go to sleep already.
aw. sorry you are feeling blue. this is my favorite blue song. sometimes it cheers me up a little:
edit - hmm. well that looks a lot tackier than i remember it being. oh wells.
soooo not a night person. never have been.
I was passed out on the couch at 830 last night when your party was just starting, lol. You’ll get through this crap. But it’s also ok to own those feelings…
I’m late, but very nice dling! Congrats on the pr. HOpe you’re feeling better.
good job in repping your obviously former 1rm deads
How’s it going Charlie - feeling OK?
That Blue song makes me laugh because it sounds like “I will die in Aberdeen.”
[quote]alexus wrote:
aw. sorry you are feeling blue. this is my favorite blue song. sometimes it cheers me up a little:
edit - hmm. well that looks a lot tackier than i remember it being. oh wells.
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Wow I remember that video, lol the technology.
As for my blues. I think it had a lot to do with feeling overwhelmed, emotional anniversaries and lots of other stuff too. So I took a friends advice and just picked one thing to deal with first.
Finding a job, well a different job with more hours and hopefully better pay. The problem is not so much getting hired but what kind of job do I want? What direction do I want go in? Etc. Just the deciding is argh. So that is the only one of my problems I will deal with now and to hell with the rest of em until this is figured out. I’m in research mode along with writing up resume/cover letter mode.
-Alexus, Masch, Veggie, Cal, Nads, and Mims Thanks for the concern but I don’t stay down for long.
-Frenchie; Hopefully in a months time I can try for 185lbs(failed attempt in Feb) and that can be my former failed attempt too. 
I can haz Amazon legs too?
-Mims I agree with owning your feelings too, I use the I feel _____ statements in journals. It usually takes a few entries for it to be an accurate “I feel” statement though but very usefull at getting to the bottom of things. Also, if you are not responsible for how you feel how can you change it?
Yesterday was de-load deads so nothing to see here.
Friday was Bench day.
75%-70lbs 5
85%-80lbs 3
95%-90lbs 3,3(I think as far as form is concerned this may end up the new obsession after I get the dead sorted out)
Accessories: OAR,Puffy chest press, wide grip pull down, weighted plank(I will get over 33 secs next time)
The beautiful and talented Michelle Branch.
and an Awesome acoustic version of “All You Wanted”