Decided to Do a Competition, Finally.

Training Powerlifting
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workouts:

14 Jan
Bench w/ pause: 95x6, 115x5,3, 125x2,2
w/ Fat Gripz
Incline Bench: 95x5,5, 105x5, 115x3,3
^w/ Fat Gripz
Standing OHP: 75x6,7, 89x4
^ w/ Fat Gripz
push up: 12
pull up: 2

16 Jan 2012
Back Squat: 115x3, 135x3, 155x2, 175x1, 185x1, 190x1, 195x1, 200x1, 205x1 ← PR since beginning serious training again after hiatus
Leg press: 318x9, 408x5, 458x5, 478x4
push up: 12
pull up: 3,3
chin up: 3

17 Jan 2012
BB High Pull: 67x8,12,10,10
BB Rows: 67x15, 115x9,10,10,10
DL: 159x2, 203x2, 225x1, 247x1, 269x1, 279x1, 284x1 ← PR since beginning serious training again after long hiatus

  • Not feeling it today. Felt very weak and unmotivated. almost lethargic.

Have been snowed/iced in for two days and haven’t been to the gym!
I am thinking that I will have to go to work tomorrow though, so therefore I will be training. and I need it! Feeling LAZY!!!

_Queen.
p.s. some pics to follow.

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Good mornings from January 12th.

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deadlifts @ 199lbs

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brutal workout yesterday called for a nice hot epsom salt bath this morning. feeling better now on to tan before destroying ourselves at the gym again.

20 BP
20 Sqt
20 clean/press

x3 rounds. 2 min rest in between rounds
first two rounds went like this:
20 bp @ 85lb
20 sgt @ 95lb
20 c/p @ 65lb
then I almost died so I stopped, let stacy do her 3 rounds, then I completed my third round with her weight which was:
bp@ 45
sqt@ 75
cp@ 45

D E A D dead.

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[quote]melanieamber12 wrote:
Also, Liquid, do you have any bikini clad women I could borrow?[/quote]

Bikini clad women? I love those. Also not a clue what you mean haha.

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[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:

[quote]melanieamber12 wrote:
Also, Liquid, do you have any bikini clad women I could borrow?[/quote]

Bikini clad women? I love those. Also not a clue what you mean haha.[/quote]

Its from your post about 4 posts up, good memory, LOL.
Amber12- there is a meet at the crossfit gym in Lynwood which was tentatively scheduled for April then bumped back to May, I thought that may be the one you were planning on doing. They are usually SPF there, I think.

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[quote]SILVERDAN7 wrote:

[quote]LiquidMercury wrote:

[quote]melanieamber12 wrote:
Also, Liquid, do you have any bikini clad women I could borrow?[/quote]

Bikini clad women? I love those. Also not a clue what you mean haha.[/quote]

Its from your post about 4 posts up, good memory, LOL.
Amber12- there is a meet at the crossfit gym in Lynwood which was tentatively scheduled for April then bumped back to May, I thought that may be the one you were planning on doing. They are usually SPF there, I think.[/quote]

Yah I ignore half of what I write and forget the other half.

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LM- haha, it’s alright. I too have the memory of a goldfish.
Silver- Lynnwood isn’t too far away, I could look in to that one as well.
The one I am trying to find is at McVeigh Gym. it is on JBLM, the military installation. It is a powerlifting gym. They have competitions there, and it is listed on Powerliftingwatch.com

No gym today… FOOTBALL ALL DAY!

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BP from yesterday.

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Good to see another woman from Washington who loves lifting! You look like you’re going to do great at your first meet. People seem to just be repeating advice to you that you already said you were going to do (“I’m going to do 5-3-1” “Hey, I recommend doing 5-3-1” “Um.”)

BTW where was your main picture (of the car) taken?

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Hey Oleena!
THank you! That picture was taken at Paradise on Mount Ranier!

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Updates: for equipment, I now own my own: dip belt, fat gripz, knee wraps, and wrist wraps.
Excited about all of the above. I need a bigger gym bag though…
The wrist wraps are really helping me out a lot with my wrist pain. Especially because I have been doing a lot of work on the rings lately with chin ups, dips, iso holds, lever holds, lever chins, and just fucking around.
Note to powerful women*: if you want a lot of attention with jaw drops and drool pools in the gym, start messing around on the rings with some iso-holds… Then watch the skinny boys try to attempt what you’re doing. Too funny.
Scale weight in the morning is sitting around 161 pounds.
The other day I was just messing around and found out I could curl 67pounds on a BB for a few STRICT reps. I was amused.

Current Quests: The Muscle up. I want it so bad. i’m honestly to embarrassed to attempt it, as my gym is always busy and full of Army idiots taking up and crowding the bar/ring area.
Time to clean the house.

Cheers.

_Mel

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Hey Queenie!

I’m competing in June. Best of luck to you and looking forward to reading about your journey.

stuff to check for:

squat depth: some feds are strict

foot placement on bench: flat foot or not.

commands: so many people screw up there day because of those.

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Glad you finally posted in here again, I was creeping it daily and was starting to go through withdrawl, haha.

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N! good luck on your comp! ill check in to see how you’re doing!
spock! haha thanks. i love being creeped on!

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In a few weeks there is a powerlifting competition up north. I have a gym acquaintance that is competing, but I am not. I do not feel that I am ready, so I think Stacy and I will be attending to watch. I am excited. It should be a good experience.
My notebook is in the car, but I will post my workouts from the past week…tomorrow maybe.
Cheers

_Queen

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Ring isos are great! Glad to see another powerlifter using them for accessory.

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[quote]melanieamber12 wrote:
Updates: for equipment, I now own my own: dip belt, fat gripz, knee wraps, and wrist wraps.
Excited about all of the above. I need a bigger gym bag though…
The wrist wraps are really helping me out a lot with my wrist pain. Especially because I have been doing a lot of work on the rings lately with chin ups, dips, iso holds, lever holds, lever chins, and just fucking around.
Note to powerful women*: if you want a lot of attention with jaw drops and drool pools in the gym, start messing around on the rings with some iso-holds… Then watch the skinny boys try to attempt what you’re doing. Too funny.
Scale weight in the morning is sitting around 161 pounds.
The other day I was just messing around and found out I could curl 67pounds on a BB for a few STRICT reps. I was amused.

Current Quests: The Muscle up. I want it so bad. i’m honestly to embarrassed to attempt it, as my gym is always busy and full of Army idiots taking up and crowding the bar/ring area.
Time to clean the house.

Cheers.

_Mel[/quote]

What are ring isos? They sound good if they make jaws drop. Can you describe them?

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Isometric holds on rings.

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http://gymnasticscoaching.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/rodrigues_danny.jpg ← holy shit, a Victorian (easily one of the hardest isometric holds in gymnastics)

http://0.tqn.com/d/gymnastics/1/0/c/-/-/-/Jovtchev01.jpg ← maltese which is ALMOST as hard, but three times as awesome looking

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Animus hi! and thanks for the example of iso’s!!