Went out completely disassembled my home made rack. Made some room to try out the new one. Set it up, threw some plates on the bar and thought… hmmmm… something ain’t right. The guy said it was a 45 lb bar, but it is a 35. (Don’t think it was intentional). Anyway, I was all happy because the new bench actually has padding on it, so I thought, Oh boy, my shoulders won’t even be bruised up anymore. It has a hump in it, I am assuming lumber support, uh… that may take some getting used to. Or I might have to “fix” it. My back was not crazy about it.
I tried the pull ups as PPuff suggested and it did seem to help me get a better feel to pinch the quarter like Dave said. Practice, practice, practice.
A couple of reps testing squats, and deads. I can already tell the DL is going to be a different “feel”.
I have been pulling with standard plates mostly from a deficit and the bar is WAY higher now. Hmmm… again. Practice, practice, practice.
I have learned SO much this year from y’all. I can’t thank you enough.
I finally know and understand what I need to accomplish my goals. New things are always a learning process. I would really like to do a meet by my 50th birthday. So, I need to make a plan and stick with it. I have to stop straddling the fence. Somewhere along the way I jumped ship. I got scared because I started losing weight again and thru the assistance work out the window. I have to remind myself, I did not fail last time on the lifting. I failed on the diet. I have got to get back in the groove.
BP
Didn’t count reps just tried to get a feel for the new set up
55
75
85
55 many
Yes. Obiviously I’m not ready yet, but a couple more years I should be good to go. I know they had like 4 over in Leander this year. That’s not that far away.
I think there’s been a typo… you meant when CL gets killed at a meet…lol But it’s all good, we can come back over here and have BBQ! We’ll make Pimp Daddy buy cause we want to go to Cooper’s!
Bless her heart, my mom was trying help me get the old frig out the door and she is THE WORST person in the world to help move stuff like that. She absolutely smashed my pinky finger between the frig and the door jam. Ouuuch. I finally told her just get back, I got this. No, really, momma, I got it. PLEASE just let me do it.
11/18/16
BP?
Still trying to get the feel of everything.
1x5/55
5x2/75
Can’t find the groove yet. I can already tell I am going to have to find some 2.5 lb plates. I did actually manage a small fire in chest this morning, which is unusual these days.
Okay, now to more important matters. The 5/3/1 hardgainer thing was working until I fell off the wagon. Before I rework this thing, and start over does anybody have any better suggestions as to what I need to do?
I think I am going to take a break until after Thanksgiving. I just have too many irons in the fire right now. I don’t think I can keep up. A couple of things have happened the last two days that has been a wake up call for me to really make me rethink my life. Nothing bad, just stupid shit. Why in the hell does it take so long to get back up once you have been knocked down.
It is going to take a bit to get used to the new bar. It’s so high now. It seems to set about the height where I stall on the other one. Kinda like doing block pulls now. This is probably a good thing.
The whole thing went better than expected so I am very happy.
Talked myself out of the rant, but maybe y’all could tell me if I am overreacting. Saturday I went up to Pimp D’s to finish wiring a piece. He has hired a homeless guy, to help him out. He’s been there a couple times, so I have tried to be friendly, but not overly so. He comes over to where I am working and is talking, blah blah, blah. He goes away and then MethHead pisses him off. He goes outside mad, and has himself a drink. When comes back in he comes over and starts talking again. Now, he reeks of whiskey. He starts to get closer and closer. Now, I am getting uncomfortable. Then comes the touchy feely. I am not an touchy feely girl, well not as far as strangers go. I tell him he needs to get back to work. So, he gets mad and goes back outside for another drink. Comes back in closer and closer, touchy feely again. I have already indicated I am not into this. Did everything but tell him to get the fuck away from me. Now it gets weird for me. I have a pair of scissors laying on the table and he picks them up and grabs a handful of shorts on my inner thigh, well above mid thigh and makes a motion to cut them with the scissors! I pulled away and ask him what the hell he was doing? He laughed and said he was just messing around. I am freaked out now! It took EVERYTHING I had to not unleash on him. I am not a nice person when it comes to shit like this. I tell Pimp D, methHead and their sister what happened. They all blew it off.
I must be getting soft, because this shit creeped me the fuck out! When, I went up there yesterday I kept watching my back. He wasn’t anywhere around but… When I left, I checked the back seat of the pick up.
Am I overreacting? I am just being the man hating bitch everybody thinks I am?
Thank you PPuff. This is an “extra deal” I do on the side this time of year. I love to do the work, so I keep going back. Pimp Daddy has hired some losers before, but none like this. I am glad you agree that this was just TOO weird. I don’t go out to the bars and such, so they all think I am a stick in the mud. It’s just not my thing.
And yes, I have been in some pretty weird situations in the past, but none of them were brave enough to attempt something like that. Back in the day he would have been picking his teeth up.
I have worked really hard to make myself a better person in that way. But for me, this crossed the line. Thank you for your input, because this is just not something I deem acceptable.
This incident, coupled with the strong dislike I feel towards Pimp D’s woman, solidified the end of our partnership for me. I just don’t need or want this kind of crap in my life.
Not overreacting at all. It is never right to get in a woman’s personal space in this type of situation and to do it again after being told you were uncomfortable makes it worse.
The whole inner thigh scissors thing is borderline assault. This guy is big trouble. Steer clear from him. The fact that the others blew it off makes no sense to me. Any one who can’t see this as a problem is being naïve.
There is no doubt in mind this guy has sexually assaulted women in the past. Carry those scissors in your pocket if you have to be around him in the future.
I did actually manage a small fire in chest this morning, which is unusual these days.