hahaha @BOTSLAYER are so right about that. And we need some (a lot of) love and care too. It will never stop.
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Lol I can see that.
I think it’s rather mixed though. I suppose everyone is at a different stage including females for that matter. We too will probably always have growing up to do as well.
What I meant by growing up mostly has to do with stuff like monetary responsibility, picking up after ourselves, staying on top of school stuff considering he registered back to going college (just a 2 year for now), prioritizing (instead of playing video games for a full 12 hours, perhaps try to fix his car that needs spark plugs, 2 new tires, and probably a tune up). Stuff like that.
I accept all his other male quirks. That’s unchangeable as you guys have mentioned. Because I have quirks about myself that he probably accepts.
He’s like a very soft spoken person, as am I, but I have a default “female asshole” button, that I swore was broken when he first met me. Lol.
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LOG # 255
Smolov Squat. Completely forgot about bench pressing after I was finished. Never had that happen before.
Warm up: 50 KB swings, foam rolling, stretching (135x10, 225x5)
265 4x5
285 1x3
315 2x2
345x1
Assist:
Single leg press: 135 3x10
Back extensions: 100lbs AMRAP
Hamstring curls: 40lbs 5x10
Hanging leg raises SS w/cable crunches: AMRAP~ 100 reps
Mobility work
Stretching
Decompression work (stuff for my back)
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LOG # 256
Bench
155 8x3
Assist:
Assisted pull up: small sized rubber band thing, not sure how many inches the thickness was
Triceps pullovers: 50lbs 2x15
Compound rows: 60lbs 3x15
Cable crunches: 40lbs 40 straight reps
Was very energyless doing all of this, so my workout felt absolutely dreadful. I recently ran out of two main protein sources in my house, and I thought I could power through my workout until I bought more this morning. Wrong I was.
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which ones? I am nosy…probably just because you didnt say which ones. 
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I buy pounds worth of ground beef, and salmon.
My mom has been extremely difficult lately, and she won’t buy anything for the house, so I use the money my dad gives me every week and a half and the money left over from me budgeting what my husband gets to buy food for the house.
It pisses me off because I buy mainly healthy stuff, and cook it, and no one except my husband and I eat it. So I’ll meal prep it and keep it in the fridge in case anyone eats it. Three days will roll by so I’ll hurry and eat everything so I’m not wasting food, and my mom will complain about how no one buys groceries.
I’ve explained how I’m not compromising on not only my health, but everyone else’s. So she leaves me alone on that, because I’m not buying boxed anything, or sweets, or bleached bread. She can come up with whatever guilt trip statement she wants, but every time I actually break it down to her and explain she’s standing there looking bewildered. Exactly.
Didn’t mean to rant. Lol
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My father in law takes little shots at my wife because she won’t allow junk food in our house.
Then he blames agent Orange for his diabetes (a disproven claim btw). Can’t be the cookies, cakes, garbage food and candy in the pantry.
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LOG # 257
Max out Day
Warm up: 50 KB swings, stretching
Just the bar x 10
135x5
225x3
315x2
355 x1
370x1
Assist:
Back extensions SS w/ hypers (~60reps)
Leg extensions: 100lbs 3x15
Leg press: close stance (targeting glutes): 135 AMRAP
hanging leg raises: 4x10
Finisher (kind of): 50 KB swings
I’m getting REALLY REALLY fucking sick and tired of playing around with these last 20-30lbs before i can claim 405. It’s right there, and at the moment it’s like some sort of annoying tug of war game. I have a few reasons why this could be:
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Keep getting stronger? Plain and simple, and probably get back to eating a bit more, but not as much as I used to.
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I may or may not need time to recover a bit more from the past Squat session, or I actually may need to ditch Smolov style squatting for a while. I probably don’t even need to be doing it because it is tearing my knees up something fierce.
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Rearrange my work up? Possibly?
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Going off of reason 2, I probably need to go back to the two other training methods that have served me well so far. I’m thinking of just plugging in new numbers, and running conjugate again.
Or number 5: all the freaking above, along with being patient.
Either way I’ll have to sort stuff out, but I’m the mean time I’m just sitting on my bedroom floor bitter as fuck over this.
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Goals enrich your life. You are better than you used to be, because goals. Try to enjoy the ride a bit.
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My best squat in the past few years was 365. I got buried by 315 (twice) right before my hip surgery. My goal is 405 as well but I’m currently limping around and only training one leg.
My point: patience. I’m anxious to seriously pursue my squat goal but I’m actually drifting further away from it every day. Shit happens but you keep moving forward.
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Thanks for the kind words guys. I appreciate it.
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You’ve also got to remember a 405 lbs squat is a milestone for most men; for women it’s bordering on elite level. Be patient.
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I often forget about that teensy fact. I’m a chick. I can only imagine the frustration that’s going to come when I pass like 450 or something and start throwing a fit about reaching 495 or something in that range. My mind has been there for a while, but my body is like, “hold on, hold on, give me a few minutes, I’ll be there soon enough”.
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This is frickin’ stout! It’s tough to enjoy it, but take a moment.
Yes, like me hahaha and I just hit it. I’m gonna get run down by a 22 (ish?) year old woman in the squat game @planetcybertron my turn to through a hissy 
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370 is huge! haha Im right there with you on the pursuit to 4 plates. You’ll get there soon enough.
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No matter how strong you get. Somewhere a Chinese or Eastern European girl is warming up with your max.
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Aww you guys are so nice 
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Holy shite… @planetcybertron gunning for us all trying to hit that 405 like she’s a puma on the hunt.
I better get my ass un-sick so I can start training again or she’s going to pass ALL of us!
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In for 405… am impressed and tbh a little bit scared of you
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You’re Fucking strong. I’m in for 405!
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