Great first meet, Arachne. You really did well and must feel so proud and a bit relieved.
To refresh your memory, your openers were 40/37.5/70. You maxed your squat at 55 kg. The other numbers are correct.
Great day for you. More to come I’m sure.
woo hoo! congrats on an awesome first meet! thanks so much for the update.
Thanks, lil, alexus, kimba!
snap you were awesome. And bless you for bringing three pairs of kneesocks. I guess I was pretty tired because my post was fraught with errors.
dog, thanks again. You looked great out there. Since you put up your total in lbs, here’s mine: 390.5. According to snap’s preferences, I will express it in %bw: 3.42.
WHOOO HOO!!! :D!!! EYAH!!!
You did great x8! I’m sorry i didn’t get to stay and see you guys, but it was great meeting you :)!
more meets to come i hope! :D!
great job! …bask in the post meet fizzies…:)!
Congrats on your first meet!!!
awesome first meet Arachne!!
drink lots of water and plenty of rest. steak and wine seems perfect. I had wine with a fab bistro burger the nigth of my meet.
I checked my total against my weight and got a similar score 577/154 - 3.75
Thanks main, I love the numbers. It gives me something to obsess about…
Thanks mim, it was fun!
brute, I feel really energetic. And I’m thinking of changing my name to arcane. 
Snap tells me there is another meet in August, and so I have a new goal. After a lot of reflection, I’m going back on 5/3/1, but I’m choosing one of the high volume accessory versions to combat the problem I had with it the first time around. I started today with the periodization version.
3/14 (happy PI day!)
regular daily stuff:
120 straight punches on the bag
100 speedbag punches 1:15 seconds
50 roundhouses
10 pushups
Gym workout:
Military press 2x5, 1x3 warmup 33 lbs 2x5, 1x11 43 lbs
accessory work (these are toy weights. I’m just getting used to the volume. I promise to kick it up next week)
5x10 dumbbell press 10s
5x10 rows 15s
5x10 cable tricep pushdowns 40
Have a beautiful evening!
!! I totally thought it was arcane! and its odd because this nerdy steampunk/fantasy book i was reading last week used that adjective about 70 times, and each time i read i thought of you! ha!
august! i hope to join you! I’m glad you’re feeling kick ass—you are !
glad to hear you are doing well after the meet and already have another to look forward to. hope you had a beautiful evening, too 
Thanks!
Hey Snapper, I forgot to mention I like Powerpuff’s idea that we have a Colorado lifting coven. I might have to work that into a log title…
3/15/11
Daily stuff:
140 straight punches on bag
4 chinups
150 speed bag punches
5, 5, 10 pushups
50 roundhouses
Gym (5/3/1 Deadlift Day)
Deadlift
Warmup 1x5 bar 1x5 65 1x3 95
Working 2x5 1x16 115 lbs I’m really dedicating myself to this 5/3/1 cycle, but it’s still hard for me to believe training at such low weights is going to get me there. I’m really kind of enjoying all this volume.
Accessories
Leg extension 5x10 50 lbs
Leg curl 1x10 50 lbs 4x10 65 lbs
Ab wheel 5x10 (on knees)
Happy lifting y’all.
Congrats on your meet. I’m so glad it was a positive experience for you. And welcome back to 5-3-1!
Congrats on your meet, and already looking toward August is fabulous.
I want Snap to show up with some knee socks at my house, preferably stripes like Brute’s.
Nadia, thanks! Stay tuned for my thoughts on this program. I realized (two days in) that I f’d it up, and lifted all three sets at the same weight. I’ll get it right tomorrow on the bench.
Powerpuff, she seems to have a good selection. You should ask her.
Daily stuff update:
50 kettleball swings with 25 lb dumbbells. These are definitely getting challenging.
50 backkicks.
50 kettlebell swings? wow. do you do them in smaller sets?
here’s how i ghetto reverse hyper–not the same as the real thing,but it kinda sorta is a relative…
[quote]alexus wrote:
50 kettlebell swings? wow. do you do them in smaller sets?[/quote]
Alexus, one set! I started with a 10 lb and worked up every day. The 25 was a bitch yesterday. They get me panting and the last ten burn. Imma try 30 today. i really need dynamic motion and I’m too damn lazy to do extended cardio.
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
here’s how i ghetto reverse hyper–not the same as the real thing,but it kinda sorta is a relative…[/quote]
Lovely. That’s kind of what I’m doing on the preacher curl bench.
[quote]brute_fury wrote:
here’s how i ghetto reverse hyper–not the same as the real thing,but it kinda sorta is a relative…[/quote]
Thanks. I was trying to figure out how to do this after I saw the vid BG posted on Veggie’s log using a bench and ball. I was pretty sure that method was going to involve me breaking my front teeth.
Puff, I was doing back extensions on the ball with my feet hooked under an electrical conduit. But I couldn’t add weight that way without risk of bodily harm.
3/17/11 pre-gym report
I don’t mind admitting that I am ridiculously sore from this week’s volume. Those fucking ab wheels have crushed every part of my abs, not just the top ones that get hit by crunches. The leg curls got my hamstrings and something hit my inner thighs too. The only things that don’t hurt are calves, arms, and quads. I’m definitely liking these higher volume assistance lifts. I took yesterday off with only 150 speedbag punches and 10 pushups.
I’m looking forward to bench today, because both snapper and soldog observed at the meet that I drop the weight down way too quick. Snapper told me to think of lowering the weight like coiling a spring. I’m also going to try widening my grip. To do that, I either need a racking/unracking spot, or a piece of plywood under myself, because the bar is too high for me to do it myself with a wide grip. I’ll look into getting the plywood during lunch, since I need it for the squat tomorrow anyway.
Daily so far
200 speedbag punches, 4 chinups.
More later.
3/17/11
Bench
Warmup bar 2x5, 1x3
Working 1x5 60, 1x5 65 1x7 70. All these were with a much wider grip than previously. I grasped at the smooth outer rings. I tried putting some oak flooring under my bench but it wasn’t enough, so I commanded one of my minions to spot me.
Lat pulldowns 1x10 90, 4x10 100
Skull crushers 1x10 ez bar, ez+10, ez+20, ez+26 <I don’t know how much that bar weighs.
DB Bench 5x10 15s
Both the last two were pretty comical since my abs are so sore I had to roll on and off the bench sideways.
Happy St Patrick’s Day!