I hope you sleep well tonight. Sleep issues suck donkey balls.
Isn’t it funny how sometimes we can do absolutely great at trainings when we’ve had shit for sleep? Just goes to show, it always pays to show up and try.
maybe get a cpap? i hear they may even cure cancer!
Again with the insomnia tonight. Slept fine 'til 2am an now fully awake for the past hour and a half. Main issue is work - will this cpap help with stress Cbear? maybe I can strangle a few people with it. I had plans for supper with the husband but I took a few minutes to release some of the agression at the gym.
squats
95lbs 1x6
115lbs 1x5
135lbs 2x5
155lbs 1x3, 2,2
95lbs 1x12 ATG.
and that’s all folks. Now I’m going to go try to sleep for the 2nd time tonight. someone blow me a little pixie dust.
**********Hope you slept good!!
Same here! What is up with waking up between 3-5 AM?!?! Sucks. Still gonna try some heavy deadlift singles today.
Do you ever take anything to help you sleep? I’ve been taking gravol for years. It’s dirt cheap and it knocks me out. Unlike regular ‘sleep aids’ I don’t feel groggy the next day. I’ve also added ZMA to my supplements before bed and that’s helped a lot too. However, if it’s work stress it will pass when it passes.
Do you work on shutting down work stuff when you’re at home? I always sucked at that and realised I was happier in a low stress job.
Thanks MIM - I did manage to sleep a few more hours. I really hit it hard at the gym today so I should be sleeping like a rock tonight.
kimba: I totally feel you, I decided to take a cue from you and did a few singles on the squats.
oro- like many work stories in the compound it’s not the job but certain individuals. I love my job which makes this whole situation really fucked up.
Tonight I wasn’t sore from yesterdays squats so I figured I’d go another run today.
squats
95lbs 1x6
115lbs 1x5
135lbs 1x5
145lbs 1x2
155lbs 1x1
165lbs 1x1
170lbs 1x1 PR + 5lbs
175lbs 1x1 PR + 10lbs
180lbs 1x1 PR + 15lbs - These all hit parallel but not Snap-approved.
135lbs 1x5
105lbs 1x12 ATG - rep PR +4
cable crunches
115lbs 1x12
125lbs 2x8 PR + 5lbs - abs were burnin!
kroc rows
50lbs 3x12 - the last reps needed a lot of mini rests and were ugly as hell, but I pulled it.
dumbell lateral raise
10lbs 3x8
dumbell goblet squat
100lbs 3x12 - went for speed on these
cable curls - used a V shaped handle
55lbs 1x12
65lbs 2x12
now for food.
Your squats are Nikki approved… yeah that probably doesn’t mean much 
Good workout.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Fuck it’s Deja! thanks for the compliment, hope your hangin well!
Soldog & Cal: totally agree with you guys. Probably would have skipped if the husband hadn’t wanted to go (we were in the same class) but it would have been weird if he showed up without the wife at this reunion. The woods were very therapeutic for my shot nerves. Actually I got in my silly head that I want to head out to the woods more often but I hate tents - too cold and wet. I would love a little 70’s gypsy or trillium. something I could tow with my altima. Problem with living in the city is having to pay to store it anywhere. But I haven’t put a cross on that project, I just need to figure out the kinks.
Joe: bulking has really upped my game. I still have a few more weeks of this bliss and then back to the hamster wheel. On the good side I’m only 5-10lbs away from my ideal weight. I haven’t turned my eating into a free for all so dropping a few pounds should be easy, basically a question of tightning up the carbs and turning on the treadmill.[/quote]
I’m also going to ahve to cut this Fall, I’m getting sloppy with the diet and adding too much fat. I want to do it before the holidays so that I can partake of the great eatting. If I can get back down to about 12% I’ll get back to bulking.
Great work on the PR’s.
you’ve already surpassed me with the squat…
But I’m holding it down with the high reps 
Great work N!!
holy 15 lb PR!!! squat every day.
Seriously amazing gains on your squat. Wow.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
These all hit parallel but not Snap-approved.
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You know what? I’m not playing anymore. No one likes me.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Seriously amazing gains on your squat. Wow.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
These all hit parallel but not Snap-approved.
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You know what? I’m not playing anymore. No one likes me.[/quote]
I was just sayin they wouldn’t be legit by high end standards but that just gives me something to strive for. I’ll post a beautiful 155lbs which would be snapper-approved to be forgiven. Not tommorow though, 2 days in a row has left my ass sore, what with all that bouncing on the floor… from 65lbs to 155lbs with good form is still some proper improvement Non?
^ C’est vrai!!!
You’re killing lady. Great work on the squats. You need a glute massage?
Now that I have my camera back I just realized my 5x160 squat is shy of parallel - such a blow to the ego! Gotta back down on the weight. meh.
Keep it up loverly!
180!! woo hoo!!!
This is the body I’ve been feeding and lifting heavy with (ain’t sayin the “b” word). It’s given me some cool PRs lately so I thought it would be a nice way to celebrate.
Hawt. I thought you were posting a pic of a model in a magazine for whatever reason.
What a nice surprise to read that it’s you
Hawt. I thought you were posting a pic of a model in a magazine for whatever reason.
What a nice surprise to read that it’s you
And for some reason TN thought that I should say it twice haha