[quote]inkaddict wrote:
LWI, my friend, LWI.[/quote]
This pretty much sums it up!
And I’ll add - nice ass AND kick ass! GO FRENCHIE!
N you have some beautiful ass curves, I love 'em <3
Just go in there with the goal to have fun babe, don’t stress it. You’re one strong ass female, don’t forget it.
Thanks for the support everyone 
Like many of you, if I’m going to do someting I might as well do it right but for now I will settle for not too bad and focus on getting better after the meet.
so dive bombs and good mornings it is for this saturday and then begins an intensive squat re-re-relearning process.
Squat vs. Frenchie round 362. sheesh.
see you saturday Diana!
with all this gym downtime I’ve been playing my LOTR online game quite a bit and putting in a few more hours at work.
And if my ass could blush it would 
useless piece of junk. lol!
we know how to make your ass blush! muhahahahaha
^lol
you got me soldog didn’t even think about that for a minute. this no workout thing this week is turning my brain to mush.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
this no workout thing this week is turning my brain to mush.[/quote]
I’ve gotta admit that the five days before a meet are very difficult for me. Lots of nervous energy and nowhere to direct it. I’m dreading next week myself. I have been known to sneak off to gyms I don’t normally frequent just to do some BBB work to save my sanity. But if I get caught, I’ll be in deep trouble. So let’s just make that our little secret.
Good luck Frenchie! Stay tight, be confident, be aggressive.
Some good Maritime karma coming your way.
whooo hooo! its almost here! have you got after meet celebrations to think about too?
so exciting!
Good luck Mainy!
smack on the ass Go get 'em tiger!
after meet celebrations?
I have no clue but if there’s anything happening I’ll keep you guys in da loop.
I’m officially climbing walls now, babbling and twitching. No wonder people pull PR’s at meet. I’ll be ripe to rip a few heads by then.
No workouts are also playing a number on my appetite. I’m watching the clock to make sure I’m eating well. I was worried about busting my weight class but now I’m worried I’m getting weak. Didn’t even think of lunch until almost 3pm today.
Someone shut my brain off plz. Jesus, why did the husband have to leave this week on a business trip!! Next pre-meet week I’m tying him to the bed.
'nuff blabbing. I’m going to go haunt your logs like a love-lorn puppy.
Oh Em Gheeezy this is hella exciting! I’m trying to get back into the logs now that my work unblocked and you are HELLA DOING A MEET! Damn Girl. So Awesome can’t WAIT to hear how it goes!
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Someone shut my brain off plz. Jesus, why did the husband have to leave this week on a business trip!! Next pre-meet week I’m tying him to the bed.
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you’re making me smile…oh, this might be a good idea, I’m using it next meet too
Baby, its only Wednesday. You might need some wine.
I think Kimba might be onto something. Only Wednesday, can’t hurt.
You got any place indoors where you can walk around for a bit? It won’t exhaust you but it’ll give you that feeling of activity. Plus if its interesting it will keep the boredom down.
[quote]alexus wrote:
yes - now isn’t the time to worry. just move the weight how you feel best able to move the weight. kick ass!
once the meet is over…
Buckets of salt needed -
Something that helped me a lot with squats was this idea of how your spinal erectors and hip flexors need to work together for pelvic control:
(Ignore what he says about knees drifting forwards etc)
When your lumbar curve gets pulled out it is because your hip flexors are shorter than your lumbar erectors. The fix is learning to use your hip flexors to pull yourself down into the squat (lengthening / stretching them on the descent).
So the idea of going as low as you can while maintaining your lumbar curve is the idea of going as low as your flexibility allows with your having pelvic control. It is okay to start high (above paralell). Once you get the feel of using your flexors / erectors in a balanced way (so you really sit down hard into the bottom of the squat - wherever that is for you) then you can work on pushing the depth lower (a little bit of weight often helps).
For me… Wall squats and box squats helped some with flexibility… What helped most for learning pelvic control was front loaded plate squats. Because they reduce the need to balance one is better able to focus on pelvic control.
While this makes sense to me in theory…
Alexus: squat PB: 42.5kg.
As I said, buckets of salt. YMMV.
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I finally understand butt wink thanks to this video. So the goal is to keep your back arched all the way down. YES I CAN! thanks mainy (and alexus)! …I LMAOed cuz you box squatted on a chair with wheels! AND GOOD LUCK AT YOUR MEET!!! 
Best of luck. Wow! I can’t imagine competing. That’s fabulous.
I think I tend to wink myself. I’m going to do more of the gauntlet squats in front of the mirror here and see. I’m assuming that when he say a front-loaded plate squat, he’s just talking about holding a plate at your chest?
I’m so excited for you!!!
<3
We’re all excited for you.
I must admit that I laughed watching you squat to the wheeled chair as well.
yeah, the wheel chair squat was funny
i’m starting to catch some of this nervous energy you and kpsnap are giving off. i’ll try and focus it in on my toe rehab lol. you guys are going to kick butt!