Pretty pix! I love looking at nature.
[quote]nlmain wrote:
The cold sweet call of the iron was too much to resist. My brain and body needed the fight so I wrapped up what I could for today and headed to the gym a little later than usual. Her kiss left me breathless, empty and happy 
frog stretches & wall squats 2x5.
Squats
95 x5
120 x3
140 x3
160 3x3 - very happy with these. Rep PR’s.
135 2x5
95 2x6
Good Mornings
95 1x12
115 1x8
125 1x6
Dumbell lunges for Mim
40’s 2x12
60’s 1x5 - PR by at least 10-20 lbs. Form however was a little iffy due to previous squats. Also I used wraps to focus on form and not on grip issues.
Overall pleased with my day. This deload week - total deload during my travels had left me itching to get back at it. I must remember the power of deloads… Watch me forget 
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SWEEEEEET! return to multiple PRs
deloads always left me flat
Welcome back and Congrats on those PRS!
filmed squats to see progression. Here’s 140lbs x 4
here’s a not too pretty 160lbs x3.
mim had challenged me to a dumbbell lunge contest. here’s 40’s x 12
and the 60’s
That 3x160 wasn’t as bad as you seem to think and I bet it was one of the best looking squats done in your gym that day.
your squats look fine-
your tight at the set up,
everyone’s torso moves when it gets heavy.
big lunges, nice work.
Squats look really good x 3
The depth was marvelous, and the lifts were strong! Only thing I saw was you bring your elbows down when you hit a rough spot to break past it, rather than keeping them pulled down the whole time.
Kicking ass Mainy
LWI!
Grats on the rep PR. And lovely photos! What sort of tree is that - it’s quite unusual looking.
you don’t love a challenge at all do you?
Not too shabby…those 60s were a total ago move though
How do your bunz feel today?
I like the Lunges Frenchie.
I’ve got some painful callouses so she straps look like a good idea right now.
And I’m a big tree hugger - like your tree pic up there. Beautiful!
^ Puff - tree huggers unite!
YAY! Frenchie’s back! Pics are lovely as usual.
And congrats on the PR! 160x3 is excellent. Plus they looked great! Dept was definitely there.
Those 60lb lunges - DAMN!! Great stuff mama.
I don’t get a PR until the week after a deload lol
Great work Mainie. LOL at the contest
Cal - not sure about the tree but they have moss growing over the trees that they call “grandpa’s beard”.
MIM- 60’s were totally an ego move. However judging by form on the 40’s, I’ll try bumping to 45’s-50’s next time.
Today’s homework stared with retard frog stretches then 30 minutes of wall squats.
Bear suggested I upgrade to stick on my back and band around the legs. The stick on my back was fine although I had to relearn to find my balance. The bands around my knees were terrible. I know they are suppose to remind me to push me knees out but really all they did was force my body to adjust to worse knee cave and cope with it. It felt really wrong. I’ll poste vids to show what I mean shortly. I honestly cannot believe this method is any good for knee-cavers.
bar on back x 5
with elastic x 12 but vid had to be cut short - wouldn’t upload on youtube.
this is not a problem.
do you really mean that they forced your body to cope or that you let your body cope?
my best looking/strongest squats STILL feel awful, awkward, and weird.
its a pain in the ass process sometimes.