They sell long socks that have slight padding in them for DL’s.
Nikki - I’m kind of lucky cause I have that vascularity naturally. When I was younger I thought it was major ugly. now I embrace it. When it gets warmer in the summer I’m pretty much sporting those veins all the time…
Soldog - hope those pics are helping you feel all better 
just teasin.
Brute- scary cyclops eye is scary
Alex&Joe - tape, layers and special socks. check.
Kalle - its funny I noticed the same thing when I watched my vids but I was following my own music… Perhaps some weird voodoo energy was giving me a cue…
Powerpuff - thanks! 
A quote I stole from a facebook status today. I just loved it:
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says~~
“Oh Crap, She’s up!”
cheerios
that is awesome. i like it very much
A deserved me day, a stunning picture, rockin deadlifts, and a delectable dinner. Damnit Frenchie you know how to live!
aw shucks Nadia
anywho according to schedual I should be benching tonight but my back is still toasty and my neck has been twitchy. Hopefully another rest day should take care of this.
LWI
Just found a 1 rep max calculator - never ever used one of those before. I punched in 250 x 5 and it gave me 292 which is a couple of lbs over my last ramp up in february which brought me to 285. Makes sense. Then I punched in what I needed to rep to get a 315 1 rep max… 255 x 8. Guess what Imma hit next week
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Just found a 1 rep max calculator - never ever used one of those before. I punched in 250 x 5 and it gave me 292 which is a couple of lbs over my last ramp up in february which brought me to 285. Makes sense. Then I punched in what I needed to rep to get a 315 1 rep max… 255 x 8. Guess what Imma hit next week
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GO FOR IT FRENCHIE! (shakes pom-poms!)
sending ya 255 x 8 vibes baby!!!
Oh, you pull sumo?
I would compete with you but I’m a conventional kinda girl lol
I’m sending those vibes your way mama!
That’s an awesome status quote as well haha
Your log makes me want to go deadlift right now!
Awesome work, and good luck with the training leading up to your next meet.
That supper looks soooo tasty!
GooooOOOOO Frenchie! (my best cheerleader voice)
It’s fun to have mini-goals. Now that you’ve got 255x8 in mind it’ll be easier to pull. Well, not ‘easier’, but you know what I mean.
Everything in your log looks so delicious. And by everything I mean everything.
Seriously, the DL vids are awesome. Very inspirational. Makes me want to head straight to the gym and get to it.
Love sexy Frenchie, love badass Frenchie! Good luck with the war wounds.
You’ve got that 255x8 in ya! I know it.
We’re going to hold you to that. Make git post a bicep pic for you when you hit it.
I’m so jealous of your pulls. I think it’ll be a long while before I can pull again.
And jealous of your dinner. That looks yummy!
had fun with my camera and a little (a lot) of saranwrap. posted in dirty-land. very happy with my photographic results
anywho down to business:
Bench:
bar x12
95x3
105x3
120x3
125x3
130x3
135x3. not bad but not frenchie strong. I’m thinking my main issue is that I’m losing all my setup unracking the bar at the top hook. Next week I will try unracking from the lower one. We’ll see if that was the missing puzzle piece…
Facepulls
55, 65, 75 x 12 reps - not with my usual stack hence higher numbers. weird shit.
superset with
tricep pulldowns 45, 55, 65 x 12 reps
Dumbbell rows
40x12
50 2x8
Skullcrushers 45 3x8
Dumbbell chest press 35lbs 3x8
keeping some in the tank for tomorrow, squats at the powerlifting gym.
unracking a bench press without a handoff is my main trouble training as well, see if you can get a spotter/liftoff sometimes. or train bench at the PL gym, I’m sure somebody there would help
I think you arms got worn out with all that saran wrap and you need an assistant next time.
I feel the same way unracking on the bench, I can get such a better setup with a lift off
OMG Mainy, saw those pics. Unfucking real. So, very sexy. K, sorry.
Exactly what Kalle said, why don’t you get a spot? At least for that last few sets.
Anyways, looks awesome! Good luck on the squats!