Girl With the Most Cake

Training
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Great pulling, counselor. Your deadlift is really coming along. I have one observation, however.

I stole this link from Pete’s log with some elite-level power lifters in it. Check out the chick at 1:39 pulling in gear. Watch how she initiates the pull by dropping her ass slightly and then you can actually see her pulling back and snapping her hips forward. You can tell she’s been doing this for a long fucking time–I think its almost perfect the way she does this. I think you are still trying to pick the weight up too much rather than pull it back to you and snap the hips. Just some food for thought.

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/16726

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Betty, thanks for the shout-out!

O, I just have no explanation for why some days just suck and other days are great. The common denominator between our recent experiences is POTATOES! Mmmmm. I love them and rarely eat them. Maybe on deadlift day…

Joe, add that restaurant to your Boston list. Next time I go, I’m getting the pastrami on rye with mustard.

N., what is it about the pastrami that you don’t like? Do you like smoked meat? That is one of favorites to eat in your city.

Jack, that was a GREAT video. I would so like to deadlift just like her. Absolutely right that I revert to picking up the weight rather than pulling it back when the weight approaches my max. I find that I am slowly improving my form at the lesser weights (140-160 lbs. or so) and that this improvement gradually impacts the higher weights. It such a slow process that sometimes its rather disheartening. A good bitch slap takes care of the whining, though.

Today’s training was 1 hr 45 min bicycle ride to pizza and beer (Golden Monkey Tripel, 9.5% ABV – I could barely stand up after drinking the whole bottle) and a 1 hr. 45 min home bicycle ride home against a vicious headwind.

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[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Betty, thanks for the shout-out!

O, I just have no explanation for why some days just suck and other days are great. The common denominator between our recent experiences is POTATOES! Mmmmm. I love them and rarely eat them. Maybe on deadlift day…

Joe, add that restaurant to your Boston list. Next time I go, I’m getting the pastrami on rye with mustard.

N., what is it about the pastrami that you don’t like? Do you like smoked meat? That is one of favorites to eat in your city.

Jack, that was a GREAT video. I would so like to deadlift just like her. Absolutely right that I revert to picking up the weight rather than pulling it back when the weight approaches my max. I find that I am slowly improving my form at the lesser weights (140-160 lbs. or so) and that this improvement gradually impacts the higher weights. It such a slow process that sometimes its rather disheartening. A good bitch slap takes care of the whining, though.

Today’s training was 1 hr 45 min bicycle ride to pizza and beer (Golden Monkey Tripel, 9.5% ABV – I could barely stand up after drinking the whole bottle) and a 1 hr. 45 min home bicycle ride home against a vicious headwind.
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Pizza and beer FTW! and props for biking into the wind while tipsy and doing it in the same time as the outbound leg!

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Potatoes eh? Hmm.
Well done on your deadlift. You can lift more than me, currently (lumbar issues) and you weigh about as much as one of my legs.

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I find most cured meats over salted, it doesn’t sit well with my. Even yesterday’ Jambon de parma had me drinking 2 litres of water after.

cudos on riding back home tipsy in the high winds. I would have probably camped there.

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Awesome pull Kimba!! The DL is definitely moving along - and I like Jack’s suggestion. I’ll have to remember that too.

And a little more adulation - not just the arm muscles that are impressive, but you got yourself some gorgeous back definition too!

Well done for biking while under the influence. HAHAH! Nothing sobers you up like headwind to sober you up, eh?

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George, maybe the tipsy biking isn’t the best idea in the world, but no harm done. :slight_smile:

Cal, you are a funny girl. Your leg…ha!

N., I hear you on the salt. I actually had more problems with the salt in yesterday’s gourmet pizza than I did with the pastrami. That’s the best part about eating at home: you know exactly what’s in the food.

Maschy, I miss hearing about your bad-ass self! Whatcha up to these days??

Today’s training was late due to working all day. And I ran out of time when the gym closed…I was unpleased.

Squat Rehab Day #2 & 5/3/1 Wave 10, Week 3 Bench Day

Squat (3 risers/step)
Bar 1 x 5
75# 1 x 5 <–feeling heavy
85# 1 x 5 <–knee cave already on last 2 reps. :frowning:
75# 7 x 5 <–3 sets with an extra wide stance, 2 sets with my normal stance, 2 sets with normal stance but a narrower grip on the bar.

I played with stance and grip today, just to keep from dying of boredom working form at a pussy weight. The wider stance doesn’t really help. However, I tried putting the outside of my thumbs on the edge of the knurlings, which narrowed my grip on the bar a bit. I thought this helped keep my back tighter, so I’ll try this experiment again.

My legs weren’t recovered from the 3+ hour bicycle ride of yesterday.

Bench Press
Bar 1 x 5
63.5# 1 x 5
72# 1 x 3
80.5# 1 x 4 <–money set, equals PR although my butt came off the bench a little bit for the last rep.

Pushups
BW 1 x 20

And then home for a grilled swordfish, baked sweet potato and salad dinner. Back to normal food after a couple of days of treats.

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Looks pretty good for a short workout. 3 hour bike ride? I wouldn’t last that long on a Harley.

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Sounds like the form work is going well even if you are getting a little bored with it.

Here I’l post my video tour of my gym that I made for a friend over in my log so you can laugh at my accent.

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Jack, you remind me that I’ve never been on a Harley. A ride on the back of one would be enuf…

Joe, the form work is killing me. I know there won’t be any progress for a long while, but I just have to trust that it will eventually come. Just ploughing ahead with more weight hasn’t helped, so maybe limiting myself to light weight for awhile will do something.

Today was lots of working for money, so the only training was the occasional getting up and hitting my pull-up bar:

Chinups
4/5/6

These never, ever, ever get any easier. I am a weighted-dip queen, but this is HARD.

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[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Jack, you remind me that I’ve never been on a Harley. A ride on the back of one would be enuf…

Joe, the form work is killing me. I know there won’t be any progress for a long while, but I just have to trust that it will eventually come. Just ploughing ahead with more weight hasn’t helped, so maybe limiting myself to light weight for awhile will do something.

Today was lots of working for money, so the only training was the occasional getting up and hitting my pull-up bar:

Chinups
4/5/6

These never, ever, ever get any easier. I am a weighted-dip queen, but this is HARD.[/quote]

I don’t believe I have seen a weighted dip vid. That would be coolness.

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[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I am a weighted-dip queen.[/quote]

And no one will ever take that title from you.

Serious cycling the day before squatting WILL affect your efforts.

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[quote]giterdone wrote:

I don’t believe I have seen a weighted dip vid. That would be coolness. [/quote]

There absolutely was a weighted dip video five or so months ago, but just with a measly five extra pounds:

I should do another video with a BIG plate.

Snap, you can be chinup queen. I’ll even get you a tiara.

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[quote]kimbakimba wrote:

Snap, you can be chinup queen. I’ll even get you a tiara.[/quote]

I don’t own that title yet. But I hope to one day. Then I will earn my tiara.

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[quote]kimbakimba wrote:

[quote]giterdone wrote:

I don’t believe I have seen a weighted dip vid. That would be coolness. [/quote]

There absolutely was a weighted dip video five or so months ago, but just with a measly five extra pounds:

I should do another video with a BIG plate.

Snap, you can be chinup queen. I’ll even get you a tiara.[/quote]

I like goat cheese dips but those are nice too. My shoulders hurt watching them. Dips bother my shoulders a lot.

Is it just me or did you find it weird that the guy jumped on the front while you were dipping? It’s kind of like sitting next to someone on an empty bus. Maybe it wouldn’t bother anyone else but it bugs me just seeing it.

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[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:

[quote]kimbakimba wrote:

[quote]giterdone wrote:

I don’t believe I have seen a weighted dip vid. That would be coolness. [/quote]

There absolutely was a weighted dip video five or so months ago, but just with a measly five extra pounds:

I should do another video with a BIG plate.

Snap, you can be chinup queen. I’ll even get you a tiara.[/quote]

I like goat cheese dips but those are nice too. My shoulders hurt watching them. Dips bother my shoulders a lot.

Is it just me or did you find it weird that the guy jumped on the front while you were dipping? It’s kind of like sitting next to someone on an empty bus. Maybe it wouldn’t bother anyone else but it bugs me just seeing it.[/quote]

It would bug the piss out of me too but I would yell at him and ask why he was so stupid so maybe I’m unreasonable.

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Dips with a 35lb plate (I think that’s what you use) for someone at your weight are quite something.

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O, I like french onion dip with ruffle potato chips. Honestly, I don’t remember being pissed off at the dude. I was busy ekeing out my last reps and wasn’t paying him any mind. That sort of mindless interference is pretty standard at my gym: its a Y that attracts a very fitness-challenged crowd.

Joe, my fuse is nowhere near as short as yours. Luckily! :slight_smile:

giterdone, dip. Singular. As in one (ever, lifetime) with the 25 plate plus a 10er. I think the 35 plate might be too big for me in relation to my height, but I do plan on trying it.

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Strangely I’m a really laid back guy, but I get torqued when people don’t have common courtesy.

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[quote]JoeGood wrote:

Strangely I’m a really laid back guy, but I get torqued when people don’t have common courtesy.[/quote]

I’m the same way and the only things that really bother me are reckless driving, litterbugs, people on cell phones in public bathrooms (I mean really? its a fucking bathroom!!). Lucky for me I’ve never encountered any douche-baggery at my gym. Unless I’m that d-bag…

Oh, and I can do 0 dips…so meh to your “measly” 5 lbs.

ps. All is well with me Kimba! Still training and playing soccer, nothing too exciting. Thanks for asking :slight_smile: