It will be so interesting to see how the corrective stuff has helped your strength when you go back to the 5/3/1 program.
Foam rolling mobility stuff, of course, is forever.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
It will be so interesting to see how the corrective stuff has helped your strength when you go back to the 5/3/1 program.
Foam rolling mobility stuff, of course, is forever. [/quote]
Agreed! What are you going to do when you switch programs?
sissy gym or not, we know you are a badass.
i’m sure the MR workouts have helped you TONS!
hijack/
in my sissy gym, it seems i’m known for my intensity and long-time dedication. i’ve run into a couple guys outside of the gym who have then decided to say hi, and proceed to ask me if “i was training for something?” they said they were skeered to bother me while working out. ego-boost
for the ones that think I’M strong, they would shit bricks if they saw you and some of the other PW lifting!!
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I get that question pretty frequently too, actually. I’ve learned its easier to say no than that I’m a PLer. That just leads to too many questions.
I don’t really think anyone is afraid to talk to me during my workouts though. I wish they were. Even with my scary deadlift face on and ipod in, people still come up to me to ask stupid questions when I’m in the middle of something.
I get what can only be described as “glares” from gym guys.
I’m not sure why. Am I squatting in “their” rack? Do I just look really out of place? Are they all members of G.R.O.S.S.?
Kimba- as much as I knew that they were important, I never realized HOW important the mobility and corrective exercises were until I could start seeing a diff in my posture, feeling the different areas of soreness in the places he focused on correcting.
Masch- I’ll go back to 5/3/1.
T- it’s ALWAYS awesome when someone recognizes how hard you work!
BG- while I can’t picture you having a scary deadlift face, I can’t imagine how rude people can be, coming up to you with your ipod in. When that’s ever happened to me, I motion to my earbuds and say, “I’m not listening to you. Try again later.”
Alisa- I doubt you get glares. They’re probably checkin you out, or doing a “DAAAAAYUM!!! Shes strong!” I’ve seen ur nekkid ass, it’s worth lookin.
I get to take my 9 year old nephew and 8 year old niece to their swimteam practice tonight, and I’m SO excited, because of how much I loved swimming and how well my mom says they’re doing.
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
I get that question pretty frequently too, actually. I’ve learned its easier to say no than that I’m a PLer. That just leads to too many questions.
I don’t really think anyone is afraid to talk to me during my workouts though. I wish they were. Even with my scary deadlift face on and ipod in, people still come up to me to ask stupid questions when I’m in the middle of something.[/quote]
Hey babe, you don’t mind if I set my coffee right here?
Hi CBear, just wanted to drop in & say that I’ve really enjoyed lurking on your log (boy, that sounds creepy!); you’re hella-strong & I’ve loved your work stories about stupid customers. I can commiserate, I’ve worked retail selling booze for the last 5 years to pay my way through school, and have witnessed some of that stupidity first-hand.
mike- u put ur coffee there an I’ll kick it over. promise.
rblue- nah, when u know how to file a restraining order in 2 states, your first comment doesnt come off as creepy at all! I can’t imagine, nor do I want to, what it’d be like to be a bartender/server. I always tip as well as I can and I do my best to make whoever is serving me laugh/relax when I go out. Of course, the best ones act like I’m funny and their new best friend, so, it works out!
Made the executive decision to not train today… my ass and hams were sore in ways that aren’t debilitating, but I hated the idea of making them work, esp since I’ve been getting stronger on the MR workout. I’ll have plenty of time tomorrow after class.
And I LOVED getting to watch my niephews swim practice… a group of highschoolers were finishing up when I got there, and I ran into my old coach (the reason I dont wanna compete anymore. he totally ruined it for me.). First thing I said to him was, “Oh, so you still got people thinkin you know what you’re doing, eh?” --“Nah, they know I’m senile by now.” “So, they have the REAL coach come in when you leave?” --“God they’d better.”
told me about his latest group of kids and how they’re swimming, then pointed me to the bulletin program for the “Masters” team and told me I should go show em whats up.
Masters? Is that the second time this week I’ve been called old? FFS I’m 25, with no desire to be any other age than what I am right now. Until tomorrow. Reminds me of a Mitch H line- “Heres a picture of me from when I was younger.” “Dude, EVERY picture of you is from when you were younger.”
My old landlord is a coach for the team his 14 year old son is on, and I watched him stay after practice to do some drills and fine-tuning. I even got the opportunity to offer my input on what I’d seen, and the landlord was incredibly thankful for it. Kinda gave me a needed ego boost after the masters shit. “If you saw that from only 10 min of drills I’d love to have you watch a whole practice. It’s amazing what you’ve learned in your years of doing this.”
awwww!!!
Knowledge of restraining order-filing must be quite useful! Haha.
Actually no, I’m not a bartender/server, I work at the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario), our provincially-owned liquor stores. So mostly I deal with people before they’ve started consuming. Although that’s not always the case!
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
Masters? Is that the second time this week I’ve been called old? FFS I’m 25, with no desire to be any other age than what I am right now. Until tomorrow. Reminds me of a Mitch H line- “Heres a picture of me from when I was younger.” “Dude, EVERY picture of you is from when you were younger.” [/quote]
I cry crocodille tears for you. Many, many more peeps think I’m old than think you are old. They, of course, are all wrong.
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
mike- u put ur coffee there an I’ll kick it over. promise.
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I’m just waiting to see if BG remembers this little moment from the gym a few months ago. I though I was going to have to hold her back for a second.
hai guys I went sledding tonight!! For the first time in at least a few years, and it was b.e.a.youtiful!
I must’ve layered up pretty well, bc I kept stopping to lay down and cool off, way before I stopped to rest.
I borrowed two of my niephews sleds, one of the standard saucers and a semi- recognizable sit down deal with the rope on it to drag.
I used to compete with my little sis to stand on the saucer sleds we had, feet wedged against the handle grooves, to see who could go all the way down the hill standing on it. Our own ghetto version of snowboarding, I guess. so i tried that again tonight, with amazing success at running into a tree. Lots of em at the bottom of this hill, and a couple times I stopped right in front of the tree, kinda leaned on it, acknowledged the awesomness of Tree, and promised to be nowhere involved when it gets cut down in 100 years.
Also had much fun with the run, jump, body slam snow/sled ride down the hill face first deal.
whole thing lasted a little over an hour, maybe an hour and a half. came home to chicken breast and brown rice with some grapes and a lil wine.
im SO tempted to call this a workout, but it sounds too much like cardio.
maybe I wouldnt hate winter so much if I went sledding more often.
Sounds like a fantastic time. I’m sure someone could come up with a workout reference for this. If you were standing on that sled then that is a core workout, and climbing uphill is great for the glutes and hams
[quote]CBear84 wrote:
Lots of em at the bottom of this hill, and a couple times I stopped right in front of the tree, kinda leaned on it, acknowledged the awesomness of Tree, and promised to be nowhere involved when it gets cut down in 100 years. [/quote]
Awww. CBear made friends with a tree. At least the tree didn’t talk back…or did it?
Just giving you some props for eating real food and not processed junque.
[quote]im SO tempted to call this a workout, but it sounds too much like cardio.
maybe I wouldnt hate winter so much if I went sledding more often.
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My winter cardio training is skiing. Not different from sledding in any material respect. Reclaim the word “cardio”! It doesn’t have to suck.
ghetto snowboarding! love it.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Just giving you some props for eating real food and not processed junque.
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OH GOD. NOT PROCESSED FOOD! ITS BEEN LIKE, PROCESSED AND STUFF!
you need to try sledding on a shower curtain.
that’s what we do in the big city when it snows.
old?
yes, claire. you getting called old twice in a week is a sure sign of what will happen for the rest of your life. it sucks. but of course being ‘old’ is relative and you should not be concerned with such labels.
do you get called, “Maam” all the time? wtf…i know some people think it’s a sign of respect but it just annoys the shit out of me.
lucky girl going to your nephews practice. despite the master’s comment, your ego should be swelling more than usual knowing that people think you have the talent, skill and knowledge to train the kids! 
and finally, sledding FTW!! i called my excursion a wrkout, since i ran the hill every time back up.
shower curtain??? hmmmmm- must try that next time i head north.
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
you need to try sledding on a shower curtain.
that’s what we do in the big city when it snows.
old?
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lol! Or garbage can lid (when they’re not chained down).
Sledding is fun! Still prefer the kind of “cardio” that comes with frolicking on a beach tho.