I’d suggest keeping the sprints but do them on days when no other workout is planned. Or possibly, can you swap and do your workout AM and sprints PM?
Re: your brother - was it down to stress/lifestyle or was there a congenital issue? Likelihood is that with your healthy lifestyle and oestrogen (which protects against heart issues) you’ll be just fine, but if there’s a history of defects in the family then get it checked out.
hopefully they mean no dropping the weights off the platform but it is okay to drop them on the platforms. i mean… there isn’t much point in platforms otherwise. still, some gyms do have some strange policies, indeed.
i agree with Cal about the congenital vs lifestyle thing. Might be worth checking in with a doc for some peace of mind.
sorry to hear about your brother. can be hard. i lost a brother, too, but a few years back, now.
Congratulations on the lifts - great progress!
Props for sneaking away to lift while entertaining guests (right out of my playbook - a kindred spirit!)
Don’t fret the b’day thing - though they are good opportunities to look at all the progress you have made that has brought you to this point. Oh, and again, don’t fret this one. You’ll have a whole year to worry about turning 40 
I turned 40 last fall and it’s no so bad.
Gah, I have a great club to workout at but between you and Carl Darby - I am REALLY jealous of having a view of mountains for a lifting backdrop!
Onward and upward…
Cal, his lifestyle was probably a major factor but it’s a family thing too–but then we tend to share bad lifestyles as families. Scottish diet ftw!
Alexus 
It’s okay, he survived, thankfully! I think it was lucky he got a warning and an opportunity to improve his health. I sure as hell did! I’m really sorry you lost a brother, I haven’t yet but I fear the day I do.
It does trouble me a bit though. Then I get to the breast cancer milestone soon after this. Sheesh damn my family tree! I haven’t had a cholesterol test in a long time. My blood pressure is usually about 85/55 and my RHR is usually less than 50 bpm so that makes me feel better. Can’t let that conditioning go EVER!
Thanks NewWorldMan! This is the first age I’ve ever fretted about and I think it’s because of my brother’s heart attack. I even turned 30 twice because I mistakenly thought I turned 30 on my 29th bday that’s how much attention I paid.
One of these days at the gym i’ll snap a pic
Nice work Deb!
[quote]trav123456 wrote:
Nice work Deb![/quote]
Trav!
Some training:
snatch
bar
75x3,3
80x3,3
from 5 second pause
70x3
75x3
80x3
85x3
90x3
snatch
95x1,0 -spent too much time on snatches already so I moved on to clean & jerks
jerks (from clean)
95x3
100x3,3,3
110x3
115x3
125x1
135x0,1 -nice miss from behind ha, first time I did that, maybe I’ll post the video
just attempting clean
145x0,0,0 <–the first attempt was really close. I’m still not sure why I missed. Probably not getting under the bar quick enough. The rest were hopeless but E for effort
Went for a 5k jog. Probably too much work for one night but I’m really stressed about a presentation thing I have to do tomorrow in front of CEO and VPs and more and I’m trying to calm down.
Tonight I really got the sense I’m getting stronger. Those 5 second pause snatches are tough but I managed a triple at 90lbs. After missing the first 135lb jerk, the second attempt felt soooo light on the clean and the jerk. That’s why I went ahead and tried 145lbs. I will get that very soon I feel!!! All of the cleans up to the 145 attempt were really easy. I think my jerks are getting better slowly. I just need to do lots of them.
good luck with your presentation tomorrow!
yay for feeling stronger you really are making some terrific progress. congrats on a good miss behind, too. i was so freaked out about those… mostly because i was scared of my arms ripping out of their sockets… helped me a lot to realize that that almost certainly isn’t going to happen.
[quote]debraD wrote:
[quote]trav123456 wrote:
Nice work Deb![/quote]
Trav!
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lol pink Domo is awesome
Edit: Happy birthday! (i is evurywher :P)
Happy Birthday Deb!!!
muah muah muah
to my favorite Oly-girl! GO nutz!
Happy Birthday!
Thank you kids! Hehe
Alexus, my presentation went better than I could have hoped so my stress was for nothing.
I got my 145lb clean! I didn’t even try to jerk it though. My arms were pretty tired from yesterday so I only did a couple of jerks. My snatches weren’t so great because I hit my damn pubic bone again and they always seem to go to hell after that. I really need to figure that out.
But anyhow, woo! (vid)
It wasn’t all that hard either but I gave 150 a try but not even close.
snatch
bar
70x3
75x3
80x3
85x3
90x2
95x2
100x0
cleans
100x3
110x2 (+jerk)
120x1 (+jerk)
130x1 (+jerk)
135x1
140x1
145x1
150x0
I’m thrilled about that. :o) How am I supposed to get to sleep now? Must have been all the cake. However I didn’t get a great sweep it looks like.
Here’s a video of a missed jerk from behind for fun:
Hi Deb
Does birthday cake = new pr?
Nice clean, you didn’t seem to struggle with it either.
Happy B-day again.
my goodness DEB!! I missed a few days and you have been incredible! happy late bday, and happy pr!!
but whatever! why is that gym so lame? what is the point of not begin able to drop on a platform? that’s the whole point of a platform!! argh!!
but word! way to be fooled with the kgs–in a good way 
Such strong impressive purdy lifts too!!
just got caught up in TK - Happy Birthday Deb and yafreakinhoo on the 145!
The miss video is actually really helpful—I was > < this close to biting it on an OH squat the other day and realized I had no idea how to fall out of it. So thanks! Hope your birthday was fab!
Happy B-day you ground swelling, earth quaking, beautifully ass shaking Ginger!
^lol print… Happy bday to a fellow gorgeous taurus thanks for all the helpful vids !
[quote]debraD wrote:
I got my 145lb clean! I didn’t even try to jerk it though. My arms were pretty tired from yesterday so I only did a couple of jerks. My snatches weren’t so great because I hit my damn pubic bone again and they always seem to go to hell after that. I really need to figure that out.
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Happy Birthday and Congrats on the clean!
I think I’m too immature for oly lifting. This paragraph made me giggle a little.