Did some singles and worked up to 225, then added orange reverse bands and a quarter on each side.
Stood up with 275 and promptly called for a rerack. HOLY FUCK i was not ready for how heavy 275 really felt. Jason, Molly and Ted all had to remind me that I’ve had more weight on my back and that I wasn’t gonna get hurt.
So I did a single and almost bailed on the ascent. WTF?! I know. Jason saw my head start to dip and yelled something- dont remember what, but it made me keep going and I got it.
Dropped to 175 and did 2 sets of 5, had to be reminded to push my elbows forward once or twice.
Did either 3x10 or 4x10 superset of reverse hypers and lying leg curls, some hip thrusters on the machine with the orange band, and i think 3 sets of weighted decline situps with Molly and Ted. I was determined to keep up with those two, and because of that i spent a few minutes at the end of the workout laying on the floor of EFS trying to remember how to speak English.
I had to remind my body that it is in fact permitted and encouraged to work hard. Also got a little weirded out by the haze/loss of vision in the middle of a tough lift like that squat. doesnt matter if you cant see, keep goin!
crazy! took a matter of minutes to get my squat form back last week, and I thought I was back in the game for this training cycle. Im sure something else will throw me for a loop tomorrow, but it’ll keep the training from being boring till I can get some PRs.
Jeebers, sticking 275 on my back would be enough to make me shit my entire colon. Well fucking played.
The grey outs are normal when working near max - I’ve had that deadlifting (not that I’ve lifted heavy in some time, now, but back when I did). Then again I get grey outs just standing up every so often - I have quite low BP.
I’ve felt like I’m going to pass out while DLing, but not squatting. I’m too chicken to push that hard there. I read Molly and Ted’s logs–good for you for hanging tough and trying to keep up. Language skills are over-rated anyway.
Hey cbear, how does the crew feel about heavy rack picks, hold for 10 sec and rack it? It seemed to help get over “holy ***l this is freaking heavy!”
I’m talking up to 100# over what I could actually squat.
Cal- I’ll hold the bucket and provide the spotters just to see you shit your entire colon.
nads- don’t remember that feeling WHILE im deadlifting, just after. part of it is obligation… im glad my spotters are there and dont want to lift without them, but i feel like i let them down if i make them work. I think I’ve had to use em for squats twice, but i may be blocking out something horrific. If im deadlifting, i can just let go! lolz.
kimba- it was def 275 at the top, but the reverse bands take more lbs off the farther down the bar travels… so i dunno what it really weighed when i turned it around and started to come up. glad im entertaining! I feel boring atm.
lil p- ive never seen em do just the pick and hold, but the closer meet time comes, the call to hold before rerack comes later and later. I’ll hafta ask em about just holding it.
lexus- last time i remember missing a squat and NEEDING my spotters it was one of the stupiedsted things i couldve done, and something for which i still have no explanation. i had a lot of weight on my back (not gonna try to remember how much) and I LOOKED AT MY SHOES. then i tried to recover and failed. jeebus. i felt awful, everyone else laughed, then i laughed too. oh and ive used em for the 3rd attempt in both squat and bench in both meets.
snap- i now have an ego. the problem is that i didnt think i was doing anything wrong, and wasnt actively seeking good coaching. part of that is the environment i chose to lift in, the other part is that it never occurred to me to check to see if what i was doing was correct. no room for error, no room to grow. if the ego has to take a hit once in awhile to get better at something, it ends up being a better ego once ive fixed or started fixing the problem.
short training post
Sunday EFS Bench
did doubles to a 2board, and yes i’d forgotten how to bench, as well. came back quickly enough, worked up to 165,
then down to 105 x8 for 2 sets, for some close grip to a 2board. changing the grip threw me for a loop again. some of those reps were awful, some were pristine, most were mediocre-ish.
lots of stretching and foam rolling, couple pullups here and there, couple sets of kroc rows.
felt good to feel strong. needed that today to put all this schoolwork in a better light.
MIM- going to school wasnt exactly the problem this quarter. it was motivation/anxiety. a slow but steady decline in my mental health. not tryin to exaggerate, but not joking either. feb-may was awful for me. and when i started to try to sift through things… it was week 6 of 10 in a quarter and i was (am) so far behind it feels impossible.
now ask me how i get B’s in these upper level English classes and intermediate spanish, having read none of the books/poems and skipping more classes than ever? I will NOT assume I’m brilliant. I say FAIL to the system.
Well. I can’t say B’s. so far so good, but final papers and grades aren’t in yet.
dharma- with as much as i seem to make you- lol, lmao, roflmao, i hope you had on a diaper when you saw it to prevent a PMSL.
Back is sore. feels good. ok. upper back feels good sore, lower back feels stiff and tight sore. I want to call em CalCramps bc she talks abt being hunched over at the computer for 20 years and thats how long i feel like ive been here.
ive worn the letters/coating off some of my keys- a,s,e,d,c,n,m, and the spacebar.
Can i break the laptop and frame just the keyboard after i graduate?
don’t really post much other than my training anymore but one of your fellow PW’s train wreck of a log caught my eye. i read your posts and just wanted to say that i appreciate your no bullshit approach to training and accountability.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
don’t really post much other than my training anymore but one of your fellow PW’s train wreck of a log caught my eye. i read your posts and just wanted to say that i appreciate your no bullshit approach to training and accountability. [/quote]
n- hahahahahaha!!! that’s about how i felt from sunday night to last night. still have a few loose ends to tie up, but the worst is over.
meat- wow. stop by anytime. i don’t see my M.O. changing any time soon, so there’s lots more where this came from!
skye- you joiner.
dharma- its on fb and here, asshole. i spose you want me to wrap it up with a bow and hand deliver it to you? hmmm. i AM due for a vacation, and the way i feel like letting loose, i’m sure i’d run into ya.
