alisa- to-do lists posted in the most inappropriate spots have been a huge help. so has the frustration of dealing with my classmates. will remember your links though, for when im more of a grownup… 
cal- better than the other students… ha! i get what you’re sayin, though.
deja- TO THE RESCUE!!
bg- haaaay princess!
sh- oh its too late for me to rage… brofist
veg- yeah, im excited to go! a beer and a hot shower and its bedtime!
good sleeps= RAWR!!
I just wanted to drop in and say buckeye’s avi is lookin especially nice these days.
oh and Hai Bear!
Hey Bear, dropping in to see what’s goin’s on.
I just wandered in because I heard rumblings about alcohol, sex and some sort of biscuit covered in cheese.
It’s hard being a professor. I can never figure out when to call bullshit. Sometimes it’s obvious, but you want to treat everyone the same. But then it’s so easy to remember being a student, and just needing a break. I don’t know, but peer guided inquiry and assessment is a life saver!
max- i high-fived the tiny bear. made me smile, thanks!
p- when in doubt, call the bullshit.
in the event this gets locked before i do my weekend writeup, here’s something to keep you busy, for at least a few minutes.
also, tried to take a pic of my hamstrings the other night, now that i can finally fucking see them. it’s mostly just a shadowy ass pic. enjoy!
thinking of you…
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
thinking of you…[/quote]
ah, so ironic. will tell you tomorrow.
Fucking hilarious re: figure athlete thread. I’ve never visited over there. Now I know why (other than the fact that it has nothing to do w/my goals.) I’ll give my usual “no offense to figure/bb girls” disclaimer, but seriously, those girls were acting like a bunch of whiney, pathetic sods.
Like the pic, it leaves a lot to the imagination.
Can’t wait to hear about your training.
Figure athlete thread is awesomely hilarious!! They sure get their panties in a wad over thar!
I agree with Veg on the pic to, lots & lots left to the imagination. Nice.
Bear!! Your post was definitely not there when I posted. Looking om nom nom as usual. Do I see a little more calf too?
Veggie, I haven’t gotten a chance to look at the FA thread, but I don’t think most of the girls over there are real figure competitors. They’re whiny “skinny fat” girls with eating disorders that use the forum to cheer one another on when they’re making mediocre progress. They just use the goal of getting into figure to make them feel special. At least that’s what I’ve gathered from the few times I’ve gone over there.
to expand on BG’s point a bit-
I know that FA isnt for figure athletes only, that it’s for women who want to lift, eat well, and look amazing. She’s right that the vast majority never compete, and that’s ok. She’s also right that the vast majority have or are prone to eating disorders. The figure athlete style of weighing and measuring food, counting kcal and macros, and weighing yourself three times a day is a “healthy” excuse and outlet for the “recovering” woman suffering from an ED.
What I take issue with is that they’ll seek a silver spoonfed handout of information instead of reading and finding out what works for them, and that most of them aren’t seeking treatment for the psychological side of things.
I used to try to help, then I gave up and started throwing dump trucks of sand in their panties. If they’re not gonna learn, I may as well have fun with it all.
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
Bear!! Your post was definitely not there when I posted. Looking om nom nom as usual. Do I see a little more calf too?
Veggie, I haven’t gotten a chance to look at the FA thread, but I don’t think most of the girls over there are real figure competitors. They’re whiny “skinny fat” girls with eating disorders that use the forum to cheer one another on when they’re making mediocre progress. They just use the goal of getting into figure to make them feel special. At least that’s what I’ve gathered from the few times I’ve gone over there.[/quote]
your avi and the CALF comment will give you much win here
Hey I learned, I upped sticks and came over here! (Though truth be told, I had an account here before I found FA - I just didn’t use it much). To be honest, as someone who has suffered poor body image and eating disorders through much of my early years, I found the atmosphere there just a bit too neurotic and unhealthy.
ups- you’re right on both accounts. bg knows how to stroke me. my ego. yup.
cal- i know you did. we’ve gotten a few good birds over this way, and i’m proud of all of you. that you stuck with it and aren’t painfully idiotic are bonuses. 
procrastinators UNITE!!!
oh. am I late?
Saturday at EFS-
they call them “chain suspended cambered bar goodmornings,” i call them “fucked up in the best way.”
so i’ll list the weights as if the bar really weighs only 45lbs, and we’ll pretend it had knurling on it, and that it didnt slip off my back on the first attempt.
135x3
185x2
225x1x 4 or 5
235x1
notes- i kept doin the 225 bc i wanted to do it right… then nobody could really decide what “right” was. some of it was a bottom up squat, some of it was a legitimate goodmorning, it was sposed to be fast. Todd made a comment that stayed with me. “It’s like you’ve never learned to strain under weight before.”
Well ya know what? I haven’t. Except for the past year, all of my lifting has been in a local fitness center and despite the sporadic training partner(s), none of whom i would expect to piss in my ear if my brain was on fire much less trust to spot me. And the majority of my time at EFS at this point has been broken down weights and correction. None of this is meant to be a bitchy retort, just a lightbulb going on. I really, truly, haven’t learned to strain under a weight, give it my all, and really know that it’s ok to fail a lift.
so here’s where i tell you that the bar weighs abt 70 or 80lbs. and that the 235 was a bottom up squat, according to Pegg. so thats fucking awesome. I squatted up 270.
then some highrep death shit- I meandered over to the leg press with Ted and Steve, where they were discussing doing 20 rep sets. Ted racked the sled after 8 or 9 reps and said that he didnt think he could manage to do 20 reps. CBEAR HEARS A CHALLENGE after finding out the sled weighs about 400lbs (real weight is less, bc of the track and the angle and physics.), I climbed in and started. Steve counted with me and watched while Ted walked away, and came back after a bit to see how i was doin. I shouted “NINETEEN” and he called me a bitch. it was awesome. the second set was painful and slower than the first. of course, the boys added real weight, and i kept it empty.
i quit there and walked around for awhile bc im still a big fat pussy compared to those guys, and i wanted to make sure i could drive home and stand at work when i got there.
thought itd be a good idea to lay down prone draped over a box… felt so good, kept waiting for my back to finish stretching and pop. then i tried to get up, and my erectors wouldn’t fire. i was seriously stuck. Ted giggled at me and so did Pegg. Took me a few min and Pegg’s efforts at rubbing blood and life back into me, but i managed to stand. eek.
missed sunday because i’m an asshole and couldnt get myself out of bed. the worst part? Ted came in on sunday to bench, which he NEVER does, and I missed it. I apologized, and he said it’s ok, but he’s awesome and i still feel like a tool.
so it serves me right that tonights bench efforts didnt go above 135 or feel awesome.
i have about 8 weeks to get my shit together for the meet, and about 3 weeks left in this quarter for school.
hello, crunchtime. my name is bear. you killed my father. prepare to die.
8 weeks? You can TOTALLY do it. Those chamber bar shits are HARD, you’re blasting them. So all this time you haven’t even been trying your hardest? Well damm… that’s kinda an awesome thing to hear, mad potenial!
OH–> Great booty shot too 8)
Sounds like you had a fun time on Sat. Those GM are insane. Awesome training.
WOW Bear, kill-her Kill-her freaking workout. Laying down prone on a box was an excellent idea, but i am sure I would still be there Great work - you got this thing!
