So Masch reallY DOES HAVE A NEW LOG!
Yayeeeeeee.
Queen of my Heart I bring you
Paul Telfer, British Bodybuilder/Actor/Model
Enjoy <3
Didn’t realize you had a log!
For the box squats, I would pretend the box is 1000 degrees hot. It accomplishes a couple things: for one, you wont “plop down” and take the weight off your feet (because you would burn the hell out of your ass!) Imagining this should force you to stick your butt as far back as possible - really reach back - so that you are still totally supporting yourself with your legs at the bottom of the movement (even when you’re touching the box). This will keep you tight and ready to spring up as soon as you can.
The goal is to touch the box without it providing much support. If the box was hot, you would want as little of your tush resting on it as possible to prevent burnage. And you would spring up hella fast.
Hope this makes some sense and helps!
Enjoyed your training video. Considering you’re coming off a surgery, I think you’re doing stupendous. One thing I’ve learned is to not start the DL from a static position (hovering over the bar in a squat position like you do). It makes a big difference for me.
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
If only our vids came with thought bubbles, right?[/quote]
You can add those in the youtube video editor 
Quick suggestion on your box squats (if I may), but to help you sit back more, don’t start with the bench directly beneath you. Push it back a little farther, so that you have to reach back for it. If it’s too far forward, you know that you don’t need to reach back for it. Also, don’t look in the mirror, because if you don’t know how far back you’re going to have to reach, you’ll ensure that you get as far back as you can. The ascent looked good, but getting a little further back will help your glutes/hams tremendously.
LWI
you are really very hard on yourself!! i thought your vid was awesome! you certainly use your legs / knee extension more than i do on those rack pulls and i’m not recovering from knee surgery.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Didn’t realize you had a log!
For the box squats, I would pretend the box is 1000 degrees hot. It accomplishes a couple things: for one, you wont “plop down” and take the weight off your feet (because you would burn the hell out of your ass!) Imagining this should force you to stick your butt as far back as possible - really reach back - so that you are still totally supporting yourself with your legs at the bottom of the movement (even when you’re touching the box). This will keep you tight and ready to spring up as soon as you can.
The goal is to touch the box without it providing much support. If the box was hot, you would want as little of your tush resting on it as possible to prevent burnage. And you would spring up hella fast.
Hope this makes some sense and helps![/quote]
That’s true for touch and go squats to a box but not “box squats”. There is a pretty good definition on the main page in the squat article.
[quote]Mascherano wrote:
C’mon ride the train, uh uh…let’s ride it! woot woot!
HAHAH! Such a mess.
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My god this made me laugh, you are gold Maschy absolute gold!
I am glad to see you are behaving yourself 
And if those glutes don’t fire I canz spank them for ya.
EEEEE!!! what a treat to see so much of you! and starting it off with a booty tattooey picture!!! totally edible that ass is of yours! 
great vid! i gotta say you do push presses way more serious then i do-- it must be your oly training. i kinda just leave my hands in one position and use a lotta leg drive. yours look much more military pressy then mine by far!
OHHHH!!! trap bar deads! i love those! they are like a deadlift hug, that booty just surrounded by a embrace of deads
You have the strength by the way totally for more. I think my only advice would be look up on those deadsies. I find that helps so much to look way up to the heaven…
you know what I just realized… there is only room for ONE Freddy Mercury look alike on these boards.
Matty, YAHTZEE!! You got it, bro. And to everyone who guessed, I was Freddie Mercury!! It was so much fun! So thanks on the Halloween props! When I saw my mom she was like, “You’re a Middle Eastern taxi driver? Isn’t that a little offensive?” Lol!
And thanks Matty on the sqwatz! Actually, I’m thinking of rigging my next box squat with the risers like you do so I can get some more ROM with those. I’m sure the platforms will be utilized too tho.
Lula, thanks mama!
MiMsy - Muah!
Nadia, a kick in your ass is my pleasure. Thanks!
Kimba, that’s the same thing I though! Lucky for me I have a mustache 24/7! Its the Armenian in me shrug
Ls - Hey girlie! Thanks
Hallie, sigh. You give me the tinglies! And that pic ain’t half bad either!
scj! Yay!! Thanks for stopping in! And I love, LOVE the way you wrote that! Now you’re talking! I’m a pretty visual person, so metaphors such as “the box is hot” is perfect for me. I’ll definitely do that. Thanks!
Inky, how fucking creepy would it be if I dressed up as Gregron for Halloween? jots down “Gregron” on list of Halloween ideas 2012 And yes! I totally agree with what you’re saying re: getting the box further behind me. Makes total sense!! I also think I need to widen my stance a bit more and place the bar low-bar style. Essentially I need to think PL! Der. face palm
Hiya Snap! Thanks for poppin in. I know, the hovering, its been a problem of mine since forever. I just need to be decisive and stop running cues through my head! Thanks for the reminder.
Lex, thanks lovey! Yeah, I am hard on myself. But the thing is I always thought of myself as a soccer player with a lifting problem, but now without soccer I can only focus on my lifting…and well, I realize my lifting is pretty much fucked! On the plus side, now I know I have a lot to work on, and I like that. And with the rack pulls…honestly, I don’t know if I’m doing them right! I’m basically just using them to transition into DLing proper - like one would if they were DLing off of boxes.
Git! Thanks for the heads up on the squat article! I’ll definitely have a look at that!
Spooky baby, making you smile, makes ME smile! Glad you liked it!
Brutiful! Thanks mama! I want more!! So I hope I got it in there. And I LOVE the way you put things - look way up to heaven, a DL hug…HAHA! You’re the best!!
Greg, oh its on! Its on!!
Ok lovers - Finally finished writing up Cycle 2.
My goals are:
-To get stronger on the main lifts so that I have a good strength base
-Increase ROM (hopefully get ATG, but that might be lofty)
-Fix my glute firing issue
-Get 10 consecutive pullups (pronated) by the end of the year (could also be lofty)
Again, this is going to be a 10 day cycle, so I alternate a lifting day with a cardio/conditioning day or an off day.
Lower 1
Front squat 5x8 - starting light
Box squat 5x5 - loading weight
SL Press 4x10
Rev Lunge 4x12 - going to try these again and see how the knee fares
Step ups 4x12
Hanging leg raise 4x10 - hate these but I think i need to add some sort of core work
Upper 1
Push Press 4x6
Seated OH press 4x8
Floor press 4x8
Pushup variation 4x12
Dips 4x7 - I’m trying to get to sets of 10
Lower 2
Trap DL 5x5
Rack pulls 5x5
Box squats 5x8 - lower riser and lower weight
super set 4x15 each
- Glute bridge - hip abducted externally rotated
- KB goblet squat
- Hip thrust with band
- KB swings
Upper 2
Superset
- Pullups 10x3
- Pushup variation 4x12
- Face pulls 4x12
BB Row 5x5 - going heavy with these
WG lat pull 4x12
Kroc rows 2x Max
This cycle will take me about 6 weeks, which I think should be a nice way to transition back into Oly. After this I’ll probably switch to a 4 day split and d 2 Oly days, 2 full body days (but I’m getting ahead of myself here).
I also believe that my glute firing issue is really a hip flexor issue, so I’m going to try to elongate my hip flexors AND strengthen the glutes and see if this solves the problem.
Here are some articles by Tony Gentilcore (love that last name btw, rolls off the tongue, no?) I used to come to this conclusion:
And I think that’s it people! I’ll check back periodically with any interesting updates. Wish me luck!
Until then, my peoples, keep killing it! And by killing it I mean squeezing it to death with hugs.
Don’t be such a drama queen (says the constant moaner that I am), your lifting doesn’t suck.
Yeah it must be tough Maschy, identifying yourself as a soccer player and not being able to play. Lots of athletes go through that. Its a head trip I’m sure. But you’re a strong spunky woman who is making a rather fiercesome come back, SHIT give yourself some extra credit!
I assume you drew that hair on your chest ;-p
I like your plan. But I don’t like this ‘I’ll be back periodically,’ stuff.
Tech, thanks for understanding, mama. And you’re right, I should be kinder myself. I think we ALL should be kinder to ourselves! I’ll keep my chin up, that’s for sure.
And NO! The chest hair I glued on!! HAHA! It was super awesome. I didn’t use my guy’s pubes or anything, altho I seriously considered it…just trimmed a fake beard and used this special body glue. It looked disgustingly real.
And thanks MiMsy!! You know me, always empty threats. I’ll be around!
And that said…
I already have a spectacular update!! Wait for it…
Today in PT I got to play soccer! YAAAAAAY!!!
Basically I was given the task to shuffle from one dot to another dot about 10 feet apart, and at every dot the soccer playing PT guy would pass me that ball and I would pass it back! Like wall passing. SO MUCH FUN!!
Of course I was all smiles and giggling and having a blast. At first my touch was all wonky, but after a few passes it was just like always. And let me tell you, I was giving homeboy a run for his money!
Also, my PT lady said I can start juggling. More YAY!!
All this all after I changed my Avi last night to my soccer pic because i was pining so badly to play. The universe has given me a nod of approval. nods back Thank you.
And now I send out all my positive vibes back out into the universe…
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Blessings to all!
Happy hump day, y’alls!
I like your dramatic ways…but you better be checking in, or Lexi will just start another log!
Id wish you luck, but I know you are a power horse who wont give up easily, so kill it!
EDIT Didnt see last post. GREAT NEWS!! Off to a great start!
I would like to help you with your glute firing problem ~wink, wink, nudge, nudge~
Let it be recorded for all time that I am the original bestower of Brutiful’s nickname. Yay me.
You WILL be back REGULARLY I don’t care how many hot naked men I have to post in here.
<3
Funny you mention hip issues - I just learned at PT last night that I have horrible hip tightness on my affected side and that is causing me all sorts of problems. Hopefully stretching out your hip flexors will fix your glute problems. The human body is such a complicated machine…
Oh, and PT sounded so exciting!! Yay for passing and juggling!
See, I told you that you were allowed to juggle.
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