[quote]RozS wrote:
3 days out, feeling run-down even though I’ve been taking it easy this week. My muscles are still tired from Friday/Saturday, which is bothersome. I’m also retaining water for some reason, so I’m back to stressing over weigh-ins.
So much fun for a first meet.
Oh, and my ribs hurt like hell. [/quote]
You’re changing the subject.
You have no control over these things so stop thinking about them, it wastes calories and nerves…
Just imagine yourself at the meet bending expensive bars with your astounding force productions. Do this 62,000,000 times a day until the meet. Then do it some more.
You’ll be fine if you control the things you can control, things like thoughts and barbells.
First meet was an experience and a half! It was amazing and I can’t wait to do it again! I stayed conservative with an opener of 52.5kg, a second lift of 55kg and a third lift of 60kg, which I failed. Even with the failed 60kg, I still took 1st place and set a national record, so I’m pretty happy
Videos!!!
55kg (my trainer is in the way, but you can see the bar, I can’t believe how light it was)
60kg fail
Now for the explanation: My second lift, I anticipated the ‘press’ and got a no-lift from the head judge, but the other judges white-lighted me, so I got credit. The third lift, I was afraid of making the same mistake, so I over-paused, got loose, and couldn’t get it up. I ended up tweaking something in my lower back, which was excruciating (hamstring on the same side hurts, too), and resulted in some tears shed. I’m ok with missing the lift, there’s always next time
[quote]RozS wrote:
First meet was an experience and a half! It was amazing and I can’t wait to do it again! I stayed conservative with an opener of 52.5kg, a second lift of 55kg and a third lift of 60kg, which I failed. Even with the failed 60kg, I still took 1st place and set a national record, so I’m pretty happy
Videos!!!
55kg (my trainer is in the way, but you can see the bar, I can’t believe how light it was)
60kg fail
Now for the explanation: My second lift, I anticipated the ‘press’ and got a no-lift from the head judge, but the other judges white-lighted me, so I got credit. The third lift, I was afraid of making the same mistake, so I over-paused, got loose, and couldn’t get it up. I ended up tweaking something in my lower back, which was excruciating (hamstring on the same side hurts, too), and resulted in some tears shed. I’m ok with missing the lift, there’s always next time
Now to keep my name on that record! [/quote]
Way to go, 55 flew up! Nice job on the record, too!!
3/10- Bench with co-worker (not trainer), we lifted in kilos, because we’re badass
Warm-up
20.4x10
43x10
47x5
Foot-less presses (aka medieval torture)
5 sets of 6 reps at 50kgs
Ladder pushups in the Smith Machine (aka even more torture)
4 sets of 12-I couldn’t do the last 2 sets because I can’t do pushups from the ground, which is why I get stuck in the hole on my bench press. Stupid weaksauce arms.
My co-worker is prepping for another powerlifting meet this Saturday (she did the one Sunday with me), so it was a short and effective workout.
It was a short workout that took a long time due to a phone-call from the principal My daughter (7 years old and 40lbs, teeny tiny) has been getting bullied all year, and the bullying escalated to her getting thrown to the ground by a much larger kid earlier this week, so we’re trying to come up with solutions (I say expel the offenders, but it’s not my call, apparently).
Squats (in lbs, because not badass today, apparently)
45x10 (2 sets) to a below-parallel box. I’m working on getting to depth more consistently as well as getting out of the hole with my hip out of place. Gotta get that full power national record in June
65x5 to the same box. Suck.
95x5 no box, but touching to the catches which were set at parallel
126x5 no box, just above parallel, stupid hip
136x6 (2 sets) no box, waaaaay above parallel and every single one was a struggle. I’m not sure what was going on, but I was weak in the squat rack today.
Hack squats
55 (empty sled)x10 Deeeeeeeeep and slow, with a narrow stance.
125x10
175x10
200x10
220x10 (2 sets) REP PR, and it felt fabulous!
Hip Thrusters
115x10 (3 sets) I hate doing these at the gym because everyone stares and makes rude comments about them, but I was running out of time and both leg curl machines were taken.
It was a short workout that took a long time due to a phone-call from the principal My daughter (7 years old and 40lbs, teeny tiny) has been getting bullied all year, and the bullying escalated to her getting thrown to the ground by a much larger kid earlier this week, so we’re trying to come up with solutions (I say expel the offenders, but it’s not my call, apparently).
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A buddy of mine’s step son was getting bullied. School is “we’ll handle it, we know what to do.” Doesn’t stop so he calls the cops the next time, it is assault and battery after all. Boom, done.
Years later my kid is getting pushed around, school is “yeah this is tough, um, we know what to do.” Yup. Next time it happened I stopped by the police station. It is assault and battery after all. Cop says “thanks, we wish more parents would come to us, it is assault and battery after all. We need to get to know these kids now when when they are young and we can intervene, and if that doesn’t work, we need to get to know these kids because we’ll be dealing with them when they get older any way.” In short, police go to kids’ houses, boom, done.
