Booyeah highfives all around. I don’t care that is a badass highfive.
Spock,
Congrats on the 2x DL, that’s quite an accomplishment!
That’s also one damn hot picture of you at the top of the previous page!
*wonders what’s wrong with the men up north…
You are one strong hottie! I’m sad I haven’t spent much time in this log.
cabbage patch dance
had to be different…
I love doin stuff like that with my kidlets too.
Thanks so much everyone!
Lula: Chest bump X’s 1000! (Though that might get tiring after a while)
Giterdone: YEAH, I think during my deload week I will attempt to take an updated deadlifting video for critique. Sometimes I find it distracting and if I mess up another DL day I will probably want to rip someone’s head off, ha-ha.
Patch: THAT IS THE GREATEST THING EVER. That is how I want the man of my dreams to propose to me. If that doesn’t happen I will be so disappointed now…
2budy: Can’t blame all the men. It’s probably 75% my fault since I make no eye contact with anyone and am totally obllivious and in my own world all the time… I should really start smiling at people, maybe.
Oleena: AWW, glad you stopped by. I was worried all this time you didn’t like me, ha-ha. I feel better now 
OKAY YAY Lifting stuffs:
Bench day 5/3/1
90 x 5
95 x 3
100 x 5 ← 5 for my one. Yes, this I shall accept.
105 x 1
110 x 1
95 x 6
Close grip bench press
85 x 8
85 x 8
85 x 8
I can’t tell if CG BP is more effective for my tri’s/benching than floor press. I really feel my tri’s workin’ hard doing CG benching, but floor press is so fun. EITHER WAY, it’s excessive to do both, so I picked CG bench for today.
Oh, 4 sets of 3 WG and 3 NG mushed up all in that benchin’.
Boring but big Military pressing
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
45 x 10
Once again, I consider that my cardio for the day…
DB rows
40 x 8
40 x 8
40 x 8
40 x 8 (and like 7.8 on one arm cause it didn’t go up ALLLL the way and I made this strange horse exhaley type noise that sorta threw me off, HAHA)
UMM OHH a rest pause set of some tricep shit
100 face pulls IN A ROW. I saw that stromthebeach fellow talk about this so i did it. ANd yes, it was boring, sometimes uncomfortable, but 100 was completed, huzzah!
Umm cable tri extension drop set to finish crap off.
DONE.
HAPPY.
ACTIVE REST TOMORROW.
Life news:
I am running out of interesting things to vacuum, HA-HA.
BYYEE FRIENDO’S
[quote]Spock81 wrote:
UMM OHH a rest pause set of some tricep shit
100 face pulls IN A ROW. I saw that stromthebeach fellow talk about this so i did it. ANd yes, it was boring, sometimes uncomfortable, but 100 was completed, huzzah!
[/quote]
Funny, I’ve paid a lot of attention to what he’s done as well. I think I read the face pull thing and did some yesterday between sets of front squats. It wasn’t 100, just sets of 20 though.
I’ve been trying some of his suggestions for core work. Core normally bores the crap out of me and it has made it more fun.
If you’ve run out of interesting things to vacuum, come over to my house. I’m a hyper vacuumer and a lot of my kids smaller toys have been sucked up over time. Sometimes I go on the Dyson website and fantasize.
[quote]Spock81 wrote:
Life news:
I am running out of interesting things to vacuum, HA-HA.
[/quote]
This is a problem to which there’s only one solution: stop vacuuming. 
jk.
Great job on the benching!
OH! Spocky Spock! Look at you! Girls you are becoming the poster child for kickin’ ass & takin names.
Impressed w/your Bench, but you know those pull-ups light me up like a Molotov cocktail!
Well no worries everyone, yesterday I did some dusting and scrubbed my bath tub. No vacuuming needed.
We must always remember it IS rewarding to try something new for a change!
Anyway, I had some revelations over the past few days after my deadlifting disaster. I’m a girl who likes to ponder, I suppose…
Revelation news:
I am not above needing as much recovery as everyone else.
I always figured that because I am young, I eat super healthy, and I stretch/foam roll 3 times a day, that I was less prone to over training or fatigue or whatever you want to call it. THIS IS NOT TRUE. While my body feels like tearing up the weights day in day out, my mind does NOT apperciate this. I know with my chronic anxiety issues that I can only assume I produce more cortisol than the average human being, hence why rest days are SUPER important for me, maybe even MORE important than someone else who is not so high-strung. My body feels strong, my muscles can still kill it, but in the mean time my brain goes beserque.
My CNS needs to become calm…
I need to remind myself this is not a matter of deserving rest, it is required and I don’t have to jusitfy it all damn day long!
I always wondered why in these strong guy’s logs they are bustin’ out PR’s like crazy and I am not. WELL FUUCCCCk? Hello self? They do things properly, duh.
I also need to stop telling myself I should be stronger by now. NOooO, I should NOT! I have only been back powerlifting not even two months. I took over 7 months off from all heavy lifting, I should not be anywhere but exactly where I am.
MMkay, done ranting. I must be kinder to myself. Workouts are not about destroying your body, they are about making your body stronger. I have to stop thinking I must push everything to the max in order to accomplish something. That probably accomplishes way less than if I just did things rationally.
Thanks for listenin’ ya’ll.
And here is some bob dylan because I like him, ha.
[quote]DoveofWar08 wrote:
So, somebody else here likes Jurassic Park. Awesome.
Way to go on the deadlift PR also. I have a few thoughts on the lift for you if you don’t mind:
-
Don’t be embarrassed for it. We all have things we need to correct with our lifting.
-
It looks like you put your shins right against the bar at the start of the lift. When you do this, it becomes impossible to pull back, as the bar is already against you. Try setting your feet so that the bar is right over the highest point of your foots arch.
-
once you set your grip, take a very deep breath and hold the air low in your gut, trying to force your abdominal wall out and forward against your belt. This will create a great deal of tightness in your torso and should keep your lower back from rounding.
-
Right after you take your deep breath, pull your rear down with your hamstrings and your glutes. You shouldn’t sink down to a full squat though. At the start, your arms should be perpendicular to the floor. Watching the video, your back stops rounding and the bar begins to move upward once your arms are perpendicular to the ground. Your back rounded to accomplish this because your hips did not sink.
-
Lift up your big toes slightly. This will keep the weight on the balls of your feet. This is very important, as it helps prevent hitching at the top, and keeps the weight from getting out in front of you.
-
Pull with your hams/glutes/quads to pull the slack out of the bar(you did this part pretty well).
-
Now that the slack is out of the bar, try to drive your heels through the floor with your quads. To me this feels a bit similar to a leg press almost. This should bring the bar to your knees.
-
Once the bar is at your knees, Drive your hips forward as hard as you can with your hams/glutes while still pulling the bar back into you with all of your back.
-
Lock the bar out and be done with a good deadlift.
As a last note, don’t look into mirrors when you deadlift or when you squat. Turn away from them and pick a point that is out in front of you to focus on.
I hope my above rambling helps. Again, don’t be embarrassed or sad about things like this. They are simply areas to work on and improve. With time, this will become a strength for you I think, as you already have a rather stout deadlift. Happy lifting, and I’ll be following along.
[/quote]
Wow.
Thanks DoW.
Srsly helpful.
I was driving my 10 year old son to soccer practice earlier this week and this song was on. He reached for the radio and I expected him to change the channel. Instead, he turned it up a bit. “It’s one of my favorite songs.” Whaaaat?
And good job listenin to your body and your brain and realizing that there is a balance between work and recovery.
Spooky!! All the words that you wrote & you wrote a lot,“Self-revelation” is the thing that resonates the most for me.
That in itself is worth its weight in gold. You’ve come along way kid. Both inside & out. Way to go Babykakes!
EDIT- More pics.
So much good feelings in this log!! Congrats on your breakthrough and particularly your revelation. And holy smoking smokies on your peeeectures
[quote]Spock81 wrote:
-
I am not above needing as much recovery as everyone else.
-
I need to remind myself this is not a matter of deserving rest, it is required and I don’t have to jusitfy it all damn day long!
-
I should not be anywhere but exactly where I am.
-
I must be kinder to myself. Workouts are not about destroying your body, they are about making your body stronger.
-
And here is some bob dylan because I like him, ha.
[/quote]
-
The fact that you realize this puts you scores ahead of a lot of lifters, you should feel good about that.
-
When I was more into yoga, the instructor always said that the shavasana pose (corpse?) is the most important and most difficult move in yoga. It is a struggle to simultaneously be still and yet still be present. It’s not about lying down and taking a nap, it’s letting your brain just stop, and accepting the quiet. Maybe thinking of your rest days like this will help.
-
yes.
-
yes.yes.yes.
-
"all i can do is be me, whoever that is’ i like dylan too.
Geez! Finally caught up on the awesomeness that is this log! Good lifting, Spock! Let’s see some video of these deadlifts!!
G’day everyone! I have some new video’s for your to critique. I will post my workout first and then post THREEEEE whole video’s, mmmkay?? Now I know I still have a lot to work on, but I am hoping there is SOME improvement. I am totally happy with how today’s workout went, so hopefully my brian will stay that way even if my deadlift gets ripped apart, LOL.
5/3/1 Deadlift
160 x 5 (FIrst video is of this, I think form stays alright aside from a bit of back roundage near the end)
180 x 3
200 x 7 ← 7 for my 1, fabo!
220 x 1
230 x 1 <–video of this, sans belt. Again, back rounds a bit, but it felt very smooth to me. I didn’t feel insanely strained at all. Maybe if I start adding my belt to my 1 reppers this will be corrected over time? Or with slowly improving my form bit by bit it will sort itself out? I DUNNO. It’s like I am apologizing for my rounding back, HAHA.
165 x 13
Okay my boring but big squats
95 x 10
95 x 10 <–video of this, not too exciting, but making sure squat form is not shitty
95 x 10
95 x 10
95 x 10 ← kinda wanted to cry before this one, ha. DAMNN this stuff can be hard sometimes…
good mornings
65 x 8
85 x 8
85 x 8
85 x 8
I might take weight off these and try to make them more straight legged, I dunno. Need to fiddle and tinker!
Uhh 5 sets lying leg curl, this felt not too bad for once, yay.
Okay doNE.
Now videos for judgement (but be kind, I’m a big baby, heh.)
waiting for Spocky vids!!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
waiting for Spocky vids!! [/quote]
x2~
of you training, that is - not the ‘other’ ones.
or, those too, I guess -
160 x 5