Hi, some sweet work being done in here.
On your pullup PR sets how long were your rest periods?
Big meet coming up, huh? You are going to kick ass and have fun doing it. Go Lula!
Spock: I just wrote out a public service announcement for you to invest in some decent underwear and non-cotton socks, but I deleted it. I’ll just beg of you, for your own little slice of happiness each day, get one pair of good underwear and socks and see how good you feel. That’s all.
Cal: Thanks for joining the crusade. Watching her do that vault mists me up every time.
Patch: Still haven’t heard how the tax man date was…?!
Yonkey: I superset the pull ups with military pressing, so I’m not sure about rest periods. And thank you for the luck!!
Training:
Squats, this forever long deload is getting boring. I’m crossing my fingers that this will make me feel fresh on Saturday, not stale. The racks were being used so I wasted a lot of time waiting…I’ve been talking to a friend that I’ve made a conscious effort (key word, effort) not to be a gym snob to the new folks. My sister just joined up again, and nothing pisses me off more than to think of someone being rude to her and putting her off of going. But, man do I hate when the racks are full of people doing stupid stuff. Grr.
deloads can be excrutiating
Kerri Strug Makes me all teary-
nothing like a banged up tiny super jock to make me cry!!
ps nice work
Lula, can’t to hear how you killed it at the meet! So syked for you. You got a lot of good advice in here too, from picking openers, to squat depth, to a complete meet list.
What a wonderful bunch of friends 
Hey some more tips for your comp at Andy Bolton’s log
http://www.andyboltonstrength.org/2012/01/24/5-tips-for-competition-day/
Lula: I have delayed posting in here because I have been in search of the most perfect inspirational video that I can find. Alas, my search continues.
I’m excited about your meet! I totally think you should present–at least before your first squat. Arms raised, butt out, chest out, a cheeky grin–depth will be an after thought for the judges. They’ll green light whatever you do.
Excellent pullup pr! Sets of 10 are awesome. You’re going to have to do a single max effort set here soon.
kmcnyc: I once met Kerri Strug and Shannon Miller and felt like an absolute giant; tiny super jocks, for sure! Thanks for the encouragement!
LP: There aren’t truer words, and I don’t think I express enough how much I appreciate the help and encouragement I get from everyone on this forum. I wish I could make everyone a big batch of brownies to say ‘thanks.’
Matty: THANK YOU. That is just perfect timing by Andy Bolton. That has me second guessing my openers. De-load week is messing with my head!
Nadia: Thank you! I’m focused on my 3x10 pull up goal for now, and have been debating where to go from there. Perhaps a max set will help to guide me. And thanks for the inspirational video hunt. I so love the presenting clip! Seeing Liliya Podkapayeva reminded me of the story about her grandma telling her to “do well or do not bother.” I must have been at such an impressionable age in 1996!
Can you have a printed t-shirt? I think this would be awesome for a meet.
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Patch: Still haven’t heard how the tax man date was…?!
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It got lost in the playground my log has been lately. It went well. I like him
Go get 'em, Coach!
I would wear that shirt just to piss off all the cardio queens. lol Never been a fan of Nike, but their ads are usually pretty good.
Here are a couple of vids I frequent alot for that motivation I need from time to time.
Great video kuobonator. I want a gym like that.
I agree. Great video!
Patch: Plain t’s only, unfortunately! Love that shirt though-and the website is pretty awesome! Glad to hear the date went well! Hopefully I’ll catch the rundown on date 2.
Nadia-Oh do I love that video. I love the face of that woman pushing up from a squat, RAWR. It makes me just all sorts of excited to smash some PRs on Saturday. Bittersweet Symphony is my all time favorite song too, all around perfect.
Kouba-I love that, thank you! I wonder who the girl with the curly hair is, she’s just all sorts of awesome. And yes-I’ll do my best to get mom and dad to record my meet
paleo and roscoe-hi! Kouba’s often got good stuff up his sleeve. his log is a good mixture of the inspiration and some good old fashioned rage lifting (bear god rape)
**Did some really light deads and bench today. Felt explosive. Felt strong. Felt ready.
More walking, more rolling, more stretching.
I read this in the paper (The Onion, where I get all of my credible news) this morning and thought I’d share. Kind of funny/cute.
Nation Impressed By Feats Of Very Strong Little Boy:
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Kouba-I love that, thank you! I wonder who the girl with the curly hair is, she’s just all sorts of awesome. And yes-I’ll do my best to get mom and dad to record my meet
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Molly Edwards. She’s a beast.
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[quote]Hallowed wrote:
On THE DATE THOUGH - you gave it the old college try. Good onya. If he doesn’t FUCKING THRILL you, he’s NOT GOOD ENOUGH for you.
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Agh, thanks. You’d make such a good IRL girlfriend, btw. Totally has my back, but is able to tell me when I’m being an idiot. Oh and I think I’m giving spray tan a shot this week. And I resigned to the fact that I need to wear full-on underwear for the meet, even though i’m vehemently against panytlines.
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OMGHEEE! Thank you what a sweet thing to hear
Um I friend you guys pretty much like I friend IRL… but maybe just a little extra pervy sometimes LOL. I kid I kid! I’m ALWAYS A PERV.
Spray Tan - they are really great for oh um, three days. I would get it the day before.
ALSO they might RUB OFF from the tight singlet. I’m not kidding! It won’t look weird at the meet though but when you take the singlet off there may be areas where its rubbed off.
Panties… well I love em and Panty lines can be hot depending on what type of lines they are and who they’re on.
I guess Comando isn’t an option? In a singlet I would be hella tempted to do it.
Thanks for the welcome Cholulalula. I start light Deads today after shoulder surgery this past December. The Video has me stoked to get back at it.
You’re god damn right your parents will record it. This log has been vid-less for like 5 pages now. Unacceptable.
blarg… here is the other video…
Getting close to the big day right?
Hall-Thanks lady! I’ve resigned myself to the fact that nothing in a singlet looks sexy. I’m gonna have to lift some huge ass weight to distract from this.
Roscoe-Sounds sweet! Good luck getting back into things.
SCJ-Boy do I like it when you boss me around. rawr. And 5 pages? Snoooze, sorry 'bout that. I’ll record my morning incline walk in the morning. plod plod plod flip plod
Dani-Yep! Saturday it is. I’ve been hydrating like a mofo!