mmm bacon… sorry you guys lost - but very happy to hear your hamstring held up and you gave 'em hell.
Bacon is the holy grail of those who lift.
Tasty tasty jesus cup…
[quote]nlmain wrote:
Imma be reincarnated into bacon for my next life.[/quote]
Holy shit Frenchie, a self portrait painting? You got skills!
In honor of epic failures everywhere!!!
Who knew that dropping a tiny bit more in the whole would knock off 20lbs from my squat. Good times!
I’m really trying to get ATG - how do I know I’m going low enough?
Today’s training:
Ft squat - 5x 65, 85, 105, 2x130, 5x130 < that 2x130 was a fluke - lost concentration.
back squat - 5x 95, 115, 135, 3x145, 1x145(2 Fail)
step ups - 15x45, 2x15x60
goblet squats - 15x45,2x15x55
romanian sit ups - 4x10 (each side) x 10 - the left shoulder held up pretty well in the overhead position
pull throughs - 4x12x a bunch of stacks
This was the last day of this cycle, gonna switch up the training next week.
Tomorrow i’m doing some broomstick drills, or bar if the shoulder is ok. Also get in some rehab and pullups if i can. Sunday is soccer. Yay!
Oh and the argentinian national team is here in NYC! They’re playing the US team on Sat. I went to the last US v. Argentina game - it was actually quire a snooze fest. But i got to see the entire squad in action - Messi, Gago, THE Mascherano. It was fun!
Btw, Mainie, that pic is wonderful! Surreal. I love it! I’m sure you’d be doubly more delicious as bacon 
Have a great week folks!
Whatever babe. I love the vid. You worked that first rep, and how many reps did you do before? Fatigue sets in…
Looking super sexy btw. Hope the shoulder is better and better.
Oh shit that vid was awesome! I was all: “you look super cute, look at that depth.” Then, “omg how is she getting out of this?” Thank you for sharing that.
at least you get to say ‘145 fail’. i’m nowhere near close to even trying that one!
hard lumbar arch, hip flexors engaged, the bottom of a squat is basically when your muscles are stretched out all the way and simply can’t stretch out anymore. the bottom can get lower for a particular lifter over time as the muscles lengthen. you can learn to ‘ride the bounce’ by descending more quickly and using the stretch reflex to help bounce you out the hole. once you have done that a couple times you should get the feel for where your bottom position is. i have trouble finding my bottom position sometimes - that usually means that i’ve lost the tension in my hip flexors / lumbar region.
i wanted to scream 'knees out! knees out! knees out! pull your hips through! when you got to your sticking point. not because your knees were wobbling or caving at all and you were clearly trying to get your hips through - but just because that seems to help me similarly to how gripping something really tightly with my hands helps me leg press more weight lol.
i don’t usually look at girls posterior chains, but damn you do got a good one!
Did you say sorry? =D
When I’m trying to go ATG I just go down as low as I can. Sometimes I chicken out because I don’t want to get stuck. Doing heavy negatives helped me I think.
I thought your depth look good.
I particularly liked the scowl at the end that seemed to be directed at some one who was watching.
Masch you are way too hard on yourself, that first squat was deep as hell! I did the same thing a few weeks ago thank god I had someone spotting me. I dont think anyone can look as good as you missing out an attempt I am giving you an e hug right now.
That first squat was amazing, and the second one was awesome! Way to fail in style, chica! Maybe set the pins a hole higher so that when you do want/have to bail, you can just bottom out and the bar will get picked up, rather than having to crawl around and dump it.
LWI!
Hey Veg! Thanks girlie! Yeah, but honestly, I shouldn’t be THAT fatigued. The truth is ATG is whole new thing for me. I was a parallel squatter prior to - so going below is proving quite humbling. I’m game tho!
Spider - hiya! You’re most welcome. I actually love showing my fails - i find them more interesting and hilarious then when i do get things. In this vid I particularly like my “ruh roh, i’m stuck…um…just drop it” and then my “bitch, please” face at the end. HA!
Ooh Alexus - Thank you - great post! You really are such a little researcher. lol! Very informative. Oy, “bouncing out of the hole” - how am i ever going to figure that out?! And thank you re: the posterior chain. I credit years of soccer for that. But interestingly, given all the mass I have back there my hammies are super weak!
Deb - yeah, lol, i said “sorry” - it was a pretty loud bang actually and it startled the menz working out next to me. I’ll try the heavy negs too!
Hey Joe! See? I can be all “rawr” and stuff! I just went to your log btw and the bitch is tapped out! I really must tell you that I also very much agree on you acquiring tighter pants But if you don’t feel THAT daring, you can always wear a pair of soccer warmup pants. They’re loose but not too loose. Like these: http://www.buy.com/prod/adidas-calcio-soccer-training-pant-mens/q/loc/17250/206800208.html
HAHA! Thanks Matty. I try to have a little panache when I fail on shit.
Inky, funny you say that because i remember when I was setting up I was waffling about moving the pins up a notch (where I would normally set them) - but i was being lazy about it so I said “fuck it, i’m not going to fail today anyways” and sure enough…
Thanks for the popping in y’alls! TGIF mofos!!
I’d say that was a fairly graceful failure.
[quote]Lanels wrote:
I’d say that was a fairly graceful failure. [/quote]
Ditto.
Also, it’s good that your failure just had you drop it back down, rather than pitch forward and fuck yourself up trying to force it.
Brava!
[quote]inkaddict wrote:
[quote]Lanels wrote:
I’d say that was a fairly graceful failure. [/quote]
Ditto.
Also, it’s good that your failure just had you drop it back down, rather than pitch forward and fuck yourself up trying to force it.
Brava![/quote]
Grazie! “A graceful failure” - I quite like that, actually
And i don’t think I folder, per se…I think i just can’t fire it up from below (if that makes sense) - I guess we’ll just have to see as weights go up.
you make it look so cute!!
How do you know if your going low enough? probably when your hammies touch the calves? lol
I hate going to depth depth without a spot. Mind over matter.
You’re so hawt Masch, and you made that fail incredibly sexy lol
It kind of reminded me of the statues in Despicable Me, when Gru went to the bank, and the guy was holding the pillar, then the next pillar, he was struggling, then so on and so forth until he was smushed… I watch too much TV ;(
That was an awesome session, and your front squats are strong. Stronger than the back squats, not too common, so you can get away with not going to deep in the hole, Ms. Alice ;D
Or widening your stance. I recently widened my stance and it helps for going deep… heh heh “go deep”
Anyway, yeah. Keep killing it Beautiful, can’t wait to see the switched up training next week.
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
It kind of reminded me of the statues in Despicable Me, when Gru went to the bank, and the guy was holding the pillar, then the next pillar, he was struggling, then so on and so forth until he was smushed… I watch too much TV ;(
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Haha, love that movie!
FREEZE RAY!
you’re pulling the same weight I did weighing 20lbs less little lady!
atg is tough as shit. I know.
I love your videos, you hottie. Yeah, that second one didn’t come up but I’d totally take that if I had gotten that first one as pretty as you did. Have a great weekend!