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Hey Ink! Never done Bikram yoga. In fact before the yoga session on Tuesday I only did yoga once. I’m just a babe in woods with this yoga business. That said, I did like the yoga and I think I will continue! Turns out my balance is great, but I’m as flexible as a witches cunt, so I hope I can work on that.

MiMsie - HAH! That would be awesome! We could do a wife swap of sorts (the TV kind, not the Utah kind, no offense Utah). I’ve always wanted to see what life is like for service men and women. You’re kids would probably have me gray haired in days.

YAY Andy! I’m glad I get to DL again. I’m gonna do it tonight on leg day. Very exciting! Maybe I’ll use snatch grip for a bit too - practice that. Great vid!

Nikki, I only JUST realized what you meant when you said you would pull DLs in “snatch grip”. WOW. I’m slow. But I think i deserve kudos for remembering :slight_smile: Anyways, I love the warrior diet! It really suits my lifestyle (the good and bad of it…)

Training last night:

Meh. Still learning the snatch and working around 25kg - 30kg. I pretty much suck, but at least I’m pulling off the ground, which I find easier than going from a dead hang. Aside from all my form problems, my biggest problem is the mental fatigue. I seriously start to lose my shit after working for an hour and then form goes fuck all.

Also I have sustained painful newbie hip bruises from banging the bar on my hips (see gratuitous pic attached) - the bar is supposed to “brush” up your body. In the same vain I hit my chin with the bar last night when my form totally broke down. FML. One of the coaches recommended I put sponges on my hips, I refused saying that was a pussy move. He kept saying, “A what move?” and I’d say “A pussy move.” Turns out he just wanted me to keep saying the P-word. Sucio!

On the plus side the head coach lost his voice so he couldn’t yell at me. Instead he just gave me the stink-eye and looked away in disdain. Just like home…HAH!

Anyways, I got my Oly shoes!! I lurv them. They have sparkles.

And that’s that!

lower body tonight, soccer and conditioning tomorrow, upper body Sat and sunday…well, we’ll see about Sunday…maybe lil Maschy might need a rest day after all!

Have a great week everyone!

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No, Gatorade will need a case of me.

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what did you say? I think I was staring at your tummy for like 2 minutes…

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The pic was for hip bruises?

I have at least 3 alternate captions for that pic…none involve hip bruises. Oh wait, there is one with bruises…make that 4 captions.

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Your abs and hips are lovely. Now be nice to yourself and pad those hips girl. There’s no shame in that. Beating on yourself isn’t going to accelerate the learning cure–or maybe it does?!!

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I thought it was just an abz picture too - a nice one at that!

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Um…I’ll come back when I can see straight to read all that text :wink:

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giggle!

[quote]Mascherano wrote:
Of course the head coach looked at me and said “you’ve clearly lifted before” which prompted me to pull out my guns, and this brought lots of cheers and awkward commentary. Double score!
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lol love impromtu gun displays from ze ladies.

killing it in here. your vids are the best. keep em coming.

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Ok, I’m calm now haha. Awesome training Masch, and don’t worry about using lightweights right now, hell you’re just starting. Before long you’ll be throwing up weights with the big boys, I know it!

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By the looks of that pic, I’d say you wear oly pretty well. You should be mastering this in no time. Nice work, great belly.

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Kudos to you for remembering the snatch DL :slight_smile:

Awesome pic! And if I didn’t just hit myself in the chin today with the bar, then I won’t be able to sympathize. But… yes, yes I can haha

Those Oly shoes sound so cute!

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Maschy, you are looking delicious.

“witches cunt” got me laughing my ass off. I am SO stealing this.

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lol don’t worry, the first time I did a full clean I hit my chin, and fell down on my ass. My coach just laughed.

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Sounds like a deal!

I would love to eat my post workout meal off that sexy stomach, oh I lick the plate when I’m done with my food lulzz.I should probably save that for SAMA.

and Andy, sick video: Russian power!!

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Grrr…I gave myself one exact hour to read logs and there’s still a few more I want to hit but I’ve reached my time limit! Dang it. I’ll get to you LS, Brute, Nadia later this weekend…

Thanks for the love everyone!! I figure pics are the only way to keep you guys interested in the interim (pic whores, all of you!).

But I really do appreciate it - and all of you are welcome to eat food of my belly any day! That is if you can pry it out of my sweaty, maniacal grasp first…

[quote]Nadia Comeandeat wrote:
Beating on yourself isn’t going to accelerate the learning cure–or maybe it does?!! [/quote]

Actually Nadia, that was my exact thought. I figured I’d take the Pavlovian route - perhaps attempting to avoid pain will force to learn the form. HAH! We’ll see.

Ack! I have to go and do a shit ton of work right now…and this is the downfall of having a ‘lenient’ job Nik, freaking deadlines that loom and no task-master to whip your ass into gear…

Executive summary:

Lower body -
Front squats sucked cock and balls. Not sure why. Didn’t finish all sets. MEH!
5x65, 5x85, 3x95

Back squat
8x95, 115, 135

Conv DL
5x115, 135, 155, 175, 4x135 < started to feel rounding, dropped to 135, still felt back fatigue so I switched to SUMO

SUMO DL
5x135, 155, 175, 185 < like riding a bike, eh?

Then I did this hamstring GHR-esque exercise that I got off one of the recent TN articles. It was good. I’ve never done direct hamstring work believe it or not…

I’ve also been neglecting my hammie rehab. UGH! Need to get better at that.

YIKES!! Ok, gotta go bitches. Gotta work if I wanna train.

Till the next time y’alls!

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LMAO I’ll be your task-master. Do I get a whip… and you in leather? ;D

Ooh, you’re neglecting your hammie rehab. Shame on you.
Apparently my task-mastering starts now :smiley:

You had an awesome leg day, be proud!

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[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
LMAO I’ll be your task-master. Do I get a whip… and you in leather? ;D
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i’ll film! or direct. i’m not picky.

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[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:
Sounds like a deal!

I would love to eat my post workout meal off that sexy stomach, oh I lick the plate when I’m done with my food lulzz.I should probably save that for SAMA.

and Andy, sick video: Russian power!![/quote]
Dude, I saw a guy on a motorcycle yesterday here in AZ, with a Ronaldo jersey on. I was like “Wait a second…that dude doesn’t live here?”

<—not up on soccer apparantly

Kick ass Masch, DL’s are like riding a bike…one big, kick ass, bike!

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I never saw the bruise but damn those abs and hip creases! I’m gonna be nice and shut up now :wink:

I’m in the same boat for the “lenient” job. However the end of the quarter is coming and christmas is never a good time for us so basically I’ve got a week or so to make my targets. good luck to you!

and pushing through the learning curve of anything difficult is good for the mental toughness. I can already hear you telling us all about your PRs.

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That mid section is super sexy, Masch! And, uh, you have a lovely turn of phrase.