Great job on the DL! That’s 2x your bodyweight, right? Really awesome. I suspect your form is really spot on. Give us a vid! You’re such an explosive lifter that I’d really like to see how you break the weight off the floor in sumo.
damn, you are strong. Nicely done on the deadlifts! Sumo is so amazingly form dependent, and I’d love to see a video of you ripping it. And the pullup workout you describe is sickness itself. Lovin’ it.
I have never had a workout partner like the one you describe. And I’m very jealous.
Okay, I’m posting the video, despite reservations… 
I’ve been working on my form. For a while I brought my stance in significantly. Now I’m slowly widening it again (and paying attention to the hips for any problems). This workout I was focusing on widening my knees, pushing them out, and keeping them open during the lift - while keeping my hips close to the bar. The problem with this is that I am so flexible (I know, jokes are inevitable) that I can get my hips so open and close to the bar that I take my back entirely out of the pull. So, I’m working on finding that middle ground. Okay, enough talk. 
Here’s the 280.
And the first person that makes jokes about the smiley face shorts is on my shit list. They’re comfy and don’t hurt the new ink.
For reference, my 275 lift last month was with the narrower stance. Here’s that lift as well.
So form dependent… damn it…
Those were way better form-wise than my sumo deadlifts. Very nicely done.
Wow. Those are nice pulls. I noticed tremendous external rotation in your stance on the first vid. Toes really pointed out.
I have the same problem with overly flexible hips. But I use that as an excuse for why I can’t pull sumo. No pop out of the bottom. I think that’s why I squat so deep too.
Snap - I think you’re right on the connection between the hip flexibility and the deep squatting. My hubby has this natural “stop” in his squat where, as he describes it, everything just gets tight. I have no natural stop. Without effort to stop, I will just naturally drop until my ass touches my calves. Both good and bad. He has to fight for his depth, and I have to fight to not go so deep.
The sumo has to be the most form dependent lift I’ve ever worked. Once I get in the 250/260 pound range I can really feel, there’s this magical spot where the bar pops off the ground and just floats up for me, and then a hair to either side of that perfect form and I can’t budge it. It’s the difference between a ridiculously easy 275 DL and not being able to budge 255… drives me crazy. Worry about my form is NOT something I need in a meet… But I promised myself I’d work this lift until it was as natural as my conventional, which took years to get down. So, onward with the sumo training we go. damn it…
Go figure, after all my stalking this forum, lurking in the background at the strength and beauty in many threads here in the Powerful Women section, one picture gets me to leave my lurker status behind and post out in the open…can we get the recipe for those burgers?
I buy some frozen ones from Sam’s club that are ok, but man they don’t look as good as those. sits here drooling on my keyboard
[quote]Frzn_Arctc wrote:
Snap - I think you’re right on the connection between the hip flexibility and the deep squatting. My hubby has this natural “stop” in his squat where, as he describes it, everything just gets tight. I have no natural stop. Without effort to stop, I will just naturally drop until my ass touches my calves. Both good and bad. He has to fight for his depth, and I have to fight to not go so deep.
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You just described my squatting experience.
Conventional DL came very naturally for me. Sumo is a bitch. I am cross-training it now at extremely low weights and already struggling a bit. What accessory work do you do to strengthen for it. Your sumo form is beauteous.
lovely form on those sumo’s, and I like the shorts - very ghetto
awesome deads PR too.
Jim W - The recipe I started with is on Food Network. Search “Salmon Burgers” and it’s the second hit. Ingredients
* 1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
* 1/2 cup yellow bell pepper, diced
* 3/4 cup panko (I measure this on the generous side.)
* 2 cloves garlic, minced (I usually use 4 to 6. :) garlic lover)
* 2 pounds salmon fillets, skinned and finely chopped (I use my food processor. Just cut the salmon into chunks and then feed into the food processor. Comes out awesome, saves time, and makes for great consistency in your burgers)
* 1 large egg, lightly beaten (I use 1 more egg (2 total))
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Note: I tend to add much more peppers than the recipe calls for. I also add in a generous amount of diced celery and onion. In addition, I’ve found some fresh ground pepper and a little cholula hot sauce in the mix also add a nice zip.
combine peppers, panko, garlic, and salmon.
In a seperate bowl, combine egg, soy sauce, lemon juice, and salt; add to pepper mixture, tossing to combine.
Form mixture into patties.
Grill/Fry until awesome (I cook them in a pan, rather than bbq grill, because they tend to fall apart at the early stages. I found adding an extra egg to the above recipe helps tremendously. If they are a little wetter than you’d like after the additional egg, just throw in some more panko.)
Snap - I mostly focus on doing the other big lifts as my accessories. If my two lifts for this cycle are Back squat and sumo DL then my accessories are conventional DLs and front squats. I throw in stiff leg DLs, good mornings, conventional DLs from a deficit, and heavy 1/2 to 1/4 squats when I have the energy. In the past I’ve also played with single leg stiff leg DLs with DBs (these were fun, and worked my hammy’s like crazy, but in the end I couldn’t hold enough weight to make it worth while). I think the real trick with sumo is finding the stance that takes best advantage of your strengths. For me, that means figuring out the happy medium between my legs and back and trying to take the hips as out of it as possible until the top of the lift.
nlmain - Yeah, the shorts are pretty ghetto. But that’s one of the advantages of lifting at home. Unless I open my garage door, no one has to know what I’m wearing. I’m sure we’re already scarring the poor innocent neighborhood kids with the grunting, screaming, and loud angry music - no reason to scar them further by watching some tiny female lookin’ person with tattoos pick up weights with veins popin’ out her neck while wearing smiley face boxer shorts.
Note: I’m being slightly sarcastic in the above. The majority of the kids in this neighborhood are already f’d up, without my help. Three days ago I had two teenage boys (guessing about 14ish) ride by on their ghetto mobiles (read tiny bicycle) and, after stopping and watching at me unload groceries for a while (during which time they laughed loudly and said a lot of words their mom’d should probably spank them for), screamed at me, “are you a guy or a girl?”… They waited until they were about 30 yards away, and then put on the speed, before they said anything. Then as they rounded the corner, pedaling for their very lives, they shouted, “I’m betting a guy”. So if a little screaming and grunting and loud angry music reaches their ears, I feel somewhat justified.
[quote]Frzn_Arctc wrote:
Jim W - The recipe I started with is on Food Network. Search “Salmon Burgers” and it’s the second hit. Ingredients
* 1/2 cup red bell pepper, diced
* 1/2 cup yellow bell pepper, diced
* 3/4 cup panko (I measure this on the generous side.)
* 2 cloves garlic, minced (I usually use 4 to 6. :) garlic lover)
* 2 pounds salmon fillets, skinned and finely chopped (I use my food processor. Just cut the salmon into chunks and then feed into the food processor. Comes out awesome, saves time, and makes for great consistency in your burgers)
* 1 large egg, lightly beaten (I use 1 more egg (2 total))
* 1 tablespoon soy sauce
* 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Note: I tend to add much more peppers than the recipe calls for. I also add in a generous amount of diced celery and onion. In addition, I’ve found some fresh ground pepper and a little cholula hot sauce in the mix also add a nice zip.
combine peppers, panko, garlic, and salmon.
In a seperate bowl, combine egg, soy sauce, lemon juice, and salt; add to pepper mixture, tossing to combine.
Form mixture into patties.
Grill/Fry until awesome (I cook them in a pan, rather than bbq grill, because they tend to fall apart at the early stages. I found adding an extra egg to the above recipe helps tremendously. If they are a little wetter than you’d like after the additional egg, just throw in some more panko.) :)[/quote]
Thank ya kindly!! I’ll give it a go this week for sure!!
I’m having the last day of vacation blues… not ready to go back to my job, and especially not ready to head into busy season. oh well.
I had an easy squat workout yesterday. I was hoping to do deadlifts again, but after climbing on Friday night, my hands are still pretty dysfunctional. And I still can’t put a bar on my back with the new ink, so I was pretty much limited to front squats for my major lift.
Front squat
bar x 5
65 x 5
95 x 5
115 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 2 (Weight PR +20!)
175 - failed… twice… But it was very close.
It was awesome to see the carryover from my other lifts. I haven’t really front squatted heavy since February, and the best I’ve ever done was 135 lbs.
I think I should be able to bench, back squat and wear a belt again here soon. The back is almost healed. Which is a good thing, considering the meet is less than two months away. I need to order knee wraps, and I’m considering getting squatting shoes as well. With my squat form, I think an elevated heel would really increase my strength in that lift. hmmmm… considering.
I also have two more sections of the CPA exam coming up during the first five days in October, and I’m starting a new client tomorrow, which will be fun but a lot of hours of work. And I’m still in the 130s, so the dieting must continue strong until the meet.
The hubby applied for a job in North Carolina, which would have been a blast, but he didn’t get it. 
Is it bad when you’re desperately hoping your significant other gets a job so you have to move and have a reason to quit your own job and do something different?
You’re doing amazingly and, as for the kids, some piano wire should take care of them.
Tell him to keep applying! If moving over is something you really want to do anyway…go for it! Although the economy sucks…don’t know how it is over there.
So you’ll go geared in your next meet? Is it USAPL?
Hey Frzn!
Beautiful Dl you got there. So decisive!
Your training is super impressive! good work woman.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
So you’ll go geared in your next meet? Is it USAPL?[/quote]
USAPL is the only lifting organization in Alaska, that I could find. Does the use of squat shoes disqualify you from the raw catergory in the USAPL? I read the entire handbook, USAPL and IPF both, and don’t remember reading that, but I could have missed it.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Tell him to keep applying! If moving over is something you really want to do anyway…go for it! Although the economy sucks…don’t know how it is over there. [/quote]
The economy in Alaska did not get hit as hard as many places throughout the US. We were looking at houses for sale in North Carolina and realized we could get a house there for, quite literally, less then half the price of the same quality of home in AK. Combine that with the idea of real sunshine, no more 40 below winter weather, and beaches within driving distance… I’m sold. Moving sounds awesome.
It looks like we’ll end up sticking it out through another winter though, for multiple reasons. But we’re keeping our eyes open for opportunities. My career can pretty much move anywhere, but the hubby’s… not quite as easy. So we look for job opportunities for him, and then I can almost always find good work nearby.
cool!
we want to settle in NC one day actually
Winters in Alaska…I thought winters in ME were ridiculously cold. Now Im spoiled when it gets in the 50s