I think we are still, technically, in tornado alley…but not really. You can tell by the way the people react. If a tornado is 25 miles away, even if heading in another direction, they get nervous.
In OK, that may as well have been a different state. Call me when it is within 5 miles and actually heading my way.
Is that sarcasm or is deadlift day actually your favorite?
No sarcasm required, it really is my favorite. Only because it’s the only thing I am halfway decent at…lol
It feels like a natural movement for me. I guess because I have been doing it most of my life without a barbell. Sacks of feed, lumber tarps etc…
4/29/16 Day 4 Week1 Cycle 1
Eli (1 song)
Box jumps 10
Press
5x 35
5X40
5X45
Superset
10x5/ 35
FP 10x10/70
SC Row 50/90
DB Bench 5x 10/ 20(2)
CabCrnch 2x25/70
I did it! I did it! I actually made the first week and didn’t screw up! Oh happy day! It’s a miracle!
Been reading in here a little… has anyone mention to you about band pull apart to correct the rounding?
No. But, I currently don’t have any bands 
I have priced the pull up assist bands, but deemed $40 for a rubber band was not in the budget…lol l think I am making progress with the face pulls. I also think the neutral grip pull ups were helping. I told myself this morning I need to put them back in. I probably need to order some bands. Thank you for your help.
Cheap resistance bands from even Wal mart can do the trick.
Okay thanks! When I make the next trek to Wal-Mart , to get a new blender, I will see if they have any. I have looked the last two times I was there, but all they had was the kind you hang on the door.
Oh you country folk just make me smile:)
Just grab an old tire tube ,from one of the 27 bicycles by your ‘other’ barn, and use that for pullaparts, facepulls, ect…should work fine.
STOP googling my yard!.. lmao Unfortunately I do not have a bicycle at this time. Well, not one that actually goes anywhere. My retro, circa 1970, stationary does not have a tube. But, I will keep that in mind when I go garage saling again.
That’s funny. Must be 20 characters.
I just want to say Thank You to everybody here in this group for helping me. It means more than you can imagine.
March 2015 I found the BB.com website and their challenges. I had no idea what I was doing, but was hell bent to do it. I made one of the worst mistakes ever! Listening to people who had about 5 minutes more experience than I did. I caused myself to have something I can only describe as a Metabolic Chernobyl. My body burned all the muscle I had worked to build and then some. By the end of summer I dropped down to 109 lbs and was having reactive hypoglycemic episodes (couldn’t catch my breath, blurred vision, cold sweats, you name it), felt like death warmed over. I wanted to keep going, but pyschically couldn’t. Stopped for a couple weeks then tried again. Same thing. Couple more times of start/ stop, I finally figured out, this was not going to work. It has taken this long to finally recover from that dumb shit.
I had a really great week last week. First time in a long time. I really wanted to go out and lift today, but took the whole day off. No work, no lift, just played in the tramp with Jed. ( which should count as conditioning, he’s like a baby hippo in that thing)
Thank you for helping me get back on track. And Thank you for putting up with with my dumb ass! And for God’s sake of you see anything I am doing wrong or stupid, please tell me.
Thanks again,
Kim
Hi ChickenLittle,
I admire your openness, persistence, and courage, and have enjoyed trawling through the thread. A long way back, you made a comment that I believe has some relevance to your success or struggle with pullups. You commented on how much better you felt you performed when you were concentrating on the task.
There is a lot in that, and new research and training on mindfulness has some fascinating things to say about the importance of what the mind is paying attention to. Recent evidence shows that good visualisation of successful performance of a physical task does more to improve actual performance than many repetitions.
Of course, sadly it doesn’t mean we can lie around just thinking how great we are, we also have to do the task. But next time, spend a few moments with your eyes closed, seeing yourself approach the bar and pullup with ease and confidence. Then do it, and every time you do it, keep your mind on your body and the power of the muscles.
Hope you have fun with that.
Might as well abort the mission and live to fight another day.
WU= Eli (1 song)
10 BW squats
65x5
75x5
80x5+1
Push ups 5x10
Ab roller 2x10
Chins 3
Thunderstorm, cat, dog, didn’t eat last night= crap!
I HATE the smell of FAILURE in the morning.
5/02/16 Day1 Week2 Cycle 1
WU= BW Squats 10
Squat
65x5
75x5
80x7
65x20
Dcl DB Press 4x15/ 15(2)
FP 5x10/75
WG LPD 4x15/95
Ab Roller 5x10
Mo Better.
5/3/16 Day2 Week2 Cycle1
WU= Eli 1song
10 box jumps
BP 5x35
5X40
5X5/ 45
SCR 5x10/90
LPD 5x10/100
Push ups 5x10
AbRoller 5x10
I believe the saying is “raining cat’s and dogs”; saw it on Jeopardy last night. And, you skipped a meal so, that’s a bummer too.
Ab roller is bad ass BTW.
Aw yes. In a normal person’s world it would be. But, not sure anything is normal around here…lol Okay, I admit it, the thought of lifting metal objects, in an all metal building, while lightning is crashing is in no way appealing to me. Yes, I know, I’m candy ass. And if the cat realized how badly I suck at that ab roller, he would refrain from trying to go back and forth under me between reps…lol
5/5/16 Day3 Week2 Cycle1
WU= Eli 1 song
10 BW squats
10 Box Jumps
Deadlift 115x5
125x5
135x10
95x 5x5
FP 4x15/75
LPD 1x10/ 110. 4X10/100
Inc DB BP 5x10/ 15(2) no go on 20’ this a.m.
Ab Roller 5x10
Miscalculated the weight on the deads. Ended up 15 lbs heavier than they should have been for the first 3. Life goes on!
