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And we’re back to the grind. I have to do some maths, but the plan is for the first day of 531 tonite. The maxes I’m starting with are:

OHP 65lbs x 1
BP 100lbs x 2
Squat 135lbs x 2
DL 225lbs x 1

Edit: While they may seem like good numbers, it might help to have the context of I still weigh 170 lbs.

I’ve done virtually nothing since Wends, a bit of dicking around and max testing but I ate like a beast over the weekend, so lifting tonite should be good.

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[quote]Heracles_rocks wrote:
Yeeeeeeaaaaahhh!

Going old school double barreled shotgun sounds like fun. But it also sounds like a sore shoulder. Make sure to foam roll it out and to try some mashing. Hurts like hell but loosens up the shoulder.
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Yeah, giant bruises. I took a lot of epsom salt baths last week.

[quote]minimaltechno wrote:
Hmmm, are you sure you’re not training for some sort of spy femme fatale role. Fancy high heels, bjj and now you’re packing heat.[/quote]

Wait, who told you?

[quote]PixieThrower wrote:
Double barrel shotguns are where it’s at :slight_smile: My dad likes the over/under setup better for shooting cause it’s easier to sight. He’s been trying to get me to go out shooting with him for years.

I know the technology has improved so much that there is barely any recoil but I’m still all “Eeeeee!” Such a girl :stuck_out_tongue:

I HAVE gone gopher hunting with the .22 before. I was cheating and using a scope. Soooo much fun! And it saves horses! :)[/quote]

I don’t think I have it in me to shoot something that’s alive, but I do love the bang! It’s like proof you’ve actually done something.

[quote]LastStand wrote:
I was impressed that changes were made. And really, there are going to be ignorant assholes (sexists, racists etc.) everywhere so why let them ruin our fun.[/quote]

Well, I guess my thoughts are that while there are guys that are extremes, but I am disappointed in all the men that ignore them. Really, the women have to point out that it’s not ok? On a site full of strong men? Shouldn’t the men being holding each other accountable? The guys that post in my log don’t tend to be guys that spend any time in SAMA or GAL, and so don’t know, which I guess is why I’ll still log. I don’t mean to imply it’s ok to be misogynistic in any way by still being here.

A guy starts talking like that in the academy when I’m around and he gets a warning. He does it again an he gets the shit beat out of him and he’s gone. Not because I’ve ever said I was uncomfortable or because I’ve ever said anyone has gone too far, but because the guys just know that’s not acceptable behavior. You don’t teach a guy like that to fight. You don’t help those guys get stronger. I’ve never been asked to leave as a result.

Oh you should, it’s super fun! Like hitting something with a much much more forceful dodge ball.

[quote]Spock81 wrote:
HAPPY WITH CONTINUED LOGGING.

Thank you and good day![/quote]

<3

[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
yay logging.

P2 I am big city kid so my questions are different

how do you fit that side by side under a coat

and I dont see any car hoods to balance all those bang bang ons [/quote]

Lol, Kev. I don’t think I could ever deal with that many people on a day to day basis. I’ve been to NYC once, and it was way too crowded. Being able to walk everywhere was nice though.

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[quote]Patch2 wrote:

[quote]PixieThrower wrote:
Double barrel shotguns are where it’s at :slight_smile: My dad likes the over/under setup better for shooting cause it’s easier to sight. He’s been trying to get me to go out shooting with him for years.

I know the technology has improved so much that there is barely any recoil but I’m still all “Eeeeee!” Such a girl :stuck_out_tongue:

I HAVE gone gopher hunting with the .22 before. I was cheating and using a scope. Soooo much fun! And it saves horses! :)[/quote]

I don’t think I have it in me to shoot something that’s alive, but I do love the bang! It’s like proof you’ve actually done something.

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I look at it as a choice between horses and gophers. If you don’t get rid of the gophers, the horses have a greater chance of stepping in one of their holes and breaking something, then you have to put down the horse so they don’t suffer. I’ll always choose horses over gophers. Maybe that’s the prairie girl in me :slight_smile:

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Moved my log, cause you know…

A bit of BJJ before I lose it all! I’m just going to do some quick and
dirty notes, if anyone really cares, let me know and I can add
details.

The pass that I wasn’t getting, turns out that it’s a variation of an
x-pass and the reason it wasn’t working for me is because I was
stepping out and having too wide of a base. Making me unstable. I also
wasn’t keeping the grips on the pants when I transitioned to knee on
belly. The grip controls his leg while you’re transitioning.

I’ve been having issues with that weird situation where, the dude is
standing, but I don’t want to stand, but we don’t have a connection.
So, I asked about that and got a nice little takedown. Basically, you
koala bear around one of his legs, while keeping your legs in like a
90/90 position, and keeping your head tight to his body near the
front. Then stand up in base. It pulls his leg right out from under
him. As long as I stay tight, I can pretty easily crawl up his body at
that point.

In rolling news I got to smash a little girl, and then got smashed
myself. I took from this though that I need to be a finisher. Go in
with a game plan and make it work. I don’t do that now, and letting
the other person dictate makes me play their game. I’d rather they
have to play mine.

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Oh I really like that song! <3

[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
I will always provide lulz.[/quote]

Phew, sorry I doubted.

[quote]alexus wrote:
well i totally missed whatever has been pissing people off…[/quote]

[quote]but i’m glad you are sticking around, too.  doing my best to
keep up with PW and over 35 logs but not terribly successfully…
haven’t been anywhere else for ages.  just busy with school at the
moment.  ebbing…  sure i’ll get into my posting flow soon enough.

will be interested to follow along your 5/3/1.  i wanted to do that
for back squat but then started back oly training…  but now i seem
to have injured my quad.  argh.  anyway, glad to know i can keep
following along here.[/quote]

It’s ok, sometimes life gets in the way of playing around on the
internet… someone that has a life once told me that. I wouldn’t
know. Glad school is going well! Sorry about the quad. Baby steps
Lexy, baby steps!

[quote]no arms?  okay.  i’ll have to shut up about my feet now.  i’ll
learn when / if the opportunity comes up…  and i suspect it might.
will try and keep away from the 18 year old spazzes, though, because i
really do believe they would hurt me.[/quote]

Stick to colored belts when you first start, and you should be fine. Excited!

[quote]PixieThrower wrote:
I look at it as a choice between horses and gophers. If you don’t get
rid of the gophers, the horses have a greater chance of stepping in
one of their holes and breaking something, then you have to put down
the horse so they don’t suffer. I’ll always choose horses over
gophers. Maybe that’s the prairie girl in me :)[/quote]

Oh no, I meant that for me personally just dicking around in the back
yard it doesn’t make sense to kill things. I totally understand doing
it for work/ keeping animals safe.

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Monday

AM - Time change, fuck me! Got to the gym at 5 but mostly walked and foam rolled.

PM - Last night was the first night of 531!

Warm up
Yoga flow
Dislocates with the band

Then jumping rope. My ankle can’t deal with jumping on one foot, so I just skipped or jumped on 2 feet for 450 jumps, in basically sets of 100.

Sets xReps xWeight lbs

MP
2x5x45
1x3x50 - I was supposed to stick to 45, but messed up, I’m using the blackiron website, but this seems weird, I need to go back and read the book better.
2x5x45
1x10x50 - 10 reps? I hadn’t realized reps go past 5, lol

I want to do the BW program as accessory, but my body weight makes it hard, and I forgot my band at home so I improvised.

LP
3x15x65(?) Not sure of the weights on the machine

Tricep Pressdown - used the machine that’s supposed to be like dips. I don’t think it’s like dips. Machines are weird.
3x15x weight - no idea what the 3 little dots mean on the weight stack. I think it’s supposed to make it less intimidating, but I just find it confusing.

Tues
AM
Spin

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Patch you should probably be okay on mp. If you do the calculations, they don’t give you the same number for multiple sets because there are different percentages. The blackiron site gives the barbell weight but doesn’t go any lower. So muliple sets at bar weight.

Anywho the time change has fucked with me as well. I don’t do well on less sleep even if it’s only an hour.

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[quote]Patch2 wrote:
AM - Time change, fuck me! [/quote]
LOL @ all states other than AZ, that have to change their clocks.

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This was on the third page! Unacceptable!

BUMP!

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[quote]Grneyes wrote:
This was on the third page! Unacceptable!

BUMP![/quote]

Lol Greenie. Isn’t that the point of moving into the crowd? I’ll post training in the AM. Did DL day for 531 last night. I’m really liking it!

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Glad to hear you like 5.3.1 on your dead day. For me it’s the toughest day but it’s the most satisfying and is my most productive.

james

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Ooo its all yellow over here.

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[quote] Go in
with a game plan and make it work. I don’t do that now, and letting
the other person dictate makes me play their game. I’d rather they
have to play mine.
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This is one of my favourite (and most challenging!) aspects of martial arts.

DL day on 531 was my fav too with MP coming in a close second.

Yellow’s cool.

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yeah the yellow is cool. how come pw and over 35’s don’t get yellow??

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I’ve been feeling really meh about the gym the last few days. Traveling always throws a wrench in things for me. I really rely on habit. I’m going to have to fake it for the rest of the week and then hopefully it’ll come back.

Last time I lifted was wends:

Warm
Jump rope x 450
DL
85x 5
105x 5
125x 3
135x 5
155x 5
175x 7

Swiss Ball Pike x75
Glute Bridge x75 (since I can’t GHR, and we don’t have one)

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[quote]Heracles_rocks wrote:
Patch you should probably be okay on mp. If you do the calculations, they don’t give you the same number for multiple sets because there are different percentages. The blackiron site gives the barbell weight but doesn’t go any lower. So muliple sets at bar weight.

Anywho the time change has fucked with me as well. I don’t do well on less sleep even if it’s only an hour. [/quote]

Ah, this makes sense. Thanks

[quote]inkaddict wrote:

[quote]Patch2 wrote:
AM - Time change, fuck me! [/quote]
LOL @ all states other than AZ, that have to change their clocks.[/quote]

Yeah, we’re all jealous of AZ, and all your desert.

[quote]atypical1 wrote:
Glad to hear you like 5.3.1 on your dead day. For me it’s the toughest day but it’s the most satisfying and is my most productive.

james[/quote]

Productive as in you see the most gains from it?

[quote]minimaltechno wrote:
Ooo its all yellow over here.[/quote]

Weird isn’t it? It clashes with my stuff, but the differentiation is nice.

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[quote]alexus wrote:
yeah the yellow is cool. how come pw and over 35’s don’t get yellow??[/quote]
I like the lack of yellow in the O35 which is why I moved from here to there. I hope they don’t change it ever.

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ah. i guess i like the differentiation… but yellow is a bit bright. don’t know. i’m impressed with your jump rope. i can’t do very much without missing and stepping on the darned thing… hope you find your lifting mojo

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I’m still in the land of Meh, but it’s getting better. I just can’t let myself wallow in excuses. I’m tired. Of course I’m tired, I’ve been lazy lately and lazy begets more lazy.

I’m a pretty hardcore podcast addict. I don’t really listen to music any more, it’s mostly podcast. I’ve actually been listening to nothing at the gym lately. I usually have my nano and my earphones in, but that’s mostly to keep people away. Music just hasn’t clicked lately.

Anyway back to the initial tangent. Lately the theme across media has been that will power begets will power. It’s proposed that it’s something to work on and build, but then that means it can also be used up. I’ve been trying to keep that in mind lately.

So, the working out:

Monday AM:
Foam roller and about 30 min walking at whatever incline I felt like at the time. I need to start having a goal for this session, I’ve been slacking.

PM: 531 W1 D2
Warm
Jump rope 50, 100, 100 ,100, 100
BP
5x 45
5x 50
3x 60
5x 65
5x 75
7x 85

Push ups off bench 5x5

Tues AM: Spin

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[quote]LastStand wrote:

[quote] Go in with a game plan and make it work. I don’t do that now, and letting
the other person dictate makes me play their game. I’d rather they
have to play mine.
[/quote]

This is one of my favourite (and most challenging!) aspects of martial arts.

DL day on 531 was my fav too with MP coming in a close second.

Yellow’s cool.[/quote]

So challenging. I still don’t know what to do about it though, I need to watch some competition videos.

[quote]alexus wrote:
yeah the yellow is cool. how come pw and over 35’s don’t get yellow??[/quote]

I think because technically they aren’t log forums?

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Hope you feel better soon patch. I’ve been going through alpha’s log and i’m not gonna lie but i’m feelin fired up about training. I’ll leave a little quote for you.

“Permanence, perseverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things, distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.”

-Thomas Carlyle

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music! i don’t know how people lift without music or lift to radio or crappy music or whatever. someone posted a clip of some european national olympic weightlifting team lifting to brittany spears and i have no idea how the hell they did that. music is really very important to me… regulating autonomic arousal. do you have some music that is surefire to get you amped??

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MOTIVATION:

DUDE! You seem to be naturally pretty strong. Do not waste this! Must get excited about workouts again, MUSSSSSSSSSSSST!

K bye

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how you doing??