You do heavier lat pulldowns than me.
You are going to generate serious stalkers.
[quote]MissPlucky wrote:
Kimba, I believe your karma was very good. I have a decent schedule!
I got all the classes I really want/need, but the timing is a little funky:
Mo/We/Fri: Spanish at 1pm (yup, only class those days!!)
Tues/Thur: Biology @ 9:30 am, Psych @ 11 am, weight training @ 2 pm, and on Tuesdays my Bio lab is at 6:30 pm
I can totally work with that.
As the start of the semester approaches I’ll see if I can’t move things around, maybe sign up for one more class. Twelve hours is a little skimpy.
Okay, my most recent FratBoi interaction: yesterday, approximately 10:45 am: This is the same guy who invited me to that party, and has been inviting me to stuff every week since:
Bro: Did you get my text? <stupid question, hun. Of course I got it. I just chose not to respond.>
Me: Um
Bro: Are you free this weekend? <yup, that was the text>
Me: Depends; why are you asking me? <just in case it’s something really cool…not likely>
Bro: Oh no you don’t! Answer the question first!
Me: Fine. I’m free this weekend. Now why are you asking?
Bro: I was wondering if you would go to our informal with me this weekend.
Me: “Informal?”
Bro: Yeah.
Me: Explain.
Bro: It’s in the mountains somewhere. <yes, he’s always this cryptic, the bastard>
Me: I need more details.
Bro: What do you mean? <god this guy’s an idiot>
Me: Where is it? Who’s going to be there? What should I wear? Will everyone be wasted? Will there be BEARS?
Bro: Yes (to the wasted part) no (to the bears part) and then he says something about sleeping
Me: Oh, so it’s a CAMPOUT!
Bro: yeah, but we get cabins!
Me: I’m not sure how I feel about sleeping in cabins in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of wasted frat boys [DOT DOT DOT]
Bro: We’re not like the others! I’m not.
Me: Suuuuuurrrrreee
Bro: I mean, if you’re not comfortable with it, that’s ok. <gee, thanks bud. I totally need your permission>
Me: I’m not.
Bro: Oh. Okay. <crestfallen, deflated like the balloons from your birthday party three days ago> walks off
I left that conversation feeling quite…buoyant. That might have been the first time I’ve ever straight up shot a guy down without any sort of excuse-making, ego sparing bullshit.
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See the humor of it all, if he really was different than the rest, he wouldnt have to tell you that, it would show through his actions.
Seems pathetic to me.
Progress pics! progress pics! progress pics!
there is definitely a chant starting somewhere in my neck of the woods!
great work in here! if you keep it up you are going to do great things!
I am no doctor, but do you eat milk or dairy product? You may try cutting em out for a week or two to see if they’re the cause of the excess mucus.
How’s it going in here, Plucky?
[quote]MissPlucky wrote:
“long conversation”
I left that conversation feeling quite…buoyant. That might have been the first time I’ve ever straight up shot a guy down without any sort of excuse-making, ego sparing bullshit.[/quote]haha, that probably would have been awkward for him if he wasn’t so dumb.
Oh hai guys. Sorry I’ve been MIA.
The Progress pics will be up this week, promise!
It was a crap weekend.
My appetite has been in the tanks since the end of last week…probably because I’ve had bad reactions to dining hall food twice in the last four days. Hence my missingness. I really wanted to post, but looking at a computer screen made the quesiness worse. Anyone ever experienced that?
I’ll just give highlights/maxes from the last few days…
deadlifted 155
incline benched 70
overhead pressed 75
lat pulled 120
Today I was feeling especially doubtful of my squat-depth legitimacy, so I went back tonight to do a little test…I found a boxish thing that hits me around mid-calf. Dragged to squat rack. Squatted to boxish thing with super anal form. Worked up to 135. Aweshuum.
I’m feeling better about that situation now. At least I’m getting below parallel, which sucks anyway cause I have shortish shins and long femurs. I think I’ll start stacking 45s and work my way down to ATG. Actually, I should probably video myself from the side and see how things look from there, because I can only see myself from the front.
I have a sweet ache in my glute/ham tie in area. SCORE!
Can’t wait for rack pulls tomorrow.
[quote]owlie wrote:
I am no doctor, but do you eat milk or dairy product? You may try cutting em out for a week or two to see if they’re the cause of the excess mucus.[/quote]
OH SNAP.
I hadn’t thought of that. I have been prone to some lactose-sensitive type awesomeness in the past. Now I feel dumb.
[quote]K-Man32 wrote:
You do heavier lat pulldowns than me.[/quote]
Bwahahahaha!
[quote]CuffDunk wrote:
You are going to generate serious stalkers. [/quote]
I have a devoted anti-stalker unit. They take their job VERY seriously.
[quote]iamthewolf wrote:
[quote]MissPlucky wrote:
“long conversation”
I left that conversation feeling quite…buoyant. That might have been the first time I’ve ever straight up shot a guy down without any sort of excuse-making, ego sparing bullshit.[/quote]haha, that probably would have been awkward for him if he wasn’t so dumb.
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Yeah, insulting him is really fun. It’s like insulting a brick wall. A rude, totally deserving brick wall, of course. I’m very kind to innocent stonework.
Yes, I have indeed tried hitting him…just in case anyone was wondering.
[quote]Alpha wrote:
Progress pics! progress pics! progress pics!
there is definitely a chant starting somewhere in my neck of the woods!
great work in here! if you keep it up you are going to do great things![/quote]
HI!!
happy dance
taping your vids has allowed for some amazing progress for many of us. It may be ego-crushing at first but the strongest move beyond the blow and start learning. And I say that from experience.
I can’t stand focusing my eyes on a screen/book when I have a cold/flu. gives me headaches and stuff.
hey MsPlucky, I’ve been reading along and have to agree this is a great journal, you do have a engaging writing style. I started thinking oh, to be young again, in school, then I read further about the little boys, and think, yep, been there, done that, I’m happy with my hubby, 2 kids (one whom is your age!) and dog and cat…ha, ha
Congrats on your sweet glute/ham ache :). Yeah, looking at your squats from the front can be misleading. A video/someone who knows what they are looking at goes a long ways.
What K-Man said.
There’s actually quite a few people around here that are “anti-mirror” when it comes to squatting. Looking at yourself in the mirror while you squat might distract you from how you’d normally perform it. At least I think that’s the reason.
I just wanted to come out of the shadows and say I’ve been lurking in your log. Very cool! Ok back to the shadows 
@ Mainy- I love getting my ego crushed. It always comes back stronger for it.
@ lil power- being a grownup sounds awesome. of course, my mom told me recently that I seem to be the kind of person on whom youth is wasted. I just wanna grow up and have a job and kids and stuff.
@ K - yes, it’s the best kind of ache
@ Ink- I can understand that. Sometimes I think the mirror distracts me, but it also helps me see things I’m forgetting about, like if my chest collapses or my knees cave.
@ pch2- HOWDY! Thanks muchly for announcing yourself. I appreciate the input!
Ok, today…on a lot less sleep than I normally get:
rack pulls:
155x4
175x4
195x3
215x3
235x2
255x1
260x1
incline bench:
75x5
75x4
70x5 for 3 sets
zombieing out, I took a brief protein shake break
seated cable row/rope:
4x6, level 7
standing calf raises:
3x12, 115
chest supported row (machine):
5x5, 25
bb step ups, to a bench I dragged out in front of the “open faced” racks-it’s several inches higher than what I was using before. Suddenly I understand why my previous numbers appeared ludicrous.
5x5, 95
That ish was hard, mostly on my balance. If I tracked the bar too far forward, I hit a hitch about 3/4 of the way up where I couldn’t bring my hips up. If it tracked too far back, I wobbled and/or fell. Keeps me honest, at least.
I’m just gonna leave this with a cheezy but meaningful comment. I’m glad you hold yourself accountable, because nobody else will :).
Lol your previous numbers weren’t ludicrous.
I just do my BW on those, I prefer the high step to get my glutes more. But I don’t need to add a BB or resistance and die trying.
Nice pullin, Miss Plucky.
Great work, as usual.