I honestly can tell you that there isn’t a program on earth that will improve a novices squat numbers better than starting strenght. Look it over, its made for you
Hey Kensai,
A little late to the party I hit 235 last week and am doing some spine deloading now. I have confidence in my trainer and what we’ve been able to accomplish thusfar, but thanks for the program.[/quote]
I did my second leg workout on Thursday. Deadlifting fun. I left my log in my car Thursday night and I haven’t taken it out yet, so I haven’t posted.
I played volleyball all afternoon in the 30 degree sunny weather. It was great. My team went 5-0 and we advanced to the final day tomorrow. It’s the league finals for my Tuesday night league. Anyways, we seem to have pulled it together at the right time since we didn’t do too well in regular season.
I have a monster headache now… probably a combination of more beer than water and no food. Just ate dinner, have begun to rehydrate and am about to shower, possibly sit in the tub and go to bed. Back at it tomorrow. If you can’t tell by this post I’m tired lol.
Will possibly hit the gym in the morning with Todd, but we’ll have to see how my body feels. I might end up skipping my horizontal push/pull this week.
I am NEVER EVER EVER going to the gym at 530 again. I went early because I was meeting up with my two closest girlfriends for dinner. And man was the weight area packed. I didn’t have to wait for equipment or anything, but there were just people everywhere. I felt like I was tripping over them.
Why does this one guy insist on doing DB curls, reverse curls, etc with 20lb DBs not even 6 inches from the DB rack? They’re really not that heavy. Take two steps back so I can get my damn dumbbells.
There’s this guy… with his hair spiked he comes up to about my eyes (and I’m only almost 5’7). He’s pretty muscular/built (at least his upper body). Last night it was the gun show for him. Fine.
But he was carrying around a tupperware container with chalk in it and using it for his cable curls (ok?). He then put it on again when he was doing tricep dips between two benches with his feet elevated.
He had a little “helper” who was putting 3 45lb plates on his stomach when he did these. I have never heard someone scream/grunt as much as this guy. And referring to number 1 above, the gym was packed. He looked like a douchebag. Is this small-man syndrome?
So one of my friends was at the gym tonight and I went to say bye to her when I left. She was in the women’s only area doing some ab work. She’s tall, thin, very pretty, great legs.
I walk in and these two women in their late 30s or so are sitting on the “sex muscle” machines (hip abductor and it’s opposite) talking very loudly, almost snarling: "I don’t understand why GIRLS feel it’s necessary to wear such short shorts at the gym.
I mean shouldn’t they be here to workout?". I give them a funny look but continue over to where my friend is.
She stands up to talk to me and says “Those two bitches have been talking about me for the last 5 minutes about how I’m wearing short shorts. These aren’t even that short” (they weren’t… the ones I’m wearing in my squat videos are shorter).
So, given that I was in a bit of a fiesty mood (per usual), I say extremely loudly “It’s okay sweetie, they’re just mad because you don’t have cellulite all over your legs and they do so they’re not comfortable wearing short shorts”.
I then smiled sweetly at them when they tried to evil glare me. I then walked out (past them again) and looked in their direction and said “Have a great workout”.
Apparently they started whispering once I left with looks of disgust on their faces. I was highly entertained.
As a result of 1 - 4 above, I think I’m going to start using a barbell as a weapon.
There are no tall men in Toronto. I was walking around outside and in the underground today to give my eyes a break over lunch. I usually wear flats, but today I have my heels on (2 inches or so).
There were maybe 3 guys in total that I passed who were CLEARLY taller than me. And once you’re about the 6’-6’1 mark, I can tell you are taller than me when I’m in heels. Seriously. Where have all the tall men gone?[/quote]
I almost fell off my couch, laughing!! You never fail to entertain…:-H
What is this? I leave for a few days and come back to all sorts of nasty horizontal push/pull talk!
By the way, I’d like to hijack this thread for a moment and thank WolBarret for blessing us all with a wonderful example of a highly tuned posterior chain.
[quote]Sayjin wrote:
What is this? I leave for a few days and come back to all sorts of nasty horizontal push/pull talk!
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It’s all Mom-in-MD! She’s a dirty dirty woman! I was just sitting here being all sweet and innocent like I usually am and she comes on with the nasty talk!
[quote]Sayjin wrote:
By the way, I’d like to hijack this thread for a moment and thank WolBarret for blessing us all with a wonderful example of a highly tuned posterior chain.[/quote]
WolBarret changes his avatar more often than a baby’s diaper gets changed so if you want to see this “highly tuned posterior chain”, I suggest you look today or you may miss it. Speaking of Barret… I think I made him cry so he’s been leaving me alone. Just because I pulled 165 Thursday pretending he was the bar and I was making him my B-word…
I felt like I was going to die during this session… after deadlifting anyways. I played volleyball first, then hit the gym. I was sweaty cuz it was muggy out and still pretty sandy and covered in mosquito bites. Not the happiest camper. Anyways, I almost passed out during lunges. It was awesome But, I made it through only decreasing my weight on my sumo squats so I didn’t fall over.
I haven’t been to the gym since. Had planned on doing my horizontal push/pull (not the dirty tango one) either Sat or Sun morning but didn’t. I played two full days of beach volleyball and got some serious sun. I’m nice and brown… Except I have a terrible sports bra tan line going on. I’ve worn the same style sports bra for all my tournaments this summer, so I look nice and tanned as long as I’m wearing that and not a normal bikini. I even got the sunglass temple tan this weekend lol.
Tonight should be quad dom day, however I have my final finals night for my Wed/Thurs vball leagues so play from 645 until hopefully close to 11. I then get a few weeks off before indoor volleyball starts, so I will be back on schedule for both my gym training and my studying for my gmat (oops). Tomorrow night will be quad day instead.
Just got home from the gym and I’m pooped. Trained with Todd tonight which is nice. Haven’t done that in what seems like forever! I got there a bit after him and he was doing squats, but after that we did my program together. Afterwards I asked him if he hated himself as much as I hated him and he said “It’s a tough workout”… the correct answer would have been “You’re right Court, I’m an asshole!” but I’ll let it slide this time
There were 3 punkasses hanging around while we were doing our BSS and I could see them looking at me in the mirror while I was doing them and could ‘feel’ them looking at me when I had my head down between my legs trying not to puke during my rest time. I even heard “That girl’s working hard”… like it was amazing them that a ‘girl’ was pushing herself like that.
Anyways, considering I felt like a cartoon character whose heart you can see visibly beating out of their chest, I really didn’t notice much of what was going on around me. I had to focus more on breathing and not vomiting or passing out.
A. Leg Press - 3x15 90s rest - 180/200/200/200 + sled
B. 5x5 Bulgarian Split Squats - 4 sets - All with 30lbs, but I only managed to get a 4x5 out in my last set instead of a 5x5 (aka I missed 5/leg)
C1. DB Squats - 3x12 - 20lb DBs
C2. Leg Extensions - 3x12 - 45lbs
C3. BW Squats - 3x25 60s rest.
It was killer. I sat on the floor leaning against a pillar for 2-3 minutes afterwards, then hopped on a bike for 25. Honestly, I don’t think I’d safely make it down the stairs at my gym if I didn’t bike first. As it was, getting out of my car when I got home, I was groaning in pain something fierce. My mom even followed me upstairs because she heard me grunting when I walked up to my room and she thought something was wrong. I love leg day
[quote]Court wrote:
Just got home from the gym and I’m pooped. Trained with Todd tonight which is nice. Haven’t done that in what seems like forever! I got there a bit after him and he was doing squats, but after that we did my program together. Afterwards I asked him if he hated himself as much as I hated him and he said “It’s a tough workout”… the correct answer would have been “You’re right Court, I’m an asshole!” but I’ll let it slide this time
There were 3 punkasses hanging around while we were doing our BSS and I could see them looking at me in the mirror while I was doing them and could ‘feel’ them looking at me when I had my head down between my legs trying not to puke during my rest time. I even heard “That girl’s working hard”… like it was amazing them that a ‘girl’ was pushing herself like that.[/quote]
I think it was only 1 punkass, but Court was pushing herself so hard she was seeing things.
[quote]Court wrote:
Anyways, considering I felt like a cartoon character whose heart you can see visibly beating out of their chest, I really didn’t notice much of what was going on around me. I had to focus more on breathing and not vomiting or passing out.
A. Leg Press - 3x15 90s rest - 180/200/200/200 + sled
B. 5x5 Bulgarian Split Squats - 4 sets - All with 30lbs, but I only managed to get a 4x5 out in my last set instead of a 5x5 (aka I missed 5/leg)
C1. DB Squats - 3x12 - 20lb DBs
C2. Leg Extensions - 3x12 - 45lbs
C3. BW Squats - 3x25 60s rest.
It was killer. I sat on the floor leaning against a pillar for 2-3 minutes afterwards, then hopped on a bike for 25. Honestly, I don’t think I’d safely make it down the stairs at my gym if I didn’t bike first. As it was, getting out of my car when I got home, I was groaning in pain something fierce. My mom even followed me upstairs because she heard me grunting when I walked up to my room and she thought something was wrong. I love leg day :)[/quote]
It was good to train with someone, even if we only spoke about 8 words to each other the entire time. If anyone wants to see what it’s like to push yourself, just ask to watch Court train. Or if you think you’re tough enough, train with her. There are over 4000 members at the gym we train at. You’d be hard pressed to show me someone who pushes themself harder than she does. Present company included.
[quote]ddot76 wrote:
I think it was only 1 punkass, but Court was pushing herself so hard she was seeing things.
It was good to train with someone, even if we only spoke about 8 words to each other the entire time. If anyone wants to see what it’s like to push yourself, just ask to watch Court train. Or if you think you’re tough enough, train with her. There are over 4000 members at the gym we train at. You’d be hard pressed to show me someone who pushes themself harder than she does. Present company included.[/quote]
Bitch, there were 3 of them. Or at least 2. They were doing either regular or reverse curls and there was another one of them in a beater in the cable pulley setup place (lol). They kept looking at me after you wandered to where we were doing DB squats and I was still dying on the bench. Then they looked at me funny when I was walking with my DBs…maybe because I was walking funny.
As for your second paragraph…thanks However, aren’t you always telling Bartl and Sayjin that my ego is going to be huge and I’m not going to be able to fit through the doors of the gym? How do you expect me to now!!!
I love ties. Like to the point where I’m sure every guy I pass could think I was checking him out because in a way I am…I’m looking at his tie. Some day, many years from now, my husband will have the best tie collection ever. Courtesy of me.
I feel like I could buy a new tie everyday if I had someone to buy them for. I saw some nice ones today when I was taking a stroll after lunch. But I also saw some terrible shirt/tie combos. Either of them with a different shirt or tie would be okay. However the combination was atrocious.
This ties (haha) into a conversation I’ve had with some friends over the past little while - do people look in the mirror either after they get dressed in the morning or sometime before they walk out of their house? Generally I lean towards unfortunately, many do not.
[quote]ddot76 wrote:
You approve of my outfit today?
It’s from my Joey Gladstone collection.[/quote]
Wait… I didn’t know you were downtown today!! I was so disgusted by the shirt and tie and trying to keep the vomit in my mouth that I wasn’t able to look up to the guy’s face to see it was you.
[quote]Court wrote:
ddot76 wrote:
You approve of my outfit today?
It’s from my Joey Gladstone collection.
Wait… I didn’t know you were downtown today!! I was so disgusted by the shirt and tie and trying to keep the vomit in my mouth that I wasn’t able to look up to the guy’s face to see it was you.
You need your mom to go shopping with you.[/quote]
Who are you kidding? Your eyes never make it past the neckline!
I hit 235 last week and am doing some spine deloading now. I have confidence in my trainer and what we’ve been able to accomplish thusfar, but thanks for the program.[/quote]
But, I made it through only decreasing my weight on my sumo squats so I didn’t fall over.