blue eggs…so pretty. nice pic, nlmain!
were you skating with inlines or old school? i skated with my niece on old school (4 wheels) was just as i remembered. tried those inline things and they were weird. promptly threw them off for the oldies.
your backyard is beyond awesome…i’m jealous. and you will definitely make those pull ups your biatch! i love that new avi, btw.
At any rate, am thinking about just having a quick little session in the gym. Squatting the bar and DLing like 95 lb. I really hate the week before meets where one is not supposed to lift. I feel cagey. I’m trying to weigh in close to the top of the weight class but have dropped down from 113.5 to 112 lb in 24 hours. Since I’m competing geared, I don’t want any roominess in my DL suit. The tighter the better. It’s the nerves burning away the calories.
Yes, T, I use inline skates. I never learned on those four wheelers. And, yes, I do live on some awesomely beautiful property.
Damn. It looks like a white egg. It’s really light blue.
getting close! you’ll do GREAT!
um, nice eggs? 
112 lbs, that’s like, my nose.
Moar pictures.
Snapper, eat up! How about a picture of your dinner? Me…I’m actually going out for pizza. 
3 white lights!!
I hope you do well and have fun!!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
3 white lights!!
I hope you do well and have fun!![/quote]
x2
Can’t wait to hear all about it!
Snapper, I’m sending strong karma to you today. Kill it!
Ahh, the meet’s over. Came home bone tired last night. I was very, very happy with my performance even though I blew out my shoulder. I know PMPM logged much of the meet in progress, but here were my results.
Weigh in: 110.9
Squat 1: 170.5 lb – good
Squat 2: 187.5 lb – good and BREAKS THE STATE RECORD!
Squat 3: 198 lb – good and 1.78 times my bodyweight
Banged the racks hard getting the bar out on my first two attempts, resulting in somewhat ugly walkouts. The head judge finally advised canting the racks in and that solved the problem! Must remember for my next meet. I must say that all the women in this meet squatted extremely deep. Well below parallel. In fact, I think Brute left cheek marks on the platform after her first squat. My coach said I did the same on my first attempt. The USAPL judges in our part of the country are really sticklers for this and, hence, why PMPM and I are such snobs about squat depth.
Then the fun starts. During warmups for the bench, I was pressing my last single before hitting the platform and my shoulder just gave out. Just collapsed on me. Almost felt like something was dislocated. My coach tried to “re-align” it (OUCH). Got up from the bench and found that I could keep the pain to a minimum as long as I kept my elbow glued to my side. Anyway . . . in order to stay in the game and have my squat record stand, I just did a token bench of . . .
Bench 1: 66 lb – good, decided to eek out another
Bench 2: 71.5 lb – shoulder said “no way”
Bench 3: no show
You can’t imagine how silly I felt walking on the platform to bench 66 lb. surrounded by three spotters. But my coach had explained the situation to the head judge and the announcer explained to the audience what had happened in warmups.
Now that it’s morning and I had a fitful night with it, I’m not sure how I was able to even pull off one legitimate bench. I fear this may be beyond ART’s help.
Then my favorite: deadlift. Because I could keep my arm glued to my side for the lift and had swallowed about 800 mg of ibuprofin, I was able to successfully do it! The most painful part was slamming the bar down after each lift since you’re required to keep your hands on the bar and the force of the bar hitting the platform jarred my shoulder each time.
Deadlift 1: 209 lb – good
Deadlift 2: 226 lb – good and BREAKS THE STATE RECORD!
Deadlift 3: 242.5 lb. – good and 2.2 times my bodyweight
Amazingly, even with a 66-lb. bench, I broke the state record for totals as well, with 506.5 lb.
I had a blast at this meet, despite my shoulder mishap. Both PMPM and Brute were lovely and EXTREMELY talented lifters. We really had a great day.
FANTASTIC!!!
sucks about the shoulder…I’m assuming you will get to the doc ASAP??
BROKE THREE STATE RECORDS WITH A BUSTED SHOULDER! That is big. Enormous! Stunning!
Congratulations! All your hard work paid off big time.
Sucks about the shoulder. What is your plan for that?
Thanks, MIM and Kimba.
Plan for the shoulder . . . Right now I am basking in the glory of a good meet (minus the bench). I plan to lay low for a few days and then give my shoulder the attention it deserves. Quite honestly, it feels “out of alignment” and my mobility is very poor. Feels like something might be seriously wrong with it. I’ll re-assess in a few days’ time.
Mom told you not to do that second attempt!!!
Keep me updated, please. I’m gonna facebook you.
Wow, great work!! You are a beast! I sincerely hope you figure out what’s wrong with your shoulder soon so you can do some damage control. Injuries suck balls.
But nevertheless, you are a record-breaking machine!!
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Feels like something might be seriously wrong with it. I’ll re-assess in a few days’ time.[/quote]
Bummer. This might put a crimp in your lifting plans for the week. And you were looking so forward to getting back to it.
110lb weigh in, you little fire plug! Your lifts are absolutely insane for your body weight! You’re amazing and a trooper and I hope your shoulder rehab goes well. Relax these next few days and enjoy your time off.
You were right, PMPM. I should have listened to you. I’ll keep you updated.
I was planning to take a week off anyway, Kimba. I usually try to after a meet to give my body a break from all the max effort lifting. But it looks like it might be two weeks now . . . I will soon be climbing walls if that’s the case. Climbing with one arm, that is.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
Climbing with one arm, that is.[/quote]
the hobbit made me do that once. climb with one arm behind my back. he laughed when i used my chin to steady myself on something.
congrats you little shit! (i can say that bc i have 50lbs on you)
Your lifts are amazing.
