[quote]JoeGood wrote:
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Today’s PR: 10 chinups <–PR +2
These were done at a low bodyweight (110.5 lbs.) and, frankly, naked (panties only). The reason I mention this is because ounces count when it comes to me being able to bang out chin ups.[/quote]
Good work and congrats on the PR.
waits for the naked chin up video requests to start pouring in[/quote]
I’ll be first.
You don’t have to be naked (I know you’re a professional), but pull ups in some next to nothin’ (want to see those rhomboids in action) would go hard!!
just sayin’
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
The belt.
ouroboro, the belt is 10 mm. There is no need for a thicker belt for me at this time! This belt will probably do me for the rest of my life.[/quote]
That is a very HOT and SEXY pic!!!
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Today’s PR: 10 chinups <–PR +2
These were done at a low bodyweight (110.5 lbs.) and, frankly, naked (panties only). The reason I mention this is because ounces count when it comes to me being able to bang out chin ups.[/quote]
I’m assuming these were done at home, unless you have a very liberal gym…
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Today’s PR: 10 chinups <–PR +2
These were done at a low bodyweight (110.5 lbs.) and, frankly, naked (panties only). The reason I mention this is because ounces count when it comes to me being able to bang out chin ups.[/quote]
I’m assuming these were done at home, unless you have a very liberal gym…[/quote]
If there is a gym where this sort of thing happens… I’m moving and signing up. 
Oh, and I totally second the request for video… or pictures… pictures are good too.
So you purchased a belt, look hot in said belt, named it Zelda and did naked chins at home for a new PR. This is awesome on so many levels. watch this boys and girls So, I really need to start working on chins from a place of never having done them. That chin vid would really be helpful to me Kimba
Thanks for the kind words, ladies and gentlemen. Greeney, I have a chin-up bar at home. Naked at the gym would get me arrested.
Deb, you succeeded in making me laugh after rather a trying day! A clothed chin up video is possible, a naked one not so much.
I have two kinds of pull ups bars and neither one of them work with the design of this house and its door frames…is there anything else out there that could work, I wonder?
if it’s a hawt officer, arrested might not be so bad!
Betty, my door frames are small enough that the Iron Gym thing works for me:
I like this one because I can just take it out of the door frame when I need to close that particular door.
CBear, as always I like the way you think.
naked chin PR FTW!
Congrats on the PR!!
Looks like you beat me to 10 in 2010. Your rock woman!
And yes to vid - you mustn’t deprive the masses of your fine, strong self.
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Friday nite training was the first outing for Zelda the Magic Belt. Because I really wasn’t happy with any of my lifts during Wave 6, I decided to just repeat the whole damn thing for Wave 7.
5/3/1 Wave 7, Week 1 - Sumo Deadlift Day
Sumo Deadlift
from risers:
85# 1 x 5 warmup
115# 1 x 5 <–working
from floor:
135# 1 x 5 <–working
with belt:
148.5# 1 x 6 <–money set, one rep more than last month, belt on 5th notch
135# 1 x 5 ← belt tighter, on 4th notch
belt off:
135 1 x 3 <–failed on 4, glutes were done, tried slightly wider stance
Just like with anything new, I am going to have to figure out how best to work with my new belt. So far I find it useful to remind me to push out on my belt. But in concentrating on that, I let other aspects of form lapse a bit (hips, why do you have to come up first??) So, although the belt was only good for one more rep than last month on the money set, it might have worked better tighter. Also, my back felt very supported which I think will be safer all around for me.
Am I right in thinking that the belt should be as tight as possible?
Barbell Hip Thrusts (shoulders on bench)
135# 1 x 10 <–surprisingly challenging, but slow controlled reps, pausing at top
155# 1 x 7, 1 x 10 <–again, hard
The good news about these difficult sets (when I’ve done lots more weight on them) is that I felt my glutes working really, really hard. Those suckers were fried by the end.
DB Bench
7.5s 1 x 10
The very good news is that this felt about 95% fine on my tweaked left shoulder. I hope by Sunday I will be good to go benching for reals again.
It looked like you could have kept going!!!
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Am I right in thinking that the belt should be as tight as possible?
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I’ve found there’s a happy medium to my stiffer belts (I have a lever belt, but the same material and make as yours, just not tapered in the front). For mine, if I put it on too tight then I’ve found you can’t properly contract your abs when you lift, which I feel makes my core weaker in the lift, not stronger. For squats, having the belt too tight gets in the way of my breathing. Too loose and you’re not getting the maximum support, but too tight and you’ll mess up your form, interfere with your breathing, and take your abs out of the lift. Just what I’ve found with my experiences.
For some reference, too tight meant that I couldn’t get my belt off by myself, even by wrapping the tongue around the rack and levering sideways with all my body weight. (hence the awesomeness of the new lever belt) 
and I couldn’t breath in fully when it was cinched in.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
It looked like you could have kept going!!!
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totally agree - looking good Kimba. Not sure what the proper belt lore is but I’ll stay tuned to hear the comments.
Betty and N., perhaps I could have kept going. I’m still trying to feel when my form is broken down so much that I should stop, and I tend to be very conservative on that.
Frozen, since I could get my belt off in the fourth notch that obviously wasn’t too tight. It was easy to get it off in the fifth notch, so I’m thinking it was a little loose. Thanks for the quantified answer.
Sunday morning training was workmanlike.
5/3/1 - Wave 7, Week 1 - Squat and Bench Day
Bench Press
Bar 1 x 5 <–This was about 95% OK with just some tightness in the tweaky shoulder at the bottom. Decided to wait a few more days.
Squat (3 risers/step)
Bar 1 x 5 <–normal grip and shoulder was just a little tweaky
71.5 1 x 5 <–form fine, wider grip helped the shoulder
82.5# 1 x 5 ← all good
93.5# 1 x 6 <–money set, one more rep over last month, still getting knee cave on last rep.
Progress is snail-like, but I’m OK with that.
Box squats (to five risers/step, 3 sec. pause on box)
70# 4 x 10
Still liking the box squats, learning to sit back and drive my knees out to come up.
DB Bench Press - Neutral grip
10s 1 x 10
15s 1 x 10
These felt about 95% OK. A few more days of healing and my shoulder should be good to go.
Pushups
1 x 5 <–again, about 95% OK. Decided to lay off my shoulder
Kroc Rows
40# 1 x 10, 1 x 12 <–rep PR +2, These are slowly getting better both left and right arm
supersetted with
Pistol squats to bench
1 x 11 (both sides) 1 x 20L/10R
V-bar Triceps Pressdowns
60# 1 x 10
70# 2 x 10
Slow progress on healing up my tweaked shoulder, slow progress on everything else. I’ll take it!
I just meant that that was a good weight for you! You made it look easy in other words, which is a good thing! you’ve come a long way