glad you are over your moment. i just remembered one of the other reasons i find you inspiring - because you picked this sport up fairly recently rather than being into it since forever. good for me since i’m new to this stuff.
maybe you should try the splits while deadlifting rather than squatting. then it wouldn’t be so far to lockout.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
So I widened my stance even more. Soon I’ll be in the splits when I start.
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I would pay good money to see that.
So, this coming week is the pre-meet no-lifting deal, aye? Will this log be silent or angsty? I vote for angsty since I need the entertainment. I will stay tuned to find out.
what is it? 6 days? have you heard anything on the schedule? like maybe when weigh-in happens?
[quote]soldog wrote:
what is it? 6 days? have you heard anything on the schedule? like maybe when weigh-in happens?[/quote]
Weigh-ins at 8. Lifting starts at 10. I’m still waiting to hear on the format.
Kimba: I’ll lift again on Tuesday. That’ll be it.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
[quote]soldog wrote:
what is it? 6 days? have you heard anything on the schedule? like maybe when weigh-in happens?[/quote]
Weigh-ins at 8. Lifting starts at 10. I’m still waiting to hear on the format.
Kimba: I’ll lift again on Tuesday. That’ll be it.[/quote]
did you call? or did they contact you?
HaHa. Ms. Snap, you are awesome, and you will Be awesome at your meet.
Now that you’ve gotten Ms. Ouroboro to post again, my moments (word choice intended) of inadequacy have now doubled, after having briefly been halved.
so much win to catch up with!!
1st - awesome squat PR. I’m barely squating above my bodyweight at the moment. something like 1.2…
2nd- the setup on your bench vid was beautiful! Why do I recall you not having much of an arch not so long ago? Def a massive improvement.
3rd- OMONONOM on that back woman. surgery or not, the hard work is showing.
looking forward to reading about show time
[quote]soldog wrote:
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
[quote]soldog wrote:
what is it? 6 days? have you heard anything on the schedule? like maybe when weigh-in happens?[/quote]
Weigh-ins at 8. Lifting starts at 10. I’m still waiting to hear on the format.
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did you call? or did they contact you?[/quote]
My coach told me. But I just heard from the show organizer this morning that weigh-ins are at 8 with lifting at 9. Egads. That’s not much time to weigh-in, fuel up, warm up, and gear up. Not much time at all. Usually it’s a two-hour window. Gotta get some more verification.
Did tomorrow’s training session today for a variety of reasons. Last lifting session before the meet. This is essentially the warmup sequence I will use at the meet.
Squat
5/45
5/95
4/120
2/135
1/155 wraps
1/175 full gear . . . seating the suit
1/187 first attempt
Easy squat for me.
Bench
5/45
5/55
4/65
2/75
1/85 in shirt to two boards
1/90 to chest . . . seating the shirt
1/95 a little more than first attempt
1/100 a little more than second attempt
No trouble with these.
GMs
3/8/80
Then handled my coach and his squat gear. He tripled 405 today at 71 years of age in a loose suit.
It’s going to be a long four days until meet time.
nice work, and good luck.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:I’ve always wished that people logged their weights as a percentage of BW. But that’s just my insecurity with being small and not lifting all that much.
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I’m in:
bench 300 1.090909091
v-squat (machine) 540 1.963636364
mp 180 0.672727273
dl 515 1.872727273
As you can see, you are far stronger then me on my best lifts… I figure there’s kinda like a .6-.7 factor to compare a machine to free… and even that doesn’t really tell it.
I read a book a long time ago who’s premise was that males are the weaker sex. The arguments were persuasive. Just depends upon definition of “weaker”… Now, when it comes to survival women have it all over men. Live longer, better survival rates from various diseases and etc…
At the time RAMS (Race Across America) a grueling bicycle race was dominated by a women riding for Bianci… Some of the best riders in the world ended up in the hospital trying to keep up with her. Other endurance type experiences showed the unappreciated strength of women. One of the main points was that until we get the participation levels of women to equal males in sports, we won’t really see what they can do…
I’ve shown my daughter some of your clips as an example that women can be incredibly strong and when they get that way, they get rather gorgeous…
I’ve also shown them to my SO. She has been lifting for years as well, and she has just adopted relatively lower rep. Her tendons thank you! And for the record, she can and does ride me into the ground on our bikes.
Hope you don’t mind too much…
You are inspiring and a direct challenge to the heavy weights make you “bulky” myth.
I see it as variation within groups is far higher then between.
Looks like you are ready. Good luck and tear 'em up!
[quote]Null wrote:
[quote]kpsnap wrote:I’ve always wished that people logged their weights as a percentage of BW. But that’s just my insecurity with being small and not lifting all that much.
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I’m in:
bench 300 1.090909091
v-squat (machine) 540 1.963636364
mp 180 0.672727273
dl 515 1.872727273
As you can see, you are far stronger then me on my best lifts… I figure there’s kinda like a .6-.7 factor to compare a machine to free… and even that doesn’t really tell it.
I read a book a long time ago who’s premise was that males are the weaker sex. The arguments were persuasive. Just depends upon definition of “weaker”… Now, when it comes to survival women have it all over men. Live longer, better survival rates from various diseases and etc…
At the time RAMS (Race Across America) a grueling bicycle race was dominated by a women riding for Bianci… Some of the best riders in the world ended up in the hospital trying to keep up with her. Other endurance type experiences showed the unappreciated strength of women. One of the main points was that until we get the participation levels of women to equal males in sports, we won’t really see what they can do…
I’ve shown my daughter some of your clips as an example that women can be incredibly strong and when they get that way, they get rather gorgeous…
I’ve also shown them to my SO. She has been lifting for years as well, and she has just adopted relatively lower rep. Her tendons thank you! And for the record, she can and does ride me into the ground on our bikes.
Hope you don’t mind too much…
You are inspiring and a direct challenge to the heavy weights make you “bulky” myth.
I see it as variation within groups is far higher then between.
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I am extremely touched by your post. You obviously put a lot of thought into it. Thank you for that and for your very, very kind words.
As an addition my Wilks number from my last meet was 257. I’m betting yours is much, much higher.
A weigh in like that probably means you’re the only one lifting.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
It’s going to be a long four days until meet time.[/quote]
Yeah, that’s a long time. But you’ll do fine, and then we’ll get some good meet stories and videos out of you.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
A weigh in like that probably means you’re the only one lifting.[/quote]
Weigh-ins at 8. Lifting at 10. Got it confirmed.
yeah will be a long few days. especially when you can’t go to the gym to distract you. can’t wait for stories and pics.
hmm…
squat: 2/3 bodyweight
bench: 10 push-ups
deadlift: 1 1/6 bodyweight
sorry i suck at percentages. i also rounded down my bodyweight 3kg (aka: cheated) to make the math a bit easier :-/
give it hell, Snap we are all pullin’ for ya!
I’m sitting here waiting for your meet, just as patiently as you are !!
Oh, is that lonely quip an invitation to move my log over here? lol
Another difference in our feds…I get a 24 hour weigh-in…
You will rock this meet and I’m impressed with the weight your coach lifts…I’m hoping to still be in the game in 20 years.