5 reps at 175 is awesome! I agree that good form makes the deadlift alot harder. I sure wish that were different.
So bloated that your clothes don’t fit, or is this just all in your head?
Will definitely send you a pm if I end up in Brooklyn 
That video is too cute!
Soccer chicas.
sigh
I had super crushes on the footie girls in college
it was fun being a tiny super jock then.
Nice pulling and looking good on the field-
I see your team play all the time over by the FDR drive.
all this Brooklyn talk makes me want the old nastee BK back.
your a cute little thang!
Can’t win them all, right? Although we wish we could…cause it feels sucky to lose. When is the world cup?
^^
In 16 Days 10 hours and 42 minutes! 
Mascherano I see you’re all ready with your Riquelme kit :).
I’m looking for one of those manager games where you pick players for your team and earn points if any of them score(if they play up front)or keep a clean sheet (if they are defenders/keepers).
Thanks for the props re: the vid! I made it myself on the compu And yes! World Cup is just days away!! Excitement levels are on an all-time high. In fact, I get butterflies just thinking about it, that’s how exciting this is for me. I promise not to rant about it when its on…oh boy…
Kmc - a tiny super jock? HAH! That’s actually what I’m striving for now. And yup, that’s us off the FDR.
Ronaldo - HAH! I’ve actually heard about these manager games. You’re worse than I am with the footie fanaticism.
Last night workout was cut short. I lifted with my girl Julie from the soccer team. Wanted her around to spot my bench. We had a lot of catching up to do tho and bitch got dramz, so there was A LOT of gabbing going on. And then we had to go to meet up with the team for end of season drinks - i had a diet coke, how’s that for dedication?
I’m incredibly underslept and have been getting 5 hrs of sleep a night for a little over a week now. At least its consistent. Erratic sleeping is no good for me. The food situ has thus far been under control.
Bench - 5x 65, 75, 85, 95 and then 6x105 < last time my final set was 4x110, so i’m clearly stuck b/w 105 and 110.
BB Rows - 5x50, 60, 70, 80, 90
supersetted
Chins - 5, 5 < finally got to try out the dip belt. My new plan of action is to weight the belt with 5 lbs, try to get all 5 chins, drop weight during the set when I can’t pull up and finish set without weight. Last night I did 3 and 2 weighted.
med ball p/u 2x15
And that was that. We went to a different gym last night and it was swarming with peeps which ruined my flow. And with Julie being Julie, working out was a challenge. Remind me not to work out with her anymore.
Anyways, my abs were sore from Monday’s weighted sit ups and yesterday I did 1.5 hours of conditioning which included 1/2 hour of core work. It hurts to laugh and sneeze.
Tonight playing in pick up. Tomorrow squat and pilates.
staying stuck happens to all of us. I worked on my bench for months on then switched gears to my squat, still benching but not hoping to hit amny PR’s. My plan is that after a few months of focusing on something else, when I get back to it, my numbers should get better. What I’m trying to say is… Awesome chins
congrats on the end of season diet coke dedication.
however, while the next page is loading, i always re-read the first post in your log for a sec.
tonight i got to the part where it said, “skip to the bottom for the executive version,” and it reminded me of this;
nighty night.
finally making some rounds here…love that new avi, Masch. cuuute video!
don’t work out with julie anymore but please keep the videos coming. haaa haa-sneezing hurts your ab-good work!
Oh Masch, your vid made me so nostalgic for my soccer-playing days!! Love your team’s uniforms too, they’re so bright and gawdy (in a great way). And yeah, you look super-cute on that soccer pitch (or anywhere else, I’m sure).
Nice training in here too - way to go on improving your deadlift form, and upping the weight on your bench (those 5 reps at 110 will come! The floor presses should help, especially if you try upping the weight a bit and dropping the reps. At least, I found that that helped me quite a bit.), and those pull-up and push-up supersets are awesome!
drops in just saw your latest contribution to T-Vixen, DAMN! runs back to SAMA hoping to see more
HAH! Thanks nlmain (and thanks for the ‘drop in’!) - love it. Actually, I’m really excited to keep working on the chins. The bench is meh.
bear, freaking LOVE eddie izzard. Cake or death?
Thanks T! I know, I realize I work out best on my own. Yes vids to come!
Aw Blue, I bet! But you’re focusing on something different now, and at any rate you can still kick it around a bit if you wanted, no? Hey, I’m doing 3x10 on the floor presses, do you think I should lower the reps more try to get heavier?
So today I wanted to run but couldn’t motivate. Took a spin class instead (i know, I know) and then hit my pilates fusion. This class is so mofo hard. I’m friends with the instructor, i’ll see if he’ll let me vid a min or two so you guys can see what its all about. I hadn’t gone in weeks and its incredible how quickly one can fall out of form.
Anyways, i blitzed my core this week, but it feels good. Strong like a tree trunk. I should really wait to squat so i can rest those muscles, but its either tomorrow or wait til weds…tomorrow it is!
I also love your uni colorz! Makes me miss my soccer playing days as well. Do you play indoor?
Oh, and you’re in brooklyn! cool.
I have to second the “footie” girls comment.
Soccer players always have the best bodies.
_Mel
Tree trunk? I do not think of tree trunk when I think of Mascherano. That is far from being delicious enough.
Someday I would like to use my dip belt on chins. Not quite strong enough yet.
Hiya Mel! Thanks! I do play indoor every once in a while, but I don’t really like it, so its a rare occasion. Playing 11 v 11 spoils you, you know?
Kimba - lol! maybe not tree-trunk, but sturdy. Sturdy and delicious. I like that. But seriously, I think we’re pretty even when it comes to the pullups (you might have more on me actually!), so you’d be surprised what you can do. And anyways, I’m just doing 1 or 2 weighted reps, the rest are all BW. I’m bascially being impatient.
Just got back from a seriously long gym sesh - squats. Did triplets today. Figured I needed to work on form, getting explosive and pushing hips through. also wanted to get more confidence under the bar.
Squats
5x95, 105, 120
6x3x145
2x3x150 < 145 was by no means easy, but it felt good and I wanted to see what 150 felt like. Had trainer Vic watch my form on the last set. Said I def hit parallel (even went below!) - so I’m super happy about that. But on the last rep of set 3 I got stuck! Almost dumped the bar, but Vic came in and and spotted me.
BSS - 2x12x55, 2x12x60
S leg pop ups - 4x10xBW < HATE THESE (and I don’t hate anything)
Plank on swiss ball - 4x60s
Neutral grip pullups - 3x3 and 2 < lost steam on the last set
I wanted to do some fat-burny stuff, but I was spent. Squats wear me out!
Now I’m eating a big salad with chicken and gorganzola. And once I finish that I’m going to take a nice nap in front of the telly. Ahh…life is good.
I’m off till Tuesday - woo hoo! Have a great weekend y’alls
Awesome squat triples!! Life is good
Do what you hate the most!!
And nice squataroonies!
mmmm gargonzolaaaaaa. Yeah for 150lbs Masch- your still ahead of me 
For your bench, make sure you’re keeping your upper back tight (shoulders pulled back), and you squeeze the for-ever-living-shit out of the bar during the whole rep.
Nice squatting! And squatting is fat burning. Go have a nice rest.