The KimbaLog

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Belini and MIM, thanks so much for the encouragement. Much appreciated.

CBear, I really appreciate the analysis and the arm compliments. I didn’t realize that the bar was in the wrong place on the fail. And, I just wasn’t feeling the pull-back yesterday even though I knew what needed to be done. No mind-muscle connection was going on.

The cue of throwing the hips forward to initiate the lift is a new one for me – very helpful.

I only have bruises on my right shin today. Had I been doing it right, there should have been more! Those yoga pants are definitely not armor against the bar.

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hey kimba- i’d be beating a dead horse if i x6 what’s been said, so…i’ll say that that was a solid workout! you hit PR on your MP and dips AND you tried something new.

and thanks to your videos and cbear’s cues, you’ve helped me. no failure there!

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u broke ur failed rep hymen!!! yay!

sucks on ur sleep… sleep is such a big part of the equation. hope it gets better.

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Everybody fails a lift sometime. Your sumo form is better than my conventional form.

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[quote]talenaah wrote:
hey kimba- i’d be beating a dead horse if i x6 what’s been said, so…i’ll say that that was a solid workout! you hit PR on your MP and dips AND you tried something new.

and thanks to your videos and cbear’s cues, you’ve helped me. no failure there! [/quote]

t, thanks for telling me that. I’m happy that my posting this helped you. We all learn from each other’s mistakes and triumphs.

[quote]deja wrote:
u broke ur failed rep hymen!!! yay!

sucks on ur sleep… sleep is such a big part of the equation. hope it gets better. [/quote]

ha ha ha! hymen. you are a funny girl.

Sleep will get better, it always does.

[quote]joe wrote:
Everybody fails a lift sometime. Your sumo form is better than my conventional form. [/quote]

Joe, thanks for the encouragement. I was indeed wondering whether my deadlift form was bad enuf to back off weights, but since nobody is warning me off, I’ll just keep working at these weights for now.

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Can’t add anything new but I’ll concur with CBear and say your arms are looking pretty diesel there, girl.

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Just wanted to add
Awesome! on the MP at 55 lbs. Keep it up!

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Just wanted to add
Awesome! on the MP at 55 lbs. Keep it up!

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If I ever wondered what a ton of rich food, wine and and hard liquor would do to my training, I found out today. (I celebrate my birthday over multiple days, you see)

And it wasn’t good.

It was the sort of day where no strength or rep records were set.

I worked as hard as I could, and didn’t give up when I wanted to.

Time to detox.

That is all.

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Rest well, eat well, do something really different to reset your state of mind and then come back to the gym refreshed. The idea is to back off a bit to breath. You might be getting all wrapped in numbers - progress is not only a question of plates.

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[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
If I ever wondered what a ton of rich food, wine and and hard liquor would do to my training, I found out today. (I celebrate my birthday over multiple days, you see)

And it wasn’t good.

It was the sort of day where no strength or rep records were set.

I worked as hard as I could, and didn’t give up when I wanted to.

Time to detox.

That is all.[/quote]

It is very good to know what affects your health and strength. You can add this to your list as a good training day, because you found that out, and because you still did your best.

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Quite. Cut yourself a little slack - you trained hard despite everything. You can’t always set PBs in a session, but you can at least push yourself.
And happy birthday, by the way!

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N, Spider and Cal, thanks for your encouragement (and birthday wishes!).

What I also learned is that I actually PREFER to eat clean. Although the sauced-up filet, creamed spinach, fancy desserts, Manhattans and such were tasty going down, the momentary enjoyment just didn’t outweigh the subsequent bodily malaise.

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awwww sheeeeeit how come u didnt warn us about your bday? i couldve had a barage of inappropriate pics to post, dangity.

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Happy b-day! What’s that, 27?

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Happy belated B’Day, Kimba!

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[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
N, Spider and Cal, thanks for your encouragement (and birthday wishes!).

What I also learned is that I actually PREFER to eat clean. Although the sauced-up filet, creamed spinach, fancy desserts, Manhattans and such were tasty going down, the momentary enjoyment just didn’t outweigh the subsequent bodily malaise.

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I visit Mark’s Daily Apple a lot, and I hear the same thing there - people do the primal (paleo-type) diet then have a treat meal and feel lousy - sometimes with stomach pains.
Still, I think you have to let yourself off the leash once in a while, or life would be very boring indeed.

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happy belated birthday kimba!!!

i’m sorry you had such bodily malaise after your well-deserved indulgence. you’ll be over that soon enough, i’m sure.

i prefer clean eats too. but sometimes, for me, like last night, something terribly fattening needs to be eaten. pizza n one beer…(period here, too crampy to wrkout and work is driving me crazy) my body doesn’t feel as bad as my mind does thinking about all thos cals…

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[quote]CBear84 wrote:
awwww sheeeeeit how come u didnt warn us about your bday? i couldve had a barage of inappropriate pics to post, dangity. [/quote]

What’s stopping you? :slight_smile:

[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
Happy b-day! What’s that, 27?[/quote]

I love you.

[quote]soldog wrote:
Happy belated B’Day, Kimba![/quote]

Thanks dog!

[quote]Cal Jones wrote:
I visit Mark’s Daily Apple a lot, and I hear the same thing there - people do the primal (paleo-type) diet then have a treat meal and feel lousy - sometimes with stomach pains.
Still, I think you have to let yourself off the leash once in a while, or life would be very boring indeed.[/quote]

Oh yeah, my stomach wasn’t happy at all. I learned that perhaps one fancy meal would be OK, but three nights in a row = bad fucking idea.

[quote]talenaah wrote:
happy belated birthday kimba!!!

i’m sorry you had such bodily malaise after your well-deserved indulgence. you’ll be over that soon enough, i’m sure.

i prefer clean eats too. but sometimes, for me, like last night, something terribly fattening needs to be eaten. pizza n one beer…(period here, too crampy to wrkout and work is driving me crazy) my body doesn’t feel as bad as my mind does thinking about all thos cals…[/quote]

Interesting. I wasn’t at all “guilty” feeling since I’m in the lucky position not to have a weight-loss goal. I’ll tell you what, though, it’s gonna be awhile before I want wine, liquor or rich food again!

I’m actually finally feeling normal-ish again, and I’m looking forward to my Friday night training tomorrow.

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Happy belated b’day, Kimba!