Congrats on the PR!
When I was younger and going through the physical fitness evaluation for a military academy nomination, one of people in my group was told to stop after he hit 75 pull ups…
I will be happy to pull 20 someday.
Did you read the recent article on improving pull ups here?
Summers are too short…
Wowsie on the PR!
You know your body best. You’re making great gains by pulling (and pushing and squatting) for reps. So keep it up!
Whoa, that’s some progress! Awesome job. I’m totally jelly, by the way.
congrats on your PR. i’m impressed your knees didn’t wobble at all (mine surely do).
Nadia–WHOA! That’s a big PR pull–and some big improvement over a relatively short period of time. Keep killing it girl!
BTW, 14 reps @ 205 disgustingly good. Makes the 275 pull all that much more impressive!
275!!! damn! 
and happy to hear hip rehab is working
WOW!!!
Thats really awesome…and in another year? can we say 3 plate+ club?
Good job lady! Goddamn you are strong!
2busy: I did read that article… I’ve thought about high frequency training with pullups, but really once a week is plenty. My love hate relationship with pullups would surely shift to hate-hate if I did them more. Really, failing and struggling to hit that 25 has been the best thing for me. On the one hand, it hurts. And I feel the failure as a “you’re not as good as you used to be” whisper. But, that whisper also motivates me on my other lifts, where I have no context. I know what strong is. And I’m not there yet.
Snap: Submaximal training works for me. I think of it as a running start to break through plateaus. And, to the extent my bench is stalling, I think it is because I have set my max too high. I’m only on my 4th cycle of this block of 5-3-1 and it has me repping for 105 on my 5-3-1 week–that’s too close to my 115 true max. I should be able to make solid progress for 6-7 cycles. I didn’t reset low enough. I don’t know what I was thinking.
Thanks Cal.
Alexus: My knees have a history of wobbling but I’ve been working on my hips, and I think that has been helping.
Junior mint: I was happy with the rep pr. And certainly tired from that effort. But still, I do seem to have my best DL days when I go hard and don’t hold back in the name of a max effort attempt. I guess exhausting myself builds confidence.
Bre: thanks. My hips are doing substantially better. I can hit all of my favorite sexual positions without pain. But, I still have some issues with my left hamstring, I think from sciatica, but it doesn’t really limit my training. It’s more of an annoyance.
Mim: My initially goal is 300. After that, onward to 315! I’m hoping to hit 300 next year. I don’t know about 315. Progress may not come as quickly.
Thanks Dasher. Dling has my heart.
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So I did some accessories yesterday (not much), which I forgot to log–GHR 10x3 and HLR 15x3. I didn’t do my deficit deads. Naughtiness!
Felt good this morning and surprised myself with a 12 mile run. SInce I’ve increased my long run the last few weeks, I’ll deload it next week and drop it back to 6 or 8.
I have a half in October. I’d like to run it decently.
very nice Nadia! a huge improvement from last year. ever thought about going to a meet?
damn those deads! you are catching up to me!
I see a 3-plate club membership in your future.
Wow, 275, and it looked easy! And then to follow it up with a 12 miler, you are one impressive woman. I also love the music you used for the video.
I’ll be the third to add the plug…meet?
Awesome work on the deadlifts. Do you lift at home? That looks much more relaxing than going to the gym.
Koub: I’ve thought about doing a meet and even looked into it a little bit. I do spend most of my training time training as if I’m a powerlifter, but still, I really don’t “see” myself as that. Nevertheless, I’m planning on doing a meet for the experience of it—someday. Who knows, maybe I’ll love it.
Frenchie: 3 plate club membership would be awesome. But, I’m not going to catch you. You’re going to keep progressing and I’m going to keep progressing and we will be like two parallel lines!
Lula: My DL is good, but it’s a 3 event sport. At present, I’m not much in the way of an all-arounder. Still, that’s not what keeps me from competing. Time is the biggest factor. With the road races I can be done and home by mid-morning. The next PL meet in my area is on a day that my son has a football game–it’s not going to work. Indeed, I have something every Saturday until November.
Thanks Ironcross. Yes I lift at home and I love it. Best investment ever!
you have that competitive attitude. im sure once you can afford time for a meet, you will instantly fall in love with them. I did my first one.
hopefully working on my hips will help my knee wobble, then. i so wish i could train at home… though i guess i kinda enjoy my gym, too. at least some of the people there are pretty good company. putting in another plug for your doing a meet. bet it would get you hooked!!
Koub: I am competitive–but just with myself. Most days in the gym I try to do a little bit better than I did the day before. Certainly, it would be awesome to be inspired by watching other women lift at a meet. And I’ll check it out for that reason.
Alexus: Sam I am, I am not. I’ll try a meet. Maybe it will hook me. But, I’m already really committed to my training. I’ll fit the meet in when I can. It’s not a big deal to me.
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Pullups, on the other hand, are a big deal…
3-3-3 MP & pullups
Pullups:
13, 4 sets of 10, 2 sets of 5
I actually enjoyed the pullups today. First time in forever that I didn’t get the pre pullup shits. Seriously, I get so nervous on my pullup day. I fear failure. But, the revelation that I had in my last post or two ago has quited those nerves. I can see the progress that I’ve made in my other lifts. I know that my training and work ethic is solid. I’m not falling short on the pullups for lack of trying–because I’m not tough enough to gut it out–which is a mentality that I have always feared that I have. I think I’m over that. I think I trust myself. I think I know how to train hard. And I think I can allow myself to have both good and bad days with the pullups.
Now, it’s just a matter of work and time.
MP: As with the bench press, I have set my max too high.
Barx10
60x3
65x3
72.5x3
Lots of prehab/rehab stuff… I don’t feel bad skimping on my accessories. Gymnastics tomorrow–I get to go—is an excellent accessory.
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Diet: A few not so great days last week. I’m trying to do better this week. BW= 122= the high end of acceptable. I always weigh in after I do my pullups–I like to know how much weight I’m pulling!
63 pullups @ 122lbs is 7,686lbs that you pulled up to that bar.
hows THAT make you feel?
[quote]Nadia Comeandeat wrote:
I am competitive–but just with myself. Most days in the gym I try to do a little bit better than I did the day before. Certainly, it would be awesome to be inspired by watching other women lift at a meet. And I’ll check it out for that reason.[/quote]
Many people (myself included) do meets solely to compete against themselves. I can walk home with a first place trophy but be pissed as hell if I don’t achieve my personal goals. Truly, that’s all it’s about for me. I find that I’m so in my head at a meet that I hardly am aware of what others are lifting.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
[quote]Nadia Comeandeat wrote:
I am competitive–but just with myself. Most days in the gym I try to do a little bit better than I did the day before. Certainly, it would be awesome to be inspired by watching other women lift at a meet. And I’ll check it out for that reason.[/quote]
Many people (myself included) do meets solely to compete against themselves. I can walk home with a first place trophy but be pissed as hell if I don’t achieve my personal goals. Truly, that’s all it’s about for me. I find that I’m so in my head at a meet that I hardly am aware of what others are lifting.[/quote]
she nailed it right on the head. most out there lift against themselves. my first meet, I was weak compared to the other SHW that showed up. i didn’t care. I was filled with endorphines that I had the balls to get on the platform, and break PR’s. I have goals on breaking records, and I will be competing against them later in my career. for now, it’s me vs me.