I love watching you do that kipping thing. Maybe HLRs should be my stay-sane-in-a-snowstorm home workout.
Please do that in a crossfit gym and record reactions. “Here is how you kip…”
wow. if i’d have seen that before i started oly lifting i might have decided to do that instead. how cool was that!? i’m going to have to stop bitching about my scraped shins, now…
Cal: Thanks. There are, infact, a few problems and form breaks with those kips, but I won’t point them out to you. I like being thought of as a graceful.
Snap: That video was taken in Nov of 2010. Glide kips involve a fair amount of technique and timing too. The better the technique the less strength required. Funny, I know all this but still can’t find it in my heart to focus on technique with the lifts. Anyway, grips for kids–I wouldn’t bother with palm grips if that’s what the other kids are wearing. I would check with her coach (I would think most coaches will require dowel grips at a certain level–that may be 5 or 6). If grips are not required at your gym, I would absolutely introduce her to dowel grips now–they will not only protect her hands but assist her with her grip–her ability to hold on to the bar.
I’m so old that we didn’t have dowel grips when I was a gymnast–the sport really has changed a ton in the last 25 years, but I do mean to order a pair for myself.
Kimba: The snow back east is brutal. I’m heading back to NJ in March to visit family…I’m scared. With the winter you’re having—oh please don’t let me get stuck there!
Oh Bobbi! I’m not one to judge, but the snotty gymnast in me absolutely abhors the concept of a bent arm kip. That is a big cheaty no no.
Alexus: Olympic lifts impress me equally. When technique, timing and strength all come together to support a movement, it is a beautiful thing.
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Training Military/ pullups
So, I managed to totally blow off my MP and Pullup day this weekend as I nursed my BBB squat soreness and struggled to hit my running goal. I’m at my wits end with BBB squats, flipflopping btw a sense of despair (I’ll never adapt) to one of defiance (I will not be broken). I want to quit on them, but I’m getting stronger. Why would I stop doing something when I know it is working? Because it hurts and because it is hard? As if getting stronger should be easy. These were the thoughts that played through my mind during my make up (I’m now behind schedule) MP (I can’t get a pr to say my life) workout.
MP
55x5x2
60x8 (PR= something greater than 12!)
45x10x5
Pullups 10x5. These were hard for me.
HLR 15, 12, 12, 10, 10. Also hard.
Prowler 60x 50 yards (I measured today)x10 alternating high and low handles. (to get some good blood flow to the old legs).
I thought deja said gnarly boobs too… I was going to agree 
But on a serious note, that vid rocked on so many levels, especially the outfit. Yay me. Ok, not so serious note.
Strong work, with the kips and the MP PR! Woot!
I also think the book club thing is funny. Just because you ended it because you felt that your secretary was being forced into it
I think you tapped into many little girl dreams here Nadia - love how strong your arms look through it all.
and I have prowler jealousy to boot.
AWESOME vid!!! Love it!!!
So the difference between you and me on MPs is that you can get 60 lbs. for 8, and I can barely manage 57 lbs. for 3. Nice job. It can’t always be a rep PR.
Do you push the Prowler outside? If so, do your neighbors think you are nuts?
Hi Nikki: I’m sorry to report that there was no MP pr that day. I was unclear. I actually haven’t seen one of those since August. I’ll still take the woot though.
Thanks Frenchie: The prowler is cool; I really should push it more. But, I prefer running.
Thanks coyote!
Kimba: I think we’re in essentially the same MP boat. I’m not seeing anything that looks like progress. Indeed, even with the addition of BBB, I appear to be regressing. I’m just going to keep doing my time with those and see what happens.
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I didn’t do anything yesterday but work.
Today: Squats and Bench.
Bench
bar x20
65x5; 75x5; 85x5; 90x5; 95x4 ( I wanted 5 at 95, but didn’t want to go to the point of failure, and I was close to that point after 4. Ooops. This is supposed to be a little bit of a back off week for me)
Squats
barx5 (I can bench the bar x20 easily, but … squatting to 20 even with no weight is a effing chore; I didn’t even try. I don’t heart squatting; I’m trying, but I still really don’t).
65x5; 75x5; 85x5; 95x5; 105x5; 115x5 (Form wasn’t the best at 115)
Stepups bwx75; +30lbs x15; +40lbs x15 ( I like BW stepups; with added weight they’re less fun).
GHR 15x5
Rows
45x10; 65x10; 75x5; 85x5x2.
Kimba: We push the prowler in our back yard. We have a concrete patio/ walkway that runs the length of our house. The elderly lady next door made a fuss at my husband when he first started flipping the giant tire we now own, but she has never said anything about the prowler. I don’t doubt that she and our other neighbors think we’re nuts. Lucky for me, I don’t care.
Squats are the object of both love and hate. Love when things go right – such a powerful feeling. Hate when a tiny weight can humble.
That is a great prowler picture! If I pushed that thing up and down my street, my neighbors would absolutely think I was nuts. I would be OK with that.
How do you do rows? Bent over barbell rows? Upright rows?
I want a tire!!!
Been saying that for years…
MiM, haven’t you spent many hard months trying to get rid of your tire?
Agree, though, that playing with tires, prowlers and the like looks like mighty good fun.
oh my god!! you’re amazing!!! that vid! SIGH!!
little girl dreams for me too!!..WOW!!!
I am incredibly impressed! wow!! all i can say is amazing!!
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My god, your gymnastics is soooo beautiful and elegant, and yet ridiculously hardcore. I’m super fucking impressed! And FTR, the uneven bars and floor routine is one my favorite Olympic events…maybe even my only favorite. I took gymnastics when I was 4 or 5, but I was skittish, chubby little creature that was never meant to be air-bound. Oh well!
10x5 pullups?! Damn you woman! Nice job.
And nice squats - that’s a lot of sets, so its no surprise form on 115 was a bit off. So take solace.
Jealous of your prowler obviously and your son is the cutest! Why do I immediately think of all the ways to employ children as servants everytime I see them doing something labor intensive, like “hey kids! we’re going to use the new prowler today…the special mop prowler…in the kitchen”
Great work in here madame! Keep it up.
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Kimba: I think eventually the prowler will become more mainstream. I’m certain many a runner would buy one if they knew more about its conditioning and rehab properties. You should get one. You’re never too hurt to push the prowler. My husband who had ACL surgery and a bone cartilage graft used it for rehab. And I’ve pushed it when my ankle, knee or achilles tendon have hurt too much to run.
I do bent over barbell rows. They bug my wrists a little bit though. I’m not a very strong rower.
Mim: I’m not exactly thrilled with the giant tire. It is a little bit of an eyesore. And it makes me feel so white trashy. But, my husband likes it and he has stowed it away as best he can.
Cal: The tire is too heavy for me to flip. I think it’s close to 500lbs. My husband wants a bigger one now too. Yipppee!
Brute: You’re very sweet thanks!
Masch: I can not picture you as skittish or chubby! I’m sure you would have been an awesome gymnast had you stuck with it. I love the bars too. And beam, but not really anymore. I’m a chicken shit now.
My son likes to push the prowler. He doesn’t like to clean though. My grandfather-in-law who has done physical labor for most of his life cannot understand the prowler. “You guys have a wheel barrow and plenty of yard work there to do.” Hmm. Sadly, he’s right.
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I’m dragging ass today. I didn’t want to do anything, but I showed up. Volunteered at my kids school as I was scheduled to do. Ran my 4 miles. Hopefully, I’ll be back to full speed tomorrow… low energy days suck.
Yeah, low energy days suck. I’m waiting for my hubby to come home in order to go to the gym. After a long day of work, we’ll see what energy is left over for rack pulls…
I’d love a prowler, but storing it would be difficult. It doesn’t look like it breaks down at all.
You can take the “horns” off the prowler. It actually takes up less room than a lawn mower, but you also need to buy weights too. Unless you have two children–one for each horn–to weight your runs. My husband does that, and the kids love it of course. I hate it and can barely watch–they have some of their permanant teeth for fucks sake.
And here’s our big tire–how about that stow job–strapped to the side of our house to keep it dry from the rain and free of dog pee.
Oh dear me, we really are crazy.
Heh I hear you on low energy days. Today was one of those days for me. I’m a zombie.
Awesome tire, Lucky.
I don’t think it’s white trash, I just think of it as wicked cardio.
Re: MP PR
I was looking at that >12 part, but I think I was too brain-dead to understand then haha
Cuz it makes perfect sense to me now.
that tire is hardcore - you guys are nuts.
I like that 