[quote]Nadia Comeandeat wrote:
mass moves mass.
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^^^ This I like.
Interesting that you mention being a gymnast. My daughter is a gymnast. And whenever I see the older girls (high school), I think about how perfect their bodies are for the sport of powerlifting. [/quote]
I should’ve quoted the “mass moves mass” phrase. I don’t know who said it first, but it wasn’t me. I just like it too.
I saw your daughter’s gymnastics videos. She has a nice presence–very good form for a little one. Is she a level 4? I’m not really up on the current compulsory routines.
Gymnastics really is an expression of power. You have to be strong in a lot of different ways to do well with it. For many years it gave me a false sense of confidence. When I didn’t take to watersking or windsurfing immediately (damn pulling up that sail is heavy), my first response was WTF I’m a gymnast! It took awhile, but my ego has now been checked enough times that I am now of the opinion that specializing in gymnastics at a young age pretty much only made me good at gymnastics. Any sport that requires skill (as they all do), I have to start at the beginning like everyone else. I miss that mistaken bravado; however, I will admit to calling on it lately with respect to squats.
Last Stand: Yes, I’m really trying to hit the reps hard. 165x15 is me trying to get a running start to blast through my 5-3-1 plateau of 185x5. I’m tired of being stuck there.
Thanks Nikki: You’re right it was a good workout! I pushed it hard and got good results.
Kimba: Most typically, my 5 mile runs take me about 46 minutes. My pace is typically about 9:15 per mile. If I push it, I can hit 8:45 per mile, and when I’m doggin it, I slow to 9:45 miles.
CaL: Hi rep deadlifts are fun!
Thanks Masch: To be honest and I’m not sure why, (I am so very dumb) I thought I was just supposed to hit parallel–Oops! Knowing I can (and should) go deeper than that is really helpful for me. I’m no longer trying to hit the breaks and stop my descent–I think that’s where my balance issues came in. Don’t know. But yes, I am on a mission to conquer the squat.
My attempts at bbb squats and dls are seriously fucking with my recovery. I’m supposed to do military and pullups today but my low back, traps and forearms are still unhappy with me. I’m going to push through and get those done later in the day, with a promise to myself to back off on my 3-3-3 week and make it more like a 5x5 week with no rep prs and no bbb.
A 6 mile run this morning for recovery. My back was just killing me to start, but did feel better by the end. Lots of wind today. At times it felt like mother nature had two hands on my back, pushing me along, but in turn she held me back. It was vexing to have my forward progress so easily arrested. I couldn’t help myself, I fought back, and found myself pushing my “recovery run” out of my recovery realm pace. Finishing just under 54 minutes with an average pace per mile of 8:58 was a victory for me. That’s right mother nature…bring it. I am so easily amused.
My favorite book, my favorite quote, my professional philosophy and my philosophy as an athlete. Always try.
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11, spoken by the character Atticus
45x5
50x5
55x14 I needed to do better than 15 to hit a rep pr (and I really wanted one), but I could not get there.
Another go at BBB because my body loves it so.
45x10x5. It wasn’t lost on me that I used the same weight on my squat bbb day as I did today with the overhead press. I need to stop pussifying my squat workouts.
Hanging leg raises 5 sets of 10.
Pullups. The plan was 3 sets of 4 + 30lbs. But I failed on my first two sets, only getting 3 reps. I was disappointed with this. Still trying to adopt the pullups are just an accessory exercise mind-shift, I decided I would feel better if I could get the 100 reps that Wendler recommends. I did that: 12 sets of 5, 4 sets of ladders 1,2,3,4 . This did me in and took forever.
My favorite book, my favorite quote, my professional philosophy and my philosophy as an athlete. Always try.
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
~Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 11, spoken by the character Atticus
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Hmm, recovery for me means sleep til noon and do 2 stretches lol
Congrats on running 6 miles in under an hour, that oxygen will definetely help your back.
I love that quote. And I envy your run. I’m a 10 minute miler, but I figure I don’t do too badly for an old bird with sciatica.
Re: the deadlifts - I think I’m going to need to toughen my hands up first. They were whining like little bitches today, despite the calluses, and that was only on 5 reps. I remember, a few years ago, doing 10 x 10 with 50kg and my hands were really suffering.
Kimba: To kill a mocking bird–a defense “win” because he got them to deliberate. I sometimes turn back to that book when I find my resiliency waning.
Nikki: Yeah running is my cure all. Body hurts, feel a cold coming on, bad day—I go running. And the pullups, I pretty much worked with a disturbing single mindedness over a period of 18 months to get better at those. And while I can still handle the volume, I am losing (or have lost) some appreciable ground with them. And that’s hard for me.
Cal: 10 min miles were my staple for a long time. That’s a good pace. What’s important is that you run in a manner that is going to keep you in it over the long haul. Re the deadlifts: YUggh sorry about your hands. But, at least you know what your weak link is. Toughen those things up!
Training Yesterday 3-3-3 squats modified to a 5x5ish workout
It was a jack shit day plus a little extra, but not enough to get this workout out of the bathroom.
65x5x2
75x5
85x5
95x5x5 (I was going for explosivity with these, but I really had none).
THen I short cutted my 5 mile run to 4.55 miles, 43 minutes, pace 9:35.
I’ve got a half this weekend, and I’m not sure how to work my training around it. I’m just doing it to do it, but at the same time it would suck to get to the line feeling beat up and then have to suffer through a shitty performance. Rather than delay my training, I’ll probably just keep it minimalist and front load the hell out of my week.
Wow, good luck with your half this weekend! I think you have the right idea though, back off of the training a bit an feel the best you can at the line.
I’m still sore from my pullups and military press, but I felt strong through the sets of 85lbs, and I’m happy w/ this. Fingers crossed I can hit a triple digit bench before I have to reset!
Bench
45x10
65x5
75x5
85x5x5
Rows (barbell)
45x10
65x5
75x5
85x5x5
And at lunch time-a PR with the large pickle jar. That’s right–I opened it easily, without cursing or banging the thing against the counter top.
