Tiny Freak Goes Ninja

Training
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Last night’s training was less about me than getting my husband started on Eric Cressey’s Maximum Strength program: his first. Its kind of funny, but I’ve been struggling with squats and deads forever, and he is already looking better than I am on these lifts after just a few sessions.

Ah well.

Squats
to 3 risers/step
Bar 1 x 5
65# 1 x 4 <—left quad felt tweaked

Decided discretion was the better part of valor and added a riser
to 4 risers/step
65# 1 x 5 <–better
75# 1 x 5
85# 3 x 3

The tweak resolved itself, and there wasn’t knee cave at 85 measly pounds like last time, so I’m calling it good.

Seated GMS (in squat rack, seated on bench)
Bar 1 x 5
65# 3 x 5

I didn’t think this setup would work, but my bottom position on seated GMs just touches the fixed rails. So this feels much more secure than trying these on a bench press setup.

supersetted with
Pistol squats to bench
2 x 10 each leg

Then ran out of time.

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git, I’ll bet that I do subconsciously “save” myself for future sets on Krocs. Makes we wonder what I really could do all-out…

Hallowed, everything sounds better with profanity. Or…everything damned thing sounds fucking better with profanity.

Nadia, running is new and shiny for me. For you, its familiar and comforting. I’m happy that my playing with my new running toy pumps some new life into your old running friend.

Its only 29 degrees and its time for my long run. I have a face mask, and I know how to use it.

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wow. i can’t believe how crazy cheap you can get gym memberships for in the US. here i pay over $10 a week and that is for the cheapest possible gym membership… but to be fair there is a squat rack and dumbbells up to 45kg and…

i’m grateful that you got me thinking on gratitude.

it seems to me to be just what i need to foster right now. grace. not sure if that is related.

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Alexus, there are indeed some things that are (or can be) crazy cheap in the US. I pay approximately what you pay for my gym, but I don’t use the vast majority of its resources (pool, child-care, lots of free classes). The weight room is OK, but there are no power cages, deadlifting platforms, oly plates or fancy bars (trapbar, SSB, etc.). All in all, its apparently the best thing around here so we are sticking with it.

Yesterdays run was a face-mask happening in below-freezing temps. I stayed perfectly warm throughout the run, but once again even though I felt I was working hard, the pace wasn’t quite was I was shooting for. I seriously CANNOT WAIT for springtime.

After that, we parked a couple miles away from our restaurant and walked there and back. That walk gave me a leg up (so to speak) on working off the gin and St. Germaine and lemon juice and raspberry cocktail, the glass of Riesling, the mussels appetizer with plenty of soft Italian bread for soaking up the tomato garlic sauce, the oysters and then the hot lobster roll in butter sauce (with fries). Oh, and the salted caramel frozen yogurt. Mmmm.

The bloat is still on a bit this AM, so we’ll see how the gym goes a bit later.

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I do not see how you can ride like you do and then eat before you ride back. When I do any kind of conditioning the last thing I want to do is eat.

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I’m envious you can get your hubby to the gym. I guess it’s different if they WANT to go…mine shows an interest but continually puts it off.

I think he will go now as part of his rehab for his knee…but it would be kinda cool if he just did it for other health stuff too.
Can’t stay young and beautiful forever without putting in some work!

:slight_smile:

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running with the freezing temps these days is hardcore. face mask or not.

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I think the way that you are so focused on your eats 99% of the time, yet go out with such gusto the other 1% of the time is one of my favorite parts of your log. I just adore reading about the deliciousness you consume, you do know how to live right.

Right there with you wishing for spring.

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Joe, I’d agree with you if the bike riding to/from food was hard work. But its just a leisurely ride, no real sweating or heavy breathing. In essence, the bicycling or walking is simply transportation. Both my husband and I are big on alternative transportation and it amuses us to walk or bicycle when the societal standard is to get in the car.

Betty, it might amuse you to know that I was a couch potato when I started dating my husband. However, I’m a smart girl and I quickly realized that to keep him interested, I needed to get off my ass and participate in his favorite sport: cycling. So I bought myself a mountain bike and started riding with him. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t have spent the past twenty-four or so years exercising. I was the impetus to get us to the gym initially (about three and a half years ago), but he quickly saw the benefit of strength training and is independently excited to go train. I feel lucky.

Frenchie, its not nearly as cold down here as up there. But I hate the treadmill and it hates me back. So outside I go.

lula, I aim to entertain. :slight_smile: I really stand by the 90-10 rule: if you eat clean 90% of the time, the other 10% just won’t hurt you. However, my definition of eating clean is pretty strict. When I see recipes for “clean” muffins and pancakes and the like, I cringe. Treats are treats…whether they are made with almond flour and stevia, or white flour and sugar. I prefer to save my treats for REAL treats and eat the lean protein/veggies the rest of the time.

Last night was a training in which I met a long-held goal.

Military Press (3’s day)
47.5# 1 x 3
54# 1 x 3
61# 1 x 3 <–failed on 4

I was relatively happy with this.

Chinups
10/7/6/6/4 = 33 reps

10 chinups! I haven’t been able to do 10 chinups since June 2010, when I did them at a low body weight with nothing on (at home, obviously). Last night I did them on the Smith machine fully clothed at a slightly high body weight, so I know these are real.

supersetted with

Military Press BBB 42# 5 x 10

Ab rollouts
BW 10/5/5

For some reason, these were hard for me so I didn’t add weight.

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Excellent chin up pr! I think you need a number goal with these…

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ah man!!! nice chins :slight_smile:

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The chins are coming along fabulously.

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Good result on the chins and millies there.

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HUGE accomplishment. Congratulations :slight_smile:

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Thanks for all the chinup love. I’ve not had alot of success training chinups using one max effort set. So far, my strategy is to try to increase the amount of chinups I can do each week in 5 sets. With the first set always increasing by one. So next week, I’d like 11 reps on the first set. We’ll see!

Today’s training was 400 meter sprints x 6. It snowed last night, but fortunately my street a/k/a the track was plowed out and was just wet, not icy or slushy. 1:54, 1:56, 1:50, 1:57, 1:54. My goal was to complete each sprint in under 2 minutes and I accomplished that.

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<3 your chinups and your sprints. My hero!

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;0 veddy niiiiice…

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Hey Kimba-thought i’d share this— I did this to an old pair of shoes a few years back when I was training through the winter (after a few slips on icy patches). I put the screws mainly around the edge of the shoe and it worked great!

http://www.skyrunner.com/screwshoe.htm

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[quote]alexus wrote:
wow. i can’t believe how crazy cheap you can get gym memberships for in the US. here i pay over $10 a week and that is for the cheapest possible gym membership… but to be fair there is a squat rack and dumbbells up to 45kg and…

i’m grateful that you got me thinking on gratitude.

it seems to me to be just what i need to foster right now. grace. not sure if that is related.[/quote]

Grace… hrumph
something I’m probably HELLA FUCKING LACKING and I’m not just talking about being graceful.
Grace and Dignity… well maybe someday when I’m frightfuly glamorous.

[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:

Can’t stay young and beautiful forever without putting in some work!

:slight_smile:

[/quote]

WHAT!?! dammit.
Does bathing in the blood of virgins qualify as “some work”?

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[quote]Hallowed wrote:

WHAT!?! dammit.
Does bathing in the blood of virgins qualify as “some work”?[/quote]

Sure does! You think chasing down and hog tying a spritely virgin is easy? I think not! Why do you think so many of us run sprints? :wink:

Hai Kimba!!! Great work on those chinups! You know I love it!