Oh, and one more thing. I saw that you were also looking at minimalist footwear options. I talked about these but I wanted to give you the link. I haven’t checked them out yet. Still doing the sock thing.
These are the Merrell Pace Gloves at REI. http://www.rei.com/product/810569
DAMN!
a bench PR and a fab pic of a nice tight bod. strong and sexy. gotta love it!
A sweet, sweet female form. Dee-licious.
And please PM the panty brand. Those are HOT. My wife is working hard and deserves a little sumthin’.
Awesome pic!!! Great way to cheer up my Monday!
Seriously sexy pic! Nice bench PR. Must’ve felt great to run.
You got it going on Kimba!
Yes, awesome pic. You are really lean. I also read something about the adductor vs abductor issue in knee cave. About how it was counter-intuitive (as snapper said). Can’t remember why… Might have been something about how the body won’t let us do things that might injure it if there is an imbalance. Sometimes the injured part is the strong part that does all the work rather than the weak part that got injured from weakness. Do you have your knee cave with unweighted squats or only when the weight gets to a certain number?
Huzzah PR’s! On bench no less. clap
I remember what you were saying about vanity and an expensive wardrobe. That picture confirms that both are very, very good reasons for you to not shove food in your maw willy-nilly. 
push it in and out baby! hehe
you wouldn’t want one without the other anyway. 
WTG with your bench happy dance and good new about the knee!!! \m/\m/
You should be bored more often. Wait thats not exactly what I meant…
Bench PR - good for you!
Kimba in lingerie - good for us!!
PP, those Merrells look very interesting. So far I’ve had good success with my Nike Frees, but I wouldn’t mind trying out a true minimalist shoe. Especially when the shoes are cute.
Frenchy, thanks for the pic. kudos. Just a quickie in available light.
giterdone, your wife is a lucky girl if she’s getting gifts like that from you.
Greeney and Veggie, thanks!
alexus, I can do perfect non-cavey squats for reps at low weight, and perfect non-cavey singles at slightly higher weights. But once the weight gets above a certain number, my knees will cave and its not from lack of focus on keeping the knees out. Its an absolute inability to do so. This is what leads me to think that I’ve got an unaddressed weakness somewhere in the chain. And I’m still searching for what that is. Maybe it is adductors.
Kristoph, indeed I’ve got a huge wardrobe incentive to prioritize vanity over eating for strength. My lingerie drawer alone is incentive enough on that score.
Betty, push it in and push it out is my new mantra!
Joe, I know what you meant.
So as much as I hate to admit this to myself, the 25 min. run on Sunday did result in a low-level ache in my left knee. Its more annoyance-level than painful, and I absolutely could run on it. But it probably isn’t smart to do so. I think the point of this rehab is to push things, but to back off if necessary, regroup and then try again. That is hard for me, dealing with a setback even if its minor. But success in any endeavor is determined by how setbacks are handled, aye?
ManfromMass, you snuck in while I was posting. Thanks for the kind words!
Wow! Look at you! Super tight and sexy!!
Nice training too
I got so excited reading about your bench PR! You and I both know how hard those gains are. Congrats, my dear.
I see where the “Freak” in your name comes from ;D
So gawgeous Kim, watch out for companies taking your pics for their ads
Lookin’ good!
Hey, great job on that bench PR too!
I have a hard time with minor setbacks too. It is such a battle with injuries isn’t it? Trying to push without crossing the line is certainly challenge.
Coyote, thanks for the kind words!
Snapper, I was SO excited to get that 95 lbs. up. My husband was spotting me and was a bit perplexed at how happy that one lift made me. Of course, to most people 95 lbs. is measly, but I know you totally understand.
Nikki, I don’t think I need to worry. Skinny fat is more the standard model look, and that is not me.
LastStand, I know that you totally understand the problems with coming back from injury. Knowing when to push and when to back off is so difficult.
So, on that topic, by the time it was warm enough to run my knee felt pretty good. So I decided to push it and go for a run, but be smart and dial back the rehab to a 4 min. run/1 min. walk x 5 setup. The run itself was pain-free. The knee was slightly twingey after the run, but I stretched, iced and now it honestly feels better than when I woke up this AM.
Perhaps for today I guessed correctly. Knock on wood.
Kimba: Wow on that pic. You look amazing bored.
And congrats on that bench pr. 95lbs at your weight is not even close to measly! And hey–we’re both about 15lbs away from a bw bench!
Glad the knee is holding up with the running.
Thanks Nadia!
Today’s training was volume day.
Squats
Bar 1 x 5
75$ 1 x 10
80# 1 x 10
85# 1 x 10
95# 1 x 10 <–no real knee cave, but probably not low enough
65# 1 x 10
Bench Press
Bar 1 x 5
65# 1 x 5
85# 1 x 3 ← failed on 4, just didn’t have it today
65# 1 x 10
Maybe I was not recovered from the one-rep maxing on Sunday.
Dips
BW 1 x 25
Plank
1 x 3.5 min. with the following changes of position: feet together, feet apart, weight on elbows, weight on hands, one leg up then switch legs.
This time I was determined to beat the trainer in the plank off. When he called time and went down, I stayed up, looked at him and said “I win”.
I won.
clever lady!