Wow! Congrats!
I felt that way for the first time a few weeks ago. Workout was hard, but went well. I was feeling good about what I had accomplished, then about a half hour later my head was pounding and I was dizzy.
Hope your feeling good now.
[quote]Plant lady wrote:
Your bench press # are great. I like squats and DL much better. My plan this year is to improve on my benching. Is benching your favorite?
Diana
ps hope you feel better.[/quote]
Thanks Diana, and yes benching is by far my favorite, but than again its probably because thats all I’ve really done(up until recently).
I’ve always been a “pushup junky”. And I think that carried over into my benching strength. I started doing pushups in my teens (I’ve got 3 older brothers and I always did what they did around the house). Then when I made the basketball team and I was the only one that could do a pushup,I knew I was on to something. Everyone made a big deal out of it and before long the guys were challenging me.
I hope to learn to love the Deadlift next, I am working on it.
thanks again
G
[quote]Kalle wrote:
Awesome job on the 185.
I find it awesome and uh motivating that you bench almost as much as me…
I’ve felt like that after heavy lifting days as well. Just rest and eat! Your just a bit worn down.[/quote]
thanks Kalle,
Glad to hear that you and others have felt that way too. I have done nothing but ate and rested today.
I do think I am on to something here though with my training. I think I need to make sure every training session is like that last one. Just need to fuel the body a little better throughout the session, so I don’t crash at the end.
And if I can train like that every time, especially on my DL day my numbers should really start improving.
thanks again
G
[quote]cvb wrote:
Awesome workouts. Always feels great when it is a clean lift. Makes me feel like I can start working on a heavier weight:)
Your incline bench is awesome. Very rarely do I see anyone putting the 45lb plates on the incline. Great job:)[/quote]
thanks and yes a clean lift is such a good feeling. Now I have to pause the dang thing.
I was very happy with my incline (maybe a little more than the 185). I’ve never tried more than 125 on the bar, the “big” plates always scarred me. I would visualize the worst as the bar came crashing down on my throat 
So yes, I think you should add more weight to your lifts too!! I plan to add more on my decline as well. They say you should decline more than you flat bench, since the ROM is smaller, right??? Once again, I’ve never tried more than 165, I plan to put the weight on next time just to see…thats why we have spotters right? I need to learn to start using mine. I’ve always decreased the weight if I couldn’t finish the set…well no more. I think I need to feel the weight more, so its not such a shock to me.
Boy, I am all fired up now can’t wait to train again!!!
Thanks for the motivation!
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
Wow! Congrats!
I felt that way for the first time a few weeks ago. Workout was hard, but went well. I was feeling good about what I had accomplished, then about a half hour later my head was pounding and I was dizzy.
Hope your feeling good now.[/quote]
Thanks so much and yes I am feeling better. Once again, I am glad that others have felt like this after training hard…must mean I’m on the right track!
G
Log and DL training tonight. My training schedule is a little off. If you recall I trained Log and DL this past Thursday as well. And I will be benching Thursday of this week, instead of the weekend. We are going to the mountains for the weekend, so I had to move things around. Which means I’ve skipped my tricep training days for 2 sessions now…oh well, they could use the break. So heres how tonight went:
Log presses:
8 sets of 3 reps with 90
No problem on any of these 
I really wanted to go up in weight, but thought better of it since I am benching on Thursday.
Deadlifts:
135x5
185x2
195x2
210x2
215x2
225x2
(slowly but surely, I will get there)
Front Squats
4sets of 8reps
Glute Ham Raise
3sets of 10
Short and to the point.
G
Nice workout. Your deadlift is looking good. Have you tested your 1RM yet?
[quote]GBench wrote:
Deadlifts:
135x5
185x2
195x2
210x2
215x2
225x2
(slowly but surely, I will get there)
[/quote]
Heck, I’d say you’re almost there already. That’s a lot of weight for just deadlifting a couple times!
c.
Nice! I really like that rep range for overhead presses.
I did a cycle of 8x2 and It really helped me get my form down.
Probably be deadliftinng 275 in not to long.
[quote]GBench wrote:
sic wrote:
I’m curious what your diet is like, do you mind posting an average day for you?
My training cycles are usually 10-12 weeks out from a meet. At this point I try to stay as clean as possible with my eating (depending on how much weight I have to lose). I try to always stay within 5lbs of my competition weight. I always have a “free day” once a week.
And the biggest thing is eating dinner for Breakfast and Breakfast for dinner. This works soooooo well for me!
Heres a typical day when I’m in a training cycle:
6:30am- turkey and pasta (one of my biggest meals of the day)
9:30am- myoplex lite protein shake
11:30- cheese stick and an apple
1pm- protein, carbs and vegs.
3:30pm- protein bar
6pm-7pm dinner, protein and vegs (I love egg white omletes for dinner with peppers and turkey and cheese)
9pm-snack before bed- cottage cheese or yogurt with fruit.
thats about it
G[/quote]
Looks like you are doing Body For Life (great program, btw).
Youre thread is VERY impressive!!! Welcome to T-Nation and welcome to Powerful Women.
B-3
Well, so much for training this past Thursday and so much for going to the mountains this weekend…I woke up with a very painful sore throat on Thursday morning. Really put a kink in my plans.
Oh well, sleep and eat for right now. I know its my body telling me to slooowwww down.
(Well, I guess its a good thing, it is keeping me home to take care of this stray cat that showed up in a tree…in fact it was in a tree for 5 days!!! I finally got it to come down and gave it some food, now I don’t know what to do with it.
And get this, when I leave for work it actually runs after my car all the way down the drive way, and I have a mile long drive way!!! Have you ever heard of a cat running after a car??? I now have to feed it and run out the back down.)
Anyway, didn’t mean to get to personal there, just had to share it…oh and I named him T.C. = Tree Cat!
G
[quote]cvb wrote:
Nice workout. Your deadlift is looking good. Have you tested your 1RM yet? [/quote]
Thanks and nope I haven’t tried my 1RM yet, I hope to do that soon, once I feel a little better. I am very excited about finding that out though!!!
G
[quote]c. wrote:
GBench wrote:
Deadlifts:
135x5
185x2
195x2
210x2
215x2
225x2
(slowly but surely, I will get there)
Heck, I’d say you’re almost there already. That’s a lot of weight for just deadlifting a couple times!
c.[/quote]
Thanks C! I am pretty excited, I can’t wait to be pulling as much as you!!!
G
[quote]Kalle wrote:
Nice! I really like that rep range for overhead presses.
I did a cycle of 8x2 and It really helped me get my form down.
Probably be deadliftinng 275 in not to long. [/quote]
Thanks Kalle, I normally do a 3-2-1 rep for 3 waves increasing the weight each time. Which gives me 9 sets total. This past workout, I wanted to focus on form so I stuck with 8sets of 3 at 90lbs. The weight was a little light though, I didn’t have that “pump” after training and I didn’t get sore at all. I know that I don’t have to be sore to have had a good workout, but it sure is a dang good feeling. I am always sore with my 3-2-1 waves.
As for Deadlifting…275??? That is my next goal, thanks for the vote of confidence!
G
[quote]BodyBldgBabe wrote:
GBench wrote:
sic wrote:
I’m curious what your diet is like, do you mind posting an average day for you?
My training cycles are usually 10-12 weeks out from a meet. At this point I try to stay as clean as possible with my eating (depending on how much weight I have to lose). I try to always stay within 5lbs of my competition weight. I always have a “free day” once a week.
And the biggest thing is eating dinner for Breakfast and Breakfast for dinner. This works soooooo well for me!
Heres a typical day when I’m in a training cycle:
6:30am- turkey and pasta (one of my biggest meals of the day)
9:30am- myoplex lite protein shake
11:30- cheese stick and an apple
1pm- protein, carbs and vegs.
3:30pm- protein bar
6pm-7pm dinner, protein and vegs (I love egg white omletes for dinner with peppers and turkey and cheese)
9pm-snack before bed- cottage cheese or yogurt with fruit.
thats about it
G
Looks like you are doing Body For Life (great program, btw).
Youre thread is VERY impressive!!! Welcome to T-Nation and welcome to Powerful Women.
B-3
[/quote]
Thanks B-3.
Nope, I’m not doing BFL, matter of fact, I’ve never seen their diet plan. If it is that similar than its a pretty good plan, it definitely works for me.
thanks again for a warm welcome!
G
Aww, sounds like you got adopted. My husband had a crazy monster kitty adopt him almost 15 years ago. She even started bringing him “presents” like a mouse and a baby skunk that she thoughtfully let go in the house!
Hopefully TC doesn’t do that to you.
Tuesdays chest workout:
Started working on pauses this week.
Flat Bench
Warm up
bar
95x10
incline pushups
long Paused reps:
135x5
150x3
160x3
DB Inclines
25x10
35x10
45x10
Cable Flies
30lbx3x12
Front Squat Machine
3 sets of 30 reps (wanted a good burn)
Glute Ham Raises
3 sets of 12
Trying to find a meet to compete in, in March or April so I need to start pausing again…Yeah!
G
When you bench with DBs, like the inclines you listed above, do you keep your wrists turned out like you would with a barbell or do you rotate them in so your palms are facing you? Do you notice that either position makes a difference in the muscles used?
[quote]GBench wrote:
Tuesdays chest workout:
Started working on pauses this week.
Flat Bench
Warm up
bar
95x10
incline pushups
long Paused reps:
135x5
150x3
160x3
DB Inclines
25x10
35x10
45x10
Cable Flies
30lbx3x12
Front Squat Machine
3 sets of 30 reps (wanted a good burn)
Glute Ham Raises
3 sets of 12
Trying to find a meet to compete in, in March or April so I need to start pausing again…Yeah!
G
[/quote]
3x30 on the front squats. That’s gotta hurt;)
Good luck finding a meet. Are you looking for a push/pull meet? Your dl is looking awesome.
[quote]GBench wrote:
Trying to find a meet to compete in, in March or April so I need to start pausing again…Yeah!
[/quote]
Well our next meet might be closer to May, but if you want to drive up to Albany NY…it’s only about 8hours. I think.
c.