If Odin had been in the video, it would’ve been epic! 
According to the estimated 1RM charts, your 245 x 3 is worth 270 'fer sure. The fact you did it after the miss means all that’s missing is the good luck Odin headrub and the viking helmut for 275!!!
Odin is a handsome dog all right.
Awesome on the floor press PR
That meet def looks epic
punnyguy - Thanks I needed that, and yes Odin will there the next time
Mainy - hey girl! love the avi
DE Lower / 1-22-12
hip/shoulder warmups
Speed box squats
bar x 10
95 x 5
add light band over qtrs for added tension
95 x 5
145 x 3
suit bottoms on
185 x 2 x 2 sets
205 x 2
215 x 2 x 2
225 x 2 x 4, last 2 sets I went wider, so when I unracked the bar just barely cleared the hooks so lowered it down, I only have a few holes to lower anymore, I’d better not compress to much more…
But the wider stance was strong, so I’ll have to try it next ME session.
Sumo DLs
135 x 5
singles @ 185 / 215 / 245 / 275 / 305 / 325 
325 x missed at lock out, wondering if my stance on the sumo pull is too wide? or are my feet angled to far out? …video below…
GMs
2 sets of 10 @ 135 / 155
short mini band hip abductors
3 sets of 20
KB swings
3 sets of 12 @ 53#
Oh my, I loved that promo vid on the other page. So does this mean you’re going to be at a competition with kara bohigian??? Holy hell, jealous am I ever!!
Also, I love your dog.
Also, your sumo DL looked so flippin’ easy from the start. That was damn close! I was always uncertain of my stance/foot positioning when I was doing sumo. Now I pull conventional so I don’t have to doubt it all the time, hA.
Lookin at your pull, you may try bringing your stance in, but really it just looks like you were movin too slow. Get violent with the bar!
Anywho, looks like you are puttin my monolift to good work
Spock, yeppers she will be there in April I started conventional just recently switched to sumo, so still playing around trying to the right stance for me
DF- thanks young one. I think I’ll move stance in a bit. I think my right shoulder was starting to give and I was playing it safe but yes I need to own that bar!
DE Upper/ 1-24-12
Speed bench w/ dbl micro minis
95 x 3 x 3, all 3 grips
Comp bench reps, each week up 5# until can’t
155 x 5, easy
BB row
3 sets of 10, 95, 105, 115
DB floor press
3 sets x 10 with 45’s
Overhead DB press
3 sets x 10 with 20’s
Facepulls with bands
3 sets @ 40,40,30
DB obliques
2 sets of 20 with 45’s
Then leash training and wrestling with Odin
Diet biweekly check in only 4 #'s down but 3.5" gone too. Hopefully this painfully slow losing will equate to me not putting it all back on again!
You do look really wide on your sumos. But that sure is a short ROM. So if you can make it work . . .
Also, such wide-stance GMs! I always do mine narrow. But why? I must try them wide.
[quote]kpsnap wrote:
You do look really wide on your sumos. But that sure is a short ROM. So if you can make it work . . .
Also, such wide-stance GMs! I always do mine narrow. But why? I must try them wide.[/quote]
I may go in a bit on the sumo stance next time and see what happens, as DF said ‘attack the bar’!
When I go wide on GMs I feel it more in hamstrings and glutes, than lower back. But I change them up too.
ME Lower / 1-26-12
shoulder/hip warmups
Reverse Band (lights) Box squats
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
suit bottoms and bands on
225 x 3, will skip this next time, felt like nothing
255 x 3
295 x 3
345 x 1
395 x 1
425 x 1
455 x 1 ok big PR, next…do this w/o reverse bands
Rack Pulls
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
345 x 1
365 x 1
375 x 1
Ankle weight curls
20# x 200
weighted Planks
no much sleep last night, I’m whipped…dinner and bed early
That looked really easy. The most I’ve ever squatted reverse bands is 365 and that felt scary.
Regarding the video, of course I recognised you… immediately. I also recognized Shany Gilbert who was in a meet with me a couple of years ago. She’s a beast too. It must be a pretty good feeling to be included in a group like that; and belong in a group like that.
Can Odin come to Arab with you? He can be the SPF mascot puppy
O-Yes, I think I’m the oldest one in that video, Amy W is close but I still have her beat by a year or two… I so wish I had started this sport earlier in life. Shaney is an awesome lifter and she’s only 21? She’s going to go far if she keeps training !!
Rhonda, I would but Jesse is a dog trainer and I’m sure has that spot taken with one of his…
But speaking of Odin, he just got back from his first grooming session (had to wait 10 days for his stitches to dissolve) and smells sooo good and feels like velvet, I foresee a big snuggle session tonight.
ME Upper/1-27
warmups
135 plus 20# chain per side x 2
155 x 1
165 x 1
175 x 1
180 x 1
close grip bench
3 sets of 8 @ 95, 115, 135
T bar single arm rows
2 sets of 8 @ 35, 45
JM’s
3 sets of 8 @ 75, 85, 95
Rolling DBs
3 sets of 6 @ 35’s
Hangmans
DB Bicep curls
3 sets of 10 w/20’s
normally will not do 2 ME sessions back to back, but I’ll be at the SPF TN meet helping out some friends, including LinnRose !!! Just waiting to see all the PRs fall tomorrow.
Kicking some major A$$ in this log girl! Great Job!
Hi Lil Power
I almost didn’t recognize you with that avi.
I remember your log was one I lurked in before I joined.
That bench!!! 0_0
So strong.
Thanks for posting vids.
Back to lurking.
Hmmm I will need to vary my goodmorning stance and give it a try.
congrats on the weight loss and the box squat pr looked easy.
YEAHH, wide stance good mornings! COOL. I want to eventually try those bad boys out.
ALSO, you totally got me into doing close grip bench press. I love being reminded about exercises that I forgot about or finding new ones that seem to really target certain weak points. I feel very productive that way, ha.
Anyway, yep, keep kickin’ ass!
I think the Viking helmet ought to be powerlifting standard for meets…LOL…love it!
everything is looking great in here
Colin , thank you sir
Charile Horse, I’ve been lurking in your log recently too, thanks for stopping by
Mainy, yes do try GM in different stances
Spock, thanks for checking in and I’m glad my log can add something to your training too
Kairiki - yes the Viking is standard in my gym as is Odin, lol…once I get the Vahalla shirt, the sword will come out also
Pete, thanks for checking on me, love the support from such a strong PL’er !!!
DE Lower/1-29
had a couple of other guys over today to squat on the monolift. so we worked on changing a lot of plates today.
warmups
Speed Box squats w/lights choked over qtrs
bar x 8
95 x 5
add light band over qtrs
95 x 5
145 x 3
suit bottoms on
185 x 3
215 x 2
235 x 2 x 7 (10# jump from my normal speed squats, but they said stayed fast, may up the tension, but probably need to verify weigth to band tension first)
GM
3 sets of 10 @ 95,125,135
Speed pulls
worked conventional today
135 x 5
155 x 3
185 x 1
195 x 1
195 + mini band x 1, too light on conventional stance
195 + monster mini x 1 x 5
Think I’ll pull a max dl conventional next time to see where I am
That’s all I did, a lot of errands and I’m a bit tired from the meet yesterday, lost a little voice with all the cheering but it was fun stuff.
Lil Power, I want your input. Thinking about giving single ply a try. More to hold old parts together, than to lift alot more weight. But I’d be lying if I said lifting more dosen’t have its appeal.
Did a Spf meet in Nov. and Jesse said to stay away from it. Would like to hear your thoughts, thanks!
Speaking from the perspective of a spectator only, you have the best form -great control- on box squats. The only ones I watch and don’t wince because I’m thinking “poor back…”.