Does this very tiny amount of weight gain coincide with your switch to powerlifting style training? Heavy squats and deadlifts can def. Make you gain some scale weight. Pretty common.
YES, but what if I keep gaining a pound a week on the same restricted diet until I balloon up to like 135lbs 
!!
Yo
Bench
95lbs x 12
100lbs x 2 sets of 12
paused bench
105lbs x 5
115lbs x 4 sets of 3
120lbs x 3 sets of 1
cable rear delt fly
10lbs
x 15arm
x 15arm
5 lbs
x 20 partials *arm
seated DB press
30lbs x 12
35lbs x 6
35lbs x 6
35lbs x 6
1 drop set
27.5lbs x 14
lateral raise
17.5lbs x 12
20lbs x 10
20lbs x 10
hammer strength incline press machine one arm at a time
40lbs x 8arm
40lbs x 8arm
20lbs x 20 partials *arm
ez bar tricep ext.
35lbs x 10
42.5lbs x 10
42.5lbs x 10
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
K this is probably irrational, but I swear chalk squat boy left because he dislikes me , LOL
. I used to see him 4 x a week pretty much consistently for the past year and then we start talking and I havenāt seen him since. 3 WEEEKS>
He switched gyms MUSTA
Think about it
Bald guy changed gyms
Marshall changed gyms
Chalk squat boy vanished ?!?!
A pattern
My legacy is to scare away all the men I meet and adore
Sadness
Sadness x 3 sets of 12
Probably???
Definitely irrational.
For all you know Chalk Boy could have been hit by a Timmy Hortonās supply truck and is now in the hospital wondering when heāll be back squatting and talking to you.
Just sayin.
Heāll be back.
I think I was just really excited about maybe having someone in real life to talk to about lifting that wasnāt a total douchebag.
Thatās and understatement actually, he was the least douchebaggiest person Iāve ever met in my entire life. Like truly. He was always so mindful of other lifters and not ignorant.
LIke heād never squat in a squat rack that was attached to a deadlift platform.
LOL, maybe Iām easily impressed.
Anyway, the iron is my forever lover, so whatever.
Awesome workout today
Deadlifts
135lbs x 5
155lbs x 3
175lbs x 2
185lbs x 2
belt
195lbs x 2
205lbs x 2
210lbs x 2 sets of 2
215lbs x 2 sets of 2
paused deadlifts
175lbs x 2 sets of 4
180lbs x 2 sets of 4
Well, I donāt know what my problem was on Tuesday with my 215 singles, but my 215 doubles were fast and easy as pie. Darn near tempted to try 220, but Iāll save that for my next single day 
DB ROW
40lbs x 12arm
50lbs x 8arm
55lbs x 8arm
60lbs x 2 sets of 8arm
1 drop set
40lbs x 21 *arm
cable station late pull down SS ropey pull down
20lbs/15lbs
x 20/ x 15
25lbs/ 15lbs
x 15/ x 20
x 15 + 1 drop set 15lbs x 25 partials/ x 25
one arm D handle cable bicep curl
drop sets
15lbs x 10*arm
10lbs x 12 arm
5lbs x 20arm
incline DB curl SS hammer curl
17.5lbs/ 10lbs
x 8arm/ x 12
x 8arm/ x 12
x 8*arm/ x 15
hammer strength front pull down
40lbs x 12
50lbs x 12
60lbs x 10
1 drop set
40lbs x 15
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
WT: back down to 121.6 THANK G, it stopped going up.
That means Iāll probably not tweak my diet as of yet if I can stay around 122 then I wont have to worry about weigh ins for my meet. 
Also, I need to emotionally prepare to be the weakest girl there, which is quite likely, heh.
NE WAY
REally glad itās weekend. Totally worn out from pacing around an office going through training to do a job I already did for a yearā¦
Itās like a little jail cell sometimes.
And I hate sitting so I stand
And pace
and stretch
And thereās these online classrooms that take hours and I donāt even have to listen to it because I went through this exact training the first time I started working there.
Every 10 minutes or so Iāll take myself off mute and answer a question like a hardcore brownnoser
Oh, wonderful! Thanks for sharing Jenn ! 
And sometimes Iām stretching and someone is walking by and thereās a window and yaā¦itās kinda awkward
BUT IM SO BORED IN THERE
God help me 4 more weeks of training
I got instagram to pass the time.
Actually I got it so I could try to find chalk squat boy and I actually found a lot of people from my gym posting annoying crap, but not him
WHY
BECAUSE HE;S THE LEAST DOUCHEBAGGIEST PERSON IVE EVER MET
See, weāve come full circle.
K BYE
okay squats today
I started using my old weightlifting shoes again, and I think I like them? But I canāt tell so Iāll post a form judge vid and you can tell me if I like them LOl.
K so
Squats
95lbs x 12
115lbs x 12
135lbs x 12
140lbs x 12
145lbs x 2 sets of 12
DEAD
Paused squats
135lbs x 4
belt
145lbs x 4
155lbs x 3
165lbs x 3 sets of 3
straight leg ass cable kick backs SS barbelly hip thrust SS ropey cable pull through
10lbs/135lbs/25lbs
x 20ass/ x 10/ x 20
x 20ass/ x 10/ x 20
x 20*ass/ x 10/ x 20
lying leg curl
rest pause set
40lbs
x 12, 11, 10, 9, 8
Seated leg curl, paused w/slow neg
55lbs
x 8
x 8
leg spreader
70lbs x 50
55lbs x 25 partials
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
Honestly, this workout kicked my ass
Is my depth okay here for these ? The last one looks high ? 2 whites one red?!!
N E WAY
These this really fucking annoying abomination of a human that works out at 5am on the platform beside me and it makes me wanna HULK SMASH
His squats are like 1/8th squats. He puts a shit ton of weight on there and barely moves it and makes all these fucking noises.
Then he smashes down his horrible form deadlifts with way too much weight from really high
Honestly, a few of my squat reps I thought I was going to fall over because his shitty ignorant deadlifting was vibrating over to my platform
FUCKKKKKKKKKK
And to top it all off he has to have the fan blowing at like 100000% and its basically all on me and, uhg.
So much hate
SO MUCH HATE
BYE
Depth looked good on all.
Every gym seems to have someone like that.
well his existence is ruining my life!!!
Almost.
ok todayās stuffs
Bench press
95lbs x 8
105lbs x 5
110lbs x 2 sets of 5
115lbs x 3 sets of 5
95lbs x 19
incline DB press
32.5lbs x 12
35lbs x 10
37.5lbs x 2 sets of 10
27.5lbs x 12 *paused at bottom
DB tricep over head ext. SS db tricep not overhead ext.
10lbs/15lbs
x 12arm/ x 10arm
x 12arm/ x 10arm
x 12arm/ x 12arm
hammer strength chest press *one arm at a time)
30lbs
x 15arm
x 15arm
x 15*arm
ropey tricep ext. drop sets
35lbs x 8
30lbs x 8
25lbs x 10
20lbs x 10
15lbs x 10 + 10 partials
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
THe past two workouts have given me really bad anxiety/OCD
not even sure why
Yesterday I think it was a combination of that guy beside me enraging me and trying new shoes, today I think it was because I wasnāt being mindful from the start and I lost tightness on my final rep @115 and almost missed it
Probably not even almost missed it, it wasnāt even that slow, just felt off. Plus, Iām insane so that never helpsā¦
I also changed my bench up a little bit to be more PL/tricepy , where as before my form was more chesty/bodybuilder
I havenāt lost strength , just feels different, and I need to get used to it again is all .
I just keep doubting all my lifts and my form and my reps and blah.
Just an anxious time I guess.
WIll pass
BYE
K really good workout today!
FInally no bickering with myself 
deadlifts
135lbs x 5
175lbs x 3
185lbs x 3
belt
195lbs x 3
205lbs x 3
210lbs x 3 sets of 3
paused singles (no belt)
185lbs x 2 sets of 1
190lbs x 2 sets of 1
195lbs x 2 sets of 1
I think next week ill try double paused deads
DB row
45lbs x 12arm
50lbs x 10arm
55lbs x 3 sets of 10 *arm
1 drop
42.5lbs x 20 *arm
kayak row SS straight arm pull down
25lbs/30lbs
x 15arm/ x 12
x 15arm/ x 12
x 15*arm/ x 12
seated DB curl SS hammer curl
15lbs/20lbs
x 10arm/ x 8
x 10arm/ x 8
x 10*arm/ x 8
Stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
Thatās all I had time for today .
Awesome sleep though last night, LIKE A STONE SLUMBER
A gargoyle I was.
Demona
Except she had a spell cast upon her so she was human during the day and gargoyle at night
Goliath I was
woke up like
ROAR
Keep having strange dreams about chalk squat boy though, like one I saw him in the gym again and he said he had injured himself and thatās why he wasnāt coming
but last night we were like training for med school together and I suggested he learn oh shit I canāt spell this word
audtopsy
oddtopsy
I suggested he learn how to become one of those people that works on dead people to see how they died
heh.
That should be his major
so there was a teacher and these dead bodyās and I was like gagging
oh gawd
But then it changed and I was hugging a brown poodle
LOL
I miss you CSBā¦sigh x 10ās
Your pre lift rituals were elegant like a native dance
They aroused me so
If I ever see you again I would tell you so.
And about the coroner dream
OR not
Neither
BYE
WOOOOO
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoo
WO
Shoulders
cable rear delt fly
5lbs
x 20arm
x 25arm
x 30*arm
(diff pin heights for each)
military press SS lateral raise
65lbs/ 10lbs
x 10/ x 15
75lbs/ 10lbs
x 6/ x 15
x 6/ x 15
x 6/ x 15
x 6 + 1 drop 65lbs x 9/ x 20
hammer strength isolateral should press something or other SS db rear delt fly
25lbs/ 12.5lbs
x 15arm/ x 15
35lbs/ 12.5lbs
x 12arm/ x 15
45lbs/ 12.5lbs
x extended set 10 + 3*arm/ x 20 I think, I forget
incline bench one arm lateral raise SS 10 & 2 raises SS incline plate rear delt fly
5lbs/ 17.5lbs/5lbs
x 20arm/ x 8/ x 25
x 20arm/ x 8/ x 25
x 20*arm/ x 8/ x 25
cable tri ext. SS reverse grip D handle tri ext.
10lbs/5lbs
x 10arm/ x 12arm
x 10arm/ x 12arm
x 10arm/ x 12*arm
facepull drop set
30lbs x 12
25lbs x 12
20lbs x 15
15lbs x 30
under hand EZ bar front raise SS plate raise
35lbs/25lbs
x 10/ x 10
x 10/x 10
x 10/ x 10
(No rest between any sets so it was just like rep after rep after repā¦)
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
CSB CAME BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
!!!
talking to him xās 25 minutes/ Iām super late!!!
and omg he was looking for me too!!!
So we exchanged facebooks
!!!
AHAAHDASOKFHkdslfjdslgkdf;lgkha
dfhgdskljgadflgk
df:joy:
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Yay for you!
About CSB, lol
thanks 2B!
Oh, and if anyone is wondering, yes I did most def. tell him about my coroner dream, Lolā¦
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TODAY:
Squats
95lbs x 8
115lbs x 6
135lbs x 6
145lbs x 6
belt
155lbs x 6
160lbs x 4 sets of 6
165lbs x 6
1 drop BW ātesterā set (beltless)
125lbs x 20 ā more than last time, but this should be like 30ā¦
paused front squats
95lbs x 3 sets of 4
105lbs x 2 sets of 3
single leg ext.
40lbs x 12leg
50lbs x 10leg
50lbs x 10*leg
30lbs x 20 partials *leg
30lbs x 8 paused reps *leg
ass machine
110lbs
x 8 1&1/2 reps *ass
x 8 1&1/2 reps *ass
step mill intervals x 20 minutes
stability ball hip thrusts x 30
k pretty good today
My first set @160 felt somewhat awful, but all the rest of the sets were much better, and my 165 felt good, so Iām fairly pleased.
ACCOMPLISHED
AND SO FAR nothing awful has happened with CSB LOL
I think he likes me 
I had a really good day at work yesterday , too.
As part of my training I had to interview a banking advisor to find out what they do, which of course was just 30 minutes of me shooting the shit and talking about scratch and wins.
But anyway, in the midst of my babbling he said
āThis branch is really lucky to have you. Youāre very different, and youāre so captivating when you talk.ā
I WAS LIKE OMGGGG!!! 
It was such a nice thing to hear.
I am going to give him a gift of a scratch and win ticket, LL! O
K BYE
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K some magical bench shit today
Bench press
95lbs x 10
105lbs x 4 sets of 10
paused bench
110lbs x 4
115lbs x 2 sets of 3
120lbs x 2 sets of 2
bent over cable rear delt fly
5lbs
x 15arm
x 15arm
seated DB press SS seated lateral raise
30lbs/7.5lbs
x 15/ x 12
x 12/ x 12
x 12 + 2 drop 17.5lbs x 10 partials from the bottom + 10 partials from the top, 15lbs x 12/ x 15
incline db front raise SS db rear delt fly palms facing inwards
7.5lbs/7.5lbs
x 12/ x 15
x 12/ x 15
x 12/ x 15
ez bar cable tri ext.
42.5lbs x 12
50lbs x 8
50lbs x 10
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
Much better mindset today than pretty much this whole past week has been.
I canāt stop freaking out about the imperfectness of my squat, Lol.
W/E
My routine is awesome though, it should be published
and sold for MILLIONS
MWAHHa
BEY
BYE
Alllllllrighty then!!!
Deadlifts today
135lbs x 5
175lbs x 2 sets of 4
185lbs x 4
belt
195lbs x 4
205lbs x 4 sets of 4
paused deadlifts
(this time I paused right below the knee instead of off the floor cause I noticed that to be a new sticking point)(!)
185lbs x 6 sets of 2
DB row
45lbs x 15arm
47.5lbs x 2 sets of 15arm
sitting sideways lat pull down SS ropey pull down SS seated row cable
25lbs/25lbs/70lbs
x 20arm/ x 15/ x 10
x 20arm/ x 15/ x 10
x 20*arm/ x 20/ x 10 + 1 drop 55lbs x 20 partials
ropey bicep curl SS incline DB curl
25lbs/ 15lbs
x 12/ x 12
x 12/ x 12
x 12/ x 12
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
Ok hereās my last set of 4 @205, I was pretty worn out by this point so itās far from perfect , BUT MR> mike hamburger train said it was PRETTY GOOD, thatās like pretty much Ed coan right there, so Iāll take it 
I really donāt know whatās wrong with my mind lately, every night I go to bed so excited to lift the next day and then I get no sleep and I lift and Iām always getting stronger, doubling reps, adding weight, adding sets, etcā¦ and I canāt shake the idea out of my head that my form is horrendous and that I have no clue what Iām doing. So then I spend half the day miserable until it passes and go to bed and do it all over again the next day
N E WAY wt: 121.4lbs
ON COURSE
Itās just weird though, like everything is so well. Starting to get right back on track at work and enjoying myself, so excited about my meet and my workout routine, new boy prospect. Life hasnāt been so awesome since I met Marshall pretty much. I havenāt felt happy since I met him up until very recently and now I feel over the moon, yet I get this really distorted view of all my lifts every single day.
Blarg, annoyingness
Hips rising too fast when you start to get fatigued in a deadlift means weakā¦Glutes?
Ass rising too fast and slight forward lean when you get fatigued when squatting means weakā¦? _ _ _ _
I feel like I should get a coach or something to ease my frustration.
WHATEVERrrrrrrrrrrrrr
BYE
K YAY good workout!!
I changed my squat up a bit due to some suggestions from alpha in that thread in the powerlifting section and it really helped. I also tried my weightlifting shoes again because I want to make them work
Turned out well!!
Squats
95lbs x 10
115lbs x 10
125lbs x 10
135lbs x 10
145lbs x 10
150lbs x 2 sets of 10
paused squats
145lbs x 4
belt
155lbs x 2 sets of 4
165lbs x 2
170lbs x 2 ā Finally more than one, wooOOT!
175lbs x 1 <ācoulda paused longer, but didnāt want to fear death, Lol.
bent leg cable ass assbacks SS barbell hip thrusts
7.5lbs / 115lbs
x 20ass/ x 15
12.5lbs/115lbs
x 15ass/ x 15
x 15ass/ x 15
x 15ass/ x 15
lying leg curl
50lbs x 8 *slow neg
65lbs x 8 *slow neg
70lbs x 8 *normal speed
30lbs x 10 1&1/2 reps
leg spreader
drop sets
160lbs x 8
145lbs x 8
130lbs x 8
115lbs x 8
100lbs x 8
This keeps going on, I honestly couldnāt get more than 8
85lbs x 8
70lbs x 10
55lbs x 25 partials
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
back ext. w/ ass squeeze x 20
K so I had an appt. with my internal shrink while I was not sleeping last night and I kinda thought a bit about where all my freaking out is coming from.
Obvs. developing feelings for someone new/talking/texting/making plans with them is absolutely terrifying for me because for the past 10-12 years of me liking people itās left me absolutely broken/insecure/untrusting etc etcā¦ so Iām just a little bit worked up is all.
BUT how it relates to lifting, well, everything in my heart relates to lifting some how.
See chalk squat boy is super strong and does things really really REALLY REaallllllllly well. And I feel inferior because I am just marginally strong and often donāt do things all that well. Like an un level playing field I guess.
Marshall texted while on the leg press and considered himself hot shit,
So I felt like gym wise NOT lesser than he.
CSB is like 160lbs and can squat 450 +++++=
And also makes it look really cool
SO im all like
Eeeeeeeeps YA but, Iām good at scrabble.
You know like, what do I have to offer besides a big bag of mental/emotional issues?
W?E
I am gonna start trying to change my thinkings when I lift I gotta keep pumping myself up and encouraging myself so that I can get super strong like my dream self wants. Cause honestly that is the most important thing in the world to me. Iāve been trying to be not sucky at powerlifting for the past 6 years, Lol.
N E WAY hereās some vids
BYE
K wow some good shit today
Bench press
95lbs x 8
105lbs x 6
115lbs x 2
120lbs x 3 sets of 2
125lbs x 2 sets of 2
drop sets
115lbs x 6
105lbs x 8
95lbs x 15
incline DB press
30lbs x 15
35lbs x 10
37.5lbs x 8
40lbs x 10
2 drop sets
30lbs x 12
25lbs x 10 *paused
db tricep overhead EX SS db not overhead tricep ext.
12.5lbs/17.5lbs
x 8arm/ x 10arm
x 8arm/ x 10arm
x 8arm/ x 10arm
hammer strength incline press machine
30lbs (one arm at a time)
x 15arm
x 15arm
x 15*arm
20lbs
x 15 partials *arm
ropey tricep ext.
25lbs
x 12
x 12
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes.
OHhh mannnnn everything felt light as hell. and Hell feels damn light, DAMN LIGHT
I have never gotten more than a single @ body weight before and this was a few lbs over for a couple sets of doubles.
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKEDddddd!!!
whooooop whoooooop WOOOOOP
Its amazing what a carb up and excessive masturbation can do from your mental well-being .
WHOOOOOOOOPPppppppppppp
heh.
BYE
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mike hamburger train= NOT Ed Coan. But thatās for another time.
Hello again, from a fellow H. thruster fan. Doing some great work in here all around. the vids are great; you should add some āspeaking partsā to them.
Ed Coan videos with the Super Training guys are great; really helped with my mod-sumo. Checkāem out with you havenāt yet. He talks about sinking the hips down first, then setting your grip. Also, staying tight at the bottom on most sets; not ādrop and re-setā all the time, but controlled and tight throughout. Works great it does.
Well done miss 81. You should be proud of the work your doing.
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K PITTER PATTER life awaits !!
And by life I mean me continuing to stand around in an office browsing through instagram, heh.
Deadlifts (sumo)
135lbs x 2 sets of 5
175lbs x 3
185lbs x 3
195lbs x 1
belt
205lbs x 1
215lbs x 1
220lbs x 2 sets of 1
paused sumo (belt less)
175lbs x 5 sets of 3
deficit conventional deadlifts (beltless)
175lbs x 2
185lbs x 2
195lbs x 2 sets of 2
I decided since I can never decide on anything, why the fuck am I not just doing sumo and conventional deadlifts??!
K uhh
DB row
47.5lbs x 10arm
55lbs x 10arm
60lbs x 8arm
60lb x 10arm
45lbs x 20*arm
kayak rows SS straight arm pull down
25lbs/25lbs
x 12arm/ x 12
x 15arm/ x 15
x 20*arm/ x 20
seated DB curl SS hammer curls
17.5lbs/12.5lbs
x 8arm/ x 12
x 8arm/ x 12
x 8*arm/ x 12
stepmill intervals x 20 minutes
K GOOD.
my singles @220 were slow, but didnāt feel bad.
FASSSTAHHHH MASTAAHHh
Everything is awesome
OH YA HAHA
So this guy comes in to work the other day and says something about my arms
like with regards to them being veiny and somewhat larger than a normal females shemales
so iw as like well ya I dunno I powerlift and stuff
SO then he makes me feel his forearm
and I have to act like im impressed but I really want to vomit
then of course he has to tell me how much he can leg press
THENnnnnnnnnnnn
he has to tell me how much he can preacher curl
and I have to act like a stupid ditzy chick being all like
"WOWO eheheehe that is soOOOo awesome " yay
I wanted to be like BRO U AINT SHIT I AINT care how much u do on them stupid exercises and I aint like touchinā yer dang arm
BYE