Old Lady Deadlifts 40-50 lbs., 100 + reps!

MelsAuntie

Deadlifts... 40 to 50 lbs., a few 35 lbs., some 70 lbs. About a hundred reps. Plus a great deal of walking around the field from bale to bale, but the hay is in.

DavPul

why so much cardio?

Fit_French

why so much cardio?

because how else would she pick up the hay bales?

CrankMeUp

awesome!! 70 pounds is a great weigh to work from.

I just deadlifted 145 this week, so excited to use the big girl plates! it has taken a while to work up to it.


somewhatoldish for me.

kirstyfairhead

Did you make sure you used proper form....!?:laugh:

MelsAuntie

why so much cardio?

because how else would she pick up the hay bales?
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Exactly! (big grin). The bales lie in rows in the field as they fall off the baler ( think big metal caterpillar crapping hay bales, for you city folks). You walk from bale to bale picking them up while somebody else drives the truck and hay wagon alongside. You load and stack hay on the wagon, we were 8 rows high. Once loaded, you drive back to the barn, unload them and stack them on pallets. We had three trucks, two wagons and a stock trailer, five men and me, with oncoming rain on the horizon. We got in about 500 bales, rough estimate.Took two hours for my part of it. The actual baling took much longer, with repairs along the way.

taunto

Deadlifts... 40 to 50 lbs., a few 35 lbs., some 70 lbs. About a hundred reps. Plus a great deal of walking around the field from bale to bale, but the hay is in.

Awesome work. But I can't help but worry why 100+ reps? Or was it spread out over a period of time or something?

Still, excellent work with the progress

ETA: Sorry it took me a bit but I realized that you meant deadlifting the hay. Good job!!!

_Waffle_

Deadlifts... 40 to 50 lbs., a few 35 lbs., some 70 lbs. About a hundred reps. Plus a great deal of walking around the field from bale to bale, but the hay is in.

I used to help with that sort of thing. We would put in about 1,500 a day on a good day. Depending on if this was straw, bermuda, fescue, or alfalfa that's a great workout. The alfalfa bales with the wire instead of rope were killer on the hands.

GetSoda

Don't tell the crossfitters, or there will be a run on hayhooks.

action_figure

I always log my heavy farm work. So far mucking out the chicken coop seasonally burns as many calories as kettlebells. Capturing a swarm burns a good amount. 'Specially if they chase me.

RoxianneM

Awesome! And tiring, I'm sure. I remember making and loading hay as some of the hardest work I've ever done. And guess what? We just bought a (very small) farm, so I foresee haymaking in my future -- though probably not 100+ bales.

Contrarian

Stacking bales is very hard work! You will be feeling it tomorrow.

deksgrl

Deadlifts... 40 to 50 lbs., a few 35 lbs., some 70 lbs. About a hundred reps. Plus a great deal of walking around the field from bale to bale, but the hay is in.

Awesome work. But I can't help but worry why 100+ reps? Or was it spread out over a period of time or something?

Still, excellent work with the progress

ETA: Sorry it took me a bit but I realized that you meant deadlifting the hay. Good job!!!

There's an old saying, gotta make hay while the sun shines

MelsAuntie

Did you make sure you used proper form....!?:laugh:

Any form that gets the friggin' hay on the friggin' wagon before the rain comes. I can't throw the bales much, or lift higher than three rows up on the flatbed, but I did use my knees and not my back.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Careful, you'll get all bulky. :flowerforyou:

cmriverside

Yay! You need a farmhand?

MelsAuntie

Yay! You need a farmhand?

You in mid Michigan?

jofjltncb6

Don't tell the crossfitters, or there will be a run on hayhooks.

^this

I don't want my gym adding hay bales to the programming. I had enough of that as a scrawny teenager. Putting up 90 pound bales of alligator grass is awful work.

StarChanger

( think big metal caterpillar crapping hay bales, for you city folks).

As a city-girl with solid redneck roots, this made me giggle....:laugh:

(Granddaddy made us haul bales as kids....)

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

I just went back and checked my last dead lift session, and I picked up the bar 42 times.

I did not, however, carry that barbell around and try to toss it into a flat bed or stack it three barbells high.

Touche, Old Lady. Touche.

Signed, other old lady.

danasings

Awesome!! You are gonna be tired tonight, mama!!

sarahsmom1

Being older also it it still amazes me the things some still can do when your older here one......91-year-old Ariz. man breaks weightlifting record Sy Perlis hoisted 187.2-pound weight to top previous benchmark in age division. And also google oldest female gymnast she is amazing. Congrats again on your feat

elenathegreat

Deadlifts... 40 to 50 lbs., a few 35 lbs., some 70 lbs. About a hundred reps. Plus a great deal of walking around the field from bale to bale, but the hay is in.

Wow...wow...I never think to consider my daily chores on the ranch as workouts...no wonder we have muscles without ever having stepped into a "real" gym!:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Kudos to you, for still hanging with the guys, I hope to emulate you for the next twenty years or so!

rileamoyer

Old Ladies Rock!!!!!! From another old lady :flowerforyou: