Squat-tober: October check in and chat
lwoodroff
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Getting in early for the Aussie contingent!
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You're on the ball! I have finally finished my assignments for this term. Ugh. Thank god that's done. In the morning, I get my *kitten* in my car and drive drive drive to see my sis and nephews AND buy my weight plates. Yay! I hope my barbel fish (haha, that was for you, Lydia) arrives tomorrow or I have to abuse eBay and use my Paypal powers to get action.... Anyways, no lifting for me at the moment, so I'll just shut up and let the tuff chicks do their talking
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*grin* exciting though!
now I have the Babel fish from Hitchhiker's in my head 0 -
A little OT, but cool! So my family and I spent the weekend in Lake Placid, which we do a few times a year. We were out walking along the lake, and I saw the fittest woman I have ever seen in real life. She was wearing a white bikini, to boot. There are Olympic athletes training here year round, so you definitely see a lot of fit people. She was something else, though. I browsed thru some profiles on the Olympic site, and I'm pretty sure it was this woman: http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/GR/Jamie-Greubel. Qualifying for the Olympic team is coming up in a couple weeks, so it figures she would be in absolute kick-*kitten* shape now. She was also a gorgeous blond. I almost went up and complimented her, but it would have been weird. She was hanging out on the beach with her friends and I was walking with my husband and kids.
She was spectacularly strong and had an enviable figure. Anyone who looked at this woman and thinks there was anything unfeminine about her needs their eyesight checked.0 -
I started the 5x5 today! Was afraid I couldn't even do Workout A with just the bar, but was able to put 10 pounds on the bar for each, and did complete the 5 sets of 5. Am so excited to start something new! Have been stagnant in my lifting to the point of not wanting to even do it lately.
In the past, I got stalled at about 80-85 pounds with my squats, and never even tried a real bench press (used the machine only). I was amazed that I could bench the bar, and then added 5 and then 10 pounds and did ok. Would feel more comfortable with a spotter, as I am wobbly, but that stability will come with experience. Am excited to try and progress past my previous personal best on the squat.
Am heading out at lunch time to find some 2 inch washers to be able to put little increments on, as the smallest plate at my gym is 2.5 pounds.0 -
Debress, that is awesome! it becomes a little addictive
learn to do the 'roll of shame' so you are confident that even if you do get into trouble you can get out again. Don't collar the weights, too so you can tip them off if need be.. and you will learn what the 'oh my goodness I won't get the next rep up' rep feels like (although
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9f2oFLMPcM I really shouldn't have done the 5th rep, but didn't want to roll of shame 40kg down my stomach! - mind over matter!). 0 -
I did see the roll of shame video, and it gave me the confidence to do the 55 pound bench!
Also awesome: I was doing the proper form with touching my chest, and noticed that the dudebro next to me started doing the same after he saw what I was doing. Before that, he wasn't going down all the way, the slacker!0 -
A little OT, but cool! So my family and I spent the weekend in Lake Placid, which we do a few times a year. We were out walking along the lake, and I saw the fittest woman I have ever seen in real life. She was wearing a white bikini, to boot. There are Olympic athletes training here year round, so you definitely see a lot of fit people. She was something else, though. I browsed thru some profiles on the Olympic site, and I'm pretty sure it was this woman: http://www.teamusa.org/Athletes/GR/Jamie-Greubel. Qualifying for the Olympic team is coming up in a couple weeks, so it figures she would be in absolute kick-*kitten* shape now. She was also a gorgeous blond. I almost went up and complimented her, but it would have been weird. She was hanging out on the beach with her friends and I was walking with my husband and kids.
She was spectacularly strong and had an enviable figure. Anyone who looked at this woman and thinks there was anything unfeminine about her needs their eyesight checked.
Looked her up on the internet and she is on the Bobsled team. Says she is 5' 9" and weighs 170 pounds. Obviously all muscle.0 -
Stef, bringing this here so everyone sees the awesome!
Funny thing happened this weekend tho...there was me and another girl and about 4 guys chatting talking about what was for supper and I said protien of course...(I was having chicken wings) and one of the guys looks at me with this smirk on his face and says "do you even lift?" and sort of laughs with the other guys...I looked at the girl beside me with a smile and said...
"Acutally yes I do....do you???".....total silence from the guys....stunned and sheepish then the other girl and I started talking about our love of barbell squats and what weight we were doing....:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Did not want to start my own whole thread for this but ladies y'all have been lying to me! Can't build muscle on a deficit? Really? Really really? Tell that to the button that just popped off the cuff on my short sleeve blouse when I bent my arm :laugh:0
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Did not want to start my own whole thread for this but ladies y'all have been lying to me! Can't build muscle on a deficit? Really? Really really? Tell that to the button that just popped off the cuff on my short sleeve blouse when I bent my arm :laugh:
LOL!! :laugh: ... you can build muscle on a deficit to a point if you are new to lifting. That's called "noob gains".0 -
Did not want to start my own whole thread for this but ladies y'all have been lying to me! Can't build muscle on a deficit? Really? Really really? Tell that to the button that just popped off the cuff on my short sleeve blouse when I bent my arm :laugh:
It's so great when that is the button you worry about and not the one by the girls or the belly.....:drinker:0 -
hehehe. I will be honest ladies, I am not totally new to lifting - I had a very physical job for a long time and I was a real gym rat a couple of years ago. Granted that was on machines but I challenged myself plenty so I had a reasonable base anyway (arms were still defined when flexed) and of course once formed the muscle does not go away as such so it does not take a lot to reactivate it! And yes Stef I definitely would rather have that button pop off!
However I have never before struggled to get a skirt over my bottom the way I do now. Stupid thing is like some sort of a bubble stuck on the back! Cellulite is gone though, that only happened because I was at a ridiculously low bf% back in the day and when I was anything like normal my body stored it as safely as possible :laugh: I will have to get a few pics on here as I am rather proud of my quads at the moment, nice cut on the outside and beginnings of a tear drop on the inside too!0 -
That's awesome Roxy!.... Nice booty is always good0
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Lifted yesterday, but forgot to log it. Still doing Texas, but may switch to something else. I'm still pretty much stalled on everything (as in lifting 3x a week and topped out at the same weights I was at 2-3 months ago). I'm also at a point where I want to move more towards aesthetics than pure strength. I feel like I'm really strong right now, but I want to cut some fat and have a leaner, more cut look. Just trying to work through what my next step might be.0
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Still here... This month I will keep on, keeping on...
Glad to see everyone back. Started to put the goals here but realized that is usually a different thread. So, for now, I will say that I am happy to be feeling strong, but really need to get this fat off because I don't like the way it looks or feels & it's not healthy. Also, I don't think people take me as seriously when I talk about lifting as they would if they could see the muscle instead of fluff. Shouldn't matter, but who doesn't want people to think you know what you are talking about? Perception matters in the real world, I guess.0 -
Hello hello,
My 16.1K race finally happened on Sunday, and I was super happy to have finished (and to be able to move on with my lifting life again)! Ran it in 1:48:55, which was faster than I was expecting considering that I had only trained at running for two months, not to mention that big *kitten* 3km/200m rise hill to climb in the middle.
Back to the rack tomorrow I think, and very chuffed about it!0 -
Just popping in with a funny/empowering story.
I workout at home. Was at the top of a 120-pound squat yesterday (so 2 35's plus on the ends of my bar) when my 10 year old popped his head into my workout room to ask me a question. His eyes opened WIDE and he said "Holy Cow Mom! You are SO STRONG!" I smiled, nodded, and knocked out 8 reps. When my husband got home, said child ran up to him and said "Do you even know how strong mom is?":laugh:0 -
That is absolutely awesome! And go you with your kick *kitten* squats.
Grandevampire I cycle a bit and hills are the invention of the devil!
So gonna try for my 5*5 at 27.5kg bench again tomorrow. See if I get any of the last set done this time. I find it astonishing how a small increas in weight can be the difference between tough but achievable to nope that bar is just not going anywhere!0 -
Roxy - do you time your rests between sets? get at least 3 minutes, maybe 5 before your last set!0
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Hello, may I join in???
Did my 4th workout A yesterday
120lb Squat
70lb Bench
There was this muscular looking guy who is always working out with a trainer when I go to the gym, and he was squatting in the rack beside me.. He had 25 + 5 plates on each side, so he was doing 105 and was struggling with it... So can I proudly say I out-squatted a dude?!?!
eta: I LOVE your story chunkmunk!!!
Also, to add to the gains on deficit thing, the day after lifting I do measurements and I am up to a half inch bigger on my thighs and arms, but it goes away the next day. It this what is called "pump"?0 -
Thanks, gals, you inspire me to do more all the time!
Lol, I actually dusted the most people during the whole race on that stretch, and I think I owe it all to squatting, I kid you not. I pretty much trotted the rest of the way, but on the hills, my hamstring power really kicked in, and it oddly felt like a break to change up my muscles! Crazy!Grandevampire I cycle a bit and hills are the invention of the devil!
Yep, pretty much pump if it's "instant" gains. If you ever take a recovery week where you don't lift heavy, you will probably see that puffed up muscle deflate a bit, but it will reveal surprising leanness underneath!Also, to add to the gains on deficit thing, the day after lifting I do measurements and I am up to a half inch bigger on my thighs and arms, but it goes away the next day. It this what is called "pump"?0 -
squats 42.5kg 3x5 form wasn't as good as last time, but will get there!
ohp 30kg 3x5 this was some real ground out reps..
deadlift worked my way up to 85kg x 5. pretty sparkly towards the end, but I did it!
think it's time to get some chalk.. I'm sure someone said standard blackboard chalk will do the biz? any thoughts?0 -
Wow!!! lwoodruff!! that is 187lb DL!! I had to convert!! Awesome!!!0
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Also remember there is good chalk and bad chalk. Gymnast chalk that makes your hands slip while you twirl and twirl bad. Rock climbing chalk that lets you feel like ceiling cat good.0
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Oh hai!
Been out of sorts and angsting about changing citizenships from Germany to US last week (that only took me 24 years :laugh:). Now that it's over with, I'm back to focusing on fitness this week!
Still happily doing my 3x8 and don't plan on a new lifting program this month (Owait! did I just say that? What's wrong with me? :huh:).0 -
That is a really outstanding deadlift indeed
Dani I would imagine that probably took a good bit of sorting out but at least now you can get back to real life!
Today was A day
Squats 40kg (88lb) struggled a bit this morning but I have had a fairly big deficit for the last couple of days, not intentionally just how it worked out so I shall try and balance that by eating more today
Oh and halfway through I got told off by a trainer for not using collars so I did 40kg + whatever they weigh (not much but hey I am counting it!)
Bench collared and as I could not complete 27.5kg last time I dropped back to 25kg (50lb) and did my 5*5 if only just. I will try to go up again next time.
Rows I am still doing barbell rows and am now at 37.5kg (83lb) so catching up my squats for 5*5
I will see how I get on on Friday with squats. may consider a deload to 35 or 37.5 just to get my core back in the game0 -
thanks! I was lazy and didn't stretch afterwards though. naughty!
just searched my local sports shop for chalk. they have 3 - all for snooker cues lol!0 -
Oops - naughty!
And man I am sooooooo hungry today!0 -
Hey ladies,
I had a great workout today and actually did cardio afterwards :bigsmile:
90 lbs- Bent over Row
135 lbs- shrugs
135 lbs- deadlifts
50 lbs- Overhead Press (UGH UGH)
115 lbs- squats
70 lbs- machine crunches
Finished on the treadmill with a 10.0 incline at 3.5mph for 10 minutes.
I noticed that my wrists were going back during the OHP, (kinda like a waiter holding a serving dish). Once I straightened out my wrists, it REALLY helped the lift. I will investigate more of this on Friday.0 -
Well this is my third week of 5x5 and here is what I have done so far.
Squats - 90 lbs
Bench - 65 lbs
Rows - 85 lbs
OHP - 55 lbs (this one is hard sometimes my elbow hurts...not sure why)
Dead lift - - 90 lbs
I am lifting tonight so Squats and Dead lift will increase by 5 lbs for sure. Now the OHP is a different story. I am going to try it but not sure how thats going to go.
So far I think I am making progress. I actually had one of the guys in the gym tell me that I had good form. He pointed out several things that I was doing right and said that you really don't see a lot of people lifting correctly. He even asked me who trained me and I said the internet.0
