December chat and general stuff!
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Lydia sounds great to me.
I am actually surprised he would say that. My husbands best friend is a physiotherapist and a heavy lifter and he is adament to squat parallel. Anything else is just not right.
I would be interested in hearing "Andrews" response.
and good idea to include research links.
On another note....holy wow Christmas cooking. I am so glad I have men in my house who will eat it...
I went a bit over board again (I love to cook)...shortbread cookies, carmel chocolate blossoms, skor bars, snickers bars, pumpkin chocolate chip, double fudge chocolate cookies, molasses cookies and next weekend Christmas button cookies and cookie press cookies all made with butter of course...and of course the family get together with Mexican food and crab dip (I will make with light cream cheese of course), to my grammies the following weekend...more food then Christma with seafood bisque, turkey, homemade bread, ham, pies, corn bread.....not to mention the drinking...uh oh.
I have decided that vacation coming in 8 working days that if I can stay in maintenance over Christmas and New Years I win.
Today was Tree decorating day so my sister and her family came over and out came the apps...
Bacon wrapped scallops, shrimp, coconut shrimp, shrimp loli's, oyster rockafeller, Jalapeno poppers (cream cheese filled of course), stayed away from the KFC and didn't have any irish cream...(that's cause the coffee was all gone when I went to get it.)
So what are you plans for over Christmas (maintenance? keeping it in check? not caring?)0 -
But I've decided to do a meet in March to celebrate a year of lifting and turning 40! If any of you are in NC, at all close to Charlotte, you ought to think about joining me!
I would SOOOOO make an excuse to be driving by Charlotte to see this AND visit my college buddies. Hell maybe I'll go visit my alma mater (Catawba College). It's been a few years and I can get this all in one weekend.
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So what are you plans for over Christmas (maintenance? keeping it in check? not caring?)
All your cookies sound delicious! Last year I made a bunch with my mom, but only have made snickerdoodles and chocolate chip so far this year. My plan is to continue maintaining. I haven't lost any weight in about 2 months, but have maintained (roughly) the 10 lbs I have lost. i do continue to lose inches from lifting though! The problem will come when I'm on vacation aka on the road for almost 2 weeks doing a cruise and seeing parts of Florida. I hope I can keep up being active every day!0 -
So what are you plans for over Christmas (maintenance? keeping it in check? not caring?)
All your cookies sound delicious! Last year I made a bunch with my mom, but only have made snickerdoodles and chocolate chip so far this year. My plan is to continue maintaining. I haven't lost any weight in about 2 months, but have maintained (roughly) the 10 lbs I have lost. i do continue to lose inches from lifting though! The problem will come when I'm on vacation aka on the road for almost 2 weeks doing a cruise and seeing parts of Florida. I hope I can keep up being active every day!
hmmm I've kinda been coasting these last few months and not keeping food in check and hasn't been a problem but now I have a comp end of Jan and i'm at the bottom of a weight class so was going to try and drop into the class below but this plan may fall apart come christmas day lol0 -
Lydia - it's brilliant. I'll be interested to hear his response.
I hadn't been focused on weight loss for a while, but the joy of signing up for the competition is that I'll definitely need to stay at maintenance until March. Bring on the cookies!
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Lydia I love your letter!
Girlie Someone linked this on another lifters thread and it worked great: http://www.marylandpowerlifting.com/page.asp?contentID=76 A lot of it is probably broscience, but I didn't want to test it :laugh: I got down like 6-7lbs before weigh in (and I had clothes on for weigh in). I didn't hold back on Thanksgiving which was a week and a half before.
Stef I would like your cookies. Also I noticed you capitalized Tree, yet I have not received this makeover as promised...0 -
thanks Tree I'll check it out 0
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Stef I would like your cookies. Also I noticed you capitalized Tree, yet I have not received this makeover as promised...
hehe...all jewel tones...it's lovely...;)
As for the cookies just entered all the recipes into MFP ...wow..
most calorie goes to homemade snicker bars...running in 2nd molasses cookies
Winner goes to Skor triangles...(taste like a skor bar) with only 96 calories for each piece...Yah..
I have some more cooking to do...Christmas button cookies and Cookie press cookies...but when you have a family like I do...
4 brothers, 4 sisters, my son (aka man child) my husband who is a carb junkie and the rest (extended aunts etc) you do a lot of cooking and share...
Never mind the stuff I wont be making...seafood bisque...mexican food....turkey, stuffing, gravy...crab stuffed mushrooms...oh wait I make that...never mind.
Nice to know tho I can enter the recipes once and they are there and my sister can get her calories correct as well (she uses MFP).
If anyone wants any of the recipes I can send them along...0 -
hi ladies,
started SL week 3 today.
Squats @ 75#
Bench Press @ 60#
Barbell Row @ 80#
Overall, a good workout, just kind of sluggish from sitting on my *kitten* all weekend, i literally sat on the couch or in bed watching tv all weekend, it was sad. So all that laziness kind of made it hard to get today rolling, i expect wednesday to be much better, though I will most certainly be failing my OHP @ 60#. 55# on Friday was quite difficult to complete. We'll see how it goes.
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Lydia, I love the letter.
Kira, I wish I could come to Charlotte in March and cheer you on. You're going to be amazing and I'm super excited for you!
If anyone has any cookies that they're looking to get rid of, send them to me. I don't like jelly-filled or those weird wedding cookies, but will eat most of the rest.
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Steph, those cookies and the rest of the food sounds delish! We had bacon wrapped shrimp when we decorated our tree. Yummy.
For Christmas I won't be bringing my scale. I will try to estimate everything, but some things it will just be a guess. I'm not too worried. I plan on going over and I don't really care. I won't go over enough to gain any fat, but I will probably put on a lot of water.0 -
So what are you plans for over Christmas (maintenance? keeping it in check? not caring?)
Not caring... I give up and will just stay fat until spring LOL :laugh:0 -
Bacon wrapped scallops, shrimp, coconut shrimp, shrimp loli's, oyster rockafeller, Jalapeno poppers (cream cheese filled of course), stayed away from the KFC and didn't have any irish cream...(that's cause the coffee was all gone when I went to get it.)
So what are you plans for over Christmas (maintenance? keeping it in check? not caring?)
You had me at Bacon Wrapped 0 -
I went a bit over board again (I love to cook)...shortbread cookies, carmel chocolate blossoms, skor bars, snickers bars, pumpkin chocolate chip, double fudge chocolate cookies, molasses cookies and next weekend Christmas button cookies and cookie press cookies all made with butter of course...and of course the family get together with Mexican food and crab dip (I will make with light cream cheese of course), to my grammies the following weekend...more food then Christma with seafood bisque, turkey, homemade bread, ham, pies, corn bread.....not to mention the drinking...uh oh.
I have decided that vacation coming in 8 working days that if I can stay in maintenance over Christmas and New Years I win.
Today was Tree decorating day so my sister and her family came over and out came the apps...
Bacon wrapped scallops, shrimp, coconut shrimp, shrimp loli's, oyster rockafeller, Jalapeno poppers (cream cheese filled of course), stayed away from the KFC and didn't have any irish cream...(that's cause the coffee was all gone when I went to get it.)
So what are you plans for over Christmas (maintenance? keeping it in check? not caring?)
Um, plans for Christmas? I am coming to stay with you! 0 -
Kira - I would make the trip to come cheer you on!
I know I haven't been around here lately. Hopefully everyone has had a good past few months. I've been on travel more than I've been at home (or at least it feels like that), but just one more over night trip this week and then nothing through the holidays. I'm not quite sure if I will go back into SL when I am able to get back into the gym consistently or not. I have a few more weeks before I think that will happen so we will see.
So my plans for the next few weeks is to eat a little better than I have been and hit the gym when I can. I may have to have a medical procedure done on the 23rd that will keep me off my feet for a week or two so my holiday will be full of lazy, which is all sorts of awesome to me. I scheduled the appt that day just so my hubby wouldn't be able to give me grief about not doing anything while I'm off.0 -
hey guys bumping this as it was getting lost :bigsmile:
my temporary belt turned up whilst I'm waiting for my Titan custom belt to turn up from the US, looking at maybe Feb time :sad:
Thursday is my max squat day so looking forward to trying this with a belt for the first time
I've also got a break from games until Jan so time for some super conditioning also diet checking if I want to drop to a lower weight class by end of Jan so things need to get serious between now and then (except for Christmas and boxing day lol)0 -
Ooh exciting to get post even if you have to wait so long for your proper one.
I love getting stuff that is not bills in my letterbox
I have been slacking recently. Life took over - the OH has been having some tests for a throat problem including some biopsies of his throat under a general last week. And between that and sorting out his mother's estate and getting the house in order I have been somewhat busy so not been to the gym much and not really been logging until Friday as to top it all off I have had a stinking cold which hit my chest and sat there like some sort of lead weight, I couldn't even get up the stairs without being breathless!
But I was back at the gym yesterday, feeling it a bit today and generally back at it. Just need to make all the plans (and shopping) for xmas day now. Not even decided what to cook yet!0 -
ooh that sounds grim, hope he's ok..
I've gone to pot over the last few days, not sure why.. winter blues? maybe time to change up the exercise schedule? I have been doing SL or some version of it since March, after all!
and I still haven't found anyone using a belt I could ask to try. *sigh* I just wanna know if I'd prefer a normal or a lever belt. I think I'd settle for buying black though if it is quicker! definitely time to use one on my squats I think..0 -
Meh.. sigh... I am in a funk... the winter is such a hard time for me. :sad:0
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I just ordered some deadlift socks! and yes I'm ridiculously excited about it! there is so little choice in the UK...
how cute are these?!
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The socks are great!
As for being in a funk, I think it is partly time of year - certainly I struggle to motivate myself to do much when it is so cold and dark all the time. Maybe evaluating what your goals are and looking for some more/other exercises you could do to get to those goals would help.
And also, new work out clothes always make me feel better about working out. In fact new stuff just makes me feel better full stop lol0 -
Love the socks Lydia!
I am with everyone on the lack of motivation during the winter. I haven't been on a normal schedule for a bit so I'm not finding it easy to get back into the groove of the gym. I am, however, going to start taking boxing lessons in January as a new fitness approach. I will still put in some lifting days, but I wanted to do boxing this time last year, but couldn't manage the class time. Now I can so I will happily learn to punch and take a punch with the rest of the class.0 -
Roxy hope all is OK with the OH its always tricky to stay on track when life keeps getting in the way
Lydia love those socks :happy: I haven't been able to try a belt either, the one I have on order is a lever belt but my temporary one is a buckle belt, I opted for the lever over the buckle just cos its easier to get on and off on your own
jstout I love boxing training its great for conditioning and something new to look forward to in the new year :drinker:0 -
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Thanks for the morning laugh! :drinker:0 -
Omg, I want to put this in my gym baglol..0 -
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^^ Hahaha, funny!
@ Iwoodrof, cute socks! Can somebody please explain to me the importance of socks for deadlifting? I don't really get it. Is it because pants can get in the way or something?
I lifted tonight but missed over a week. A bunch of things happened, we had company, then it has been way too cold to be in the garage, our water out there froze and our furnace froze up twice this week! Also, I hurt my back a bit when getting ready for a early Christmas dinner with my husband's family because his brother and our sister in law are going away. It felt better and it is now only -4 as opposed to the -25 or -29 it has been, so I did my reps tonight. Then my back hurt again. I think it was the deadlifts. It feels like a pinched nerve (sciatica area). I have had worse but I don't want it to get worse.
I have been working on my squat form for a while. One thing I noticed when watching the 5x5 squat vid is that he kind of has his shoulders forward a bit, but yet his back is straight. I tried getting to that position tonight and I wasn't going forward so much. The bar was fairly straight, at least compared to what is was before. I really need a rack though. I can't add weights as my hubby can't lift anything for a while. He was in a car accident and thought he was OK, but now he can barely move his neck. He was told no lifting. So he can't help me anymore. But that is the least of our problems in regards to his neck. He's going for more tests because there are two spots on the xray that look like there could be fractures in his neck. 0 -
eep poor hubby! hope all is ok and he is fixed quickly..
the forward lean will happen when the weight gets heavier - you physically can't stand upright, you have to keep the weight over the centre of your foot..
and deadlift socks - you need to drag the bar up your shins. material can get bunched up, and I tend to workout in shorts anyway, so the socks are supposed to give a smoother line while not getting your shins too bruised and bloody! I haven't got them yet though!0 -
@Care hope your OH is all OK and the test comes back fine
take the time to rest your back and work on your depth and ankle mobility whilst you are away from the weights.
I always deadlift in socks and shorts as trousers do get in the way. With the deadlift you are basically pulling the bar through your legs so expect lots of bruises. :bigsmile:0
