right hip adductor a bit irritated. on friday when i was down in the hole i almost lost my balance for a moment, and my feet turned themselves outwards without me being able to stop them. stood up okay in that rep, but i don't think the adductor liked it. when all that came back to me today i went d'oh. of course you don't start switching your stance when you're under a hundred-pound load. today was a be-very-careful type day at the gym, and yet more form-tinkering. workout a.

squats: 2x5@45, 2x5@65, 1x5@100, 5x5@85. took me a while to find a good weight, and 100 pounds was not the good one. my form's having identity crises again, but the reps themselves seemed to be pretty strong. i think any remaining workouts this week need to be less ambitious and more fine-tuney since i've got a couple of things that seem to be devolving a bit. also think that from sheer lack of perspective about how deep i am, i am probably going all the way atg and catching buttwink. which would take the stretch off my hamstrings and probably explain why some of the time coming up is quite hard. i tend to go down until the bar touches the safeties, and even with a low bar i think that's pretty deep. the whole thing goes better the times when i just remember to hitch my hips back before i start going down. need to work on this and stop faffing around.

bench: 2x5@45, 1x5@55, 5x5@60. i went back to a fairly wide grip - basically thumbs at about where they'd touch my lateral delts if i brought the bar there. it seems to work the best and be the least painful for me. i feel like 60's not bad, considering i still see my neck and shoulders as 'recovering'. it felt easy, so i know that's progress. a month ago 60 pound bench was the hardest thing to do in my whole week.

rows: nothing to speak of, in any sense. still working on that shoulderblade. it's better by far in the squats and bench seems to be coming along; even ohp showed some promise last time. but rows, no.

i was thinking about resolutionist influx while i was working out today. realised that for myself, it's probably about time for a rest week but i've been putting it off it because 100lb-squats-by-year-end. so this is going to work out great, because right in the week everyone's mobbing the gym, i'm probably going to be at home with a pile of books and nice big dose of food.

Today's lift was a bit 'meh'. Last night in bed I'd thought, "I'm so fed up of thinking about weights and reps and calories and protein - I think I need a break.

Squat 6,6,6 @ 89lb. I did 6 because I'd accidentally not put enough weights on.
Squat 5,5,5 @ 139.5lb. I think that this needs to stop, I'm not getting low enough to be doing any good, I'm sure.
OHP 5,5,5,5,5 @ 46lb. Again after failing at the next weight up.
Dead 2 @ 178lb because I can't tell the difference between the yellow 15lb plate and the blue 20lb plate. I did two and thought, "*kitten*, I just can't do this". Decided to take a break to compose myself and realised I'd used completely the wrong plates. Thank god.
Deadlift 5 @ 150lb Phew.

So... I need to have a think and consider shaking things up a bit or having a break.

Yesterday was my birthday so decided to try and increase each set of 5 on my squats to see if I could hit 200 - success!
Squats 1x5 @ 180, 185, 190, 195 then 200! Have a form video but the quality is lacking so MAY post it. First three reps I was happy with, last two tipped forward more than I would like.

OHP 5x5 @ 75lbs - upped the rest to 2 minutes to try and help moving forward
DL 1x5 @ 195lbs - I used to feel great about these, not so much now - going to add plates underneath to see if that helps a bit? I feel like me back is curving touching the ground. Strength is more than there so... I dunno.

MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »

Need to make sure I don't flex or else my jacket's arms might blow out

i think i mentioned seeing a guy at the rec centre once wearing a tank top that said 'I FLEXED AND THE SLEEVES FELL OFF'. still one of my favourites.

i bought new clothes for interviewing in sometime in june or july (iirc) and the last time i put them on in october, the jacket was definitely more snug over the shoulders than i recalled. on the other hand, once i was home and changing again, i skimmed out of the pants without undoing buttons or zippers or anything - just the belt. i'd gotten so used to wearing leggings and sweatpants everywhere during a whole summer off, i didn't even think about it until i was hanging them up.

Everyone is doing awesome. Ending the year with some strong lifting.

Scientific - Thanks. It's fun though I'm getting close to deload time on nearly all of them. I'm enjoying the workouts and my coworkers often cheer me on when I tell them what I lift.

logg1e - Guess I'm not the only one with a math fail. I did that with deadlifts though just a 10 lbs different. I could lift it but it felt way heavier than necessary. Then again, I didn't realize the error till I was doing my cardio and thought it over. Oops. I've done this on squats too, increased by 10 instead of 5 one time cause i didn't add things up right.


Lifting and deficit have been good to me so far. Actually, I need more workout pants/shorts. The ones I wore last night were rightish 30 lbs ago, so I had to keep pulling them up throughout the workout. I'm running low on things I can wear gym wise, though I have more than enough regular clothes as I mostly just wear work uniform (which is too big but it's just a t-shirt). I have lots of leggings too and really like them now. 2/10$ plus it was from work so employee discount. Good times.

Was out most of yesterday and didn't eat much so kinda felt it in my lifts today *sigh*

Squat 5x5 @‌ 155lbs
OHP 5x5 @ 60lbs
Deadlift 1x4 @ 200lbs then waited a little and pulled the fifth one - just cos lol

Will stay at these weights for a little, form needs work when the weights get heavier

Have a great day all x

MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »

Oh well, my heart shall go on. Sorry for inexplicably quoting Celine.

This made me laugh out loud.

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I have plans to go to the weird vacation gym again today, but I don't really want to that much. Think it has more to do with just wanting to be home already than not wanting to lift. But still. Meh. Will update you all later --

C.

MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »

It's OK ladies, girls are bad at math

Women are not bad at maths! Nor are girls for that matter.

(Just bad at colours, in my case!).

logg1e wrote: »

MissHolidayGolightly wrote: »

It's OK ladies, girls are bad at math

Women are not bad at maths! Nor are girls for that matter.

(Just bad at colours, in my case!).

Don't worry, I'm only teasing. Carryover from the women and muscle thread.