Willbenchforcupcakes Member

Squat - 127.5kg @ 85kg body weight - advanced, stronger than 89% of age cohort with a 1.5 times body weight squat Bench - 92.5kg @ 88kg body weight- advanced, stronger than 85% with 1.05 times body weight bench. Deadlift - 170kg @ 85kg body weight - elite, stronger than 96% with 2.00 times body weight deadlift. Kinda…

I was flying through Houston in October and grabbed a pb&j that came to just over 1000 calories. Mind was blown at how much peanut butter was on that thing. And how thick the bread was.

All my lifting gear stays at the gym, so I'll change shoes if a training session requires it.

Thank you! She made it through surgery okay and things look medium okay.

Today was the first day in two years that I've broken my programming. Today my mom has surgery to remove a grapefruit sized ovarian mass and probably the mass on her kidney as well. So going in and doing some core and back like my program called for just wasn't going to happen. So I pulled heavy singles instead. And worked…

When either one of the two Elieko bars are in use and I have to settle for a Texas bar. It's a really bad day if I'm all the way down on an Ivanko bar. When one of the coaches heats up something that smells amazing when I'm already hungry toward the end of a training session and makes me hungrier.

I want video. Because what I'm picturing is a barbell variant of a bent over shrug.

Since my last meet I've been doing a lot of high volume work. Today called for 5x8@75%. Only one 8 rep set happened but it was a rep pr at 72.5kg. Zero clue how I'm going to pull off the 5x10@80% next week. https://instagram.com/p/BNXn5jIB5di/

Anytime I take time off from a lift it's a couple of sessions until I get my groove back. Taping every set helps assess what is wonky and fix it. Also, when I pull, I keep the bar a tiny millimetre away from my body.

Gym. Spoiled rotten princess here who won't step down from using competition grade equipment and doesn't have the room at home to put it. Besides, easy access to my coaches rocks.

Bahahahaha. Anyone who thinks that is more than welcome to attempt one week of my programming.

Since I only rarely get them I love them. Day in day out no thanks though.

I've had good experiences with their customer service. Yes it was annoying that they misshipped my first singlet to someone else, but they stepped up right away when they realized the mistake and over nighted a new one to me.

I adore my Inzer. It's held up beautifully over the last almost 2 1/2 years. I'm tempted by the sbd belt if only because I love lever belts but the ability to change the tightness without moving the lever over would be awesome.

Thirded. Your first comp should be all about having fun and getting addicted to the platform.

My absolute favourite training cycles have at least three benching days, two pulling days and two squat days. I'd love to squat more but my elbows and shoulders don't like it.

Been lifting for 5 years, and while I've transitioned from aesthetic goals to almost completely strength goals, the truth is there is never ever going to be enough weight on my bars for me to be satisfied. Happy yes, satisfied no.

But team bench more than I squat is awesome! Injuries suck. Seriously suck.

Worst I've done is get distracted leaving the platform and nearly bowl over one of the side refs. I've peed myself squatting, greyed out while deadlifting, but those things are pretty normal and not embarrassing. Almost knocking a ref out of his chair at worlds, that made me blush.

I'm only sore when my rep scheme changes. Or I've taken some time to take it easy. One week and then it's gone.

Soreness comes with the territory, at least when you change up sets and reps. Get on a program, and enjoy the growth. Putting an absolute number goal on lifts within a timeframe can be counter productive. Are you progressing and having fun? Then awesome.

But. But. You'd look awesome in a tank top with baggy sweats.

That looks like my hands after a nice long snatch session.

I only wait seconds to minutes. Frequently have a snack of some sort while training to.

I pull both ways, in training I just do what my coach has written in my program. They are both roughly equal in strength for me. On the platform, I pull sumo because I'm better at having patience off the floor than patience at lockout.

Got to get started reloading (again). Honestly, staying patient would be so much easier if I was injuring myself training. Because that would be a pretty clear sign that things need to get fixed. But instead, I injure myself in stupid ways outside the gym and have to deal with it. My next major competition isn't until late…

Isn't it the highest total ever by a Canadian raw or equipped?

Two in a normal week, one of which is a run around at work like crazy and the other is a chase my girls around all day long.

When I had rings, I left them at home. I have no rings to worry about these days, but I know a fair number of people who just fasten them into their laces.

I watched Kelly squat live on facebook. His skill level when it comes to squats is insane. I was talkin with Mike about what happened on his third squat in Killeen that was scary. The results that I've seen from powersurge are insane as well. Nationals is shaping up to be deep and tough for pretty much every weight class.…