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haha I like fun sized too.. 5'3" though someone once told me I was 5'2" - I didn't like that person and ignored them. lol

I need to relisten to 5 finger death punch.. I'm not into 'roaring' metal but my friend is mad on them.. I did listen to them but too much for me socially, think in the gym they could work though. :) I love Metallica, Kiss, AC/DC, Faith No more, Danzig, Anthrax, WASP, Motorhead etc.. some of my 'cool down' or quiet days…

I've been doing regular PL training with assistance stuff till now, but am adding event training as much as I can now. so my training is looking like this: Deadlifts (including rack pulls and pendlay rows) Squats (front and back) Straight leg deadlifts clean and press / OHP and some back work - mixing this up a bit but…

True (I have 3 daughters.. no escaping it). My dad was famous

Fantastic work Mrs Randy! :) Seriously great loss and while pregnant too. Congratulations and hope your baby brings as much joy as mine have!

Hi, I'm a wannabe strongwoman :) I'm 41 and live in Wales (UK). I've been a fan of strongman for as long as I can remember (literally). Training for an event on 12th May - Wales strongest woman deadlift 120kg Axel press 40kg yoke 180kg for 15 m / 75 seconds farmers walk 70kg each hand - straight into duck walk of 70kg…

Fantastic numbers you're pulling :) Well done! off to add you now.

Fantastic Thread and success story. Well done friend!

Thanks will do :) To be honest I think a lot of it would be solo WOD style stuff but maybe more geared towards PL. I don't have the time or finances to be going through to either of our closest boxes and with my gym membership and owning a horse I'd be stuck for the cash to join it on a monthly basis. are there any…

That is the type of answer I wanted! :) Brilliant, thanks. What sort of stuff do you do in your crossfit? I'm thinking of helping my hammies / abs and general back / overhead strength. Hoping to help all three lifts. There is a box about 20 miles from me but I have a pretty good gym at my disposal - sadly they don't do…

Cool thanks Sara x

I'm forever getting stuck the last couple of years so can relate to the frustration! Well done on drug free from BP meds and also on loss / macro progress this week!

interesting thread :) What is the downside on Whey protein? or should I start another thread for that?

For me squats are legs, Deadlifts are back so with deadlifts goes lat pulls, rows, and assisted pull ups.

Thanks for this Sara - I've just joined but this is a really useful write up.

this is my method and I am losing (not overly rapidly but still down) and am changing shape.. firmer muscles, slightly bigger around the shoulders as didn't have any mass there before, strength gains, and clothes are loser and lots of 'you've lost loads of weight' comments. :)

Great thread: I'm 41 - 7 months into PL training so still new BW is 80.8kg / 178lb Currently 70kg / 154lb squat 40kg / 88lb bench 100kg / 220lb deadlift Last comp was 60kg / 35kg and 85kg so should progress nicely in May - that is my initial goal Goals for 2013 90kg squat 55kg bench 130kg deadlift I am really slow at…

I was expecting some long drawn out hitch of an ugly lift, but no, pretty smooth - not perfect but not far off! well done. :) Pants camera angle though! lol thought you were gonna stand the other side of the bar!

Thought I'd answered this.. 100kg / 220lbs - but with a slight lock out issue of the hips - I held it for ages and tried but ended up laughing too much to get it done. Hope to get it clean soon. Clean would be 90kg / 198lbs

Whooop! Love being old!! lol By feb's meet I'll be a year older.. looking forwards to upping my numbers a bit! Will try and get full vids this time!

Fantastic lifts!

I understood the last set you did as many over 5 as you could.. and that was what helped towards the PB's going up eventually.

I'd forgotten.. happy to post deadlift vids from my comp last week - no OHP though so will try to get that sunday. Body weight last week was 81.6kg at the comp.. I'm 81kg this morning :) I'm 40 years young.. http://youtu.be/ChwRTS5aypQ - 90kg deadlift - slow but made sure it was clean :) Being filmed for a friends You tube…

Thanks :) very kind of you. - Already started reading.

Hope you don't mind if I take you up on this.. I know it wasn't intended for me! lol I've been thinking of 5/3/1 now as running splits due to training with a more experienced lifter who is competing before me next, so has strong work to do. :) Will help me train with her without my burning out and carrying on afterwards…

Thanks :) I played them safe I must admit.. might push it a bit more next time as left feeling a bit like I hadn't challenged myself. :) I just didn't wanna risk bombing out! I topped the PB already in the gym last night with 90kg clean deadlfit. Being filmed for a you tube channel. :) nothing massive but was fun. 1x10…

Thanks :) looking forward to progression for next comp in May.

Hi, I've just done my first PL meet in the UK. it was 1 rep x 3 for the 3 lifts so 3x1 of squat, bench and deadlift. the best 3 go together to a total lift and that was my final score. We are divided by gender and then weight and age, so in my case I'm a 'master' as I'm over 40 and at 82.1kg was in the 82.5kg class..…

can you not still compete in the higher weight class or do the numbers not suffice then? there are some serously big blokes in our association but then they do lift a lot.. I'm fortunate from a womans point of view I guess there will only be me in my weight class unless I start competing with the GBPF.

Some fantastic goals there! Well done and good luck with them! Highland games are amazing to watch - can imagine they would be to compete in too. I love the idea of Wales srongest Woman in April.. so that is my goal after comp in 2 weeks.. to aim for the minimum lifts - the Overhead press of 40kg is a bit heavy for me as I…