Bumper Plates, Hook Grip, Chalk and Singlets. A Texas Farmer Lifts.

[jjeane]

Hi Everyone!

I finally got the footage from the meet. This is the vid that the guy who edited the footage made.



Things have been crazy around here lately. Last week we breed our beef cows. They got locked up for a couple days and were pretty cranky.



We also had two calves born in the last week. I got lucky and they are both heifers, girls. They are Jersey Angus crosses. I am excited about them because I would like to change the way I do some of the chores around here. i would like to be able to leave for a few days and not have to have someone come milk. So a cow that isn't just a total milk producer, like a jersey would be a nice animal to have around. Anyway, I digress.





I have also decided to put my kids in school next year and not home school them. I am hoping this will be a good decision for all of us.

Then I totally forgot! I have been tracking for over 3 weeks straight now! YAY ME!! Anyway. I am hitting 150P and 175C as my goals on 2200 cals. My weight is going down ever so slightly. I am about a solid K down in the 3 weeks. So I am going to keep at this another week and then decide if i want to make any adjustments.

[dreahere]

Aw, awesome video, cute cow pics, and cutting on 2200! Most excellent

[jshaw5]

That video is awesome. I love how he did multiple angles and only did the slow motion where it was needed. I hate watching a video where everything is slowed down and you're waiting 5 minutes for the rep to start lol. I wish they did that at the PL meet I did, I went by myself, so I had no one to film. I'd love to see how my lifts looked.

[DieselsMom]

whoppeee that is an awesome vid!!! loved it.

Cows look grumpy but babies are giving you the stink eye!

I think you will be happy to get the girls into school and you can always change your mind if you decide you don't like it. benefits of being a mom

Super jelly at your cutting cals - but I am not tracking one morsel this week so there!

[jjeane]

Aw, awesome video, cute cow pics, and cutting on 2200! Most excellent

Funny thing is I am still hungry on 2200 cals. EEK!!!

That video is awesome. I love how he did multiple angles and only did the slow motion where it was needed. I hate watching a video where everything is slowed down and you're waiting 5 minutes for the rep to start lol. I wish they did that at the PL meet I did, I went by myself, so I had no one to film. I'd love to see how my lifts looked.

That sucks you had no one there with you to take vids and cheer you along. I thought the guy did a great job on the vid. He made me look like a bad azz! LOL!

whoppeee that is an awesome vid!!! loved it.

Cows look grumpy but babies are giving you the stink eye!

I think you will be happy to get the girls into school and you can always change your mind if you decide you don't like it. benefits of being a mom

Super jelly at your cutting cals - but I am not tracking one morsel this week so there!

Thanks Tamara!!
One of those white cows is still hoarse! I mean for real. She was pissed off!!
I hope that this next year will be better. I love my kids more than the world, but I am one person and I can only do so much in life!! And you are right. if school does not work, we can always do something else. But my kids did well in school.
If I was you I would be shoveling everything I saw in my mouth this week!! You did so awesome!

Forgot, yesterday's session.

Snatch
2x25,2x28,30,33,3x35,3x35,2x35 missed the second rep on the last set

Snatch pulls
3x35,3x45,5x3x50

FS
3x35,3x40,3x45,2x3x50

Chins
3,3,3

[Sawa3]

I bet your girls will so great. You can still be involved in their schooling while having a bit more time to get things done.
At least you know you can successfully homeschool though.
Glad to see you still going at it in here.

[gobbles23]

Aww I love the pictures you post of your farm! All your animals look so pretty and healthy!

I agree with everyone else...it doesn't have to be a permanent decision if you don't want it to be I think it will be nice to have more you time during the day!

Love the video of the meet, just awesomeness

[jjeane]

I bet your girls will so great. You can still be involved in their schooling while having a bit more time to get things done.
At least you know you can successfully homeschool though.
Glad to see you still going at it in here.

Hey you!! Are you still logging or too busy with kids and school?
I am sure they will be fine. It will be nice to not feel like my every minute is taken up with something. Me time is something I have sorely missed the last yr.

Aww I love the pictures you post of your farm! All your animals look so pretty and healthy!

I agree with everyone else...it doesn't have to be a permanent decision if you don't want it to be I think it will be nice to have more you time during the day!

Love the video of the meet, just awesomeness

Thank you Lori!! More time = Happy Jani

So lifting!
I hurt my hip this weekend trying to move cows, so my BS were not as asstastic as I would normally like.

This week is just easing back into things.

CJ
2x35,2x38,2x40,3@42

Clean pulls
3x45,3x55,5x3x60

BS
3x45,3x50,3x55,3x60,3x55,3x45

Bench in #
5x45,5x65,5x70,5x85,10x65,20x45

[Sawa3]

I was running a log for a while. It was pretty crazy with school and kids for awhile but I plan to get back with logging! I need to keep on track.

[mmater]

love the video. and of course any pics of farmlife. lol. Glad tracking has worked out for you. It has helped me too. To what extent I will find out tomorrow.

[Woody-5]

Love the farm life pics! Cows FTW!
glad to hear everything is going well!
Grats on keeping consistant with the tracking & macros and having the scale drop!

[NorwichGrad]

Beautiful movement, Jani!! You are born-again HARDCORE!!!

[jjeane]

I was running a log for a while. It was pretty crazy with school and kids for awhile but I plan to get back with logging! I need to keep on track.

Will keep an eye out for you and all your yummy food!!

love the video. and of course any pics of farmlife. lol. Glad tracking has worked out for you. It has helped me too. To what extent I will find out tomorrow.

I want to KNOW!!!!!!!!!

Love the farm life pics! Cows FTW!
glad to hear everything is going well!
Grats on keeping consistant with the tracking & macros and having the scale drop!

Cows are totally FTW!

Beautiful movement, Jani!! You are born-again HARDCORE!!!

You are too kind Joel! Now to fix the forward dip on the jerk!

Today was a fun day!! The scale said 62.1 this am. Was happy with that, but more happy when I but my weight belt on to do Push Press and had to tighten it an extra notch! WHOOP!!!!!!!
Goal for the day was 40 snatch and a heavy double clean. I wanted to hit 45 on the double clean. Best I got was 43. so I did a 10x35.

Snatch
2x25,28,30,33,35,38 Fx2 (first one I didn't extend second on a little too much, LOL!), 35,38,40, tried for a 40 double and missed to second rep,35

Clean Doubles
35,40,43,45 Fx2,40,42, got 1 at 44, 10x35

Push press Triples
15,20,25,30,35,37,38



Please do not feel you must watch the vid.

Edit
You guys know the Dos Equis guy? I don't think he is all that funny, hubs says that is cause I am not a guy. NEWay. So after lifting at the gym in town for like 6 months now I have decided they need to make a picture with him that says, "I don't normally warm up, but when I do, I use the bar and 2 big wheels."
I can not figure out these people who come in, no stretching, no warm up. Squat 135, then straight to squat 225. Of course it is all 1/4 reps. but really. Same with bench. SMH.

[jjeane]

Saturday Squats

Clean + FS
25+5, 30+5, 35+5, 40+5, 40+3

BS
3x45,3x50,3x55,2x60,65

Chins
3,3,3

DB rows in #
10x40,5x50,4x60,1x70 had to prove to my kiddo I could LOL!!

Nothing big. Just needed to do something. My neck tightened up again on me yesterday so I am grateful I can turn my head today. Happy Weekend everyone!

[Cardioconvert]

Sorry it has been so long since popping into your journal Jani! Everything is going so well - video is amazing, I am in total awe of your accomplishments in the last two years. The cows are quite cute

CC

[Boomer29]

when I but my weight belt on to do Push Press and had to tighten it an extra notch!
I can not figure out these people who come in, no stretching, no warm up. Squat 135, then straight to squat 225.

Nice!!

Loved all the meet footage and recent lifts your movement has improved drastically will forever be mirin that bottom position.

I'm so guilty of this especially when I'm short on time which is most the time whoops

[beatha]

Great meet vid glad you gotta chance to share it. You did awesome.

Cows pics are cute as ever.


Happy weekend JJ

[swooshie]

I love you vids, J You look sooooooo awesome!

I want to give your cows a little pet (that's not code for anything )

How does your crop look this year? (that's not code of anything either!)



Happy Weekend!

[jjeane]

Sorry it has been so long since popping into your journal Jani! Everything is going so well - video is amazing, I am in total awe of your accomplishments in the last two years. The cows are quite cute

CC

Thank you CC. And thank you for coming by. Yes, never in a million yrs did I think I would end up a competitive weight lifter!

Nice!!

Loved all the meet footage and recent lifts your movement has improved drastically will forever be mirin that bottom position.

I'm so guilty of this especially when I'm short on time which is most the time whoops

Thanks Boom! I am forever mirin your strength!!
Can you seriously not warm up and not kill yourself? I would not be able to move. Maybe I am just old! LOL!

Great meet vid glad you gotta chance to share it. You did awesome.

Cows pics are cute as ever.


Happy weekend JJ

Thanks B! I thought it was a good first meet! Now I want to go again!!

I love you vids, J You look sooooooo awesome!

I want to give your cows a little pet (that's not code for anything )

How does your crop look this year? (that's not code of anything either!)



Happy Weekend!

Hi Swooshie! You are awesome too!!
You can come pet my cows and pick all the green beans, corn and cukes you want!!

Hi everyone! I signed up for my second meet last night. They opened registration for a meet at the same venue the last one I went to was at. Oct 11-12th. So now I have time to get that 100K total and qualify for world masters!

Snatch
2x25,2x28,2x30,33,35
sets of 3 at 37 1st set missed the second one. 2nd set missed the first one, 3rd set I did 4 cause this guy almost got stuck benching then I forgot I had done one and did 3 in a row.

Snatch Pulls
3x45, 5x3x52

FS
3x35,3x40,3x45,3x3x50

Chins
3,3,3

Hope you guys have a happy Monday.
We had a terrible accident here over the weekend and Tigger, my little orange and white cat is no longer with us. I am pretty devastated. I have decided that I really shouldn't fall for cats. Everyone of them I love dies early. The ones I just tolerate or don't get attached to live forever.

[beatha]

woot woot a 2nd meet awesome!!!

awe sorry bout your tigger kitty JJ

i hope you have a happier rest of the week.


@swooshie love the disclaimers dat made me laugh

[dreahere]

Oh, Jani, sorry about your kitteh

Happy to hear you're doing another meet though. You are so cool!

[DieselsMom]

Yehaw on a second meet - your gonna totally break the 100K

Sorry to hear about your kitten, life is hard on the farm

[Boomer29]

[QUOTE=jjeane;1257976631

Can you seriously not warm up and not kill yourself? I would not be able to move. Maybe I am just old! LOL!
.[/QUOTE]

Whatever! Most of my work is done over 225 so that is a warm up.

Yay for another meet!!

[gobbles23]

Sorry about the kitty Animals are so fragile and easy to lose. How mnay kitties did we have when I was growing up that either got out of the house and ran away/got lost, or chased away by a bigger cat/dog, or hit by a car, etc. I try not to get attached but it's hard!

Yay for another meet! Look at you go!!!!

[jjeane]

woot woot a 2nd meet awesome!!!

awe sorry bout your tigger kitty JJ

i hope you have a happier rest of the week.


@swooshie love the disclaimers dat made me laugh

Hey B! I am excited about a second meet as well. The nerves of the first time will be over and hopefully I can just DO IT!!

Thanks about the kitty. It was pretty sad for everyone. The week will be better!

Oh, Jani, sorry about your kitteh

Happy to hear you're doing another meet though. You are so cool!

Thanks Drea. I think I will live vicariously through others kittens. it just stinks that the only ones I fall for died early deaths.
I think you are so cool as well!

Yehaw on a second meet - your gonna totally break the 100K

Sorry to hear about your kitten, life is hard on the farm

Thanks Tamara! Luckily I have plenty of time to get ready for the next meet.
Life on a farm is hard sometimes. You just have to remember more babies will come.

Whatever! Most of my work is done over 225 so that is a warm up.

Yay for another meet!!

Fair point there Boomer! I can't even DL 225 LOL!
You mad I warm up with your max, no Boomer is just the BOMB!!

Sorry about the kitty Animals are so fragile and easy to lose. How mnay kitties did we have when I was growing up that either got out of the house and ran away/got lost, or chased away by a bigger cat/dog, or hit by a car, etc. I try not to get attached but it's hard!

Yay for another meet! Look at you go!!!!

Thanks Lori. You are right. But they are so cute when they are little and it is hard not to fall for them!


Today's session went well.

CJ
2x35,38,40,43,3@44

Clean pulls
3x45,3x55,5x3x62

BS
3x45,3x50,3x55,3x3x60
+
Bench in #
8x45,8x65,5x75,3x5x85

I did better on my clean pulls than my cleans. Still taking a trip around the knees.

Edit-
Some Tuesday cow love!

[RyouBakua]

cow pics! very nice!

"I don't normally warm up, but when I do, I use the bar and 2 big wheels."
I can not figure out these people who come in, no stretching, no warm up. Squat 135, then straight to squat 225. Of course it is all 1/4 reps. but really. Same with bench. SMH.

i do this sometimes. full reps though

We had a terrible accident here over the weekend and Tigger, my little orange and white cat is no longer with us. I am pretty devastated. I have decided that I really shouldn't fall for cats. Everyone of them I love dies early. The ones I just tolerate or don't get attached to live forever.

so sorry for your loss. im glad you were able to give Tigger a good life while it lasted

my boys are getting old and im not going to be ready when its their time but i know ill get another

it doesnt feel like home without a cat in the house

[thehobbes]

Sorry for your loss JJ.

You guys know the Dos Equis guy? I don't think he is all that funny, hubs says that is cause I am not a guy. NEWay. So after lifting at the gym in town for like 6 months now I have decided they need to make a picture with him that says, "I don't normally warm up, but when I do, I use the bar and 2 big wheels."
I can not figure out these people who come in, no stretching, no warm up. Squat 135, then straight to squat 225. Of course it is all 1/4 reps. but really. Same with bench. SMH.

Yeah I don't get that either, I start with the bar on most things if nothing else just to make sure I have my equipment set up right. I don't wanna find out I forgot to set up something correctly with any kind of real wt on there. I'd say most people who fail to do proper warmups will create some kind of problem/injury after a few years of doing that. The biggest dudes I've seen in the gym tend to warm up with tiny wt and go up slowly, I really started to notice this the last couple years.

[kaleida]

Congrats on your meet, I loved the video too, slow-motion shots look useful!

Sorry to hear about your kitty

[tina722]

I loved the video and so excited that you signed up to do another!

Training looks good, you really are loading up the pulls... I have yet to try that, except when i do it by accident and don't complete the lift. :/

[jjeane]

cow pics! very nice!



i do this sometimes. full reps though




so sorry for your loss. im glad you were able to give Tigger a good life while it lasted

my boys are getting old and im not going to be ready when its their time but i know ill get another

it doesnt feel like home without a cat in the house

Yes, losing pets is no fun. I don't think we are ever really ready to lose one. I hope when the time comes you find another cool cat RB!
And of course you do full reps! LOL!

Sorry for your loss JJ.

Yeah I don't get that either, I start with the bar on most things if nothing else just to make sure I have my equipment set up right. I don't wanna find out I forgot to set up something correctly with any kind of real wt on there. I'd say most people who fail to do proper warmups will create some kind of problem/injury after a few years of doing that. The biggest dudes I've seen in the gym tend to warm up with tiny wt and go up slowly, I really started to notice this the last couple years.

Thank Hammie.
So this is me. I have issues in life. I can only imagine loading up and then have the bar too high or some dumb shiz. That or screwing up a shoulder or knee.

Congrats on your meet, I loved the video too, slow-motion shots look useful!

Sorry to hear about your kitty

Hey you! I have been meaning to come by your journal. I am interested in starting the daily squats. So I will come by and ask a few ?'s if that is okay!

I loved the video and so excited that you signed up to do another!

Training looks good, you really are loading up the pulls... I have yet to try that, except when i do it by accident and don't complete the lift. :/

Hey Tina! Nice to see you!
I do a lot of those accidental pulls myself!

Okay. So today went better than I expected. My back is still giving me issues. URGH!!!!!!!! I so need to find a way to manage this better. Also, I ate half the house yesterday and now am back to square one on the weight/tracking issue. URGH!!!

Snatch
2x25,28,30,33,35,38,40,42F,35

Clean doubles
35,38,40,43,45,47F,40

Push Press triples
bar, 20,25,30,35,2x3x38