Journey to 1000 - May it be good

[beatha]

Wow, way to keep banging out those 265 sets, that's a chit ton of them!

Glad you guys are having fun with the new hobby. Lol the muscle of the operation, aww yeah. Well somebody better be in charge of not totally getting lost and running out of water, happens all the damn time on that show "I Shouldn't Be Alive." BRB people go exploring desert, did anybody bring map? No. Compass? No. Cell phone? No. Something to drink? Uhh got a couple Rockstar Energy Drinks in my backpack, dats it brah, we lost now.

oh we were not like those "shouldnt be alive" idiots. omg hard to believe people are that dumb. at the end of each day we had several gallons of water left so we gave a few baby catus and shrub trees a watering before driving off.

I'll hand you your sweat towel while I fluff my hair in the mirror




You iz strong!




Jewelry store


although, "dirty hot fun" definitely sounds right up my alley

thanks for the towel sista swooshie could i gets a water bottle refill too PLZ


lol yeah "dirty hot fun" definitely sounds like a swooshie thing

jewelry stores round here were not gonna pay us to take treasure away so guessen we gotta go find the buried unrefined kind.

Getting chit done and doing dirt digging as well eh!!!

:roll-eyes:

AMRAP is for sure a set with spotter material needed.

Doing great. Gonna really help imo.

hell ya getting it done ... doing a bit of equipment hogging and chit lol

you are right i should have spot for ARAMP (officer safety ham has told me so too )
those sets I always leave one in the tank so i never get to practice grinding out that last rep


posting yesterdays bench session then off to watch hitherland on Netflix ... i'd recommend it and happy valley to the unaware.

[beatha]

9/22/14

BP tng
8@120
6@150
5@160
4@170x3
9@160 (AMRAP -1 )


CGBP ss bw bench dips
8@135 x 3. ss 10@bw x 2

working on speed and stretch reflex. will go back to mostly paused bp on thursdays session.

[jjeane]

Very nice AMRAP on that 160 bench!!
Good luck on the DL today!!

[beatha]

Thanks JJ. I tried failed lol but I tried. Logging two sessions shortly.

[beatha]

9/24/14 Sad session.

DL form off a tad, over the bar / not sitting back, so chit was heavier than shoulda been. Continuing with lame excuse ... Perhaps not fully recovered from volume of squat sat & bp tues ... Anyways taking break from here to stare at walls I__I may post log but not much else.


DL
5 @ 185,205
3 @ 225, 245, 275
2 @ 315
1 @ 345 x 2
0 @ 365 x 2 .... not happening
1 @ 315
1 @ 345 x 2


Speed DL
3-4 @ 295 x 5

[beatha]

9/25/14 Better session

Paused BP
8@120
6@150
5@160
4@170x2
every rep was solid with nice 2-3 count pause.

switched to TNG BP for AMRAP -1 rep sets
7@160
10@150


CGBP ss bench dips
10 @ 135, 10 @ bw
9 @ 135, 10 @ bw
8 @ 135, 9 @ bw
each sets last rep was bit of lockout grind which is a + for me learning how to keep pushing

[jjeane]

Sorry the DL was not as good as you were hoping but nice way to make up for it on the benching!! Happy Friday!

[beatha]

^^^ thx JJ its weird how strength can fluctuate day to day. i just hate when something i can do a good day no problem just wont fly on a not so good day. 1st world problems.
lol.



9/27/14 Happy Saturday

sq volume 10,855

Squat
5 @175
4 @ 205
3 @ 225 belt on
5 @ 235 x 3
3 @ 250 x 2 RPE 7.5 by 3rd rep so could done 5+ but that made it a 9 and cardio lol
3 @ 235 x 2
5 @ 205 x 2

HS Shrugs
10 @ 140 x 3

Cardio - 24 min Cycling intervals 30s sprints w/ 1min recovery. sweat sweat and more sweat. down a few lbs in the AM already after 1.5 weeks of watching carbs so i will have bbq this weekend so i dont lose too fast ... PL goals not aesthetic ... walk around in my wt class so no plans for 148lb except by accident

[izzygrant]

DL is finicky. don't sweat it. bench and squats looking awesome.

ugh, intervals. I have a little bit of HIIT now and it's torture.

[beatha]

Thx Izzy i concur that HITT = torture but it beats long and boring cardio sessions .
only 1 week out for you ya no? will pop into your journal shortly.

[beatha]

9/28/14 Happy Benching Sunday

bp volume 9,345

Paused BP unless noted otherwise
8 @ 120
6 @ 150
5 @ 160
4 @ 170
3 @ 180 x 2 tng ... gotta handoff and spot. dude was like a "didn't need spot really" and i was like "nope but insurance is nice to have just in case" .... think this ties my 3RM PR from last year but was much easier than i recall. will have to check multi yr spreadsheet to know for sure.
8 @ 160 tng AMRAP


CGBP
8-10 @ 135 x 3


HS Dips
10-12 @ 120, 140, 160


skull crushers
10 @ 45 x 3

[Big_Dip]

Your numbers are my distant goals!

[beatha]

Your numbers are my distant goals!

Thanks. I will take that as a compliment.

[beatha]

10-1-14 Deads Wednesday

DL
5@185,205,225
3@245,275 belt on,295 switch to mixed grip,315
2@330
1@340,365 ... RPE 7.5 neither single in the CP plan but I had to smite last Wednesdays confidence killer. Felt great the way everything flew off the floor. Opted to stop here though I like 385 was in me today but in no way did I wanna repeat of last week.


Speed DL
3@275x5


Superset Cable stuff ... Grip damn near gone
Underhand Lat Pulldown
6-8@120,135,135

Seated Cable Row - v bar
6-8@135,120,120

[beatha]

10-2-14 Thursday

BP
mix of pause and tng
8@125
6@150
5@160
4@170
2@180
3@180
7@160


CGBP
10@135
7@135x2

[doughnutgut]

Bench moving along nicely Bea.

I am crying and am not even cutting onions. All I,done was read the deadlift figures you posted from yesterday.

Das it mane.

Das iiiiiittttt.

[ilovethe80s]

Catching up in here. Just more of the same ol' Bea doing easy reps with my bench max . Don't you just love those deadlift ups and downs lol, good job making up for last week with the confidence boosting singles.

[izzygrant]

nice work getting the pulls on track!

[beatha]

thanks guys ... All three lifts are going well these days. Hope I peak on time and not too early.

No squats next weekend so Ummm sorta bumped intensity and dropped volume today So today is 34 days / 5 weeks out ... figure plenty of time to recover from doing a single near my previous squatting with wraps 2nd attempt range ahhh a few weeks before I shoulda.

chant with me ... "no early peak" x 100

Session log next.

[beatha]

10-5-14 Squat Vid Saturday
Tested out new SBD knee sleeves. No rebound like wraps but did keep knees warm and boost confidence for singles. Upped no wraps PR from 265 to 285 ... So my ditching the volume scheduled in favor of intensity for Misc Squat comp entry not total waste.

Squat
5@155,175,200x2
1@235 belt on, 255, 275
1@285 no wraps PR





I have some form fixes to work on.Ugh namely the rearward shift, But for snapshot I'd have thought not nearly paralllel but still remains to be seen if I made it in anothers eyes.

3@250x3
5@225
8@185
5@135 paused these then was done done done.

Then for cardio obi-wan and I went for 2hr hike on a local mountain/park preserve. It was interesting and we broke in our new light wt desert boots ... Both agree best boots we have ever owned.

[geek23ka]

what boots? i have some lightweight merrils that i like. they are short, cut like sneakers with lots of mesh. great for desert hiking. but they slide a bit so they suck when travelling down the mountain.

totally broke parallel there.

i've been checking in, but i've been in the weeds and really, you seem like you are moving along swimmingly. i will definitely do some chanting for not peaking too early! lol. i cant wait, though. you are so gonna break 400 for deads and 200 for bench. not even worried.

i bought some of those blue sleeves. i tried them on and just did some bw squats in the house and they feel nice and like a warm hug for the knees. haha. i am gonna test them on monday.

[beatha]

We went to a military surplus store cause who better to point out quality desert boots that work well given where US has been at war for the longest time ... the Afghanistan veteran who was our sales guy directed us to these over the dozen other boots in stock. These are lighter than my Vans skate shoes and maybe couple ounces more than running shoes.

www.reebokwork.com/266/Reebok-Dauntless-RB8820






Give knee sleeves a try. They worked out great as I am not sore in the slightest so we are going hiking again today. A slightly steeper trail.

[geek23ka]

yay on the knee sleeves and good hiking boots! have a good time today.

if i find those, i will try them on. slippage is no good going downhill.

[beatha]

lol fun was had today. On ah what obi-wan now calls a "forced march"
i said: "we wont do that again till you are ready"
she said: "that trail" bertstare.jpg "never again!!! some a$$holes rated it as easy... fuking liars" lol

anyways running off to bench before i demotivate.

[beatha]

10-5-14 Happy Benching Sunday

Summary: I was tired before I started but still not a bad session. Now enjoying ice packs and a late lunch.

BP
8@120 ... paused
6@150 ... paused
4@170 ... tng from here on
3@180x3 ... felt good had to work a bit to lock out 3rd rep but still
8@160 ... +1 for my AMRAP set

mod light supersets for rear delts & pecs of glory and thunder
Rev Pec Dec
8@70x3

Pec Dec
8@90,100,110

[thehobbes]

Whoa, that is some awesome friggin' benching! 3 sets of triples at 180?!


Gotdamn.

[lexagon]

Stronk beatha is stronk! Damn!

[ilovethe80s]

Nice squat PR!!

[beatha]

Whoa, that is some awesome friggin' benching! 3 sets of triples at 180?!


Gotdamn.

It was an awesome feeling to do those triples sucessfully without a real grind. Not that they were paused but ahh gives me something to work on.

Stronk beatha is stronk! Damn!

Thank Lex

Nice squat PR!!

Thanks Laura . . . does that make it a raw raw PR lol

[beatha]

10/8/14 Wed DL funtime

I warmed up although it's not posted and then got to work.
The only bar at the time I started was one of the fatter ones so my grip took a beating.
Skinny bar so makes top sets for reps much easier but ehhhh "it is what it is".

DL
5 @ 155, 185, 225
3 @ 245, 275, 295
2 @ 315, 335
1 @ 350 x 2 . . . not my prettiest singles but at least the bar was not glued to the floor.
after this next comp will plan better with alternating heavy deads and squats as I think that plays into the wed where deads just fail to jump off the floor
. . . irons got fracking nerve


Speed DL
3 @ 275 x 5


HS Shurgs
8 @ 225 x 3