Training Journal for Geek

[thehobbes]

quick workout at home
rich wasn't there today, so i went with what i *think* he might want me to do. we have been focusing on max'ing out, so i went with doubles.

bench press
barx10
65x8
85x8
95x5
105x5
115x5
120x3
125x3
130x3
135x2
135x2
135x2
135x2
135x2

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
PR'd for reps five times over.

I used wrist wraps for the 135 sets. I think they help!

Hell yeah, 10 total reps on the big wheels!!! Good for you dudette, you're going places!

[geek23ka]

Now that is celebration worthy! Well done, Geek.

thank you! WOOT!

I see you're still killing it in here, Geek! Mighty fine work indeed, loving all the PR's going on

aww hey good day! i'm on a roll right now. months of a dry spell where i feel like i'm gettin nowhere and then explosions and shooting stars every day for a couple weeks. i love those weeks.

Your bench press keeps getting better and better and I admire your hard work!

thanks k. you, too. i really like reading what you're doing and how.

Hell yeah, 10 total reps on the big wheels!!! Good for you dudette, you're going places!

i know, right? i can't believe it. so so happy.

workout comin up

[geek23ka]

front squat
warm up
barx5
65x5
85x5
100x5
115x5
add belt
135x3
145x3
155x1
165x1 (PR)
170x1 (PR)

5 beat pause back squats
135x3
135x3
135x3
135x3
135x3

KB Swings
53# 25x2 swings
70# 15 swings

I am going to start using the red kettlebells for my double hand swings. HURRAH!!

[kaleida]

Congrats on the front squat PRs!! I love 2-in-one-day PRs like that

thanks k. you, too. i really like reading what you're doing and how.

My crazy experiments lol. I don't know what I'm doing ... just fumbling around on the assumption that as long as I show up and work hard at multiple things that I am really bad at, then it'll turn out ok somehow

[geek23ka]

k, it's the best. you and laura both approach lifting by listening to your own bodies, which is a radical (why is it so radical? i dont know. more should do it) approach and i really like it.

[beatha]

woot woot .

congrats on your front squat PR's!!!

and paused squats killer cause holding that air in the hole and staying tight is a challenge.

[kaleida]

k, it's the best. you and laura both approach lifting by listening to your own bodies, which is a radical (why is it so radical? i dont know. more should do it) approach and i really like it.

My body says I should take ninja videos of douchebags who hog the squat rack for dumb stuff... and then draw a tubbycat cartoon about it afterwards. And yes I listen
mwuhahahhahaha

[thehobbes]

G-dog could front squat me, not sure if impressed or frightened.

[ilovethe80s]

Really nice on the front squat PR! Those are so difficult and zero in on exactly they area that you say you have trouble with in your squat-squat, no doubt they will carry over nicely.

And all the doubles with 135... Is that weight looking like opener territory for you now? You're kicking butt, Geek!

k, it's the best. you and laura both approach lifting by listening to your own bodies, which is a radical (why is it so radical? i dont know. more should do it) approach and i really like it.

Thanks for that

[geek23ka]

woot woot .

congrats on your front squat PR's!!!

and paused squats killer cause holding that air in the hole and staying tight is a challenge.

it was holding the breath that was rough. too much like cardio.

My body says I should take ninja videos of douchebags who hog the squat rack for dumb stuff... and then draw a tubbycat cartoon about it afterwards. And yes I listen
mwuhahahhahaha

HAHA!! dooooo iiiiiitt!

G-dog could front squat me, not sure if impressed or frightened.

i am getting super excited for a 225 front squat. DO WANT

Really nice on the front squat PR! Those are so difficult and zero in on exactly they area that you say you have trouble with in your squat-squat, no doubt they will carry over nicely.

And all the doubles with 135... Is that weight looking like opener territory for you now? You're kicking butt, Geek!


Thanks for that

i think my coach was more excited about my front squat PR's than i was. to him, it's a real indication of how much progress i've made. when i started working with him, i could hardly front squat 105.

i don't know what my opener should be! i've been thinking about it. it seems so scary to open with 135. for your second bench, would you do a number you'd only done once before? i would love 135, 145, 150., but it seems too much like dreaming.

i think tomorrow, we are going to try and figure out opener and second for my squat.

[geek23ka]

bench warm up with 60, 80, 100
105+50 lbs chains 3 reps 10 sets

lat raises (powerlifter style) 20x6x3
front raises 25x8x3
upright rows 60x8x3
DB row 70x5x3

PR again y'all! 70 pound db rows!!!

[thehobbes]

DB row 70x5x3

PR again y'all! 70 pound db rows!!!

Fistbump.jpg

[beatha]

You big db rower make me wanna row get over to the badass side if the db rack. Congrsts G on the PR . Sounds like meet prep is going well. Thumbsup.jpg i Will be cheering you on. i hope it makes the new streaming channel be cool to watch live

[geek23ka]

Fistbump.jpg

You big db rower make me wanna row get over to the badass side if the db rack. Congrsts G on the PR . Sounds like meet prep is going well. Thumbsup.jpg i Will be cheering you on. i hope it makes the new streaming channel be cool to watch live

omg what?? streaming channel? oh LAWD

i mean, good for NASA, but oh lawd!!!

[kaleida]

Congrats on the row PR! Video streaming of meet sounds so cool!

[geek23ka]

thanks, k. i am trying to get used to the idea of me being on the internets without controlling who gets to see it. eep!

squats (deciding on 1,2,3 for the meet)
stretching
barx5
95x5
115x5
135x3
155x1
add belt
185x1
210x1
225x1
wrapped knees myself
235x1
coach wrapped knees from here on out
245x1 (depth was sketchy. just broke parallel or at parallel. he wraps like a beast and i panicked and went up too soon)
260x1 (PR plus he said plenty of depth, too. WOOT!)

so he wants my squats to be as follows:
100 kg (220)
112 kg (246.4)
117 or 120 depending on how i feel/how the squats go (257.4 or 264)

yay!

and the day got even better because i got to watch cedric squat. he is an absolute beast. he warmed up and then did 415x5x5 and then 500x1 and 560x1. i *love* watching heavy lifting so much. i want to DO heavy lifting.


soon

[Big_Sky_Guy]

PR's and all the good stuff!

[itsagoodday]

i want to DO heavy lifting.

soon

And you're quite sure you're not there now?

260x1

Oh yes, you're there

WTG geek!!!

[geek23ka]

PR's and all the good stuff!

howdy BSG! thanks

And you're quite sure you're not there now?

260x1

Oh yes, you're there

WTG geek!!!

welll..... someone in O35 told me i lift for ****, basically, and have no business giving advice about lifting shoes. so according to an internet warrior, i am not lifting heavy.

i totally appreciate it, though! i am trying.

[itsagoodday]

Oh lawdy. Internet warriors, gotta love 'em. And by love 'em, I mean "pick them up and throw them out the nearest window".

You're lifting plenty heavy, unless of course gravity functions differently at your gym. If your gym is on the international space station though, let me know and I'll take it all back.

[thehobbes]

Holy chit you got a 260 squat, farking ham on rye good job!!!

[geek23ka]

Oh lawdy. Internet warriors, gotta love 'em. And by love 'em, I mean "pick them up and throw them out the nearest window".

You're lifting plenty heavy, unless of course gravity functions differently at your gym. If your gym is on the international space station though, let me know and I'll take it all back.

not in outer space, promise! hahaha. kahles gym in las cruces. desert replete with roadrunners and ocotillos everywhere.

i am in love with that gym.

Holy chit you got a 260 squat, farking ham on rye good job!!!

i got 260! now, of course my knees are wrapped by the king of wrapping, but i got it and in my fed, wrapped counts.

i think you've got at least 280 wrapped. ****, you might farking have 280 no wraps. get well quick so you can cream me.

[kaleida]

Congrats on the squat PR, that's awesome!!

[SophieM]

You can squat almost two of me. I can't even squat body weight yet. Awesome work!!

[geek23ka]

Congrats on the squat PR, that's awesome!!

aw, thanks, k

You can squat almost two of me. I can't even squat body weight yet. Awesome work!!

just wait till i'm like hobbes and can OHP you. hahaa!

you know i go in and peek at your journal lots. i feel stupid chiming in, so i don't, but you are doing really well.

[geek23ka]

quick kettlebell work.

100 2H KB swings with 32kg 15, 15, 15, 15, 10
200 1H KB swings with 12kg 25, 25, 25, 25 each hand

[Flounderbout]

Dear dudes on the internet,

By all means feel free to tell Geek not to give advice about heavy lifting.






Oh, and without wishing to be rude or anything, also feel free to STFU WHILST SUCKING ON THE POISONOUS HAIRY BALLSACK OF THE HELL-DEMON GOLGOROTH AS HE SHOVES HER FECKING MAGNIFICENT 260 SQUAT CLEAN UP YOUR SCRAWNY ASS.

That is all.

Yours sincerely,

Flounderbout

PS 117kg? Pffft. Load up 120 and kick that sucker's butt...

[lochinvar76]

Dear dudes on the internet,

By all means feel free to tell Geek not to give advice about heavy lifting.



Oh, and without wishing to be rude or anything, also feel free to STFU WHILST SUCKING ON THE POISONOUS HAIRY BALLSACK OF THE HELL-DEMON GOLGOROTH AS HE SHOVES HER FECKING MAGNIFICENT 260 SQUAT CLEAN UP YOUR SCRAWNY ASS.

That is all.

Yours sincerely,

Flounderbout

Preach on Brother Flounder!

Internet Warriors are why I only read, don't post, to the main or misc forums in the OV35. Stick to the journals where the rubber meets the road and people work more than they troll.

Also, way to go on the squat PR!

[ilovethe80s]

What?! 260!! Congrats geek, that is HUGE. Your squat is really taking off! And yeah, I'd say you are 'doing heavy lifting' now . Love the raccoon pic lol.

And I agree, the journals are where its at. The O35 This Week thread is nice, too, and the PR and video forums in the PL section. Positive interaction, learning and encouragement are what I go to Internet forums for but I guess some people go there to hurl insults at strangers over shoes??? I can't imagine it got you down for long because you turned around and squatted 260

[SophieM]

just wait till i'm like hobbes and can OHP you. hahaa!

you know i go in and peek at your journal lots. i feel stupid chiming in, so i don't, but you are doing really well.

It'd be awesome to overhead press me!

And no worries about not posting, though don't feel stupid All are welcome.