There's a Ham in the Power Rack! Part II

[anandagirl]

Take that negative attitude, shove it to the side, and get under the bar girl! Every time there's a comp there are open spots (there are 3 winners per wt class) where nobody wins because they can't get enough people to participate, why, because people are too damn scared to step out of their comfort zone or they think they're weak. DO IT, LIFFFFTTTTTT!!!

Love you!!!

[itsagoodday]

I'm dreading what they're gonna say about that at the dentist. But yes with 100% certainty that thing went CRACK when I got my electric toothbrush in there like I do every single time. Still doesn't hurt but got a nice sized hole in my tooth, looks like I got beaten up by a flock of angry geese.

No no, I believe you about the toothbrush. I just meant it was kind of ironic, like being run over by an ambulance

And wtf @ two broken teeth. Overachiever!!!

Lots of lower body work today with squat, DL, and running all falling on the same day. I hear there's another bench press competition starting up on bb.com this weekend! I'm deloading next week but may try to get an entry in over the weekend to put something on the board. With my lower bw now I think I'm solidly stuck in the 165 weight class which is gonna suck lol. Mayyyybe I could aim to squeak into the 148 for a day to get that done, but that would be tough to get that low. There's probably somebody in the 148 who will just waltz right in and put up 2 plates in their sleep anyways haha. I encourage everyone here to put up an entry in the contest, if not... the geese will come for you, WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING, bwah ha ha!

Bench press again? Awwwwwww, it's like let's just keep testing itsagoodday on her worst lift (cuz it's all about me, right?). My current bench is like zero lbs. Maybe they'll let me submit an entry for reverse grip close grip upside down feet up swiss bar slingshot bench in the 179.9 to 180.1 lb weight class, where hopefully I will be the only entry

[thehobbes]

1. No goose store. We have to go to the more "artisan" grocery stores like Sprouts or Iowa Meats to get them. . . they are SOOOH GOOD! Roast them with potatoes under the bird - the browned/caramelized goose-fat potatoes from the bottom of the pan are things people literally fight over. >drool<

2. PIZZA!!!!

3. Always moved by the Ham Runs. ;^) Dey'z awesome!

Mmmm artisan grocery store, would fight over that, sounds delicious!

This is what I love about these journals, especially in this section - the support and encouragement to push limits and comfort zones. We should all enter for a little friendly competition and to push ourselves. Edited to add: where is the competition?

It's in the Misc section of bb.com, I can post a link when it's up and running. I've entered every one they've had over the years, probably 10 or so, win free supps and challenge yourself!

I love homemade pizza! You definitely deserved it after all that leg work. Do you cook yours on the grill when the weather is warmer? We've started making our own sauce bc it's so easy, but we've given up on making crust. Making the crust itself isn't the issue, but transferring said crust to the grill or the stone always ends up in a mess.

It's snowing and 10 degrees so not lately. Gotta get a new grill this Spring, then will be cooking up a storm out there!

Love you!!!

<3 <3

No no, I believe you about the toothbrush. I just meant it was kind of ironic, like being run over by an ambulance

Ohhhhhh LOL!!

And wtf @ two broken teeth. Overachiever!!!

Haha, really! I have no idea how or when the other one occurred.

Bench press again? Awwwwwww, it's like let's just keep testing itsagoodday on her worst lift (cuz it's all about me, right?). My current bench is like zero lbs. Maybe they'll let me submit an entry for reverse grip close grip upside down feet up swiss bar slingshot bench in the 179.9 to 180.1 lb weight class, where hopefully I will be the only entry

I was overjoyed to see bp again and not something like front squat or push press that I really have no clue what I'm doing. Bp (to me personally) is sooooo much easier than every other lift in creation. GL with your swisscake upside down bp goals in 2017.


Workout coming up...

[thehobbes]

CHEST/TRI/RUN

SUPPS:
PRE: AI Furious 1.5 scoops
INTRA: none
POST: Con-Cret 1.5 scoops

LOCATION: Home gym
BODY WEIGHT: 163

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-Cuban Press
-BW squats

CHEST:
Bench Press:
45x10
75x10
105x7
135x3
155x3
170x1
*wrist wraps
175x1
180x1
185x1 (vid)
165x4
165x3
*remove wraps
150x9
140x13 *tied rep PR

this was an entry for the bp contest, was supposed to start today, not sure if it got delayed or what


gonna leave this here in case bp contest goes underway tonight, I can post this over there too



Bench Press with BLUE SLINGSHOT:
*wrist wraps
185x3
195x3
185x3

TRI:
CGBP:
*wrist wraps
95x10
135x8
150x4

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 1.84 miles
Time: 21:05
*it was apparently so damn cold my Fitbit couldn't get my HR readings

OTHER PREHAB:
-Starting Stretching Program
-Stretching 30min
-LAX/Spike glute rolling 10min
-Foam Rolling with Spike on wall 5min


Great bench day, the heavy singles were fairly easy. I'm hoping to get 190 or 195 with that nice little stop at the chest before the bp contest is over. The 190 and 195s I've done in the past were total touch and go.

Apparently walking around at 163 today. I ate an entire pack of double stuffed Oreos yesterday so there's that. Haven't had an Oreo in like a year srs.

Also check this out on Netflix: Ultimate Beastmaster! It's like American Gladiators, excellent show. The courses are very tough, people getting injured and bloodied and ripping their hands apart trying to do them.

On a deload this week. I'll fit in some running and prehab work though.

[SophieM]

Is it supposed to snow up your way this week? I don't know if it's supposed to go that far north west or not.

Awesome work as usual. Had to LOL at too cold to pick up your HR.

[anandagirl]

Great bench day, the heavy singles were fairly easy. I'm hoping to get 190 or 195 with that nice little stop at the chest before the bp contest is over. The 190 and 195s I've done in the past were total touch and go.

Nice job! So strong. Yeah, pauses are no joke. Half the time I "pause" its way faster than it felt....

Also check this out on Netflix: Ultimate Beastmaster! It's like American Gladiators, excellent show. The courses are very tough, people getting injured and bloodied and ripping their hands apart trying to do them.

Oooh caught some of that! It's like a different version of American Ninja Warrior - do you ever watch that?

[gobbles23]

Sick workout!!!! Awesome benching Hammie!

I hear Oreos are amazing dipped in peanut butter

I watched the ultimate beast master this weekend lol! Some of those falls are brutal hahaha

[melDorado]

Hey hams some strong bench there blimey idk how you can lose all that weight and still be getting those bench numbers up. Unbelievable lol I can just miss my lunch one day and I lose 15lb of my bench

Hmm bench comp again eh! Remember I got bumped from 3rd at the last minute last time ha.... but now I got the hamster in my class no chance lol. But I will still be in it of course. Try and put the 70 up again but idk now I've backed off the powerlifting for a while, we'll see.

[thehobbes]

Is it supposed to snow up your way this week? I don't know if it's supposed to go that far north west or not.

Awesome work as usual. Had to LOL at too cold to pick up your HR.

Thanks! Yeah we got a pretty big snowstorm here, again.

Nice job! So strong. Yeah, pauses are no joke. Half the time I "pause" its way faster than it felt....

Oooh caught some of that! It's like a different version of American Ninja Warrior - do you ever watch that?

I'm trying to get better at the bp pauses, I can touch and go all day long. Haha yeah have seen Ninja Warrior, there's a lot more humor in that one I think.

Sick workout!!!! Awesome benching Hammie!

I hear Oreos are amazing dipped in peanut butter

I watched the ultimate beast master this weekend lol! Some of those falls are brutal hahaha

Dude, EVERYTHING is amazing dipped in pb. Yeah people ripping their hands apart on that rope, wtf, they need to put the chain back up there.

Hey hams some strong bench there blimey idk how you can lose all that weight and still be getting those bench numbers up. Unbelievable lol I can just miss my lunch one day and I lose 15lb of my bench

LMAO

Hmm bench comp again eh! Remember I got bumped from 3rd at the last minute last time ha.... but now I got the hamster in my class no chance lol. But I will still be in it of course. Try and put the 70 up again but idk now I've backed off the powerlifting for a while, we'll see.

Oooo we're in the same class now, come at me! Always surprising how few people enter these things so there are open spots sitting there with no one to take the prize. I got a nice little stockpile of supps, still have goodies from the pushpress comp, will not need to buy PWO/creatine/protein for like a year srs.

[thehobbes]

RUN

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 1.95 miles
Time: 21:49
*snow, ice, freezing wind

Was only gonna do a mile and a half but conditions SUCKED so I said yeahhhh beast it out baby!! Hard run.


~The Life and Times of Hamm~
So after my escapades with the power going out, having to break down my front door, AT&T, and two chipped teeth, yet another issue reared its ugly head. Got home from work and closed the automatic garage door and BOOM - broken cable everywhere! I have two auto garage doors and I'm pretty sure they are like 30 years old, I try to spray lube all the moving parts a couple times a year to keep them going ok. There was a sticker of the company who installed them so I googled that and called, they sent a guy out in an hour, excellent service. He got it fixed in like 25 minutes, $100 to do it which I was thrilled with. One time I had a plumber come out here for an emergency situation and it was $400 for that. Needed this fixed ASAP because I parked my truck in the garage already and couldn't manually get the door up high enough (midget status + t-rex arms lulz) to back the truck out without hitting the door. Very good service, will call these guys when it's time to install new openers.

[itsagoodday]

Hey hams some strong bench there blimey idk how you can lose all that weight and still be getting those bench numbers up. Unbelievable lol I can just miss my lunch one day and I lose 15lb of my bench

Seriously lol.

Hmm bench comp again eh! Remember I got bumped from 3rd at the last minute last time ha.... but now I got the hamster in my class no chance lol. But I will still be in it of course. Try and put the 70 up again but idk now I've backed off the powerlifting for a while, we'll see.

What, when did you back off powerlifting? Crap, I'm still not caught up on everyone's journals, I keep missing stuff As for the comps here, I am perpetually coming in second place in a division of two. I guess somebody has to do it

Glad the garage door was resolved quickly, hammy! It's always something...

[SophieM]

Glad the garage door was a relatively inexpensive fix. Yeah, plumbers charge an arm and a leg every time. Ugh.

[Tpocalicious]

Hear that, ATT? There are companies who KNOW how to take care of their customers and treat them well! Awesome (while still sucky that it happened) news about that garage door repair company!

Beasting out the run because of crap conditions. Of course you did. Ham the CRAP out of those runs! RAWR!

[melDorado]

Thanks! Yeah we got a pretty big snowstorm here, again.


I'm trying to get better at the bp pauses, I can touch and go all day long. Haha yeah have seen Ninja Warrior, there's a lot more humor in that one I think.


Dude, EVERYTHING is amazing dipped in pb. Yeah people ripping their hands apart on that rope, wtf, they need to put the chain back up there.


LMAO

Oooo we're in the same class now, come at me! Always surprising how few people enter these things so there are open spots sitting there with no one to take the prize. I got a nice little stockpile of supps, still have goodies from the pushpress comp, will not need to buy PWO/creatine/protein for like a year srs.

This is true. I only entered the push press to be involved in the comp - it was only a token entry because I didn't want to injure myself before the meets.... but I ended up coming third lol and got lots of lovely reps. I don't get prizes anyway because of being UK brahette

So can you post the link for me ham as i misc (the shame ) I can't find it for some reason

[thehobbes]

Glad the garage door was resolved quickly, hammy! It's always something...

Yeah really lol.

Glad the garage door was a relatively inexpensive fix. Yeah, plumbers charge an arm and a leg every time. Ugh.

I figured there would be an added $99 at least for an "emergency" call on this situation but nope.

Hear that, ATT? There are companies who KNOW how to take care of their customers and treat them well! Awesome (while still sucky that it happened) news about that garage door repair company!

They were great and the repair guy was really nice and got everything fixed up quickly! I will be calling them when I need new openers installed.

Beasting out the run because of crap conditions. Of course you did. Ham the CRAP out of those runs! RAWR!

YEAHHHH BUDDDDDDY!

This is true. I only entered the push press to be involved in the comp - it was only a token entry because I didn't want to injure myself before the meets.... but I ended up coming third lol and got lots of lovely reps. I don't get prizes anyway because of being UK brahette

So can you post the link for me ham as i misc (the shame ) I can't find it for some reason

Oh man that sucks you guys over there can't get prizes. How expensive would that be to ship a box of a few supps over there from the US? I mean if it's only $20 or something I'd have your back on that, just have the reps send em to me and I'll make up a lil bb.com care pkg for you and just pay to ship that. Seriously, I get my share of free stuff over here, would do that for any of you ladies that's up in my journal.

I think the contest starts officially tomorrow, 400lb G moved it back a week, and yep I'll post the link here when it pops up.


Couple of running workouts coming up...

[thehobbes]

RUNNING
THURSDAY 3/16

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 1.94 miles
Time: 21:24
Avg HR: 143
Peak HR: 153
*cold AF, that is all

[Partyrocking]

It's not so much the shipping costs, but dealing with customs. We had a Canadian winner win a prize last year (just a promo, not the BP competition) and customs jacked his prize twice, no explanation, just took it.

A lot of companies don't want to deal with them and thus don't ship international for prizes unless they have a base overseas.

[thehobbes]

RUNNING

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 1.96 miles
Time: 21:39
Avg HR: 146
Peak HR: 156
*35 and raining


At the end of my deload finally! May do some squats tomorrow, and running of course.

I got a Dunkin Donuts giftcard from someone so I've been stopping there every Sunday morning after running to get a sprinkled donut of prosperity. There's an Aldi grocery store hidden back there so I checked it out. Used to shop there in college because that place was amazingly cheap and had decent stuff. Holy ham, how have I not been going there all along?!! Eggs are 42cents a dozen, found protein bars for $1 for a whole box (absolutely delicious, no more $4/box Special K protein bars ever again), Poptarts $2 for the giant family box, and the canned veggies are twice as big for half the price of everywhere else. They have bread, deli meats/cheeses, cereal, oatmeal, spices for way less than I've been paying at the other places. Mind=blown AND... they have a public restroom in the store (my number 1 - teehee - criteria when shopping anywhere), oh yeah, what a find this place is! I still haven't carefully looked through the entire store because I got side tracked by the Reese's Cups and bakery choc chunk cookies and had to rein myself in lulz. But I want to get my ham all up in their produce and see about carrots/potatoes/broc****/bananas/berries on the next trip. Between Aldi and Costco I am kicking ass!

[Fiction2Fitness]

Yay to everything: deload ending, squatting, stuff, food and nice prices. Awesome!

[Tpocalicious]

Um, between all that stuff AND your running pace! You are killing it!!

BTW, was wondering this the other day as I recovered from the tiniest of HIIT run circuits - what have you noticed about how running has affected the composition of your legs? Especially since you are a lifter and runner, not just a runner. (Yep, I think of you as a lifter and runner.)

[SophieM]

How did you not know about Aldi's??? They are great!!

Awesome job with the running. Wish I had a safe place around here to run on a regular basis.

[melDorado]

Aw that's kind of you to offer ham. Although what party says they still might not send them.. anyway not much chance of me winning an actual prize until gorilla has a deadlift or row comp...or a being fat but still being able to do lots of pullups comp. Hmmm but maybe you could be a helpful contact in my kool aid addiction hmmm.... I buy them off eBay but it's a bit limited.
But aldi!!!! Yes I can't believe you have them in USA! I've always shopped there i literally would not be able to afford to eat otherwise
Their food is peng and cheap it's amazing
Plus they only stock like 1 or 2 brands/types of things. In normal stores there's like 30 different of every product and my brain melts I can't cope with decisions

[anandagirl]

I want an Aldi's!!!!! Soooooo jealous!!!

[thehobbes]

PartyRocking forgot to quote you but damn that's awful they'd just take that stuff. Sounds like they can pretty much take whatever they want, I don't understand why the people in charge of that would even think that's ok.

Yay to everything: deload ending, squatting, stuff, food and nice prices. Awesome!

Um, between all that stuff AND your running pace! You are killing it!!

Thanks Tpoc!

BTW, was wondering this the other day as I recovered from the tiniest of HIIT run circuits - what have you noticed about how running has affected the composition of your legs? Especially since you are a lifter and runner, not just a runner. (Yep, I think of you as a lifter and runner.)

Have not noticed any difference, gotta foam roll my glutes more frequently though, yes srs.

How did you not know about Aldi's??? They are great!!

Awesome job with the running. Wish I had a safe place around here to run on a regular basis.

Aldi's is a life changing discovery! Yeah, I really appreciate that we have a parks system out here and the city is very safe.

Aw that's kind of you to offer ham. Although what party says they still might not send them.. anyway not much chance of me winning an actual prize until gorilla has a deadlift or row comp...or a being fat but still being able to do lots of pullups comp. Hmmm but maybe you could be a helpful contact in my kool aid addiction hmmm.... I buy them off eBay but it's a bit limited.

Yeah that makes sense, sorry you guys have to deal with that. What, Kool Aid, really?! Haha that's awesome, I remember my mom always making pitchers of Kool Aid when I was little, back then you could get em at the store like 20 packs for $1. Lemme know if you need a Kool Aid smuggler, I'm in (as long as it doesn't involve butt stuff.)

But aldi!!!! Yes: D I can't believe you have them in USA! I've always shopped there i literally would not be able to afford to eat otherwise
Their food is peng and cheap it's amazing
Plus they only stock like 1 or 2 brands/types of things. In normal stores there's like 30 different of every product and my brain melts I can't cope with decisions : (

Oh hell yeah, I don't need 10 different kinds of green beans to choose from, just gimme my green beans and let me get on with my day! I was really happy to see they have a few brand name things like Poptarts and Reese's Cups though, cheap AF, gonna save so much money on groceries. I'm over here with my fitbit saying I burn 3,500cals a day, chit's expensive man.

I want an Aldi's!!!!! : ( : ( ( Soooooo jealous!!!

Oh it's amazing!


Workout coming up...

[thehobbes]

SQUATS/RUN

SUPPS:
PRE: AI Furious 1.5 scoops
INTRA:
POST: Con-Cret 1.5 scoops

LOCATION: Home gym
BODY WEIGHT: 160

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-BW squats

LEGS:
Squats:
45x12
95x10
135x6
165x3
*belt
200x3
220x3
240x1
250x1
255x1
245x1

CARDIO:
Running
Distance: 2.33 miles
Time: 25:31
Avg HR: 148
Peak HR: 158
*raining and cold

OTHER PREHAB:
-Starting Stretching Program
-Stretching 30min
-LAX/Spike glute rolling 10min
-Foam Rolling with Spike on wall 5min


Good first lifting day back, went fairly heavy on squats. I'll catch up on journals tomorrow, it's time to FEAST! I made fettuccine alfredo, chicken breast, and baked red potatoes and broc**** ever so crispy cooked in a bit of olive oil. And probably green beans cause I am stocked on green beans from Aldi ready to go!

[SophieM]

Good first lifting day back, went fairly heavy on squats. I'll catch up on journals tomorrow, it's time to FEAST! I made fettuccine alfredo, chicken breast, and baked red potatoes and broc**** ever so crispy cooked in a bit of olive oil. And probably green beans cause I am stocked on green beans from Aldi ready to go!

You earned it! Squats and running on the same day. Here's to waddle Monday!

[thehobbes]

You earned it! Squats and running on the same day. Here's to waddle Monday!

Lol cat jumped on my quads when I was sitting down and I was like


Workout coming up...

[thehobbes]

BACK/BICEPS

SUPPS:
PRE: AI Furious 1.5 scoops
INTRA: none
POST: Con-Cret 1.5 scoops

LOCATION: LTF
BODY WEIGHT: 160

WARMUP:
-Foam Rolling with Spike 8min
-Arm circles of peace
-BW squats

BACK:
Pull Ups:
bw x 8
bw x 7
bw x 6
bw x 6
bw x 5
bw x 4
bw x 4

DB Rows:
60s x 10
70s x 7
75s x 5
75s x 4
65s x 9

Lat Pulldown:
100x10
115x9
130x8
145x5
145x5
130x7

HS Row:
1pps x 10
2pps x 9
110lb ps x 5
110lb ps x 5
2pps x 9

Face Pulls:
35 x 20
42.5 x 15
50 x 11
42.5 x 15

Cybex Low Cable Row:
block 8 x 9
block 7 x 9
block 7 x 9

BICEPS:
DB Curls:
30s x 17 went HAM on this set holy crap
30s x 11
25s x 14

OTHER PREHAB:
-Stretching 30min
-LAX/Spike glute rolling 10min
-Foam Rolling with Spike on wall 5min
-Hot tub 10min
-Pool time
-Sauna with rolling 15min


Very strong workout. I usually have to go lighter coming off of a deload but everything felt great today so I went with my normal weights. The outdoor pool will be opening up at this gym in about a month, HNNNGGG!

EDIT: Where the hell did my avatar go?? I've had the same pic up there for about 3 years and want to keep it. I can't find anything in the CP, bodyspace, or profile that lets you designate an avi pic. Did this happen to anybody else? Oh no is this my forum punishment because I keep saying "broc****"?

[itsagoodday]

Wait, your avi is back now, I saw it missing earlier. Maybe it is rewarding you for being a curl bro. 17 reps dang, give her back her avi!!!

Shipping internationally and dealing with other country's customs laws is horrible. It's one of the things I have to deal with in my own business. Getting supps over borders would be a nightmare, I would expect supps to be classified as either food or medicine, depending upon the country, what the supp is, and the ingredients. There are going to be countries that don't like food imports at all, and there are going to be countries that don't like medicine imports at all. And some countries won't care what it's classified as, but will check all ingredients against their own restricted substances lists, which means one questionable ingredient would get the whole thing confiscated. Dealing with customs is fun. Not.

[Tpocalicious]

I see your avatar, too! (Phew!)

Holy Frickin' HAM those pull ups!!!! Much awesomeness! Such wow!