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[ChaseT]

I thought Becky let you get stronger than her because you were so upset back when she could squat and deadlift more than you. That's why she has been doing so much CrossFit.

[Link815]

Let's be fair, I was like 7 when she started lifting, and she was my age when I started lifting. I was not sad about those things, in fact, I just wanted to be a bench jockey until I was stronger than the 3rd sibling. That didn't take long though. I didn't discover that squat was enjoyable until about this time last year. And I still hate deadlift, and she can pull more than me if she wnats. But she can't, because she's weak.

[koyongi]

In b4 "protein for women" gets really dirty.

Nice work with the 275 bench, 2 plates and a peanut looks really satisfying... I wouldn't know though.

Thanks! It felt like death, but it worked.

Looks like everything is going well in here! I love the sibling competitions between you and Link! It's great!

Yeah, sibling rivalry runs strong in our family. In pretty much everything.

Well, you can see that I'm the clear winner, because bodyweight and gender are just excuses for weak people. Absolute strength is the only real measure here.

I'm going to remember that next time you try to pull Wilks on SMR.

I thought Becky let you get stronger than her because you were so upset back when she could squat and deadlift more than you. That's why she has been doing so much CrossFit.

Yes, that was my plan all along. Not anymore, though.

Let's be fair, I was like 7 when she started lifting, and she was my age when I started lifting. I was not sad about those things, in fact, I just wanted to be a bench jockey until I was stronger than the 3rd sibling. That didn't take long though. I didn't discover that squat was enjoyable until about this time last year. And I still hate deadlift, and she can pull more than me if she wnats. But she can't, because she's weak.

Yeah, I'm sooooooo weak.

So today, I did stuff to try to fix it.

Went to Vessels in Rolla. There was actually a guy there that powerlifts, so that was somewhat helpful. He called my depth for the last few, and spotted my last rep.

Squats (high bar):
8@bar
5@95
5@135
5@185
Put on suit.
Straps down:
3@225
2@275
2@315
1@335 (x2)
1@335 (straps up)
Switched to low bar, actually hit depth on the rest. YAY!
1@315 (x2)
1@335 (x2)
1@355 (straps up)

Never going high bar for ME again. When will I learn?

Sumo DL, no belt:
5@135
Added straps, cause bar had no knurl where my hands went, and there was no chalk.
5@225
5@275 (x3)

Ab wheel:
3x10

Walked a little, ran a mile, walked a little.

[Link815]

Who was at Vessell's? Steve always has chalk! You just have to go at weird times..

[DanielBeauchamp]

Is it easier hitting depth with a suit on? I found it harder to hit depth when I would Squat with a low-bar and wider stance; but that was raw.

Nice Squats, btw.

[bigrig5656]

Is it easier hitting depth with a suit on?

Sorry CJ.

Edit: post 666... rad

[DanielBeauchamp]

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Sorry CJ.

Edit: post 666... rad

No...I just have no clue how a suit works. lol

[koyongi]

Who was at Vessell's? Steve always has chalk! You just have to go at weird times..

It was Joe. And he was gone before I started deadlifting. Apparently Steve is going to start working a day shift, though, so he will be around at more normal times.

Is it easier hitting depth with a suit on? I found it harder to hit depth when I would Squat with a low-bar and wider stance; but that was raw.

Nice Squats, btw.

No, hitting depth is much harder with a suit on...that's kinda how it works and all. Like I need AT LEAST 225 to even begin thinking about hitting depth. I pretty much always squat wide/low-bar raw. Every attempt I've made to do something different has been epic fail. And thanks.

[ChaseT]

No...I just have no clue about anything related to lifting and should probably stop posting. lol

Fixed.

[DanielBeauchamp]

No, hitting depth is much harder with a suit on...that's kinda how it works and all. Like I need AT LEAST 225 to even begin thinking about hitting depth. I pretty much always squat wide/low-bar raw. Every attempt I've made to do something different has been epic fail. And thanks.

Ok, I get it now. Sorry, just never really had Squat/Deadlift suits explained to me at all.

[Link815]

How come you guys move back to Rolla, and Steve starts working a normal shift so I could actually lift with him, both just in time for me to move halfway across the country? Jerks.

[Uberwaffle]

Female specific protein

[hmotb555]

Thanks! It felt like death, but it worked.



Yeah, sibling rivalry runs strong in our family. In pretty much everything.



I'm going to remember that next time you try to pull Wilks on SMR.



Yes, that was my plan all along. Not anymore, though.



Yeah, I'm sooooooo weak.

So today, I did stuff to try to fix it.

Went to Vessels in Rolla. There was actually a guy there that powerlifts, so that was somewhat helpful. He called my depth for the last few, and spotted my last rep.

Squats (high bar):
8@bar
5@95
5@135
5@185
Put on suit.
Straps down:
3@225
2@275
2@315
1@335 (x2)
1@335 (straps up)
Switched to low bar, actually hit depth on the rest. YAY!
1@315 (x2)
1@335 (x2)
1@355 (straps up)

Never going high bar for ME again. When will I learn?

Sumo DL, no belt:
5@135
Added straps, cause bar had no knurl where my hands went, and there was no chalk.
5@225
5@275 (x3)

Ab wheel:
3x10

Walked a little, ran a mile, walked a little.

Good squatting going on...I think I'm going to look into getting some chalk. My bar at home is hurting my hands like crazy, which makes it harder for me to hold on to the bar. At the gym I don't have this issue, which makes no sense since they are both olympic bars...go figure! Good job! Keep it up!

[koyongi]

Ok, I get it now. Sorry, just never really had Squat/Deadlift suits explained to me at all.

Well, if it makes it easier to come up, it probably makes it harder to go down...simple physics!

How come you guys move back to Rolla, and Steve starts working a normal shift so I could actually lift with him, both just in time for me to move halfway across the country? Jerks.

I dunno, everyone is plotting against you?

Female specific protein

A little late, but we'll take it.

Good squatting going on...I think I'm going to look into getting some chalk. My bar at home is hurting my hands like crazy, which makes it harder for me to hold on to the bar. At the gym I don't have this issue, which makes no sense since they are both olympic bars...go figure! Good job! Keep it up!

Why do your hands hurt? I don't know how much chalk will keep them from hurting, but it certainly helps grip...


...and...

Rolla Thursday.

I ran around Ber Juan Park, which it says is 1.8 miles. It's rather hilly, so I couldn't quite keep the pace I normally do on runs.

17:36

I then walked it again, but the second time, I stopped at all the "Exertrail" stations and did whatever the "advanced" exercise was. It was kind of fun, but I felt like a dork.

The stations included such classics as:
Bench dips
Jumping back and forth over a hurdle
Chin ups (on a bar that was basically like doing them while hanging off a rolling thunder)
Leg stretches (I am not as flexible as I was in my ballerina/cheerleader days)
Balance beam (walking backwards on the 2" edge of a 2x4 is actually rather challenging)
Calf stretches
Bench leg raises
(Skipped the long jump station cause it was a mud pit)
Monkey bars
"Hip circles" on rings - I turned this station into a ring pull up station
Dips on parallel bars
Raised knee situps
Vertical jump
Sit and reach
Step ups
Incline ab curl

Second lap took like an hour.

I have now eaten tasty food and will go sit by the pool.

[DanielBeauchamp]

Monkey bars = win.

[hmotb555]

I have no idea why my hands hurt...maybe they just need to toughen up. When I do deadlifts at the gym they don't hurt as much but they still get sore where the calluses form

Good workout! Sometimes it's fun to be silly and feel like a kid again! Yeah I saw your post in another thread...Arby's huh? Sounds delish!

[koyongi]

Monkey bars = win.

I do enjoy them. They were a little less challenging than I last remember, though.

I have no idea why my hands hurt...maybe they just need to toughen up. When I do deadlifts at the gym they don't hurt as much but they still get sore where the calluses form

Good workout! Sometimes it's fun to be silly and feel like a kid again! Yeah I saw your post in another thread...Arby's huh? Sounds delish!

They'll toughen up eventually...maybe.
Arby's is the bestest. It's one of the best ways to get a decent amount of decent meat for not a lot of money. And $1 chocolate shake.

And after a somewhat crummy morning,

Iffy raw bench Saturday:

Pause bench on the terrible Gold's Gym benches:
8@bar
8@95
5@135
3@185
1@195
miss@205
TnG:
3@185 (x3)

CSR:
8@45
8@70 (x3)

OHP:
5@95 (x5)

Pec flye:
8@20#DBs (x3)

Back flye:
8@20#DBs (x3)

Neutral-grip pull-ups:
2x10

[koyongi]

Cardio Monday:

Went to the stadium at UMR.

800m run
10 sets of stadium stairs, no break in between. Sets 1-7 were pretty good, my legs got a little wiggly on 8-10...
800m run
400m walk

The end!

[JacobRothenberg]

Monkey bars = win.

you need to stop hitting on becky. there is only 1 loser horndog who can stalk her online, and that's me...

[koyongi]

Cardio Monday:

Went to the stadium at UMR.

800m run
10 sets of stadium stairs, no break in between. Sets 1-7 were pretty good, my legs got a little wiggly on 8-10...
800m run
400m walk

The end!

[hmotb555]

Cardio Monday:

Went to the stadium at UMR.

800m run
10 sets of stadium stairs, no break in between. Sets 1-7 were pretty good, my legs got a little wiggly on 8-10...
800m run
400m walk

The end!

Wow! that's some cardio! I used to run the bleachers at my old high school...the legs feel like spaghetti noodles afterwards lol....I hope my hands do toughen up....it's pretty annoying lol I hate having small hands

[koyongi]

Wow! that's some cardio! I used to run the bleachers at my old high school...the legs feel like spaghetti noodles afterwards lol....I hope my hands do toughen up....it's pretty annoying lol I hate having small hands

It's a good workout!



Tuesday:

FINALLY HAD A BREAKTHROUGH IN MY SUITED DEADLIFT! Again, just had to realize it's nothing like a regular deadlift. The setup that helps me get it off the floor raw isn't the one that helps me in a suit, cause it'll get the bar off the floor for me.

Deadlift:
5@135
5@185
3@225
Add belt:
1@275
Add straps:
1@315
Add suit:
1@315
1@335
1@345
1@355
soft lockout@365

Again, baby smooth thick bar and no chalk, so I had to strap up. Getting at least 20 pounds of carryover now. YAY!

Good mornings (narrow stance):
5@95
8@135 (x3)

Annie on hot pavement:
50 double unders
50 situps
40 double unders
40 situps
30 double unders
30 situps
20 double unders
20 situps
10 double unders
10 situps

[Fluster]

Yay!

[JacobRothenberg]

Hooray for a big PR on a main lift!

[fitlover]

Awesome PR!!

Double-unders are hard. I used to be good at them but now I suck since I have done jump-rope in ages.

[PeonLover]

Good job on not deadlifting like Rob.

Bad job on benching like me.

[DanielBeauchamp]

Awesome job on those pulls, koyongi!

[koyongi]

Yay!

Hooray for a big PR on a main lift!

Awesome PR!!

Double-unders are hard. I used to be good at them but now I suck since I have done jump-rope in ages.

Good job on not deadlifting like Rob.

Bad job on benching like me.

Awesome job on those pulls, koyongi!

Thanks everybody. I'm just happy to be able to get SOMETHING out of my suit on DL. I also think it'll help my raw deadlift a lot, since the suit quits right where my lockout problem starts...


And, Thursday!

Suzanne wanted to DE squat today, since she'll be judging the meet in Grass Valley on Saturday, so I decided to join her. My back was still a little sad from Tuesday, but I survived.

SSB Squats, to a box:
8@bar
5@110
3@150
2@170
2@200 (x10)

GHR:
10@10# DB behind head
10@15# DB (x3)

Reverse Hyper:
3x10

Band knee thingie, purple band:
3x10 per

Band yes machine, double purple:
3x20sec holds

[koyongi]

Crossfit Saturday!

Since we couldn't go to the Grass Valley meet, I got to go compete with Brethren one last time at the grand opening of Lifeworx Crossfit. There were 14 or 15 teams there from around the south bay.

Workout 1:
4 person team, one guys KB, one girls KB:
As many rounds as possible in 12 minutes:
10 KB swings per person (35/53)
10 burpees per person
Tire carry (all team members) 20 yds down, 20 yds back

We finished 8 rounds plus a couple of reps, winner.

Workout 2:
Max C&J
I tied my max of 155, but it only took one try to get 155 overhead this time.
Cleaned 160 (PR), but missed the jerk.
We hit 815 as a team, winner.

Workout 3:
1 guy and 1 girl working at a time, each pair goes twice.
500m row (each person rows one round)
20m buddy carry
15 box jumps (16", 20"
sprint (to DL)
10 partner DL (315#)
20m buddy carry
50 Double unders
sprint (back to rower, tag other team)
13:59, one team got 13:57, but we were a good four minutes ahead of the rest of the teams.

Good day!

[koyongi]

Bench shirt Sunday:

Bench:
8@bar
8@95
5@135
3@185
Shirted up:
2@225 (2bd)
2@275 (2bd)
1@295 (2bd)
1@305 (2bd)
1@315 (2bd)
1@325 (2bd)
1@275 (no board, with commands)

T-bar row:
8@45
5@90 (x5)

CGBP, hands just outside of smooth:
8@135 (x3)