Progress

[Christopheel]

It's weird I don't understand how you can deadlift so much more than you can squat...my grip doesn't allow me to deadlift more otherwise I'm sure I would be up there also but not as high as you...although my squat is looking close

I always had better numbers on back exercises compared to every others.

And,

my years of shoveling, shitbags carrying (you know to make flower grow healthy. Theses bags are heavy for kids), before I start weightlifting have given the strength LOL

I love deadlift, without deadlift I lose almost 50% of my total witch is huge lol

[swanso5]

you shoud do a squat cycle next considering there's no big improvements to be made in deads in the short term

600 deads in a little insane really

[DianaB]

Hum little update,

More ready than ever for the provincial, on 16 november.

Weight as increase a lot during the past week,

172lbs to 180, 1 lbs to break my weight class, bf% at the eye seems to have increase a little but still lower than what it was before my fat lost.

Gym PR at the moment,

590 on deadlift, (My forever loved lift)
397 on squat (yes 2 pounds pr ...)
315 on bench, gotta love 3 plates instead of 2 and a millions little ones.

Looking good, is that paused reps on the bench?
One more week to train hard, then it's time to back off, I can't believe how fast this thing is coming up!
BTW, I did a 185 squat last Monday. I'm pretty sure I can hit the level 3 numbers needed for the Nationals. Now I just need that 240 DL, this week...
Watch your weight, you don't want to do the whole water thing, its a pain and it takes a toll on the bench. I'm at 134.4 this morning and cutting down on carbs, I want to hit 132 next week and then just MAINTAIN for 2 weeks.
Chris, this is just going to be a blast!

[Christopheel]

Swanso,

600 Deads is indeed INSANE, if I am able to hit it on my meet, I will consider myself a gifted deadlifter (for my weight and age) considering that over a little more than a year before today i didn't even knew what was a deadlift and yes right now there's no way my deadlift will be increasable by 10-15 pounds a month like I am used to.

and

Yes next cycle will be a real work on for Squat.

Diana,

Coming fast you say ? It's crazy ... Your number looks really good ! You will do REALLY well, I'm counting on you for successful third attempt PR (No worries you will own) ! Good luck on weight control, I hate it ... Me like lift, heavy lift, eating a tons, no salad (My ancestor genes ? who knows lol) ...

Yes I will have weight issue, I should watch it weekly, I've only checked it like 1-2 months ago and then I took a lot of weight. Since I'm not always flexing in front of my mirror I don't remark a lot my weight changes. I just hope to be able to maintain me too for these three weeks.

AS you've said, this meet will be awesome, I'm with you ahah !


PS Firebug=Malinda ? If so she will be squatting more than I ... and she lift heavier than most men I've met at gym. How do we say already, inspiration ?

[DianaB]

Yep, that's Firebug. She had problems at the World's but still walked away with best lifter (I believe it was that). You should check out her training at Staley, it's insane!
Third attempts are for the frosting on the proverbial cake, I'd like to lock it up on the second try. I needed to add 32lbs for level 3 numbers and the squat took care of 25lbs of that, just need to up the DL, b'coz bench ain't going no where with a pause right now.
I'm ready to roll on this one, last month's meet was a great practice run. How far away are you from the meet venue?

[Christopheel]

I will look at her journal,

I forgot, yes my Bench Press is paused (around 2 seconds, LONG pause).

Do you train your bench press with paused ? Because, paused compared to non-paused there is a world of difference (especially with the IPF where the pause is long, and sometimes REALLY long, depends on judges as you already know... )

I'm about 10KM away from the gym. Not really far but I hope it won't rain because I must do it at feet ...

[vamp]

Hey tex, try different deadlift styles to change it up and different grips. You might find one a little more comfortable than another, or see better results from one than another.

Chris, I take it you've started to use fractional plates? Or do you have them available to you? 1/4 lb, 1/2 lb, 3/4 lb and 1 lb plates.?

Cheers

[Christopheel]

Hey tex, try different deadlift styles to change it up and different grips. You might find one a little more comfortable than another, or see better results from one than another.

Chris, I take it you've started to use fractional plates? Or do you have them available to you? 1/4 lb, 1/2 lb, 3/4 lb and 1 lb plates.?

Cheers

Yes I started using 1lbs and 1/2 lbs plates so that I can always hit a PR even if it is as little as 1 pounds.

[vamp]

Does your gym have them or did you purchase them yourself?

[DianaB]

I will look at her journal,

I forgot, yes my Bench Press is paused (around 2 seconds, LONG pause).

Do you train your bench press with paused ? Because, paused compared to non-paused there is a world of difference (especially with the IPF where the pause is long, and sometimes REALLY long, depends on judges as you already know... )

I'm about 10KM away from the gym. Not really far but I hope it won't rain because I must do it at feet ...

Yeah, I always train paused bench, even for the warm-ups. It's rare I do touch and go or speed work on bench. With the program I have been following, there are no floor press or board work either.
Not such a great idea to hoof it to the meet, you will be wasting energy. Are you working the 15th? I'll give you a call and we'll work something out for the morning of the meet, I'm staying about 5 minutes away from the venue.

[Christopheel]

Vamp,

I purchased them, my current commercial gym doesn't have any.

Diana,

I don't have a lot of options, walk or take a taxi but I'm trying to save my money ... And it's only a walk, Eat walk eat lift eat, normally I should still be at my 100% ! And I'm working the 14th from 10h30-6h30 then after 12h-6h , yes the same day. But after (from 14h let's say) there's no problem I'm free.

[DianaB]

Dude, I'll come pick you up, walking is a big no no, save the strength!
Anyways, we'll figure the whole thing out. Hopefully I will be able to eat on Saturday night so maybe we can get pizza LOL, or salad.
190 squat yesterday, ugly a sin but the depth was good!

[swanso5]

what classes are we both in? what our pb's? what our projected pb's for the meet? how do we stack up against others in out wt class?

[Christopheel]

Diana

I don't want to importunate you the morning of the meet, .

Not Pizza (A lot intolerant to lactose, I will roll on the ground crying if I eat cheese), I opt for a nice spaghetti or an huge hamburger. Ahah

190 Squat ! I want to see someday (Really soon I'm sure) these two plates ! Well, I don't look beautiful when squating either. For the depth I always do full squat, I find it easier to spring up to the top after so I'm always past 90 decree.

Swanso,

I'm in the 82.5KG

Gym personal record

590 on deadlift, paused at top
397 on squat, full depth
315 on bench paused

My meet plan, at the moment it looks like :

1st attempt 350/300/550
2nd attempt all my PR
3rd will depends on how a men I feel,

Last question I don't understand. lol

[DianaB]

Chris,
I always do full squats, just when it gets heavy with the wraps it's harder to gauge the depth, I try and get someone to call for me to be sure. I'll pick you up, early though, I want to weight in as soon as possible.

Swans
I'm in the 60kg class
Won't know how I stack up to the competition until the meet. You never know who is going to show up, but as it is, I'll place first. There has not been any competition is in the Master I 60kg division for a long time. Most women in my age group are either 56kg or in the heavyweights. I'll gauge myself on Wilks totals after the meet to see how competitive I really was.
PBs? = peanut butter?
PRs in the gym
190 squat
220 dead (meet PR, will find out tonight in gym)
110 bench with a long pause, 120 touch and go
It's only 2.5 weeks since my last meet and training time is short, so I expect to have the same squat and bench, and go for a 230 DL.