I seen you at the bar on Friday night - Ouroboro_s

Week 2 day 2

Squat
45-10
135-2x3
170-6x4

Interspersed with sets of band pull aparts to get blood into my shoulder.

Zerchers
135-3x10

Paused bench
45-10
95-4x3
115-2
This was probably more like a one board because I kept the foam on the bar we used for zerchers

Leg raises
3x10

Monday my weight was 126.5 which is normal after a weekend of food truck and fudge related water retention. Yesterday my weight was 123 and today it is 121.5. I’ve lost 5lbs of water in 3 days. All I can think that I’ve done differently is try an new herbal tea. When the weather starts cooling off I like tea before I go to bed; like a sleepytime tea. This week I started a new box of a different brand (PC). It’s camomile, peppermint, lemongrass, spearmint, linden flowers, blueberry leaves, passion flowers and rosebuds. None of those jump out at me as diuretic. I’m going to get Frank to drink it and see if he gets the same effect. If it is, it’s good to know if I’m a bit above weight pre-meet. It would beat the hell out of a water cut.

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I get the same effect from herbal teas but I put it down to the hot water, but I’m just speculating.
You’re a beast btw, I’ll be following along

I would think the same thing except that I drink tea all day long at work even during the summer. I tend not to at home because we don’t have AC. For a long time it was a kick ass oolong tea that I’ve since run out of. Now it’s just orange pekoe.

This is the oolong tea I drank all summer that was delicious. King's 913 Green Ginseng Oolong 3rd Grade

I need to get some more but the size container I had is $54. My husband works at an international school in a residence and students go back home and leave all sorts of stuff. One was an unopened tin of this tea.

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Week 2 Day 3

Sumo Deadlift
135-2x5
227.5-6x5
All beltless except the final set. My back was toasted.

This is the 2nd set:

RDL
135-15
145-15
155-15

DB rows
37-10/side
62-2x10/side

TRX mountain climbers
3x20/side
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My weight was still sitting at 122 this morning. I’m testing the tea by getting both my husband and a coworker to see if it affects them the same way. Alternatively I could just be coming down with something that’s making me dump water.

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Week 3 Day 1

Squat
45-10
135-2x3
170-4x3

Pause Bench
45-10
95-6x5

Banded Bench
65-8
75-2x8

TRX Jackknifes
3x10

BW on Monday morning was 126.5, typical post weekend bloat. BW today was 124.5. We’ll see if I end up as low as last week. I did some cooking on the weekend. For dinner last night, I made a very delicious tourtierre. I haven’t had that in a while.

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Week 3 Day 2

Squat
45-10
135-2x3
170-6x5

Set 5 of 6

Zerchers
135-3x10

Set 2. You can see my ghetto harness. I put an old bench belt around my neck to grab so my arms don’t open. With the pads on the bar, it’s really difficult to keep them pulled up. Someday, I’d love to buy an actual harness

Bench
45-10
95-3x3
105-3
115-2

Leg raises
3x10

bw back down to 123. Tomorrow I’m going for a shingles vaccine. They’ve been advertising a lot for people over 50 to get the vaccine; making it sound as simple as going for a flu shot. It’s not. If you don’t have coverage it can cost $220. Fortunately my benefits cover most of it but it’s far from straight forward like the flu shot.

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That right knee of your likes to travel inside a bit at the sticking point of your squat. Has this ever given you issues?

I think they both track in when I’m fatigued. It’s hard to tell from the video. It’s always been like that. I think it’s my bodies way of compensating for fatigue. I see this more often in people with long legs. I believe it recruits more quad.

We were running through our training very quickly as my husband had to leave for work early. I think we did everything in 45 minutes or less.

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Week 3 Day 3

Sumo Deadlift
135-2x5
227.5-6x6 all beltless. This is the most volume I’ve done in a long time. It turned out just fine when I slowed things down a bit.

RDL
135-15
145-15
155-15

DB rows
37-10/side
62-2x10/side

TRX Mountain climbers
3x20/side

Next week the weight starts going up for deadlift. Things are feeling pretty good so far.

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Week 4 Day 1

Squat
45-10
135-2x3
170-4x3

Paused Bench
45-10
95-6x6

Set 5

Close Grip Bench
75-8
85-2x8

Push ups - weighted
25-3x10

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Week 4 Day 2

Squat
45-10
135-2x3
170-6x6

Bulgarian split squats
20-10/side
50-10/side

Pause Bench
45-10
95-4x3

Leg raises
3x10

BW 122.5. This session was hard. It’s the tail end of the heat wave. I don’t sweat that much typically training but my shirt was soaked. The combination of the volume, heat and humidity was pretty tough. Starting Friday though, volume starts to taper and weights start to rise.

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Week 4 Day 3

Sumo deadlift
135-2x5
225-2
242.5-5x5
All beltless

Snatch grip deadlift
135-3x10

DB rows
62-3x10/side

TRX mountain climbers
3x20/side

TRX push ups
2x5, 10

bw still sitting at 122.5 but deadlifts felt great today. The last two sets were hard but 5x5 for almost double bw is a lot of volume. Next week is 4x4 which will be nice.

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Week 5 Day 1

Squat
45-10
135-2x5
170-4x3

Paused bench
45-5
100-5x5

CG Bench
75-8
85-2x8

Weighted push ups
25-3x11

No training videos but here is a picture of a delicious bourbon bread pudding I made on the weekend.

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Week 5 Day 2

Squat
45-10
135-2x3
165-3
180-5x5
First 4 sets were beltless but I added a belt on the last set.

This is set 4.

Bulgarian split squats
bw-10/side
20-3x10/side

Pause bench
45-5
95-4x3

Leg raise
3x10

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Week 5 Day 3

Deadlift
135-2x5
225-2
255-4x4
First set was beltless but it was too hard for a first set so I threw the belt on. This was set 3

Snatch grip deadlift
135-3x10

DB row
67-3x10/side

TRX mountain climbers
3x20/side

TRX push ups
3x10

Things felt fairly good. Today is my husband and my 5th anniversary. Tomorrow is dinner out. It’s been a great 5 years.

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Probably one of the most solid 50+ y.o women lifter of the world right here

HOOOOOK GRIIIIP!!! I even saw the very beginning of a thumb shake after the set too :smiley:

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That’s right :smile:. I started pulling with a hook about 7 years ago. I’m pretty sure it allows me to pull more. I can roll my shoulders a bit forward and lengthen my reach. However, that can kill me at lock out. Oh well.

Normally I pull the first set with my hands and then use metal hooks for the rest of the sets so they don’t get too chewed up.

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Thanks. That’s really nice to hear (read?). I’ve been doing this for a while and I’m at the point that I’m kind of pleased that I haven’t lost strength yet.