Hi everyone…My name is Emma…some of you have read my other log attempts at various times, both of which i have been hopelessly crap at keeping up to date…
With the new year approaching, I have decided to have another go at this and try to be more reliable in logging all my training and eating progress etc.
History - 36 year old female with long chronic history of not eating enough, lots of stress which a year ago led to an emotional breakdown of sorts and seeing my weight drop back down to below 40kg…this was combined with training too much…
In july this year, i changed gyms and coaches and started to only train 3 times per week, with more of a focus on what was good for me and strength, not what made me feel ‘satisfied’ which was to be run into the ground every session…
Since then, the ups and downs have continued emotionally, but im getting there with lots of help. My body has responded to this type of training and lifting really well, gaining kg’s…I was a womens size 6 and now am at least an 8 in most clothes. The weight I have gained now does not shift easily like it used to…
The rest is long and dramatic and this is a training log, so im going to try to spare you the up and down emotions that i have shared in logs before and leave you with the lifting…which is afterall, the thing i love most in the world…
I love lifting because it brings order to my chaos, it brings confidence and selfworth…I just love it…
So here’s my numbers
BW - dressed in gym gear + shoes 2 days ago = 48.6kg (this is the scales i usually weigh in on)
- stripped down to bikini for comp weigh in 2 weeks ago = 46.3kg
Deadlift - 105kg PB - aiming for 107.5kg+ on new years eve PB smashing session
Squat - 62.5kg PB - aiming for 65kg new years eve
Bench - 37.5kg - aiming to finally push up 40kg on new years…damn sasquatch arms…
Other goal
wide grip pull ups (overhand grip) - currently can do 10-15 assisted with band - aiming for one full dead hang unassisted by new years…would like to do at least 5
So, if you are interested i have posted a couple of ‘get to know me’ vids below of my recent performances…this afternoon, i train and tonight i will come back and log what i did…squats on wednesdays…love squats…love deadlifts more though…lol…
Hope i can do this whole ‘powerful women’ section of the forum justice…there are so many really strong girls here…
(at 2min20 - 92.5kg, 97.5kg and 105kg, fail 115kg national record attempt)
(1st lifter, 3min20 and 7min20)