[quote]twojarslave wrote:
Thanks. You’re a seriously badass lady.
My girl is sorta coming around about the whole process, but I’ve sorta stopped talking about it all the damn time too. Not driving her crazy with a bunch of jibber-jabber about deadlifting and squatting that she doesn’t relate to at all was probably a good move on my part. I also got in a little 'rassling type of scuffle with a cracked-out drunk last week, came out on top and I think that sort of flipped some switch in her.
“Keep lifting those weights”, she said on the ride home.
I’ll take it.
You and I may share the distinction of being the least tan people in our respective workout log sections. Fucking pale-ass Yankees looking like we live in caves, which is not too far off the mark this year. I don’t know about you, but I am ready for some sun and warmth. [/quote]
Glad to hear she’s appreciating some of the fringe benefits! Nice job diffusing what could always be an ugly situation at the bar. My devoted husband wasn’t always pumped about all my extracurriculars. I explained that I didn’t need him to participate in those things, just pretend to be excited if I’m proud of something I did. Once he saw how crushing goals changed my attitude about life his pride and excitement became genuine. He really is Mr. Wonderful, I don’t mean to make him sound like a douche. He just didn’t understand at first. Now that I’m building a home gym, he wants me to write him a program. Awesome.
5/14/2014
Rest day. Thank you, Jesus. I can’t remember the last time my body was so wrecked all over. Felt like I’d been in a car accident. Brutal.
5/15/2014
Fantastic day. Got out of work early, found a four leaf clover, had a great workout, ate a big ribeye, drank some beers. Solid living right there, folks.
Squat (superset w/lateral hip swings x10/side)
bar x 10 ATG (warm-up)
95 x 5 ATG
115 x 5 ATG
135 x 5 ATG
155 x 3 ATG
185 x 3 competition depth
Dips (superset w/weighted hammie slider curl 38# x8)
4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Stiff-legged deficit DL (standing on plate)
95 x 6
115 x 6
135 x 6
155 x 6
I’m going to start calling those ‘stificits’
Stiffies were supersetted w/SA DB row
30’s x 8
35’s x 6 x 2
40’s x 6
Conditioning: Ladder of treadmill hill sprints
10% incline
intervals: 10 sec, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10
rest periods: the same as the preceeding sprint.
speed: 9mph, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9
Also, the home gym is shaping up to be a strongman gym. It’s what I originally wanted to train for when I started but due to accessibility and a desire to have a solid strength base built first I chose powerlifting. I have several pieces of equipment in the works (farmers handles, an axle, and a log) and I’m going to attempt to make a 12" atlas stone this weekend using a method I dreamed up myself. We’ll see how that ends. I’m psyched.
