Hello, ladies!
Been missing you all. Looks like the same old suspects still hitting it hard in the gym and getting stronger and fitter.
The update from here, I'll try to keep it short (haha):
Signed myself up for a 50 mile ultramarathon run June 4, so have been training for that, while keeping up with the Crossfit and strongman training. Also signed myself up for the strongman/CF competition at my gym in the fall (went ahead and paid my entry so I don't end up like last year where I trained and wanted to compete, then had no work and couldn't spare the entry fee...doh!).
Been running and working out harder than ever, but then I'm hungrier than ever, so must be over-eating or too many calories somewhere, cuz I'm just sitting about 175-180 lbs..grr! Trying to dial in the diet and just ignore the hungries..some days I win, some I don't, but I'll keep on fighting for it. I could really, really benefit from dropping 15-20 lbs before that frickin 50 mile run!
Lifting Stuff:
Been having a weekly smackdown with my trainer's wife, doing one max lift, usually for a 1RM if we're feeling it that day. Got a DL
PR @253, Back Squat 3RM
PR @170, 1RM @175 when we did Steinborn lifts. Overhead stuff, plus cleans and snatches are still pretty weak comparatively, but the shoulder's been staying healthy, so those are slowly coming back. Been working the Strongman stones, got a
PR loading the 175# stone, which was a 2011 goal, now working the 200#, got that one in my lap and stood up with it, but couldn't get it high enough on my chest to load it. Soon, though, soon!
CF stuff:
Been helping out some when my trainer is gone, running the wod so his wife can run the On Ramp classes or just when she needs a break. Took the Oly Lifting cert with Coach B at our gym recently. It was super fun, great trainers, Coach B is a hoot...a few of us went to Starbucks and to dinner at my trainer's house Saturday night, it was fun. Todd W started up a CFKids program at our gym, and I've been helping out with that. Couldn't pass up a chance to work with Todd...he's an awesome coach and one of the best people you could hope to meet. Not sure yet if I'll be a good kids trainer, but I'm having fun so far and have a little time to think about it before the kids' cert in May.
Home stuff:
My boy is 14. Some days I want to kill him, other days he seems like his old, happy, helpful self.
Jealous of all the house painting and pretty colors. I'm still living with white walls. Would love to take some time and money out to spiff up the old place this summer. I also have nice little daydreams about summer weather, a trimmed up yard, and nothing to do but cookout or sit by a nice little fire in the fire pit. Yeah, probably not gonna happen, but a girl can dream!
Next weekend a couple of guys from our gym are fighting at a community college up north, one MMA fight and one Muy Thai (thai boxing) fight, respectively. A couple of us went last month to watch them, my first time, and I loved it! There were a couple of girl bouts and the girls were awesome, much more aggressive and fun to watch than the guys, lol. So, we're going again, planning to go out to eat some evil burgers first, then watch the fight.
I think that's all the news from here. I'll try to remember to check in more often.
As soon as you mention cable with I"m assuming a weight stack...it's clear. I was picturing dumb bells with more of a bulgarian split squat movement. 
If it's a bust you'll all hear me curse the moment it dries. I still have a few weeks to test the colors.
But, at least I'm standing up now and not falling all over the place. I'm also pushing through the heel more productively. This exercise is really my bete noir. How I can do squats with 40 pounds and have trouble with this one is very irritating. But, I'm learning.
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Remember to keep your shoulders squared and abs tight. Some exercises still haunt me. 
