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Sontaikle ... that is an impressive deadlift! I HATE deadlifts and have been avoiding them ... bad I know! Your post makes me wonder what my bench press is, I haven't really done that in about 6 years! Right now I'm squatting with sets of 170lbs and leg pressing 290 in my sets. My "max" in high-school on the bench press was 155lbs, but of course that was only doing it once!
I haven't worked out in a WEEK ahhh. I was out of town over the weekend and I've moved to a new place so I need a new gym. I got up at 5:45am this morning to walk to the nearest one, only to realize it was more of a cross-fit studio ... no real machines/weights/treadmills. So I guess I'll have to join the one that is a little further! Flashfacts - I'm really concerned about form as well, which is why I avoid deadlifts ... I feel like I'm always risking my back! I need to start taking classes that do plyometrics because I'm training for a tough mudder, but I also feel like my knees are hurting! Part of the problem is how uncoordinated I am though. :-) Being a clutz and plyometric/crossfit workouts are a hard mix! |
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Weight training class last night. We did some great stuff and I'm a little stiff this morning which means tomorrow I will wake up sore. :)
flashfacts - welcome to the thread! I can understand being apprehensive. A few weeks ago I did a deadlift wrong and my back was messed up for a few days. I found that going online and looking at videos of people doing things correctly really helped, but I've learned a lot from my weight training class. I do lower the weight and up the reps when I do things that require a spot but I don't have one (my gym really isn't designed for all the lifting I do, so to do a bench press I actually grab some steps on lay on those, :lol:). I know that if I can do 15-20 reps with the weights I listed for BP, OHP and Squats then I can really go quite a bit higher. I've actually lifted things that are heavier than all of that just when I'm out and about. LovelyAndLosing - So funny, I LOVE deadlifts but I am super cautious ever since I messed up one a few weeks ago and hurt my back. I am envious of your numbers!! You are a strong lady! sumire - Are you doing NROL or another program? |
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Man I need to amp up my bottom-half lifting (right now I uhh don't really do any)!
sontaikle, sumire, thanks for the compliments - I guess since most people at my gym are extremely beefy boxers and MMA fighters, my expectations are skewed. I had a "bad" lifting day yesterday - I just felt kind of sore and weak and pathetic and struggled to complete 3 x 8 of the regimen I did Monday. I sit in a chair all day and do a max of 45 minutes cardio most days, so I doubt I need to be eating more (intake is usually ~1300 of "real food" and 100-200 of "other"). Have any of you figured this out? |
*sontaikle* - I was a competitive weightlifter in high school. I actually placed (6th) in the state my senior year. Although, then, I was about 124lbs so my body was a lot tighter than it is now! haha.
*Krampus* - I love gyms with beefy boxers, etc. haha ... I'm sad that I left Arlington and now am in DC, because I can't go to Gold's anymore! I'm worried at a gym with less "meat-heads," I will get odd looks when I'm squatting, etc. at high weight! |
This is my first week of working out. OK soo I saw like a 3-4 lb increase on the scale. I guess thats normal when you do strength training? its just interesting to see such an increase because I usually only have a 2 lb difference at the end of hte day, and that is with all the food I ate, unless its TOM and I carb-binged.
My bottom half is sore and someone yelled at me in the train, but I don't care, I actually went ahead and did my work outs! also, I had a terrible first time experience taking bcaas-branched chain amino acids. But today, I actually didn't mind drinking it as much so over time I think that I will get more and more used to it. |
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My gym is the opposite of Gold's...worn down facility, barebones equipment, think all the meatheads from Gold's, but below the poverty line and wearing street clothes. |
OMG you guys... I don't have time to read but I had to share my ridiculous gym story.
I was feeling pretty good yesterday morning. Banged out a run pretty quick and got overconfident. I managed to unrack the 100 lb barbell and get it up on my shoulders. Was a little shaky but decided to go for a squat. Down down down downnnnn oops. I ended up a$$ to the grass and STUCK. My gym is a rec center. The only people there early on a Sat. morning were 80 year old women walking the indoor track. Looking at me. Sheist. I contemplated for quite some time. Gave the glare of death to the "Do not drop weights" sign, wondered if I could waddle over to the bench for leverage, wondered what would happen if I sat on the ground with this monstrocity still on my shoulders... Finally, caught my breath and was able to push it back up, after what seemed like 4 hours. Ermmm I think I'll switch to hack squats, or dumbells. I dropped a note in the suggestion box. "For my personal safety, PLEASE get a squat rack!!!!" Tragedy narrowly averted. Be careful everyone! :D And also... OMG MY A$$ hurts!!! |
I bought NROL4W the other day and I am super excited to get into the program, both the lifting and the eating!
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I'm in the military and I LOVE my dirty little piece of crap deployed gyms! Right now I am out of town on a business trip and I have to work out at a Golds and I HATE IT!! No chalk, no bumper plates, DBs only up to 75 pounds, 1 KB up to 35 lbs... what am I supposed to do with that crap?! :mad: I can relate because I totally get stares from the old men and crabby women in the gym when I'm tossing around heavy weights and doing upwards of 75 pullups... I had to tell someone today that "It's rude to stare!" Ugh, only 3.5 more weeks and I get to go home to MY gym! :carrot: |
75 pullups, dear lord.
You are AMAZING JossFit! I love your quarter sleeve <3 |
Who can tell me a bit more about the NROL for Women? Does it have training plans? Do you need the gym equipment to do it our could you use it with dumbells and a barbell at home?
As you all might have read I am struggling with keeping up with the lifting. Mostly because I feel like it's not really going anywhere. With running or cardio I know what I am doing, and what it looks like when I amd doing it right (heartrate, distance, breathing etc). I feel like I need a dummy "how to guide" that just tells me to do this and that for this and that long and approx this amount of weight. You ladies kick a$$$ I am impressed! |
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And thank you for the compliment! It actually goes all the way around my arm so it's a 1/2 sleeve. ;) |
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Just something to think about...you don't have to do it expertly or perfectly for results to happen! |
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