Morrigainz Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 So! It's that time again, already. I was going to name this challenge "Mir gets jacked and swole" but Bigm came up with this in chat and I thought it sounded more awesomer. Goals! 1. Eat to perform (I think) - doing some research on this now and this weekend. No more cutting. I realized that it will be easier for me to cut and actually have some success if I build MOAR muscles. So, that's the plan. Grading scheme and stats to come. (+2 CHA for dem gunz and dat ass) 2. Pick that shit up, dammit - I want a 200# deadlift. I've been wanting it for over a year, and I think I'm getting close. At SSS, I *almost* had 185, and yesterday I did 145 for 10. According to ExRx, my current 1RM is 193. If I'm eating right, I think this should be doable. (+4 STR)200+ = A195+ = B190+ = C185+ = Dless than 185 = F(side note: does this sound reasonable?) Get that goddamned pullup - yep. Bringing this one back. I'm so close. And I'm doing a LOT more pulling work (and just ordered a pullup bar to grease the groove at home) so I really think this is possible. I just remembered that I have some resistance bands at home, and I was able to do 3 pullups (2 with black band, 1 with blue band, not consecutive, on I-bar which OW! hurt my hands). So let's shoot for the stars, shall we?2+ consecutive pullups = A2 non-consecutive (but within a short span) = B1 pullup = Cnose to bar = Dno progress = F 3. Booze goal. Same as last challenge. None during the week. BUT! This time. I'm making it a goal I'm almost certain to fail - because I'm adding the caveat that I do not drink more than my husband. I believe this will be graded subjectively. (+5 CON) 4. Gah life goal. Gah why do I suck at life. I have so many things I need to work on, I can't decide. I have options of showering every morning before work, spending time with Mr. MirGSS, remembering to take meds every day, cleaning house, doing yardwork...ugh. I will decide later. Need MOAR coffee. UPDATED 4. GO TO WORK EVERY DAY. Every day. I mean, every day that I'm scheduled to. Yup. This one is going to suck and probably be a large fail. Graded on percentage of days I make it to work. (+4 WIS) EDIT! Changed up life goal because this is what I said I was going to do for this challenge like a week ago and I kind of forgot until just now. Also made pullup and DL one goal because I wanted to add in something else which I forget what that is right now. I may make it either water or running. EDIT #2! I remembered I wanted a booze goal redux. Sigh. Why do I do these things that make me cry. 1 Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
cline Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 I <3 you MIr. I love your goals. Be nice to Mr. Mir! (don't break him, either!) I'll be ETP too. So we're in it together! And that pullup? Yup. You'll get it this challenge fo sho. 1 I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
cline Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 2. Pick that shit up, dammit - I want a 200# deadlift. I've been wanting it for over a year, and I think I'm getting close. At SSS, I *almost* had 185, and yesterday I did 145 for 10. According to ExRx, my current 1RM is 193. If I'm eating right, I think this should be doable. What is this site? Never seen or heard of.... damn. another time waster at work.... It better say I'm awesome. 1 I AM going the distance 'Cause all I wanna do is go the distance. Nobody's ever gone the distance with Creed, and if I can go that distance, you see, and that bell rings and I'm still standin', I'm gonna know for the first time in my life, see, that I weren't just another bum from the neighborhood. Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted May 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 I'm trying to be nice to him! But he has to be nice to me too. I'm sure it will say you are awesome. Because you are awesome. Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
The Tin Man Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Mir...getting strong! I like it! The Tin Man: Cyborg Ranger Tin Man's Out of Date Epic Quest I am what I do. Link to comment
Strawberry Squatcake Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 200lb deadlift. Gotta get a pump. Get swole, brosta. <--bro sista. Shape-Shifting Ginger Current Battle Log 2" washers for smaller weight increases Link to comment
jdanger Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Just remember, the squat will drive the deadlift. Also, don't know if you saw this one but it was timed pretty well considering your recent experience with the PL guy. http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2013/05/29/west-of-westside/ Eat. Sleep. High bar squat. | Strength is a skill, refine it. Follow my Weightlifting team's antics: Instagram | Facebook | Youtube Looking for a strength program? Check out The Danger Method and remember to do your damn abs Link to comment
SevenFootGeek Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Man, you warriors. Making a monk feel like he's gotta lift more. You got this, Mir. That 200 lb DL is totally within your reach. Half-Giant Monk current challenge "Promote yourself, but do not demote another." Yisroel Salanter Link to comment
BlackWidowEowyn Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 I've been following the eat to perform program for about about 2 months ... and I'm really starting to feel the results! (DL and BS pr by 15lbs, Murph time -6 minutes... I could go on and on. These are just this week!)Absolutely you'll get that 200 DL BlackWidowEowynLvl 6 Hobbit Assassin"Obstacles can't stop you, problems can't stop you. Most of all, other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you. " – J. Gitomer"A vision of a champion is someone who is bent over drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching. "– Anson DorranceMy kick in the Pants, #1, #2, #3, #4, #5@missmajachere Link to comment
Hermione Gainser Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Mir getting swole! "I'm just going to remember to not eat like an asshole most of the time" - MoC three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: one must squat.- Brobert Frost Half-Elf Warrior | Current Challenge New Battle Log | Old Battle Log Special thanks to AkLulu for drawing my awesome avatar! Link to comment
nightlight Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 stalkity stalk stalk stalk. also, what's this not going to work thing? i don't understand. "Come with me if you want to lift" -The Brominator "Later, I would learn that coincidences are the most planned things in the world. Later, I would learn that every single moment is a coincidence." - Douglas Coupland "Anyone who doesn't want french fries every day is a commie." - AngelaTheGeek Current Challenge INSTAGRAM!! find me on twitter Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted May 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 stalkity stalk stalk stalk. also, what's this not going to work thing? i don't understand.<3 stalking. I have a hard time making it to work every day. I tend to call off once every two weeks or so. Which is ridiculous. So I have worked here for almost 5 months and have not even 1 day's worth of sick time right now. I don't know why I suck at going to work. I just do. Sigh. Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Just remember, the squat will drive the deadlift. Also, don't know if you saw this one but it was timed pretty well considering your recent experience with the PL guy. http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2013/05/29/west-of-westside/^This. Squat your ass off (or on?) and you'll get the DL. Totally reachable. That article is awesome, read it yesterday, Dan Green is my new PL hero. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 <3 stalking. I have a hard time making it to work every day. I tend to call off once every two weeks or so. Which is ridiculous. So I have worked here for almost 5 months and have not even 1 day's worth of sick time right now. I don't know why I suck at going to work. I just do. Sigh. I used to do this too, eventually I stopped due to not feeling like having Wifey yell at me. She wants my sick time (I can transfer a bunch of it to her) for maternity leave eventually and doesn't want me wasting it staying home and playing video games. Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
bigm141414 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Sick time? WTS is this? I have so much vacay time it is ridic. I'd transfer it to you (for a nominal fee of course) if I could. "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to comment
MasterOfCows Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 SQUEE!! Awesome challenge. You'll get that 200 DL for sursies! 1st Challenge 2nd Challenge 3rd Challenge 4th Challenge - if you can call it that 5th Challenge 6th Challenge 7th Challenge Battle Log Link to comment
Brometheus Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hey you! Yes, you're awesome! I expect you to rip those deadlifts off the floor! Oh, and no slacking at work. Show up. Be awesome. Link to comment
PrincessHeather Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 200# DL.... *drools* "On Wednesdays we SQUAT"www.healthyprincessblog.wordpress.comCurrent Challenge | Coconut Oil is Magic | My Fitness Origins | My Epic Quest for Happily Ever After Link to comment
weirdquark Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Go get that 200lb deadlift; gotta get that bicep work in if you're gonna be swole. I lift heavy things. Current Challenge Between Challenges Workout Log Sassafrass: a capella folk fantasy mythology Link to comment
scotticus Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 200# seems pretty reasonable for the deadlifts. So much so that I'm thinking Maybe you should go kickstarter style and include stretch goals of 205, 210, and 215... Link to comment
Brometheus Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 200# seems pretty reasonable for the deadlifts. So much so that I'm thinking Maybe you should go kickstarter style and include stretch goals of 205, 210, and 215... This. I demand kickstarter goals! Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted May 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hmmm, you guys are tempting me. So let's say I had that 185 (still waiting for video Bigs!! sorry I am impatient) - is it reasonable, if I'm eating to perform, to add 30 lbs to DL in 6 weeks? Hmmm. Hmmmmmmm. Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
bigm141414 Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hmmm, you guys are tempting me. So let's say I had that 185 (still waiting for video Bigs!! sorry I am impatient) - is it reasonable, if I'm eating to perform, to add 30 lbs to DL in 6 weeks? Hmmm. Hmmmmmmm. Ugh I guess I could upload it from my work laptop, but then it won't be all nice and processed. "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to comment
weirdquark Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Hmmm, you guys are tempting me. So let's say I had that 185 (still waiting for video Bigs!! sorry I am impatient) - is it reasonable, if I'm eating to perform, to add 30 lbs to DL in 6 weeks? Hmmm. Hmmmmmmm. Maybe? I added about 25lbs to my deadlift in six weeks near the beginning of the year (or at least I failed to lift 175 around week five of my program, easily lifted 185 in week twelve and then the next week went for a 1RM and pulled 200) but that was after totally stalling for pretty much the entire year before that. Not sure if I was finally eating enough or if it was the style of programming or if it was just time for my deadlift to move. I lift heavy things. Current Challenge Between Challenges Workout Log Sassafrass: a capella folk fantasy mythology Link to comment
Morrigainz Posted May 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Ugh I guess I could upload it from my work laptop, but then it won't be all nice and processed. You can always process it and make it pretty later Was I really that close? Do YOU think I have +200 in me? Level ? Half-Dwarf/Half-Amazon Warrior STR:21.25 STA:15 DEX: 10.95 CON: 14 WIS:15.5 CHA:17 SWOLE BUCKS: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Link to comment
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