msuroo Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 4 week challenges are fast, fam. I was never good at naming challenges before, but now I can drop all pretenses. Anyway, hi! Welcome back, or welcome aboard, as the case may be. Here be weightlifting. The usual goals apply - train 3x weekly and don't eat like shit. But I actually have some stuff going on, so new goals! 1) Do my extra credit. J typically gives me some banded stuff (x-band walks, facepulls, pull-aparts) and/or stretches to do, and there's no excuse not to get in a few minutes every day. I've been good for the last week, but let's keep it up for four more, eh? 2) Do some career stuff. This will be an interesting month at work - I just posted for a new position, but regardless of what happens there I need to set some career wheels in motion. More details to come here. 3) Practice photography. I'm a super novice photographer, but I'm enjoying it and want to get better at it. I really need to get the camera out and just shoot more, even if it's just household objects. I'll do my best to share at least one shot a week here, starting with this one of Baby Roo at the park today. This is the best panning shot I've managed to pull off thus far: Well, I think that's it - TTFN! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
CourtnieMarie Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Shiny! I'm in! Quote Instagram | pinterest read harder challenge | Battle Log | NROLFW Challenges: 13-1 | 13-2 | 13-3 | 13-3.5 | 14-1 | 14-2 | 15-1 | 15-2 | 15-3 | 15-4 | 15-5 | 16-1 | 16-2 | 16-3 | 16-4 | 16-5 | 16-6 | 16-7 | 16-8 | 17-1 | 17-2 | 17-3 | 17-4 | 17-5 | 17-6 | 17-7 | 17-8 | 17-9 | 17-10 | 18-1 | 18-2 | 18-3 | 18-4 | 18-5 | 18-6 | 18-7 | 18-8 | 18-9 | 18-10 | 19-1 | 19-2 | 19-3 | 19-4 | 19-5 | 19-6 | 19-7 | current Link to comment
Hermione Gainser Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Panorama gone wrong: But new challenge gone right! 2 Quote "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
Heather D. Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Woo! Weightlifting! Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
raptron Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Roo the teacher's pet. Good! Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
miss_marissa Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hi! Omg baby roo so precious. Is she still doing gymnastics? Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Looking forward to Oly videos! (Cleans ) Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Shiny! I'm in!Hii!Panorama gone wrong: But new challenge gone right!Lol, nice.Woo! Weightlifting!Weightlifting is the best lifting!Roo the teacher's pet. Good!I'm certainly not going to question the lack of squats again, ha. Teach set me straight there.Hi! Omg baby roo so precious. Is she still doing gymnastics? Sent from my D5803 using TapatalkThanks [emoji4]. Out of the 108 billion kids that have ever been born, I got the cutest two. I mean, what are the odds?! Can't be any bias at play here, right? In all seriousness, I do need to make an effort to take more pictures of Lil Roo too, he's getting to that age where he's a little more rascal and a little less cute, and his sister is like the cutest thing *ever*, so it's easy to find myself shooting her more, but that's not fair to him. And yes, both of them still doing gymnastics. Mrs Roo and I were just talking about what else to get them in, because spring is right around the corner and we need to enroll and stuff, but they have a good time at gymnastics and I think it's such a great base for any future athletic endeavors.Looking forward to Oly videos! (Cleans )Ha, clean deadlifts and C&Js both on the menu this week, so stay tuned!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 Gym today!Outside of some walking and biking, I took the weekend off, so feeling pretty fresh today. Squats felt strong, c&j's were sloppy at first but got crisper as they went. Snatch balances were more about working on my footwork, which I felt like was pretty good today. All told, a good session.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 I haven't followed a roo challenge in too long.Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk 1 Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Had a couple beers with some colleagues last night, which was actually pretty valuable towards the "do some career stuff" goal, but not so much for the training, diet, and extra credit goals, ha. Still managed to stay relatively in range on protein and cals yesterday, but didn't do any stretch band work and was feelin' pretty tired this morning. Gym anyway! http://youtu.be/c7uu0a7Rhr8Felt like I had to work extra hard today, possibly because beers. Still got the work done though, so I'll take it I guess. Snatch footwork is the big focus right now, and it wasn't super hot today, but it also wasn't the worst it's ever been, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Everything else felt pretty ok.Didn't have time to do any back or abs, so will try to sneak in a mini sesh tonight.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Also, one thing to note - I've been working on keeping a full grip on the bar during front squats and cleans. This was nigh impossible at first, but I've been slowly working on adding fingers until I could maintain a full grip. Front squats are certainly easier with less fingers (or Cali-style), but this forces you to keep better back posture (one of the main reasons to front squat in the first place). Tl;dr, keep working on that mobility kids! (This includes me, long way to go in the hips and shoulders, ha.) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
AngelaTheGeek Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 HI! 1 Quote 90+ Masters Weightlifter Current Lift PRs Snatch: 93kg/205lb // Clean and Jerk: 113kg/248lb // Back Squat: 170kg/375lb Spoiler 2016 USAW Senior Nationals - 6th place 2015 USAW American Open - 8th place 2015 USAW Senior Nationals - 9th place 2014 USAW Senior Nationals - 9th place 2013 USAW Senior Nationals - 9th place Instagram - MyFitnessPal Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 HI!Hiii! So glad you're here, but real talk, the x-files reboot is terrible .Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Ok, gym today. In which Roo tries to weightlifting but oh no! Seriously, just terrible today. I feel like the Monstars stole my talent. Weights I shouldn't have any problem with, but was really struggling. Had trouble just supporting C&Js overhead, and missed half of my snatches. The ones I did make were super sketch, and with terrible footwork. Squats started to shed some light on the problem - I couldn't keep good posture and kept getting pitched forward. I think my back was still tired from deads on Wednesday. They weren't that many or that heavy, but apparently my back disagrees. Either that or I'm just old. Equally likely. Presses were fine, but yeah, awful session. Need a mulligan on this one. Anyway, enough bitching, happy weekend everyone! Go Panthers! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Trying to understand your chart: Was that 3 sets of 5 Back Squats you did at 110 kg? Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 5 sets of 3. But it was actually 3 sets because awful.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
miss_marissa Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Where are you lifting? That doesn't look like RHOP from other videos you've posted,but I could be imagining that.Lil roo is covering his face! Cmon! Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 There's a Y in my office building where I usually train during the week. Lifting in lbs is a pain in the ass, and the bars all suck, but it sure is convenient.And he's not covering his face, he's dabbing, ha.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Here's one with his face:Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3 Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Lil roo is covering his face! Cmon! MM and Mr. J in 5 years! 1 Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
miss_marissa Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 MM and Mr. J in 5 years!You're funny. 2 Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
AngelaTheGeek Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Hiii! So glad you're here, but real talk, the x-files reboot is terrible .Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk The first two episodes were pretty *meh*, but I actually really enjoyed the recent episode. It was super campy, but that's the X Files I fell in love with in the 90's. What I'm hearing is that we may get a full season out of this. Maybe that will give them time to knock the cobwebs off. Quote 90+ Masters Weightlifter Current Lift PRs Snatch: 93kg/205lb // Clean and Jerk: 113kg/248lb // Back Squat: 170kg/375lb Spoiler 2016 USAW Senior Nationals - 6th place 2015 USAW American Open - 8th place 2015 USAW Senior Nationals - 9th place 2014 USAW Senior Nationals - 9th place 2013 USAW Senior Nationals - 9th place Instagram - MyFitnessPal Link to comment
Flex Luthor Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Late to the party but in for weightlifting awesomeness. 1 Quote "I like you just the way you are" - Mr. Rogers In Br0din's name we gain. Link to comment
msuroo Posted February 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 The first two episodes were pretty *meh*, but I actually really enjoyed the recent episode. It was super campy, but that's the X Files I fell in love with in the 90's. What I'm hearing is that we may get a full season out of this. Maybe that will give them time to knock the cobwebs off.I had heard that, but didn't give it that long. I actually almost turned it off when Scully was like "did you see that thing on the net?" Don't get me wrong, I ride for 90s x-files, but in the age of shows like Mr Robot, you've gotta be better than that, ha. Late to the party but in for weightlifting awesomeness.Lol, was already feeling weak today. You're not helping. (But srsly, hey there!) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
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