Heather D. Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Story time!! I took a break last challenge because LIFE. I went on vacation to Texas, lounged a lot, and generally just de-stressed and it was awesome. I started training again when I came back home but it was very sporadic and my heart wasn't into it. And suddenly, something changed. I signed up for a random meet that someone I know was hosting to try and get his top female lifter to qualify for nationals. You need a minimum of 6 lifters per session to have an officially sanctioned USAW meet, so I signed up mostly to help them out. The meet happened this past Saturday the 26th, and ho boy. It was the best goddamn meet I've ever done. I normally compete as a 58kg lifter, but decided to not cut for this meet and weighed in a solid 59.6, putting me in the next weight class up (63). Snatches were 3/3 at 51/54/57. I NEVER SNATCHED 57 IN A COMPETITION EVER. Even before my shoulder surgery. I completely blew away my expectations for the snatch and came out feeling amazing. Clean and jerks I went 2/3 with 65/68/70x. I almost had the 70 - the clean was easy but the jerk I left out in front. I ended up with a 125 total, better than any meet I've ever done. I came home from that meet with a renewed sense of confidence and drive. Which leads me to my challenge. I've started training again this week, right back into it. I'm testing out a program for some folks, and they require a lot of feedback, so my challenge really only has two goals: 1) DO. NOT. SKIP. TRAINING. Go train. Do my lifts. Take notes. Be as thorough as possible when dissecting this program, because it will likely end up benefiting a lot of people in the future. 2) EAT. YOUR. FOOD. If I don't eat enough, I will not recover from this program. I will need every calorie and every gram of carbohydrates I am allowed to make it through 4 more weeks of this program. That's it. Eat, train, take notes. Do it all. Get strong. I'm doing another meet at the end of May, and I am DETERMINED to finally snatch over bodyweight, and total 130 or more. I CAN DO IT. 5 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Haikoo Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 By the power of Eternia! You got this That's awesome about the meet! No stress Heather is awesome! Quote STR 7.2 | DEX 3.5 | STA 5.8 | CON 8.4 | WIS 5.55 | CHA 5.5 Most Recent Challenge Link to comment
spezzy Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 1 Quote Current Challenge - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to comment
maigrey Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Jem, she's truly outrageous! ... oh, wrong 80s cartoon. But you ARE truly outrageous! Quote Battle Log of AwesomeCurrent Challenge: maigrey goes MAD ..isonPrevious Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4(ish), 5(ish), 6(ish), 7(ish), 8(ish) Link to comment
wildross Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 yeah!! Older lifters unite! Quote Warriors don't count reps and sets. They count tons. My psychologist weighs 45 pounds, has an iron soul and sits on the end of a bar Tally Sheet for 2019 Encouragement for older members: Chronologically Blessed Group; Encouragement for newbie lifters: When we were weaker Link to comment
Heather D. Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 24 minutes ago, Haikoo said: By the power of Eternia! You got this That's awesome about the meet! No stress Heather is awesome! One of my eventual goals is to make every meet No Stress! Or at least as little as possible! 22 minutes ago, spezzy said: 2 minutes ago, maigrey said: Jem, she's truly outrageous! ... oh, wrong 80s cartoon. But you ARE truly outrageous! 2 minutes ago, wildross said: yeah!! Older lifters unite! Masters rule!!! 2 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
msuroo Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Masters weightlifting 4lyfe! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Challenge thread Link to comment
Heather D. Posted April 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I decided to add another goal to my challenge. I guess it's part of the "eat your food" thing. I will be eating my food, especially my carbs, but I will be cutting out some calories via fats to try and get back down to my competition weight earlier than later. Because crash dieting right before a meet sucks. LET'S DO THIS THING!!!! 2 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Thrillho Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 The power of pizza compels you...! 2 Quote The cancer was aggressive, but the chemotherapy was aggressive, as well. There was aggression on both sides. Link to comment
Wufkar Posted April 5, 2016 Report Share Posted April 5, 2016 Food is good. must eats. Quote Current Challenge: Wufkar Stops Making Excuses ------------------------------------------------------ Link to comment
Heather D. Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 On April 4, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Thrillho said: The power of pizza compels you...! Cowabunga! On April 5, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Wufkar said: Food is good. must eats. Must eat everything (that I'm allowed as part of my meal plan but that's besides the point). Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 How did I miss this until now??? In for lifting and carbs! 2 Quote Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 You can do the thing! So exciting! Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
Heather D. Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 I am doing the thing well so far! Diet has been ON POINT and I've already dropped a ton of water weight. Training has been spot on, except I shifted today's training until tomorrow because today was super crappy weather wise and I needed a bit of a rest after 3 days in a row. MUST KEEP THIS UP. 2 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Heather D. Posted April 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2016 I LOVE LIFTING. That is all. Carry on. 2 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Heather D. Posted April 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2016 The grind continues. So far I've been on point with training, and about 80% on point with my diet. Weekends are a bit more difficult because everything is so ad-hoc. During the week I have portions and meals and a schedule and everything is ready to go. Gotta make a better effort for weekends. My legs are tired and require sleep now. The rest of me could probably use it, too, but my legs more than anything. 1 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Jord Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 The grind continues. So far I've been on point with training, and about 80% on point with my diet. Weekends are a bit more difficult because everything is so ad-hoc. During the week I have portions and meals and a schedule and everything is ready to go. Gotta make a better effort for weekends. My legs are tired and require sleep now. The rest of me could probably use it, too, but my legs more than anything. Weekends are definitely rough. For me it's not just that it is ad hoc, but that I am hot home, near alllllll the foods. Whereas during the week I spend enough time doing things like being at work where I'm away from food or too busy to eat mindlessly. I'll be joining you this weekend trying to shape up on those weekend habits. 1 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted April 13, 2016 Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 1) DO. NOT. SKIP. TRAINING. Go train. Do my lifts. Take notes. Be as thorough as possible when dissecting this program, because it will likely end up benefiting a lot of people in the future. 2) EAT. YOUR. FOOD. If I don't eat enough, I will not recover from this program. I will need every calorie and every gram of carbohydrates I am allowed to make it through 4 more weeks of this program. Goal 1 makes Goal 2 possible! Checking in and saying hi! <--------two days away from signing up for first Olympic meet. Ever. Cut that down to six hours if whipped. 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
Heather D. Posted April 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2016 Two more weeks of my training program, then 4 weeks of meet peaking. I had a bit of a tired day on Saturday so I couldn't finish my workout. My diet has been maybe around 80%, but overall I'm still at a net weight loss so that's good. This week is my heaviest week yet, and next week will be my deload week. I cannot wait. I also decided I wanted to get a new singlet, because I was only kind of happy with the ones I have. And I think I love this one. 2 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Heather D. Posted April 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Holy crap. Volume today. Legs ded. Managed to do a ton of squats today. Sets of 10, 11, 10 at 160lbs (72.5kg). I need my carbs now k thx bai. Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted April 19, 2016 Report Share Posted April 19, 2016 Like this? 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
Heather D. Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Like this? YES EXACTLY LIKE THAT. Today was shoulders shoulders and more shoulders. Volume jerks, overhead press and chin-ups. Still cranking through the heaviest week of this program and I really hope I get through it all. Deload next week is going to be amazing. 2 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
RedStone Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Late to the game, no longer a lurker! Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Heather D. Posted April 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 Jerks from today. I think this was my second set of 4. 1 Quote Twitter | FB | Instagram Link to comment
Wufkar Posted April 20, 2016 Report Share Posted April 20, 2016 All the jerks! Jerks for days! 1 Quote Current Challenge: Wufkar Stops Making Excuses ------------------------------------------------------ Link to comment
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