My ramblings, the endless journey

Clean and press 5x3 87lbs x3
Worked on clean form kept the same weight as week before. Marginal improvement at best.

 

Deadlift: 1x5 ramped up 137 lbs x5, 157 lbs X5, 177lbs x 5, 192 X 5 working set

212 x5 PB!!!! suck on that ripped (and I mean that in the nicest possible way)

Rows: 3x8 87 lbs X 8

Yeah and last night my friends were at my house and we were waiting to leae for the concert and I was like... umm you guys don't mind if I lift because you see I am having a little competition with an online stranger, and I have to do these lifts tonight, otherwise It will screw up EVERYTHING, and she is too close for me to skip. Yeah so my friends know about you too.

Damn it I went to to edit my message and I maked it Helpful by accident I can't get rid of it.....


ARGHHHH!

BAh! I'm about to do deads shooting for 205 you strong bastard!

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Nice with the 205 ripped!!!! I see you got it.


Ok this week is all F'ed up.

I had to skip wed. lift... I was at work for 13 hours, meetings and a big project  need to be here for. Otherwise i would have lifted in the morning, but I was in at like 8 am not out til 9.


Thursday

Kung fu, fight night and forms. I did ok I got hit really, really hard in the thigh... It is all cramped up, and then had forms class, which was challanging, because I had half a charley horse in my leg, for the whole thing. It really affected my low stance, feet changes, and kicks.

tonight should be a kung fu night... however I need to lift, and I don't think that is happening, either. Work i needed to be in early and stay late. the Rob Hazard funeral is at my church, I need to run sound, for it...  I'm not qualified to run sound for music, and you know, Joan Jet, the Hooters, the Everley brothers will all be attending, maybe even Cindy Lauper. And other 80's stars... I won't get out til 9, at the earliest. Not to mention my thigh, which is still all cramped. So now I am behind.

I will try to some how catch up this weekend...


BAHHHH!

dam hardway,

who the hell kicked you? Bas rutten himself? haha thats quite a kick if your still feeling it. I've never been kicked that hard, yet i also block most kicks.

good luck with the funeral, sounds like its gonna be quite a turn out.

Adam

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HAHA, Samurai, yeah I think i pretty much walked into the kick, trying to attack. I need to get my legs out of the way... Pablo, pablo f'ed my leg all up... It is still a signifiacant problem even today.

So friday night was a total wash, ended up being a 14 hour day. To my surprise it went just perfectly, no one was aware of the "sound" at all which means I did exactly what I was supposed to do. Amazing since we didn't get a sound check in first, and I don't do sound for music, but I mixed it just right, go figure?? And the stupid Minister, told me he was using 1 mic (read channel), and then changed his mind last minute and used a different one, and I can't see him from the sound board, and he knows it, dumb ass, still was perfect.

Saturday was just recouperation. I should have gone to open studio and didn't, should have lifted didn't. My leg was still really affecting me. couldn't even half squat down, like to pick something up of the floor. I couldn't sleep on my stomach, because the pressure hurt my thigh too badly. Even after stretch massaging linimenting, ect, it was way stiff, I went for a walk to the store, and then a restaurant, and it still wouln't work it self out.

Sunday, did a modified work out. It is feeling better, almost have my range of motion back.

Did not do overhead squats, no way, no how.

So it went like this. I stuck with my light day # sets 15 reps

Push press (shouldn't have even done thew push, should have done military or OH  press instead, but wanted to engage my quads even if it was limited)  52 lbs X 15

Bench press 32 lbs  X 15 (getting there)

romanian Deadlifts 102 lbs x 15 (almost went with good mornings, but I just didn't  go down quite as far as I usually do

Pull ups negatives 1 x 10 1 x 9 1x 8

Feeling better but not great today, I am worried about front squats tomorrow

And wednessdays Deads scheduled for 217

All righty, Fu was fine, thigh is really loosening back up. calf is still a residuale problem, didn't even mention that one here (HAHA), I got to get better at not getting beat up. I can't wait till I lose some of my nerve sensitivity, that has already begun in my forearms, they can take a much harder beating with out troubling me afterward.

Have to start working harder on my new forms,  I worked 5 elements a little, and I was painfully slow and awkward with it, especially the leg changes for the 5 kick sequences. It will come if I work it.


It's a front squat night... we will see how my friend thigh wants to cooperate, I might need to go for a ride before I lift for a warm up, as after my ride to work or wherever, it really loosenens up.

Front squat 5x 3 97 lbs X 3 (kept it the same, as last week, i still colaps if I go as low as in my video, should start adding core work fer sure)


Bench press: 3x5 46 lb dumbbells X 5 well at least I uped it a pound each hand

Power clean:5x3 97 lbs x 3 better, felt light this week instead of heavy last week

Thigh back to normal just in time for fight night on Thursday.


For any one following my journal.... Question?

When I get my pull closer to correct on my cleans, I often either come very close to hitting my knee cap, or actually do hit it.

So that would make me believe I start moving at my hips to soon, sound right to you guys?

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Front squat 5x 3 97 lbs X 3 (kept it the same, as last week, i still colaps if I go as low as in my video, should start adding core work fer sure)


Bench press: 3x5 46 lb dumbbells X 5 well at least I uped it a pound each hand

Power clean:5x397 lbs x 3 better, felt light this week instead of heavy last week

Thigh back to normal just in time for fight night on Thursday.


For any one following my journal.... Question?

When I get my pull closer to correct on my cleans, I often either come very close to hitting my knee cap, or actually do hit it.

So that would make me believe I start moving at my hips to soon, sound right to you guys?

You know if you're going to clean 397 you might as well do 405..slacker..

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I'll fix my typo, wanna answer my question, smarty pants???

Well, I had a good class, my form spar partner was Dan. I was warned about sparring with Dan, (I am talking about free spar). I have watched him fight before, I clearly  understood why I was warned.

But, for form spar, I have always wanted to work with him. He is one of the guys who i though didn't like me, so when he choose me i was delighted.

He helped me a lot, when it came to a few applications, 3 specifically that I have trouble with, tiger front kick, rope technique, and palm strike.

oh, to my surprise we had a 5 minute free spar at the end (GULP).

I honestly have to say, I am thankful I am a girl and he was worried that he was hitting me to hard. He checked first to make sure I had actually do free spar, and I do.  DAMN,. He kicks scare the **** out of me. In forms he kicks higher than my head (he is tall and sturdy, in good very shape). I went with my I don't wanna be kicked so I'll come in strategy... mistake, he is grabby. I have bruises up and down my arms, not from blocking but from, him grabbing my arms. He bloodied my lip, and damaged my other thigh, just as last weeks injury had ceased to be a problem.

Also if you take his high kicks away, he does the low short kicks I like so  much. My ankles are just destroyed.  And the way he blocked my kicks, was so powerful, he could throw me just by raising his leg and catching mine.... actually did throw me once like that.

I dropped him once though, so bite me Dan!! . That 5 minute fight left me the most winded I have ever been in kung fu.

He was really worried he hurt me. I am glad it was on his mind. Although we fully discussed our fight after, and then again after we changed. I should have been punching him harder (I don't know how hard I hit), he pulled his more so than if he was fighting a more experianced guy, but not by any great stretch, and not much more than if he was fighting a guy, with my experiance level.

Great tonight is fight night proper. I hope I can walk after wars, and tomorrow is deadlift day, I don't want to be set back in my progress on those.

Thursday night fights....

Free spared with Chris, a friend of mine, for the first time. He had already injured his right leg, so he had to lead with his left, made him slower and less agile. That was good for me. He said for my fourth spar night I am doing very well. He taught me what to do when I catch a kick, how to throw someone when you have their leg.

Second fight... grudge match against Pablo. I really like that kid even though he hurt me last week, so it is all in fun or for the sake of learning how to fight well.  (he is a sweety).

All I have to say is I got the comment of the night during that fight... Dave one of our serious fighters, was watching our fight, (as most of the more senior students do in between their fights, and especially when young students are going at it, as we are much more likely to hurt ourselves, or need coaching)," YOUR HER SENIOR, SO FIGHT LIKE IT!", ahhahahhahahaha. Really he has only been their 2 months longer than I have, in our form, that really doesn't mean anything, although he has sparred more than I have. .

I don't know if i can continue to take part in forms class after the fights, many of the open spar students, leave right after, and I understand why I was just an mess when it was all done. My fight with Pablo had me heaving for breath, (I should probably start running again, doubt I will, I f'in hate running.)

But yeah my forms sucked, I had no idea what was going on, fighting is really tiering. I need to figure out a better schedule for lifting, Kung Fu

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Friday morning

Clean and press 5x3 92lbs x3
felt pretty good, the press was hard the clean was good. I have started to wear my necklace again, and I don't hit it into my colar bone any more, so I think my catch is at the right level now.

Still working on the pull.


Deadlift: 1x5 ramped up 137 lbs x5, 157 lbs X5, 177lbs x 5, 197 X 5 working set

217 x5 PB!!!!  the last two were shaky, 222 next week iffy, and my grip was giving out. Mixed grip starts at 197, which I think is pretty good.

Rows: 3x8 87 lbs X 8 still not ready to move them up... BOOOO

Overhead Squats 57 x 15

really happy with the 57 for 3 x 15 last time I tried 57 a failed at my last set at # 7)

Bench press 33 lbs  X 15 (getting there, micro loading working, for now)

romanian Deadlifts 107 lbs x 15

Pull ups negatives 3 x 10

can you do one pullup? Have you looked into those jumpstretch bands for assist? It would probably help you get there faster to do something other than eccentrics. Just an idea :)

I took last week off so I'm coming back rested and ready to deadlift! haha

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You know those bands are what got me my very first honset to goodness chin up... I ended up breaking them. I agree they are more helpful than doing negs... NO I can not do one single stupid pull up, not one! I even re bought the bands and it just did not work like it did the first time, and there was an unpleasent moment of hair tangle, that I won't get into...

Do you know I think my problem is that my bar is to close to my ceiling, I can't get entirely over the bar. which cuts down on the work, and the full contraction of my back. I know these are my biggest training problems right now....

I had been chinning 2 times a week and not pulling, for a month plus, and my chins went down, (last week although I forgot to log it in my front squat day where it belongs, I finally got back to my all time best of 7)... since returning to neg pulls, and my chin sampler pack...
I hate those things...

Kung fu, nothing special, worked on 5 elemenst a bunch, form sparred, and a very good spar, until, my partner blocked a kick and hit a welt. I dont know why but that ****ed me up. It was fine during class, but I couldn't even sleep sideways, it just throbed, and throbed.

Well now **** got crazy, and it will continue like this for  while

I had To take last week off unexpectedly.

I don't think I can continue this heavy program, with the inclusuion of serious sparring, I just can not recover quick enough.  by yesterday. I was almost fully healed.

Well ripped last nights lifts were all for you..

Front squat 97 X 3 yes again, i figured out the my flexibility or lack of is what is causing my chest to collapse.


Deadlift MAX attempt (since this is to be my last heavy lifting day for a while.

147 X 5, 167 x5, 187 X5, 207 X 3, 227 X 2,
 237 X 1.

 power clean 97 X 3.

Hopefully I will get back here today.

But yeah ripped i got it!!!!

 

Hey congrats! That's a massive lift!

I'm cutting out of lifting heavy for a while. I don't like how big my traps have gotten and I think deads are to blame so I'm only doing sets of 15 if any and lots of bodyweight work. I'll race you in pullups! lol

Great job. You're a beast ma'am!

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HAha, pull ups you have me so far beat, it's not even a race. Maybe it should be 1 handed for you and two handed for me, that would be fair.

I just need a break from the heavy heavy, it is very mentally taxing to lift a best every single time i lift, and I am not recovering quickly enough with everything else going on at work right now...

My stamina could use some work as well so I am going to modify one of the new rules routines (fat loss variety), as they were very demanding on my cardiovascular capabilities.

Last night spar, and forms... did a good job, I'm a scraper. Fought one guy (can remember his name, I have only pared with him once before, he is a much higher level than myself,, he learned to hit me like a boy, after the first minute. I did fine
Pablo and I went at it twice.. we are a very good (even) match for each other, at one point he tried to drop me I wouldn't go.... I tried to drop him... no go then we went down together, I did a somersault over top of him, got to my knees, started punching the mat next to his face, I was really pleased about the somersault.

Class was fine, we had more warm ups than usual, Phan changed some things.

Instead of form sparr, we did controlled free spar, not what I was feeling, but I had already been paired with Nancy who is not really into it (especially the free spar), I think it is more embarrasmant and insecurity. I wouldn't let her wuss out or not fight to potential, when we were done she turned to me and said you know I actually learned something today, go figure, she has several years of class on me.

I have been having a very hard time getting here to update my journal, and my log is at home, and it's a new routine... so I might be off a little.

I am going to do 2 light days 1 heavy (I just can't give up the deads, or heavy power cleans). I am also going to go with 2 weeks of 3 x 15 (75 rest) 2 weeks 3 X 12 (60 rest), 2 weeks 3 X 8 (45 rest), I have done this pattern before and it is agreeable to me.. I will keep the 1 x5 of deads and either a 5x 3 or 5x5 of power cleans , chin ups to failure, and something else I can't remember  for my heavy day.

Exciting update... I did 3 pullups last night. Real palms away pull ups. I always did my pull up negatives as the last exercise, last night I was double checking the bar, for the BF, and I hung off of it, to test that it was secure, I pulled and well, **** goddamn, I was over the bar.. I dropped down, and went wait what the **** just happened, treid again, and no problem, did it one more time to be sure!! It's funny the difference between fresh and after 15 sets of heavy full body lifts.

Saturday
 
75 sec rest straight sets

front squats 3 x 15 67 lbs (hard, but better form)
good mornings 3 x 15 @ 17 lbs
lunges 3 x 15 each leg @ 20 lb dumbbells
Push press 3 x 15 @ 52 lbs
bicycles 3 x 40 (bw)

Monday

overhead squat 3 x 15 @ 57 lbs (dodgey)
romanian deads 3 x 15 @ 107 lbs (pukey)
bench press  2X 15  @ 33 lbs 1 x 14 @ 33 lbs (the differance between super sets with rest and straight sets is evident on mondays lfts, where it was a stuggle to start where I left off , as most of these I already have been doing in a 15 rep)
Bent over rows 2 x 15 @ 57 lbs 1 x 13 @ 57 boooo
V sit ups 3 x 15 (bw, and I was lucky to get that all in)

No Kung Fu

I angrilly walked 4 hours through all of center city looking for the ****er who stole my bike... my beautiful bike..

****s up my week, I'll deal I hope, try to kung fu and lift tonight both, but i had to stay late at work I was going to lift before fu, and that didn't happen... and it is the late class and the long class tonight.... ****

Congrats on the pullups! And I'm sorry someone stole your bike. :(

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Thanks ripped, I'm still sad, but it will be ok.


Fu last night was groovy..

We did all the forms I know including long bird and 5 elements, 3 times each, then on to form sparring. Had Wendy as a partner, i think she sees a little of her younger self in me, back in the day when she did Karate, and sparred with boys all the time. she is excellent at teaching subtleties. And she got awfully fiesty with me as we went through our movements. on more than one occasion she just started beating on meoutside of the parameters we wer going over, and gave me loads of free spar tips through out or class.

So the revised schedule for this week is fight night and forms tonight, I have to stay way late at work tomorrow, so I will make up my lifting on friday night. Saturday I will be off (long ass work day) lift sunday, fu mon, fu tuesday, lift wed, fu thurs, lift fri,. I think.... hmmmm

237lbs on deadlifts! i'm soooo jealious.....lol

Well might as well caulk up the last 4 days as a loss.... I t has just been nuts, on top of crazy pants, on top of coco bananas.

Didn't lift again til Monday, yikes!!!!

My eating has been spurratic, and just bad. more often not enough food, and then moments of super junk consumption out of necessity. Not like me at all.

Last Kung Fu was Thursday, I totally split Pablo's lip, his whole mouth was bloody... I need to take it down a notch and work on form and control. I felt bad it was an accident. I wasn't aiming for his face my fist slipped off of his shoulder. Bam!


Mondays lifts heavy day


Clean 5 x3 @ 87  Oh something went right,  I made sure my but was as low as I could go and the bar popped straight, and high.  I think I finally got something. Much more noticeable leg drive.

Deads, 1 x 5  137 x5 157 x5 177 x5 197 x5 217 x 3 (BOOO HISS), I knew the few days off would effect me deads, I tried to rest and get the other two in and just failed, couldn't get them any where near lock out.

Oh press (strict NOT push), 5 x5 .. 77 x 3 (mistake,) 57 x3 last 4

chin ups 3 f 7 neg, 2 full, 8 negs 1 full , 7 negs

Oh I gotta break up with my damn bf, I met I guy I meet every now and again, for the past 10 plus years... damn I didn't want to leave him on Saturday night... but i don't cheat

Dump that guy. All you do is b*tch about him anyway :-p

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I know ripped I am being dumb about this whole situation. I don't even know why I wrote that here, it is just on my mind. It would be so easy if he gave me reasons to end it. but the there are few, and well his life is still in the crapper, with out me the toilet is flushed. He is a great friend, on I don't want to loose, just one i don't want to be romantically tied to any more.  feel sorry for him, that is no excuse to stay, it just makes it very difficult to end. Saturdays situation, I think was the first time I regretted I could not do what I wanted to, where as the vast majority of come ons I receive (or even passing attractions, on my end), don't make me regret going home to him. But this last one, I wasn't even turned on by him in that sense, I just didn't want our fun to end, and knew my intent and his was would be something I couldn't continue, because of the bf, and I actually really wanted to continue. AND NO I WASN'T BEING SHADY I remember you calling me out on that last year, not at all the same type of situation.

Nothing to report on fu yesterday, mostly worked on our forms, very little spar time .




 Straight sets 75 sec rest
Kept the weights the same as last week, everything was better this time around
front squats 3 x 15 67 lbs (better)
good mornings 3 x 15 @ 17 lbs
lunges 3 x 15 each leg @ 20 lb dumbbells
Push press 3 x 15 @ 52 lbs
bicycles 3 x 50 (bw)

Haha getting defensive eh? NOT SHADY!!!!

It's not fair to the other person to stay with them out of pity. That's just embarrasing.

P.S. I hate that you're getting stronger than me in other lifts but not enough to motivate myself to go to the DAMN GYM!!!

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Nah, not defensive, I just wanted to make sure it was clear, cause I was totally up and up and beyond any scrutiny.

It admittedly is more than just pity, but anyway, yeah your right, i know, working on things..



Kung Fu fight night, I'm getting better! I started to recognize patterns, and anticipate and wait to give the approprite response. I kept hitting one guy in the ribs, because I knew if I juts waited he would throw a combination that would leave a spot unblocked, I tagged him every time. the other students puleled him aside after t explain why I hit him every time. SO next week that will be gone, but yeah doing better.

As I have yet another deep bruise in my thigh I believe my stance is not deep enough there for not activating all of my quads, qand there for they are soft and open for injury when kicked.

Phan said i was doing better as did AJ, so horray!

Deep bruise unable to squat even near parallel, instead of skipping a day, bagged the overheads, had the bf near by so tried my first ever barbell bench press, yeah whole lotta sucking on that
Barbell bench 42 x 18, 62 x 12 82 x 8 92x 4 102 x1 ( that is just sad)
romanian deads 3 x 15 @ 107 lbs
bench press  3 x 15 @ 30 (after barbell bench even tht was a struggle
Bent over rows 3 x 15 @ 57 lbs 

 Clean 5 x3 @ 92 progress, really felt my traps working FINALLY!!!!! Better
 Deads, 1 x 5 137 x5 157 x5 177 x5 197 x5 217 x 5 getting closer to where I left off

 Oh press (strict NOT push), 5 x5 .. 62 X 5

bagged chins... I think my bar might be comming down, it made interesting prelude to structural failure noises last night. might try to get in pulls and chins at kung fu, since we have a bar there, might try to just make that my usual habit.