Above Average

[strongaly-deactivated20130804]

I swear putting plates on the bar for deadlifts is harder than deadlifting.

Don’t pay me any mind local gym goers. Just struggling. NBD

[dennys]

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[liftinglyss]

The females at my gym

I have to say I'm a nicer person when I'm in the gym. My gym makes me happy, the weights make me happy, people who do the same things as me, have the same hobbies as me, and same interest as me are there. I smile at people, I say hello, and I talk to them. But every month at my gym there's always one new group of girls who always join. They come in packs or in groups of two and after a couple of weeks you never see them again. That doesn't bother me. I remember thinking the gym was so boring before I began lifting. What irks me is that these types of females are always to hateful. They always give dirty looks and talk shit (especially if I'm talking to a guy because there isn't one guy at my gym who isn't attractive and I see them every day so we frequently speak.) What also irritates me is that I want to keep my gym membership so I can't punch these girls in the face. I'm extremely short tempered. You have no idea! Stop looking at me like I'm below you. I'm the Queen in this bitch. Plus how bad would it look if I started a fight in the gym! hahah

[liftinglyss]

Not one single person! Nobody goes to my gym on Sundays! I had the whole thing to myself. This is why I’ve always done leg day on the weekends. I never have to fight to the death for the one squat rack. Lately I’ve been feeling weaker. Yesterday was chest day and I couldn’t hit 105lbs, which is usually not a problem. Today I couldn’t hit 125lbs on back squats either. That wasn’t too surprising because since the football game I’ve been feeling immense pressure on my right knee. I also felt a lot of pressure on my lower back on the way up when squatting today. Lifting has done nothing but deteriorate me! Haha

[liftinglyss]

I've had two swollen lymph nodes on my neck for more than a few months now. I could have leukemia and I would never know!

[liftinglyss]

My diet has been shit lately. That really bothers me because I was doing so well. I'm not sure why it means so much to me to eat healthy and why I feel crappy when I eat bad foods. Like why I do really care? Seriously. On a lighter note, I was forced to watch that show The Fosters that is on ABC Family on demand tonight and I ended up getting sucked in so I'm now going to bed with dreams of Jake T Austin because he's veeeeerry attractive!

[minimalimprovement]

[ironinsideandout]

Ha!

[partyintheurl-deactivated201604]

i’ve got a body that just won’t quit (gaining weight)

[liftinglyss]

Random what's been going on in my life post

My best friend and I both won a poetry slam. She came in first and I came in second. I was surprised I got SECOND PLACE! My poem was boring. Hers was emotional and everyone cried. She was surprised as well because neither of us write poetry, but we give everything a try. She deserved to win. She was amazing!

My cable was shut off last night which was weird because the bill wasn't due yet. This morning I called and they apologized, explaining that it was a computer glitch and the cable would be back on in five minutes. Luckily, I can live without cable. I have my phone, I can clean, and I can go outside! So I survived the night. 

My best friend and I had therapy today. We love going together! Our therapist is really pushing for me to study psychology because I have a lot of good input on what Jovanna talks about and he says I have great "insight" on my own problems. Unfortunately for him, business is my only aspiration.

Someone told me today that I have a "big ol' booty" THANK YOU, BUT IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH!!!!

Summer break is soon. I have one job. I might want two. I definitely want two jobs when school starts up again! I'm not sure about over the Summer though. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

I've decided I want to get an Audi before 2013 is over so the time to start saving for a new car is now. If I had things my way I would have a Rolls Royce... A girl can dream.

I'm also in the works of changing my last name. I have to get a BCI check and go to a court hearing and then I'll be all set. I'm very excited for this to happen!

Older men at my gym are creepy.... I can't... I just can't get into details...

So the other day someone shattered the glass wall at the gym. Then the next day someone ate their Chinese takeout in one of the bathroom stalls and clogged the toilet with the leftovers. Thus flooding the bathroom. LADIES, PLEASE! And that same day some guy who's not a member walked through the gym, into the men's locker room, and clamped all the locks on the lockers open and stole everything. A ton of the guys were robbed. I wasn't there, but it was packed at that time. How did no one see this happening...?

[liftinglyss]

The weather in Rhode Island is so strange. Yesterday was as hot as a sauna out and I got a sunburn. Today it's freezing and I'm bundled up in blankets. What is this?!

[marionmarj]

[liftinglyss]

Back 6/3

I had to cut my workout short today and also had to lessen the amount of deadlift sets because my lumbar injury is acting up. I'm having back spasms every time I move my body. I'd like to take a muscle relaxer, but I'm trying to save what's left of my prescription for when my injury gets out of control again. My doctor's refusing to refill it. Ugh.

1. Bent over DB row

(each arm) 8 x 50 lbs 8 x 50 lbs 8 x. 45 lbs

2. Deads

Empty bar warm up 8 x 135 lbs 4 x 155 lbs 6 x 145 lbs 8 x 135 lbs 8 x 135 lbs

3. V-bar lat pull down

10 x 75 lbs 10 x 75 lbs 8 x 75 lbs 8 x 75 lbs 6 x 75 lbs

4. Leverage iso row

10 x 90 lbs 10 x 90 lbs 10 x 90 lbs 10 x 90 lbs 10 x 90 lbs

5. Machine pull overs

10 x 50 lbs 10 x 50 lbs 10 x 50 lbs

6. Cable pull overs

8 x 60 lbs 8 x 60 lbs 8 x 60 lbs

7. DB curls

8 x 25 lbs 8 x 25 lbs 8 x 25 lbs 10 x 20 lbs 10 x 20 lbs

8. Concentration curls

(each arm) 8 x 15 lbs 8 x 15 lbs 8 x 15 lbs

I finished with ten minutes on the bike. I started at level five and increased the level every minute. I left without stretching today :o

[liftinglyss]

Leg day #2 6/2

1. Back squats Empty bar warmup 
8 x 95 lbs
 4 x 115 lbs
 2 x 125 lbs
 4 x 105 lbs
 6 x 100 lbs
 8 x 95 lbs 8 x 95 lbs 8 x 95 lbs 2. Cable kickbacks (Each leg) 8 x 40 lbs 8 x 40 lbs 8 x 40 lbs 3. Walking reverse lunges Length of gym x BW Length of gym x BW Length of gym x BW 4. Lying hamstring curl (Tip! Keep your feet pointed during this to activate your whole hamstring instead of that AND your calves!) 10 x 50 lbs 10 x 50 lbs 10 x 50 lbs 10 x 50 lbs 5. Hip abduction 12 x 70 lbs 12 x 70 lbs 12 x 70 lbs 6. Barbell hip thrust 10 x 65 lbs 10 x 75 lbs 10 x 75 lbs 10 x 75 lbs Ended with 15 minutes of stretching!

[liftinglyss]

me: *feels fat and gross*

me 5 minutes later: *rage eats half a pizza*

[liftinglyss]

AHHHHHHHHHHH

A few days of the week I carpool to the gym and I SERIOUSLY CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE IM GONNA PULL MY HAIR OUT. We drink protein shakes on the way home and this one guy, who's new to our gym, shakes his after every sip (SIP!!!) the whole 15 minutes to my house. THE WHOLE FREAKING CAR SHAKES BC HE GOES SO UNNECESSARILY HARD. Jfjdodnsidjdkdhdxhs

[liftinglyss]

Went for a nice, breezy two mile walk today at Rocky Point Park! 👣

[ironinsideandout]

When people first come to strength sports, they see what appear to be incredible gains out of the chute. Their maxes take big jumps between tests and meets as their bodies adapt to the loads and their muscles commit movements to memory.

What it takes most new lifters time to realize is that this…