#strongmansaturdays

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Woke up early this morning to venture to Concord for Static Monsters, my last comp of the year. There are usually two lifts, log clean and press and axel deadlift, but I opted to skip the log out of respect for my shitty back. After Thursday's session, I decided to start conservative with 280lbs (third video), which went up insanely easy. I moved up to 310lbs for my second lift (second video), which was also quite effortless. I went ahead and jumped up to 340lbs (25lbs more than I struggled with thurs) for my third lift, and there was clearly still plenty of the tank. Unfortunately, you're only allowed three attempts, so although I'm happy with a pr on this particular implement, I'm bummed I didn't try for a higher weight. I took third in my group, which I guess means there was only three of us in said group, as well as first in the grip strength event in which I was the only lady to sign up. Migs decided to sign up for the Mas event as well, and took first, beating all three of his opponents. Big thanks to @diablostrength for being an awesome judge, @ginger_lifter916 for the spot on my last lift and @the_original_beebs for the butt cheeks. Also lots of love to @brazilbrittany , @colleansaenz and @kaila.lawton.24 for the laughs and cheers like always ❤ #prettynicelittlesaturday #imasnaaaake #StaticMonsters #strongmansaturdays #strongtimefuns #girlswhostrongs #grrrlarmy #grrrlclothing #maswrestling @thestrongmanclub (at The Big C Athletic Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVZflEZLsR7/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Servin up Over The Top realness at our truck pull party a couple months back. Thanks for making me look hella cool, Liz Marchiondo Imaging! #releaseyourinnerstallone #strongmansaturdays #strongtimefuns #girlswhostrongs #grrrlarmy #grrrlclothing @thestrongmanclub @evryozofenergy (at North D Fitness Collective) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBu6CMFRQw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Got home from work at about 1:30am, only to head right back out a couple hours later to road trip to Santa Cruz Strength with my Garage Girlz pals for a day of deadlifty funs. Our groups started later in the day, so we had time to wander the boardwalk real tourist like before gettin down to bidness. Overall as a group we went 9 for 9, all three of us had three successful attempts ending with PRs all around. As always, we had an awesome time and every one was so supportive and stoked to just be out celebrating a day of strongs. Iron Roses has really grown since I competed a few years back at the first event and it was so cool to see how large it had grown and see so many women of all ages and sizes moving heavy weight. But anywho, down to the nitty-gritty, for my first attempt I opened conservative with 112.5kg (just over 248lbs) and was shocked and appalled to see that this weren't moving as smoothly and quickly as I was accustomed to. Second attempt got kinda wild at 122.5kg (just over 270), but I earned my three white lights and went back to regroup. @lin_zzee did an amazing job coaching us all and keeping us on track, so with some encouraging words and some spicy smellies, I went out in a much better head space for my last attempt. Last attempt was 127.5kg (just over 281lbs) and felt like the best lift I'd had all day, and was a small PR from my previous 275lb max. It's not the numbers I was chasing this morning, but I'm not gonna look a good lift and PR in the mouth. All in all, I'm exhausted and currently soaking away all the aches and funk. Can't wait for our next comp in Oct. Thank you so much @santacruzstrength for such a great event, @brazilbrittany and @colleansaenz for being such amazing teammates, and @lin_zzee for wrangling the cats and being the best ❤ #prettynicelittlesaturday #strongmansaturdays #strongtimefuns #girlswhostrongs #grrrlarmy #grrrlclothing (at Santa Cruz Strength) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTtWnrJrT8g/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A lot of ups and downs at my first comp back today, and now that I'm fed and bathed, imma tell about it! I got a zero score on my first event, which I expected as my overhead numbers aren't the best. I was still pretty pleased though, as I have never been able to clean a 135lb axel, nor almost clean a 140lb log. I may not have been able to press them, but I'm still seeing an improvement and that's nice. Second event was the frame deadlift and I deadlifted a dirtbike and weight plate hodge podge. I have no idea how much it all weighed, but I picked it up and that was nice, plus I won this event. I had no idea what to expect since I haven't really gotten to work on this event as much as I would've liked. Third event was the truck push/tire flippy. I knew my limitations with said tire, and the truck push went super smooth, so you can see I was quite comfortable with the amount of time I had to get my flippies done. I tied for first in this event. Last event was the odd object carry/load medly. I waddled four of the six random objects across the parking lot before time ran out and that was after straining my left bicep on the first object. Rude. Anywho, I took second on this event by one item and second overall. There were only two of us in our class, but we were actually very closely matched, so it was fun to have a little ding dong battle goin on. So yeah, I'm sore and feel like shit from the heat and smoke, but had so much fun and am happy to be back to competing. Huge thanks to all my Garage Girlz pals and The Strongman Crew! I heart all yer faces! #strongmansaturdays #backinaction #girlswhostrongs #grrrlarmy #grrrlclothing @thestrongmanclub (at North D Fitness Collective) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTJaEhOLfKU/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This Saturday! Come marvel at folks doing awesome feats of strength and get a chuckle at me trying my best 😂😂😂 I'm in group 2, starting at 3:00pm, just so you know... #youknowyouwannago #strongmansaturdays #strongtimefuns #girlswhostrongs (at North D Fitness Collective) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTDuXHElU1A/?utm_medium=tumblr

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So apparently @brazilbrittany @the_original_beebs @kaila.lawton.24 and @colleansaenz are out there lifting rocks or something like that.... Well guess what, sucka butts, I got a rock too 😂 #yardrock #ipickeditup #strongmansaturdays #strongtimefuns #girlswhostrongs #grrrlclothing #grrrlarmy @thestrongmanclub https://www.instagram.com/p/CRctfZXp3-f/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Kind of a laid back strongman saturday today, wasn't super motivated to do a ton with the heat and some pain in my glute/hamstring area. Did a couple farmer's carry runs and some axel cleans, then went inside to do my pulls that I missed on Thursday. Today's working sets are three sets of three at 255lbs. They definitely felt slow and grindy, we'll see what next week has in store for me. Enjoy my power belly! #strongmansaturdays #strongtimefuns #girlswhostrongs #grrrlclothing #grrrlarmy @thestrongmanclub (at North D Fitness Collective) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRcsX6xJKZN/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A fun day gently stronging while trying to be conscious of the heat. The first keg is a little lighter and full of sand or something, but the second one is heavier and full of liquid and a massive pain in the ass... not to mention it burned the shit out of my inner arm. Continental cleans are always fun, I enjoys them. Also did some log work, but my phone overheated and shut off, erasing the video in the process. Oh well. #sunshinefuntime #strongmansaturdays #strongtimefuns #girlswhostrongs #grrrlclothing @thestrongmanclub (at North D Fitness Collective) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKP2YWp7hp/?utm_medium=tumblr