Deadlifts and milkshakes

[DEVILsSON]

zero stop trolling sherdog, go back to your cool kids forum.

 

[Zerocrew1984]

Actually, I'm here to view all the logs with good training and progress.

 

[Lug's Spear]

Nice deadlift! Keep up the good work.

 

[WitchCraft]

Nice work on the DL! I saw it last night, but never had the chance to comment on here. I did, however, have a chance to comment to my wife:

Me: "Remember how I told you there is this log on Sherdog of girls lifting and another log where this other girl logs her lifting?"
Her: "Ya"
Me: "Remember how I said you had a really strong Deadlift for a girl and that you were Deadlifted more than most"
Her: "Ya"
Me: "Well one of them just Deadlifted 205 lbs. That blows you out of the water. You need to get back in the gym."
Her: "You need to have a glass of shut the fuck up ***got"

HAHAHA...that's hilarious! She does sound very intense, she certainly has more of an attitude than I do. I notice that girls are extremely competitive with each other, I HATE when a girl is stronger than me. How much can she DL now??

Nice deadlift! Keep up the good work.

Thanks!!! =) =)

 

[Oblivian]

The wife quit lifting for now. Couch to 5k and Taebo only for her.

 

[WitchCraft]

Quit?! Ahhh...I'm surprised you let her get away with that! =)

 

[WitchCraft]

Shoulder exercises 5 lb plates to get some blood into my bum shoulder

13.5 mile bike ride on a beautiful, sunny day

Box jumps - 115 in 3 minutes

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

Doing the conditioning challenge?

 

[WitchCraft]

Doing the conditioning challenge?

Yeahhhh, I'm tryin' it. I've been eating way too much food for someone my size lol I'm getting stronger but getting the chubz:redface:

 

[WitchCraft]

Back squats Back to 95 to work on form
45 x 10
95 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5
95 x 5

Front squats First time doing these
Bar x 10
Bar x 10
65 x 5
65 x 5

OHP Still screwing these up...but I think I'm getting better! :icon_neut
45 x 5
45 x 5
45 x 5
45 x 5
45 x 5

Chin ups
BW x 8
BW x 5

Box jumps
12.5" box 100 jumps in 3 minutes...HOLY HELL.

Injury free today...but that will all end at BJJ practice tomorrow.

 

[TrainingAdict]

Yeahhhh, I'm tryin' it. I've been eating way too much food for someone my size lol I'm getting stronger but getting the chubz:redface:

We're okay with bigger boobies.

 

[WitchCraft]

We're okay with bigger boobies.

awkward...lol

 

[DEVILsSON]

While you're working on wrist flexibility, you can try using lifting straps to help grip the bar. Thread the wrist wraps around the bar in the places where you normally grab the bar, make like a D handle and then grab them with your hands and tighten the wraps around your hands. That should help keep the bar firmly on your upper front shoulders. Make sure the bar is as high up on your front shoulders as possible without pressing on any major artery or cutting off your breathing. Aim to keep your elbows up and about parallel to the ground and how you angle your elbows (outward/inwards/straight up) is up to you and what's comfortable.

 

[PowerHungry]

I was wondering why this was getting traffic...

Welcome to the logs.

 

[WitchCraft]

While you're working on wrist flexibility, you can try using lifting straps to help grip the bar. Thread the wrist wraps around the bar in the places where you normally grab the bar, make like a D handle and then grab them with your hands and tighten the wraps around your hands. That should help keep the bar firmly on your upper front shoulders. Make sure the bar is as high up on your front shoulders as possible without pressing on any major artery or cutting off your breathing. Aim to keep your elbows up and about parallel to the ground and how you angle your elbows (outward/inwards/straight up) is up to you and what's comfortable.

Thanks DS, this is just for the press or front squats as well? My wrists bother me on both...more so on the FS.

I was wondering why this was getting traffic...

Welcome to the logs.

You mean its not getting traffic because of my AWESOME 95 lb squat? =P
and thanks!

 

[Lug's Spear]

I started doing sledge hammer levering + got some wrist wraps and my wrist pain from SOHP went away. I even got the 12'' blue power wrist wraps from ATP which are mid grade support according to the ATP wrist wrap support. So it seems that even just a little bit of support helped.

 

[DEVILsSON]

What I mentioned is for front squats.

Using wrist wraps may also ease or eliminate the pain both on ohp and fs.

I agree with Lugs, levering is a great way to improve your wrist strength and flexibility/mobility.

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

+1 on levering. Look up SmashiusClay's levering thread for more info on that.

 

[eastNYgoon138]

I agree with Lugs, levering is a great way to improve your wrist strength and flexibility/mobility.

I hear you on the strength part but I dont know about the flexibility/mobility. Ever since I started levering regularly Ive lost a noticeable amount of mobility in my wrists. It isnt a bad thing though. I can still hold a BB in the clean position and I appreciate the sturdyness when Im pressing.

 

[WitchCraft]

lol at Goon questioning Devil...

Thanks guys for the suggestions on wrist wraps/levering. I will try it and see how it helps.

BJJ Practice

Went into practice really tired and sore. Warmed up with two minute rounds of jumping rope and push ups to warm up my shoulder. I am becoming more conscious of protecting my shoulders and knees after these past two weeks!

A new girl came today that is pretty tiny and not very strong so I helped her out a bit. She was extremely nervous and looked like she was going to be sick for the first half of class so I stuck with her for the class. She's been learning a few things from her boyfriend and actually wasn't horrible. She was better than a lot of the guys that come in. We rolled for about five minutes and then I tapped her with an armbar.

Spent the rest of the class being the dummy for beginners. I hate that because guys always feel the need to "apologize" every 3 seconds for putting me in something uncomfortable.

I think I am somewhat losing my passion for BJJ. I notice that I am so tense in class because I am afraid of getting hurt again. I guess I need to just start going regularly again.

**EDIT At home, started doing standing ab rollouts, stopping halfway against the counter, still pretty freakin' hard.
Shoulder rehab 5 lb plates