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You are soooooo right! Love your example....progression does not have to mean BIGGER.......because bigger isn't ALWAYS better

The squat was 407.9 and the deadlift was 407.9....the weights are in kilos and the lifts don't look nearly as cool without the normal 45 lbers!

How are you doing btw?? What are your plans this...

Really the speed is to my advantage in a single ply squat suit. You get all that rebound...you only really see success with slower squats in a multi-ply suit out of a mono-lift, much different...

I know Byron and Tammy :) Its a very cool gym but even further then Lances and my loyalties are with him. He is an incredible powerlifter and squatter...

Have you ever checked out Lance's? We...

Yes! and they help get you through contest prep!!!! thank you Tammy :)

Can't wait to see you all there....

oh and here is a link the ones I use:
http://www.titansupport.com/products/thp-wrist-wraps-50-cm-18.html

if you have never user wrist wraps 2 ft wrist wraps can be a bitch, I wear 18 inchers and they are more then fine. I have tried the 24 inch wraps but they take FOREVER to get on. Just make sure you...

It was just the lockout that was a little tough. Not sure I could pull 450....yet....but I see that in the future!


Thanks animal...there was another 148er who was an incredible bencher there,...

lol Sean, I certainly hope so!!



crashcrew-I train at Lance's gym on the South side of the city...3636 Iron St. with Lance Karabel.

Right now I sit at about 142-145, this is eating...

Awwwwww, thanks everyone! The meet was a great time, especially because I had a ton of support from friends and guys from the gym I train at. My bench was pretty terrible, I hit 214 but got red...

Last week I had a GREAT week with my lifts and went heavy...I deadlifted 350 twice but just for singles. Going into it I didn't want to go fro singles and my previous set 335 went up easy but I felt...

It took me quite awhile to be able to keep my form with heavier weights on these. I have found I just have to go very slow and really focus during the entire lift or I lose the weight...no trick I...

Wednesday: Legs
My leg workout went well...this is my second workout back and I am still working back up in the weight I am pushing.

Squats
45 x 12
95 x 12
135 x 10
175 x 8
195 x 3
then...

Back/Deadlifts

This was my first deadlift workout and I was physched. I haven't lifted sumo style since last May during my meet and really I only lifted sumo for a few weeks leading up to my...

I started my Powerlifting training...slowly but surely...this past week!! After my first squat workout I was in PAIN, serious pain, for about 4 days and I only went up to 205. I am really going to...

Yea! It will be so great to see you. Hopefully you recover quickly from your surgery and are hitting it hard again before too long.

I am so excited to go to Nationals :) Oh and we will both be...

Well I agree that our society is image obsessed...although if we were so obsessed with being thin we wouldn't be the fattest nation out there. I also wish our models weren't stick figures but rather...

If you know when you will be stuck walking to the gym because Chase is gone you should let me know...just give me a few days notice and I can pick you up and train with you. I work from home so...

Not usually...I personally don't prefer huge traps on woman and I have a short neck so not a lot of room there for them to grow. That being said I do add upright rows or shrugs maybe once per...

Maybe I just choose to ignore it ;) haha

There is a reason I am rarely over there anymore! Oh I guess you boys will just "follow" me over here anyway, which is fine, I just thank god leafybug is...

lol...tonight? I am taking it EASY tonight, no need to kill myself. My next powerlfiting meet will be in January and I am going to bury 420...

Haha, it was such a cool gym and it is always a good time with Sean!

Thanks Sally Anne, my thoughts are with you as you get ready for Nats!!

Squat?? That is tonight Swede...FINALLY hitting...

Cindy,

I have had the privilege of meeting you and seeing you in competition shape...you are phenomenal and I do hope eventually you will find your way back to the stage.

As so many others...

that's a great deal on your AC hotel...it would be fun to have a big group of us stay there...

I should know this but where do you live Tammy?

You look great Natalie...I can't wait to see you as a bodybuilder!!! Getting lean girl...

Yea!! We should definitely all train together, I have found that the one on Golf really feels welcoming to bodybuilders and is such a great atmosphere...Dundee is ok but Golf is where its at!

Definitely going back to powerlifting in my off-season...I had such a good time with it last year and think it was good for my physique.

At this point I think Team Universe is my best...

well THANKS everyone! I have been enjoying the last week and trying to straighten out everything I had let go a little bit in those last weeks of dieting.

The show was a lot of fun and I love...

Ok I MADE it...ugh how many times have I said that tonight? Too many to remember because when I weighed in at 3 today I didn't think it was a possibility. (this is slightly graphic...)

Recap:...

Well I am definitely natural and had a HELL of a time making weight today...one of the hardest experiences of my prep and really life. Started out at 5 lbs over (pretty sure the digital scale was...

ok I admit that I was flexing the other day in the gym mirror after a set, I am only going to look like this for so long...you know. Welll I was doing a double bicep pose and I must say that I am a...

LMAO, I am just as crazy...I only use a little bit of water with my metamucil and let it get thick and then eat it like pudding. My boyfriend always gives me this look but knows not to say a damn...

she better find me, I will have a cookie for her! wish you were going though, still remembering our strbucks date after the show...

My reflection...

bascially I feel like I have already won. I have never worked so hard for something in my life, not in sports or school or life(kind of sad, maybe I should think about work...

Thanks everyone, I am going to try and bring another win home to rx :) Got through my morning cardio and now just have a quick workout and another 65 minutes of cardio and I am finished!!! It is...

Would of had Hide and Melvin switch places. Melvin has better symmetry and was better conditioned the hide was. Gustavo brought it!! Best he has looked in quite sometime.

nice, Alicia finally got qualified...she was so close these past few shows! I think she should do well at the O...loved her hair tonight although I think she needed to be darker tan-wise.

Done with legs, done with normal workouts and down to the wire. I am feeling up and down just depending on the time of day but in general I am in a good place...it seems like I have done everything...

One more "normal" workout!!!!! Had shoulders today and got through it, my strength is still ok but the strange thing is once the limit is met I can't push through it...its like hitting the wall. In...

thanks PJ, will be great to see you. Its exciting that there will be a big group of people I know at the show-it makes it so much more meaningful and special (atleast for me!)

Took some pics...

Hey you have never posted on my thread before (or really even talked to me at a show) so maybe you are the schmoe following PJ around???

Good to see you today, sorry I was having a bit of a breakdown (the good news is I came home to cooked chicken!!!) ha

Was just thinking of you while eating/drinking my metamucil...excited to see...

So another day down, just a bit closer and I am feeling ok tonight. Just got out of the shower and put on some vanilla scented lotion. Now normally I really don't like the scent of vanilla lotion...

How exciting!!! July 24th so a decent off-season and time to enjoy all the free lunches and dinners ;)


Well I appreciate your support more then you know and think about your win in every step...