Valkyrie's journal...training and wandering musings.

[Valkyrie]

Aight. I tossed about should I...shouldn't I? Decided what the heck. What's another journal?

So I'm settin' up my 'spot'.

I'm out of the gym and kwoon right now. Family duties have taken up the past 12+ weeks of my life, in particular the last 4 weeks have been hellish. Hopefully I'll return to training soon.

Many of you know that I have fibromyalgia, Hashimoto's, and work around nerve damage from a run-in with Lyme disease. I do what the doctors told me I probably could not do...and often what they tell me I should not do.

In my journal you'll find my training notes from the gym. My thoughts from my training in the kwoon, and often my trail logs. I lift to support my training in the kwoon and on the trail and because I fell in love with the iron as a teen and have never gotten over that love.

I started lifting when I was 17. Been at it most of my life with downtime for pregnancies, a few short breaks due to raising a busy family, and then three surgeries that were rather close together. The longest I was ever required by doctors orders not to train was a span of about 4 years in my late 30's and early 40's.

I don't mind and in fact love visitors to my journal. Have questions, ask away. My training can and does often look a bit different from what most people do as I have to work around my limitations. But with the help of some observant friends I've found a way around most of them.

So...without further ado...welcome to my journal.

~Val

[Valkyrie]

Wednesday cardio: 3+ hours - snowshoeing at the local state forest.

[robert da strongman]

awesome!!

nice to have ya here

[GirlyMuscle]

It's about time, chicka!

[Valkyrie]

I'm...ummm...pokey due to my age??? Yeah, that's my story and I'm stickin' to it! Hehee.

I have a couple goals for this year:
200+ on hex-deads, rack pulls and squats.

Last years best were:
Squats - 195
Hex-deads - 165
Rack pulls - 185

[GirlyMuscle]

And I assume you achieved those goals?

You'll blow these away in 6 months.

[robert da strongman]

well that will be fun to watch here.

[Valkyrie]

And I assume you achieved those goals?

You'll blow these away in 6 months.

I'm hoping to get 225 on my rack pulls shortly (end of March). I was pulling heavy while at the Belleville "Y". But have had to take a longer-than-planned break. So I have to work back up. No hex at the "Y" and I kept my squats to light working 20 rep sets...so I'll need a couple months to 'get back up' on those.

well that will be fun to watch here.

Hehee...I'm always fun to watch . No one expects the quiet little gray-streaked 'grannie' to pull or squat more than her body weight! LOL!

It will be sooooo good to get back to my gym where they are used to me. The staring at the "Y" was getting ridiculous! You would think they never saw an older woman lift heavy before!

[Valkyrie]

Oh hey...that reminds me. I'm 47 and I'm a Me'me' (grandmother) of two absolutely darling little girls.

[robert da strongman]

you have to get video of those lifts!

[Valkyrie]

You mean I have to be nice to someone in the gym so they'll help me???

Most of them are afraid to approach me!!! LOL!

Aight...I'll see what I can do.

You guys really want to see a gray-streaked grannie that dresses all in black? It's not that impressive...trust me on that!

[Kelly Baker]

Just catching up. I'm too lazy to start another journal though! lol

[robert da strongman]

You mean I have to be nice to someone in the gym so they'll help me???

Most of them are afraid to approach me!!! LOL!

Aight...I'll see what I can do.

You guys really want to see a gray-streaked grannie that dresses all in black? It's not that impressive...trust me on that!

but the grey streaked grannie lifting some impressive weights that what we want to see.

[robert da strongman]

Just catching up. I'm too lazy to start another journal though! lol

oh c'mon!!

[Kelly Baker]

oh c'mon!!

You sir, are a bad influence...