Thread of awesome

[melody]

lifteded 157.5 'merican pounds.

excellent!

[stonerider]

pressed 187lbs x 5 x 3 tonight... i wonder how much longer i can keep up these 1lb increases

[Carlos Daniel]

pressed 187lbs x 5 x 3 tonight... i wonder how much longer i can keep up these 1lb increases

Damn strong.

[melody]

Two things!
1- There are at least 6 places to squat at the gym I'm at, and 5-6 TX power bars, plus the bar that lives in the monolift, plus a couple others. This morning there were so many people needing racks and bars that we had to take turns. It was fun.
2- I squatted 185 lbs. It was the slowest squat ever, I was at a dead stop about halfway through for at least half a second. I'm finally starting to learn how to fight through a lift instead of giving up when it is really really really hard.

[Michele Knaub]

woo!

[PaulBeech]

Fuck charts, just tell us her bodyweight, lifts, and training age.

she weighs 120, age 21 and we have been lifting 10 weeks. Squat 135 5x3. Press 70 3x3. Dead 170 5 x 1. Bench 90 5 x 3.

[Marotta]

Squatted 465 x 3
Pressed 190 x 3

With the improved press grip I probably could have done 200.

[Tamara Reynolds]

I squatted 185 lbs. It was the slowest squat ever, I was at a dead stop about halfway through for at least half a second. I'm finally starting to learn how to fight through a lift instead of giving up when it is really really really hard.

Congrats!

But, no. If you were only at a dead stop for "at least half a second," then you are nowhere near beating my record for slowest squat ever.

[bob g]

she weighs 120, age 21 and we have been lifting 10 weeks. Squat 135 5x3. Press 70 3x3. Dead 170 5 x 1. Bench 90 5 x 3.

Does she have a volleyball background?

[melody]

Congrats!

But, no. If you were only at a dead stop for "at least half a second," then you are nowhere near beating my record for slowest squat ever.

i don't know how long it was, everyone in the gym stopped to stare at me. I think you have much more tenacity than I do for grinding out reps. I'm trying to learn that.