Originally Posted by
stuffedsuperdud
Heh sorry guys. So last week was a bust, as I got sick soon after training and was down for several days. Told coach I had been sick and he went, "Hey I'm sick too. SICK OF YOUR LAZY ASS. OKAY GET TO WORK!" Got back into it today, with:
Snatch:
20kgx billions
40kgx3x4
50x3
60x3x2
Clean + jerk 2+2
40kgx1x3
60x1x3
70x1x5
Snatch super high pulls
60kgx4x4
Press:
20kgx5
30x5
40x5
50x5
55x5
56x4x3.....ugh WTF..... My worst nightmare has come true, the day that a sub 60kg press feels hard......
Squat:
40kgx5
85x5
105x5x3....LP's are fun and easy!
BW: 221....
Looks like I dropped 10lbs over the past 3 months of not training. Shame most of it probably came off my shoulders and quads....bleh.
Still kind of dry on the stories front....let's see...what do we have...?
I went to CES two weeks ago. For those of you not familiar, CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is the mother of all electronics conventions and takes up the entire Las Vegas Convention Center, toys spanning the area of about fifty football fields. Probably the only time I don't absolutely loathe Vegas, because the douchebags and bimbos clear out and the strip becomes a gargantuan nerdy sausagefest. Like Comic-Con, I guess, except these guys are on average 20 years older and thus better behaved. I used to joke that it was a celebration of out-of-shape middle-aged men (it's not unusual for fat guys to use Rascals to get around, because it's admittedly exhausting even for able-bodied fellas), but this year featured a noticeably studlier crowd, which I found amusing. Sure, it was still maybe 50% chubby 50-year-olds stumbling around in old three-button sportcoats and horrible khakis, neither of which could fit over their tummies, but the other half could easily appear on a Cialis commercial, for example, and lots of them were rocking some ballsy outfits (lots of these guys are in sales, after all). This also comically backfired a bit for a few Japanese businessmen dressed very conspicuously in loud windowpane suits. Best dressed guys at CES? Probably. Highly recognizable as they got their rocks off at the less than upscale establishment that is Deja Vu Showgirls? Oh yea. Did Jack and I end up stumbling out of that same seedy place down $200 each as the sun came up and the strippers put on big ugly parkas to go work their day jobs at the toptional pools? Also yes. (We were trying to schmooze with sales reps...really...) Did we successfully stick our employer with the bill? Let's see if our paperwork sneaks through accounting................
As for the actual events at CES, well, Jack and I were there to kiss up to reps from potential vendors, not to actually play. First time I've been there in a business capacity, actually, and it was a pretty different (more stressful) experience. From what little I was able to see, it looks like smart homes and the Internet of Things are riding the peak of the hype cycle. When it all shakes out, I hope you cybersecurity guys know what you're doing...
Less fleshed out story:
CG's oncologist chuckled at how she has managed to actually put on about 10lbs of fat since the end of her treatment. Maaaaybe has to do with Tamoxifen, definitely has to do with how she has thoroughly embraced cronuts and the sedentary lifestyle. And her family gave her shit for "getting too big" lifting weights...ugh... Anyhoo she has decided to restart MMA training and is currently racked with DOMS from typical fighter-flavored S&C, i.e. tons of bodyweight squats and pushups.
Even less fleshed out story:
I was a huge Battlestar Galactica fan in college and grad school to the point where I'd skip out on Friday social events to watch. Now re-watching the entire series + the specials, at CG's suggestion. Let's see if it's as good as I remember. (Note....with spoiler): I absolutely did not like season where they were on Caprica and Ron Moore used the show to quietly protest the Iraq War, because it seemed a pretty hollow portrayal of the mind of a suicide bomber. Will see if I feel any differently about it during the second go-around. Katee Sackhoff is still absolutely hot as balls though.