For the Love of The Barbell

[thebluefarm]

Lucy
5'5"
135lbs

I started with my husband (Anthony King- he's on here somewhere) in April 2014, and this is my 16th week. I took one week off toward the beginning for illness, and recently took two weeks for a tweak in my middle back. Here's what I was doing before the tweak:

Squat: 85x5x3
DL: 136x3x4
BP: 56x5x3
Press: 41x3x5

My first day of the LP was this:

SQ 35x5x3
OHP 21x5x3
DL 57x5x3

I started out wanting to look hot and have more energy (exercise!), but I pretty much fell right in love with these movements. I'd like to see if I can get strong (training!) but it's just so doggone fun to lift barbells. I wish I'd started it way sooner.

7/24

DL 117x5x3
BP 56x5x3
Chin ups, with stretchy bands for help, AMRAP 8/5/5

DLs felt easy, but the back thing freaked me out a bit so I'm easing back in.

[thebluefarm]

I tend to hyperextend my back a wee bit when I squat, so I'm using this deloading opportunity to perfect my form.

Squats
warm ups:
45lbs for 5 sets of 3-5 reps, took video and went over it with my training partner

work sets:
65x5x3

Press
warm ups:
15x5x1
20x5x1
25x3x1
30x3x1

work sets:
37x5x3

Executed the glute/ham raise for the first time today; I've been doing back extensions in sets of 3 for 10 reps. My GHRs were 10/10/7

I think my back tweak came from pressing. My rebound is good, but I think I lost some tightness in my upper back and threw the weight up and did something weird to my erector spinae. I dunno, but it's slowly getting better and it doesn't hurt more when I train. I'd rather live with the tweak and lift than sit on my ass all sad about not lifting and still have a tweak.

[carson]

I know one is not to ask a woman's age but what the heck, approximately in what decade were you born?

[thebluefarm]

Ha. I'm 37, but I guess the weight I'm lifting might make a person imagine I'm 77.

[thebluefarm]

7/29/14

Squat: 70x5x3
BP: 57x3x5
DL: 127x5x3

Today felt easy. Back tweak stays the same, neither worse nor better, so I'm just doing my thing and aware of it but not paying it much mind.

[thebluefarm]

7/31/14

SQ: 75x5x3

OHP: 38x3x5

Back Extension: 3 sets of 10

Chin-ups: AMRAP 5/4/4
With stretchy bands to assist

Today was fun, like just about every day I lift barbells. Was too tired for GHRs, but back exts. felt great.

Nothing I do is impressive, and I give not one fuck. It beats not doing it.

[HandPlaneSteve]

Not a single one?

[Anthony King]

Don't believe her. She's dying to squat triple digits.

[thebluefarm]

I'm not dying to; I'm going to.

[HandPlaneSteve]

Don't believe her. She's dying to squat triple digits.

Well, she's only 30lbs away. And I saw your original comment, LOL.