USPA Old Skool Iron Meet Recap…I crushed it!

Oh man, I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Yes, there were some things I could have done better. But overall, I was happy with my performance. In a nutshell, I broke the national squat record, the national bench press record, and the national overall total record, PLUS I won the Best Lifter award, and it feels so awesome to get that honor and validation. My hard work paid off! ::::contented sighs:::

Well, where should I start… I guess I’ll start ...

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Powerlifting training update 3.5 weeks out

My Strength

This week’s training has been a bit frustrating, because I don’t seem to be hitting the numbers I used to be able to hit!

For example, with squats…

Before Argentina, I hit 320. I want to hit 326 in the meet. Today I tried for 308 and failed. My strength felt decent but my form was a bit off. I am having problems getting my balance right, which doesn’t allow me to fully leverage my own strength. It’s funny, because Dan ...

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Roll Back Burpee Variation

It was time to do a little cardio shiz, of course I did as much “alternative” cardio as possible, such as hang cleans, chops, box jumps, and so forth. I did this little gem of an exercise (puke)…j/k. It’s a good one, but dang it’s hard. I don’t know what it’s called, but I’ll just call it “Roll Back Burpee Variation.” It’s killer core, legs, upper body, *and* gets the heart pumping! Do them yourself and ENJOY (as much as ...

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Training Update

Here is the latest on my training and nutrition!

1) My current split:

Mon- Deadlifts + Back

Tues- Bench- Wide Grip and Close Grip + Triceps

Wed- Low Bar Squats

Thurs- Intervals or rest

Fri- Bench + Tri’s

Sat- High Bar Squats

Sun- Shoulders (designed for helping Bench Press)

2) Working on total body tension:

One of the things I have been working on in my training is really utilizing the advantage of total body tension (or radiant tension). When I do any lifts, I try to keep my WHOLE ...

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Experiment: “Clean Eating Foods” Vs. “IIFYM Foods” during prep

okay, I’m going to just say it how it is here. I did an experiment.

I AM on a IIFYM plan in that I am assigned macros from my nutritionist, and then I can choose whatever foods that hit those macros. However, if you want to label me, I tend to choose foods that are considered traditional “clean eating” foods.

Here is my typical meal plan that I created for myself:

Meal 1: pre-workout: egg whites and oatmeal

Meal 2: post-workout: egg whites and ...

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NPC’s Women’s Physique Division

What IS Women’s Physique?

The NPC (National Physique Committee) created the Women’s Physique division for badass chicas like me who are into hardcore iron-hoisting, mixed with meticulously disciplined dieting, mixed with ultimately super-indulgent girly-ness (perfect manicure, hair, makeup, etc etc)…Throw in an oompa-loompa super dark orangey fake tan, and BAM you have women’s physique division 😉

Physique is in between the Bikini/Figure and Bodybuilding categories.

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Not going crazy in Argentina

I have a confession. These past few weeks I have been struggling about Argentina. Stomach churning with anxiety, mind swimming. Wondering. Questioning. Doubting. Catastrophizing.

I have been on such an awesome, strict diet. Calculating, excel spreadsheeting, cooking, weighing, measuring, portioning, Tupperware-ing. Going to the gym, getting in my sleep, keeping to myself, staying focused, staying in my routine.

…Then to think of going on a trip, where I will not have the same routine, sometimes I will not have control over my food, ...

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Squat PR of 320.67 lbs wooo!!! + 20 pullups weeeeeee!!!!

 

 

Here is video PROOF! 😀

aw man, excited. Last day of skwatz & deadies with Dan before Argentina!

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Here is da squat- this is super exciting for me! 320.67 lbs buddy!!!

 

I hit the squat PR, then actually hit a deadlift PR (358.25 lbs)! What a great day, eh?! 😉 Then Dan had me do two sets of pull ups and two sets of rows.

Here is da pull ups -no big deal, just in case you want some ...

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One way to do intervals

 

In this video, we are doing deathly intervals on the bike. Warm up first, then hit eight 20 sec intervals. Hard-ass, kill-yourself intervals. Then take 1 min and 20 seconds to recover. Repeat. Intervals, yo. Do them. Great for fat loss when paired with responsible dieting.

(If you can’t see the video, please peep my website or youtube channel to see the video.)

(BTW Maria is such a ham! LOL)

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