Power lifter? Bodybuilder? come on in!

[Dznts]

Originally Posted by RGRCamaro

Yes I will definitley still be heavy weight training for strength and power gains! I am about 6'3 and I finished my bulk about 3 weeks ago right at around 230lbs, I am estimating my BF right now to be around 10-15% slowly decreasing, my body typically only lets me bulk 15-20 lbs a year then cut down to a 10-12lb or so net muscle gain (This is how it has been the past 3 years). I think tonight I will be around 225lbs. MY squat is probably mostly inhibited right now by my technique, and that I have never really trained a straight "Powerlifting" routine, mostly just the modified "Bodybuilding" routines coupled with my athletic training.

Dznts are you close to the Tulsa area?

I live in Davis.

[Dznts]

Haven't attempted lifting this week, life is to crazy at the moment and I have been a little sick. Hoping to get thru it all and get back at it.

[hrpiii]

What if I was bulking by accident over the winter, does that count? I normally sit around 225, but yesterday I was a hearty 237 lbs. Just shifting from lifting mode, to training mode. I know I will be back down to my normal weight in a few weeks, but I will enjoy my extra fluffiness while I can.

[Normagene]

Originally Posted by Dznts

Haven't attempted lifting this week, life is to crazy at the moment and I have been a little sick. Hoping to get thru it all and get back at it.

Hear ya, sometimes life just gets in the way! I'm the type who loves "my routine" of daily life. Hate when things go crazy and mess with it. Nothing worse than being under the weather, hope ya feel better real quick.

[Normagene]

Originally Posted by hrpiii

What if I was bulking by accident over the winter, does that count? I normally sit around 225, but yesterday I was a hearty 237 lbs. Just shifting from lifting mode, to training mode. I know I will be back down to my normal weight in a few weeks, but I will enjoy my extra fluffiness while I can.

That's what winter is for, it's the norm to bulk up during the winter months. Come March/April you start gett'n serious and by May you're into cutting down the fat and really gett'n that Six Pack ready for summertime! Being a female I just stay the same year round, tried to bulk up, 12 wk program, and struggled to add just a mere 4 pounds. Hated trying to eat so much. Although my strength did improve, I can now do 25 mens decline pushups, feet on the bench, and yes I hold dumbbells to get real low.

[hrpiii]

Originally Posted by Normagene

That's what winter is for, it's the norm to bulk up during the winter months. Come March/April you start gett'n serious and by May you're into cutting down the fat and really gett'n that Six Pack ready for summertime! Being a female I just stay the same year round, tried to bulk up, 12 wk program, and struggled to add just a mere 4 pounds. Hated trying to eat so much. Although my strength did improve, I can now do 25 mens decline pushups, feet on the bench, and yes I hold dumbbells to get real low.

training a few friends for a powerlifting meet at the end of april. Will be in full swing by late Feb.

[Mydivorcegift]

Originally Posted by hrpiii

training a few friends for a powerlifting meet at the end of april. Will be in full swing by late Feb.

Me too.

My intro course to CF starts Feb 16th.

[gen6waiter]

annoyinggggggggggggg.........people who do not put away the equipment they just used and people who use a towel as a reserve sign on mutilple equipments. One particular middle-aged guy, puts massive amount (too heavy for him to move with proper form and range of motion) of weight on bar, do squats or bench presses or leg presses...when done, just walks away....often leaving others wondering if the idiot is done and they can start using the equipment. vent over.

[stt816]

weighing in at 143lbs, competition in brooklyn april 25! Goal is 470lbs by then

[hrpiii]

Originally Posted by gen6waiter

annoyinggggggggggggg.........people who do not put away the equipment they just used and people who use a towel as a reserve sign on mutilple equipments. One particular middle-aged guy, puts massive amount (too heavy for him to move with proper form and range of motion) of weight on bar, do squats or bench presses or leg presses...when done, just walks away....often leaving others wondering if the idiot is done and they can start using the equipment. vent over.

you are way too nice in your gym (others too) if they regularly get away with it. Me, I will let them know to remove their crap. Also, if I see someone "reserve" a piece of equipment and go work on something else, and I want that equipment, their "towel" disappears and I TAKE the equipment, and no working in with me.....move along, move along.

[Normagene]

Originally Posted by stt816

weighing in at 143lbs, competition in brooklyn april 25! Goal is 470lbs by then

Nice Lift

[Dznts]

things have calmed down for me, so I was able to get back into the swing of things this week.

[Mydivorcegift]

Originally Posted by stt816

weighing in at 143lbs, competition in brooklyn april 25! Goal is 470lbs by then

Awesome!

[Mydivorcegift]

Below are a couple of vids of Monique at CF. First is her final clean after only doing the bar for a month. The weight is 135lbs. Second is her first time ever of doing a behind the head split jerk. The weight is 125lbs. Still has a ways to go. Strength is there...it's just a matter of her learning to use her explosive power and coordinate the movements. Open is in 4 weeks. Just doing it as a baseline. Hoping next year to qualify for regionals, and the following year for the actual CF Games.