Tag Archives: ladies who lift

Dem quads

Posted on June 27, 2017 by G

Lately I’ve been thinking about my quads and their relative wimpiness compared to the rest of my body. While they’re perfectly adequate for running, their performance for things like squats is not so good. I suspect that my difficulty with … Continue reading →

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Mini powerlifting competition day

Posted on May 23, 2017 by G

The day of the powerlifting competition at my little work gym finally arrived! I spent the morning nervous and antsy, and around 9am I headed down to warm up before my 9:30 lifting slot. I weighed in (222lb, now you … Continue reading →

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Weird muscle gendering

Posted on July 19, 2016 by G

I’m still tired and crunky-feeling, and I went to the gym all like ‘meh’. I was tempted to just stay on the treadmill and warmup forever (I ran for 15 minutes instead of 10). But after I got started I … Continue reading →

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Tough go

Posted on December 1, 2014 by G

This week I’m making up for skipping last Thursday by doing a 3-day, M/W/F lifting schedule, and today was squats/OHP/deadlift, 160/75/175. Or at least that’s what I was going for… Squats at 160lb kicked my butt though. I battled my … Continue reading →

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What do you even say?

Posted on October 30, 2014 by G

Today was the "short program" Stronglifts day (yes, I have taken to calling the workouts the short program and the long program, in my head). Squats, overhead press, deadlift: 120, 55,155. They were hard; however, I’m still going to add … Continue reading →

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ZOMG SRS LIFTER

Posted on June 18, 2013 by G

My hands hurt! I’ve given up gloves so I have a better grip on my deadlifts, which makes them less slippy and easier, but the knurling on the bar is chewing up my palms. So it goes. Speaking of deadlifts, … Continue reading →

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