stupid meatsuit tricks

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just barfing this out so i can stop fucking dwelling on it and turn my attention to the positives from today's workout.

those of you who recall my profoundly visceral admiration response to Jenn R fainting on the platform during her meet rekindling my drive and desire to emulate that... it happened today. unfortunately, it happened about fifty pounds sooner than i was hoping it would, but i am going to lay the blame for that solidly on getting one of the worst nights' sleep in recent memory.

495# on the bar, struggled to break it off the ground for what felt like three or four very very long seconds, my ass got high, and i refused to give up on the pull. dragged it up my shins. got shaky hauling it past my knees, locked it out hard and fast, and promptly greyed the fuck out, twitching on the floor, unable to let go of the bar as a couple of other people at the gym switched from cheerleader to caretaker mode.

afterward, there were some good points:
- richard, the gym's co-owner: "the good news is, you would have gotten three white lights. the bad news is, you shit on my floor." (he was kidding about that second part, but I did glance down to check)
- fred "dr. squat" hatfield, first man to squat a thousand pounds: "that's a result of the valsalva manouever. don't hold your breath so long. let it out once you break off the floor - not all at once, but as you come up with it."
- jenn: "that was one motherfucker of a straight-legged deadlift, and i don't mean that in a bad way."

Comments

[ivy]

Hahaha, Richard! Terrible but funny.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

He can say shit like that, because his bench press is more than any of my three lifts (he's the current florida bench press record holder in the 308# division). he's also one of those gruff but likeable dudes who will take and dish out good-natured shit but stomp someone who is being a toolbox; we bonded over the fact that we're both huge star wars nerds when he saw how i tricked out my car.

there's something entertaining over watching a dude that big squee over the Rogue One trailer during our warmups because he's jazzed by the Han Solo origin story.

[ivy]

Is that what that's about? Awesome! I also liked the trailer but didn't know if/how it connected to anything else.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched the trailer, so, honestly, his saying that was new information for me. I'm going into it as cold/blind/clueless as possible. :-)