200 pound deadlift at SPA meet Saturday 10/19

Well I am continuing to work to try to gain muscle. I weighed in at the SPA meet and went over 105 so that shifted me to the next weight class (kind of a bummer in a way).

 

Here is my 200 pound dead lift

 

I really think that I could have done more, but that was my last attempt. Had a great day really. I squatted 185 and benched 100. I have one more powerlifting meet in December to do before I switch over in January to start prepping for fitness/figure. I think that I have gained at least 4 pounds of muscle. I have to credit Beverly International's Creatine & Mass Aminos for my success (of course training helps a great deal too!!!)

 

Keep Lifting!!! M



5th in the Nation in female powerlifting 105 lbs, master's class!!

I have been waiting a little to get to the powerlifting competition before I posted. This was my first powerlifting competition and the goal of getting involved is to build more muscle. I attended the USPA powerlifting meet October 5th, 2013 in Springfield, MO. I set 3 USPA records for my weight class & age in: Bench, Squat & Deadlift, and I am now ranked 5th in the Nation for my age & weight. I did not do as well as I wanted to on squatting. My heaviest that morning was only 171 which is a far cry from what I had been doing at the gym. I don't know what the problem was, possibly didn't warm up enough and also not really a morning person. Didn't feel that great until we were later in the day. But for my first meet overall, pretty happy.

I am planning on doing at least one more December 14th before January when I switch over to preparing for figure/fitness competitions.

Keep Lifting!!! Marci

Squatting 190 lbs & the introduction to my fitness & supplement website!!

Seems like the time flies by and I miss blogging about what is going on towards my fitness journey! For starters, did my body fat & muscle tests at the beginning of the week & I have gained about 3 1/2 pounds of muscle! My body fat is around 19%. I weigh about 107. I feel really large..lol and my pants are waaay too tight for my liking. I ask my husband every day "Are you sure I am not ruining my body??" He says no, but whatever.

October 5th is my first USPA power lifting event. I would rather be doing the WBFF Oklahoma show, but I am trying to stay focused on building more muscle for their spring shows. Anyway, Yesterday, I squatted 190 pounds for 1 rep. Did: 95:12; 135: 8; 155: 6; 175:2 & 190: 1. Squatting for me is very much dependent upon what I eat prior to going to the gym and how well I have slept the night before.

Monday, I launched my new fitness & supplement website  tri-factor-lifestyle-management.com
Please check it out. My supplements are Beverly International & I can get you the best price. Currently, I use Muscle Synergy, Ultra 40 & Mass Aminos for muscle building. I recommend these supplements to anyone trying to make some muscle gains.

KEEP LIFTING!!!
Marci

Big Leg Night - 400 pound seated leg press

I am definately increasing my weights in my leg workouts. Took Fast-Up from Beverly International and a cup of coffee prior to my workout and it gave me a great deal of energy - but not nervous energy which can suck. Here was the leg work out from yesterday:

SQUATS: 95: 12; 115: 10; 135: 6 155: 4; 175: 2
BAR LUNGE: 115: 6-8 reps for 3 sets
STRAIGHT LEGGED DEADS: 85:12; 105: 12, 12
SEATED CALF RAISE: 95: 8; 105: 6, 6
EXTENSION: 120: 10; 125:8, 8
CABLE LEG CURL: 50 POUNDS 3 SETS OF 12 EACH LEG
OUTER THIGH MACHINE: 160: 12; 180: 8; 200: 8
INNER THIGH MACHINE: 100: 12; 105: 10: 110: 8
SEATED LEG PRESS: 360: 10; 380: 8: 400: 6

I am definately sore today!!

KEEP LIFTING!!!!!

Lots of things happening in my world

I swear that it took me at least a half hour to actually get into my blog today - kept going through the password and username circle which wouldn't work!! This past weekend, I went to a great seminar on powerlifting put on by power lifting champs Colt Gibbon & Rick McDowell. Learned a lot. What was particularly interesting was the assistance exercises to improve your lifts. One of the things I am going to incorporate into my workouts now are good mornings - which I absolutely hate, but know my back needs some strengthening.

Yesterday was bench press day - chest & triceps. I am moving along in getting stronger. Here was my lifting schedule:
Bench Press: 45: 12; 85:8; 95: 4; 105: 3
Incline DB: 35: 10; 40: 6, 6
Cable Flyes: 30: 10, 10, 10
Smith Declines: 40_ 12; 50: 8: 60: 6

Triceps

Overhead Press: 35: 12: 40: 8, 8
Press Downs: 90: 12; 100: 10: 110: 6
Cable reverse grips: 30: 12, 12, 12

Still struggling with the weight vs fat accumulation. I think that I am going to change my supplementation some. Still taking the Growth Factor, but now I am going to go on Muscle Synergy which is a combo of creatine & HMB. I have just been doing creatine. I also am going to start using my Liver Pills again (ugh .. they are the color of liver too)

My online Beverly International Supplement store and Trifactor Exercise program website is coming along. I hope to have it done in a couple of weeks. Learning how to put together a website & I have to admit I think it is challenging - but it is coming together nicely.   KEEP LIFTING!!!

Dead Lift @ 185 and Squatting @ 165

Seems that I am progressing some! I have been getting fairly discouraged with lifting heavier and getting more muscular. I particularly hate the day that deadlifting comes up - back day. I have struggled with my grip and foot position. Finally figured out that I do well with the Sumo style of foot position. My trainer had to tell me to just think of it as a squat. Between the two I was able to deadlift 185 pounds which is about 30 pounds more than I have been doing. So hopefully that is a trend that will stay.

Yesterday, I actually had a little bit of an audience for squatting (which was weird cause it was all men). I squatted 165 which I guess is only 5 pounds away from the leading power lifter in my weight class (tiny- lol) at the Master's level. That is probably because there are only like 2 women doing the power lifting and not that this is so great on my part..LOL..My trainer seems to think I can go to Olympia with this?? strange thought...but hell sounds kind of exciting to me and I am all about that. So I this was the ole' leg work out yesterday:

Squats: 95: 12; 105: 10; 135: 8; 150: 6; 165: 4
Straight Legged Deads: 85: 12; 105: 12, 12
Seated Calf Raise: 90: 8, 8, 8
Extension: 100: 10; 120: 8, 8
Outer Thigh: 140: 12; 160: 12; 180: 8
Inner Thigh: 100: 10; 105: 8, 8
Leg Cable Curl: 50 pounds, 3 sets each leg
Seated Leg Press: 340: 12; 360: 10: 380: 8
Dumbbell Lunge: 20 pounds 4 sets of 8

Getting ready to go out and run a fiver today before it pours down rain. Tonight after work, I have ballet. This I love and have done for about 4 years. My extension sucks because of doing weight training - but it keeps me from going backwards flexibility wise.

Tomorrow I am attending a powerlifting event at our gym - benching for cash. I am not a participant, but I get to be a "weiner girl" LOL -- meaning I get to hand out free hotdogs. That should be if nothing at least interesting and.... I get to see what a meet is actually like.  HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Plateau and going backwards

Don't you just hate when you feel like you are sliding backwards from your goal instead of inching near it all the time. I suppose it is part of the process. Really struggling with the diet in terms of eating enough calories. Never thought that would be an issue LOL. I weigh 106 and my trainer keeps telling me I need to be about 115 to even think about walking on stage. I think that is what did it. It seems unreachable to me and I felt defeated. After bench and chest last night became really tired and managed to totally blow my diet with some lime flavored tortilla chips and later dark chocolate. Then I laid on the couch and slept; only to turn right around and go to bed. Sad and a fairly rare moment for myself. I am frustrated and now have to look at everything and regroup. I do keep a daily diary on everything I am doing. So this was the workout I did last night:

CHEST

Bench Press: Bar 45; 12; 85; 8, 95: 6; 105: 4
Incline Dumbbell Chest: 35: 8; 40: 6,6
Decline Chest on Smith: 50: 10; 70:6; 50: 6
Chest Cable FLyes: 30:12; 40: 6,6

TRICEPS
Overhead Dumbbell PRess: 35: 12; 40: 10, 10
Press Down with triangle grip: 90:12; 100: 10, 10
Cable Pull Backs: 30: 8, 8, 8

Tonight is a spin session as well as shoulders and biceps....... hopefully I can pull myself out of this!!!