Juggling life as a medic, powerlifter and golfing gal

Powerpro16

Powerpro16

Powerpro16

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So currently I am a second year medic that also loves to spend a lot of time in the gym powerlifting on a weekly basis and being captain of the second team ladies golf at the uni.
Currently with the lifting, my training hasn't been consistent due to exams coming round in the next couple of weeks, but as soon as summer hits, I am hoping to get back to training 4 times a week, supplemented with cardio sessions to try and get my fitness back and to also gain strength for the lifts. My current maxes are:
Squat- 97.5kgs
Bench- 62.5kgs
Dealdift- 105kgs
I am hoping that with the time that I will have over summer I can, with the training programmes up my current maxes and aim towards my first competition in 2017 hopefully with the university club that I want to start up and aim towards Scottish Nationals.
With my golf I am hoping to get a lot more practice over summer by playing in lots of competitions to try and get my handicap down from 16 to 14.
Most of what I post in the forum will be about my training sessions as I go along in teh gym and any interesting results that I get from the golf.
2016 will be the year that I can go out and do better with my lifting and the golf as with that little bit more hard work and dedication as everyone says....the results I want to see will come
 
Awesome, and good luck!

Shame about the golf, but I guess nobody's perfect! ;) :D In reality, however, fitting all that in whilst training to be a medic is very impressive!

Looking forward to this, particularly given you can pretty much outlift me! :eek: :( :D :cool:
 
mrthingyx said:
Awesome, and good luck!

Shame about the golf, but I guess nobody's perfect! ;) :D In reality, however, fitting all that in whilst training to be a medic is very impressive!

Looking forward to this, particularly given you can pretty much outlift me! :eek: :( :D :cool:
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Thank you for your support! Hopefully, as I say, once the exams are finished I can give more time to getting better numbers with the lifting and doing well with the golf!
 
Welcome etc etc :)

What's brought you to this deepest darkest corner of the Internet? Obviously you're more than welcome, I just always find it flattering that people come to a computer hardware forum and stay for the gym community we have here :)

Would be interesting to see what kind of programme you follow and what your day to day workouts look like. We've had a lot of successful power lifters here (Reyishin or w/e he's called has beasted his recent comps, check out his log), lot of bodybuilders (Steedie/Kai etc) and those that talk more about lifting than actually lift (I'll not name drop those phaggots) :p

We have a FaceBook group too, but I warn you now, it's quite... Uhh... Male oriented, and un-moderated :p :D
 
MoNkeE said:
Welcome etc etc :)

What's brought you to this deepest darkest corner of the Internet? Obviously you're more than welcome, I just always find it flattering that people come to a computer hardware forum and stay for the gym community we have here :)

Would be interesting to see what kind of programme you follow and what your day to day workouts look like. We've had a lot of successful power lifters here (Reyishin or w/e he's called has beasted his recent comps, check out his log), lot of bodybuilders (Steedie/Kai etc) and those that talk more about lifting than actually lift (I'll not name drop those phaggots) :p

We have a FaceBook group too, but I warn you now, it's quite... Uhh... Male oriented, and un-moderated :p :D
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I really wanted to start logging my training so I could track progress and get any tips from anyone that wanted to contribute anything to any of the posts that I do.
I don't follow a specific programme, my boyfriend writes them for me and adjusts them according to my progress each week. Every week has squats, bench and deadlifts and different accessories to try and improve my strength for these lifts. I will start logging my training so you can get an idea of what the programme is like and will let everyone know of the progress I make! And I'll give the page a look
 
Finding motivation

Training- Friday 20/05
Started off with some warm ups and stretches for my back before beginning bench to try and reduce any tightness that would affect the session

Bench
Warm-ups with the bar x 8
30kgs x 5
40kgs x 3
Main work out sets
50kgs 2x5
55kgs 3x3
AMRAP at 55kgs x 5
Had confidence issues during the session but managed to find it again for my AMRAP set and felt really good to get 5 so need to keep that confidence and find my motivation again for summer training when I'll have a lot more time to train!

Been finding training harder than usual recently but I put that down to inconsistent training period over exams and stress. Need to find the motivation again to go to the sessions as I always feel good after I go. Will be going back onto a four day training week as of Monday so looking forward to training more and trying to get back to how I felt going to training before!

Tomorrow's session will be deads, squats and bench with some accessories too. Also learning technique for different deads which will be fun to get some variation into training which might help to get the motivation back!
 
Those are some good numbers! If you don't mind me asking, what do you weigh?

I ask because I train with my missus, we have slacked off a bit now, but at our peak of training, at 60kg bodyweight she hit similar numbers to your max, she hit a 100kg squat for one, 60kg bench for one and I think a 95kg deadlift for 6. We only followed a bodybuilding routine, those weren't in power lifting stances, I don't think she realises how potentially strong she could be!

She was never too happy with anything other than the squat. Been trying to drum into her head those are fantastic numbers and to get the motivation to train for it again lol.
 
Jamesyboyjim said:
Those are some good numbers! If you don't mind me asking, what do you weigh?

I ask because I train with my missus, we have slacked off a bit now, but at our peak of training, at 60kg bodyweight she hit similar numbers to your max, she hit a 100kg squat for one, 60kg bench for one and I think a 95kg deadlift for 6. We only followed a bodybuilding routine, those weren't in power lifting stances, I don't think she realises how potentially strong she could be!

She was never too happy with anything other than the squat. Been trying to drum into her head those are fantastic numbers and to get the motivation to train for it again lol.
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Sorry to hijack but have you looked at local powerlifting results? As I would think she'd see that she was way up with numbers like that
 
GSVBagpuss said:
Sorry to hijack but have you looked at local powerlifting results? As I would think she'd see that she was way up with numbers like that
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A friend of hers, who competes in power lifting told her the same as you! She still ummed and ahhed. Its irrelevant now as she's way off what she was and is trying to cut, but I just thought if I showed her op's numbers as another example, she might realise her potential!
 
Jamesyboyjim said:
Those are some good numbers! If you don't mind me asking, what do you weigh?

I ask because I train with my missus, we have slacked off a bit now, but at our peak of training, at 60kg bodyweight she hit similar numbers to your max, she hit a 100kg squat for one, 60kg bench for one and I think a 95kg deadlift for 6. We only followed a bodybuilding routine, those weren't in power lifting stances, I don't think she realises how potentially strong she could be!

She was never too happy with anything other than the squat. Been trying to drum into her head those are fantastic numbers and to get the motivation to train for it again lol.
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Hi Jamesboyjim!
I fluctuate between about 68-72kgs so if I were to compete in the future, I would hope to be in the 72kgs class :-) Those are fantastic numbers especially for her weight as well! She should definitely keep going! I do find it difficult to train sometimes because of a lack of motivation but love training when my boyfriend is staying with me or I have friends to train with at university. I'm getting back into training again now whilst away on holiday and am really enjoying the new plan that my boyfriend has also done for me.
Good luck with all your lifting and definitely keep your missus lifting too!
 
Training- 26/07
Warm-up back exercises
Bench:
20kg bar x8 close grip and x8 normal grip
30kg x5
37.5kg X3
Working sets
42kg 3x10 normal grip
40kg 2x10 wide grip
Accessories:
Lat pull downs- 35kgs 4x10
OH press- 22.5kgs 3x10
Dips- 4x5 BW
Really enjoyed today's session. Bench felt really good and accessories were harder but all will help towards building strength. Like the new programming I have of one movement each day and accessories as its all helping me to get my motivation back for training once more! Looking forward to sumo deads and deficits tomorrow and some back work!
 
Training-27/07
Back warm-up and hamstring stretches to loosen up
Sumo deads
60kgs x5
70kgs x2
Working sets:
75kgs 3x8
Deficits 70kgs 2x8
Accessories:
Back extensions 3x12
Really enjoyed the deadlift session today. Both the weights for sumo and deficits felt pretty good. Could have definitely gone higher for deficits but haven't done them in a while so just stayed at 70. Training session tomorrow for bench....heavy day bench!
 
Training-29/07 (light day)
Back stretches
High bar squats x8
30kgs x5
40kgs x3
50kgs x3
Working Sets:
55kgs (3x10)
Bench close grip:
Warm ups with bar X8
30kgs x5
40kgs 3x12
Bench wide grip:
37.5kgs 2x12
Accessories:
Seated rows 4x10 1@30kgs and 3@25kgs
Leg press 3x10 2@50kgs and 1@60kgs
Hamstring curls 3x12 25kgs
Dumbbell bench press 4x10 at 14kgs
Enjoyed tonight's session but need to make sure for upcoming sessions I keep to one movement and accessories otherwise I lose concentration and motivation....feel like the training is helping everything to come along though! Really happy with progress so far :-)
 
Training-06/08
Back warm-ups and warm-up side leg extensions for my knee
Squats:
Bar x6
30kgs x5
40kgs x5
50kgs x3
60kgs x2
Working sets (normal) : 67.5kgs 3x6
High bar paused: 60kgs 3x6
Bench:
With the bar x8
30kgs x5
37.5kgs x3
Working sets (close grip) 3x10 @42.5kgs
Working sets (wide grip) 3x10 @37.5kgs
Accessories:
Lat pull downs 4x12 @ 33kgs
Have been playing golf the past two days so felt quite tired in the session today and on minimal food before training. Still happy with the result though! Am away on holiday this week so will be running to keep up the fitness in a week that would otherwise be my deload and then after will follow into re-running the hypertrophy phase of the programmes again!
 
Training- 15/08 (Squats- Light)
High bar:
Warm ups with the bar x8
30kgs x5
40kgs x 5
50kgs x 3
Working sets (55kgs)
3x10
Leg press:
RPE 8 2x 10 at 65kgs
Ham curls:
3 x10 at 27.5kgs
After a week off training, was very happy to get back into the gym again today to re-run the hypertrophy phase of the programme that I am on. Squats felt relatively good but didn't want to push too much and risk injury....will try to improve on these numbers next week! Had a really good two weeks training every day on holiday with the six days a week and saw great results so looking forward to seeing possible progress over the next four weeks and hope for some improvements!
 
Training- 16/08 (Bench, Medium)
Warm ups with the bar x 8
30kgs x 5
40kgs x 3
Working sets:
45kgs 2x10
Bench (wide)-2x10 @40kgs
Accessories:
Cable rows 4x8 @30kgs
OH press 3x8 @25kgs
French press 3x8 @10kgs
Was happy with the bench session today but very sore legs after day's squat session! I am liking trying out the wide grip as it seems to be getting stronger each time I use the variation....looking forward to pushing higher that 40kgs and up towards my max normal grip bench in the near future! PB'd on the OH press which felt hard but happy to have pushed for the higher numbers (same for bench normal grip)
 
Training-17/08 (Deadlifts, Medium)
Deadlifts:
Warm ups @60kgs, 67.5kgs and 72.5kgs (5, 5, 3)
Working sets for sumo block: 3x10 at 72.5kgs
Deadlift (conventional): 2x10 at 70kgs
Accessories:
Back extensions 3x10
Really happy with the deadlift session today! Was pushed for time but managed to bang out all the sets in under an hour which is great time-wise for when I'm back at uni! Bar travel was good with the block and got more tired when doing conventional as had v little rest in between sets but pushed myself to the higher rep range which is progress! May try for a new set of 6 sumo next week as really enjoying the variation in the main deadlift movement
 
Training- 19/08
Warm-ups with the bar, 30kgs, 40kgs (x8, x5, x5)
Working sets (normal grip)- 1x6 and 1x8 at 47.5kgs
Paused bench (normal grip)- 2x8 at 45kgs
Accessories:
Dumbbell bench- 14kgs 4x8
Dumbbell rows- 14kgs 4x8
Face pulls- 18.75kgs 3x8
Felt really tired going into tonight's session....little sleep last night and not the right food before going in. Still managed to do the higher weight ranges for normal grip bench and was happy that I managed to get 2x8 at 40kgs for the paused bench to help with overall strength in bench. Also managed to increase the weight for dumbbell bench which I was happy with. Onto squats tomorrow and another lighter bench session on Sunday!
 
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