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I got my exam results yesterday. I passed everything and passed well!!! Wooo-hoooo!!
Even crappy economics that had my heart absolutely broken before it!! When it comes to exam results I tend not to tell people when they're coming out, that way if I don't do well, I have time to think things out to myself and come up with a new plan of action before spreading the bad news. Everyone who isn't in college with me just expects it now, then when I do good you just can't shut me up!! I was really, really expecting to do terribly in the economics exam, I genuinely thought I was going to end up back in the exam hall in August repeating and what's worse is that I know I would have been in exactly the same state as I was before this one. No matter how hard I study the subject it seems like I get to a certain stage and then no more will go in. :mad: But no matter, I can drop it this year and focus on the two subjects that I'm great at and love!! So YAY for being finished second year!! 
I genuinely didn't realise how stressed and tense I was in the days before the results came out, it was like a massive weight had just been lifted off my shoulders and I can relax and enjoy the summer now. Tbh I haven't been feeling the best over the last few days anyway, I've been getting headaches quite frequently, been feeling dizzy when I stand up too fast, really tired all the time, even though I've been getting loads of sleep, it had gotten to the stage where I'd be watching the t.v at 5 or 6 in the evening and would be dozing off which is extremely unusual for me. I was at the WDFPF Europeans at the weekend and let me tell ya, there's nothing like being at a good competition to relight the fire in your belly with regards training, you're watching them and thinking 'I wanna go train NOW'!! The highlight of my day was without a doubt watching Mary Anderson lift again, she's just such a phenomenal lifter. At 74.4 kg and 40 years of age she squatted 200kg, benched 110kg and deadlifted 200kg, now if that doesn't act as motivation that I don't know what will. But when I got back to Dublin when I'd normally be raring to go in the gym I was feeling a bit meh about it. I kinda lost my mojo. I have no doubt in my mind that it was as a result of undereating in the lead up the results being released. When I get stressed, all thought of food just goes from my mind and it's only at the end of the day and I'm thinking back on what I ate I realise how little it was. I was in work yesterday when I checked my results and I swear that as soon as I saw that I passed everything, the stress lifted and my hunger returned with a vengence. I had to run down to the deli to get some lunch coz I was starving and for the first time in what seemed like ages I ate normally for the day and guess what...headaches, tiredness and dizziness all disappeared. I'm *dying* to get back into the gym today and am raging that I won't be able to. I went to the supermarket last night and bought loads of yummy healthy foods!! It feels like the summer so far has just been wasted but I can start to enjoy it now for sure!!!
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Malteaser! wrote: »I got my exam results yesterday. I passed everything and passed well!!! Wooo-hoooo!!
I had every faith in you, I knew you'd do it
Even crappy economics that had my heart absolutely broken before it!! When it comes to exam results I tend not to tell people when they're coming out, that way if I don't do well, I have time to think things out to myself and come up with a new plan of action before spreading the bad news. Everyone who isn't in college with me just expects it now, then when I do good you just can't shut me up!!
Grrrrrr... you don't even tell me!!!I was really, really expecting to do terribly in the economics exam, I genuinely thought I was going to end up back in the exam hall in August repeating and what's worse is that I know I would have been in exactly the same state as I was before this one. No matter how hard I study the subject it seems like I get to a certain stage and then no more will go in. :mad: But no matter, I can drop it this year and focus on the two subjects that I'm great at and love!! So YAY for being finished second year!!
It's such an awesome feeling eh...?? Now you just gotta be lke me and take a year out!! (still the best decision EVER).I genuinely didn't realise how stressed and tense I was in the days before the results came out, it was like a massive weight had just been lifted off my shoulders and I can relax and enjoy the summer now. Tbh I haven't been feeling the best over the last few days anyway, I've been getting headaches quite frequently, been feeling dizzy when I stand up too fast, really tired all the time, even though I've been getting loads of sleep, it had gotten to the stage where I'd be watching the t.v at 5 or 6 in the evening and would be dozing off which is extremely unusual for me. I was at the WDFPF Europeans at the weekend and let me tell ya, there's nothing like being at a good competition to relight the fire in your belly with regards training, you're watching them and thinking 'I wanna go train NOW'!! The highlight of my day was without a doubt watching Mary Anderson lift again, she's just such a phenomenal lifter. At 74.4 kg and 40 years of age she squatted 200kg, benched 110kg and deadlifted 200kg, now if that doesn't act as motivation that I don't know what will. But when I got back to Dublin when I'd normally be raring to go in the gym I was feeling a bit meh about it. I kinda lost my mojo. I have no doubt in my mind that it was as a result of undereating in the lead up the results being released. When I get stressed, all thought of food just goes from my mind and it's only at the end of the day and I'm thinking back on what I ate I realise how little it was. I was in work yesterday when I checked my results and I swear that as soon as I saw that I passed everything, the stress lifted and my hunger returned with a vengence. I had to run down to the deli to get some lunch coz I was starving and for the first time in what seemed like ages I ate normally for the day and guess what...headaches, tiredness and dizziness all disappeared. I'm *dying* to get back into the gym today and am raging that I won't be able to. I went to the supermarket last night and bought loads of yummy healthy foods!! It feels like the summer so far has just been wasted but I can start to enjoy it now for sure!!!
I am SO glad you're feeling better. You really did seem off over the last few days, but there were so many things it coulda been it was hard to try and pinpoint one of them!!
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Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »Congrats on the exams Malteaser.
Just 1 question? Why do you do the flys directly after the bench? Is this because your tri's are tired and you want to give the chest an extra workout?
Hey, thanks a million, so glad that they turned out well, I can stop thinking about them now!!
With the flies...I'm not gonna lie, I don't know why they're placed there. I'm just doing what Mr. Sheiko says...Hopefully with this bumpage Hanley will notice and answer for the both of us!!Congratulations on the exams, well done!!
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Just reading your log there havent been reading much lately with work , but well done on the exams !!
Thanks a million!! It's not like you'd have been missing out on much with my log, I haven't been to the gym in a week!! 
They're basically just there to get an extra bit of volume onto the pecs and stretched them out and get some blood flowing to them to help recovery!
Thanks hun!
So like I said above, I haven't been to the gym in a week. When Sheiko ended my body was absolutely shattered, I was tired and weak, I just needed a break so after last Monday's session I decided to take a few days off, just to recharge my batteries so I'd be ready for the next 5 weeks!!
Headed back to TF last night, when I walked into the weights room, I genuinely thought that there was a class going on - that's how busy it was. There was sooooo many guys in there, every bench was being used, at first glance, it looked like every piece of machinery was being used, it was mad...definitely the busiest I've ever seen it. As soon as I was able to steal a bar off someone I was off. Great session!!
Sheiko Competition Cycle, Week 1, Day 2
Deadlift *
60kg x 3 x 3 **
70kg x 2 x 3
75kg x 2 x 3
80kg x 2 x 4
85kg x 2 x 2
Bench
22.5kg x 3
25kg x 3
27.5kg x 3
30kg x 3
32.5kg x 2
Rackpulls(1 inch below the knee)
50kg x 2
60kg x 2
70kg x 2 x 2
80kg x 3
90kg x 1
100kg x 1
110kg x 1 :P ***
*These deadlifts were done on the thicker, heavier bar. I didn't bother adding on the extra 2-3kg coz I still don't know exactly what it weighs. I will get it weighed though!
** I was supposed to do 50kg x 3 to start with and then 60kg x 2 x 2 but I hate loading up 15 only to have to take them off again after one set so just did 60kg x 3 x 3
*** Can you say PB??? Hells yeah!! I was only meant to rackpull 80kg x 3 x 3 but I felt I deserved something after all the work over the last 4 weeks!! I was pleasantly surprised that I could do it, there isn't much deadlift work in Sheiko so I really wasn't expecting it or my rackpull strength to go up...guess I was wrong...not that I'm complaining!
I was meant to do flies after my benching but there was a bunch of lads circling the benches like vultures so I just let them take over, they're not that important anyway!!0 -
Malteaser! wrote: »Rackpulls(1 inch below the knee)
50kg x 2
60kg x 2
70kg x 2 x 2
80kg x 3
90kg x 1
100kg x 1
110kg x 1 :P ***
*** Can you say PB??? Hells yeah!! I was only meant to rackpull 80kg x 3 x 3 but I felt I deserved something after all the work over the last 4 weeks!! I was pleasantly surprised that I could do it, there isn't much deadlift work in Sheiko so I really wasn't expecting it or my rackpull strength to go up...guess I was wrong...not that I'm complaining!
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:eek: thats brilliant! congratsJayyypers Malteaser phenomenal work, phenomenal log.
I don't even know ANY females who lift weights in any sort of regular fashion, never mind damn Sheiko cycles!
Thank you both so, so much. I really do appreciate comments like that and they always make me smile!! 0 -
Session from some night during the week, can't remember which one: Sheiko Competition Cycle, Week 1, Day 3
Bench
20kg x 2 x 2
22.5kg x 3
27.5kg x 2 x 3
30kg x 2 x 2
32.5kg x 4 x 2
35kg x 1 x 1
Flies
7kg x 5 x 10
Squat
20kg x 5
32.5kg x 2 x 3
40kg x 3
45kg x 2 x 2
47.75kg x 2 x 3
52.5kg x 4 x 2
This session started well but gradually went downhill.
On the plus side benching was super easy, I got 35kg (my PB) with ease so I'm pretty confident at this stage in saying that I can do that any time I want. Looking forward now to seeing what my new Pb is gonna be when this is all over with!!
Flies were fine. Some guy came over to me when I was IN THE MIDDLE of a set and asked me was I using the bench, I just held the dumbbells in the air, turned towards him slightly and said 'excuse me', and he asked again to which I replied ' well of course I'm using the bench, I'm in the middle of doing something right now, can you not see me using the bench', he replied with 'well yeah, that's why I was asking'!! I just turned back into what I was doing and pretended he wasn't there while I finished my sets. He is now top of my list on people to avoid at all costs in the gym!! One thing about him that did make me laugh was the ridiculous outfit he had on him, Hanley can testify to this, it was hilarious...a red beret to match his red sweater which he had tied around his shoulders!! When I saw him the first thing I thought was that thread, Gym no-nos...I lol'd!!
So after that, I was waiting for roughly 20 minutes for a rack to become free. I was p!ssed off to say the least, there was two guys working in each one and in between sets they'd have a nice chat obviously oblivious to the fact that there was people waiting for them to finish up. I was in a really, realy bad mood by the time I got one and to make matter worse there was only a thick, heavy bar left to use so of course my hands were cut to bits once again!! The squats were fine I guess, all deep, felt a bit heavier then they should have but I suppose that's down to the heavier bar. I really just wanted to get out of there at that stage so I wasn't exactly feeling them.
I was meant to do good mornings after the squats but I was in mood to so I just left. I did get a look at the new ab program that trainer made up for me...evil is not even the word!!!!
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AWESOME day today!!!!
Sheiko Competition Cycle, Week 2, Day 2
(Skills Evaluation)
Squat
32.5kg x 2 (50%)
40kg x 2 (60%)
45kg x 2 x 2 (70%)
52.5kg x 1 (80%)
57.5kg x 1 (90%)
62.5kg x 1 (95%)
Bench
20kg x 2 (50%)
25kg x 2 (60%)
27.5kg x 2 x 2 (70%)
32.5kg x 1 (80%)
35kg x 1 (90%)
37.5kg x 1 (95%)
Deadlift
60kg x 2 (60%)
70kg x 2 x 2 (70%)
80kg x 2 (80%)
90kg x 1 (90%)
95kg x 1 (95%)
Videos and thoughts still to come!! 0 -
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62.5kg x 1...Deep much??? :P
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Thanks a million for your comments guys, I was well happy with how the day went!!!Fair play. I'm only after twigging who you are now after bumping into Hanley in there the other day (sorry not the brightest:o).
There was a guy in earlier that day deadlifting the same weight and he was panting like he was giving birth to the bar rather than lifting it and taking a 10 minute recovery between sets.
I'll tell ya it's a testemant to your commitment with all the sh1t you seem to take in there looking at your log. I know the guy in the beret by the way and I only joined last week. I can't stop humming New Kids on the Block when I see him, he's hanging in tough.
haha, it's cool! It's funny, I saw you on the day you were talking to Hanley and before you even spoke to him I said 'I bet that guy is on Boards'. I'm not even joking, I must be a complete weirdo, I just had a feeling that you were a poster...well actually it was the cons - it's rare enough that people would even think to wear them in teh gym and they're always being pimped here so I figured you must have picked up the tip here!! Ok, maybe it was a giant leap that I made, but I just had a feeling!! 0 -
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Malteaser! wrote: »haha, it's cool! It's funny, I saw you on the day you were talking to Hanley and before you even spoke to him I said 'I bet that guy is on Boards'. I'm not even joking, I must be a complete weirdo, I just had a feeling that you were a poster...well actually it was the cons - it's rare enough that people would even think to wear them in teh gym and they're always being pimped here so I figured you must have picked up the tip here!! Ok, maybe it was a giant leap that I made, but I just had a feeling!!
Jesus christ you should change your profile name to Horatio*
By the way the beret guy, you won't believe this, last night he was wearing a trucker cap and........ A CAPE! I sh1t you not a freakin cape! It was some kind of flag tied around his neck and hanging down his back! I love this guy, I'm thinking of starting a thread on updates of what he wears
*CSI Miami reference0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgCADqs4W00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gK5VAFzdP8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebODO3M6OiA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRYjhQJgyuQ
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