The Barbelles Society: Ladies Who Lift

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Reply 4320

Illidan_Stormrage

The b class korean won. Who would've guess lol.

Reply 4321

stayce88

I havnt got to watch any of it cus I sleep during the day and work at night :frown:

Reply 4322

Beardbrah

Is there no official thread in which we can specifically discuss the olympic weightlifting? There's no thread in the olympic subforum, but I feel we'd be better off not clogging up this thread, as it's on for the next 7 days and we'll have plenty to talk about :tongue:

edit: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2068412&p=38743652#post38743652

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Original post by HFerguson

You are right we need one :tongue:

Reply 4325

liftorrot

Original post by redbuthotter

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What are you doing here ? get lifting !

Reply 4326

Beardbrah

Original post by liftorrot

You are right we need one :tongue:

done!

Reply 4327

Chrisateen

Have any of you guys been to genesis gym in harrow before? If so what is the gym like

Reply 4328

Michael XYZ

Original post by Chrisateen

Have any of you guys been to genesis gym in harrow before? If so what is the gym like

Yep, 2 or 3 times with some others on here.

It's pretty good. Has quite a lot of decent equipment although it is also quite small so it feels a bit cramped.

Anything specifically you were wondering?

Reply 4329

Chrisateen

Original post by Michael XYZ

I'm looking for a gym in which I don't have to wait a long time to squat or bench as at the gym I go to I often have to wait to use the barbell even when I go during the quietest time of the day. When I start working and want to go to the gym after work I know that my gym will be packed full and I won't be able to do much at all.

Reply 4330

aivi

50kg log press (well really a squat jerk) today **** yeah. Britain's strongest woman title win, here we come lololol

Reply 4331

Motorbiker

Original post by aivi

50kg log press (well really a squat jerk) today **** yeah. Britain's strongest woman title win, here we come lololol

FUuuuu...

Nice work. I could not do the log at all for my comp, such a weird wide grip i'd never used before...Only got 3 reps of 60kg when i'd got 8 reps on a bar like 5 days earlier. :colone:

And the closest gym to me with a log is that one that's like 30 miles/45 mins bike ride away ffs... :frown:

Reply 4332

stayce88

I did 5 reps of 45kg log press in my strongman comp last month

Reply 4333

popsicles3

Hello ladies :smile:

Never posted here before, only been lifting for a few weeks but here's what i've got:

Bicep curl - 6kg
Deadlift - 30kg
Squat - 20kg (Can't lift the 30kg bar above my head as i do them from floor - men always hogging the actualy squat rack thing)

I did these yesterday along with a few different machines, however i much prefer free weights.

What i basically want to know is what else should i be encorporating in my routine? Ideally things i can do with free weights, lots of dumbells i can use as well as bars but i would rather not do things which involve e.g using squat rack as my gym is aaaalways packed and that area always being used by guys (nothing wrong with that, just get really self conscious lifting in front of guys) and i prefer the quieter free weights area.. also does anyone have any tips on acheing muscles, because the front and backs of my legs are killing today! Any advice really appreciated :smile:

Reply 4334

stayce88

use the bench press catcher stands instead? We have no squat rack out here so I just use those on their highest setting, might have to crouch a little to get underneath the bar depending how tall you are but im short so dont have a problem and with 30kg it shouldnt be a drama

Reply 4335

Piggsil

I wonder what the vertical jump of elite platform divers is? They can jump bloody high from standing so if they were allowed to squat down I reckon they'd be insanely good.

Also, I've posted some pics of the -105kgs at the olympics in my blog if anyone's interested.