Hoteacher's road to show number three.

[nsashbl01]

She looks great, both of you do actually.....she has lots of quality muscle, lean too. Very good squat numbers too.

Anybody can get away with squatting light weights in crappy shoes, but when the bar gets heavy, the squishy soles of sneakers really zap power and they cause the body to lean forward, which will limit poundages also. With ATF squats, I can't say enough good things about olympic lifting shoes. If you want some links to sites that sell them, I can dig them up. If you've got money to burn, I'd get the top of the line Adidas, but really there is not much of a difference with lower-end models, and VS athletics sells a shoe for $50 that I think is just as good as the lower-end Adidas models that go between $70-$110, the vs athletic shoes are ass ugly, lol, but they're a good shoe......also, work boots (raised heel, firm sole) are okay if you want to go ghetto, but they probably cost just as much as the vs athletics shoes, so I'd just go with them.....if you get them, try standing overhead work in them too, you'll be amazed.

Thanks T. I was going to get her some from http://www.weightliftingshoes.ca/ or from http://www.crainsmuscleworld.com/oldstyle/powershoes.html Or http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/

In the interim I bought her a pair of Nike that are similar to good ol chucks. I use chucks but have not squated in a while due to injuries. I figure these will work for now and she can use them to pull in the future.

Were staying away from pulling for a while though so her waist stops growing.

Had another good squat day with her new shoes. Something like 75x20, 135x15, 185x8, 195x6, 205x5, 135x15. The last sets we did a lot of 1.5 squats to burn her out. Then we hit leg press at 3 plates for 2 sets and 3 + a 25 for 2 more sets. All till failure. Reps ranged between 7 to 15. I left her to finish hacks and leg extensions / curls. She got her first throw up while doing the hacks. Usually she pukes on squats??

Ok, I'm late for Summerfest. More pics Sunday...

 

[StickFigure]

So she's formally committed to a show Sept 15. Were sitting at 12 weeks out right now and have a much better foundation than she did before her last prep. Here's some 12 weeks out pics taken yesterday. Since we learned it's easy for her to cut, we are going to try to put some size on for the first half or so then diet only as needed. Her diet will be clean, just fairly high in cals and carbs. Were likely looking at 2500 - 3000 cals ed. Our primary focuss is getting some leg size and to bring the lats out a bit. Her arms and delts will grow without us focussing on them. Tonight we sit down and formulate a plan. Just wanted to get these first pics up......


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If I can make a comment and suggestion. You have a great physique, good overall proportion and symetry and I'm sure the already good definition will be fantastic come show time. I don't know if that's the bikini you plan on wearing for your show, while the cut is great and suits your body, IMO, the bright orange is too distracting. It seems to draw my attention away from your physique, and the judges may be as distracted. Which would be a shame. Maybe a deep red or even a blue or green would suit you better. Just not the vibrant bright color. Like I said, you may have no intention of using that bikini, it's just an observation from an outsider, just in case.

 

[Jacqueline747]

I agree with the bikini color.. but what do I know?? besides nothing. Just an observation.

 

[Sassy69]

LOL we had that discussion at the first show.. she got away w/ it tho!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Nothing like good old chuck's I got a hot pink pair. Get those vids of her squating up I want to see here killing some shit.

 

[scorpiogirl]

Update?

 

[nsashbl01]

Update?

We have been absent from the boards for a while. HT and I had a wedding July 15, so it was a crazy week. (Yea, we were already married, this was just a celebration.) Then the Monday after the wedding she started getting sick. Really sick! She ended up in and out of the hospital, IV antibiotics, all sorts of tests, etc. She had a bacterial infection called C-Diff. Along with her kidneys almost shutting down from a kidney infection, on top of Salmonilla! So in the first three days she went from about 126lbs to 105lbs! It took about two weeks before she could eat again. So were just trying to regain lost size. The Sept show is not gonna happen now because it's just too much stress. Some of the shit she had was literally life threatening and we don't want to push it. So for now, we are just working on her size.

We did go to the jr's in vegas last week and had a great time. No posing pics, but here's a few recent shots... I'll post for non-plats later...

 

[scorpiogirl]

Awwwww, J, you two are so awesome! Have I said that before? lol Love the pics, looks like you had a very happy day!

Hope HT is feeling better. Wow, that's a lot of "stuff" all at once to try to battle! Glad she's home and resting.

So how did your mini cut go?

 

[*Bunny*]

Awwww Great photos!!!! So glad to hear she is doing better .. please sent her best wishes Health FIRST

I love the musckles in the dress... that lake looks familiar!

 

[Sassy69]

... and the bride wore muscles...

Thx J & P! Congrats again & you both look fantastic! Glad you had fun & got to celebrate your wonderful union


And yes, definitely health first. ... There's always another show...!