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Well my friends, PR Friday is upon us once again. Sure, we’ll have all the same kind of stories where people rip their pants, lift something relatively heavy, or eat plenty of food, but I want to call out the ladies this weekend and have them post some PR’s. Hey, a PR is a PR, and it doesn’t matter if that weight is great or small, it still matters to me — I wanna hear about it. So c’mon ladies, let me hear your stories. Dudes, get your ladies postin’.
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Avi sent me an amusing rugby video that is a wonderful display of why you don’t want to be 90’s Small on the pitch. He tells me the larger player is 6’5″ and 135kg while the smaller player is 5’11” and 83kg. Click play to see what happens (sorry about the wide frame, but it’s HD, yo).


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Brian sent in this video of a Hooters waitress squatting some 90’s Small guy. Good for the waitress and shame on the not-a-man on her shoulders. What perturbs me more than anything is one of the comments on the video. It reads,

Wow, that has happened too me a few times. I had an Ex-Girlfriend who could pick me up on her shoulders like a feather…Just goes too show that Women are not the weaker gender, and us Guys better start getting used too that, or we will be getting picked up and spun around by Women too.

Uhh…

Look, ladies, if you can pick your boyfriend up “like a feather”, then you don’t have a boyfriend, you have a child-friend. It’s okay to lug him around once in a while, but it shouldn’t be that easy because he should be an adult male. I can’t tell you how many times I hear, “Man, I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed a guy who weighs over 200 pounds better than a skinny-pain-in-the-ass guy until I tried it out” (not a direct quote, but true story nonetheless).

This isn’t a discussion about women’s rights, or their roles in society. It is simply a statement that a ravishing woman deserves man, not a skinny little puke (not to be confused with Johnny Spuke, who is the exact opposite). And fellas, you owe it to your lady to become an Adult Male.

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  3. From Steph, aka “The Stephanator!”
    18yrs old, female, 73kg

    (end of 7th week training)

    Today…
    Squat 3×5@80kg
    Bench 1×5@42.5kg, 1×4@42.5kg, 1×5@40kg
    Deadlift 1×5@80kg

    Hips are sore, back is sore, shoulders are sore… and am starting to complain about any walking that is not absolutely compulsary.

  6. Posting for my friend, Riikka
    Female
    32 y/o
    After a couple of months of training (with plenty left in the tank)

    SQUAT 3X5 90KG
    BENCH 3X5 40KG
    DL 1X5 90KG

  8. Set a few rep PRs on 5/3/1
    press: 140 x 7
    deadlift: 320 x 8
    bench: 215 x 9

    Getting excited to switch over to Texas Method this summer so I can hit some real PRs every week.

  11. Squat: 300
    Press: 185
    Deadlift: 430

    I may have stumbled on to an effective way to program strength workouts while still following a 3 on 1 off Crossfit schedule. Email me if you’re interested.

    Great site Justin!

    This has been discussed before, but there are lots of programs that will work for certain people but aren’t optimal. Lots of people use a program that I created at the WFAC.

    –Justin

  12. bodyweight has not changed: still about 85-87kg depends on the day and turds.

    PRs:
    Squat 157.5kgx3
    Deadlift 180kgx3 (yey 4pps repped!)

    can’t press or perform any pullups because of an elbow injury (tennis elbow combined with golf elbow, FML)

    how to treat it?

    I dropped milk for now, just eating whatever possible but its not the same without milk, so no weight
    gains.

  16. No PRs for me, spent a week in Tunisia. On the other hand many of the locals started calling me Rambo, because their biggest shirt size (African XXL) was too small for me. How cool is that?

    That made my day.

    –A.C.

  18. no pr’s this week with the weights. i restarted starting strength this time with a lower weight, hopefully i don’t stall so quick this time. i did squat with a sunburn for the first time, that was brutal.

  19. 5”10 200lbs

    Press – 155 5×3

    Stalled on Squats, 310lbs, twice this week. Will have to deload by about 10% and work my way up.

  20. My BF sent this to me and he’s very proud of my new PR. Just started training a few months ago.

    Dead lift: 75lbs for 5 reps… :)

    As he should be, keep it up.

    –A.C.

  21. Looks like the Hooters girl not only squatted that dude for reps, she steinborned him up there. Please open up a 70s Big Hall of Shame and put this guy in there.

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    Excellent idea.

    -Gant

    Agreed.

    –Justin

  22. PRs:
    Squat – 135
    Bench – 85
    Deadlift – 180

    And one big ugly bruise from power cleans. I don’t consider this a PR though. I think I was just doing it wrong :/

    Reminded me of:
    “If you smoke after sex, you’re doing it too fast.” — Woody Allen

    –Justin

  23. Still have to work out tonight but here are some small PRs from the week

    5’9″ 185lb – I know… i know

    From CFFB:
    -AMRAP in 8 min of: 3 DL@315 + 5 24″ Box Jumps w/ 2 50lb DBs
    -I finished 7 rounds and 3 DL which I was pretty happy with

    -Bench 3×5 @ 190 without much pain in my elbow-this is actually a big deal to me because a few weeks ago it hurt too much to push the bar…

    Question time:
    Does anyone have any experience with patellar tendonitis? If so what did you do to get rid of it.

    Also, lately on my squats I have been rubbing the skin off my back which has gotten pretty annoying any advice on how to keep this from happening again.

    Thanks

    Sounds like your form is all goofy.

    –Justin

  25. Went to the Celtics last night, so moved my Thurs workout to tonight. In the meantime:

    Squat: 375x5x3
    Bench: 250x5x3
    Deadlift: 405×5

  26. While not many of our Amarillo ladies read the site regularly, we do have around 20 ladies who all squat, press and pull on a linear progression every week. They are all setting PR’s nearly every time. Some recent notables are a 205x5x3 back squat by Lindsey, and a 260×5 deadlift by Tina.

  28. Last day of GOMAD today. Hoping to hit 195+, which will be a 20+ pound gain in 30 days. Adulthood isn’t far away.

    Bench: 200×1
    Other lifts are following StrongLifts 5×5, not in PR territory yet.

  29. Female, 41
    5’3″, 135# (not a BW PR)

    Recent PR:
    Clean & Jerk 115# (Wearing my newly received 70sBig original shirt)

    Not so recent PRs (short-lived, I hope):
    Deadlift: 225X3
    Squat: 195X1
    Snatch: 85X3
    Press: 85X1

  30. Male,20, 5’10”, 183

    Did Crossfit Total this week,
    Squat, 345 pr by 40
    Press, 135
    Deadlift, 455, pr by 50
    Total- 935
    .. gotta get my shoulders stronger.

  33. From wife:

    29 Y/O F
    5’7″ BW: 176
    2 Weeks of training in…
    Squat 3×5 @ 70lbs
    Bench 3×5 @ 60lbs

    Good so far. Tell her to be patient with the gains and they will come!

    –Justin

  35. Squat – 3X5@455# PR
    no DL PR due to a deload for the rest of the week I badly need.

    Oh, and Justin, my fiance pretty much did say what you quoted about dating 90’s small douches. She dated a kid that weighed less then her when she was 17. And she is little (smaller then).
    She also recently saw a picture of me when I was really lean and only 195. Said I looked really unhealthy, and agrees athat 245 is a much more suitable weight for a man.

    Sounds like a keeper, my friend.

    –Justin

  36. No real PR’s this week. Still have a weird pulled trap muscle, so no squatting/deads worth a crap, BUT my right shoulder, which has been bothering me for about the last year, is finally starting to feel “decent.” This + linear progression on the pressing movements, makes me happy. I think Kroc Rows and more chins/pullups have made the difference.
    8 weeks out til the USAPL meet in Spring, TX. Hoping I can start squatting/DL’ing next week so I can still compete.

    Have you seen a chiro?

    My friend (who is a chiro) told me today that traps aren’t typically strained, but it’s the muscles underneath (levator scapulae, stuff like that). E-mail me if you wanna talk about it.

    –Justin

  37. Rest PR this week, took the week off I got a crappy ass virus feels like a truck hit me, had no drive motivation or strength.

    Looking forward to getting back in on Monday.

    It sucks, I know. Ease back into things. Hydrate and protein in the mean time.

    –Justin

  39. 5’5” 170 male
    DL: 335 x 6, 405 x 3
    Press: 140 x 7, 155 x 3 missed 170 today :( i’ll try again

    not currently gaining anymore weight, have some things that need focusing on.

  40. My favorite part of the video Ectropy posted is right after the lifter sniffs his ammonia cap, he gives the guy being thrown a quick sniff as well! Awesome!

    P.R. Low Box Squat – 3X160kg

  41. Ok, since you called us out-

    This week’s PRs:
    Back Squat 218x5x5
    Deadlift 243x2x3
    C&J 123#
    (this one is killing me…I hope to have it higher very soon.)

  43. @StonewallWells

    Patellar tendonitis sucks. I’ve found only two things that make the pain go away:

    1. Don’t squat
    2. Take some sort of heavy duty anti-inflamatory med. Celebrex seems to work well for me. I tried a couple of my wife’s etodolac and those didn’t work as well.

    Since #1 isn’t an option, I go with #2 when it hurts too much to get out of my chair. I also wear one of those velcro straps below my knee cap under my knee sleeve when I squat, that seems to help a little bit as well.

    For the back skin:

    After coming back from the Y with bloody spots on my back a couple times from the really rough bar, I got myself one of those HeatGear UnderArmour shirts that I wear under my t-shirt. Having that extra layer seems to help a lot when I’ve got the bar trapped there.

    Now for the weeks PRs:

    Bench 253.5 x 5 x 3
    Press 168 x 5 x 3
    Squat 395 x 5 x 3

    BW 253.5

    Deadlifted 405 x 5 and there was some calf pain for the next couple days, so I’ll be careful next week.

    These still don’t fix the underlying problem.

    –Justin

  46. another lady here. i typically post on fridays.

    i did the may challenge tonight after doing my normal friday lifts:
    bench 95×1 (that’s a PR of +13lbs)
    squat 135×17
    deadlift 135×27

    other PRs:
    squat 165x5x1
    deadlift 200x5x1
    split clean and jerk: 120lbs

    a little frustrated with my recent lack of progress in the chins and pull ups.

    and i think my thighs have grown again. seriously.

  47. Big PR week for me. Finally got to train at my buddy’s home gym in the country and it was great to be able to train somewhere I could choose the music, drop the weight and make as much noise as necessary.

    Male 5-8 205
    5rm squat 350
    5rm Dl 425
    Kroc Rows- 90lbs 40 reps each side- need heavier dumbbells
    Hell yeah 70s big!

  48. Pulling conventional lately. 455, 475 and 490 for singles last week, all PRs. Tonight 445×5, absolute 5 RM, hook grip on first four, mixed on last. Pushed my abs into my belt so hard on the last rep that I thought the buckle was going to break.

    Down to 185 tonight. Trying to make 181 for the USAPL U.S. Open (travel to Raw Nationals is to expensive and I wouldn’t win this year). Already got plenty of hate over on the SS forum for admitting I also want to see my abs for an upcoming weekend at the beach with my lady. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t enjoying seeing my big, manly abs in bold relief again. It will seem more okay when I sumo pull 540 at 180 in a few weeks.

    Squat not going so well, but working back up to singles over 405. First time going heavy in a long time after lots of volume squatting. Left knee has a bit of an effusion that I’ll be draining as soon as the necessary materiel arrives in the mail.

    Bench does not like weight loss one little bit.

  50. Squat 410×5,5,5,2,4 (tied my old 3×5 pr and missed the next two sets)
    Squat 485x1x3
    Press 165x5x5
    Push Press 205×5
    Chin-ups BWx17x3
    Chin-up +110x1x2 (55% BW)

    I also performed the May Challenge with 315 and got 17 or 18 squats, 0 benches and 10 or 11 deadlifts. I’ll have to review the video to know the exact number. But I probably should have done 225 since I have no endurance.

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