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Monthly Archives: December 2014. So you want to GORUCK? December 10, 2014. So… after seeing all your friends pictures or hearing stories, you got this wild idea in your head that you’d like to try a GORUCK Light sometime soon? I’m here to help…. maybe. OK, lots of people will tell you … Continue reading →. It is not about you. So you want to GORUCK? My first GORUCK challenge. To succeed is to never believe in failure. Not Your Mom's Mom. On Here I am, rock you like a hur…. Mud Guts and Glory…. Sometimes ...

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Greater London divisional, 27/2/2016. It’s a pretty disgracefully long time since this competition, and I should have written it up ages ago! As usual life has run away with me. I had actually forgotten all about my “Competition Fatigue” post until I logged in to post this entry, and I think that competition fatigue definitely did a number on me. I didn’t do very well at this competition, and a lot of that is probably down to negative mental attitude. 😎 pic.twitter.com/6MhB7cVNa9. I have only been back ...

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Christmas competition and a Christmas break. Once again I have failed to update my blog with any sense of regularity. But since we last spoke I’ve competed for the final (I swear) time this year and am currently on a break from the gym. Last night I said that next week I will. Get back to going to the gym and eating vegetables…forgetting that next week is actually Christmas, so I won’t be getting back to normal for a while! So I didn’t. In fact I was lucky to get 100kg! I got 55kg in the bench (57.5k...

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May 16th competition – video | Laura Lifts

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May 16th competition – video. Turns out someone was videoing the lifts at my May 16th competitipn, and has done a nice little video (mstly featuring the morning flight). My (red lighted) 102.5kg squat is at about 00:56s and if I’m being honest, I think the judges were kinda harsh! I was so close to making depth! Oh well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles. I don’t often see myself squatting, so it’s good to see how bad my lean/upper body collapse is. I don’t think it’s too. June 8, 2015. Next Post →.

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I think there’s now a running theme in this (very occasional) blog about how I mean to update but I never have time. Although, to be fair, this time it’s been a lack of motivation to update. I confess: I’m fed up. Life is very stressful right now and, while I’m still nominally going to the gym, it’s more going through the motions than anything else. Back before I did my last competition, I. Upset if I don’t.). Keep my torso up. Hence the dreaded safety bar which forces you to keep a very upright-tors...

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Food | Laura Lifts

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A thing about food, and orthorexia, and some rage. I do get frustrated writing on here sometimes (ditto pretty much anywhere else I write) as I forget that unless I. Say something, it’s otherwise not implied. E.g. things like my intersectional feminism, my history of discovering fat acceptance and accepting myself. I started lifting. I feel as if what I’ve tried to say just hasn’t come across. So in the avoidance of doubt:. Posts like the previous one, and this one. Lets remember to hold even body image ...

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Self love | Laura Lifts

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Category Archives: Self love. Long time, lots of updates! It’s been a shockingly long time since I updated here! And so much has happened. I believe last time I posted, I was still doing my remedial squats; since then I have competed again but not added any kilos to my squats sadly. I’m not going to any national competitions this year, but I will be doing a divisional competition in November. Then in January I’m 40 (eek! Which means I’ll be eligible to compete at the British Masters in March! I got utter...

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Fat acceptance | Laura Lifts

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Category Archives: Fat acceptance. I was getting ready for work one morning last week when I realised that I haven’t had negative body image for quite a while. Despite many things in my life being difficult and taking up a lot of mental space, my body is not one of those things I really dwell on at the moment, and it’s really quite freeing once you realise it. I don’t even feel the need to be all “Tee hee I was so naughty! 8221; because cake has no moral value. It’s just cake. I definitely think that sto...

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Training | Laura Lifts

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What I’ve learned from doing remedial squats. So here’s what I’ve learned from having to re-learn how to squat. Unlearning my old squat technique has been hard. I’m a bit worried about how well my new stance will translate once the box is taken away. At the moment, I’m placing my feet in relation to the box – once that visual cue is gone, will I remember where to put them? And of course, will I remember what being at depth feels like! I hurt in a whole new set of muscles. This is an odd one. I am ver...

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If July 25th is as hot as London’s been recently, the gym will be unbearable. 140ish people (assuming each lifter brings a friend to watch) in one smallish room, with no aircon, for 12 hours. Oh well. The things I do for my sport! I’m really glad that powerlifting is becoming so popular (especially among women) but competitions with newbies can be painful. I’m expecting all of the following on the day:. In terms of training, things are going OK I guess. Last week the highlights were squatting 85kg fo...