Congratulations to G'em

Dragan

Hey all,

just wanted to throw it out there that our beloved G'em deadlifted 100 kilos for 3 reps on Friday night. And this was at the END of a pretty back breaking workout. It should be noted that the form was fantastic and this wasn't any bent back, sumo stance attempt at 2 wheels a side.
It was spot on, perfect form that all people should use.

This was then celebrated with a night of laughter and merriment.

Take into consideration that G'em is a small girl when you ponder the above lift.

The above was witnessed by myself and two friends so if anyone wants to doubt it then i will have to smash you!!!!

So once again, well done to G'em, thanks for a cracking workout and a good laugh afterwards!!!

g'em

oo-er... um.. yeah.. .. um.. gosh, I don't get embarrassed easily.. um.. thanks dude

and although my back still feels like a herd of elephants was holding a salsa class on my lower back it was worth it so see a gym full of jaws drop

Dragan

Yes it was!!!!

Ha ha ha.

Cravez

Congrats g'em!

joejoem

Congrats Gem! Is there a fitness "in crowd" that goes to the gym on Friday nights? Do you go to a pub afterwards in tight sleevless shirts?

Dragan

Nope, just me and G'em meet up and train on the odd occassion. As for the tight sleeveless shirts, i'm more of a hoody kinda guy!!

It is pretty nice being pretty much the biggest guy in the room anywhere i go though!!!! :eek:

joejoem

Dragan wrote:

Nope, just me and G'em meet up and train on the odd occassion. As for the tight sleeveless shirts, i'm more of a hoody kinda guy!!

It is pretty nice being pretty much the biggest guy in the room anywhere i go though!!!! :eek:

Im not surprised, 6'1" and 270lbs right? Thats like a coke machine with arms

Dragan

Na, 6'32 and i'm down to 265, shrinking by the day!

Sure, some of it is bad weight, but only a small amount, and effort and diet is removing that. I am hoping to come in at about 235 to 240 and be very lean.

joejoem

Dragan wrote:

Na, 6'32 and i'm down to 265, shrinking by the day!

Sure, some of it is bad weight, but only a small amount, and effort and diet is removing that. I am hoping to come in at about 235 to 240 and be very lean.

Me too. Im about 205lbs and 6'7" Hoping to get it to about 240 - 250, but skinning down at the moment for a holiday at the end of the month. About 1% body fat to loose or less, then will go back to bulking until festival season/any oppertunity to remove clothing season.

Dragan

The first six weeks after a restrictive diet are freaking ideal for banging on muscle dude. With all teh extra calories and fats all of a sudden your body freaks out and starts making test and GH like there is no tomorrow!

I love it!

joejoem

Something to look forward to!

Cravez

I feel so small now!

180 lbs and 6'1 at the moment

g'em

joejoem wrote:

Is there a fitness "in crowd" that goes to the gym on Friday nights? Do you go to a pub afterwards in tight sleevless shirts?

yes. its a very exclusive club. right now there's only two members and the occasional guest appearance. to apply for a pass for the night contact myself or Dragan.

Tight sleeveless shirts? how did you know? nearest thing to strutting around in a competition outfit I'm allowed to wear in public.

Flex

congrats g'em, great lift!

Dragan

g'em wrote:

Tight sleeveless shirts? how did you know? nearest thing to strutting around in a competition outfit I'm allowed to wear in public.

We need to keep you modest you see!!!!

joejoem

g'em wrote:

yes. its a very exclusive club. right now there's only two members and the occasional guest appearance. to apply for a pass for the night contact myself or Dragan.

Tight sleeveless shirts? how did you know? nearest thing to strutting around in a competition outfit I'm allowed to wear in public.

I am curious as to how many boardsters I work out beside at night actually, there are a fair few in loughlinstown apperantly

Cravez

joejoem wrote:

I am curious as to how many boardsters I work out beside at night actually, there are a fair few in loughlinstown apperantly

Iv been there a few times, good gym i have to say even if it does look a little bit worse for wear it has everything you need in it. Startin in my new gym tomorrow in town beside my college SV Fitness. Doesnt have everything but its quite cheap and accessible to me.

By the way what footwear would be ideal nowadays for lifting weights? im more a shoe wearing person and my last gym i wore converse lol! probably runners? can anyone recommend an affordable but reliable pair? need a decent pair this time, cant exactly workout in my bare feet like at home heh heh.

joejoem

Michael Cravez wrote:

Iv been there a few times, good gym i have to say even if it does look a little bit worse for wear it has everything you need in it. Startin in my new gym tomorrow in town beside my college SV Fitness. Doesnt have everything but its quite cheap and accessible to me.

By the way what footwear would be ideal nowadays for lifting weights? im more a shoe wearing person and my last gym i wore converse lol! probably runners? can anyone recommend an affordable but reliable pair? need a decent pair this time, cant exactly workout in my bare feet like at home heh heh.

I use whatever fits. Asics are the only ones that do my size but I would imagine runners are the best. Do you do any cardio? Cant imagine switching shoes before weights!

I have only my opinion on this but Id say trainers, better support for your arches and your heels, also for comfort.

Dragan

Asics are pretty decent, mate of mine swears by New Balance.

g'em

Dragan wrote:

Asics are pretty decent, mate of mine swears by New Balance.

ok, hijacking other people's threads is fine, but mine? :mad:

and no, don't try and blame it on someone else.. yours is the last name I saw. Besides, I'd expect this kind of carry on from joejoem (:p ) but you?

I'm disappointed. Truly, truly disappointed.


Just for that C's is waaaayy better *


* I swear I didn't look, like I said, too weird

Dragan

Actually this is my thread, it just happens to be about you, so don't get to crazy there lady!!!

And i still reckon you did.

Especially at mine.

g'em

Who you calling "crazy lady" Mr. Look-how-far-I-can-stick-my-elbows-n-ass-out-when-I-deadlift??!?!?!

And I so did NOT look. I was far too busy trying to encourage the blood to return to my head after deadlifting a small rhinocerous.

Dragan

g'em wrote:

Who you calling "crazy lady" Mr. Look-how-far-I-can-stick-my-elbows-n-ass-out-when-I-deadlift??!?!?!

Hey, deads are not easy when your as tall as me.

And i know you were looking. It's fine. I'm cool with that. No need to be embarrassed.

g'em

Dragan wrote:

Hey, deads are not easy when your as tall as me

And i know you were looking. It's fine. I'm cool with that. No need to be embarrassed.

oh puhleeeeasse. I'm surprised you found room to bring the lat pull down bar in front of that big head of yours

Dragan

Tee hee hee

joejoem

cough

You would know that its February. Lads, we can all hear your love muscles twitching....:D

g'em

oh dear Lord no.... apart from the fact that Mr. Dragan already has a very lovely girlfriend, I can assure you that his 'friendly jibes' are merely thinly veiled threats against my existence. I wreck his head in the nicest possible way

joejoem

g'em wrote:

oh dear Lord no.... apart from the fact that Mr. Dragan already has a very lovely girlfriend, I can assure you that his 'friendly jibes' are merely thinly veiled threats against my existence. I wreck his head in the nicest possible way

me think lady mcbeth with the over worked lats protesthededdd too much.


I kid I kid.

Dragan

g'em wrote:

oh dear Lord no.... apart from the fact that Mr. Dragan already has a very lovely girlfriend, I can assure you that his 'friendly jibes' are merely thinly veiled threats against my existence. I wreck his head in the nicest possible way

True dat.

babypink

hate to drag this fine hi-jacking back to topic for a split second..... well done g'em! great lift!!

now back to normal service

Dragan

I've never hijacked myself before.

Feels weird.

incisor71

All that training .... all that weight ..... all those bucketloads of determination... and still g'em finds the time to reply to Fitness boardsters across the spectrum. That's the sign of one gracious lady if ever there was one. Some day I'll meet ya, if I make it to the next global Boards gathering.

In a nutshell, hats off to ya, girl!!!!

TerrorFirmer

Make sure to tickle her during the process next time dragan, that'll toughen her up no end

g'em

why thank you all so very, very much. give me a month, it'll be 110kg...

and incisor, that sounds like a good plan- we could all meet up at the next boards night (I'll be the one standing beside a 6ft something big bloke- Mr. Dragan- with his eyes constantly rolled to heaven while I gently wreck his head about random workout stuff.. "ok, so tell me exactly whats involved in this weight training malarky, do I have to, like, pick up big heavy things and, like, stuff?!??"). We can all flex our biceps and compare favourite bodyparts and scare the 'normal' punters off. woohoo!!

joejoem wrote:

me think lady mcbeth with the over worked lats protesthededdd too much.

how bout you come meet my over-worked lats up close and personal sometime buddy... they have a tendency to flare at the most innopportune moment causing random lashing out of whatever arm they're suspending

Dragan wrote:

I've never hijacked myself before

I'm too much of a lady to comment on this...

HavoK wrote:

Make sure to tickle her during the process next time dragan, that'll toughen her up no end

see above

joejoem

g'em wrote:

how bout you come meet my over-worked lats up close and personal sometime buddy....

excited :eek:

g'em wrote:

they have a tendency to flare at the most innopportune moment causing random lashing out of whatever arm they're suspending

giggidy giggidy giggidy

Dragan

"Hello hospital?....Yeah this is Quagmire. Uh huh, uh huh.......yeah, it's stuck in a window this time."

Jak

Ok enough flirting, it's not the personals.

Dragan

To be honest dude it's just a bit of friendly banter going on. Unfortunately our threads often break down into such shenanigan's as talking off topic and having a laugh often at the expense of each other.

No harm was meant by any of it. Apologies to any users who may have taken any of the above the wrong way.

Jak

I'm sure no offence was taken by anyone, and it's well and good to post a congratulations like this.

I just want to avoid the kind of 15 page text message conversation you can get on "After Hours".

JAK.

joejoem

Appogies also

g'em

Jak wrote:

I just want to avoid the kind of 15 page text message conversation you can get on "After Hours".

Very good point. I literally shudder at the thought. sorry

t-ha

Just to throw my hat in this ring and get the thread back on topic - congratulations g'em!

Of course now that you've achieved this you can go back to doing on-the-spot jogging with pink 2lb dumbells. After all, as a woman I'm sure you're aware that you're not built to pull that kind of weight.

More seriously though, you should tour a few other gyms pulling some proper weights infront of astonished gym rats for a laugh!

Dragan

Dude, I'm not messing, it was a classic moment. There was gem in the rack, pulling 100 kilo's for 3, me and two of my friends looking on, giving some encouragement.

The were thrse three dudes on flat benches, doing half assed weight all watching as well. I don't think they could believe it!!!

Afterwards me and my friends just broke into a spontaneous round of applause. It was sweet, and the girl is only training for a year.

Magic.