Vipers Intro

[Viper]

Hi,

Seeing as everyone I know in the gym is on this site, I thought it about time I got onto it too!!! Now known in the gym as Viper, my name is Rachelle & I got into Powerlifting back in Sept last year after going to a comp at Coast Barbell Club and watching my husband (Panzer) lift. It was awesome and I wanted to be a part of it, so got stuck in the week after!

So, when Steak first assessed me, my squat form wasnt the best, even though I'd been squatting in the gym for years!! - not powerlifting squats so i learned!! My bench, well, that was all new to me and the deadlift was pretty ugly!

I got the generous starting weights of;

90kg deadlift

60kg squat

40kg bench press

My body weight - well, I try to keep it to just under 63kg. I definately want to stay in the 63kg weight class in any comp I do.

I've trained 3 x week without fail and try to get in some assistance and agility when I can (not nearly enough though - still working on that one!).

After doing sheiko 29 & 37, we had our next comp in December (for xmas and end of year prizegiving) My new totals went up to;

90kg deadlift (a lot prettier than the first one!)

67.5kg squat

48kg bench

Then it was straight into more training and I just competed in my first Novice comp held at the beginning of March.

Now, using knee wraps and a belt for the squat, the new numbers;

105kg deadlift (still more in the old girl there)

80kg squat

48kg bench (failed on one attempt, so just 45kg at this comp)

So, now I am on a 4 week cycle building up to the Auckland Champs. I've just started training once a week with the squat suit, and have got depth at 102.5kg - the weight felt easy, but I still need to work on owning the suit.

So, from here the plan is to lift equipped for squat, raw for bench and deadlift. As long as my numbers total 250kg or more, I'll be happy for now(currently 233kg).

Well, that's my intro. I'm LOVING the sport and being a Master 1, I'm using this year as my skills year and see next year as being mine for getting my name out there with awesome totals!!!

That's me for now..... Training log starts from here :grin:

[drizzt]

Welcome, Viper! Good environment that you're in, and strong Husband to push you along too :nod:

Too bad there aren't couples totals in PL huh, sounds like you two would do well :pfft:

[Big john]

Welcome Viper...good to see you made your way to the NZBB boards. looking forward to seeing the Progress :nod:

[steak]

Welcome to the madness R

Dont leave your phone lying round in here...these guys are far less lenient than I :grin:

[tomleegolf]

Awesome look forawrd to seeing your progress, I thought you were Wahagirl at the comp lol

[teamfatboy]

Heya Viper, nice to see you on here !

Love the approach you're taking, especially the bit about " using this year as my skills year and see next year as being mine for getting my name out there" - and good luck at the Champs in a few weeks.

[wahagirl]

No Tomlee, Her shoes weren't bright enough lol.

It's great to have met another female lifter who has become as hooked as I have.

Looking forward to seeing you and Panzer again soon.

Happy lifting

[runveerun]

YAY another girl PLer 8) :grin: :clap: Welcome to the board :grin:

[teamfatboy]

Gurlllll powah!

[Big john]

Gurlllll powah!

Viper powah 8) :nod: :nod:

[Pitbull]

Good to see you finally got on here viper (nice nickname btw)

Better be at the gym on monday - got some squatting to do! :nod:

Watch this space

[Optimass]

Welcome Viper ... nice intro - relocated for max exposure

So is it true Panzer where womens underwear around the house when doing his daily chores? :grin: ... dance moves suggest very comfortable with his feminine side ... :pfft:

[Panzer]

Welcome Viper ... nice intro - relocated for max exposure

So is it true Panzer where womens underwear around the house when doing his daily chores? :grin: ... dance moves suggest very comfortable with his feminine side ... :pfft:

Peering through my bedroom window again Opti? We've spoken about this....I'm fine with it as long as you don't leave a mess in the garden