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FLASK +45, 50, 55, 60/ 1 BH…a PR for the RH 😎 +65/ 1 LH…clean and easy  +68/ 2 floor breaks LH…I’m close to +70…I’m excited for that…then I’ll start working on some wide pinch, maybe Blobs? LH +60/ 5, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1 RH +51/ 6x5 JJ style 2 3/8” db wrist curls 3x15/ +62.5 Will hit grippers in a day or two  Have a good night 

Workout 5/16/24: Overhead press: 67.5kg x3 | 70kg x3 | 74kg/163lb x3 A. Pause DB Bench Press: 80lb x 7, 8, 8 B. Face Pull (cable machine): 24kg x12 | 27kg x 2 sets of 10 A. Alternating DB Curls: 40lb x 3 sets of 20 (10/side) B. Tricep Pushdowns (cable, straight bar): 35kg x 3 sets of 10 OHP was feeling pretty strong tonight.  I'm pretty sure 74/163 x3 is a PR.   

haha Tammy and I went back and forth about this wondering if we even had the correct gripper. As a rule follower, my perspective was to stick to the challenge and rules as they were issued so our attempts were not rejected. Could we then load the implements as high as we wanted and call it a valid attempt? Same idea here.... Did not want to chance it and will wait for the Plus Certification.....

The bigger point that is being missed here is the Men's Crushed to Dust Challenge was unrolled what, approx 10 years ago? It's taken 10 YEARS for there to be enough women competing for this challenge to be opened up to women. And trust me when I say, many women (myself included), have reached out trying to make this happen before now. 28 women competing at The Arnold seemed to be the tipping point to move forward. When I saw the numbers, I chuckled. Like ok, that's not even a warm up but here we goooo. This is a solid challenge and target for all women to shoot for and there are finally enough female competitors to make it a worthwhile effort for Ironmind to implement. It's a challenge, like many challenges posted on IG that may or may not make sense to me. What I do know is Randall is a very smart guy and doesn't do things as a knee jerk reaction. My experience is before Randall makes a decision, he consults many people, does his research, knows his products, customers and then makes a decision.  I am not sure how he got there with these numbers, but he did and challenge is issued. And finally another door was opened for female competitors. I will say that my last email ended with, "I am eagerly anticipating the Crushed to Dust Plus Challenge" for the women. 😆 Maybe then I will weigh in on what is appropriate or my own opinion. For this, I am celebrating equal access. There are still a few more doors I am knocking on to make sure women have similar opportunities but I will save that for another day and thread. And thanks Mike for highlighting this opportunity for the girlz! Always appreciate your insight on things!  

Excellent work! She even upped the gripper requirement. Bravo!