Workout check-in: You all deserve a (p)real good hand of applause! :)
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Stronglift Rest Day
Kettlebell Swing
GobletSquats- 6X5X35
Russian Kettlebell Swing- 44X7X35
40lbs loss by May 27 Challenge
Buns, Guns and Abs 30 Day Challenge
85 Squats
26 push-ups
90 leg lifts
April move your @$$ Challenge
I am in the cities today. I will be clothes shopping! Don't really know how many miles I will be walking but I know I will be shopping for at least four hours!
Keto/LC 4 Week Challenge April 23rd-May20th
Day 4/28 I am on the road today so my challenge is still to resist temptations! Tonight I will be going out to eat and to the movies to celebrate my son-in-law's birthday! I brought Macademia nuts and cheese crisps to sneak into the theater! I know...they can kick me out!
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Today's workout after warm up.
Squats 6x6@75lbs
Bench 6x6@50lbs
Rows 6x6@65lbs.
I've had over 2 weeks off lifting, the app said to deload 20% so today was nice and easy.found it hard to get motivated and took longer off than planned.1 -
i did . . . squats in flat shoes. gosh knows what will come of this but it didn't seem any worse than not doing them in flat shoes.1
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Stronglift Workout A
Squats-1X5X 55/65/75/85, 5X5X 90
BP-1X5X 45/55/65, 5X5X 75
BR-1X5X 85
Kettlebell Swing
Goblet squats-3X5X 35
Russian kettle bell swing-10X10X 35
I am starting week one of increasing the reps from 7-10 swings per set in preparation to transition to the 40 pound kettle bell.
40lbs loss by May 27 Challenge
Buns, Guns and Abs Challenge
90 Squats
30 push-ups
90 leg lifts
April move your @$$ Challenge
I was on the road early this morning so will take a 2 mile walk this afternoon. Maybe evening one!
Keto/LC 4 Week Challenge April 23rd - May 20th
Buffalo wild wings had perfect food choices for this WOE. Naked grilled chicken tenders! Cheese curds! Dipped in ranch! Keep hitting the macros!
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So last week into this week has felt a bit like I'm just faffing around when I go in, buttt I think I spent my time in the gym better today than I have in a while. I decided to test my one rep maxes for some of the big lifts in preparation for starting Wendler's 5/3/1 next week. I think I've gotten what I can from SL 5x5 and the mental relief of just accepting that I can do something different is huge. I'm slightly intimidated by having to learn new assistance work, but at the same time I think that will be good for me. So today's workout took forever, but gave me some good boosts.
Squats: 1x5 each at empty bar/95/115/135
1x3 @ 155/165
Tested 1 rep at 170 and nailed it! Hard but smooth, with good form. It's possible I could have done one at 175 but I feel fine about 170. It's above my bodyweight, if barely!
OHP: 1x5 each @ 52/57/62/67
1x3 @ 72, failed 4th attempt
1x2 @ 77, failed 3rd attempt
Bench press: 1x5 @ 52/62/72/82/87
1x3 @ 92, 1x2 @ 97
I hit PRs in all of these lifts today, which I am very proud of considering I didn't really finish coming back up from my deload. It felt good to change it up instead of feeling like I had to grind out more and more reps.1 -
Amy fantastic work out results!0
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I'm slowly getting better a OHP ! I'm still only on the 20kg bar only but last workout I did 1 x 4 reps, then 4 set of 5 reps and I am not struggling as much as I used to. Took me a while haha. When I first started I found 5 sets of 3 reps a struggle.
Squats I am not going up in the weight just yet - at 35kgs including bar - and I'm finding this pretty hard going with proper form. But I will get there.
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amyinthetardis1231 wrote: »So last week into this week has felt a bit like I'm just faffing around when I go in
oooo, another wendlerizer \o/ amazing maxes.IzzyBooNZ1 wrote: »I'm finding this pretty hard going with proper form. But I will get there.
i just may be starting on a phase where the weight isn't much, but for once my squats feel clean and natural as far as the form. i tell ya, i have been 'heavy' with them [for me], and i've been where they felt 'clean', and by this point, i'll take 'clean' every time. always having to fight them . . . meh. even if you win each individual battle it just gets really old.
on that note, i did my bike commute but didn't lift. i was tempted, because that 'i'm just going to go light so it doesn't count' thing . . . and i'm a little greedy for more of yesterday's pretty-good feeling at 65 pounds. but tomorrow is deadlifts and press, where i've lost ground on them both. so i be'd have and came home.4 -
Stronglift Rest Day
Kettlebell Swing
GobletSquats- 6X5X35
Russian Kettlebell Swing- 20X10X35
Increased from 7-10 reps/set really is challenging!
40lbs loss by May 27 Challenge
Buns, Guns and Abs 30 Day Challenge
Rest Day Squats
35 push-ups
95 leg lifts
April move your @$$ Challenge
I will be taking 2-2 mile walks today. Nice to be back to normal!
Keto/LC 4 Week Challenge April 23rd-May20th
Day 6/28 feeling grounded into this challenge! I see success in my future!
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Tonight's workout after warm up
Squats 5x5 @85lbs.
Ohp 5x6@42lbs.
Deadlift 2x5@120lbs.
This is my 2nd workout after starting back so the weights are low.ohp is 10 lbs lower than what I was lifting before my holiday and felt really heavy.squats and deadlift felt really easy though.3 -
Yesterday
Bench - 2x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 75, 1x5 @ 95 and 2x3 @ 110
close grip bench - 1x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 65 and 2x5 @ 85
incline bench - 1x10 @ 45 and 2x5 @ 80
dry sauna
50 minutes walk treadmill at 4 incline and 3 speed
Today went to gym before work and it was shoulders but I only did a couple of the exercises from that and did a couple other ones instead.
hack squat - wide stance 1x8 @ 90 and 1x8 @ 50, narrow stance 1x8 @ 90 and 1x8 @ 50 (just counting the plates)
hack squat calf raise - 2x25 @ 140
side lat raise - 2x12 @ 12.5
front single db raise - 2x12 @ 12.5
hour walk on treadmill at 5 incline and 3 speed
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@DawnEmbers you're lifting numbers have always been fantastic! I have a question that maybe you could give me your input on. I am less than 10 pounds from my goal weight/body fat percentage. I have only been lifting to maintain muscle mass so I have moderate weight amounts. I do Stronglift and the Kettlebell. I am on a Keto diet. I eat approximately 1200 - 1300 cal per day. I predict I will get to my goal in two weeks or less. I would like to build muscle and strength at that time. Knowing this about me what would you recommend for me to do.
Any and all advice would be appreciated. My weightlifting goal is to add 10 pounds of muscle and be able to lift heavy things! Even though I am going to be 60 years old at the end of the year I would like to be a competitive lifter/bodybuilder.1 -
it's totally reset time in my world. 175 deadlift and 70 press and 95 bench will all have to wait a few cycles for me to get it together again. so today was t-day and the day where that crystallized.
i got my presses at 50/57.5 and 65, but the last two top ones were so ugly i didn't even have any weight on my left leg. this isn't good and enough is enough. i need to actually work on my press now that the 'milk injury' that gets mr t snickering is in the past. and i need to acknowledge the toll that it took.
so that's a plan. the deadlifts were supposed to be 135/155/165, but today was the second deadlift session in a row where 165 was too much for me. i did two and then i called it myself. so i unloaded back to just the 135 and did an extra Spite Set. been a lot of those Spite Sets in my life recently
there were some good points in among all the fail. press needs work but i had that feeling where you a) know how heavy it is and b) the heaviness isn't actually a problem. the fact that i can't do the full rep with that weight seems sort of trivial. i'd rather stand holding 65 pounds and knowing it's too heavy for me and also knowing i'm perfectly equal to it, than press 65 pounds feeling like it's not too heavy but knowing my body isn't really pulled together underneath it.
deadlifts were different. my grip has suffered, so that's one thing. aside from that, i just don't have any form so it's no wonder i can't get 165 to come up. the spite set felt good, actually. so i'm going to make that my new line in the sand and move forwards from there holding onto that set of sensations i liked.3 -
Stronglift Workout B
Squats-1X5X 55/65/75/85, 5X5X 90
OHP- 1X5X 45/50, 5X5X 55
DL- 15X 95/105/115/120
Kettlebell Swing
GobletSquats- 3X5X35
Russian Kettlebell Swing- 20X10X35
40lbs loss by May 27 Challenge
Buns, Guns and Abs 30 Day Challenge
95 Squats
35 push-ups
95 leg lifts
April move your @$$ Challenge
I am going to be gone most of the day so I will take an evening walk.
Keto/LC 4 Week Challenge April 24th-May20th
Love this WOE fat is just melting off! I lost another 0.8 pound this morning.
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Tonights workout after warm up.
Squats 5x5@90lbs
Bench 5x5@60lbs moved up by 10lbs as 50 felt too easy last time.
Rows 5x5#65lbs.2 -
Stronglift Rest Day
Kettlebell Swing
GobletSquats- 6X5X35
Russian Kettlebell Swing- 20X10X35
40lbs loss by May 27 Challenge
Buns, Guns and Abs 30 Day Challenge
100 Squats
40 push-ups
100 leg lifts
April move your @$$ Challenge
I will be taking 2-2 mile walks today. I only need 0.2 miles to meet my 100 mile goal for the month! No reason I can't exceed it!
Keto/LC 4 Week Challenge April 23rd-May20th
Day 8/28 The beginning of week two! I am going to reflect on how well I did with my goals during the first week and tweak them if I need to!2 -
deadlifts
1x10 @ 115, 1x10 @ 135, 1x8 @ 185
with belt 1x4 @ 215, chalk added 1x2 @ 255 (rough) tried 3rd rep but couldn't get to the knee
sdl on 35 plate 2x8 @ 135
elliptical 30 minutes while studying1 -
First workout in a while that was anything resembling strong lifts/reportable
Crazy friends roping me into half marathon training is seriously interfering with my lifting. ☹️
Squats 5x5@50lb
Did a 1x5 of front squats as well, that mostly told me I still have form issues on my squats in general that need worked through. Guess me and the wall will be getting cozy for some "squat therapy" again.
OHP 6x5@50lbs - this was surprisingly easy compared to the last time I did these. So I may be sporadic, but I am apparently doing something useful lately.
1x5@55lbs - since the 50 went so smooth, I kind of just wanted to prove I could- for next time.
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Last minute trip to Virginia to go see my wife means I haven't been near a gym or in any position to check in for a workout. I did not forget about you guys, though!
Today was my first day back. Traveled all day yesterday, so I am rather tired.
I did power snatches (worked up to 90lbs single, missed 95, then did 5x3 @ 67.5), squats (up to 122.5x10 as an amrap set), push-ups (40 total in 7 minutes, ladder style) and a KB power circuit (10 mins, 35 lbs, clean lunge squat, push press). It felt good, and I'm already feeling the sore!
I will be there to start the next thread if you all don't have a good pun for it, haha
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I will be there to start the next thread if you all don't have a good pun for it, haha
i know of someone who does . . . hope she does it.
i started a mafia game so self-inflicted fml and all that. but in the meantime and before it happened i did get into the gym.
did squats, flat-footed. not really a whole lot to say, but i stopped at 60 pounds and i guess tomorrow is goign to tell me whether i used my glutes/hamstrings or quads.
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