Aprilly love lifting
Fittreelol
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Monthly lifting thread!
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Happy April! I haven't had time to post in a week or so, but I've been hitting it hard.
Today, I had a deadlift PR of 145 for 5! I also had a PR of 80 for squats! Six years ago, my back was jacked and I could hardly squat or deadlift, much less with any real weight. So those numbers, though still quite low for where I want to be, mean a lot to me.
I also did my OHP at 55 for 4 working sets today. I feel like it's going to be at least another week before I'm anywhere near ready to up weight on that. I know the program calls for steady progression, but I've not been able to do that consistently on any of my lifts. I'm making progress consistently, but not necessarily at that rate, and that's fine.
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@hkfleming woot woot on PRs! hell of a good feeling to do that and especially to overcome back problems!
@DaivaSimone are you thinking of going to the doc to be checked out?0 -
Forgot to post yesterday's workout.
OHP 3 x 5 @ 17.5 lb db, 2 x 5 @ 15 lb db - regressed from last time's 5 sets with 17.5 lb. something is wrong
Seated rows 1 x 10 @ 40 lb, 3 x 8 @ 50 lb I have lost strength. something is wrong
Tricep pulldowns 1 x 10@ 22.5 lb,, 2 x 8 @ 24 lb, 2 x 5 @ 25.5 lb
Attempted goblet squats and my left hip flared up badly. This is getting ridiculous. How long is this thing going to heal?? I am going to call the doc.0 -
I am back after a longggg break! I finally started SL again last week and finished w2d1 yesterday. (I started from the beginning again because it's been 4 years since I did any lifting at all *facepalm*) I'm SO happy to be back to doing it!!!0
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@DaivaSimone are you thinking of going to the doc to be checked out?
I think I’ll take the long road for now. No gym today (was suppose to go in and at least do some cardio, but I’m feeling under the weather from a cold my oldest brought from daycare...
). Tomorrow is my aqua bootcamp class, so next gym day will be friday (so a full three days rest). I’ll attempt workout A on friday with some sort of deload and will reevaluate after that. Maybe I’ll lift only twice a week for the next couple of weeks. I’ll see.
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So, I am still here, and even lifting occasionally. I’ve been in a bit of an antisocial funk, and apparently the internet even counts as social this time. You ladies are doing lovely. I am happy to see PRs, and people being smart about injuries. Good job!
Today, my lifting consisted of OHP. Yep, that is it. But for some background, it was done while kind of sickly, and with not nearly enough calories, and certainly no where near enough protein on the day. (The last two days my lunch salad sounded like the worst possible thing to put down my throat, which is clearly made of razor blades.... so There went a lot of my protein).
BUT anyways:
5 @ 45
5 @ 50
5 @ 55
5 @ 60
5 x 3 @ 65
Soooo I am nearly to getting 5x5 @ 65! And if fully healthy, and properly fueled, I might actually make it.0 -
I hope folks are doing ok out there!
My back is stopping me from anything where I have to pick up free weights (even OHP) so it's been machines/cables.
Incline press (3 x 8 @ 20 lb per side), decline press (3 x 8 @ 25 lb per side), two different seated row machines (upper back 1 x 8 @ 60 lb, 3 x 6 @ 70 lb; mid back 3 x 8 @ 50 lb), physiotherapy exercises on back (shuffling feet back and forth on floor, cycling, marching bridges) bird dogs, planks, chair squats.
Pain manifests itself in the lower left side of the back, outer left hip, radiates to the front of the thigh at times. Tightening my mid back and DOMS in my upper back take the pain away. Physiotherapist suspects L3-L4.
I saw a wide range of ages of folks at the gym, and a couple of folks who needed walkers but did upper body work.0 -
Incline press machine (1 x 10 @ 25 lb per side, 3 x 5 @ 30 lb per side)
Decline press (5 x 5 @ 30 lb per side)
Two kinds of seated rows (hands reaching higher 3 x 10 @ 70 lb, hands reaching forward at waist height 2 x 10 @ 50 lb, 1 x 8 @ 55 lb). Physio exercises too (on back shuffling feet together, cycling with flat back, marching bridges, bird dogs, planks, chair squats with band around knees). And knee pushups (full pushups still bother my back).0 -
I’m still here. Just not lifting a spectacular amount or with any regularity. And I scared everyone off for over two weeks the last time I posted. There was some bench sets one day up to 110? I think? An attempt at some 65 lb OHP that wasn’t a wreck, but didn’t turn into “sets”
I’ve been avoiding squats and dead’s because I’ve been trying to stay running regularly to try and out pace my fork. And those don’t go well when my Hammies and calves are very tight. I guess I did do some single leg Romanian dead’s with like a 15 lb kettle bell, but that is more trying to get back to some prehab for the ankle now that my mileage is getting more regular.0 -
@hanlonsk you didn't scare off anyone, my darned back threw a wrench into my schedule.
It is tricky trying to balance running and lifting. Some folks somehow do it but I just pull a hamstring or something.
And how the heck do you manage to run IN PLACE for those long periods?0 -
Lol the running “in place.” Is MFP’s way of discriminating against those who do not use software in their “family.” It freaked me out the first time I saw it after I switched from mapmyrun to strava. Like I told someone “I know I am friggin SLOW but I promise I was moving!”
Essentially, since I’m not using underarmour/mapmyfitness/MyFitnessPal, their punishment is that anything slower than 11:59/mile comes over as running in place. *ugh* (aka 99% of my runs)
I have done kind of ok in the past at balancing both. But it was when my omg heavy deadlift was 125, and nothing else was over 80lbs. And I wasn’t running more than 10k.
When I was training for my half, I lifted, but didn’t increase weights.
When docs said no running, I hit big kid plates on squat and bench, and 215 on deadlift.
I would be happy if I could find a bit of consistency and plan with both.1 -
MapMyFitness? you mean the app that gives you 1000 calories for an hour's walk? Someone on my feed is supposedly burning those calories for walks.0
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Yeah, not that mfp, strava, or treadmills are much better.
I have understood that 100cals/mile is a rule of thumb. But I think that assumes quicker miles also. But I figure even 100cals/10 minutes is fairly reasonable for us slow pokes. It’s not like I’m working less hard in that time than a person who has 10min/mile or faster pace.
But, truly depending on the persons size, 1000 cals in an hour is not out of the question. But in my completely amateur opinion- they would have to be bigger than me and probably keeping 15 min miles or faster.0 -
Hiiiiiii....been a while. I just started back to working out last week, 10 weeks postpartum after C-section #2! Baby girl is great and the CS went fine. I had to stop lifting during my second trimester due to pelvic and hip pain, so I've been out for quite a while. Starting from scratch with SL 5x5 and looking forward to rebuilding my strength. I'm a few workouts in, squeezing my sets in when I can around work and taking care of my kiddos.
Squats 5x5 @ 60
BP 5x5 @ 50
I hate rows so I skipped them
10 min elliptical (so much baby weight to lose after a largely sedentary pregnancy
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@amyinthetardis1231 oh wow! I forgot you were pregnant! congratulations and welcome back!!
LOL on the rows - a bunch of us were griping recently about them.0 -
@lkpducky I mean idk why you wouldn't remember that an internet stranger was having a baby...lol I kid! Thank you and thank you. It's humbling to have to start from scratch, but my abs will need some time to reorganize themselves so I'm just working my way back up a few lbs at a time. Really hoping to do a powerlifting competition within a year!
Oh, and *kitten* rows.0 -
I've *almost* hit failure on my BP....kinda sad at 60 pounds! I so wish I had kept record of what I was lifting "in my prime"
but I apparently never synced the SL app and I can't find record of it anywhere even on MFP so I can't base my progress on my former self. 1 -
Squats 5x5 @ 65
Ohp 5x5 @ 50
DL 1x5 @ 95
10 min elliptical1 -
Yeah, not that mfp, strava, or treadmills are much better.
I have understood that 100cals/mile is a rule of thumb. But I think that assumes quicker miles also. But I figure even 100cals/10 minutes is fairly reasonable for us slow pokes. It’s not like I’m working less hard in that time than a person who has 10min/mile or faster pace.
But, truly depending on the persons size, 1000 cals in an hour is not out of the question. But in my completely amateur opinion- they would have to be bigger than me and probably keeping 15 min miles or faster.
100 kcal/mile sounds more like running than walking. although I burn around 80 kcal/mile when running.0 -
Physio exercises (on back shuffling feet together, cycling with flat back, marching bridges, bird dogs, planks, chair squats with band around knees, and weighted leg lifts just for the right leg, physio says my right gluteus medius is weaker than my left).
And my back pain seems to have abruptly disappeared! maybe a very little bit for a short while after physio, but carrying 15 lb of groceries was no problem! neither was picking up 17.5 lb dumbbells for OHP (but I lost some strength there after not being able to do dumbbell OHP for several weeks. Could only do 2 sets of 5 with the 17.5 lb db.)0 -
Yesterday
Squat - 5x5 @ 80
OHP - 5x5 @ 40
DL 1x5 @ 85
Getting there!!!0 -
Hi all! I'm Carmen and I have been visiting your thread often but thought I best interject that I am here ! The running and lifting balance caught my attention today. I m having a hard time with this also so I am glad to know its just not my body. Ive never been an avid runner but I really enjoy it. Signed up for my first race for June 8th so I have been doing their training runs. Actually I dont really run...I am mostly jogging. My fastest mile has been 12 min. Im 54, 5'2 have lost 75 pounds over 3 years and started lifting two years ago. I play around with 5x5 (start and then waunder willy nilly) currently my squat is 135; bp 95; dead 225 and rows 95( I agree with you all ...I detest the row). I prefer the seated row with the wide grip. I just started KB swings again at 45#. Thats it. Have a great week1
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I don't remember if I posted my last workout last week, but here's today's:
Squats 5x5 @ 70
BP 5x5 @ 50 (no fractional plates, so I'll try out two sessions at the same weight before bumping up 5 lbs)
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@thehardmakesitworthit - if you run, you are a runner. If you find a dead body, you are a jogger. I’m trying to reintroduce the running, last go round I was 10-12 min miles, with some occasional 8-10s. This go round, a 12 minute mile would be spectacular.
Also, many of us kind of 5x5 kind of willy nilly it. Me included. Even if we aren’t on task, having the group is nice.
Anyways, in case any of you wondered.... coffee and cheesecake as your days only food, although delicious, and possibly sufficient calorie wise, does not provide sufficient fuel for lifting or running... ugh
Also, I videoed a top set....double ugh. I see making friends with a wall and squat therapy in my future again.
Squats
5 @ 45
5 @ 65
5 @ 85
3 x 5 @ 105 Then I saw my video, and the treadmill freed up, so I tried and flopped at that. Even tho the running was actually what I planned to do today.
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