Starting Nov 1

bepeejaye

I hope all goes well, Jen!
Well. we are hitting the lower 70s today!!!

Thanks, ramalem! I am hoping that if it's torn it's only a bit, and that I haven't' worsened it with my assumption it's been fixed/rehurting it. I also hope they don't send me for an MRI. We have a high-deductible plan so if we can do this old-school, I hope to do it old-school! lol.

We're supposed to cross 40* over the weekend. Sweet, sweet warmth!

sleepyjen

70s! Lucky you!!

I just got back from the doctor, and it's nothing serious, thank god--I have very loose kneecaps, and the left one has slid a bit and is chafing the cartilage. I have to strengthen part of my quad to scootch it back over. the right has twinged from time to time, so i'll probably do the exercises for it, too. out of commission re: running and serious weights for a month, but that's infinitely better than needing a scope and scrape of my meniscus.

terrie_k

Glad too hear it isn't as serious as expected sleepyjen.
Back at it yesterday after a week off. Felt good.

ramalem

@Jen - so happy it's not something more serious!

Only did 2 lifts last week - promising myself I will get 3 in this week and finish off this stage. Workout B3 today (have I mentioned how much I HATE B?) Anyhow - hoping to finish off stage 2 then take next week off lifting and then on to stage 3! Have a great week ladies!

Blueberry09

I'm baaaack! And ready to start Stage 3! Well maybe not ready but I'll do it anyway Glad to see you're all still at it!

The PT that we hired to create a program for us is coming over tonight to analyze my form :noway: This should be interesting - I havent' done an evening workout in years! She put my hubby through the paces while I was gone and left him a hurting puppy LOL! (He thought because he did so much cardio he was fit - boy was he wrong :laugh: ) So we're going to work through all the exercises in workout A of stage 3 to ensure I'm doing them correctly. So stage 3 is starting right on schedule! I should be done by Feb 21 if I stick to my plan. I like these short stages

I envy you with the nice weather! It's supposed to hit a high of -14c here today. That's close to zero for those on the F scale. I was in Vancouver last week (just north of ramalem :drinker: ) and it hovered just above freezing for the days I was there. Heck, if I lived there I would run outside everyday - there was no snow at all so no icy sidewalks to worry about. Unlike here - I may not see any outside runs until April :sad:

lporter229

Congrats on making it to stage 3!! You will have to keep us posted on how it goes. I am doing my final workout of stage 2 tomorrow, then on to stage 3 for me too.

I hear you about running outside and the weather. It has been a challenge this winter, to say the least. I have managed to get most of my runs done outside, but I sure did have to alter my usual plans to avoid ice and snow as much as possible. This past Sat was 40 F here so my running buddy and I went to the bike path without even thinking about it. It was still covered in ice in many spots, so we had to go back to the streets. It was a total bummer for our 10 mile run :mad:

sleepyjen

love the profile photo, lporter. It about sums it up. And it's snowing here now, will snow again tomorrow, and Wednesday, and Saturday. Wheeeee!

terrie_k

Worst workout I've had, not a nice way to end stage 1.
Could only do 3 deadlifts by the 3rd rep. My left hand just gave out, even tried a band for grip but couldn't keep the bar in my hand. Maybe a downfall to switching stepup and lunges to a barbell, no grip strength.aube will try over/under grip when I move on

On a plus, spent wayyyy too much on a pair of wedding shoes (I'm not a shoe person either).

lporter229

love the profile photo, lporter. It about sums it up. And it's snowing here now, will snow again tomorrow, and Wednesday, and Saturday. Wheeeee!

Thanks! I stole it from a newsletter sent out by a local running group. It made me smile. Unfortunately, we are looking at another 6-8'" here too. Will it never end??

Blueberry09

On a plus, spent wayyyy too much on a pair of wedding shoes (I'm not a shoe person either).

Is it for your wedding Terrie? As long as they're comfortable on that day you can never spend too much Your feet will thank you!

Blueberry09

Stage 3 Workout A done! And I was pretty much dead afterwards. It is HARD!! And loooong! And who's dumb idea was it to do 3 - 90 sec planks near the end of the workout???? That person should be shot! And then the BW Matrix??? TWICE?? Are you kidding me?? Ladies, if I were you I'd run - fast and far away LOL Even my PT who was working with me last night thought it was a brutally hard workout. It took me over an hour to complete including a 15 min warmup on the treadmill. Thankfully it's only 3 sets of 6 otherwise I wouldn't be standing this morning.

I don't have the workouts in front of me but I do remember a lot of squats in this one. And they're deadly! One is a dumbell squat with a press. The other is two weights - lighter above your head and heavier by your knees - sounds easy enough? NOT - it's a killer! The seated shoulder press was pretty straightforward. The bent over row was different - hard to find good form in that one. Can't even remember what else there was. I wasn't able to do 90 sec planks - I think because I did it after work and I had food in my system when I was in the plank position I really felt like puking. no more evening workouts for me!

And after all that fun came the body weight matrix! 24 squats, 24 lunges, 24 jump lunges and 24 jump squats - as fast as you can! It took me six minutes! Then you're supposed to wait that long and do it again! There was no way I was able to do them again - I was already on the floor begging for mercy!

Can't wait for workout B :noway:

sleepyjen

I'm thinking about switching to New Rules for Life--designed for people who are older than I, but mindful of prior injuries, etc. I don't know. My physical therapy appt tomorrow will likely be canceled, as they're calling for 6-10 inches of new snow here :O

ramalem

@Blue... uhhhh not excited.

terrie_k

Don't leave us sleepyjen

The shoes are for my wedding, slowly getting there. My dress came in so I try it on Thursday and see if I have had an NROL4W progress. My pants are a little tighter lately so I am a tad worried about the hips in the dress. I bought the same size as the sample that fit me perfectly (minus needing hemming for me being short).

Blueberry09

When is your wedding Terrie? I found my pants to be a little snug too - just now they're starting to feel a bit better. It could also be water retention on those muscles you forgot you had

Jen - 6-10 inches - that's nasty! I have to say, tho, pretty normal for my neck of the woods I've heard about the New Rules for Life - I'm kind of intrigued. One of the reasons for hiring the PT was so that she could come up with something for me once this is all done. Maybe that's what I should be looking at.

Ramalem - come on LOL Where's your sense of adventure :laugh: I'm hoping the old adage "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" is true in this case because I thought I was going to die LOL

ramalem

@Jen - totally understand you switching, but nooooo don't go! And sucky about the snow. Seattle is even supposed to get some over the weekend... you know it has to be bad everywhere else if it snows here haha.

@Terrie - yay for weddings. So exciting. I had to get my dress let out in the hips lol. I'm sure you'll be fine. My pants are also tighter, not too thrilled about that!

@Blue - my sense of adventure has never once included squats soo... :laugh: but, I will definitely keep it up. This is the farthest I've made it with any workout plan, so I am gonna stick with it no matter what.

Did B3 yesterday - those stupid bulgarian split squats kill me EVERYTIME. I haven't really been able to move up in weight much which is sad, perhaps because I've been averaging only 2 workouts per week? Who knows. Anyway, on to A4 tomorrow and B4 on Fri or Saturday.

terrie_k

@blueberry - August 9, tons of time!

We are heading to Vegas for a friend's wedding in April so hoping to look good in a bikini by then. Hard to think of warmth when it is -23C outside and a wind making it -30s.

@ramalem - this is the longest I have stuck to a program too. I think I got 4 days into 30DS and got bored, maybe it is the absolute hating of any form of cardio.

Doing the "extra" workout tomorrow, thinking I may just combine A and B into one, since I have increased quite a bit and feel that I may just get bored.

Blueberry09

Terrie - I hadn't noticed before but we're practically neighbours! The -23 gave it away

sleepyjen

I won't go! I'll just post with you guys while doing a different program if I do swap.

Snow estimates are all over the map for tomorrow. weather underground says 9-15; the local weather is cutting our neck of the woods to 3-6. So the answer, I guess, is that we'll get some, maybe a lot. Who knows?

I've adjusted my calories to regular MFP calculations. 1200 seems like peanuts. Only there are no room for peanuts. Ate to maintenance today.

Congrats on the wedding, Terrie! And good luck with stage 3, folks.

Blueberry09

I did workout B this morning - it was really hard getting out of bed! It's -28C outside and my body is still in DOMS from Monday night - there's no way I wanted to torture it again. But I did!

Workout B is a walk in the park compared to A! It didn't take nearly as long and there were lots of BW exercises. I'd normally do A again on Friday but I think I might take another day and do it Saturday instead.

Jen is 1200 your maintenance?

sleepyjen

No, 1710 is. Which is higher than it was last I checked by about 50 cals. Hmm. I'm not going to ask too many questions.

I'm glad B is easier!

Blueberry09

I think that's about whay my maintenance is too. I'm set for 1/2 lb/week and I get 1450 cals - which is not nearly enough come the weekend :bigsmile:

sleepyjen

I'm set to just under a pound, I think. I"m only 5' tall. :P

terrie_k

Thanks Sleepyjen.

-27C when I got up this morning and still cold out (good job Blueberry for getting out in it). I couldn't get out of bed to get my AMRAP set done and have plans the next two evenings.. maybe Friday? Start fresh Stahge 2 in a fresh week?

I have my cals set at maintenance. I was never making the 1200 when I had it set which made me mad, and hungry. So now at maintenance I find on days where I don't eat chips and dip I get about 300 under and feel pretty darn good about being 300 under rather than the 100 over it used to be.

sleepyjen

One of the rings myfooddiary.com does that I wish we had here was a calorie window--you still were green if you were inside 200 cals of your minimum (i.e., for me, between 1200 and 1400). I thought that was a healthier approach to visual cues--turning red at 1201 is mean.

I can do 1200 net when I exercise and get several hundred more calories to eat, but w/o it, brutal.

Blueberry09

Did my second A workout today. It is tough but I like it much better than B. I still wasn't able to do 90 sec planks and there was still no way I'd get a second BWM in there. I was able to knock 90 sec off my first time though. I have to wonder how much form is sacrificed in increasing speed?

My first A took 80 min with a 680 cal burn. This one was done in 67 min and my burn was only 413. I'm thinking there's something wrong with my HRM. And maybe my counting reps and sets lol. That's a pretty big difference!

sleepyjen

I'm trying to motivate myself to go snowshoeing this morning. It's just so much warmer in here than out there!

Blueberry09

I did my second B this morning - what a difference from A! As hard as A is - I think I like it better.

sleepyjen

I fell face-first in the snow yesterday. I think the exertions involved to get back up should count as weights.

ramalem

@Jen - did you make it out snowshoeing!? I have discovered I love snowshoeing And sorry you fell in the snow... yes they should count as weights!

@Blue - I feel like B is ALWAYS worse.

I finished stage 2 over the weekend - I won't report on gains bc well, there really weren't any. I can plank for a full minute now so I guess there is that?

Anyhow, I guess I'll take this week off even though I don't necessarily feel the need to. 80 minutes for A Blue!? Oy. I am going to have to budget some serious time for that... With all that being said, my goal is to get 3 cardio sessions in and either a day of snowboarding or shoeing. I'll start stage 3 next Monday!