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BUSY weekend for me! After finishing off my third workout of stage 7 on Friday, it was off to the trailer (some call it camping but our trailer is parked in the same spot all the time
). As this is a new spot for us we had a few upgrades to do. We spent Friday and Saturday building the deck. Thank goodness for squats! It made standing over the boards much easier although
I'm feeling it today! Then this afternoon we hosted our neighbours as we all have fences to build. Munched so much this afternoon there was no room for dinner. I made a huge veggie tray but there were some chips in there as well
it was nice enough out to sit outside so there was lots of water. I didn't even have a glass of wine until every one left. It's not even 8:00 and I'm ready for bed!
Jen if I remember correctly my workouts for that stage were slightly over an hour. I started getting up 10 min earlier to get it all in. By stage 5 I started doing my BWM on the off days so that saved a bit of time. Plus they were much easier to do after cardio than after a full workout!
Hubby is out of town all week so the diet should be interesting!0 -
Thanks for the input! I watched a video of someone doing the BWM last night and I laughed...you want me to do this twice? hahahahahaha.
Sounds like you had a productive weekend! I'm not the camping type, but I imagine it's nice and peaceful.
I brought all of our dining chairs out to the garage and sanded them down a bit. I'm going to repaint them next. Initially I was all "I'm going to sand out the paint drips from last time, patch up the rough spots" but as I got into it changed to "I'm going to minimally sand these, as sanding is the pits.' lol.
Funny thing how working outside seems to make us extra-sleepy. All that fresh air and sunshine, I guess.
What do you guys do to warm up? I've never done warm-up sets, except maybe a few body weight squats. I do five minutes of walking on the treadmill or from my office to the gym, stretch, and go. I was going back through the book last night and marveling how numerous warm up sets would add at least ten minutes to my workout, by would my workouts be better? hmmm.0 -
Thanks for the input! I watched a video of someone doing the BWM last night and I laughed...you want me to do this twice? hahahahahaha.
Sounds like you had a productive weekend! I'm not the camping type, but I imagine it's nice and peaceful.
I could never do it twice at the end of a workout! Definitely much easier to do it on an off day! You can even get thru it twice!
I wouldn't exactly call it camping when your trailer has all the comforts of home :laugh: Have you seen some of them out there? OMG they're huge! Fireplaces and dishwashers! Decorated nicer than my house! Mine is quite small but it's got a bed, toilet and shower so that's good enough for me! I like it in one spot so it's more like going to the 'cabin'. We're in a small park that has only 23 sites in it - an over 50 crowd so there are no kids running around and no late night parties. It's perfect for us! We're always up early so we go to bed quite early too. 10:00 is a late night for us LOL We're getting old :laugh:
My warm up is always intervals on the bike or treadmill. I've never done the ones in the book although, come to think of it, the BWM would make a perfect warm up!
Good job on getting thru stage 1 Susan! Seeing just a little bit of progress is enough to keep you going! Although I'm not sure I see much in my clothes (a little but not yet a full size) and I sure don't see it on the scale, I do know I'm stronger. I was slinging lumber like a lumberjack on the weekend :laugh: My hubby even commented that I'd have never done that before I started lifitng. I'd call that progress
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Sorry ladies, big slacker here
Haven't had any rain-outs lately and our spare time has been filled with things that must get done for the wedding. Needless to say, I'm probably going on week 3 of no liftining and haven't had a day to sit around either in that time. I wish I could get back to it
My quad has been on fire and has actually been swollen to the point of seeing a physical hump. I am hoping it is the effect of my damaged knee so I have a physio appointment this week.
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Morning ladies!
Great job on getting through the first stage Susan! I agree with Blue, even the littlest bit of progress keeps me motivated to keep going. Great work, keep it up!
Jen - sanding SUCKS. I usually just slap on a Killz primer and call it a day. In fact, I hardly sanded our trim before I started painting it. I just did enough to smooth out the rough spots :laugh: I agree with Blue, I think stage 3 took me about an hour if I did the full workout from the book (meaning the lifting plus circuits or BWM). I'm currently in stage 5 and it usually takes me about 45 minutes, but I am eliminating some of the ab work and anything I have to lay on the floor for such as the prone cobras. That 45 minutes includes one BWM or 10 minutes on the dreadmill. I should probably be better about warming up, but since I'm lifting much lighter than I'm used to, I don't worry to much about it. Usually my walk from the car up the 5 flights of stairs to the gym is enough of a warm up for me.
Blue - I LOOOOOOVE camping. I'm trying to get as much in before I get too big and sleeping on the ground gets uncomfortable. We are headed to Glacier National Park in Montana in a few weeks for 5 days, I'm really excited! My friends just got done driving around the US in a RV and had such a great time. We ended up visiting them while they were in Phoenix for a few weeks and their rig was super nice! 4 people fit in their comfortably which is kinda crazy to me. They stayed in over 50 parks as well (her husband is 48 so they made exceptions) and it was so nice to be in a quiet space after 10 pm ha ha.
We were in Portland, Oregon for a friends wedding this weekend, and I have to tell ya, it's strange to be completely 100% sober at a wedding ha ha. You start to realize how stupid people act/look when they've had too much to drink :laugh: I still had a blast, and was even able to make it out until 1 AM! I was pretty proud of myself. I also finished phase one (of a million) of my trim painting project. Definitely got more paint on the walls/floor than I wanted to, but also learned about what I need to be careful of especially when painting on hardwood, so that's good I suppose!
Anyway, that's all I got for now. My goal is to get 2 lifts in this week (missed one last week) and keep up with yoga and get a cardio day in. Have a great Monday ladies!0 -
Where is your trailer Blue?0
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Thanks everyone for the encouragement! Stage 1 AMRAP A is in the books. Squats 20 pounds 45 reps (boy that 20 pounds felt like nothing!), Push ups 10 on the floor, 13 from a weight bench and 27 from where I started which was about 45 degrees (no, not all at once - worked them in between the other exercises but not a single girl push up in there), seated row 40 pounds 25 reps, step ups with 3 pound "Barbie" dumbbells 20 reps and 21 prone jacks. Now that I did it, I kinda wish I had done the seated rows with 10 or 20 pounds to see how many I could get in there... Oh, well - maybe just for grins later!
Some of y'all have been really busy with the home improvement projects - I look at some of the stuff we should think about doing and then say never mind.... I'd rather play in my garden.
We also have a trailer but not a park model. There is no way I would want to go back to tent camping like we started out - I like my AC, hot water, shower, toilet way too much!
Terri - hope the knee gets better soon!
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Sorry to hear about your quads Terrie - hope it heals soon. It sounds painful. Wedding is in August right? That's just around the corner!
Our trailer is parked near Kingman - between Toefield and Camrose. We used to have a park model at Sylvan Lake but we sold it just last year. The upkeep on the park was just getting too expensive as the park got older. So now we're renting. Our trailer is only 28' so we can tow it if we want - we just don't want LOL Only if we have something to go to do we plan on towing it. I like it stationary!
So you're a traditional camper Meg? Sleeping on the ground???? Good for you! I haven't tented since the early 90s LOL I guess you could say I'm a bit of a princess :laugh: Sounds like you had a great time at the wedding - even sober
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I think I could camp with a posh trailer. I am a really light sleeper so the on-the-ground, buggy tent style was never my thing. But posh trailer with bed and toilet (since I have to pee at least once a night, lol)? That I could do! It's like a portable hotel!
It's so nice to see everybody today! Glad to hear the painting is going, Meg--Trim is slow work. I have an oil-based Kilz to use on the chairs, as they were oil-painted last time, but I'm mulling over swapping it for a latex or acrylic primer w/ adhesion properties. I find cleaning oil brushes a PITA.
Nice work on the AMRAPS, Susan! I was on vacation when I was supposed to do that, so I never did those. And Terrie, what is up with your quad? Owwww. I hope the doc has answers for you.
I started stage 3 today, and it was something! I found the single-arm squat really awkward--like rubbing your belly and tapping your head at the same time. I did it with 5 and 10 lb weights as I could not get the form right. It was so weird.
I liked the bent-over row a lot; the deadlift was awkward (I do unweighted similar stuff for my PT and the move was similar to when you do the single arm single leg row thing, but it was still hard-ish. I started with 20lb dumbbells but dropped to 15 to get the form right). I managed 2 90 second planks and one 75 second plank--a new record.
I liked having the three sets as I could up the weight steadily from where I thought I ought to start to what actually felt like work. But that BWM. Wowie. I only had time to do one, and was very, very grateful for having to go someplace for 11 am not do the second. My quads burned. I forgot to time it but it was somewhere between 3-4 minutes, not all of the moves very pretty.
It's a gorgeous 85 here today. Got some burgers for the grill and summer beer. Woohoo!0 -
I just knew you'd love the BWM as much as the rest of us Jen :laugh: Why they stuck it at the end of an already tough workout is beyond me! Good job on the rest of it - especially the planks! Those are some awesome numbers! That split squat is akward isn't it? I'm pretty sure I never had good form. I think I upped the bottom weight a couple of times but never managed to up the top one. It just felt too unnatural to me.
I'm donating blood today - they say it burns about 600 cals to regenerate it. Unfortunately that's not in one sitting LOL It takes 56 days so that only works out to 10 cals a day
Oh well, it's still a good thing to do. Plus I get cookies 
This morning was just cardio - I'm trying to keep it light between lifting days as the workouts seem to be taking a lot more out of me as the program progresses. I guess that's the idea? LOL
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Happy Tuesday all!
Hope everyone is having a good day so far. I am planning on leaving here in a bit to go get my first lift of the week in, I just couldn't find the energy to do it yesterday and my belly was hurting pretty bad yesterday... felt like I did 3 hours of planking. Such a weird thing to be experiencing growing pains again. Hoping working out might actually help that feeling a little bit.
@Terrie- sorry about your quad! Hope it starts getting better soon. How far away are you from the wedding?
@Jen- oil based is seriously the worst. Cleaning those brushes is awful. Sigh, the things we do in the name of home improvement. GREAT JOB on your plank times. Dang girl! Super impressed. That split squat is super weird and I always feel dumb doing it. I believe I will be doing it today ha ha. :laugh:
@Blue - Good on you for donating blood. I haven't in a really long time. Cookies are a great reward.0 -
I've never donated blood. So good for you!
Meg, I ended up getting an acrylic bonding primer at Benjamin Moore today and will take the Kilz oil back. Theoretically I get to that today. It's kind of hot out! Imagine that! So maybe not
Yes, I do enjoy the BWM as much as everyone said I would. Today I am feeling pretty good besides some tightness in my right low back; I suspect I was leaning during the deadlift to one side.
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They were Cookies by George - they insisted I take two. Who was I to argue?
Someone told me by the end of the donation the bag of blood taken weighs a kg (2.2lbs) - although I'm pretty sure that's not going to be reflected on the scale by tomorrow morning
The Crossfit guys are pushing some sort of weight stand across the parking lot today - 4 really big weights but I can't see how much each one weighs. Highly entertaining LOL0 -
Last time I donated I went to the main office where they sold soup (it was canned but still delicious). Also, lost 2 lbs but gained it back the next day.
The wedding registry said 67 days.. so quick, not much time to get everything done.
Dr tomorrow, hoping for good news.....0 -
Ever watch the Strongest Man competition? Sounds like that's what's outside your office, Blue.
Good luck, Terrie, with both the dr and the countdown. Those last weeks pre-wedding go really fast but they're exciting.0 -
Happy hump day!! :drinker:
Yeah, that's probably one of the exercises they were doing Jen. It's supposed to rain today so I likely won't have any entertainment Good thing as I think it's going to be a busy day!
Today's workout was just weird! My HR just wouldn't come down and I had about 40 cal burn higher than normal. I wonder if it was from donating blood yesterday? I haven't really noticed that before. They say no strenuous exercise for 6-8 hours and it was at least 18 so that shouldn't be it. Just weird.
Technically I have only one more workout until I'm finished the program!! I think I'm going to do these six workouts one more time thru as I still haven't finished the other books to see which one I want to do next :laugh: I'm thinking of re-doing this one (missing the duplicate stages) and doing 6 sets of 8 for each exercise and a total of 6 each. I found 4 was too short. But we'll see.
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very odd, blue--I assume it eventually came down post-exercise? I have no answers for you.
Spent 8 glorious hours at jury duty today. My TOM started while there, so I inhaled lots of food when I got back Hit the pub--beer, "Irish nachos," chicken sandwich. Yum. I did get in 3B today, too, w/o intervals--just the 8 minute walk back to my car. 0 -
Did you get chosen to be on the jury, Jen? What a nasty time for TOM to visit. He can be so rude sometimes 0
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Thanks everyone for the encouragement! Stage 1 AMRAP A is in the books. Squats 20 pounds 45 reps (boy that 20 pounds felt like nothing!), Push ups 10 on the floor, 13 from a weight bench and 27 from where I started which was about 45 degrees (no, not all at once - worked them in between the other exercises but not a single girl push up in there), seated row 40 pounds 25 reps, step ups with 3 pound "Barbie" dumbbells 20 reps and 21 prone jacks. Now that I did it, I kinda wish I had done the seated rows with 10 or 20 pounds to see how many I could get in there... Oh, well - maybe just for grins later!
Some of y'all have been really busy with the home improvement projects - I look at some of the stuff we should think about doing and then say never mind.... I'd rather play in my garden.
We also have a trailer but not a park model. There is no way I would want to go back to tent camping like we started out - I like my AC, hot water, shower, toilet way too much!
Terri - hope the knee gets better soon!
Susan
And AMRAP Stage 1 B is done - Deadlifts 30# 30 reps, Dumbell shoulder press 5# 30 reps, Pulldown 40# 31 reps, Lunge 3# 15 reps and 30 Crunches. Boy those weights felt light! Just for grins, I went back to the seated row and moved the weight clear down to 10 pounds. I did 110 of them and probably could have kept going for a little bit longer but I was getting bored! ROFL. Happy Wednesday, everyone!0 -
Nice work, Susan!
Nope, I wasn't chosen. I was called for two rounds of could-be-chosen but had an excuse to get out of each trial. One would have been today and tomorrow, and I have a meeting tomorrow; the other would have been late June into July, and as our first-year program director I have to be at the university's orientation sessions throughout June. Yay!
For giggles I hopped on the scale this morning and it was 2 pounds higher than yesterday--about what I expected, given all the salty stuff and beer I ate yesterday! Better luck next week, eh? I'd really like to hit that even 20 lb goal so I can revaluate what I'm doing; I hate the idea of doing it at 19.5 lbs lost. I"m so anal retentive about these things.0 -
I"m so anal retentive about these things.
Ha ha Jen - me too!! :drinker:
Cardio this morning and although my HR came down at the normal rate it stayed high thru my bike ride. And a higher burn than normal too. Very weird. Or my HRM is acting up again. Or I'm imagining things LOL
Good work on your AMRAP Susan. Impressive numbers.0 -
Morning ladies! Just wanted to do a quick check in before I dive into work for the day.
Blue - So weird about your HRM. I've never used mine consistently enough to know if something like that has happened to me or not.
Jen - I've never been called to jury duty *knocks on wood* but that + TOM sounds like a bummer of a combo. Glad you didn't get chosen. Way to still get your workout in though! Sometimes you just need that beer and nachos :laugh:
Susan - Great work! On to stage 2!
My week has been pretty good. I've had a super intense craving for a particular type of Popsicle (they are called Big Sticks) and I have been searching for them since Monday. FINALLY found them last night, bought two boxes and ate two within 3 hours ha ha. I have yoga today and plan on lifting tomorrow. Next week is my last week of stage 5 yay! I also am getting in a long walk with a girlfriend and her new baby tomorrow too.
Hope everyone has a good Thursday (and weekend) - I'm off tomorrow so I probably won't be checking back in until Monday.0 -
You know, I had one day a couple of weeks ago where it seemed my HRM was under-counting. I was huffing and puffing as I walked and could barely get it into the 65-85% zone I usually reach (I was even climbing hills!). The next time it seemed fine. No idea what the issue was.
I had lunch with a few friends today; I ordered the eggplant rollatini app as my lunch not realizing the rolls would be deep fried. I think I only ate one but it might have been two--the mozz on top made it hard to tell. I can't find a consistent match on the database, but have found one I'm deeming good enough. Then I ate a cupcake. Oh, TOM, you make me eat so many crazy things.
I'm just under calories today and haven't exercised a lick (poured all morning--I was priming chairs in the garage, then off to the chiropractor). Back to it tomorrow.
Lucky you, Meg, to not have jury duty! I mean, I believe in it in principle but never actually want to serve 0 -
I've never been called to jury duty either. My sister has (and was chosen) but I don't know anyone else who was even called. I'm sure the processes in the two countries are pretty similar?
I am officially DONE the program!! I did my last workout of Stage 7 this morning! But I will repeat this stage again starting on Monday - six workouts will bring me to a June 20 completion date. 7-1/2 months for the whole program consistently 3x a week. Unfortunately I was a little pressed for time and only got 3 reps in instead of 4 but I made sure they counted LOL
May was not a good month for me - the average scale weight went up instead of down - not by a lot but it was still an increase. I'm sure my (all you can eat and drink) vacation didn't help I have to get my diet under control! No doubt about it. I'm really good and consistent about the exercise part but man, oh man, I like my food!
I feel for you Jen - I know TOM makes me eat crazy things too! Like 3/4 large bag of jalapeno kettle chips - followed, of course, by a chocolate chaser! It's no wonder the scale doesn't drop like it should. We're being sabotaged LOL
Have a great weekend ladies - we're heading off to the trailer to build the rest of the deck for the weekend. Not sure how much time I'll have for checking in!
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Way to go, Blue, and have a great weekend!
I did two rounds of BWM. Holy cow. I was exhausted and starving by the time I finished 0 -
You got thru two Jen - you're my hero!! The only way I ever got thru two was when I did them on different days
Finished off our deck at the trailer on Friday. I was a drilling machine - so much so it gave me blisters from the vibrations! I guess I just wasn't cut out for blue collar work LOL
Started round 2 of Stage 7 this morning. I thought I might be able to hit 20 reps this time - uh uh! It's tough because you don't want to drop the weights too much but you still want to get all the reps in. At 8 you're thinking - this isn't so bad. But by 12 you're starting to hurt, thinking you'll never make it to 15. At 15 it's like - I'm glad THAT's over cuz I'd never make it to 20!! I'm certainly not getting the DOMS I got during the first go-around so I guess that's a good thing. I'm feeling it but not as much as before.
Have a great week ladies! Happy lifting! :flowerforyou:0 -
Hey, thanks! I don't think they were pretty--they certainly weren't deep lunges or squats by the second round, or hell, during the first. But I did it! I just motored through and stopped as little as possible as the temptation to just mutter "eff it" and walk away was great
Congrats on the deck! I learned this weekend that I should have gotten a tinted primer for the chairs I'm refinishing--took 3 bloody coats of paint and a round of touch ups this morning. Good god. I put one coat on the second pair of chairs today and will do round two this afternoon; could do round three tonight, but may leave it for tomorrow.
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Hi Ladies!
Just a quick check-in, work is crazy today! I hope you all had a good weekend. Instead of going to the gym, I did a bunch of stuff around the house. I'm realizing that while baby isn't due for another 6 months, I still have so much I want to do and such limited time to get it done and I'm starting to feel a bit pinched for time which is crazy. Anyway, enough with the excuses, I'm going to finish up Stage 5 this week if it kills me (3 more to go), take a rest week the following week as we're going on vacation and then start up with Stage 6.
@blue - good work on the deck and finishing yay! Hopefully we can all still chat on this thread even when we're done. I'd miss you guys!
@Jen - BOTH BWM's!? You are also my hero, good work! Good luck with those chairs, DIY always seems like a good idea...0 -
DIY always seems like a good idea...
LOL especially at the time :laugh:
I think we can still chat here - the daily chat thread has too many people to try to keep up to LOL I like our little group
Besides, I will want baby updates That time is going to fly right by! 0 -
Me too. I haven't gone over there in ages. This can just be our designated chat thread where we can talk about whatever you pick up next. For Meg, it'll be a tiny child. Your weights will steadily increase that way.
BTW, I grabbed Supercharged for cheap off Amazon--haven't opened it yet, but it's what I'm thinking of doing next.
Is the nesting instinct kicking in, Meg?
I did 3B today--went much faster, including the HIIT at the end. Need to eat more food to compensate...0
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