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It's lifting day! Going to start Stage 3, and I am really excited! Was looking at the exercises and I think I'm really going to like this stage. I'll update later!!
QOTD: I am embarrassed to say that I haven't flown since my honeymoon almost 14 years ago. We flew to the Bahamas.0 -
Hapy Tuesday.
Lifted this morning. Everything felt fine in the gym, but now my lower back is killing me. I hope I didn't do anything too bad. Tomorrow is cardio so I will be good for Thursday lifting!!!!
jcjsjones - I love stage 3, A is my fav. Good luck and have fun.
QOTD - the last plase I flew was home to England, December 2011. I am going back in December 2013, can't wait to get home again.0 -
Hi Ladies!
Got in a run this morning. It was tough, but I did it. For some reason, I'm having trouble running these days. Legs are tired and heavy...
Sue - OMG. I cannot believe you mentioned IRC. I think you're the only person I know outside of my college friends that ever used it. It was totally pre-AOL-chatroom and I used to do it! **geek alert**
I met my hubby on match.com in 2006. We got married in 2008. Last place I flew was Frederick, MD for work about a year ago. I used to train as part of my job, so I got to travel once a month. But now I'm strictly writing procedures. I miss traveling and racking up frequent flyer points.
Rach - oh no. I hope your back is ok. Take it easy!
Jcjs - Congrats on starting Stage 3!
Sam - wow, what a cute story of how you met your husband. I was trying to imagine marrying the kid I had a crush on when I was 14.... I do sometimes wonder about him.
Cowgirl - you're a woman after my own heart - chocolates, Starbucks, and all!
Beeps - feel better!
Emgel - sorry to hear about your hip (ouch), but congrats on your 9 mile run. I was supposed to do 10 on Sunday, but just couldn't do it. I was not there mentally AND my right leg was hurting. I'm thinking maybe I need to start stretching a little beforehand and/or walk before I start running. I think I eeked out 6 miles. I don't know what is happening, but running seems to get harder each time I go out and it's making me not like it very much right now. I'm looking forward to this half marathon being over and getting back to just lifting heavy stuff (with a few bouts of HIIT thrown in for good measure).0 -
Look at all you Tuesday lifters! Nicely done!
I fly all the time....business, pleasure, etc.
As for my lifting session, yesterday, when I am "tired", I NEVER go into a lifting session thinking I'm going to "bang out" some PR or something. I aim for a "medium" work-out....take my weights down a notch when I am feeling weak-er, or my heart is racing, etc. So, I'm not worried about "injury".
My cardio-session last night wasn't very good. I wasn't aiming for very much, but my daughter pooped out about 15 minutes in! Then, she just became a distraction to the class as a whole. I made it to the 30-min mark and then kinda thought, "what the heck am I doing, here?? I'm SICK!" So, we packed up and left.0 -
I ate too much last night....so, my appetite must be returning, lol!
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Emgel, hope your hip feels better and GREAT job on that run!
Last night I had a migraine so I ended up doing bike instead of some weights. I'm still not re-doing Stage 3 until Monday. Tonight I will hopefully do a 40 minute tempo run. Otherwise I'm taking it easy this week and doing another 6+ hill run on Thursday to prep for Sunday.
QOTD: I have never flown and I am terrified of planes.0 -
QOTD: My last flight was to see family in Utah 9 years ago. That's just sad. Hubby took his first plane trip last year so maybe we'll start flying. (we Drive EVERYWHERE)
I hit the gym this morning for my first NROLL workout. IT wasn't very tough which means I need to make it tougher. I was doing level 4 exercises for most things except core and power. Those are new moves for me so I backed it off to level 1. IDK I think I want to get into power lifting type stuff. Is it wrong that I want o be able to pick up a grown man and throw him.0 -
RIGHT, this challenge starts today, lol.
Sorry for the confusion....I started the "same" challenge, on another thread, one week earlier.
CARRY ON....
Phew! Last week's total for me was higher than usual!
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samntha - I think it is an AWESOME goal to want to "pick up a man and throw him"....now tell me, is there a "particular" man that you have in mind, lol!!
LB2LL - migraines must suck....hope it dissipates quickly!
I am bailing on my lunch-time walk. I just have NO energy. It's okay, at best it might have burned 100 or 150 calories, so I'll just make sure I dial back my calories by that many and I'll be fine.
I have a hair appt after work and I can just sit in her chair and vegetate....it will be an early evening tonight!0 -
Ha, pick up a man and throw him... I like that!
Lifted this morning and still loving this stage but really looking forward to 6! Oh and I've started taking Creatine. There have been numerous artcles that suggest that older people taking creatine and exercising maintain more strength, can help fight osteoporosis and a whole bunch of other benefits. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donna-mincieli-pti-rd/creatine-supplement_b_1948144.html is just one article, check out livestrong and bodybuilding fo rmore info if you want. I don't know if I should be feeling any effects yet or not, but my YTWLs were spot on today and I didn't just throw the weights around, I controlled them. Might not have anythign to do with the creatine, since I've only been taking it for 5 days, but who knows.
LB I get migraines too - the just knock me flat on my backside. I have to hide in my bedroom with no noise no light no nothing and hope it goes away quickly.
Beeps, I know you will take care of yourself, but you know we all will worry about you too. Glad you are feeling better and your appetite is returning.
Mary Mary, you have been silent for too long!! Where are you?!
Rach, we're doing the same lifts, just different stages. This is definitely my favorite Stage so far. I am done with 2 full As & Bs. I'm really going to push these next 4!
My last flight was in January down to FL to do our annual LHS1970 girls gone wild weekend and to visit my pops and sister. I am not a huge fan of flying, but I don't not fly because of it.0 -
Sam, that's a pretty great goal in my opinion!
Beeps, I can't wait for my next hair cut. It is SO relaxing. Probably one of my favorite things.
Sue, that was pretty much what I had to do last night. Sitting on the couch didn't help... the only thing that did was sitting in a dark room that was silent. I'm surprised I even fell asleep because the pain was so bad. Thankfully today is better! Just drained.0 -
More of a self-defense kind of thing. I do work in a city after all. I'd love to take up a combat sport. Really I want to be one of those little girls who walks into the free weight area and bangs out 300lbs. Everyone keeps telling me to stick with NROL to maintain and build strength. I'm sure they are right. But I really do want to go big. I was looking at myself in the mirror at the gym today and I think I've hit "skinny *****" status. Now I want "Ripped chick" status. Does that make sense?0
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Oh, I had lunch with a friend from HS today. She lives in Europe and I haven't seen her in 10 years though we talk online all the time. Anyway, she was amazed by my transformation, and we spent a good chunk of our time talking about training and fitness. SHe has stalled, and feels she is still too bulky in some areas though she is in fact quite fit. She said I blew her mind when I told her my total body transformation was through weight training alone, and she said I should consider becoming a trainer or instructor. I've toyed with the idea. I'd love to be in a position to inspire other women and help them on their journey to better health and a better self/body image.0
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Well, samntha, there is NOTHING WRONG with your goals morphing into "strong-man"-type competitor status - so long as you recognize, frankly, what sort of "shape" you end up having?? Meaning: actually being able to bench 300 lbs or squat 500 lbs gets you a particular "look" - and it might be QUITE different than you think. Think of what a (female) olympic body-builder looks like - you know, the gal that can walk up to a 300 lb barbell and do a clean-and-jerk?? They look pretty "bulky" - they don't look like a "fitness model", for example.
So, I think you just have to figure out what you WANT. And then, GO FOR IT!0 -
For me, I want to have more of a "fitness model"-type look. So, nope, I can't walk up to a 200 lb barbell and swing it around my head like a broomstick. But, the fitness routines/nutrition plans that I focus on will help me get closer to a "fitness-model" (off-season!) type look than the "look" I would end up with if I could spin a 200 lb barbell around like a broomstick.0
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She doesn't look so big to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8TASSqFUdc (World Record squat)
Or her
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2eANQYp5GE. I think body type has more to do with how Big someone looks in the end. I freind of my husband coaches a female power lifter. SHe's 5'2'' about 110lb and bangs out over 300 on the regular
I like this one best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM3Qf0sgUN4
Sadly the diet for competitive body building weather for fitness or for power lifting is insanely strict and regimented. Not sure I could hack that. One of the trainers at my gym is a fitness competitor and she tell tales of eating fish at 5am during her cut cycle. not very appealing.0 -
samantha - I agree that you don't have to look like a power lifter to be a power lifter. Women can build incredible strength without getting to big. I think a lot of the female power lifters you see simply have a higher body fat over the muscles because their goal is lifting very heavy, not rocking a bikini. I have also thought about a fitness career after I retire from banking...I think it would be fun. In order to progress from skinny girl status to ripped girl status, I think you need to start doing bulking/cutting phases: eat to build muscle (and unfortunately fat) and then cut, hopefully keeping the muscle and shedding the fat.
LB2LL - sorry you are suffering...hopefully tomorrow is better!
jcjs - welcome to stage 3! How did you like it? Wow, I can't believe you have not been on a plane in 14 years!
rachie - how is your back?
Sue - looking forward to hearing more about your creatine use. I had not heard anything about helping you as you age...might be something for Samantha to look into...
So, I was very good today. Did not log any excersise, but dragging my suitcase on and off 4 planes counts for something. mahi mahi and steamed veggies for lunch and an EXTRAORDINARY salad from Freshii for dinner. I am still a tad hungry, but I am in my hotel room and I WILL NOT go downstairs for a drink! Running along the lake in the am...
I fly regularly for my job...went to Des Moines today.0 -
Wow! One long weekend away from the laptop and I miss so much! My phone app doesn't let me access the message boards, grumble grumble.
I hope that everyone's hips, knees, backs, noses and heads are on the mend. :flowerforyou:
LBL, I always found migraines very weather dependent for me. When the barometric pressure is wacky, you just have no chance it seems.
Everyone else just take it one day at a time and like everybody else mentioned, DON'T OVERDO IT! Baby yourself for a bit and come out swinging!
Just finished stage 2 workout A3 today. I am not feeling the love for the front squats, I tried a lot of different suggestions from the boards but my wrists still seem to take the brunt of it. I powered through 50lbs though, new PR. I won't be sorry to see them go!
Questions: Silver car
: Met my husband in a mutual friend's basement, lust at first sight for both of us. Now together for 16 years.
: Last plane ride to Charleston, SC. Beautiful City! We were married there and my hubby spent half his childhood there.
I have the utmost respect for runners. I am one of those people who will only run if something is chasing me, and it better be bigger and madder than me!
Everyone have a wonderful evening!0 -
My core is sore. Didn't expect that. However, I will be changing my "hinge" and squat exercises. My legs don't feel like they did anything. I've been encouraged to keep on with NROL for now to build real strength. So I will. Someone on FB just posted a BWM challenge. ANybody down with that. Some of us haven't done it in a good 6 months or more. Not for nothing but I was glad to see it gone with the hopes of never doing it again. The newer metabolic exercises aren't nearly as tough.0
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good morning all!
I killed it on my 10k run this am (mile splits: 8:43/9:18/9:10/9:12/9:46/9:43)...can't wait to see what my next lifting session looks like! I would like to lift tomorrow am, but I have soccer tomorrow night and I generally rest Thursday am. It is going to be a crazy weekend, so I think I may have to squeeze it in.
Samantha - ooooh, I am jealous! What did you have in mind for the BWM challenge?
QUESTION of the day: do you have a favorite TV show?0 -
we're just going for time. Do it after your regular workout just like you wold in stages three of five, and post your time.good morning all!
I killed it on my 10k run this am (mile splits: 8:43/9:18/9:10/9:12/9:46/9:43)...can't wait to see what my next lifting session looks like! I would like to lift tomorrow am, but I have soccer tomorrow night and I generally rest Thursday am. It is going to be a crazy weekend, so I think I may have to squeeze it in.
Samantha - ooooh, I am jealous! What did you have in mind for the BWM challenge?
QUESTION of the day: do you have a favorite TV show?
QOTD: it was House. These days... I guess Once upon a time, but I watch Jon Stewart religiously0 -
QOTD: I watch a lot of different shows, but only once they come out on DVD. We don't have cable and haven't had it for years - we still don't miss it.0
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for those of you that stretch before lifting...food for thought:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/reasons-not-to-stretch/
Samantha - I would be up for that if you want to run something...so 2x through and we post a combined time?
The only show I watch is Daily Show, maybe 1x every other week...its on so late...0 -
Repeat with me: I WILL get up and work out tmw am. I WILL get up and work out tmw am. I WILL get up and work out tmw am. Since my 9 mile run on Saturday I have been SO tired and sleeping right through my am workout! This is no good! I never workout after work so this makes day 4 of no workout. And I am not even lifting this week! just cardio before the race! oy.
Sam: I think it would be great to have more female trainers encouraging women to lift heavy! I always watch the trainers in my gym with their clients an am NEVER impressed with what they are doing. I'd love to get a trainer to yell at me to LIFT HEAVIER!
QOTD: I last flew to Barcelona for my honeymoon. Also, I am an admitted TV lover. It is one of the ways I get myself to do cardio at home - I save my fav shows for only while I am on the elliptical. I love How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, the Colbert Report...basically I like when TV makes me laugh!0 -
Hello hello!
Lcu, those are some great splits! Nice work
I'm tired but I have been allowing myself to sleep in an hour for the past two days. I think I do better on 7 hours vs 8 hours. Last night I did a 40 minute tempo run. It wasn't terrible but I definitely felt a little sluggish. That's what lack of training does
Tonight I have too much to do and I'm just going to rest my muscles for my 10k hill run on Thursday. I don't know why I get so nervous for races. It's not like I'm going to win it so what's the point?
QOTD: I don't really watch much TV. It's usually on as background noise, lol. I usually "watch" whatever my husband has on. I do enjoy "Fast N' Loud" though for some odd reason.0 -
LB2LL - Good luck with the hill run on Thursday.
My back is still really sore. I lifted some boxes at work yesterday morning, I am wondering if that was it. I just put in an accident report, I may go to the Dr. to get it checked out.
QOTD - I have a few, The Walking Dead, True Blood, Bones, Big Bang. We got rid of cable a few weeks ago, and now have Apple TV and Huluplus. So we watch a lot less TV and spend more time with each other and I read more these days too.0 -
Sam, I'd say that someone telling you that you should go into fitness is probably the HIGHEST compliment ever! I think that people who have been through amazing transformations like yourself can relate more as PTs. You should consider it.
I am with you on wanting to be ripped and strong. I guess I want to look similar to Christmas Abbot (http://www.gotceleb.com/christmas-abbott-photos-2012-11-20.html) or Jaime Easton. Probably never happen because I don't want to diet to get that lean.
No BWM for me. My HIIT and metabolic exercises from Supercharged wear me out. I HATE the BWM! HATE it!
Icuconely, What a great run! Wow!
QOTD: Favorite TV show..hmm. I rarely get to watch any lately. Probably "Bones".
I lift today. Looking forward to more planks and Romanian DLs.0 -
I am getting sicker.
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So, stayed home from work this morning (but have meetings to attend this afternoon), am downing the tylenol, and am skipping my beloved weight-training, today.
Am sick of being sick!
QOTD: Mad Men! And, it returns....0 -
Rachie - my experience with docs is that they are not the best to go to for back pain. I would recommend a physiotherapist or massage therapist first.
LB2LL - I definitely do better with 8 hours of sleep. It is so hard to get the am workout AND enough sleep.
Emgel - "you WILL get up and run tomorrow". Wow...honeymoon in barcelona! I love Spain!
Beeps - so sorry that you have taken a turn for the worse!0
