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I did take earplugs....it was still a horrible experience.
No lifting for me, today. Cardio scheduled for tomorrow. I think I'll lift on Sunday, though.
Have a great weekend!0 -
Thank you all for being so encouraging, supportive and for answering my questions!! This leads me to another question you lucky ladies!! I do workout A1 (squats, seated row...) and B1 (deadlifts, dumbbell shoulder press...) every other day for 8 weeks??0
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I'm not sure if it's for "8 weeks" - and I only did 3 x weekly weight-work-outs, so my weeks, during stage 1, looked like this:
Week 1: A, B, A
Week 2: B, A, B
Week 3: A, B, A
[...and so on....]
Until I had completed all the work-outs in that Stage. At which point I moved onto Stage 2.0 -
Got to the gym today. I let my son figure out a workout for me. Because this is the first time in the gym this week and I wanted to get 2 days in . He had me to do all shoulders, back, and hamstrings. YIKES I can feel my glutes tightening up.
Bonnie, I concur with Beeps. That's how my weeks look.0 -
you take one day off, sheesh. My shoulder still hurts :sad: I haven't lifted since Tuesday and I was on such an awesome streak. I have three workouts left!!!
Bonnie and CHuckles, welcome!! I did the pattern Beeps posted though some weeks were just so busy that I only did 2 strength training workouts. I am anti cardio...except for Zumba lol. I haven't been to a single class this week though :noway:
SUe, you're a demon girl!! and why can't your gym turn the damn air on early can't they afford a digital thermostat with timer? I mean really, they are endangering people's health.
Missed you too Cowgirl. Time for a nap. I was up at 5:45 for a workshop today. ipad training. I have three more this summer. To the full-time Homemakers, mad props ladies. I swear I'm just as busy when I am "home" full-time, as when I "work" full time...but at least it's more fun and spending this time with the kids is so awesome. ( I say this now. By Aug 15th I'll be crawling up the walls dying to go back to work :laugh: )0 -
Beeps2011 and maniac4titans thank you, thank you!! I do feel a little simple at times trying to figure this out!0
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Bonnie, we were all there at one time! :flowerforyou:
SAM! NO! No day off .
I haven't been in the gym all week, and he wrote down a workout where I could get 2 days in (my goal this week) All shoulders, back, and glutes. Tomorrow will be legs and arms :bigsmile: Next week will back to routine of 3 days a week .
Sue, where are you? I have missed something?0 -
Here I am Mary! My work week has been so crazed!! Yea for the weekend!
I lifted this morning, 7-1 and had to rerack weights and set up the squat rack because some meathead left the support arms on the floor. My squats need work, I know I'm not going down far enough, so I didn't increase weight. Thankfully, the air came on a bit earlier, but I ran out of time, I could only do 2 sets of the B workouts. But I worked hard, for those 2 sets and made sure my form was on. I may repeat on Monday, we'll see.
Mary I think it's really cool that your son is designing programs for you!!
Sam, maybe you should have your shoulder checked out?
Bonnie, it was confusing to me too, I had to ask too and my Stage 1 lasted about 10 weeks! I repeated the last A & B for a week and half til my vacation started! But I did mine the same way as Beeps and the others have said.
I'm going to be gone all day tomorrow so I'll catch up on Sunday. Hope you all have an awesome weekend!!0 -
Look at all you heavy-lifting ladies!!
I am choosing to do my scheduled cardio, today, even with glasses on. I'll lift M/W this week, call it a 2-day week, and move on. I haven't had a "short" week in quite some time....I've been very regular about getting in lifting 3 x per week, so I doubt this 2 x week will kill me!0 -
Day 2 of lifting yesterday and it went great! Need to work on my deadlift form but other that I had a good time at the gym. Yep I just said it! Who am I turning in to lol?!0
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Hi ladies, I wanted to introduce myself. I'm a 46 year old mother or three and recently decided to get back into shape. Due to a stressful sedentary job and let's be honest pure laziness on my part, I managed to get to a relative high body fat while staying at a fairly normal weight of 122 lbs at 5'6" tall. You know the look of a thin person with no muscle tone, that was me. It's extremely unhealthy, and it was time to do something about it.
Four weeks ago I started working with a personal trainer with free weights for an hour 2x a week. I have fallen in love with lifting, cardio no so much lol. My sessions with my trainer will be ending soon, and I bought and read this book. I have put together a home gym complete with weight bench, Olympic barbell and curl bars, plates, dumbbells etc.
Today I did workout 1A stage 1, and I'm looking forward to growing stronger with the rest of you lovely lifting ladies. 0 -
Welcome Lenora!! Great Job Bonnie. Deadlifts can be tricky. Advice: keep weight low until you master form. We don't want anyone getting hurt and that's a good one for hurting yourself. My chiropractor was yelling at me about it the other day lol
My activity today will be two games of bowling with the little man. Hopefully the shoulder can withstand my throwing a 10lb ball repeatedly.0 -
Lenora, so glad you're joining us! If your profile pic is you now, i would never call you skinny fat. You look great!Eat all the protein and lift weights- I bet you will get amazing results! Can't wait to hear how you progress!
Bonnie, i know what you mean. i NEVER would have dreamed i would love going to the gym. But here I am more than a year later, 28 lbs lighter and in the best shape of my life, still loving the weights! The best thing I ever read about dead lift form- "keep your chest up!". If you keep that chest up, you won't put strain on your back. Just wish I would have learned it earlier. I think I would've progressed faster.
Sam, bowling is so much fun. I've also found its much easier when I've been lifting weights. 0 -
Thanks CC, that's me a week ago or after three weeks of lifting. I think I may be a mesomorph body type because my body does seem to respond well to lifting, I'm not 100% sure though. 0
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IS that what it's called Lenora because my body HATES cardio. and LOVES lifting. Seriously, I did the cardio thing an entire summer once and lost NOTHING. One month of lifting and I was down 10lbs instantly. When I sprained my wrist and couldn't lift, I did cardio classes four days a weeks and gained weight. Cardio is not my friend. Three weeks back on the free wight side, five pounds gone. Gotta do what works for you.
CC bowling was great. I bought little man his own shoes. If he bowls 6 times they are paid for. I'm getting mine next week. Big little man may sign up for a Saturday Scholarship league.
Back in the gym Monday. Shoulder feels much better today. I think swinging an 11lb ball around for an hour actually helped even though my gamed sucked. Well, my second game anyway. So is it time for me to do this on my own? Use the menus from LIFE to lift like 4W. this 10-12 rep stuff is for the birds. I'll use the lifts with more sets and less reps I think.0 -
^ThisLenora, so glad you're joining us! If your profile pic is you now, i would never call you skinny fat. You look great!Eat all the protein and lift weights- I bet you will get amazing results! Can't wait to hear how you progress!
Now I was skinny fat, though I don't think I was actually skinny at 160lbs. More like a fat *kitten*, but I was skinny up top so people mainly thought I was thin. I agree, if that's a current pic of you, you look great.0 -
Samantha, bodybuilding.com has a test you can take that tells you your body type. It actually recommends different workout approaches based on the three types. You should check it out. We sound a lot alike, I hate cardio with a passion, but it's a necessary evil when you've got excess body fat still like I do. It's very nice to meet you. 0
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Well, I did my scheduled cardio, yesterday, and it reminded me how much I LOVE CARDIO! I don't do a lot of it anymore, because my time in the gym is spent lifting, but group cardio classes still ring-my-bell!
'tis okay....so long as I get my chitter-chatter in once-per-week, I feel better. My asthmatic-lungs also appreciate it!
Today we'll take the kids for a splash in the pool. Have to weigh-in my daughter, hope she's down another pound!
I hope I see 145 on the scale this week, myself. That will count as SUCCESS! (Then 144 next week, then 143 the week after, etc....moving slowly, slowly, slowly.)
I'll lift M/W this week.0 -
Sounds like you are doing great Beeps. Have a great rest of your weekend. 0
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So my mother called me a BIG woman. I'm not sure how I reconcile that with the size 10 pants I've been wearing lately. At 5'6 I'm hardly an amazon. Sigh.
My ego took a few good blows at the stupid wedding..I"m not meant for long gowns and fanciness..seriously lol
I need to hit a gym...or a boxing ring...feel like hitting something.
Hope you're all doing well!0 -
Hey all, back after a week at the cottage! No lifting, lots of goofing in the water and throwing my niece in, but only one session of cardio - did a hill run workout. I think HIIT may be the way for me, as opposed to long, slow endurance, bc I like the grind of a hill, even though I'm not a good runner.
Aaaand I ate all the things and drank 3 glasses of wine/night, but didn't gain! Down .8 today, so that's encouraging. Looking forward to getting back to my eating routine.
Lots of activity around here! I'll try to catch up:
breeze, that 'BIG woman' crap is BS. You're a strong woman. Sorry you're dealing with blows to the ego.
Welcome Lenora, Bonnie and jewel, and welcome back, chuckles!
Chuckles, I’m joining you in Stage 2 today! First workout. Kinda nervous, but pumped to get back in there.
Beeps, sorry to hear about the surgery/downtime, but at least you can prepare, right? Better than an unforeseen injury. (Trying to find a bright side...)
Sue, sorry to hear about the A/C issues. That’s brutal. I would so pass out.
Sam, that’s awesome that you’ve found your exercise ‘magic bullet.’ I think I might have to do both, regularly, to get full benefit.
I know I left out peeps - manic, cowgirl, hope you're all well.0 -
breeze - mothers suck. My mother keeps giving me size 16 clothes! (Which is what *she* wears!!) I've never been a size 16 in my life (I'm 5'9" at my tallest!)....but, have been a 12 before. In any event, I'm now a size 6/8, some 6's on top fit, some 6's on bottom fit, some 8's on top fit, some 8's on bottom fit. Every piece of clothing I get from my mom, I wear once (when she's visiting) and then I give it to my next door neighbour at the office.
pearlmullet - when I first started doing HIIT, I LOVED it! I've been away from it for awhile, though.
Today I get to lift! Soon, too!0 -
Hi everyone! I read the post and know I'll leave someone out. So I'll just keep it generic and say good job . Keep lifting.
Beeps, I"m a size 12 whether I am at 155 or 140. It's the lack of fat loss.
I am really trying not to focus on the scale and just lift. I read online that with my high body fat percentage I need to keep my heart rate up . that means little rest in between lifts . Also, stick with higher reps.0 -
Maniac, I truly hope you find your own magic bullet of what works for you. I give you a lot of respect for trying everything and not giving up.
Breeze, I bet you looked stunning. Pics please, even just a quick peek at a new profile pic. We'll be honest and tell you how beautiful you looked:flowerforyou:
Pearl, Welcome back my friend. Sounds like you had a great time. Life is for the living.
I got in my lifting in this morning, yay me. The trap still hurt a bit. Usually I come off a rest week lifting like a dynamo, but today I just felt stiff and sore. I was sweating so bad that the old man next to me said, "Tough workout today?" Yeah, tough workout out everyday pops. Seriously though, I looked like I jumped in the pool. The remainder of the day included seeing Despicable Me 2, freaking hysterical, and going to the dentist (clean bill of health:bigsmile: )
We're going to be under heat advisories the rest of the week, but it's still going to be a busy one.
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We saw Despicable Me 2 last night, too - it was pretty funny!
manic - sheesh, I'd hate it if I dropped 10 lbs and was the same SIZE....THAT BITES! Fat loss is all about calorie deficit, though. I just don't believe you can create a big enough calorie deficit on the exercise front (excluding labourers who have a lot of labouring to do in their jobs!). I do believe that if you eat less, the fat will move off your body.
samntha - hmmmmmm, I usually enjoy lifting after a break week, too. But, I also am finding, the leaner I get, the less "BOOM!" I have after a break. It's more like "ugh, why did I TAKE a BREAK, at all?!?!?!?"
I just ate a snack which I NOW have to pay for by reducing the size of my dinner - BIG TIME. Ugh. Tummy ache to go with it. Dumb.0 -
Breeze, why is it that mother's can't be encouraging to their daughters. Gosh, I would've probably had a hard time talking to her at all after a comment like that. My mom has NEVER said a word about my weight loss(nearly 30lbs now) other than something negative about lifting weights or eating too many carbs. I can handle that. But if she commented on my size, I'd probably be livid. You're looking great and you're making healthy choices. THAT'S what matters.
Manic, I hope you can figure out what works for you. The only advice I can say is that if you've been consistent with something and it's not working then try something else.
Sam, hopefully the next workout will be better. I've had a hard time these two workouts since coming back from a break as well. I just feel pooped. I think it's because it's summer (my body dislikes the heat) and I'm under and enormous amount of stress.
Pearl, I'm with you on the HIIT! Love it. I just find steady state cardio boring (I still do some just because).
Got my lifting in today. One of the personal trainers noticed I was limping and asked what was wrong. Told her my hamstrings were killing me. "Roll it!" she said. I told her I have been. She told me it was probably a knot in my glute and to focus on those as well. So I did after the workout and she was right. I think the 65lb hip thrusts to failure I did on Saturday did me in. I really need to up the weight and focus on doing fewer reps.0 -
Breeze, my friend, something I heard a while ago, people don't want to see others do good generally - of course close friend, real friends, do but most of our acquaintances don't like seeing us do well especially if they are struggling with the same aspect. Be a duck! Let that crap all roll right off your back. We all are here to support you and that's what matters - we are the people who know how hard you work and size 10 is not BIG!! You're on it and you're doing great!
OMG I walked into the gym this morning and it was COLD!! YEA!! Will see tomorrow if it was an accident, I had a GREAT workout today and I PRed my SLDLs at 135 - put those big 45# plates on the oly bar and hoisted it 3 sets, 10, 8 & 6! WHOOP WHOOP! I also did inverted leg presses with 110#. I'll be glad when I can actually squat that 110. I'm staying at 90 until my form is really dead on.
Mary, how frustrating. But I'm the same way, I have a pretty high body fat % and I'm still very jiggly. I will confess though that I have not been careful about food choices, especially on the weekend! And I think you might be right, higher reps less recovery time - keep your heart rate elevated - that's what Stage 7 is for me. Less about strength gains more about pushing through it all and staying in that fat burning range.
I'm not a cardio fan at all. My HIIT really is spinning and I do that 2x/wk, Pearl.
Sam hope you have a fun week Movies are the best when the temp is way high like it's going to be!
Welcome Lenora! Bonnie, good for you!!
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I finished week 1 today!! I feel stronger, leaner, I think I carry myself different. I felt good walking in to the weight section tonight. Also evil me grinned at the barbies with their hair done lifting 5lb weights. They need this book!! Ok I know that bad of me but I had to confess! I also got a 25 min run in. I still need to run due to a 1/2 marathon in September.0
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Happy monday ladies,
Lenora- that home gym sounds exciting!! Good Luck!
Samantha - Despicable me 2 was SO good. Oh how my kids loved that one! I am glad the shoulder is better.
Beeps - is your daughter doing a program too? Pool + kids = fun. We have a neighborhood pool a block away and the kids love it!
Breeze - Yikes, mothers should know "if you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say ANYTHING at all" a 5'6" size 10 woman is no amazon!
manic - I hope you find something that works for your goals. How frustrating not to go down in size after 10 lbs loss.
Bonnie - congrats on weeks 1. Tomorrow I will do my lift and be halfway thru stage 1 Yay!
Switching to a weekly calorie goal now that i realize my hunger can vary GREATLY depending upon my exercise and activity level. Today, for example, 1300 calories was very satisfying (no exercise today and my last workout was yesterday AM). Other very active days, I can easily eat 2200 and STILL be hungry. I have never tracked my calories/ macros/sodium/sugar before, so it is quite eye opening. Also, it should be illegal to put so much SODIUM in thai food, mostly because I am not giving up thai food, YUM.
Lastly, I did 12 squats with 100 lbs on Sunday. It felt good to roll into triple digits :-) However, I am taking it slow as I do not want to court injuries.
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Bonnie, just wait until the guys start noticing you in the "big boys area". The best compliment I have received from a guy : The strongest woman in the gym.
I was in "their" area the entire time today. Felt good too.
Last week my son wanted me to do shoulder presses sitting down. A few of you remember I have nerve damage and can NOT lift weights over my head but he insisted. I protested. A young adult male was listening and chimed in. I guess he thought he was defending me when he said "yeah that's a little heavy for her." :grumble: FIFTEEN pounds is NOT heavy for me. But it is heavy for my right damaged shoulder to lift over my head.
I guess I should say when I lose weight the size drops from the top half. I can go from a medium to a small. But the bottom half doesn't budge. (hence that's where all the body fat is located)
I pretty much know what works to drop the weight which is lots of cardio and drastic calorie deficit. But I don't want to lose 15 pounds and be the same size, ya know? I want to lose the saddlebags and fat butt. So I am sticking with lifting and calorie deficit. Some days I can eat 950 calories and be fine and there is other days I hit 1300. I am hoping to reduce body fat % even if the scale barely moves.0
