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Well done Beeps!!
Ok, how's this for motivation? I am very proud of my mom. Her doctor put her on a low sugar heart-healthy diet, THAT SHE IS ACTUALLY STICKING TO!! Her size 16 pants are falling off of her. I think she is more like a 12-13 now. 16 may sound big but my mom is 5'9" and built like an Amazon (She takes after her German father as opposed to her smaller statured Irish mother lol) SHe looks pretty darn good for a woman turning 60 in December
I'm off to Zumba. Hopefully, I won't get sick again.0 -
Sam-that's wonderful about your mom! And Zumba too!
DNA-at least your body remembers doing handstand push-ups...i think my body would think I've taken leave of my senses if I tried such a thing!
BWM-it's 24 squats, then 12x2 lunges, then 12x2 jump lunges, then 24 jump squats...as fast as you can! The you rest twice that time, and do it all again, hopefully faster!
it's tough! But effective 
Ali- maybe we could do SL together but still post here? I like you guys!
Beeps-boom! Good for you!!
We're trying to plan a vacation for next year too. Dh wants to do Europe, which would be lovely, but not in the budget
. Leaning toward a Caribbean cruise-which are more reasonable and would still be a blast!
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Ellie--I have been doing the set ups with a barbell over the back because I was having trouble gripping the dumbbells for the them too.
Dna--I am with you about the gimme gimme me aspect. I love my daughter but if I hear one more thing she has to have on Christmas I may lose my mind. 0 -
SL with added weight on the Oly bar went well today....still went deep on the squat...I have to keep looking in the mirror, and readjusting form.....0
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Great work everyone, loving reading all your achievements.
I love push ups too. My latest are feet on bench, one leg elevated. Nose to floor ladies
LOVED my lifting today. Deadlifts - matched my PR with some left in the tank. Didn't go for the next weight up this time.... happy to not push it just yet. The whole day has been happy - good lifts = good times 0 -
What is all this crazy talk about handstand push-ups?!
Y'all are hardcore! I could do them when I was in high school. But now I can only do a few.
Pudding, I can't do the push-ups and rows either.
I can't reply to you all, but keep up the great work!
The kids have been sick this week, so we are completely out of routine. I think I can still get my workouts in now that they're better.0 -
Dna, what do you sell/make?
I didn't go to the gym yesterday because I got more contract work in. With the holidays coming (and I agree about the gimme aspect of it - I have four children, whom I love dearly but they like a lot of expensive stuff!), I need to earn as much as I can. I will probably take tomorrow off too because, like someone else here mentioned, I like to start new stages on Mondays. Looking forward to Stage 6!0 -
Ok ladies, this is going to be pretty long. I'm including a TL;DR at the end so feel free to head there directly.
I've come to the really hard decision that I am going to take a break from trying to lose weight, and attempt to maintain for the next month and a half. I rented my wedding dress a few months ago and it fit nicely. Tried it on recently and its a little big now (even after adjustments). If I continue to lose weight, its not going to look good on me at all. And I LOVE the dress so I really don't want to have to find another one. I feel really bad that I have to stop now. That's going to be like 1 1/2 month of 0 progress
. The thought actually made me depressed for a few days. But I've since come to accept it.
Another bad development, it seems I'm developing arthritis. My mom has RA and I always figured I'd get it too (although I really hoped I wouldn't), but I didn't know it would happen this soon! Yesterday I had to fight through the pain to do my push ups (my wrist hurts). I'm sitting here bawling my eyes out because I'm thinking of being a cripple for the rest of my life (I don't want to live on prescription drugs whose risks outweigh the benefits in this case). I know I need to see a doctor to be diagnosed, but I'm afraid to have it confirmed.
My left knee hurts. I videod my squat and realize that my knees go way over my toes. I tried squatting just the bar but same result. I've since come to the conclusion (and I could be wrong) that my core is weak. I'm therefore going to start spending some more time working on it.
This is my last week of Hypertrophy III. Which means I start Strength and Power I next week. For the first time since starting Supercharged, I am not looking forward to starting a new phase. Just too many things going on with me right now. It's hard to look forward to anything.
TL;DR version:
I'm eating at maintenance for a couple months.
I may have RA.
My knee hurts.
My squat form sucks.
I'm sad.
I hope everyone is doing better than me
PS. I saw the video of dna's handstand pushups. Totally badass! Never in a million years could I do those.0 -
Jl, sorry you're sad & its sucks if you have RA but its kinda good that your dress is a little loose. But too losse it not good. Reguardless you're beautiful & will make a beautiful bride. Keep us up to date with the wedding fun/craziness, and we need pics!!!
Ellie, get a pair of lifting straps. I had the same problem when I started & they make a big difference. I got a pretty pair of harbingers on amazon for less than $10. And just wait til you get to the BWM, you'll know what we're b*tching about lol.
Sam, thats great news about your mom!
Julie we should do SL together & I'm tiotally staying on here. You guys can't get rid of me that easily .
I had a good workout yesterday I increased my weights & I'm feeling it today. I'm not too fond of my BF's bigger Dbs though. The plates are bigger & have that rubber on the edges so when I did the one armed DB snatch it kept hitting the sides of my arm just above my wrists. Now I have these bruises there and a spot where the skinned rubbed on the rubber. He said he gets the same thing, that the handle on that set is a bit narrow. And then I dropped the DB on my chest on my last set of bench presses. Luckily I missed my face & it hit just under my collar bone so there is a nice bruise there as well. Basically I kicked my own *kitten* yesterday lol. I am feeling the DOMS throughout my body so today is a rest day. Its also my Friday, no work tomorrow I get to stay home & play with my little guy which is always much better. 0 -
Everyone sounds like they're doing well!!
Jamaica-:hugs: sorry yours sad. But, your dress is getting too big? That's encouraging!! Plus, eating at maintenance will be good for your metabolism!! I hope you'll see a dr for the RA. Hopefully it's not that. But I guess with your mom you know a lot about it and how to treat it? They diagnosed my 14y.o. Dd with jra last year, incorrectly. But I researched the heck out of it and learned a lot! Diet can really impact it. Hang in there! Wedding is coming! You'd better post pics!,
Ali-bruising? Gah! Hope they heal quickly! Enjoy your day home tomorrow. Beautiful weather bonus!!
There's a video of DNA doing handstand push-ups? How'd I miss that?
Love-I hope to start 6 with you on Monday!! I'll be doing slightly lighter weights than you...
Bb-Glad your little ones are better! Enjoy your workout!
Jo-that's great!! Makes the whole day better!! WTG!!!
I'm doing well. Rest day today. Both my dd's play competitive volleyball. Sat. Is tryouts for the younger one, next sat. Is tryouts for the older one. In between there are 3 evaluations at the gym for them...translation-my schedule is full of volleyball mom running. $$!! Too! But, I'm hopeful they'll both make teams at the same club and that may make practice nights easier? We shall see...they're new to this club and apparently everyone else has figured out that it's a great club. Too much competition will make it tough on my girls. We'll see. Looking for backup plans now...just in case. 0 -
Congrats, samntha, to your mom. Very cool.
dnamouse - I would go to bali...that sounds LIKE A GREAT PLACE TO GO.
Okay, so you want to keep a "wedding dress" look, AWESOME! Go for it, jamaicanlady.
I lifted today. I slept last night (which I totally attribute to my lifting session yesterday). I look forward to more sleep tonight.
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Jamaicanlady-- you are going to look beautiful. If your wrists hurt for push-ups change your grip. There are variations where you hold a block in each hand or do knuckle push-ups instead.
I had a busy week but my lifting was fun today. I keep failing dls at 165. I think I need a shorter warmup. My shoulder is still sore but dls and even some rows were ok.
Beeps I wish I could sleep - I ve had some insomnia lately.0 -
I missed dna s handstand push-ups too.
I wish I could do that
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LOL I'm whipping through quickly to pop in a link to my Instagram with a video of my handstand pushups I did today - terrible video, but you get that when you entrust the child with the iPhone
http://instagram.com/teenytinyfitnessfreak
Bedtime soon for me!
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Nice work dna - I reckon I could do them.... but getting upside down is the problem hahahha. Maybe I will have a go.....
Jamaica - if there was ever a time of year to maintain - this is it! Go for it. You'll look awesome :-) Enjoy. You know it's not forever.
I went to combat tonight after a frustrating day - even the instructor came up to me afterwards and said "whoa, you went at it hard tonight". Oh yeah. And could probably pump out another 2 hours, lol. I dunno, I'm just feeling crappy. I'm supposed to be relieved that my studies are done (well, almost) and I have a job, but I'm not. My job is just the next 'thing'. It's not my end point..... so I'm just a bit depressed about trying to get where I want to be. It's going to take so long and so much effort. For now, I will lift and drink wine and hopefully ride out the grump......0 -
Jo where or what do you want to be????0
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DNA-nice! I looked at your pull up video too!
impressive! Kutgw!!
Jo-way to take your aggressions out in combat! Sorry you're frustrated! This is just a season, try to celebrate the success so far. You'll get there!
Pmag-I'm looking forward to doing some PRs! I'd love to fail at 165 on DLs! You're doing great, glad the shoulder feels a bit better.
Beeps-good job! And yay for sleep! I've not slept well this week either. Which isn't like me.
Finished stage 5 today!! Woohoo! Now, to read and comprehend stage 6!
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So, not much progress visible in the pics from stage 5. But, inches are encouraging.
Chest: 33"-->32.5"
Waist: 29.5"-->29.5"
Belly button: 35.5"-->34"!!! Yay!
Hips: 40"--> 38"!!!! Yay!!
My legs feel tighter, but still plenty of fat to burn through there. Lower belly much improved! Definitely don't feel like stage 3 or 5 made a huge visible impact. But in sure it improved my imbalances and combed with CN I'm getting leaner.
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Pmagnanifit wrote: »I had a busy week but my lifting was fun today. I keep failing dls at 165. I think I need a shorter warmup. My shoulder is still sore but dls and even some rows were ok.
Sorry I missed this before. How many reps are you doing prior to 165 and how many are you going for at 165?
I'm getting my max lifts at very low reps. My workout yesterday was;
3 x 50kg (warm up)
3 x 60kg (warm up)
5 x 65kg
3 x 72.5kg
1 x 77.5kg
5 x 70kg
3 x 75kg (165 lbs)
1 x 80kg (176 lbs)
I did hate changing the weights so much at first but I've really seen results so I don't mind at all now. What program/ stage are you on again?
Oh, and where do I want to be re: job? Changing the world.... that's the problem. Maternity care here in Australia is shocking - so badly planned, organised and medicalised. I want to change it but I don't know how..... it's political, professional and will take more than my lifetime. I have big dreams
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Julieboolieaz wrote: »Oh, and here is my progress pic from before NROLFW and after stage 4 (this morning)
This is crazy amazing!!!!!!
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Jo I ve been trying low reps at max weight. So in lbs I do 10 x 65, 5 x 95, 5x 105, 5 x115, 5x 135, 4x 145,3 x 155 then attempt 1 x 165 but fail.
I do a warmup and I lift other things after. It is just a madeup workout to rest my shoulder but try to push my dl.
But I've tried other approaches. Improving my upper body strength helped the most so far.0 -
Jam--I am sorry to read that you are sad, especially with your big day coming. Take each day one at a time. And get yourself to the doctor. Hopefully you are wrong and it is something else, but I'd guess that it would be better to just know.
And you will look beautiful at your wedding, but I will say that there was a point at which I also said I can't worry about weight loss now. There is so much that goes into planning a wedding and I had to let that fall off. I didn't let myself go because I still wanted to look beautiful, but I log calories or anything. So know you are not alone in the decision that you have made.
So many great workouts! Good job to everyone.
Dna--I am thinking about incorporating more calisthetics into my workout so I can one day (in the far far future) complete a handstand push-up. You have inspired me.
Almost done with Stage 1 and I am nervous and excited to move on. I have never been this consistent with a program before. It is so excited to feel like I can almost mark off a goal as complete. 0 -
And wow about your goals. I thought Australia had some of the best maternity research in the world. Work for a while to figure out how to change the world.0
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Pmag - yes, research is awesome - it's just not integrated into practice.
Re DLs - you are doing 30 reps before you even start the 'real' work. You'd be so fatigued by the time you get to the max. How about cutting out some warm up lifts? I get that you like to get hold of the bar and try a few reps just to get the feel of how your body will cope that day, but 10 reps? You might find that if you cut those down you have the ability to lift more. What is it that makes you fail - form? Can't lift it up? Mental block?
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Jo, you'd like talking to my brother - he's a country hospital doctor, qualified GP and obstetrician and yet still works in the public system trying to change it. Drives him nuts some days, but he keeps going. His main focus is improving medical services to rural areas, but he obviously has a stake in maternity care as well.
Currently shoving food in my face, and wine. Spent the day with the in-laws. 'nuff said.
It's hot and the kids are driving me bonkers. Maybe I'll just go to bed...
That said, like what I saw of Obama's speech today (via tv lol I'm too lazy to try and get into the city) and having a good giggle at Angela Merkel's antics last night 0 -
Jo, you'd like talking to my brother - he's a country hospital doctor, qualified GP and obstetrician and yet still works in the public system trying to change it. Drives him nuts some days, but he keeps going. His main focus is improving medical services to rural areas, but he obviously has a stake in maternity care as well.
That's funny - when I was on country placement the GP OB's were the exact people I had issues with!! Far too keen to make birth a medical process, knew nothing about what a 'normal' birth should be. Women traumatised and expected to obey orders rather than stand up for their rights and choices. NOT saying your Brother is like that!!! But midwives and medicos are often on opposing sides of the fence. Don't get me wrong, they have their place for sure. And will always be needed. But not every woman needs a doctor to have a baby. Anyways.... I'll stop about that now
I lifted today - upped my bench FINALLY. Marginal. But an increase nonetheless.
My in-laws are back tonight - have been in Perth for a blissful week. I will certainly be on the vino.
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Hello hello everyone! You guys are busy and amazing! I watched the handstand push ups and the pull ups/ chin ups? dna and they were amazing! You're badass for that! Jamaica I think you're making good solid decisions for yourself but I do hope you go to your doctor. Knowledge is power and all that jazz. Julie your progress is amazing! I'm so impressed with you and how you've done.
I started supercharged last night. The book was really daunting so it took me a while to work up the courage to put a work out together and just do it. But I finally did and I wish I had started sooner. The work out was great. I never warmed up before working out. Being forced to warm up really changed everything for me. I feel much better today than I ever have post work out. And the lower back pain I've been dealing with for months is barely noticeable.
I haven't worked out in five weeks and only gained two pounds and .5inches to my waist. That's not bad especially since I've already dropped .8 of those pounds. I've been eating like trash so it's time to clean up my diet. I was eating chinese food thursday night and my body went into full anarchy and rebellion so I bought groceries Friday. I think I'm going to have to give up the Starbucks too. I'm always exhausted by 11 and I think the coffee and bad food are the reason. So it's another diet clean up.
Lazing around in the bed today and then another work out tomorrow. Have a great Saturday ladies!0 -
Well done for getting started redlipstick - the book is complicated hey? It gets easier to figure out the more you do. TBH, I skip the RAMP now - could never remember any of it and didn't want to take book to the gym. I've always warmed up with a run though and stretches so didn't feel the need to change. Don't sweat it with the diet either - clearly your body can handle a few extra calories now and then. xxxxxxxxx0
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Jo, I think Aus and the US are very similar in their maternity practices. When I had my babies, I wanted a hybrid approach to birth- an atmosphere that provided support (birthing tub, nurses that cared about my decisions regarding pain relief, and a more home-like environment) but with the ability to intervene medically if something crazy happened. They had birthing centers like this in the 80s, but the ones around here shut down. I don't have any major complaints about any of my hospital births, but I hear horror stories from ladies. I wish there could be a more holistic approach to birth within the hospitals, instead of women feeling like they're forced to be "rebels" or "hippies" and have their babies at home (which I think is actually great in most cases) to be able to have their say in what their birthing process is like. So I hope you CAN change the world of maternity care.
Whew, that was long.
Pmag, I think Jo is right. Too much warm-up can be a problem. But maybe you just need to experiment and see if you need less. 165lbs is a lot of weight.
Red, glad you're back at it! I loved Supercharged.
dna, I think you deserve some face-stuffing for dealing with the ILs.
Julie, your progress is amazing. You're going to kill the 1" by Christmas challenge. I have lost absolutely nothing!
Had a massage yesterday. It was great. My low back is really tight for some reason. It's odd because there's not much low back work in the program I'm doing. Probably from the good mornings I did on Thursday.
Today was back (rows and pull-downs galore) followed by 5 rounds of 30/30 HIIT.
I also just want to say that Starbucks is evil. For some reason, around this time of year I just want to live there. I think it's the cold weather, the pretty red cups, and the dainty sprinkles they put on all their holiday drinks. Oh, and the cranberry bliss bars.
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Jo, you'd like my brother - he believes that everyone has a place and should work together... let's just say that the nurses and midwives that work with him like him
That said, he's also worked in some pretty remote areas (the main reason why he became a doctor, and why he still works in the public system even though he could earn waaaaaaaay more in private practice, and why he's a huge advocate for getting more medical services in the bush), and he's seen some pretty bad stuff happen, both in hospital and out. Which is why he is all for everyone working together, communicating and helping to decide on what is right for each individual situation.
He's not a GP Ob - he's first and foremost a hospital doctor, but highly qualified & experienced in the areas where he saw a need from his time out west (think Cunnamulla, Charleville etc where the nearest possibility of an emergency c-section was a 3hr drive or a helicopter ride, or just him doing the best he can to save mother & child). Even now, although he doesn't work in a very remote area, it's a small hospital and he's pretty much it when it comes to a maternity emergency. He lives on hospital grounds though, so the midwives do most of the work and call him if needed as he's only a 2 minute sprint away.
As you can see, he's pretty passionate about his job, and it rubs off lol
Too hot here today. We've decided to stay home. I've done the washing etc and now I'm trying to finish the assessments for my little nutrition course. Then I'll decide what I want to do next, and how to fit it all in.0
