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Thanks for all the good wishes
Wow, cross fit is expensive. I can't recall how much it was here in Oz when I looked but I remember thinking it wasn't worth it.
Aigre - another stage is always good to shake things up. I do not miss the SLDL!
Julie - haha yes, I'm a little one - but wasn't always. I started this journey at 75kgs (165lbs).
I'm sure if I had a rack at home I would be squatting better by now.
To those struggling with the scales and/ or progress - I feel that - while I am no expert - having gotten to my goal weight, maintained this for a number of years (up/ down as intended) and increased my strength I may have some words of advice. First up, consistency is key. Both in regards to training and eating. Choose a goal. Stick to one program to get you there. Evaluate frequently (3 mthly works for me). Modify the program as required.
KNOW what your maintenance calories are. Without knowing this, how can you know if you are in deficit etc? Start this by taking an educated guess - online calculators are useful for this. Eat that amount and record how much you weigh on a daily basis for at least 3 months. Yes, boring, but so informative. Our weight varies with our monthly cycles so you want to see what the trend is, not the daily difference. Why keep guessing? FIGURE IT OUT. Then adjust accordingly.
Then factor in goals. If goal is weight loss, eat at deficit and KNOW your calorie burn. MFP way over estimates for me so I used a HR monitor to work it out to start with. Now I know how much I can eat without even having to factor in my workouts - I aim for the same almost every day because my activity is pretty similar each day. And anyway, would certainly be the same over any given week. So if it helps to keep it simple, don't count exercise cals and just use the weight monitoring to decide a daily intake amount.
Frequent review is paramount - this year I dropped my calorie requirement because my job changed and is less physical. I had to factor this in to my plan. Now I want to cut some more body fat so I have dropped my cals again. It took a while to notice a difference (about 6 weeks) but now I'm 9 weeks in and in that time have lost 2% body fat and can SEE the change. Note that my scale weight has only changed a fraction.
It really is about gathering all the info (which takes time) and then using it effectively to achieve your goals. Constant evaluation is crucial, but swapping eating/ exercise plans every few months is only going to make you go back and forwards without really knowing what works.
Jo- congrats on the DL PR and you sound like my ETP coaches. The number one indicator of success is adherence to the chosen program. I don't do well with restrictions so I love my program because there aren't any
I used to count my exercise cals and "Earn" my meals. No more. Now that I'm cal/carb cycling, food is just fuel. You are so right about weighing yourself for a short amount of time to learn your cycles. I hate hearing women freak out about a five pound gain. IT'S NOT FAT!! You don't gain fat overnight like that. Did you work out hard yesterday? (water/glycogen) Are you ovulating or are Pre-menstrual? (even more water) What was your salt intake this week? (yup, water) Bonus, I'm down five pounds (difference between highest weight and lowest weight) and down 2 inches WITHOUT cutting cals.!!! Jo, you may get a kick out this. It's my trend sheet. Crap ton of data, if you're into data If you can't see it, then the coaches have the share blocked, But there's a graph for everything, weight, macros, cals, water, sleep, sodium, burn. I don't track everything because I don't need more things in my life to be neurotic about.
Listen to Jo Ladies, she knows of what she speaks. I will add that not all deficits are equal. If you are eating below what your body requires to stay alive, then your deficit isn't doing you ANY good. My daily deficit comes from the weight room and LISS (Low intensity steady state) FAt burning galore. My average daily intake is Maintenance.0 -
Had a totally rad weekend at Cranks around the campfire mountain bike jamboree...which ended in a family trip to urgent care.
Got in over 3 hours of riding Saturday, plus a two-hour very strenuous night hike, countless hours walking around the campground. Sunday, my two-hour tour took 3.5 hours after I crashed on an embankment, shot my bike into the woods and twisted my knee. Finished the loop Dr. Checked it out, it's just swollen to hell but otherwise fine. (feels so much better already) My husband did not fare as well. He crashed on Saturday breaking a rib and badly bruising his "bad shoulder." The Dr. didn't know what to make out of his x-ray he has so much hardware in there from a REALLY bad crash seven years ago. She couldn't tell what was old and what was new. HE did 70 miles of trail AFTER his crash and claimed the STRAVA KOM for the designated loop. Long story short, I'm in a knee brace and he's in a sling. We are both out of the gym for at least a week. Also, nothing hurts until you STOP moving. (He lead my loop Sunday broken rib and all and nobody could keep up with him still. Quite annoying actually. This is why I stopped riding with him, lol In reality, I only get to ride five days a year because my youngest hates it.)
I burned over 5k calories during the activities plus walking and normal activities. My weight was up the next morning, we'll blame glycogen and lactic acid. I ate WELL OVER maintenance just to fuel my activity for the weekend but I didn't fuel correctly. I was far too low on protein. I was down .5 this morning eating at maintenance yesterday and today. Still feel a little bloated. Tomorrow is a low day. Going to try to get in some swimming while I can still do it outside, and it's gentle on the knee.
I also hate cardio. That whole asthma thing. My coaches are crazy for LISS anyway you can get it. There's a daily step competition going now. I don't use an activity tracker and don't intend to either. I'll use my phone to get a daily average when I'm back at work full-time. I use Map My Walk when I actually go for long walks and hikes, and I have a computer on my bike for speed and mileage. Really I just do my three days in the gym, one day of Zumba if I have the energy (just because it's fun) and then just fun stuff on the weekend, very low intensity (walking, kayaking, hiking etc.) only on the weeks I have the energy. We all know that 20 minutes of HIIT and an hour of walking tend to work out to be about the same. The LISS is supposed to be Great for fat burning which is my current goal. We'll see how much success I have when I add more in September.
Cross-Fit around here is also expensive and a bit too much like a "club." The least I've seen in $85/month for small group. I'll stick to my $25/month LA Fitness. We have a pool and unlimited classes. I'm good. Though that home gym looks KILLER. I need a power rack for my basement
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Sam-you totally rock!, thank you for sharing all of that awesome info!I I took notes! You've inspired me to try this approach and I've been enjoying it so far! I didn't join the forum, yet. But I've read the book and read the posts online too. We're the same height and similar weight and you've given me so much hope!! Sounds like an exciting weekend! I laughed at your family visit to the dr! Hope Dh and you feel great again soon! glad you're resting this week! (My husband broke his collar bone and messed up his rotator cuff mountain biking a few years ago
- we trail ride now and call it good!)
Kimi-impressive!! 10x10 at that weight! Wha? Crazy! No wonder you're sore!! I'm sore form 5x5!! Go girl! Impressive all the way around!! You'll have a great visit! There is a lot to do in FL, and I'm sure you'll enjoy the beach too! It's funny, our visit to Europe was our "once in a lifetime" trip, it's funny to hear you refer to FL as your equivalent
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You guys are all doing so well!! So proud and impressed!!
I rested today, but lift tomorrow. Great session yesterday and really pleased with my progress and more importantly my form lately! My squat is much, much better and such a huge relief!! 1 -
Aigre-I also get much more doms with lower body than upper, funny. You're doing great!!
Jo-I agree, sounds like you're pretty darned lean! Not sure how steep a cut you're doing, but hope it starts going a little better for you. Eating is good . 0 -
Kimi - nice work on the pull ups. And all of the other stuff too.
Trying to get back to a regular lifting schedule as last week it was thrown off a fair amount. Since I didn't do deadlift on Sunday, decided to get back to the upper/lower thing I had going. So, while I didn't have work today, after being lazy and eating not the best choices, I drive over to the gym for upper body day. Tried out the trainer's CTE plan (which he was there if I had any questions and asked me if I was trying it out). Did my own warm up, then timed on 4 lifts: bench press, assisted chin up, tricep pushdown and seated row. It went pretty well. Didn't accomplish much else today but that's okay as I have two more days off from work. Still need to do the birthday thing since we were going to maybe check out some places in Korea town but that might not happen until Thursday. Today, I mostly was lazy and that's okay. My feet needed it though still managed a 30 minute jog at the gym too.
band pull aparts 3x10 and chin up attempts on smith machine 3x2
bench warm up - 2x10 @ 45 and 1x8 @ 65
Timed for 1 minute:
bench - 14 @ 80
assisted chin up - 7 @ 40
tricep pushdown - 22 @ 30
seated row - 16 @ 70
Then did half the reps per set going from one to the next, so it was 7 reps @ 80 for bench, 4 @ 40 for assisted chin up, 11 @ 30 tricep pushdown and 8 @ 70 seated for. Did that for 3 sets.
cable bicep curl - 3x8 @ 30
one arm db row - 3x8 @ 35
30 minute jog on treadmill
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Well yesterday and today were supposed to be lifting days, so obviously I got sick
It's a really horrible cold and now I feel so bad because my little one had this over the weekend and I just gave her some calpol (baby medicine if you don't have calpol in the states!) and made her do loads of things.
Poor little lamb she must have felt awful, because I feel atrocious
You're all doing great, and Jo you have inspired me to get my nutrition back under control. When everything gets stressful the first thing that disappears is any nutritional control.
Kimi - pullups - INCREDIBLE. Well done! That is still a lifelong dream of mine
Dawn - glad to see you back at it
Aigre - Lovely set up and good work on stage 9, so close to the end now!
Sam - thanks for all the info, you sound like you have this down! Hope you and your hubs get well soon!!
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Samntha - oh, those graphs look so fun! [exposing my dorkiness] I know you've said that you are at maintenance/recomp, but does ETP help you lose weight as well if you choose to? Sorry you and your husband got injured! Hope you feel better soon.
Dawn - Nice workout! Very interesting strategy with the minute timing.
Julie - yeay for figuring out your squat!
Stephie - ugh, it is the worst being sick! I don't know about your sweet baby, but mine always seem to weather it so much better than I do, so hopefully she didn't feel that badly this weekend. Hope you both are on the mend soon!
5 am run in the dark, 3.2 miles. Ran around a corner and almost right into a skunk. Stopped dead in my tracks and started backing up as it just looked at me, then eventually it ran off into the woods. Thank goodness as it would have been difficult to explain getting sprayed by a skunk at work.0 -
Thanks for all the nice comments re pull ups! I did two more today, but as I had just done arms day, I really didn't find it so easy - plus, I knew I could do it, so I wasn't quite so relaxed about it I expect. But still, I'm well on my way to improving!
Happy belated birthday, Dawn!
Hugs to those who have poorly ones, and congrats to those who are getting their lifting "thang" going!
I did arms today - a couple of sets of Kettlebell/Mountain climber/press up hiit sessions, then 10x10 barbell curls - 15kgs is HARD by about set 4!! And 10x10 tricep exercises - trying to work out which is best for me, so did 2 sets of dumbbell pull over things, laying down - 3 sets of overhead tricep extensions seated on the bench, and then 5 sets of skullcrushers. I know I worked. That's all I know!
Re Florida - we're doing a week in Kissimee to do the theme parks then heading to Naples for a week that will hopefully be a little less chaotic. We're very much looking forward to it, although I gather the rain has arrived this week, so jolly well want it to take a hike before we arrive!
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YEs, ETP can be for weight loss. You tell them what your goals are. IF they don't agree with your goals they will talk to you about it. Everything is very personal...except the rhythm. Everybody is on a rhythm, that's the only standard.
Here's some philosophy is song form for the day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWASeaYuHZo
"Often times, the world both directly and indirectly tells us that we shoudn't be happy with ourselves if we don't fit certain beauty standards. Scars to your beautiful is a reminder that beauty isn't only one look, shape, size, or colour. It isn't always tangible. It comes in an endless amount of forms and we need to recognize that." Love yourself. We're all on the quest for self-improvement, just do it for the right reasons.0 -
Kim-yes! Pull-ups are amazing!! One day I'll do one!! You'll have a lovely trip! Hope the weather is good for you!
Sam-good quote!
Dawn-nice! Interesting routine. I lol at your rest day!! I think you're doing it wrong?!
Aigre-glad the skunk wasn't scared! Wowzers! That would have stunk! (You see what I did there ?)
Stephe-((hugs)) on being sick! Feel better soon!
Lifted this morning, all went well. Moving up on squats and DLs, back to 95-100lbs where I basically was before my deload in starting SL (and working on form). I felt good during my sets and look forward to moving on with it. Ohp at 50, which is ok. I only ever got up to 60/65 on that lift and failed repeatedly from then on. My weakest lift I think! Added leg press and calf raises-I have freakishly strong calves!
I'm planning to take a kick boxing class tonight, talked my BFF into going with me too! They only have 1 class each week! Really? Wednesday night at 7pm, so I doubt it'll become a regular thing. But we'll see
That's it. I'm sticking to my goals, nailing my protein and calories and practicing patience. Lifting is much better when well field! Long term deficit not conducive to gaining strength- at least not to me. Doesn't seem like some of you struggle with that, which is impressive!0 -
Julie - Nice workout! And a double workout with the kick boxing too! WTG!
Samntha - nice quote and very true. If I am completely honest, I don't think anyone in my life cares very much about my weight/shape/body fat % at all. My husband likes it when I work out because he thinks it is good for health, but he doesn't push at all.
Kimi - sounds like a super fun trip! I've been waiting til my kids are older to go see the mouse.
Anyway, deadlift day today.
Strong, Stage 9, Workout C #1
High cable chop - this wasn't really working with resistance bands cause they are too long or my rack is too short. Will substitute another ab exercise next time.
Deadlifts - not really getting the drop sets on deadlifts. So I did 1x7@136 lbs, 1x5@125 lbs, and 1x5@114 lbs. I don't think any of the sets were to failure, but since I reset between each pull, I don't think failure would be a good place to be, so I went until I felt like I wouldn't be able to maintain good form. Then I stepped on the scale and weighed in at 138 lbs. So I considered going back out, setting up again, adding fractional plates and doing a pull at 138 lbs just to say I did a body weight deadlift. And get it on video for Stephie. But I didn't. Next week I will hit body weight.
Inverted row on TRX - feeling strong on these. My son said "that looks hard"
RFESS - 2x6@35.5 lbs
Pushups - 2x6 on bench, feeling pretty good on these, but not sure where to go since I don't have anything lower than the bench that's not the floor.
SL RDL - almost substituted hip thrusts, but chickened out. 2x6@55 lbs.
We're off to the beach for the long weekend tomorrow so may not be around until Tuesday. Have a great weekend everyone!1 -
AigreDoux we've been waiting for the kids to get older too....they're now 21 and 22 so.they have been patient!!
Shoulders for me today. Couldn't get the barbell I wanted so used dumbells. Did 3x10 seated shoulder press @ 10kg dbs and 7x10 @ 8kgs dbs.
Then lateral raises - did 4kg dbs last week, so upped it and did 8x10 @ 5kg dbs and 2 x 10 @ 6 kg dbs. Will hopefully do all 10x10 at the higher weights next week.
But now......foooooood!!0 -
Julie, the OHP is hard for me too. Great job!
Aigre, I bet you could do those 6 on the floor no problem. Go for it.
Today is my high cal day and I'm daunted by the amount of food I need to eat. It's only 2200 cals, but when it's healthy food, it's a lot of volume. I may just sit here and eat marshmallows to get in all my carbs, but, sugar.
My knee only twinges on the stairs. I"m planning to be back at the Gym Sunday or Monday...if we aren't hit by a tropical storm.0 -
...I am very behind on this thread. So, I will just "report in":
1. I lifted Monday and today. Will try and squish lifting in on Friday and cardio Saturday.
2. I have kept my daily calories low all week...so, that should help with fatloss.
3. I am sleeping like crap and seem to be suffering "night-sweats" and "hot-flashes" again. Boo.
4. I am in a 10-week calorie-cutting challenge with a facebook group.
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Beeps - ugh, no the feeling on the sleep though other reasons. Hope it gets better for you
Stephie - Get well soon. Hope everyone feels better as that is no fun being sick.
Kimi - Thanks.
Aigre - It was interesting. The minute test is different for sure. and You can do it! on the bodyweight deadliest.
Sam - it's odd to be on the other side, trying to get enough food compared to going for lower. mm to marshmallows
Been a bit off the past couple of days. Headaches and stomach has been iffy. In fact, I didn't go to sleep until about 6 am this morning. Considered just not trying but in the end dozed off but was up before noon so didn't quite get enough sleep. Went to the gym today instead of yesterday as wasn't feeling up to par then. Stomach being kind of fussy and even today it wasn't always happy during lifting. Had to use the 3rd hole on the belt instead of 4th or 5th so yeah. Next up is 5 days of work too with two mornings, an evening, then a morning followed by an evening shift. Fun times.
10 minute elliptical warm up
squats - 1x10 @ 50 (fixed barbell), 1x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 95 and 1x6 @ 135 (which felt heavy)
with belt - 2x4 @ 175, 1x3 @ 185, 1x2 @ 185 (failed 3rd rep attempt) and a stubborn 1x2
overload - 245 for count of 20
pause squat - 1x4 @ 125, 1x3 @ 135
sumo deadlift - 1x6 @ 135 and 3x5 @ 165
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That home gym is IN.cREDIBLe!!
And pull-ups!!...Reminds me that i have LOTS of work to do, there.
My thyroid is being checked....f/up to kookoo spring-tumor and continuing kookoo symptoms. As I have not had a period since Feb, it is more and more likely this is "menopause", for me. Forced into it, or not, it is here. The weight gain is "real". The sleep disruptions.
Don't let the b-st-rds get you down!!0 -
So I've had a rough few days. Emotionally drained - lots of work hours (little sleep), massive study load, youngest child acting up (missing "home" after our move), eating at deficit and yesterday was the nail in the coffin. Went to a powerlifting comp to get a feel for what it would be like - hated it. Really didn't feel like I belonged, not my thing at all. So now I have no gym direction as I thought that a comp was my next goal but apparently not.
So I went and did deadlifts to make me feel better but it didn't work. Lots of tears last night (must be hormonal too), mass eating of peanut butter and too much wine. Sigh.0 -
Must be in the air ladies. I totally blew my macros today...by like A LOT. I'm ovulating and very unhappy. This too shall pass. I'm getting my *kitten* tot he gym tomorrow. Knee no longer hurts even if it is an ugly shade or purple still.0
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Jo - It's too bad you didn't enjoy it but there is something else out there that you'll like, I'm sure. PB sounds good and hope you have a better day.
Sam - Glad the knee doesn't hurt at least.
Went to the gym today after work. Wasn't too bad though tad tired since it was my second morning shift in a row but did get a little more sleep last night than the previous two days. It was another upper body day.
band pull aparts 3x10 with yellow band and 3x2 chin ups
bench warm up - 2x10 @ 45 and 1x8 @ 65
CTE with bench, face pulls, db shoulder press, bent over row
Test
bench 80 for 12 reps
face pulls 32.5 for 20
db shoulder press 20 for 15
bent row 70 for 16
So, 6 reps for bench, 10 on face pulls, 8 db shoulder press and 8 for bent row. 3 sets of the cycle. Then did 3x8 pallof press at 25.
Here is the link to the guy's youtube video about CTE for anyone who is interested. www.youtube.com/watch?v=khEJuRu749U
Didn't do cardio this time because didn't bring my running shoes. Oops but oh well. Plan for tomorrow is deadlifts.0 -
Thanks Dawn. No pain working out today, in fact, the workout went very well.
Strong Stage 3 B1:
Alternating side planks: harder than it looks 5 each sidex2
Box Squats: 3x65/70/75 Awesome for improving overall form. I had to bring my butt under me and tighten my abs.
Dumbbell Dead Stop Row 1x45 (too heavy, I was rotating my torso) 2x30
SL RDL (my favorite) 3x30dbs
Suspended Pushups: Saved the three sets for home where my TRX is. Damn, that's hard.
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Sam-glad the knee is better and Yorker back at lifting! Good job!
Beeps-((hugs)) I hear you on the weight gain and insomnia- me too. No menopause for me yet, I wish! Just Hashimoto's and hypothyroid while I wait for the endocrinologist. Hope your bloodwork helps figure yours out!
Dawn-thanks for the link! And good work!
Aigre-enjoy the beach!!! Great lifting tiny lady! Bw next time!
Jo-((hugs)) sorry for the rough day! And bummer on the meet, but figuring out what you don't want to do has value. Have you seen the show American Ninja Warrior? That is a dream of mine, that type of training
I'm doing well, lifting this morning went great, tried my weight belt. Still fiddling around with the right position for it, lower or higher...but I'll figure it out. Squats good. Happy with that!
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Julieboolieaz wrote: »Have you seen the show American Ninja Warrior? That is a dream of mine, that type of training
Totally, yes! That would be so cool. Unfortunately I lack any form of nimbleness lol. I always wish I could fight too - I love the combination of physical and mental toughness but in reality I'm too scared of getting hurt
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Today I have flogged my body - upper body lifting, squat/ push up intervals, sprint intervals and body combat. Can you tell I have an assignment due?0 -
Jo-that's my kind of procrastination. Great job! I love ninja, but couldn't do the upper body portion, not with my lower body weighing so much!
I just did my own version of a kettle bell hiit-ish workout! Got good and sweaty, did a lot of one armed swings, deadlifts, squats and 2 hand swings, and tried a sit-up/twist/reach thing...need to research it more. Kimi-Arent you a kettle bell fan? Any advice? I need to look back, I think you posted details before.
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So I've had a rough few days. Emotionally drained - lots of work hours (little sleep), massive study load, youngest child acting up (missing "home" after our move), eating at deficit and yesterday was the nail in the coffin. Went to a powerlifting comp to get a feel for what it would be like - hated it. Really didn't feel like I belonged, not my thing at all. So now I have no gym direction as I thought that a comp was my next goal but apparently not.
So I went and did deadlifts to make me feel better but it didn't work. Lots of tears last night (must be hormonal too), mass eating of peanut butter and too much wine. Sigh.
I am glad you tried something different. Powerlifting would be a hard thing to enjoy, lol. I hope you find something novel to sink your teeth into. Keep searching!0 -
A gf talked me into having a joint session with her personal trainer, today. She kicked my *kitten*. So sore I expect no lifting tomorrow.
But, to change things up, I think I will seek her for hour-long sessions on Sunday. I will still do split-lifts M/Tu/Th/F and cardio on saturdays....but an attempt at Sunday session with a personal trainer is making me excited, again, about the gym.1 -
Jo - learning combat is on my to do list, not really to compete or fight others but to get a little experience with hand to hand and such for fiction writing.
Julie - nice on the belt. I'm still working on mine, needs to get more "used" me thinks.
Went to the gym last night after work instead of before, so was doing deadlifts at midnight. Then I worked at 7 am this morning after maybe 4 hours of sleep. Not a lot of staff for morning but it also wasn't needed as it was super slow customer count wise. Though they scheduled people who often cashier all for afternoon and none of the usual people for morning. So, split the shift with someone so we could both get other things done too. However, headache started to develop and now it's blah. I've been trying to hydrate more as I've had headaches almost every day for around a week. Will have to see if it helps soon. Lifting last night was tough but nice to have the basically empty gym and not really much traffic getting there and home again. However, I had to alter the squats as my right hand has been bothering me for the past few days so front squats weren't going to work. Ended up doing goblet squats. Deadlifts weren't easy but made it through.
front squat 1x8 @ 45, low bar back squat, 1-10 @ 45
goblet squat 3x8 @ 45
good morning 3x10 @ 95
deadlift 1x6 @ 135, 1x5 @ 185, with belt 4x3 @ 225
Nothing else as needed to get home and sleep.
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Dawn - I do late night deadlifts if I'm in need of mental therapy, lol. Clears the mind.
Squat day for me. Getting depth well but still not able to increase weight. Will do cardio later just because I'm stressed and it helps.0 -
Hi all!
Back from a weekend away. Boohoo!
Jo - sorry you are having a rough week. What was it about powerlifting you didn't like? I agree about cardio helping with stress.
Dawn - Sorry to hear about your hand. Front squats are tough on the wrists. Definitely would be hard to lift on that little of sleep!
Beeps - Fun about the personal trainer! I used one for a some months before I moved. Actually I had one that I really liked, and then she moved away. And then the one that replaced her was sort of lazy and just had me doing a bunch of machines. So if you've found one that is a good fit for your style that sounds like an awesome motivating thing!
Julie - nice lifting! I haven't explored a weight belt yet.
Samntha - glad your knee is feeling better!
Anyway, since I was away for the weekend I didn't lift. I did do my long run, almost 6 miles, on Sunday. Was a gorgeous day for it, despite all the dire weather predictions.
Today I did Strong, Stage 9, Workout A, #2
Plank dumbell row - 2x10@8 lbs
Squat (drop sets) -
1x5@55 lbs (warm up)
1x5@83 lbs
1x9@75 lbs
1x12@66 lbs
All in all I felt a lot better than last week with very similar amount of volume. Woohoo!
Bench press - 2x10@55 lbs
SL RDL - 2x10@55 lbs
Inverted row (TRX) - 2x10
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Aigre, too soon to tell if this personal trainer will be my cup of tea! I bought eight sessions. I want to work on squat-form, mostly....but will see what she wants to do. Yesterday it was an all-over DB workout with bursts of cardio in between each set. I hated the bursts of cardio...not gonna lie! When I am lifting, I want ALL my energy/resources to go into my lifts, lol....I wasted all my energy/resources on the cardio.
Also, I usually don't eat before lifting....going into her sort of fitness-hour fasted might be a mistake.
But, my sessions with her are at 1:30 pm Sundays.....so, I will have a nutritious lunch in my belly next time.
Anyway, I lift, today. My lower-body is thrashed from yesterday, so I will do shoulders/bi's/tri's today....maybe some abs and a decent stretch. BOOM!1
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