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BTW, anyone working out at home, or whose gym doesn't have one of those contraptions- you can use your swiss ball. It won't have the full range of motion, but it does the job! Face down with the ball under your hips, feet on the floor with your ankles hooked under something (i use the bed frame). Wedge the ball as far down your body as you can so that you're hinging at the hips i think.
But i imagine the one leg option on the ball might end in tears...!0 -
Finally back. Long absence from lifting
We finished the Ninja Challenge sat! I took a week before that to rest up and saw the scale back down. The challenge was SO fun. I am COVERED in bruises but I feel they are battle wounds. Took my team 1 hour and 13 minutes and we worked as a team. Some of the walls were literally 8 ft tall. I am 5 ft 1. GOT OVER THEM ANYWAY! I thank NROL4W for the strength to even fathom this.
Then vacation hit. Didn't eat well at all (wanted to try a lot of the local food) but I did swim and walk a lot so hopefully the sodium is what has the scale up so high. Anyway, two more rest days (to recover) and hitting up Stage 1 again Friday!
I had a great time at the Ninja Challenge too! Finished just about the same as your team. Not only did I get over all the walls (with a little help from my team) but I did the Shinobi Escape all by myself!
The only one I couldn't complete was the monkey bar one, but I did try it. I figure by the time I get to stage 6 I'll be able to do that along with a chin up.
Back to Stage 4 this week -- been a little lazy and only lifting twice a week, but really need to get back to 3 times/week.0 -
BTW, anyone working out at home, or whose gym doesn't have one of those contraptions- you can use your swiss ball. It won't have the full range of motion, but it does the job! Face down with the ball under your hips, feet on the floor with your ankles hooked under something (i use the bed frame). Wedge the ball as far down your body as you can so that you're hinging at the hips i think.
But i imagine the one leg option on the ball might end in tears...!
I knew I was missing something when I tried this at home. I'll have to look around and see if there is anything in my workout room to put my feet under.0 -
samntha - I don't know how to post pics, either. But, I googled "one leg back extensions" and this came up:
http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://l.yimg.com/ea/im_siggA2EjLWFwiRcGl0gtUJr5eA---x480-q80/img/-/091014/blogimport_aackjd-15dbbl4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lifestyle.yahoo.co.nz/mens-health/fitness/workouts/article/-/6219446/the-10-best-exercises-youve-never-tried-single-leg-back-extension/&usg=__MLnQ6TvICNliEvMOWDArRtzk2B8=&h=320&w=480&sz=15&hl=en&start=2&sig2=ERbbDFkIXjIp1yVi6Qn6xw&zoom=1&tbnid=MLc0-xAQmuCPvM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=129&ei=LKXYT9vJGMmK2gWV2Mm-Dw&prev=/images?q=one+legged+back+extension&hl=en&sa=X&gbv=2&tbm=isch&itbs=1
It will make sense as soon as you see an "image" of it.
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f*cking scale....why do I do this to myself??
I'm up 1.5 lbs since last Wednesday. Even though I've eaten fewer calories in the last week than in any week I can even think of. GAWD-DAMMIT.
Stupid friggin' scale. What the hell??
I don't want to eat more, eat less, or whatever. I just want to eat when I'm hungry - and not eat when I'm not. Why the hell can't that be enough???????????
How *do* people lose those "last 10 lbs."??? How *do* fitness models get down those "last 10 lbs"??? I see them in the magazines, so I *know* it can be done - but nobody is saying "how" - because if it just about eating lean meats, healthy veggies, etc., I'm friggin doing that.
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Austelle your back looks great!!
I want a sexy back.. and not a flabby one any longer!!
Did AMRAPS today for Stage 1A...
B on Friday.. then moving on to stage 2!! woo hoo0 -
f*cking scale....why do I do this to myself??
I'm up 1.5 lbs since last Wednesday. Even though I've eaten fewer calories in the last week than in any week I can even think of. GAWD-DAMMIT.
Stupid friggin' scale. What the hell??
I don't want to eat more, eat less, or whatever. I just want to eat when I'm hungry - and not eat when I'm not. Why the hell can't that be enough???????????
How *do* people lose those "last 10 lbs."??? How *do* fitness models get down those "last 10 lbs"??? I see them in the magazines, so I *know* it can be done - but nobody is saying "how" - because if it just about eating lean meats, healthy veggies, etc., I'm friggin doing that.
End. Of. Rant.
*pats hand* there there. I know exactly how you feel I want to lose another 9/10 lbs, but think how far you have come, how strong you are, how awesome you are! This is a true fact.0 -
Now now Beeps. Just think how strong you are becoming and healthier you are. :bigsmile:
Yeah, I know how you feel. It stinks. Rant away. I will be ranting later this month too.0 -
samntha - I don't know how to post pics, either. But, I googled "one leg back extensions" and this came up:
http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://l.yimg.com/ea/im_siggA2EjLWFwiRcGl0gtUJr5eA---x480-q80/img/-/091014/blogimport_aackjd-15dbbl4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lifestyle.yahoo.co.nz/mens-health/fitness/workouts/article/-/6219446/the-10-best-exercises-youve-never-tried-single-leg-back-extension/&usg=__MLnQ6TvICNliEvMOWDArRtzk2B8=&h=320&w=480&sz=15&hl=en&start=2&sig2=ERbbDFkIXjIp1yVi6Qn6xw&zoom=1&tbnid=MLc0-xAQmuCPvM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=129&ei=LKXYT9vJGMmK2gWV2Mm-Dw&prev=/images?q=one+legged+back+extension&hl=en&sa=X&gbv=2&tbm=isch&itbs=1
It will make sense as soon as you see an "image" of it.
Ahhhhhh!!!!0 -
For the record, on the one-legged back extensions, I bend my non-working leg at the knee....just kind of a "nod" to all the dancers out there!! (i.e. I'm "posing" while I'm in that RIDICULOUS position!) I still hold a weight plate across my chest, but it's LESS weight, when doing it with one leg, than what I can perform with 2-legged back extensions.0
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I AM STRONG. Well, maybe that's an exaggeration....
I AM STRONGER THAN I WAS ON JANUARY 1, 2012. And, I fit into my jeans better than I did then.
But:
a. I have not had to buy new clothes because all of my clothes still fit. (And, yes, I *see* those of you who are posting that you are down 2 sizes!! 3 sizes!! 5 sizes!!!)
b. I certainly can't be reducing my "body fat percentage" if I'm not reducing my weight, for pete's sakes. On some level, I either need to expand my neck HUGELY (because big-necked girls have WAY less body fat percentage), or my forearms. Hmmmmmm.....popeye?? popeye?? where are you and what the hell sort of diet do you follow?? ("Spinach", says popeye)
c. I do not look good naked.
So there. Blech.0 -
All hail the big-necked girls.0
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See, i have teensy-tiny wrists. Teensy-tiny ankles. Which means, I have LIGHT bones. No heavy-carrying bones for Beeps. Nopey.
And, with my thin frame, it means that ALL of my jiggly parts are pure f*cking fat.
FAT.
Being skinny-fat is a lousy thing to be....don't ever let anyone tell you different.
Oh, and having moles on your body, when you're skinny fat, also sucks. As do the stretch-marks that make me look like I had quite the ordeal with pregnancies (I didn't...)
*kitten* you mother nature. You suck the big fat wanker, you do.0 -
holy gawd, I cannot believe all of that came out of my mouth.0
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...and, I cannot even blame this on my:
1. period (don't have it)
2. kids (they aren't around - I'm at work)
3. husband (he's actually very supportive of everything I try and do re: health and fitness)
4. mother (she lives in another city and I haven't even talked to her this week)
5. boss
Well, okay, I *could* blame this on my boss. He's a f*cking *kitten*, too....just like mother nature....0 -
....has anyone figured out that I'm trying to turn this thread over, yet???0
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....and start with some kind of FRESH MIND-SET.
Because I'm stuck in a DEEP, DARK PLACE, today.
Aaarrggghhhhh....0 -
who says you cant reduce BF without reducing weight?
Do you have a set of calipers? casue i do.. and i lost almost 2% BF and only lost .4 of a pound over the last month.
so there
:P its possible.
Losing weight and losing body fat ( which is more likely to happen on a weights program than weight loss per say) are two TOTALLY different things.. i saw a site today i hope i can find it again..if i do i will repost it.. it was pictures of different people at different body fat percentages.. really interesting..
Chin up Beeps!! You are rocking it!
i havent changed sizes in anything either.. its a LOOOONG SLOOOOOW process... hang in there0 -
woah thread attack.
by the time i pressed reply to the time i pressed post... there were liek 14 new posts!!!
Easy there.. hahah0 -
Oh Beeps. I am right there with you girl! Scale goes up by 7 lbs. in 8 weeks. Yeah, I know that's not all muscle and retention. Annoying!0
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Found it.. ah ha!
http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages
Thought this was cool - you can see what different bodies look like at different levels of BF%.0 -
I love you girls....you're AWESOME!
juice, I'm going to go read your http: link, now....0 -
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