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I hope no one leaves our group here.
I need yall. Yall smack my butt in place.0 -
OMG... I just thought about my 2 weeks in Arkansas out in the wilderness coming up at the end of Sept. Oh no! I'm gonna have that awful pain all over again!?0
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Shh Sue I've been off for two weeks and my week in the mountains didn't hurt me. in fact the scale this morning said 145.8, only .4 from absolute lowest. I'll let you know about the DOMS tomorrow, but I always hurt bad the first week of a new stage.0
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Had a little mini-victory today. I'm on stage 1 and I've been struggling with my squats. I started out thinking I was pretty strong at squats (because I run all the freaking time and I'd done Body Pump for months). I think the first session I did just the 45lb bar and quickly moved up to about 75-80lbs.....BUT....I realized my form sucked and at those heavier weights I wasn't getting my butt down very far.
The last couple times I've done workout A I've been dreading squats, I was taking just a *smidge* (like 5-10lbs) of weight off and trying to work on my form and struggling - leaving each session feeling frustrated.
Today I was like, I'm gonna bust out these 3 sets of 10 squats and use GOOD FORM and not worry about the weight. I had to take it down to 55lbs but I did 3 great sets of A2G squats and I felt great when I was done!0 -
I hope no one leaves our group here.
I need yall. Yall smack my butt in place.
Me too..I am just now getting more comfortable on the board
and with lifting though, I only truly check in at work (4p-12a)...so I always feel I am playing catch-up. 0 -
Did my first set of 92lb dead lifts today, I won't lie and say it was easy but it was done!
Sue, I'm going to be away for two and a bit weeks in September too. I think there is a gym available for the first week but not for the rest, so will be taking running shoes and HRM with me. Perhaps a wee break might be good for us, it's not as though we are going to be inactive.
I'm with the rest who love cardio, I couldn't do without walk/run days between lifting, it gives me such a high.0 -
Had a little mini-victory today. I'm on stage 1 and I've been struggling with my squats. I started out thinking I was pretty strong at squats (because I run all the freaking time and I'd done Body Pump for months). I think the first session I did just the 45lb bar and quickly moved up to about 75-80lbs.....BUT....I realized my form sucked and at those heavier weights I wasn't getting my butt down very far.
The last couple times I've done workout A I've been dreading squats, I was taking just a *smidge* (like 5-10lbs) of weight off and trying to work on my form and struggling - leaving each session feeling frustrated.
Today I was like, I'm gonna bust out these 3 sets of 10 squats and use GOOD FORM and not worry about the weight. I had to take it down to 55lbs but I did 3 great sets of A2G squats and I felt great when I was done!
It's hard to pull the weight off the bar for good form so I know how big of a deal it is. It's crazy how big of a difference going a couple inches lower makes!0 -
So, I had some blood work done last week because the last time I got my hair highlighted, a TON of it fell out. I was TOTALLY freaking out. I never lose hair. It's never in the drain or even in my brush. My husband thought it could be from overprocessing (which it totally could have been) but it has never happened before so I just wasn't comfortable letting it go. Anyways, I googled it (man, I'm sure doctors just LOVE the internet ;-)) and realized I had quite a few symptoms of an under active thyroid so I called and made an appt. When I was leaving, she told me she would call with the results and if they were normal, no follow up apppointment would be neccessary. Well, her nurse called and made a follow up. I asked her "um...is it like, bad news?" and she said it wasn't at all but the doctor wanted to go over the different mediciationS (with an S!).
So anyways, my appointment is early tomorrow morning. I'm super interested in seeing what she has to say. I do hate the possibility of any long-term medication though. Depending on what she says, I may be making an appt with my homeopathic doctor!0 -
JNH, I'm sure everything will be fine. THyroid conditions are very prevalent in my family, so I was tested in the fall. luckily I only have small nodules, but I KNOW they are there so they can now be watched and I don't need surgery or medication ...yet. My mom has 6 sisters and they all have some kind of thyroid problem, under-active, over-active, tumors, cancer even, and of course nodules. They all lived perfectly fine so long as they were managing their conditions properly, which you are already on the road to doing.You are going to be fine though I can understand the frustration of having to take medications. I won't lie and say that weight control may become an issue. You may see it see saw, but the medications will really help with that.0
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JNH, I'm sure everything will be fine. THyroid conditions are very prevalent in my family, so I was tested in the fall. luckily I only have small nodules, but I KNOW they are there so they can now be watched and I don't need surgery or medication ...yet. My mom has 6 sisters and they all have some kind of thyroid problem, under-active, over-active, tumors, cancer even, and of course nodules. They all lived perfectly fine so long as they were managing their conditions properly, which you are already on the road to doing.You are going to be fine though I can understand the frustration of having to take medications. I won't lie and say that weight control may become an issue. You may see it see saw, but the medications will really help with that.
I was wondering if it was effecting my weight. I mean, I'm thin but I feel like I work REALLY hard to wear a size 12 (but who doesn't feel that way, ya know)?0 -
So, I had some blood work done last week because the last time I got my hair highlighted, a TON of it fell out. I was TOTALLY freaking out. I never lose hair. It's never in the drain or even in my brush. My husband thought it could be from overprocessing (which it totally could have been) but it has never happened before so I just wasn't comfortable letting it go. Anyways, I googled it (man, I'm sure doctors just LOVE the internet ;-)) and realized I had quite a few symptoms of an under active thyroid so I called and made an appt. When I was leaving, she told me she would call with the results and if they were normal, no follow up apppointment would be neccessary. Well, her nurse called and made a follow up. I asked her "um...is it like, bad news?" and she said it wasn't at all but the doctor wanted to go over the different mediciationS (with an S!).
So anyways, my appointment is early tomorrow morning. I'm super interested in seeing what she has to say. I do hate the possibility of any long-term medication though. Depending on what she says, I may be making an appt with my homeopathic doctor!
As far as I understand, from my plethora of natural minded health care providers, thyroid is generally indicative of other problems. It's a symptom. I have adrenal issues since the birth of my second kiddo and many of the symptoms are similar. I would see the homeopathic doctor after you have an idea of what the blood work shows. I have been treated for hypothyroid by a naturopath and it was immensely helpful and the reason I was able to get preggo with my first kiddo.0 -
ebaymommy - great job taking the time to get proper form. It will really help in the long run.
Runn - I only check in at work too, but it's during the day, not at night.
jojo - Excellent job on the deadlift!!
jnh - I lose tons and tons of hair and have had my thyroid checked and everything is still OK with mine. I would definitely make an appointment to see your Naturopathic doctor once you find out the test results. I have never seen one, but have taken my kids when dealing with allergies and eczema and it made a huge difference.
So my 12 year old is doing strong lifts. He's 5'7" and 153 lbs and is still hanging on to a bit of baby fat. He has tons of muscle and is not fat my any means (he has a 28" waist), but I was hoping lifting would help him lower his body fat a bit and just help him get stronger for football, soccer and wrestling. Anyway, I was helping him with his form last night and he had 120 lb for his deadlift (in stage 4 I think I got to 110 or 115) and I was able to lift the 120 no problem to show him proper form. And of course he, being a pre-teen punk, says "are you sure you can lift that mom?" HA, I showed him! He said the same thing with 65 lbs on the overhead press.0 -
Man you guys make me feel whimpy! I sort of re-did workout 1 stage one today, did it last week but then changed up my schedule a bit so decided to just start over today. I was pretty happy with my 40 lbs step ups and 70 lbs seated row, but my squats could only handle 25 lbs while keeping form! I thought that was decent until I started seeing everyone else's weights, damn girls!
How long did it take you guys to start feeling strong enough to up your weights?0 -
JNH-- I recently started thyroid medication. I was started at a super low dosage, and I'm pretty sure it isn't enough. I am really hoping that once the dosage is correct I'll have more energy and start to lose some more weight. It has been such a struggle to lose any weight, and I have tried pretty much every approach. I have been trying learning more about it. It seems like lots of things can influence your thyroid. :-/. Hoping you can get it all figured out.0
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So my 12 year old is doing strong lifts. He's 5'7" and 153 lbs and is still hanging on to a bit of baby fat. He has tons of muscle and is not fat my any means (he has a 28" waist), but I was hoping lifting would help him lower his body fat a bit and just help him get stronger for football, soccer and wrestling. Anyway, I was helping him with his form last night and he had 120 lb for his deadlift (in stage 4 I think I got to 110 or 115) and I was able to lift the 120 no problem to show him proper form. And of course he, being a pre-teen punk, says "are you sure you can lift that mom?" HA, I showed him! He said the same thing with 65 lbs on the overhead press.
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Jojo, that's a great deadlift. You are moving right along. Pretty soon you will be in the 100's. That was exciting for me.
Ebay, I don't think I have proper form YET on the doggone squats.
OK, time for a nsv that I have been keeping to myself. Previous stages I have not been able to perform a barbell squat because of my shoulder injury. WELL, I've been working on them and I up to 75 POUNDS!. I had to bite the bullet and just do it. My son's friend was at the gym one day, and he helped me. We lowered the bar so I could use my entire body to lift the weight off the rack ,AND he found me padding to wrap around the bar to protect my shoulder. I started out with the OLY bar only and quickly progressed to 75 pounds these past couple weeks. This is HUGE for me. I thought I would be forever impaired with that shoulder (nerve injury) but this program has progressed me further than months of physical therapy ever did. My shoulder has lifted somewhat still sags but nothing like before. I still have the winged scapula but I am hoping that improves with time.0 -
Man you guys make me feel whimpy! I sort of re-did workout 1 stage one today, did it last week but then changed up my schedule a bit so decided to just start over today. I was pretty happy with my 40 lbs step ups and 70 lbs seated row, but my squats could only handle 25 lbs while keeping form! I thought that was decent until I started seeing everyone else's weights, damn girls!
How long did it take you guys to start feeling strong enough to up your weights?
I made really good progress in everything, except push ups and squats. I really struggle with loading weight onto my squats and keeping form. I'm no where near the other's in squats. BUT, you may be surprised how quickly you move up. That seems to be the case for most here.0 -
Jojo, that's a great deadlift. You are moving right along. Pretty soon you will be in the 100's. That was exciting for me.
Ebay, I don't think I have proper form YET on the doggone squats.
OK, time for a nsv that I have been keeping to myself. Previous stages I have not been able to perform a barbell squat because of my shoulder injury. WELL, I've been working on them and I up to 75 POUNDS!. I had to bite the bullet and just do it. My son's friend was at the gym one day, and he helped me. We lowered the bar so I could use my entire body to lift the weight off the rack ,AND he found me padding to wrap around the bar to protect my shoulder. I started out with the OLY bar only and quickly progressed to 75 pounds these past couple weeks. This is HUGE for me. I thought I would be forever impaired with that shoulder (nerve injury) but this program has progressed me further than months of physical therapy ever did. My shoulder has lifted somewhat still sags but nothing like before. I still have the winged scapula but I am hoping that improves with time.
That's awesome, Mary!0 -
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Mary - AWESOME NSV!!!!! You are doing great in all your lifts with that shoulder! So great to see what lifting can do for you.0
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Woo hoo, yeah Mary!!0
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Congrats, manic, on the squat! Wow, that is AWESOME news!
Jessica, my squats are, by far, my worst exercise. As soon as I up the weight, I cannot sink down below parallel. So, I'm stuck. It is frustrating. Only to be OUTDONE in frustration would be my push-ups. I *still* cannot do all the sets and all the reps from the floor. And, I'm basically done NROL4W. So, there is LOTS of room for continued improvement, for me, as I move onto NROL4Abs.
i don't think I have any problems with my thyroid.....but, it seems to be the "ailment du jour", for sure. So, there's probably LOTS of help out there since everybody seems to have something wrong with their thyroid!0 -
Wow, you guys don't ever slow down!!
Ebaymommy, I only just started using the barbell for squats. It's VERY different from any of the other squats I was doing. I'm holding at 50 - actually I tried 60 today, and knew it was too much to maintain form. So I went back down to 50 and nailed the form! I can tell cuz my butt is so sore right now. Congrats on your choice!
Mary, I'm so happy for you!
Jo, yea on that 92 pound deadlift!!
I did 8A today. But I was/am feeling under the weather and it wasn't a great workout however, I am happy to report that I did pushups on the floor. No not at all deep enough, but I didn't collapse and I kept my elbows in! Course I almost P*KED after, but I did it. I was too sick to finish the whole workout, and I will repeat this one for sure, because I really want to see what I can do feeling well!
Sam... how do you feel today?0 -
I made today day 1 of rest week. Just finished stage 1 yesterday. I'm feeling like I should do something though. I may take a Zumba class on Saturday. Its been awhile and thats a fun class.0
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Sue I feel Freaking AWESOME!!. I met with the PT who figured out quick he was going to waste a sales pitch on me. I guess I won't sign up for free ones unless I need a form check LOL. I had my book and my diary and he looked at me and said, "You're pretty hardcore". Made my day! He asked which exercise I was having trouble with and he fixed my form. He reset my hands for the rows and I was able to do them perfect Woo hoo!!. My lunges and squats are "perfect." and he taught me how to do the negative chin ups and how to use the assisted chin up machine. He really liked the book and the other head trainer came over to look at it. They were impressed by the exercises and diet plan and both said, "this is really good stuff.
When he asked what my goal was, I didn't have an answer... I still have at least 5% or more of body fat to lose, but other than that, what's my goal. I finally said I wanted to be that freaky chick who walks up and bangs out a 200lb squat lol And to look like the mother of three I saw at the lake yesterday. Just toned to hell and back.
I did my first Stage 6 workout. Too short and kinda too easy. My muscles feel it though, especially after not hitting the gym after what is now 2 full weeks. I'll have to see how sore I am tomorrow. However, I barely broke a sweat and when I finished I was like, "wait, that's it!" I ended up doing 5 or 6 negatives and chin ups as he was showing me form but they were about 10 secs a piece. I only used the bar for the split squat, and I was bummed that I only did 8 push ups per set. I'll fix that next time. I think my arms were tired from all those damn chin ups. I did use 100lbs on the pull downs though with great form.
One good piece of advice the PT did give me, and it's what Beeps has been saying from jump, slow down, back off the weight and focus on good form!!0 -
Back from a girl's weekend and a few days of illness-I can't stand summer colds. Still managed a lifting day, but I was pretty puny and tired. Congrats to all on some great victories!0
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Dang ladies! Really nice improvements.
Jo, awesome DL.
Sue, your enthusiasm wants me to do DOUBLE LIFTING DAY. I swear, lifting joy is contagious.
Jessica and Manic on the SQUATS.
Hells yes! So happy for everyone! Glad you're feeling well enough to lift, Tawnya!
I lifted today, but I sucked. Stayed the same on everything. Couldn't do the partial squats because my knee was acting up so I did 3 sets of step ups with 65lbs - which means I'm back to my highest step up weight with the highest step! Yay!
I don't know why I have such trouble with the single leg activities and my knees, though!
I was thinking maybe I should take two weeks to do BW lunges, balancing, single leg squats, and all the stage 2 single leg stuff I had to miss because of my knee with bodyweight and see if I can improve this. I stopped wearing the brace as I think it was making it worse. I'm thinking it could be my shoe, too, since I do lunges and stuff in the shoe, but not step ups. Not sure!
WHO KNOWS! Ahaahh. This body stuff is so much trial and error! I've been jugggling the same 5 lbs the past few weeks, but I was on a downward trend before that. I know it's the lax carbohydrate monitoring I've been doing. Just gotta hit those protein goals and it really does come off.
Wish me luck, ladies!0 -
Best of Luck FUnbun!! May be time to get that knee checked.0
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I just got back from the doctor. Um...I'm totally normal. My sodium was 3 points too low so they pulled more blood THEN remembered the diuretic the doctor had prescribed me. Hmmm...so they changed that to a different type but everything else was perfect. So, off to the homeopathic doctor to tackle the fatigue. My regular doctor offered to put me on Wellbutrin for it (an antidepressant) and I was like....no.
New subject -- I got Rachel's book and skimmed the workouts and I REALLY like it! It's set up in 4 four week stages (so 16 weeks all together). The lifts are similar to this program to make it seem doable -- but still different enough to keep from getting bored and put in my arsenal of lifts. Also, no rest period is more than 60 seconds and many are just 30. The last phase has "finishers" which includes the body weight matrix and another combo exercises. Just like with NR's, it's a max of 3 lifting sessions a week but she's also a little more specific about what to do on off days (she gives suggestions for those that have time to workout from 2 days a week all the way up to 6 days a week). Plus, she has a specific warmup that she firmly requires you to do (so instead of my 5 minute stairclimber warm up, it would be her series of different stuff) which moves directly into lifting.
Plus, she was very strict with the reps and doing the program EXACTLY as she's written. She basically says "if I tell you to do 6 reps, do 6 reps - not 8. I ask for 6 for a reason."
Like I said, I got it for $5 off ebay (that includes the shipping) so it's at least a good read.0 -
Oh AND I was looking at some of the descriptions of the lifts and low and behold the Prone Cobra in Rachel's book is different. Her feet are off the ground (I did this for a while b/c I thought that's how it was done until I went back and double checked and saw her toes on the floor in NR's).0
