My April Goals

1. Work from my deload back up to my end of march work weight plus 5 lbs
So squats @ 115, BP @80 OHP @50 DL @160 Rows@70

2. Hill sprints 1x per week

3. Trail run 1x per week

4. Lose 1.5lbs

As far as pound per lift goals, I don't dare set any this month, given the back injury. It will be the middle of the month before I can resume regular lifting, with a deload to bar, so that said, I am setting the following:

-Not miss a lifting day-I can still work my legs with the extension/curl attachment and still bench, and just bar squats.

-Take two real rest days per week, and on the other days that aren't rest days, put in at least thirty minutes of cardio. (More than likely the elliptical, because its calorie burn is freaking WONDERFUL)

-Eat all of my calories with HEALTHY food rather than empty food.

-Take the time to care for myself.

Yeah, I don't think that's unattainable. The eating all calories is probably going to present the biggest challenge, but the taking care of myself part should alleviate a LOT of the stress that results in a zero appetite.

I am just to dang tired. I have seen this topic in the group for the last few days.
But when I looked at it just a few minutes ago I swear I saw
April GOATS?? What the heck?? LOL

Oooh. Let me get this down here so I can refer back...

Goals for this month -

Lose fat and get to 153 lbs.
Keep lifting heavy until end of April in order to decrease bodyfat percentage.
Do one day of cardio (hill sprints or a run)
Rest more (need more sleep the weekends) so recovery is better.
Take some action pics in the gym (everyone else looks so cool in theirs!)
Have body composition measured as start point at the university gym.

Squat my body weight 145 lbs (current 105)
Bench 90 (current 75)
Rows 110 (current 95, but may not increase for a session or two to work on form)
OHP 85 (current 70)
DL 175 (current 145)

30 min of Cardio 2-3 times a week consistently; yoga once a week

Drink more water

Honestly, just get back to a point where I enjoy it...

My goal is to finally be able to add some weight on my OHP. It's been 2 or 3 weeks and I'm still only up to a barbell. It's just too freakin' heavy! I'm shocked at how much better I am at squats and deadlifts than I am at bench presses and OHP. I always considered myself a lot stronger in the upper body than the rest of me. I guess I was wrong.

I would also like to lose another 5-10 lbs (of fat) and get to be at or below 20% body fat. This bodacious booty (sarcasm) I got is just making that really difficult for me. Why is it that the places we want to lose are always the last to be touched?

1. Form, form form!
2. Increase weight and don't be scared if I fail
3. Oh ok get some boring boring cardio in..
4. Eat properly and log it! Being at or around maintenance it is easy to take my eye off this one!

review of goals as my next workout will be tomorrow 1 May, looking forward to the May goals thread to put some weight related goals in!!

so...

1. Yes, yes yes! This seems to be getting better and better
2. Yup, failed and deloaded and other than a 'meh' moment it's been a positive thing
3. Hm. Not a lot, need to think about how to work this in without increasing gym time..
4. Logging hasn't been 100%, and I did get attacked by the peanut butter and custard creams a few times!! A goal to roll..

1. Lose 7 pounds (This is aiming high. The truth is that in my long-term plan I only expect to lose 5) and measure at 44.5% body fat. That would mean weighing around 200 pounds and no loss of LBM. 201 will be very exciting for me since that would mark 1/3 of the way to my goal.

2. 14 SL workouts. This shouldn't be hard to do, I am very consistent with my exercise.

A. Squat 100 pounds Current 85
B. Bench 73 pounds Current 66
C. Row 94 pounds Current 80
D. OHP 50 pounds Current 47.5
E. DL 175 pounds Current 145

Well, I'm happy with this month!

I have lost exactly 7 pounds since April 1!

Whoops 13 SL workouts. But, I did do quite a bit of cardio work, and I never sluffed a SL workout on purpose, so I'm going to call that a made goal.

The weight goals weren't quite so successful. I'm at:

Squat 122.5
Bench 67
Row 82
OHP 51
DL 165

So I only made two of them. I'm totally cool with that, though. I am going to do some form checks with my Bench which is seriously lagging -- and I have been bench pressing before SL -- and I'm sure it will catch up.

Bring on May!!

* To not miss a lifting day except for 1 perhaps 2 sessions right after my birthday while I am in Vegas. The casino has a smith machine, but no power rack. I was already ambivalent, but now I believe that I will just count it as a planned break for extra muscle recuperation. This will be after 6 weeks of SL.

* To not beat myself up about strength stalls. Patience.

* Shift one more baby step closer to healthy eating. More vegetables in particular. More crockpot, homemade meals

* Take more/better progress pics and measurements

Iffy on the beating myself up on strength stalls, but I hit the others! The week off SL (2 workouts) was really good for me I think. Eggplant lasagna tonight that I put together yesterday! Also made creamy pork, a whole ham, split pea and ham soup, a whole lemon chicken with veggies, salsa chicken breasts, bbq country ribs, pulled pork, roast with veggies, etc in the crockpot this month. I'm also doing a bit better about adding veggies, berries, and lower glycemic fruits. Yum.

Congrats to everyone on hitting or at least getting closer to their goals! Now what do we want to do for May?