My copy of Supercharged arrived yesterday and I've been reading it... some interesting info in there, although I haven't gotten to the workouts yet. Still undecided on what to do next!

What interesting info? What are the workouts like? Can you give me a brief overview of the aims? Sorry all the Q's - not looked myself but need to move on too!

My motivation is yuk this week too - don't know why. I've been doing other exercise but I'm not getting 'into' my lifting. Head space issues.... don't know why. Hopefully be better next time.

You can do it on those deadlifts.... I wanna get more on my squats!

I think my computer ate my last post:/ I swear I wrote something to y'all!

Did workout 3 on Thursday. My hammies are still sore! Not sure if I'll get to #4 today or if it'll have to wait until Monday...

I did it! Workout #5 done. Wow. It was a killer. It was as much as I could manage just to pick myself up off of the floor after stretching (as opposed to just lying there in a fetal position which is what my body wanted to do!).

I wonder why these get to me so much? I know the reps are high, but the weights are lighter. That said, I did get my bench to 25kg today..... finally an increase! LOL

Elbow not as bad as last time. Dropped the weights on the lunges for the third set but came back with 8kg (each hand) for the final set. Needed 10kg dumbells for the rows but they were in use so did 10 x 8kg and 10 x 12kg instead. They are fine until the last 3 reps.... then it is such a struggle!

Happy lifting for those working out today :-D

Hey stage 7 friends, I had a terrific workout on Saturday, even though it wasn't one of the Stage 7 workouts. I had a session with my trainer and we worked HARD on pushing exercise! My shoulders and pecs are pretty weak comparatively speaking so Saturday he had me doing modified incline presses, pulldowns and BENCH presses! I pressed 65#! Never before, and I did 5 reps, failed at 6. I also did trap box squats/DLs for the first time ever and he said several times "perfect form" yea!!! I always worry about my squat form so it was good to hear that I was on it with these!

I had a great weekend with friends, and didn't get home until late last night so no workout this morning. Spinning tomorrow, lift again on Wednesday.

My issue is more a wrist one and it's so intermittent that I never know if it's going to bother or not! I notice it morst on inverted pulldowns.

I am reading Supercharged. It looks interesting but I'm not sure that's where I'm going. My trainer likes more basic moves, and I think - yes only think for the moment - I might let him design a program for me for a little while and see how I do on that. He's done workouts for me in the past which I've liked and felt like I was getting in some good work.

It's so hard to decide!! There's so many good programs out there.

jo, I apologise, I haven't had a chance to read any further in Supercharged so I haven't gleamed much new info from it but I've set aside time for it tonight to figure out the workouts and stuff

It feels I'm over my slump, hurray! 2 good workouts and I even got up early on Monday to fit a spin class in. On Sunday I hit my 40kg squat like I wanted, for 2 sets of 8 reps, just goes to show that there really is a mental aspect to all this. I had to talk myself into adding the 10kg plates but it was fine! I think I could even have increased it a bit more. On top of that, today I FINALLY benched 25kg for a whole set (6 reps). I also upped my shoulder press to 6kg and managed to get the full 4x20 step ups with 9kg (on previous workouts I was dropping down to 8kg by the end of the workout).

Another spin class tomorrow night, then Thursday will be a full rest day.

Where did everyone go?

I'm currently taking a break.... have done one round on stage 7 but my hip flexors are screwed and I'm hurting pretty much everywhere so decided to rest before repeating. My first break in the whole program!

Upped weights on my last workout though so pleased with that. Decided to measure my waist today - have lost another 1cm on the narrowest part and a whole inch off of the widest part! That might not sound like much but I started this with NO weight to lose and have actually gained 2kg overall since the start. Can't wait to do my measurements at the very end..... this last stage has made me really feel like I can see visible changes

Great weights Sue!

I started my stage 7 repeat today after a week off. L hip flexor still giving me grief - had to lower my step for the lunges but managed to keep weights and reps the same.

Up to 55kg for my squats. Romanian Deadlifts also increased from 35kgs to 40kgs, although my grip only lasts 15 reps rather than 20. Was surprised about how exhausting the workout felt - was expecting it to be easier after a few days off. Was lifting every other day previously and thought that the rest would make me more energetic..... apparently not!! 5 more to go.........LOL

Hey Beck! Welcome back! It would be so insane not to finish now that you've made it to Stage 7!! Keep at it girl! <cheer cheer cheer>

Last #4 done and dusted! I squatted 85# with good form, raised DB squats at 30#, OHP 20, 17.5, 15, step ups with 10 and BW and rocked the form though by the end I was really shaky, and #75 on inverted pull downs.

I will not miss this stage!,

Well done for getting to this point Beck, stage 7 is tough! I'm having to leave it longer between workouts due to injuries so have 4 more still left before I'm done. Still haven't decided what to do next :-/

I'm sorry, Jo:( injuries just plain suck!
Sue...nice job! My hubby pushed me to do 3 arts of 65 bench presses last Thurs. ugh! Lol!


I finished my first round of stage 7 today!! Woohoo! I can't believe I actually finished this program! Haha;) I'm gonna so another round so I won't move on for another 2 weeks but its so awesome to know I "officially" completed it?

Yay, squat PR of 60kgs (132 lbs) x 6 today!

Do your DL and squat weights match like mine?

Yeah, so my last workout of Stage 7 was last Friday... and I woke up with a sore knee again so I had to skip it I was planning on taking the week off but I then decided to see if I could fit in the last workout. Unfortunately my knee didn't get any better so I went to a physiotherapist today to get it checked out. Turns out that my knee joint is rubbing against the cartilage which is in turn causing the muscles around the area to tighten. Apparently it's just the way I'm built and it would have happened no matter what exercise I was doing- running, weights, cycling, anything that puts pressure on the knee. That was kind of good to know, I was afraid it was happening because of bad form on my part but no, it's just my crappy knee!

The bad news is, no more weights for me for the foreseeable future or intensive cycling, spinning, HIIT or running. Only corrective exercises, and weekly physio sessions. I'm a kind of bummed but oh well, not much I can do except try and correct it and hopefully get back to doing weights pain free eventually!

Forgot to say Jo, congratulations on the squat PR! That's so impressive well done!

ONE MORE TO GO!!!

7.2.5 done today.... no increases but wasn't aiming for them. Tbh, was in a terrible mood so just showing up was a success lol. Having one of those days where every spare second is accounted for by something on the to-do list. So better get off MFP as it's making me late!! Have a good week all xxxxxxxxxx

I FINISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woooohooooo! Go me ;-)

And with a PR deadlift of 4 x 68kg (150lbs). That is now 1.3 x bodyweight - I'm going to aim for 2x!

Come on girls, bring it home xxx

P.S. I have ordered supercharged! ;-)