I find that if I eat two hours before, I'm fine, but less than an hour, it repeats. Very unpleasant. I HAVE to eat at some time though or my workout sucks.

Did I mention that a really big dude working next to me asked for a spot yesterday. Totally serious, not a come on at all. Then a friend said, . "Wow, you look great." Well, . That felt great.

nicely done Love and Dawn! Beeps, At least you got it in. You know for next time.
DNA, be gentle with yourself. That rest sounds like a good idea. As women we always seem to take on too much. Today I postponed a class, or I should say changed the start day to tomorrow. I just needed a breather. These nine hour days are killing me.

Great compliment, Sam!

I usually work out once I've dropped my oldest off at school, so roughly 2 hours after eating. I always feel fine but am ravenous by the time I'm done, especially if I've done weights.

I startes Hypertrophy 3 today and workout A went well:

Swiss ball roll outs, 2x10. Went fine.

Barbell reverse lunges, 4x5. Started with just the bar and ended at 60lbs. Will go higher next time.

Single arm DB BP, 4x5. Started with 25lb and ended with 30lb. Strangely, my non dominant arm was stronger than my dominant. Hmm. Will try 35lb next time.

Rack DL, 4x5. Started with 135lb and ended at 165lb.

Standing lat pull downs, 4x5. I used the triangular neutral grip bar for a change. Started with 70lb and ended at 80lb. I had to use a split stance so I wouldn't topple over.

I finished with a barbell complex doing DL and OHP. This is what I was doing throughout H1 and 2 as well. Not sure what to call the move that I am using in between the DL and the OHP, in order to hike the bar up there. I should probably figure that out! But back in H1 I was doing just the bar and today did 5x6 with 60lb. I will try 65lb next time.

Stage 1 is done. I wasn't sure how tonight would go because work was a little hectic for only a 6 hour shift. Got most of what I needed done except skimped on the checking of snack inventory, I'll work on it better next time. Anyways, gym was pretty good though I had to go out of order because the deadlift area was in use by a couple so they had to change the weights between each set. Glad to be done with the first stage. It has been an interesting 5.5 weeks. Honestly, I felt a little stronger with the stronglifts due to lower rep range and focus on increasing weights, but this program is getting me to try different lifts, which was why I decided to do it anyways. Some I like (lat pulldown and such) and some I don't (crunch and lunge) but either way it's interesting and I'm making progress. We'll see how the short stage 2 goes starting in April.


AMRAP B

squat 5x5 @ 95 - since deadlift spot was taken I did squats to warmup

lat pulldown 1x30 @ 50 - once got above 20 it became more challenging

db shoulder press 1x25 @ 12.5 - light weight but the motion so many times made it tough

deadlift 1x15 @ 135 - No improvement but I should have gone lighter in the beginning for a rep increase in this one


For fun:
leg press 3x8 @ 90 with focus on heels
good morning 3x8 @ 45 - kinda liking these
front squat/push press 3x8 @ 45 - since I had the squat rack, I decided to give these a try. I can't do the elbow angle right so instead I held the bar how I do for overhead press. My hand/wrist ached some but not as much as when I try to hold the bar the way they want in order to do front squat. May not be the exact form but it should work since I physically cannot do the recommended method for the lift.
glute bridge 3x10 just bodyweight, want to try weighted hip thrusts some day


Not bad. Some increases and others not so much. Sleep time, yay!

Fun, beeps! What are you going to see?

Today's workout:
Squats: 1x5 @ 45, 1x5 @ 65, 1x5 @ 95, 1x5 @ 115 and 5x5 @ 135. I repeated 135. I figured I'd stay here until I didn't need to rest the whole 3 minutes.
OHP: 5x5 @ 60. I stayed at 60 again as well. The same reason - I'll move when the rests don't need to be 3 minutes. Though they were pretty easy to get up today!
Deadlift: 5x5 @ 165. My grip is slowly failing me. I want to try mixed grip but not sure how awkward this is going to feel.

Cardio Day

C25K Week 3, Day 3 is done. Not bad though I'm not sure if I'll just do week 3 leading up to my taking 3 days off (31-2) or if I'll try week 4. First need a playlist.

Julie-Yaaaayyyyyy for the new gym finally being open! I'm glad your mom's doing okay now.
Beeps - love live theater! I don't think I've seen book of Mormon. I'll have to see if I can find the script online.

Day 4 of 4 in the gym and as beeps says BOOM! I did basic training 2b today and can I just say that doing these workouts with the proper equipment is a revelation. I'd been doing the plank and pull with a dumbbell since I didn't have anything else. This morning with a resistance band? Holy obliques on fire! I could actually do box jumps which were surprisingly nerve wracking and I could do the standing cable row. Needless to say my body definitely feels it. I've got tomorrow and Saturday off. I'm definitely sleeping in on Friday. I'm moving the rest of my stuff into my new place Saturday and I'll probably do a body rock after. Have a great day ladies

jo_marnes wrote: »

So today I went to parliament, listened to MPs putting the case for midwifery-led models of care and then had morning tea with the Minister for Health. Random.

I also lifted. Crappy bench, better squats. Rows starting to get hard at 105 lbs. Then elevated push ups and tricep dips for fun.

Welcome back redlipsticklyfe
Lovetowrite - nice OHP
Dawn - keep running chick!

Wow, Jo, sounds very important!