Workout check-in - May-king big changes this month
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indianarose2 wrote: »
"Toughness" Challenge I'm doing, trying to get myself to suck it up and do the little things that made me succesful in the past, figured doing something "harder" would make it all easier. Plus, lots of health benefits to cold showers! Skin and hair, muscle soreness, blood pressure, that kind of stuff
http://www.menprovement.com/benefits-of-cold-showers/
I'll definitely check it out! I've been doing a dry brushing routine before showering and it alternates between a few minutes of as hot as you can take it to as cold as you can take it. I love it! Good for lymphatic..0 -
Yeah. MFP ate my post again. I was saying that I do a dry brushing routine before showering where you alternate a few minutes each of as hot a you can take it with as cold as you can take it. I love it! Good for lymphatic.... I'll check out the cold water website!! Thx!0
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derpderp, the bad form on my squats buggered my hip and my knee, but mostly in my hip. I think it was the fact I was leaning to the side as I was going up. I'm glad I didn't push to do all the reps!
I skipped yesterday's lifting session and did yoga. Then today I still felt off and did more yoga. It is annoying on how much one uses their hips. Hopefully I can lift soon, until then I'm taking it easy!0 -
Squats hurt today; I wasn't expecting that because I don't feel sore anymore. The soreness seemed to suddenly come back. Funnily enough, I usually have issues with OHP and today they felt great. That's rare for me, so I was happy even though I hurt too much to finish squats and was initially disappointed.
Squats: 3 sets of 5 @ 60#
OHP: 5x5 @ 50#
Deadlifts: 1x5 @ 105#
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Not a bad day overall since I didn't have work. Packed a couple things, wrote some in a story and then went to the gym late. It went okay though I did sweat a lot tonight, my right knee and elbow acted up on occasion (knee during lunge and elbow during prone snatch thing). I warmed up on the treadmill for a little while first too because I'd spent a few hours on the computer before going since I ended up writing over 3,000 words on a story today.
Stage 4 - B1
warm up low bar squats 3x5 @ 75
wide grip deadlift from box 3x8 @ 115 - not bad, ending weight from stage 2
bulgarian split suat 3x8 @ 25 - slipped a little on one side but okay
underhand lat pull down 3x8 @ 80 - I swear I thought I moved it to 70 but must have read it wrong but it felt fine
reverse lunge from box 3x8 @ 25 - not bad but right knee got cranky
db prone cobra snatch 3x8 @ 7.5 - okay though don't like them
and I skipped the rest so...
bench press 2x8 and 1x7 @ 85 - will repeat next week
deadlift 1x5 @ 135 and 1x5 @ 155 but struggled and had to change grip in middle of set0 -
I don't think I posted my Tuesday workout unless I have amnesia. So here we go:
Squat 125 5x5 repeat. A little more challenging than last time. Form was a tad shaky but I was also drained from a busy day at work and not having eaten enough. Should be better today.
Deadlift 165 2x5. I only did sumo style. I like it. First rep was a little hard but the rest were fine.
OHP 60 5x5. I think I'm going to repeat. I did 65 accidently last time and it was really hard and this wasn't so smooth either.
I didn't do accessories.. I elliptical'ed for about 20 minutes.
Wednesday was even busier than Tuesday so I just got through it then had some wine with friends.
Golfed all day yesterday at a tournament. Got last place. It was really fun, so much so that I undid any health benefits with alcohol.
Will be lifting today. Got some nerves about benching 90 by myself but I'll just do what I can. Also my back and sides got DOMS from golf.0 -
After a few days of resting my neck/shoulder due to a strain (slept wrong), I managed a SL workout, biked to work for BIKE TO WORK DAY, and biked 5 miles on the stationary spin bike. Tomorrow, will do a long run
Squat: 5x5@105 lbs. Went down 5 just because I didn't get my Wednesday workout in.
Bench Press: 5x5@ 75 lbs. Did good although the last rep was hard.
Barbell Row: 5x5@80. Went up 5 lbs. just because the last workout was easy.0 -
Had a really long day at work yesterday so I had to work out in the morning. I felt like everything was hard today. Probably because I worked out fasted.
Squat: Sloppy 80 lbs. Didn't get a full 5x5. I should be able to nail them next time. These weights are starting to feel hard!
OHP: A VERY sloppy 45 lbs. These felt off today.
Deadlift: 85 lbs. These actually felt good! It's so much easier to do these with bumper plates vs having to stack plates. Definitely can up my weight next time.
Did some assisted chin ups with lots of assistance. I know he says not to do assisted chin-ups, but I feel like such a wimp at the gym doing anything else. Once I need less assistance I'll try some of his other suggestions.0 -
@MissHolidayGolightly At least you had a great time playing golf! Good luck on your bench press.0
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UBB 2.0 Conquer W3D3
1A) Snatch Push Press + Snatch Balance + OH Squat x3
did 85, 90, 95 (PR) and 97.5 (So +7.5lbs from last week, not too shabby
2A) Front Squats 117.5x8, 125x5, 132.5x2x5
2B) Pike Press (on 12' box) submax: 6/6/5/6
3A) 2 Rounds for time
- Pull-ups x10
- OH Squat x10 @90lbs (+5 from last time)
- CTB Chin-ups x10
- Front squat x10
- Recline row "muscle-up transitions" x10
- Back squat x10
Got 17:05, which is 30 seconds slower than 2 weeks ago, but with 5lbs more on the bar. I also had to cut both OH squat sets into 2 because my shoulders and wrists were too beat up to go unbroken, and I dropped the bar pushing it back up on one of those sets, which means i had to power clean it back up, which probably accounts for most of the extra time. Had fun with this one, tho! Definitely needed to foam roll the quads after this and yesterday!0 -
@MissHolidayGolightly At least you had a great time playing golf! Good luck on your bench press.
Thanks!! I benched 90 5x3. I probably could have done more reps since it felt easier than last time but I didn't go balls to the wall since I didn't have a spotter. I'll get it next time.
Squat 125 5x5 repeat. Another lifter said my form was great at it was really cool I was getting low. It was so nice to get a compliment
Row 85 5x5. This wasn't bad. I might stay here again and then go for 90. I wasn't relying on my legs as much.
SISM OHP workout EMOTM for 5 rounds at 45 lbs with 82 BW squats.0 -
Cardio Day - C25k Week 9 Day 3.
I'm officially done with the 9 week program. I jogged 30 minutes three days this week. It's nice to have made it but at the same time I have to push further because 30 minutes isn't 5k in distance for me. Now to work on getting up to 3 miles by June 15th.0 -
My order was all screwed up because some was in the cage for a long time. I was a little annoyed because she was rotating like 5 or 6 exercises, all in the cage, but only actually using it for one, but at least she was done by the time I did everything I could out of the cage.
Pull up attempt - pulled up to eye level, then did 5 negatives.
Cable crunches - 2x10 at 30 lbs. These felt better this time. I think I am starting to understand the movement.
Close grip BP - 2x8 at 30 lbs - These felt strange, but I think I started getting it by the end.
Barbell curl - 2x8 at 30 lbs - good.
OHP - 3x5 at 50 lbs (fixed barbell)
Row - 3x5 at 65 lbs
Squat - 3x5 at 135 lbs - Good, I will go up to 140 next time.
DL - 1x5 at 165 lbs - Felt great. And I think I may have impressed/intimidated the teenaged-ish girls next to me who were leg pressing 50 lbs :P
I think I may up the accessories to 3 sets. I don't think 2 is enough.0 -
My last 5 x 5 workout (at least for now, can't say I wouldn't do it again sometime, never know). 5 x 3 starts on Sunday, 1 week of that and going to give Wendler a shot after that and see how it is, just wanted a different focus for a while since I have been doing StrongLifts 1 year this month (started 1st week of May 2014) and Madcow is similar...so we will see how it goes. Kicking butt and taking no prisoners to finish up my squats.
Workout A (Fri)
Squats 2 x 5 - 175
Squats 1 x 5 - 195
Squats 5 x 5 - 210
Pendlay Row - 5 x 5 - 120
Overhead Press, Barbell - 2 x 5 - 70
Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5 - 80
Reverse Curl 5 x 5 - 110
Overhand Biceps Curl - 5 x 5 - 1200 -
Krok hope you feel better soon, great work everybody!0
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starting to think my mood has a massive effect on my lifts. i never really consider it because no matter what that mood is, i tend to forget all about it after a certain number of reps. at least consciously . . . but, well. i couldn't ride to work so i looked forward to my workout all day long today instead. but in the end i went in feeling sort of sad and demoralized. even though the magic did work in the gym, it wasn't a specially shiny workout. on the other hand, could be something as simple as 'eat something some time after noon next time, you fool.' either way, a bit disappointed with it but it was a workout and workouts count.
squats: warmup, 5x5@85. not awful, not great, probably a little more on the awful side of not-great than the other way round. 85 is the weight i did last time, which iirc was a 10lb jump all in one go thanks to the captain-selfish factor. so i guess this was the 85lb squat that i would be on anyway. either way, immaterial since i did set up and try a few reps at 90 and there just ain't-was no way.
bench: warmup, 5x5@70. actually everything was not-awful-not-great-but-a-bit-closer-to-awful today. i tried 75 and got good form for 3 reps, and then i came back down and did 70 so as not to get hurt. they were'n't easy and i'm frustrated with bench tonight since they keep being hard. and hard is supposed to mean that i grow more muscle for next time, but nope.
rows: same thing. mind you, i did a bazillion reps at medium weights on the cables while waiting to get my hands on a bar so perhaps that's my fault. i repeated 70 for my formal workout when i finally did get a bar, and they were not easy either.
then i came home and made crepes with cinnamon sugar for dinner. protein and carbs and a long conversation with my son about existentialism and huis clos and the deficiencies of jean-paul satre. so some comfort in that anyway . . . and it's a long weekend as well. so there.0 -
Long, tiring day for me. Had my usual shift so I ate lunch as my main meal but it's a good thing I didn't need a whole lot before lifting cause yeah. During work I had a starbucks doubleshot with protein, a 0 calorie rockstar and half a protein bar. Machine issues and such meant I didn't take a lunch break on an 8 hour shift. I was supposed to but I chose not to because as is, the manager actually covered most of the cashier's break as I was pulling papers out of chemicals. Fun times. But despite all of that, lifting went pretty well.
NROLFW Stage 4 - A2
warmup with low bar squats 3x5 @ 80 - shoulder was grumpy at first but made it through
front squat 3x8 @ 60 - Did these using hands crossed grip, so my arms have little sore spots now.
push press 3x8 @ 60 - Harder weight for these but I did bend my knees as it helped since this is a push press and not OHP
step-up 3x8 @ 25 - okay, right elbow was a little cranky holding the db
db one point row 3x8 @ 25 - same as above
push-up 3x6 on floor sort of, I used the 25 dumbbells and tried to not have my elbows flaring out
static lunge 3x8 @ 50 - used short step again, not bad
horizontal wood chop 3x8 @ 40 - used the other one this time cause 40 sounds better than 15, lol
good morning 3x10 @ 50 - fine as usual
leg press 3x8 @ 160 - didn't do the two sets of 45's this time, wasn't bad though
hip thrust 3x10 @ 40 - hard to keep it from moving but overall okay
Now I'm sleepy and hope I don't get called tomorrow before scheduled. I may need to kick a machine if they do need me early.0 -
UBB 2.0 Conquer W3D4
1A) 1 Full Clean + 2 Hang Cleans, EMOTM x6
Thought I could handle 105 but the 2nd hang clean turned into a high pull, so I dropped back down to 95 for 2 mins, 100 for 2 mins and tried 102.5 on the last minute and missed the 2nd hang clean again... The full cleans were flying up, but I'm terrible at starting from a hang, apparently. Added 2 hang cleans at 95lbs afterwards to compensate in my head.
2A) Push Jerk 4x3 95, 105, 107.5, 110
2B) Good morning 4x8 95x10 (didn't check the DBP right!), 100, 102.5, 105
3A) For time:
3000m row (13:18 - actually faster than 2 weeks ago)
60 burpees (finished in 22:29. 4 seconds MORE than 2 weeks ago.)
Wasn't a very good workout. I'm dealing with TOM again which is never easy - I do get a little weaker during the first few days and tend to forget to account for that. Still disappointed I couldn't push a little more on those burpees. I hate this set-up so bad, I'm calling it Arch-Nemesis from now on.
Was hoping to get the SISM WOW in today but it just wasn't happening with how crampy I felt after this. Headed home to a cold shower + hot bath + food + a nap. I can probably hit it tomorrow with my 20lbs DBs, ha.0 -
Squats: 80 lbs
Bench Press: 55 lbs - My first time doing 55 and for some reason these felt easy??
Rows: 70 lbs - I need to stay here and work on my form. Still not sure I'm doing these right.
Some Assistance: Dips ( -58 lbs) and Planks then played around on the rowing machine for a bit before calling it quits
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Stronglifts A
Squats 5 x 5 @ 140 lbs.
BP 1 x 4; 4 × 5 @ 62 lbs. Decided to de - load to 62.
Row 5 x 5. @ 72 lbs.
Planks 3 @ 40 lbs.
Plus 45 minutes of Zumba.0 -
Got to the weight room and to the cage at the same time as another woman. She told me I could go ahead, which was super nice of her. She was stretching, but technically got there first. I tried to be quick for her
Squat - 3x5 at 135 lbs. Didn't move up this week because shark week started, and I usually feel weak then.
Bench - 3x5 at 70 lbs. These felt pretty hard. I almost did 75 lbs because of a math fail, but gladly I corrected it :P
Row - 3x5 at 70 lbs. Still fairly easy.
Shrugs - 3x8 at 45 lbs. Actually felt them this time
Skullcrushers - 3x8 at 35 lbs
Barbell curl - 3x8 at 35 lbs - pretty hard! Had to try hard not to use momentum.
Hyperextension - 3x10 with 15 lbs
Cable Crunch - 3x10 at 40 lbs
Pull up attempt - got up to my eye level again, then did 5 negatives.
Starting to get the hang of the accessories. Both the technique and the weights I need to do. I like doing 3 sets instead of 2.0 -
i like 'shark week' as an expression. where was that when i needed it all my life?
i'm skipping my workout today. little nerve flashes here and there throughout my sacroiliac zone that feel like nothing at all in themselves, but i'm somehow reading them as a warning of something i'd better respect for a while. and turns out my right wrist isn't completely better from the jamming it got when i had that bike skid either. le sigh.0 -
Back from having achey hip/knee! I did yoga every day for 5 days and I think it helped a bunch on my shoulder flexibility. I was banging out shoulder dislocations more narrow than before and squat warm ups I had the bar lower than usual.
Squats 5/5/2/2/2 - 225lbs 3rd attempt - and nope, these were not happening. At least the first two sets looked good, I was thinking I was gonna get it. 3rd set I was tired right away and started leaning/turning my knee and I bailed so I don't bugger my side/knee again - I do not want to take another 6 days off again. Deloading next session and looks like that will be 200lbs.
Bench 5x5 - 95lbs - working back from my deload at 105lbs. Pretty good.
Rows 5x5 - 110lbs - Starting to get annoying heavy but form is still there, most likely from bench being not difficult. I'm sure rows will kick my butt soon.0 -
Skipped friday and this morning due to being sick and extremely tired. Headaches so bad I could barely keep my eyes open. Sucks.0
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One week off (plus one day) is done. I was supposed to lift yesterday, but the time and day got away from me. Nothing I can do now but move on! I'll lift tomorrow so this week will be 2 lifts instead of 3, but I prefer Tues/Thurs/Sun lifts so I'm ok with waiting. Will do something cardio-based tonight, though. It's time to shake out the cobwebs and get back on it. I'm feeling wimpy and I don't like it! I do feel quite rested, though, so hopefully that's what my body needed to do.0
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UBB 2.0 Conquer W3D3
1A) Snatch Push Press + Snatch Balance + OH Squat x3
did 85, 90, 95 (PR) and 97.5 (So +7.5lbs from last week, not too shabby
2A) Front Squats 117.5x8, 125x5, 132.5x2x5
2B) Pike Press (on 12' box) submax: 6/6/5/6
3A) 2 Rounds for time
- Pull-ups x10
- OH Squat x10 @90lbs (+5 from last time)
- CTB Chin-ups x10
- Front squat x10
- Recline row "muscle-up transitions" x10
- Back squat x10
Got 17:05, which is 30 seconds slower than 2 weeks ago, but with 5lbs more on the bar. I also had to cut both OH squat sets into 2 because my shoulders and wrists were too beat up to go unbroken, and I dropped the bar pushing it back up on one of those sets, which means i had to power clean it back up, which probably accounts for most of the extra time. Had fun with this one, tho! Definitely needed to foam roll the quads after this and yesterday!
The radio in the background made me wonder where you were from, turns out you live in my hometown!! I live in Colorado now, but can't wait to go eat une poutine Chez Louis!0 -
Annie81503 wrote: »The radio in the background made me wonder where you were from, turns out you live in my hometown!! I live in Colorado now, but can't wait to go eat une poutine Chez Louis!
Oh wow! A Sherby native! Hehe. The Louis Poutine isn't what it used to be, though
Or maybe I just grew past it (fries are just TOO greasy to my liking). The new thing in town is called "Le Snack". They have the most amazing "Poutine du boss" which is a regular poutine with a mix of bacon, ground beef, smoked meat, onions and I think even some peperoni with a bit of their "Texan" sauce on top, which is kinda reminiscent of the Subway Southwest chipotle, only a bit sweeter. It is to. die. for. (No, literally, that much fat will kill you! ROFL!)
Ugh, running. 6x400m (well, technically the track at the park here is 350m, and Runkeeper is terrible at catching distances so I went with that). Fastest lap was 1:37, slowest 1:46 (I kinda forgot to actually run on that one, lol). Mostly kept around the 1:40 mark (the last 2 laps were BOTH 1:41.35 exactly. How does that even happen?! lol). I'm faster than at the middle of last summer, but a bit slower than I was at the end of this program in september. I'm also like 5-8lbs heavier so that factors in a tad. I'll build it back up!
Now let's do the SISM WOW so I can shower and get on with my day! 2x20lbs DBs and 5lbs wrist weights, which I will keep on for jump lunges in-between. Oh this is gonna suuuuck...
EMOTM x DEATH
OHP x6 + 2 per round - 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 -- I didn't have it in me to get the 14th rep in the last 3 seconds of that round...
Jump lunges/BW Squats R.A.T. 9/6/6/3 per side
50 + 49 + 48 total lunges = 147 O.o
Perhaps I went a lil heavy. I was expecting a lil more, ha! Ok, foam rolling then cold shower! Oh, and some pull-up negatives, too. I'm insane. *nods*
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Last two workouts to report:
Saturday morning with the hubs
Squat 75 5x5
Overhead 40 (5 sets one was of 4 reps so recorded as fail) repeat 40 again next time. Some of these felt great some not so great so I obviously need to work on form. So much to think about for this lift. Stay tight all the way to the floor, shrug at the top, no arch.
Deadlift 75 5x5 felt great except my grip was getting tired.
No time for accessories as it was a family work day at home. Finally had a whole weekend to get chores done!! Burned a few overgrown hills, gardening, blackberry picking, organizing the kids game room, wash and help my hairy shepherd to shed his massive winter coat. I could stuff pillows!! Hope everyone had a good weekend. You are all doing awesome!!!
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Forgot today's workout: all 5x5
This morning with my 14 yr old!
Squat: 80
Bp: 65
Row: 50
All felt great. I think my dumbbell training helped me a lot with stabilization. I'll spend some time today and tomorrow reviewing videos on form to make sure I'm doing things properly. It's nice having my son to watch for obvious problems. We're going to workout together MWF mornings together. I've already drank 60 ozs of water this morning!0
all I can say is - WOW! 
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