Looks everybody is getting their lifting in. I sadly did not. I had a "flare" this week, often happens when I'm ovulating, and I did zero exercise from Wednesday on. I got in a little TRX and walking today. Basically on those I'm falling asleep in the car on the way home from work, then I fall on my face in bed at 5:00. I get up about two hours later to make the family some food and use every ounce of energy I have to sit on the sofa for two hours.

This too shall pass, and I'll get it in this week. Bummer too is I ballooned with bloat, but today I'm back to normal.

Happy lifting ladies.

Sister had to be somewhere this morning before my early morning shift, so I decided to go early and use the gym by work. Got in a good little weight lifting session in the hour time I had, though I definitely prefer working out after instead of before my shift. Not that many people there but still some, including guy with one of those masks to affect oxygen levels (or something along those lines).

front squat - 2x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 65 and 3x8 @ 80
good morning - 3x10 @ 80
bench press - 2x10 @ 45, 3x8 @ 65
tricep pushdown - 4x10 @ 55
cable bicep curl - 4x8 @ 55
lat pulldown - 3x8 @ 75

Bench was light-ish and not hard for the most part but I stuck to that weight as my left hand was not happy. Even with 45, it ached on the back of it, not the palm. It was weird and I'm not sure what is going on there. Didn't bother me at work but I didn't do overhead pressing of boxes or anything. Got things done. Also, found out a different person to call about the pharmacy tech class so hope to make progress on that front soon.

Kimi - yes! That's awesome I thought I saw some baby traps today and got excited!

Dawn - good lifting, I used to love training in the mornings, but I'm kind of used to lunchtimes now, don't think I could switch it up

My lunchtime meeting was cancelled today so I may reach 4 days this week!

Today was heavy upper

Bench Press: 3 x 6 @ 35kg
Single arm DB row: 3 x 6 each side @ 12.5kg
OHP: 1 x 6 @ 25kg (Actually felt pretty badass doing those)
Lat pulldown (underhand grip): 1 x 6 @ 40kg (turns out I was only supposed to do one set of these last time I did the workout, oops)
Lateral raises: 3 x 8 @ 5kg DB's
Bicep curls: 3 x 8 @ 5kg DB's

Missing my old gym a bit, I miss talking to people during rests! Maybe I will get to know some of these guys but some of them seem like right d*cks. Poor form all over the place (accompanied by loud grunting).... oooh I might be able to contribute to that "so there was this guy at the gym" thread on the stronglifts for women group!!

-17!!!!! Be careful out there, Aigre, in the snow.

Stephie - hurrah for cancelled meetings, when it means you get another gym session in!!

I met with a potential (probable) new trainer today - recommended to me, but doesn't work out of the gym I go to. We got on well - first thing she said was "great arms" haha!! Funny, I still see my arms as a problem point, but obviously there is enough definition going on there for other people to be impressed!

Anyway, we agreed that I am in a good place at the moment, both in terms of nutrition and training programme, so we are going to do some online coaching, with accountability, and the option of casual 1:1 training sessions as and when things need switching up. She will also tweak my macros as I move more towards the long distance runs as marathon time approaches, and make sure I am not sacrificing too much of my running effort for the strength work and vice versa.

all in all, I came away quite positive - cost effective and local, and seems to be on the same wavelength as me, which is not a feeling I have gotten from trainer meetings/conversations before.

Time will tell, of course!

I've been persuaded by the girls at the gym who go at the same time as me in the mornings (they do classes, I do weights) to try Grit tomorrow - described as "bodypump on speed".....I have registered my place, so have to do it. It is some time since I did bodypump, as I realised I was developing bad habits, and since discovering "proper" lifting, bodypump seemed a poor relation, but having been talked into it, I shall give it a go! I'll report back....

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-17!!!!! Be careful out there, Aigre, in the snow.

Stephie - hurrah for cancelled meetings, when it means you get another gym session in!!

I met with a potential (probable) new trainer today - recommended to me, but doesn't work out of the gym I go to. We got on well - first thing she said was "great arms" haha!! Funny, I still see my arms as a problem point, but obviously there is enough definition going on there for other people to be impressed!

Anyway, we agreed that I am in a good place at the moment, both in terms of nutrition and training programme, so we are going to do some online coaching, with accountability, and the option of casual 1:1 training sessions as and when things need switching up. She will also tweak my macros as I move more towards the long distance runs as marathon time approaches, and make sure I am not sacrificing too much of my running effort for the strength work and vice versa.

all in all, I came away quite positive - cost effective and local, and seems to be on the same wavelength as me, which is not a feeling I have gotten from trainer meetings/conversations before.

Time will tell, of course!

I've been persuaded by the girls at the gym who go at the same time as me in the mornings (they do classes, I do weights) to try Grit tomorrow - described as "bodypump on speed".....I have registered my place, so have to do it. It is some time since I did bodypump, as I realised I was developing bad habits, and since discovering "proper" lifting, bodypump seemed a poor relation, but having been talked into it, I shall give it a go! I'll report back....

This new trainer sounds awesome, and very similar to what I'm doing. I actually hate working out with people. I prefer to just do my own thing at my own pace, so someone emailing me a workout would be awesome!

speaking of frigid training... My husband is currently in the Yellowstone area doing one of his winter ultra endurance races. Last year he did this race and the Iditarod in Alaska. Yeah, he's nuts. The first night out on the course, temps hit -40F!!. Needless to say, the greater majority of people did not have equipment that could sustain those conditions, even those accustomed to racing ITI. The race leaders DNFd after 10-12 and at the 80/200 mark. Only one competitor, ONE out of 43, finished the course and he's a mountaineer from the region with equipment for the likes of Everest. INSANE!!! He said it was so cold his joints started to freeze solid. Day two of the race duped two feet of snow on the course. I don't know how Arron, the only finisher, survived.

Saturday, we got about 4 inches of snow here. I took the kids out sledding on Sunday. It was 19F with a wind chill below 10F. I only kept them out for about 1/2hr. before I called uncle. Then yesterday, wind chill had us at -5F (and hubby was close to 33F, go figure). Interesting tid bit of information. Today, Toms River, NJ was the coldest town in ALL of the United States except for Arctic Alaska. That should not happen. NJ should not be colder than Anchorage and Fargo, it's just wrong.

Yesterday I got to the gym as my energy was back up. Hard to tell if my weights were bad or not. I completed all sets and reps, but the weight was lower than my previous WO with 12 reps for these 10 rep sets. I guess it should be though. Can't max out every WO.

Strong S5 B4: 3x10
roll outs; reverse lunge 25s; Inverted Rows 72 degrees; KB Swing 25; SA PP 25

Kimi - always nice to have options, especially if it is fun and social! Glad that you found a trainer that you like!

Samntha - glad your husband is safe! I can do down to about 0 degrees F, but beyond that I get wimpy. Can't imagine -40!

Stephie - surprisingly not that bad. Was really only a little cold the first mile but warmed up. I layer up though. Tomorrow is supposed to rain for my longer run though. Don't know how well I will tolerate that!

Squat day today.
Squats -1x5@33lbs, 1x5@53 lbs, 1x5@80 lbs, 1x5@85 lbs, 3x3@90 lbs
Romanian deadlifts - 4x8@83 lbs
RFESS - 4x8@BW
Farmer walks - 4@35 lbs dbs
Reverse lunges - 4x8@33 lbs
Reverse hyper - 4x30@BW
Valslide push aways - 4x10
Reverse crunches - 5x10

Kimi - haha, definitely good to not feel DOMS! Good to get work in that you can recover from easily. Sorry about your husband's car, car troubles are so annoying.

Could not force myself out of bed for a 4.5 mile run in the pouring rain at 4:30 this morning, especially since I didn't get home until 10 pm last night due to work meetings. I did manage 2 miles of intervals on the treadmill though. Better than nothing. Legs are still a bit fatigued from squats yesterday, so want them to heal up anyway to do deadlifts tomorrow, so maybe it was for the best anyway.

Well done on the deadlifts, and the chin up progress! Enjoy those baby snuggles later!

Rest day for me today. I've fallen into the habit of Saturday being my cardio day (ie my long run day) but the weather has turned icy here, and I am nervous about my knee, so I've scheduled a couple of classes in at the gym instead. My once a year go at Zumba is on the list.....I may do more damage wiggling my hips out of time to latino music than I would do on the ice, but hey ho!

Talking of the ice - I got off the bus early today to walk in, despite the snow, but my way of walking must have been very different due to the conditions, because my fitbit registered "21 mins elliptical" rather than the usual "walk"!!! I have no idea what I must have looked like as I slipped along the pavements to work!!!

Have a good weekend everyone!

Got in a lot of volume today.
S5B5: Back Lunge 3x12@25s, Inverted Row 3x12@Waist, KB Swing 3x12@30, SAPP 3x12@25 Good increase.
Then I did some intervals with the battle ropes, and Then I did a one mile walk with the dog and I'm doing housework. I make for my low energy days with my high energy days.

Sometimes you just need some downtime. Nice run though. I go a mile and feel like a did a damn marathon.