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2.5 hours, Jo! That's intense!
Stephie - good for getting to the gym 4 times! Hope everything with the house is going as planned!
Saturday was OHP day:
OHP: 1x5@33, 3x3@45, 2x2@50 Looking back through my notes, 50 lbs is a PR in OHP for me
Lateral raise - 4x10@8lbs dbs
Scrape the rack press - 4x8@38 lbs
Reverse curl - 5x10@EZbar+5 lbs. Really ought to weigh that bar.
Rear lateral raise - 4x12@5 lbs dbs
Incline hammer curls - 4x10@10 lbs dbs
DB front raise - 4x10@5 lbs dbs
Then yesterday I ran 8.15 miles. PR for distance for that too! And not too shabby of a pace, 10:10 min/mile.
Rest day today then heading out to California for a business trip tomorrow. Hate being out of routine and spending all this time eating restaurant food/room service. So I'm taking a week off from my program and hope to get a few runs in and maybe do some machines or something at the hotel. Oh well.0 -
Fab news on the increased running, Aigre - and a decent time too! Hope your week away isn't sabotaging your routine too much.
Stephie, hope things are going according to plan for you!
I had to switch things around these last few days due to hubby's work schedule, so instead of running on Saturday, and going to the gym together on Sunday, we did the gym on Saturday and I ran on Sunday. Oh dear.....I did leg day on Saturday without thinking about running on Sunday - boy did my glutes hurt! Mind you, I thought I was as slow as a herd of turtles wading through jelly, but when I got back, I was actually consistently a bit quicker than usual!!
Rest day deservedly followed yesterday, and I'm doing upper body stuff in the gym after work this evening.
One of the more expensive stores near my office had a sample sale on today - normally I don't even go in there - samples are either at the very small or very large end of the size range, but something drew me in, and I got a new jacket, (small) that fits perfectly, at sample sale price. Happy on all counts!
And it's pink....nothing screams "look at how confident I am now" more than wearing bright pink amongst the grey that surrounds us!!!!
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Hello all, from sunny San Diego!
After a long and very early flight, went to the hotel gym and did 2 miles on the treadmill and some upper body machines. That is definitely a different feel than free weights! They also have a Concept 2 rower that I want to check out.
Walked to the grocery store to try to keep nutrition in check instead of eating out every single meal. Got some greek yogurt which I am keeping in my ice bucket, some protein bars, and some fruit.
Kim - so fun about the pink jacket!0 -
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I am excited about th women's march. I will be marching locally but would love to hear how it goes in Washington .
Me, too! I am marching locally (Canada!), but am really hoping we get good (tv or online) coverage of what is going on in Washington, DC.
I marched locally, but had several friends in NYC and DC. So much positive energy in one place!!. Now to move mountains with it. It's going to be tough going for some time, but it definitely showed that there is power in numbers. WE can make a difference together.0 -
Loads of marches took place in the UK too - definitely a global stand on this one!
Went to the gym and did combat last night for a change. Intended to get up and go lift this morning, but it just wasn't going to happen as I had a rotten night's sleep, so am planning on giving it a try after work tonight instead. I just *know* that the gym is going to be busy and I will regret not having made the effort this morning, but hey ho - some days are just like that, I guess!
Aigre, well done on keeping the food stuff in check while you are away!0 -
Hey all,
Checking in again from San Diego. Feel like a bit of a PITA, but checking in is definitely keeping me motivated.
Did some leg stuff this morning. Couldn't do all of it.
Squats on smith machine, very weird feeling. Felt like this was hurting my knees and back as opposed to my regular BB squats. Abandoned after a few sets. Couldn't figure out the weights.
RFESS - 4x10@15 lb kb
RDL - 4x10@70 lb (35 kbx2)
Reverse lunge - 4x10@20 lb kb
Hip thrusts - 4x20@35 lb kb
Feel like that was a pretty decent workout for the circumstances, definitely better than nothing!0 -
Way to get it done Kim and Aigre. While I'm over here being a lazy butt. 10 days out of the gym. I seriously need to get it together. On the bright side. I'm eating at performance/maintenance and have been completely weight stable. BONUS. I had a crazy day at work followed by the wake for a friend's brother (49, died of an allergic reaction to something, so incredibly sad.)
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Squats on smith machine, very weird feeling. Felt like this was hurting my knees and back as opposed to my regular BB squats. Abandoned after a few sets. Couldn't figure out the weights.
Just don't use a smith machine. I don't know why these exist. They control the bar path for you, but it does not mean it is suitable for the way YOU squat. Everyone is individual and the smith machine does not allow for this.
I am still trying to troubleshoot issues. My coach has enlisted the help of a guy who specialises in movement mechanics to get to the crux of my issue with squats. It is likely the same thing holding back and causing the injury on my DLs. My back is still not 100% - have seen GP, had Xray (all ok) and now referred to physio. Chiropractor and massage therapist also unsure. Sigh.
So I am having a week filming all my lifts at bodyweight - which is DULL. I'm glad someone is invested in helping me but same time I just wanna lift heavy *kitten*!
Today is Australia Day - hurrah! We did a fun run as a family this morning. I did the 3.5km in 19 mins which was pretty good considering a crappy ankle and not run for a while. Kids took the dog round which was cute.
Hope everyone else is having a good week xxx
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Just don't use a smith machine. I don't know why these exist. They control the bar path for you, but it does not mean it is suitable for the way YOU squat. Everyone is individual and the smith machine does not allow for this.
Don't worry, Jo, I don't usually! I'm stuck at a hotel this week and that's all they have though. Mostly wanted to try it to see what all the fuss was about.
I may skip the gym today and just try to get a bunch of walking in outside. Hip is not feeling good and I'm not really sure what is aggravating it. Never hurts during an exercise but afterwards it is sore.
Jo - haha, my goal is to be able to squat my body weight and my DL working sets are right about bodyweight now! Sorry your back isn't behaving. Happy Australia day!
Stephie - I may have been sitting in my hotel room last night drinking a glass of wine and ordered some Tikiboo leggings shipped from the UK. My poor husband is going to roll his eyes so hard. Your fault!! ;-)
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Just don't use a smith machine. I don't know why these exist. They control the bar path for you, but it does not mean it is suitable for the way YOU squat. Everyone is individual and the smith machine does not allow for this.
Jo - haha, my goal is to be able to squat my body weight and my DL working sets are right about bodyweight now! Sorry your back isn't behaving. Happy Australia day!
When I said bodyweight, I meant just me - no bar!
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Well, I spent a couple of weeks not really using myfitnesspal but I'm trying to get back into a routine. It almost worked this last week as I lifted on the 20th but then I got a cold. Now I'm doing better and went to the gym after work.
Lower Body
squat high bar 1x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 95, 2x8 @ 135
low bar 1x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 95, 2x8 @ 135
good morning 3x10 @ 95
pause squat 3x4 @ 95
Right now I'm just working on getting consistent and back into the groove. Then I'll get to business of trying to increase my maxes.
Hope everyone is doing well. I'll have to look back and catch up with you all.0 -
Stephie - I may have been sitting in my hotel room last night drinking a glass of wine and ordered some Tikiboo leggings shipped from the UK. My poor husband is going to roll his eyes so hard. Your fault!! ;-)
HAHAHAHAHAHA - That's amazing
I haven't been to the gym this week - got struck down by a horrible cold with a horrendous cough and so haven't been sleeping well.
Didn't want to make myself worse so an unscheduled rest week it is!
Aigre - Well done for doing what you can while you are away, always tough when we're not in our normal enviroment
Dawn - Glad to see you back, I was wondering where you had been!
Jo - Well your trainer sounds on the ball at least, I hope between the three of you you can get to the bottom of your squat/DL problems
Sam - I'm sure you'll be back at the gym soon, we all have times like that
Kimi - hope you caught up on sleep
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Thanks Stephie. I was going to post more around the 20th when I did an upper body session, then got a cold so spent my days off just doing nothing. Now that I'm doing better, I can actually succeed in lifting and having something to post about.1
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Dawn - great to see you back! Sorry you've been sick.
Stephie - sorry you're sick as well!
Jo - haha, how do you even do deadlifts or bench with no bar?? Imagining you with a video of you lifting an invisible bar.
Did some back work today, still at the hotel. Lat pulldowns, cable rows, DB rows, and inverted rows. Looked for some bands to do chin ups but they didn't have any. Guess I could have done negatives but I didn't think of it. Incline treadmill for about half an hour. Then rowing machine for a 2k row. I kind of love that thing. Need to convince DH we need one for home
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Aigre - Thanks.
Went to the gym before work today and did upper body.
band pull apart - 2x10
one arm db row - 3x10 @ 37.5
bench press - 2x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 65 and 3x5 @ 80
pause bench - 2x5 @ 55
decline bench - 1x8 @ 45 and 3x8 @ 55
overhead tricep extension - 3x10 @ 25
cable bicep curl - 3x10 @ 55
face pull - 3x10 @ 55
Walk on treadmill for 30 minutes.
Then spent time at starbucks and was pretty early for work, but read a chapter while I was in the break room in a book. Have tomorrow off and have writing to do. I'm on chapter 19 in BRR and have 47,000 words so far. The first draft should have a decent word count since I've still got when things go bad and the recovery. Plus, I'm writing the next scene twice to see which POV is better.1 -
Nice workout, Dawn!
Jo - aww, hope your injury gets better soon.
My hip is still bothering me. Decided to skip long run today because of that and also feeling pretty jet lagged.
Was going to skip workout entirely but then got antsy. So I did 2 exercises I like that I thought wouldn't bother my hip. Chin ups and deadlifts.
Chin ups - 40 with assistance band. Sets of mostly 3 or 4.
Deadlifts - 1x3@83, 1x3@103, 1x3@125, 3x3@130, 2x2@135 lbs
Have been thinking about goals for the year. I am a little late for New Years, but oh well.
This year I would like to:
Squat my bodyweight (135 lbs)
Deadlift 200 lbs
OHP 60 lbs
Bench 80 lbs
Lose 5 lbs of fat (BW 135->130)
So how's that for goals?0 -
Sounds awesome Aigre and totally do-able. Smash it!0
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I made it to the gym today. Didn't wait an entire week this time. Woot! Did upper body instead of lower body as had to be in Hollywood early. Think I'm going to the North Hollywood one tomorrow after work for lower body since they don't have the hex plates at that location.
band pull aparts - 3x10
bench press - 2x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 65, 4x5 @ 85
pause bench - 3x5 @ 55 at a 5 count
incline bench - 1x8 @ 45, 3x8 @ 60
face pull - 3x12 @ 55
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Nice workout, Dawn!
How are you doing, Jo? Is your coach back?
Bench today:
Incline bench - 1x5@33 lbs, 1x5@53 lbs, 3x3@60 lbs, 1x2@65 lbs, 1x1@65 lbs. Tried for that last rep but couldn't get it up.
Decline bench - 5x6@38 lbs
DB narrow grip bench - 5x6@15 lbs dbs
DB flys - 4x8@10 lbs dbs
Overhead tricep extension - 4x12@10 lbs
Then out for a 2 mile run. Underdressed for the weather and ended up with numb feet and hands. Whoops. Hip felt ok but a little sore now. Hopefully on the way better though.0 -
Sorry I've been MIA. I've been out of the gym over two weeks. It's screwing with me mentally, but I have yet another upper respiratory infection. Not bad enough to stay home from work, but not well enough for a strenuous workout. I come home everyday and go right to bed for about two hours then struggle through the evening to take care of my boys. 0
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Sorry you aren't feeling well, Sam! Hope you get back into things soon!
Squat day today:
Back squat - 1x5@33 lbs, 1x5@53 lbs, 1x3@75 lbs, 3x3@90 lbs, 2x2@95 lbs
RFESS - 4x8@BW suspect this is one of the things aggravating my hip flexor in the back leg, so concentrating on pushing off the front leg and not "assisting" with the back
RDL - 4x8@95 lbs
Lunges - gave these a try but also aggravated my hip, so just stopped
Back extension - 4x30
Was supposed to do some ab work but ran out of time, maybe will try to get it in tonight before bed.
Happy hump day!0 -
Ended up not going to the gym yesterday. Today, made it to the gym after dropping off my sister at her internship as I have today off.
front squats - 2x8 @ 45, 1x8 @ 65 and 3x8 @ 85
cleans - 2x8 @ 45, rough couple of sets working on the form so had to pause often to set up and had a couple fail attempts during, 1x6 @ 65 and 1x5 @ 65
deadlifts 1x8 @ 135, 1x5 @ 155 and 3x5 @ 185
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Right, well I was on here on Monday with the good intention of updating you all and checking in, and in the middle of my post got a phone call from nursery to say that my daughter had thrown up and could I please come and get her.
So 48 hour exclusion period meant 2 days off work at home with my poorly little one. And I sent her back in today when I probably shouldn't have as she's still having dodgy nappies, although not too frequently.
I have gotten in touch with a nutritionist today, I need help with my diet and her prices seem reasonable (£100 for initial 90 minute and follow up 60 minute appointment, with future follow ups at £25).
My new years goals for my lifts are:
Squat: 100kg
Deadlifts: 120kg
Bench press: 60kg
On monday I pulled 90kg on DL for 4 and then 3 reps which is the most ever
I think the DL could be achievable, I don't know about squat and I seriously question bench!
But I am having some major TMI problems with heavy squats so I also need to get a referral to go and see a pelvic health physiotherapist. 2017 will be the year of professional help apparently!0 -
Nice goals, Stephie! I will be lucky to see those numbers in my lifetime Sorry your baby is sick. The older I get the more I realize that professional help is worth the money. I always think I can do things on my own, and maybe I can, but people who know what they are doing help so much faster! And on the TMI issue, while you are waiting for the referral, try Thinx
4 mile run this morning. Actually 3.99 miles per my app. I'm not sure why I didn't keep running another 0.01 miles, but I was at my doorstep and just stopped. That sort of thing drives me nuts, even though logically there is no difference. Deadlifts tomorrow!1 -
Stephie - Great goals! Hope the baby is doing better.
Aigre - Nice job running. I haven't done for a run in way too long. Have to work with treadmills for now. Yay for deadlifts!
Another day and gym. I am helping out at a different store, which is even smaller than most because it's primarily a pharmacy with a small bit of front end. They need help preparing for inventory so I'll be there twice a week. There isn't much nearby but there is a 24 hour fitness. Sister's internship ends later than when I get off so I'll be using the gym after work on Thursdays and Fridays for now.
However, she got done a little early, so I had a shortened lifting session today.
band pull apart - 3x10
one arm db row - 3x10 @ 37.5
bench press - 2x10 @ 45, 1x8 @ 65 and 3x5 @ 85
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Nice benching, Dawn!
Deadlifts this morning at 4:30 am
Deadlifts - 1x5@83 lbs, 1x3@103 lbs, 1x3@125 lbs, 3x3@130 lbs, 2x2@135 lbs
Inverted rows - 5x8
Chin ups - 40 total with assistance band, sets of 4, 3, or 2. Ugh.
Meadow rows - 5x12 with bar
Cable row - 4x12 with resistance band
Dumbbell row - 4x12@17.5 db
Was supposed to walk 15 minutes on the treadmill after, but my daughter woke up. Hoping to sleep in a bit tomorrow.
Happy Friday everyone, and have a great weekend!0 -
Well done everybody. I've been here reading posts but not had much to say..... training has had a few bumps in the road between coach availability, me not liking the programming and my injury.
Have been to see physio now - seems promising.
Back to my previous coach after many, many discussions about my goals and the clubs overall availability and commitment to remote coaching.
Still not been lifting anything heavy which makes me want to cry. Have increased cardio a bit to counteract the reduced energy expenditure. Am NOT going to get fat while this all occurs
But this Tuesday am going to the club to make a plan with my coach, who I get on with well. Hoping we can smooth over any issues as I have no idea where else to go with my training!
Stephie - awesome goals!0 -
I didn't realize this group was still active! I'm doing my 4th workout B, stage 1, tomorrow! Excited to be halfway done. Just switched gyms from Planet Fitness to an LA Fitness. Excited to have real barbells!0
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Aubrey - Great that you're getting through it and at a different gym. Planet Fitness does have some benefits but for barbell work, often other places tend to be a better fit.
No gym right now for me. Dealing with computer troubles. Had to have laptop reset, which means it's back to the start with no files or anything I'd ever added over the years. I have an external hard drive, but it's not connecting right now to any laptop. I need to maybe try and find a different chord to use. I do have some things saved on thumb drives and we save one file in particular to a micro SD. Going to take me time to get things back together.0
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