GIFt us your lifts! (or other achievements!)
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Back at the gym. Man it's humbling to be starting back so low, but I'm going to be keeping my squat weight low so that I can focus on my form and depth.
This is only 135lb (5x5), but it felt pretty good.
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My gym has strict rules about wearing shoes at all times, so seeing guys in the background in only socks is a little odd at first...0
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My gym has strict rules about wearing shoes at all times, so seeing guys in the background in only socks is a little odd at first...
I've found this kind of silly... Most of the shoes that are used in the gym will do little to nothing to protect your feet from a loaded barbell or even a plate falling.
Typically most people wear their shoes to their station, but often go in socks for deadlifts /squats or leg press0 -
Hey all. I know I've been quiet here, too, but still keeping up with updates and hope everyone is doing well and getting what they need.
Candidly, I've been struggling, too.
I'm wrestling with procrastination and self-sabotage left and right. My mental health is taking a hit. I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm just complaining but I'm not truly happy with just about anything.
As my teens would say, "REAL." I don't know you, but you had me at "favorite of the three cats." I'm so sorry! I also have three, and one is really old and on 4 different types of medicine.
Like Sandy said, I've been off here too since late July. Sandy--I'm sorry to hear your son was in a crisis unit. I don't know your struggle, but my 17 year old son is severely autistic and non-verbal, and at times that's been really tough. {hugs}
My good news: I finished my 6 months of preventative oral chemo two weeks ago (surgery for colon cancer back in Dec). The bad: I'm up 20 lbs since mid-summer, and unlike some of you guys on here, it isn't from working out in the weight room. Apparently with the drug I was on, women either lose 20 lbs (less likely) or gain 20 (more likely). The silver lining is that weight gain tends to indicate that the chemo worked. Aaaand I'm 48 and couldn't dye my hair while on chemo, and it is coming in WHITE. Kinda cool, kinda not. So I feel like an old granny, esp. when I got a look at my (fatter) self on Zoom today.
On the exercise front: I've only been going on really short walks and eating too much. And I've started teaching again. Hard to feel motivated to do extra beyond household chores. I miss the days (was it just last summer?) of triathlon brick workouts. This starting from scratch business is hard.
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It is hard. But the alternative (cancer treatment failed and you're only a memory) is out of the question, so rejoice in the hard!1
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »I've found this kind of silly... Most of the shoes that are used in the gym will do little to nothing to protect your feet from a loaded barbell or even a plate falling.
I'm guessing the rule is less a matter of saving the foot from what falls on top, and more hoping to maintain better traction on the bottom of the foot to minimize people slipping in the middle of a crowded weight area.
Of course, it could also just be part of the whole "family atmosphere" the gym is trying to promote, requiring non-provocative clothing, men must wear shirts at all times (yet half the women are only wearing a sports bra), that kind of thing.1 -
Last night was a great session. Humbling still in that it's taking me time to get back to feeling full strength, but still. The lifts moved well and felt stable and controlled.
Thought this was a neat compilation...
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A two-hour marathon, doing all three Big Lifts in a single workout, and you're disappointed...you never cease to amaze me, my lady!1
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I'm about 7 weeks into my cut, lost just over 5 lbs, was really worried I was going to see my lifting numbers suffer.
Looks like I need not have worried, as my lifts are either staying strong or even in several cases increasing! True, I've backed off trying for a 1RM, but otherwise life remains good in the gym. I've noticed my arms look slightly smaller (or maybe that's just my brain thinking so), but starting to see the striations in a few spots, and my pants have stopped being snug at the waistline. If I can keep up for another 6-8 weeks, can't wait to see what the mirror looks like!
(But man, after 18 months of bulking and eating anytime I felt hungry, this having hunger thing sux! lol)3 -
I'm about 7 weeks into my cut, lost just over 5 lbs, was really worried I was going to see my lifting numbers suffer.
Looks like I need not have worried, as my lifts are either staying strong or even in several cases increasing! True, I've backed off trying for a 1RM, but otherwise life remains good in the gym. I've noticed my arms look slightly smaller (or maybe that's just my brain thinking so), but starting to see the striations in a few spots, and my pants have stopped being snug at the waistline. If I can keep up for another 6-8 weeks, can't wait to see what the mirror looks like!
(But man, after 18 months of bulking and eating anytime I felt hungry, this having hunger thing sux! lol)
Stick with it. When you finish your cut you should post an update in the dadbod thread. I look forward to seeing your results.3 -
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I'm about 7 weeks into my cut, lost just over 5 lbs, was really worried I was going to see my lifting numbers suffer.
Looks like I need not have worried, as my lifts are either staying strong or even in several cases increasing! True, I've backed off trying for a 1RM, but otherwise life remains good in the gym. I've noticed my arms look slightly smaller (or maybe that's just my brain thinking so), but starting to see the striations in a few spots, and my pants have stopped being snug at the waistline. If I can keep up for another 6-8 weeks, can't wait to see what the mirror looks like!
(But man, after 18 months of bulking and eating anytime I felt hungry, this having hunger thing sux! lol)
Great job and yay for the lifts not suffering! It's so awesome to see the changes coming through for you!1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Last night was a great session. Humbling still in that it's taking me time to get back to feeling full strength, but still. The lifts moved well and felt stable and controlled.
Thought this was a neat compilation...
This was so awesome to see Sandy!
And agree with Mike, 2 hours with all 3 big lifts is awesome!I'm about 7 weeks into my cut, lost just over 5 lbs, was really worried I was going to see my lifting numbers suffer.
Looks like I need not have worried, as my lifts are either staying strong or even in several cases increasing! True, I've backed off trying for a 1RM, but otherwise life remains good in the gym. I've noticed my arms look slightly smaller (or maybe that's just my brain thinking so), but starting to see the striations in a few spots, and my pants have stopped being snug at the waistline. If I can keep up for another 6-8 weeks, can't wait to see what the mirror looks like!
(But man, after 18 months of bulking and eating anytime I felt hungry, this having hunger thing sux! lol)
We definantly want a gif of the transformation sir! Glad to hear the lifting numbers are staying the same or even increasing, that is a win-win0 -
Currently back in the gym for almost 5 weeks now.
Focussed mainly on my benching, doing that twice a week and alternating squats and deadlifts the 3th day each week.
Can really see a difference in my arms now after doing more upper body work these last 5 weeks.
Doing this, till i get back to a number i have in my head for my bench for reps of 6-8
For my legs i have focusses more on leg extensions, leg curls and leg press rather just just doing squats
And doing a lot more accessory work for my upper back as well when it's also deadlift day, such as reverse fly's, mag handle rows and pulldowns
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Today was supposed to be my upper body hypertrophy day, but I woke up yesterday with a sore wrist after sleeping wrong (yay, getting older!) and it's not better today, so I opted to do my leg day instead and will be taking next week off from lifting (I'm allowed one week off per quarter, and I haven't taken it yet in third quarter). Will continue with the cardio next week, though.
Today was weigh-in day, and my weight back up from last week. Looks like it's time to tighten down on the food logging a little more, if I want to drop those final 4 lbs I want to lose between now and the start of November when my next bulk begins.0 -
Today was supposed to be my upper body hypertrophy day, but I woke up yesterday with a sore wrist after sleeping wrong (yay, getting older!) and it's not better today, so I opted to do my leg day instead and will be taking next week off from lifting (I'm allowed one week off per quarter, and I haven't taken it yet in third quarter). Will continue with the cardio next week, though.
Today was weigh-in day, and my weight back up from last week. Looks like it's time to tighten down on the food logging a little more, if I want to drop those final 4 lbs I want to lose between now and the start of November when my next bulk begins.
I feel like I can't catch a break either. Last week was a deload week, which I took super light. I got my sleep schedule back to some semblance of normal and responsible-adult-like. One morning (maybe Friday? who's to say) I woke up with a stiff neck, which has nearly almost resolved itself, then this morning I woke up with vertigo-like dizziness. Stayed home from the office and just finally started feeling human at like 2:30pm. I'm at like 176 and would need to be close to 170 for my winter bulk, and I was planning on running a four week strength block before the Fall Garage Gym lifting competition, but at least day one got delayed... oh well.
After seeing a video on Lou Ferigno's training, I'm going to try a 4:1 asynchronous split for a while to see if I like it.0 -
This took me a minute to research on the web, as every search I tried to run led me to YouTube videos which are blocked by my work firewall. Eventually found one site which explained an asynchronous split as simply not exactly equaling one week (Mon-Sun) but has its own pace, say a 4-day pattern of Push-Pull-Legs-Rest-repeat, meaning you may do Push on Monday/Friday this week, then Tuesday/Saturday next week, and keeps migrating a day each week.
I can understand the appeal of the pattern by itself, but with work, church, watching NFL, etc, aka everything else in my life done on a 7-day pattern, that split is not for me, as I want to avoid lifting on Sunday. You do you, let us know how it works out for you.0 -
Today was supposed to be my upper body hypertrophy day, but I woke up yesterday with a sore wrist after sleeping wrong (yay, getting older!) and it's not better today, so I opted to do my leg day instead and will be taking next week off from lifting (I'm allowed one week off per quarter, and I haven't taken it yet in third quarter). Will continue with the cardio next week, though.
Today was weigh-in day, and my weight back up from last week. Looks like it's time to tighten down on the food logging a little more, if I want to drop those final 4 lbs I want to lose between now and the start of November when my next bulk begins.
I feel like I can't catch a break either. Last week was a deload week, which I took super light. I got my sleep schedule back to some semblance of normal and responsible-adult-like. One morning (maybe Friday? who's to say) I woke up with a stiff neck, which has nearly almost resolved itself, then this morning I woke up with vertigo-like dizziness. Stayed home from the office and just finally started feeling human at like 2:30pm. I'm at like 176 and would need to be close to 170 for my winter bulk, and I was planning on running a four week strength block before the Fall Garage Gym lifting competition, but at least day one got delayed... oh well.
After seeing a video on Lou Ferigno's training, I'm going to try a 4:1 asynchronous split for a while to see if I like it.
Sorry to hear about the aches and pains. Hope you feel 100% tomorrow. Lou was ahead of his time. I wrote my next routine based on one of his splits. I’m looking forward to starting it in two weeks. I hope you enjoy that split and look forward to hearing how it works for you.1 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »Currently back in the gym for almost 5 weeks now.
Focussed mainly on my benching, doing that twice a week and alternating squats and deadlifts the 3th day each week.
Can really see a difference in my arms now after doing more upper body work these last 5 weeks.
Doing this, till i get back to a number i have in my head for my bench for reps of 6-8
For my legs i have focusses more on leg extensions, leg curls and leg press rather just just doing squats
And doing a lot more accessory work for my upper back as well when it's also deadlift day, such as reverse fly's, mag handle rows and pulldowns
This is awesome, Gus! Way to get back into it!0 -
Today was supposed to be my upper body hypertrophy day, but I woke up yesterday with a sore wrist after sleeping wrong (yay, getting older!) and it's not better today, so I opted to do my leg day instead and will be taking next week off from lifting (I'm allowed one week off per quarter, and I haven't taken it yet in third quarter). Will continue with the cardio next week, though.
Today was weigh-in day, and my weight back up from last week. Looks like it's time to tighten down on the food logging a little more, if I want to drop those final 4 lbs I want to lose between now and the start of November when my next bulk begins.
I feel like I can't catch a break either. Last week was a deload week, which I took super light. I got my sleep schedule back to some semblance of normal and responsible-adult-like. One morning (maybe Friday? who's to say) I woke up with a stiff neck, which has nearly almost resolved itself, then this morning I woke up with vertigo-like dizziness. Stayed home from the office and just finally started feeling human at like 2:30pm. I'm at like 176 and would need to be close to 170 for my winter bulk, and I was planning on running a four week strength block before the Fall Garage Gym lifting competition, but at least day one got delayed... oh well.
After seeing a video on Lou Ferigno's training, I'm going to try a 4:1 asynchronous split for a while to see if I like it.
I feel this acutely. I decided to set a plan and the first week back... family and work derailed it.
Started back again on Oct 1st (logging, goal setting, water increase)... planned to lift Monday and Thursday (tonight), and sure enough, my band is performing on Friday so we have to go in tonight to load in our gear and get set up.... no lifting for me tonight, or tomorrow. Better get it done Saturday!
Seems like no matter what I plan to do, I have to adjust it - and my brain doesn't like that. Not sure why my lifting plans don't roll with the punches like the rest of my life does.
Here's hoping the vertigo passes as quickly as it onset and that you are able to get moving on that strength block!0 -
Not a gif...but birthday post!
This is 48. It's been a year of ups and downs, scale wise and lift wise. I'm back to logging and have upped my pace on the treadmill.
Trying to set a new routine (but it's hard with all the demands of life), still...not going to quit!
Here's to the ever steady climb to 50. May it look better than 40 did!
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Looking great, lady!
One thing, though...I cannot believe you're older than I am! (By 8 months, but still...) Could've sworn I had you beat by at least a decade...1 -
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Sandy, while at the gym today I thought of you when I saw a couple women working out. One was alternating sets of squats with sets of pullups, the other was doing sets of weighted pullups with an extra 25lbs dangling from her belt. I figure the two of them combined maybe weigh as much as you (nothing about YOU, just that these gals were so dang petite, doing pullups with that little weight has to be easier).0
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Sandy, while at the gym today I thought of you when I saw a couple women working out. One was alternating sets of squats with sets of pullups, the other was doing sets of weighted pullups with an extra 25lbs dangling from her belt. I figure the two of them combined maybe weigh as much as you (nothing about YOU, just that these gals were so dang petite, doing pullups with that little weight has to be easier).
I like to think that my height / weight puts me at a disadvantage when trying to do pullups, because I just suck at them. I do not look tiny from an upper body / back perspective, but for the life of me, pullups is not one exercise I seem to be able to grow at (not like I do with Squats).
No offense taken about my weight... I'm 6'1 and 200lbs. Maybe one day I'll be lighter again, but seeing as I just had two fudge coated oreos with my french vanilla coffee... I'm thinking maybe not. LMAO1 -
Priorities, baby! Priorities! lol0
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I may not get them in as often as I want to, but I'm still thrilled after I've done them0 -
You definitely work like you're trying to make up for lost time! Almost two hours and 47k+ lifted? Nice, lady, nice!1
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Sandy, while at the gym today I thought of you when I saw a couple women working out. One was alternating sets of squats with sets of pullups, the other was doing sets of weighted pullups with an extra 25lbs dangling from her belt. I figure the two of them combined maybe weigh as much as you (nothing about YOU, just that these gals were so dang petite, doing pullups with that little weight has to be easier).
I like to think that my height / weight puts me at a disadvantage when trying to do pullups, because I just suck at them. I do not look tiny from an upper body / back perspective, but for the life of me, pullups is not one exercise I seem to be able to grow at (not like I do with Squats).
No offense taken about my weight... I'm 6'1 and 200lbs. Maybe one day I'll be lighter again, but seeing as I just had two fudge coated oreos with my french vanilla coffee... I'm thinking maybe not. LMAO
I personally think that your weight and height match perfectly!
And just look at you!
I don't know any other woman over 40 looking as good as you do Sandy!
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Minion_training_program wrote: »Currently back in the gym for almost 5 weeks now.
Focussed mainly on my benching, doing that twice a week and alternating squats and deadlifts the 3th day each week.
Can really see a difference in my arms now after doing more upper body work these last 5 weeks.
Doing this, till i get back to a number i have in my head for my bench for reps of 6-8
For my legs i have focusses more on leg extensions, leg curls and leg press rather just just doing squats
And doing a lot more accessory work for my upper back as well when it's also deadlift day, such as reverse fly's, mag handle rows and pulldowns
This is awesome, Gus! Way to get back into it!
Well, after i posted that, 1 week after things went downhill, as my father was getting really sick, and being in hospital for almost a week.
Driving to and back from hospital almost every day, and all the stress it gave me, made my back hurt again...
Hadn't worked out during this time and the weeks after. He is now back home again, but still sick.
His resistance levels were 90 (where 200 is supposed to be a minimum)
Went to hospital again yesterday for talks with the specialist there who treats him.
Worked out maybe 3 times in last 2 weeks.
But things are starting to get back to normal. He got his medicines and back home, now it's going to take time for him to get back to his old self.
He lost 8kg in 2,5 week time...Barely eats anything, because he can barely hold it in.2
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