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What a great story. Awesome job. Thank you for the inspiration. Mind if I ask how many calories you're eating these days to maintain? And what sort of physical activity you're getting (besides running around after your kids, haha)?
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PAV8888 - thanks for writing all of that out. I appreciate it. I’m going to go ahead and bump up my calories and see what happens. I’m excited to push the limits of my metabolism and see what that baby can do (:
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Get after it!
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Upper body day today. I used resistance bands and a sandbag. I did 3-5 sets of each, with 12-15 per set. This was about 45min. - Lat pull downs - Horizontal rows - Front shoulder raises - Side shoulder raises - Pushups (normal, pike, and diamond) - Vertical rows - Horizontal pull aparts - Overhead shoulder presses - Tricep…
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That sounds like a fun and active day to me!
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BMI 21ish RHR 50 I’m an athletic 26 year old girl.
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Thanks. You’re definitely right that personal experimentation with trial and error is the best way to know my own maintenance. I guess what makes it confusing is that in the past, I have maintained roughly the same weight on anywhere from 1500 to 2300 calories a day (at least, from what I can tell... I don’t have a scale…
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That’s good to know. Thank you for your reply!
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As accurate as it can be. I weigh and measure my food.
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Lower body day today, focusing on glutes. I did each exercise for at least 3 sets, but more if I could stand it (for example I probably did more like 12 sets of the hip thrusts). Total workout took around an hour. -hip thrusts (using 60lb sandbag as weight) -squats (wearing a backpack containing a 50lb sandbag) -froggers…
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Since the gym is closed due to coronavirus, I thought I'd try to make my own home workout. I'd love to hear if anyone has tips/tricks/recs for solid home workouts! The only "real" equipment I have to work with is a booty band. 4 loops, with 2-3 min rest between loops 45 sec exercise / 15 min rest -- -- Banded squats…
