drewbransmama

I got my barbells and weights on craigslist :smile:

Great job!!!! I'm so happy to hear other women on here doing the same program! Keep at it! :wink:

Thank you SO much! I will for sure be downloading the spreadsheet! Yeah, I am excited to start this....and even more excited hearing your improvements. I am pretty fit too...and am not totally new to lifting (I have been for about a year..maybe a little longer) and I agree with you that there are other programs that would…

Okay, I got it now! whew...thank goodness a couple people answered my question on my post about this. I was going nuts! haha!

AH, Thank you BOTH sooooo much! I was getting so frustrated and I think I looked at it too long, going back and forth so much till I was completely confused! Thanks for the clarification! Now I can sleep tonight! :happy:

You'll get there! Just go up little by little! Are you sure your barbell is 35 pounds? Im just asking cause I have 2 here that are 45 pounds. I see what you mean about some of the book being unnecessary. heee heee! But, overall I really liked it too. Although, I am a little frustrated now because I want to start on Tuesday…

HI, I just searched this because I am about to start it! Just wondering if you started it yet. I will be doing it at home. I have a "gym" set up in my garage. I would say you would need a barbell.....

:wink: My favorite for the punching bag!

Yep, that's killer too! We do a workout here in my garage sometimes that we call "10-1 ball slam/burpees" You do 10 burpees, 1 ball slam 9 burpees, 2 ball slams 8 burpees, 3 ball slams ....you get the point. Until you are down to 1 burpee, 10 ball slams. Makes me want to puke just thinking about it!

Yeah, it's kinda fun....until about day 80 :laugh: But, if feels great when you complete it! Do it!!!!!!

haha!

Me too...after doing that challenge! True, there are other ways...less puky kinda ways! But, I like to do different challenges in addition to my workouts and this was one I truly didn't know if I could complete! Not just the 100 burpees on day 100. But just doing burpees day after day after day after day...for 100 days.…

I know....they are awful! You could take the challenge and just see how far you get? :happy: You might just surprise yourself!

I'm 5'2, 109 pounds. I deadlift 3x5 at 135 pounds, squat 3x5 at 105 pounds, and bench press 3x5 at 95 pounds. I have a weakness with strict press....but for now it's 3X5 at about 55 pounds. Thanks for posting this....I love seeing what other women lift. There are some IMPRESSIVE bench press numbers in here!:wink:

Thank you "Zombieslayer"....so....just worrying about meeting my macros? Even if I do come up short on calories? Have you done this and had it work out for you? I am just trying to be really accurate because I got to my goal weight and now want to maintain because I am going to be lifting. But, I kept going down...so I…

Well....that stinks! hahaha! So, what is it best to do? Meet your calories for the day? Or just meet all your macros for the day? Thanks so much for sharing that article!

I love that! Thanks for sharing! =)

Me and the girl that works out with me in my garage did it as our warm up. I did it in 6:27 and she did it in 10:47. Do you guys time these things? We time everything so three months down the road we can repeat them and see if we get a faster time! =)

Sounds fun! I love a challenge! I workout in my garage with a few other girls....hmmm...I might just make this our workout for tomorrow! Thanks!

Looks like I have some more to look into and figure out. For now I guess I will just slowly start upping my calories and see where it takes me. Thank you so much for your time and all your help. =)

Also, as far as loosing muscle...I have thought about that because it is important to me that I don't. I have been feeling weak....just the last 2 days. But, I lift pretty heavy (for a girl! HAHA) and I tested it. I bench press 3 sets of 5 at 95 pounds...and I am still able to do that. I have also been keeping up on my…

Oh, and as far as my non activity lever...or what I do when I am not working out...I am a mommy to 2 boys ages, 6 and 4 So, even in my "non-active" time, I am probably still pretty active.

Thank you so much for your input and taking time to try to help me out with this! I am new to all of this. I have been working out (consistanly) for a couple years now. But, honestly, I have never really had to worry too much about my weight. It was just very recently that I realized I was about 10 pounds more that what my…

Hmmm....maybe I am misunderstanding? As far as my calories burned I just looked it up online for my age, gender, weight and activity level. It said 1770. A few months ago, I wore a body bugg for a few days and that is right about what it was coming out at (I don't have access to the body bugg anymore). So you said my BRM…

This may have been said...I didn't get to read all of the responses. I know for me around 2/3 o'clock, I start wanting to eat everything in sight. Especially sweets! But, I have noticed a pattern with me lately since I have been logging my food. If I have cereal or something like that for breakfast, I for sure have…