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I think squats three times a week might be too much for my poor legs. Does anyone else just have a general ache in their legs all day, every day? I don't feel sore, I feel achy. Argh.
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Had a crazy week with work parties every night and other things and ended up at the gym this morning after a full 7 days off. Last time I went, the squats were ridiculously hard, so I decided to bump them back 10% and work up again. I had already done something similar with OHP, so I just kept going with that and…
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Had my first fail today! On bench press, but I had a spotter, so I can't help you, yirara (sorry!) As I suspected in my September Goals, I failed at 95#. I got 5, 5, 5, 3, 4. Will try again on Friday at 95#. One thing I need to focus on is when it gets too heavy and I can't lift it anymore, I need to stomp my feet DOWN.…
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Talk to me more about bailing on a squat... I think I'm close to having to bail, but the logistics of it may be the only thing that has kept me actually doing all 5x5! Do you bail forward or backward? Do you run away as you drop the weight? Or crumple under it? My husband sometimes sees me do squats from across the gym and…
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Form crappy at 120? I'm there, too. Squatted 130 this morning and I can tell I need to keep my chest up. I think I'm good with the knees out and weight on the heels. I switched from 55# dumbbells to 45# bar for the OHP today. I'm still coming back from a shoulder injury and my chiro recommended I do dumbbells instead of…
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Workout A this morning. My gym is getting more crowded. I think I have to make sure to get there before 6am rather than a little after. That might make the difference. Squat: 115# Bench/Row: 80# Tried warming up slower today and it worked well. Thanks for all the tips! The weights are feeling more and more challenging for…
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Second workout of September. These weights are starting to get heavy! I just posted my Sept goals. If I keep going linearly, I'm going to be getting really close to my 1RM for some of these lifts. We'll see how it goes. I'm still only taking about 90 sec. between sets. The first set of squats seems tough, but then by the…
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Just looked ahead and if I keep going as I have been, I'll be really close to my previous 1RM for squat and bench press by the end of September (165# and 110#, respectively). As such, my goals: Keep progressing linearly for: Rows, Deadlift, OHP Get to 5x5@150# in squats Get to 5x5@95# in bench press That would put me at:…
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Workout A this morning and I'm continuing to increase at 5#/workout, but it is starting to get heavy! I am still resting only about a minute between sets and that is sufficient, but I can tell that, especially with bench, this will increase soon. Finished this week with: DL and Squat - 95# Bench and Row - 70# OH Press -…
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Just finished week 3! Squat - 85# Bench - 65# Row - 65# OHP - 35# (using dumbells to get to 45#, then switching to the bar) DL - 85# Going up by 5 for each excersize, though I might bump up the deadlift. My 1RM is around 185#, and it seems strange to be squatting more than I'm DL. I'm still doing all 5x5s fairly easily on…
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Completed my first week of SL! The weights are pretty light, for me, which is good because I'm also on Day 8 of a Whole30 (Paleo eating challenge) and my energy is gone. Also, I'm enjoying how short the workouts are right now. I went to a yoga class on Tuesday and slept in Thursday. I forgot that "fitness yoga" is so…
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Hello Everyone! I started SL5x5 this morning with Workout A. I have been doing crossfit and know that I can squat, bench and deadlift a lot more than the starting weight, but I am sticking with the "marathon not sprint" premise and starting low and slow. I found a fixed weight bar with 45# that I used for the rows, so that…
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100 burpee pullups with a partner. We did 10 at a time and worked our way through, but man! That was rough!
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I typically have the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day for a work week. You can see my diary for this week has Breakfast through afternoon snack set for the whole week. For breakfast - roasted sweet potato and egg cassarole (browned ground beef with some seasoning, dump into loaf pan, pour pint of egg whites and…
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My February goal is to stick to 80+% paleo, get back in the habit of running 3x a week, and keep going to kickboxing. I also have to ask my boss for permission for a long lunch on Fridays for daytime kickboxing. And yoga 3x this month (once already!). All of these goals are null and void for the 4 days that I am visiting…
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I'm shooting for 2 weeks completely gluten free. I'm "a decade" above Elaykins and snickerdude, but I am also targetting being firmly in the 140s for February. My ultimate goal is to hang out around 145. I was almost there before Thanksgiving and then I went CRAZY. So, now I'm hovering just above 150 and I think another…
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theRage = laraeverhage
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Fajita Salads! Spring mix Skirt steak grilled onion, pepper and tomatoes lime juice dressing cheddar cheese I had the steak marinating ready to use last night for steak and eggs, but then my husband was late from work, so I ended up making the eggs with bacon instead.
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I would say that Paleo (of fat/protien) full is different from grain full. After eating a ton of rice or spaghetti, I used to feel uncomfortable full. With Paleo, I feel satisfied, but never uncomfortable. Could also be a reduction in portion size for me. As far as light-headedness, make sure you're drinking enough water!…
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I've been an eMeals subscriber for a few months and recently tested the Paleo plan. The food is delicious and mostly dairy free with optional cheese and dairy occasionally. There is a sample menu on their website. Emeals has simplified my life *1000. I recommend it to anyone/everyone.
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The distance covered is what counts toward your calorie burn. If you want to take less time to burn the same calories, work on going faster. If you work on going faster and covering more distance in the same amount of time, you'll burn more calories.
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Check out ZuzkaLight on YouTube for some awesome bodyweight exercise. She has really intense 10-20 minute workouts that you can do anywhere. Also bodyrock.TV.
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I like to use salsa and lime juice - works great for taco salads at mexican restaurants (or at home).
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Breakfast #1: Bacon, eggs scrambled in the bacon fat with cream cheese and hatch chili salsa with a cup of coffee with heavy cream. Yum! Breakfast #2: Crustless herbed quiche - eggs, parsely, thyme, heavy cream, goat cheese Dinner #1: Blackened Skirt Steak (smoked paprika, cumin, red pepper flakes, coconut oil) with BLT…
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I'm interested! I have about 5-10 lbs left to lose and I'd love to do it in September! I also have a birthday in September, so I'd love a small group with tips about how to feel like I'm celebrating without MFP seeing the difference :-)
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Some people "eat" their exercise calories and others don't. I find that after I burn a lot of calories exercising, I am really hungry afterwards, so I try to limit myself to eating only half of my exercise calories or fewer. Some days, that's a struggle!
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I'm adding all of you, too! Looking to lose another 10 pounds. Maybe more, maybe less. I'm trying to focus on how I feel, which right now is pretty dang good! I'm not great with message boards, so I'd love to have "friends"!
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HIIT is High Intensity Interval Training. It doesn't have to be running - it can be any kind of workout - running, swimming, burpees, squats, pushups, whatever - as long as you're going as hard as you can and getting your heart rate up to max effort. Typically, you go 20 seconds hard, 10 seconds rest for 10 mintues or so.…
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For those of you doing this challenge - how do you enter the plank in your exercise log on MyFitnessPal? I tried to log it, but I don't know how to estimate the # of calories burned - even though I know it isn't a lot. I at least want to track so I know when I'm getting better!
