Thanks Karen! My weight can vary by 5lbs in either direction on a day to day basis, lol, or at least it used to. My highest was about 140 or 142 and I dont think I looked tooo much different, btu i felt heavier if it makes any sense. Anyway, thanks for the sweet comments!
I asked my bf about the protein too... (he used to be a personal trainer and is now getting his doctorate in physical therapy)... he said to look more at the grams than the actual percentages, and when I did that I found that my protein intake isn't as bad as I thought... I'm averaging about 1g/pound of BW, which I think is what I'm supposed to be shooting for. I'll post the gram amounts for last week later.
As for today's workout:
28Jan08 Workout 4A
Tried to do my version of a dynamic warm-up, lol... not sure how I did, but I'll work on finding an actual warm-up I like.
Squats:
1x12 of 50lbs
1x12 of 55lbs
Pushups:
1x12 at 45degrees
1x12 at ~40degrees
Seated Rows:
2x12 at 50lbs
Step-ups:
2x12 at BW
Jack-knives:
2x10 with BW
Notes:
-2nd set of squats was more difficult, I couldn't get all the way down to parallel, so I will stay at 50 next time.
-Push-ups felt pretty good... I used the Smith machien this time and don't know what the exact angle was but I think I'm getting a little lower to the ground, not much though.
-Rows felt good, stayed at 50lbs for both sets. Had to wait for teh 2nd set since 2 peopel decided to cut in front of me and use it, but whatever
-Step-ups I went back down to BW to check form and try to stop cheating. As someone on one of the threads so accurately put it, I am like Bambi learning to walk when it comes to these... I need to try to lessen the wobbly-ness of my knees.
-Jack-knives: I like these, they were a little rough today since my balance seemed off, but they feel good.
-Overall, I feel like my workouts are good, but I don't sweat as much as I think I should. Actually I didn't start sweating/breathing heavy till the 1st set of jack-knives. But I'm doing as high a weight as I can with good form on every exercise so I don't know why I don't feel more "spent". After my workouts I feel good, but an hour later it feels like I didn't do anything.... not sure why that is...
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