Completed workout B today.
Just wondering, why do people curl in the squat rack? This guy with his girlfriend were curling in the squat rack. The guy was using the barbell with 65lbs (yes I said 65) and his gf was using the ez-curl bar. Maybe he wanted to appear as if he was lifting more. I understand putting the bar on the squat rack to load the weight (this is what I do for deads) but after that keep it off the rack and on the floor (not right in front of the squat rack either). I can't understand why people leave it on the squat rack while they rest. Is it really too much to lift the bar off the ground to do a curl with a barbell? My gym has 2 racks an 2 cages. On Saturdays there is usually a wait and find that very inconsiderate!
Back to my workout -
Deadlifts WU 45/8, 95/15, 95/15 60 sec rest The first set went smooth and wasn't struggling, but the second one I had to regroup at 8.
Alternating Sets
Dumbbell Shoulder Press 8/15, 8/15 60 sec rest
Widegrip Lat Pull downs 40/15, 50/15 60 sec rest- Upped the weight because last set was too easy.
I was very tempted to superset these two exercises, but decided not because that is not how it was in the book.
Alternating Sets
Lunge 12/15, 12/15
Crunch on Swiss w/ weight behind head - 12/10, 12/10 Made it tougher and could have pulled out a few more crunches but not many.
Wasn't tempted to do superset here!
This week I tightened all my muscles on each of my exercise to see if I notice a difference. This was a tip given in
11 Strategies to Reshape Your body by Jen Heath. Great articles throughout the
Figure Athlete site. I was able to get through my lunges with no problem and my other exercises felt somewhat easier than last week. My deads this week I maintained form throughout my entire first set an I only had to regroup once on my second set.
Fuel
Something is upsetting my stomach and causing me to become bloated. I started the Women's Ultra Mega Active VitaPak. It includes the following:
- Calcium 600
- CLA 1000
- L-Carnitine
- Women's Ultra Mega w/o iron
- Energy Enhancer
I took the calcium, ultra mega, CLA with my morning shake and the two energy enhancers pre workout.
Morning shake - 10:00 (This is 30 minutes after I woke up)
1 scope chocolate probolic protein
1 scope oatmeal
1 tablespoon of peanut butter
1 cup skim milk
Post workout shake - 1:00
1 scope cookies and cream probolic protein
1 cup skim milk
I practiced bowling and shot 7 games. My stomach started becoming bloated once I finished around 3:00. I did drink water while I was bowling but didn't have anything to eat while there.
Snack 5:00
Beef Jerky 2 servings
6:00 Breakfast
Kashi Go lean
I'll have a Go lean Crunch bar around 7:00 (because I am starving now and its 6:37) and I normally end up eating tuna fish and veggies around 9:00.
I ran out of fruit and need to wait till Monday to go shopping.
I have a lot of work to do on my diet. When I look back I had no real meals today and normally I'm not that bad. Really, I'm not! I should have grabbed something to eat before I went bowling today or immediately afterwards.
Thanks for reading!