Nice workout. You're certainly doing a good job with the tools you have on hand.
See, if I was you and trying to up my cals, I would just carry around a jar of peanut butter and a spoon....love that stuff. I could probably knock back about 1000 cals there easy. Okay, that might get old after a few days, I admit (and might seriously skew the macros!)
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Tomorrow, after one more day of all day meetings... I go home again. I can't wait. Nice as this place is there is nothing that matches sitting outside in the country on a hill overlooking a lush Oregon valley in the hottub. I hear the stars are out and the weather is great there..... sigh...
IS THAT YOUR HOUSE?
Sounds dreamy....keep talking about it like that and you'll get a full crowd of JPers in a big heap waiting for the hottub....jostling in line and having arm wrestles about who goes next....
I would love to see Oregon. It sounds gorgeous. I have never been on the West coast--of either the states or Canada! That's so shameful.
IS THAT YOUR HOUSE?
Sounds dreamy....keep talking about it like that and you'll get a full crowd of JPers in a big heap waiting for the hottub....jostling in line and having arm wrestles about who goes next....
Sign me up!!!
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...I was a bit tired and I learned I was a bit low on cals today after I got back from my workout. (sigh....) I eat and I eat and I eat all day long and yet still it isn't good enough....
Oh to have this problem........
Enjoy it while you can Karla - cutting is NO FREAKIN' FUN!!
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Tomorrow, after one more day of all day meetings... I go home again. I can't wait. Nice as this place is there is nothing that matches sitting outside in the country on a hill overlooking a lush Oregon valley in the hottub. I hear the stars are out and the weather is great there..... sigh...
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IS THAT YOUR HOUSE?
Sounds dreamy....keep talking about it like that and you'll get a full crowd of JPers in a big heap waiting for the hottub....jostling in line and having arm wrestles about who goes next....
Karla you're making me super homesick! We are planning a trip to visit my family this summer, hopefully in August. Sadly I don't think I appreciated it when I lived out there - being a ding-dong teenager. When I took Shawn to Portland for my brother's wedding, I didn't even think to take him to Multnomah Falls since I'd been there so many times on school trips and stuff. Some guy mentioned it to him at a bookstore!
Anyone of you are welcome to come and hang your hats for a few days or weeks even. I have people stopping by all the time from the internet. One of these days I am going to meet that Axe Murderer. I have two spare bedrooms and a spare bath for anyone willing to make the trip.
Here are pics for ya. One is from my deck where I was practicing one morning with the birds singing background, and the other just looking down from my backyard. See, this is what I leave when I go on these silly trips. No matter how cool the place I go, I always miss my farm and my horses and my doggie and kitty and (of course) all my friends......
I've been fortunate enough to be Karla's guest many times. It really is quite peaceful and as lovely as it looks. A couple of classical guitars on the back deck, sounds of frogs, owls, coyotes, and donkeys, a hot tub, and a squat rack. Who could ask for anything more?
ah..... it is great to be home. It is 1:00AM on Sat morning and I just returned from an amazing classical guitar concert and drinks with friends afterwards. I will come back later today (after I sleep and have guitar lessons and do another workout) and respond to all your kind posts. I wanted to log this workout before I fell asleep so I did not forget it.
I saw the trainer again today. I sort of missed him last week and yet in some ways I hated him again. Today was the first time since I started this that I really did not feel like going to the gym. I think I am just good and tired from pushing so hard.
Anyway today was back day and my back is sore as hell right now.
have I ever told you guys how much I don't like pullups anymore? I like them okay on my bar at my house. It is low enough for me to roeach. In this gym though the bars are all so high. He has to pick me up like a toddler and lift me to the bar in order for me to do even one. And on the lower bars when I do inverted pulls I don't mind them when I can prop my feet on a Swiss ball but I especially don't like them when he holds my feet. I can't explain it except I feel like if I loose my grip and he has my feet that it might hurt. I told him I didn't like these sorts of exercises and his reply was that he wasn't in the "liking it" business and then he firmly told me to get my feet up in his hands. Anyway... Here was the workout...
Warm up
tready walk at 10% and 3.7mph for 15 min
Inverted pulls holding onto dip station bars and he holding my feet, I pulled up and through my chest.
3x15 (bw)
Standing shoulder flyes forward and to the side
1x15 (7.5)
2x10 (10)
pullups (assisted)
3x15
cable cross over flyes (cross arms in front and pull out and back)
3x15 (1 plate) - He screwed with the weight in that on the last few he added tension making it harder.
shoulder shrugs - hold weight in hands and squeeze up through traps
1x15 (45)
1x12 (55)
1x12 (60)
I think I surprised him on this last one. The 45's were just not hard at all so we went to 55 and finally to 60. I had to work a little bit for the 60s but still not too hard except for my grip.
Cool thing today was the first time he saw me in over a week. He again took some time to admire all the places where I am sporting nice muscles. He took notice of my quads which now are quite popping out and my shoulders and back and biceps. I think he is overall pretty happy with the work that I am doing but I get the feeling that he wishes I were less smart sometimes. I am forever asking questions and going deep into different topics. I know that a teacher is supposed to love that all the time but I also know how that could get a bit old....
Oh to have this problem........
Enjoy it while you can Karla - cutting is NO FREAKIN' FUN!!
Oh sweetie do not forget from where I come. I am a master at cutting. This bulking thing has required complete rewiring of my brain and physically it has been very hard for me. I have been doing it for over 2 months now and just now I am starting to feel okay with it. I can't wait for the cut because I know I will do that very well. Of course when I am trying to get down to 10% I may change my story.
Agreed but not from lifting so much as from life. Too many long days and short nights. I have two more trips this month. The next one is to the East coast and I will do working there but the one to Europe is where I shall plan a rest week.
Today was shoulder/pecs/tris and GUNS day. Trainer felt as if my guns where not proportionate to my huge shoulders so suggested some special lifts for me.
Tri Superset
Overhead tri cable ext
1x15 (40)
1x10 (50)
1x8 (60)
Dips
1x16 (bw)
2x8 (bw)
Ab SuperSet
bosuball crunch and reach
3x15 (bw)
cable crunch down
2x15 (120lb)
1x8 (140lb)
HIIT: 20 min at 3.5% incline
7x3.0mph and 7.5mph
2x3.0mph and 8mph
It is always with wonderment and amusement that I read about all the characters in your various gyms. By comparison my gym has always been very boring. Today though was different. My friend and I were doing our workouts and had the whole free weight area to ourselves. (Sat afternoons are great times for gym workouts) We started into our respective programs when this largish and rather goofy looking guy comes into our area. He has a weight belt which he puts on around his rather small hip area and his huge belly hung over it.
He proceeded to rack an oly bar for deads. I did not pay him much attention at that time. Some time later though he is grunting rather loudly so I look and he has a HUGE amount of weight on the bar and is lifting this with some of the worst form I have ever seen. He is completely rounded through the back all the way to his head which is looking down. As he started to pull up he stalls and in order to get it up he does this bouncing motion with his back. I stopped watching him at that time 'cause I couldn't stand it.
Later on my friend and I hook up in the training part of the gym because he had both just finished our workouts. My friend was talking when all of a sudden he stops and comments that our deadlift friend is now the butt-crack boy. I look to where he is looking and this same guy is sitting on the lat pull down bench and more than half his ass was exposed to us. I fell to the ground laughing and wished to hell that I had my cell phone so I could take a picture of this for you guys. No amount of descriptors could possibly do this justice.
Whaha, strange figures you see in the gym sometimes I work out in a "commercial" gym, so not much deadlifting there (we don 't have a rack, for instance...) Most of the time I 'm the one they are looking at (but I try not too grunt too much ) However, we have a ton of guys using too much weight and meanwhile admiring themselves in the mirror. The can be recognized by their reasonably developed upper body and twiggy legs
You live in a beautiful place! It 's so "open" there. Belgium is small, there are nice pieces of nature but for so much "open space" one has to travel too the south part (Wallonie). Where in Europe are you travelling to?
Oh sweetie do not forget from where I come. I am a master at cutting. This bulking thing has required complete rewiring of my brain and physically it has been very hard for me. I have been doing it for over 2 months now and just now I am starting to feel okay with it. I can't wait for the cut because I know I will do that very well. Of course when I am trying to get down to 10% I may change my story.
I think, Karla, you may be unique!
How can cutting b more "normal" for your body - ANY body - than bulking? It goes beyond the capacity of my brain to try to figure this out!
RE: working so hard. Honestly, I am in awe. Remember to take time to enjoy some of your gentler music while breathing in those beautiful views!
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How can cutting b more "normal" for your body - ANY body - than bulking? It goes beyond the capacity of my brain to try to figure this out!
RE: working so hard. Honestly, I am in awe. Remember to take time to enjoy some of your gentler music while breathing in those beautiful views!
I have been an under-eater my entire life. I am also type A. So forgetting to eat and feeling hunger are things that I can quite naturally live with. This constantly carrying, cooking and eating clean food thing is hugely time consuming and it makes me feel like a slug. Seriously, I can't wait.
I am taking the whole day today to lay around and relax. It has been a few weeks since I had a down day like this. Ahhhhhh.... Oh, yeah, I have to shoot my pics for the challenge.
Of course when I am trying to get down to 10% I may change my story.
Are you seriously shooting for 10%? If so, can I ask why? Just wondering if you're considering competition or something along those lines. Or maybe you just want to get to 10% for the heck of it. Either way, you're crazy -- but you already knew that.
Are you seriously shooting for 10%? If so, can I ask why? Just wondering if you're considering competition or something along those lines. Or maybe you just want to get to 10% for the heck of it. Either way, you're crazy -- but you already knew that.
Uh sure, from the lady who is holding a spoon with her nose for an avitar....
It is a personal thing. I just for once in my life want to have this incredibly HOT body. My dream is on my 50th b-day to be sporting a bikini and looking as good as I ever have in my life.
Hmmmm.... Now the bf is starting to rise. At first this freaked me out but quite honestly I am okay with it now. I like the way it looks in my face. My muscles don't look quite as lean but I do look big and BIG is what counts when bulking is your game. I am turning into a BIG BEAUTIFUL WOMAN! One more month of bulk to go. Let's see if I cannot put on another 3 lbs!
I am exceedingly happy with the pics as I am beginning to love my body.
Uh sure, from the lady who is holding a spoon with her nose for an avitar....
It is a personal thing. I just for once in my life want to have this incredibly HOT body. My dream is on my 50th b-day to be sporting a bikini and looking as good as I ever have in my life.
Ah, very cool then. I was just curious.
(It's a fork, by the way. Hence, the "forkinator" title. Get it? Aw, nevermind... )
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I am exceedingly happy with the pics as I am beginning to love my body.
And THAT is such an incredibly cool place to be! Your legs are incredible!
WOW could be the different suit but your hips look slimmer and your shoulders look wider but A LOT! Did you measure around your shoulders before you started? John Berardi has people do that.
I have two spare bedrooms and a spare bath for anyone willing to make the trip. 
I am forever asking questions and going deep into different topics. I know that a teacher is supposed to love that all the time but I also know how that could get a bit old.... 
) However, we have a ton of guys using too much weight and meanwhile admiring themselves in the mirror. The can be recognized by their reasonably developed upper body and twiggy legs 
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