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Old 07-15-2008, 11:40 AM   #1351 (permalink)
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Good Morning Karla,
Just started this forum today and wanted to stop in and say hello. Great job on the pullups. I can just do 6 and that is with help from a cord around my knee helping me

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Old 07-15-2008, 05:47 PM   #1352 (permalink)
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Trainer led workout

Shoulders/core work

SuperSet 1
incline Arnold db press
3x15 (15)e
cable shoulder swings
3x15 (1 or 2 plates) each arm

Superset2
prone jack-knife with push up
3x15
Medicine ball cobras
3x30

Seems like a short workout but the exercises took a long time. The shoulder cable flyes were each arm and the medicine ball cobras were weird. I laid on belly flat and he sat on bench. I had a 10lb medicine ball and he an 8lb one. He rolled his ball to me and I had to arch my back and throw (from my forehead) my ball up and over his.

It was hard and probably good for me but I wasn't impressed. I am getting bored of working out now since my strength is so down and since it is so nice outside. I would rather be out running.

He informed me today that I could cut back by 100cals a day if I could manage that. He made sure I understood it was 100cals and not 150 or 200 or whatever other number or excuse I could come up with. Apparently he was waiting for me to hold my 1700 cal commitment for 2 weeks before he granted my permission to go lower. I guess I earned that mistrust.
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Old 07-15-2008, 06:11 PM   #1353 (permalink)
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Karla,

Good job sticking with the weights. I know its tough to be inside when the weather is so nice. I am right there with you. My motivation for the gym is fading. If it was not for my goal to train for this marathon and finish NROL all in the same year, I would have stopped the weights weeks ago.
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Old 07-15-2008, 06:54 PM   #1354 (permalink)
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Good job sticking with the weights. I know its tough to be inside when the weather is so nice. I am right there with you. My motivation for the gym is fading. If it was not for my goal to train for this marathon and finish NROL all in the same year, I would have stopped the weights weeks ago.
I think I need to set some sort of weight lifting goal now too. I don't know. Something to keep me motivated in the gym. It is so boring now that I am not lifting heavy. I am pretty sure I would have dropped this if not for the trainer. I can lose weight with cardio after all. All my muscle is gone anyway now....

You and Brent are actually partially to blame for my bad attitude. You guys keep popping out PRs and I can't do that. I mentioned this to my trainer today and he guessed that you were both men. He said that Testosterone is working for ya there and that he could arrange for me to have some of that if I wanted. LOL!
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Old 07-15-2008, 07:39 PM   #1355 (permalink)
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Great post!! made me laugh!

Well for me the PR's maybe misleading. PR for that type of exercise(ie. 1 1/4 squats, or Bulgarian Deadlifts). Not like a PR on a normal squat or DL. I don't think I could DL 315 now.

Keep your head up, just think after this cut you can then refocus on your next bulk. That is now the fun of lifting for me. I see many people at the gym doing the same weights and exercises day in and day out. I kind of feel sad, that is what I use to do. Now I know there is a much more interesting way of working out. Its nice to have "seasons" to my lifting. Kind of like my running. Training vs just running.
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Old 07-15-2008, 10:17 PM   #1356 (permalink)
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Irony!!!

Pull-ups
1x6 (bw)
2x5 (bw)

I honestly did not expect that one tonight! LOL!

Okay and yet more irony. Just after I typed my "I need a goal" post I headed for home and stopped at the Body Building store on the way for some zero cal carmel dip. (That stuff is like crack man)

Anyway I was in my gym clothing which included a rather tight fitting shirt and shorts I am sporting a rather nice tan as well from the weekend. The store owner (the one who is a bbing trainer that I really respect but won't take clients 'cause he is booked full and only takes on people who show) compliments me on my look. He says I am really looking good. He then looked again hard and asked me what show I was preparing for. I told him no show because I figured I had about a year of training to do before I could show 'cause I wasn't naturally gifted. He appreciated that realistic perspective and seemed impressed with my slow and steady cut progress.

He offered to train me!!! Holy crap.
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Old 07-16-2008, 07:28 AM   #1357 (permalink)
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So what did you tell him?
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Old 07-16-2008, 08:06 AM   #1358 (permalink)
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I am just constantly in awe and inspired by your progress Karla! I think I'm gonna start calling you GI Karla... any plans to shave your head ?
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Old 07-16-2008, 12:14 PM   #1359 (permalink)
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Irony!!!

He offered to train me!!! Holy crap.
What did you say? That is so awesome!

Awesome work on the PR!
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Old 07-16-2008, 12:21 PM   #1360 (permalink)
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Excellent compliment! And PR! You've left us all wondering what you told him...
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Old 07-16-2008, 12:38 PM   #1361 (permalink)
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I am just constantly in awe and inspired by your progress Karla! I think I'm gonna start calling you GI Karla... any plans to shave your head ?


Lookin' awesome Karla!
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Old 07-16-2008, 12:46 PM   #1362 (permalink)
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I told him that I could not commit to that right away as I am in training with a different trainer. He said to come see him on Sunday and make up my mind what I want to do. There is no question that I want to spend some time learning more about this world and even how competition is done. This trainer is physically located closer to me and he could do a Sunday session with me so I would be rid of my drives to downtown 2x a week during the middle of the week. The only downside is he only does early AM training sessions. I HATE early AM for almost anything. It would not kill me though. Really there is no downside except I really like my current trainer too and will miss him when I leave him. I also have to give 30 days notice to him so I cannot just move to this new trainer this month. It would happen not before Late August timeframe. Still I don't know. I have heard so much about how bad this world of bbing is so I am a bit scared. Scared is good though 'cause it means you are stretching your comfort zone. This always implies growth..... Stay tuned for more as it all unfolds. The fact that he offered this has me on a good high right now.

I rode my bike to work today. I don't have a computer installed on this bike yet so I cannot give exact miles but I clocked it at roughly 27 miles one way in my car last week. It was a pretty awesome ride 'cause I had a meeting about 1/2 way into it. When I first started the ride, the weather was a bit cool for my liking but the sun was coming out and the morning was nothing short of glorious for a ride.

I timed the leave time so that I could be sitting at the court-house in a littlel town about 1/2 way outside in the sun beside these beautiful giant redwood trees for my meeting at 8:00AM. That was so cool and the meeting went awesomely too!! I felt so European sitting there with my bike doing business. It took about 30 minutes to finsh up my agenda with my engineer in Israel and then I jumped back on the bike and made it the rest of the way into my office. The total ride time was around 2.15 hours including my stop and meet. Totally awesome way to start the day and it saves me about 6 bucks in gas since my car gets only 28 mpg or there about.

Since I am a total "lizard" (love the heat), I am really looking forward to the ride home in the 90 degree or more weather. That is what I call a good time.
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Old 07-16-2008, 12:48 PM   #1363 (permalink)
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Waiting to hear what you decide to do about the trainer!!!

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Old 07-16-2008, 01:21 PM   #1364 (permalink)
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Stay tuned for more as it all unfolds. The fact that he offered this has me on a good high right now.
Sometimes it's just nice to have the options.

There's a website - mapmyride.com that you can plot your ride on if you don't want to drive it first. They also do the same for run and walk, but I think the cycling one has elevations as well.
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Old 07-16-2008, 06:16 PM   #1365 (permalink)
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Karla...............Great news on the trainer front! I'll be watching to see how Sunday goes! Congrats!
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