Weird part is that way back when I was very low carbing and into endurance, I was the same, but yet ... FAT. Now I just burn more carbs , feel fatigued way more easily and yet, have a lower bf% than ever.
Wanted to mention something that explains why you are moving so fast between sets when hypertrophy is your goal. It's not about burning more fat.Or about how much 'fun' a pump is.. which is pretty useless for any performance-oriented athlete.
No, not waiting too much will build up lactic acid, and this has some interesting characteristics when it comes to hypertrophy.
The only sets I will do this for is are isolation exercises like bi/tri and machine stuff that are at the very end of my workout . Not a huge part of my routine but I like having at least some of them in every workout.. also thinking it may help with recovery to do some really high rep stuff (15-25r)
You girls think it is all fun and games but truth be told it sux just as much as the cut in many ways. You know how you feel when you are stuffed. All sluggish and like a tank. Yeah.... 24 hours a day like that. Not fun at all.
Yeah, I guess maybe that is one of those 'be careful what you wish for' things. If you have to force yourself to eat, I imagine it would lose its appeal. Actually, there have been times in my life when I've felt that eating was too much effort and a time waster and where I felt that life would be so much easier if eating were optional.
Did a workout with the crazy new trainer. Again it was very short and sweet. We did backs and shoulders and on all machines. He was laughing at me because I kept sitting backwards in the machines and he would have to tell me to turn around. I am so confused...
I cannot even begin to tell you what I did today excpet we went from hammer machine to hammer machine and I did 4 differnt back exercises and 2 shoulder exercises. I felt pumped after the workout and he told me I would be sore again. I was tired because I did not go to bed until late last night 'cause I did another day jet trip to CA and I was wired. So he told me that I was done for today and that tomorrow was a rest day too. No cardio, no nothing. This guy is really big on the chill'n thing. (sigh..)
The CPT class that I found is nothing short of amazing and so are the oppoutunities that are possible through this place. I am learning SO much about training and body and exercising and function. It's crazy. I am scared that I will not be able to learn everything. Hell I don't even know which way to sit on the fucking machines. LOL!
Okay off to bed now. I am pressed again this week for time. I have a performance in the Southern part of Oregon at the end of this week. Here is the press release for that one.....
Very cool Karla! Maybe you can post some video of your guitar so we can all hear you...
The workout sounds interesting - LOL at sitting backwards - we see that all the time at the gym... but half the time they just keep on sitting wrong and improvise on the machines!
I am going to do some video this week in preparation for the recital (yes Espi that is a proper word since it is my teacher's studio and his advanced students). So perhaps I can place them on the forum for you to see. The cool thing about me playing in this group of people is that I have only 5 years of study in the guitar. Every other of his advance students have more than 15 years. When I perform in this group, Scott always tells the audience how proud he is of me for making these strides. He is a really amazing teacher and I have grown like a beautiful flower under his care. I really am a lucky person to have attracted such fine teacher and mentors and friends in my life. Oh yeah and I promised Wendy a squat video too. Perhaps I will make that for her as well. Whooo boy lots to do today...
But priorities now are to get my monthly stats and pics posted. If you go by the numbers on my stats you will see that I am gaining just under a lb a week and that all of that is in fat. LOL! If you look at my pics you will see new muscling esp in my chest area. It is KICKASS!! My metabolism is definately slowed down this year from last year as I am doing NO cardio. I am also able to eat without all the pain that I experienced last year. This is actually a lot better so far than I remembered the first bulk to be.
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lbs
bf%
weekly avg cals
Daily avg protein in g
Daily avg carbs in g
Daily avg fat in g
weekly avg macro % (P, C, F)
Sep 2 08
118.4
12.4%
1750
187
151
48.6
42,34,24
5-Oct-08
121.6
14.7%
2192
233
181
61.6
42,33,25
Day
Exercise
Duration(Cardio) in hours
Avg HR if cardio
Total lbs
Total bf
SAT
Quads with Noel
NA
NA
3.2
2.3%
SUN
Hammies
NA
NA
MON
REST
NA
NA
This week
This week
TUES
Tris, Bis, chest
NA
NA
3.2
2.3%
WED
REST
NA
NA
THRS
REST
NA
NA
FRI
REST
NA
NA
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Okay, I'm gonna leave the squat critique to others. But it doesn't seem safe to me to be walking 100+ lbs across the room. Why don't you push the sofa over closer to the rack then push it back when finished?
Your voice is much sweeter than I expected.
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Okay, I'm gonna leave the squat critique to others. But it doesn't seem safe to me to be walking 100+ lbs across the room. Why don't you push the sofa over closer to the rack then push it back when finished?
Your voice is much sweeter than I expected.
it really is only about 3 feet from the rack to the sofa but it could be closer. I generally don't lift much heavier than 135lb at home. I just do 30 or more reps with it which has conditioned me to be able to hit my latest PR of 185lb. (with trainer of course)
Yeah, I am actually a pretty chill person. Isn't it cool to actually see people in person? That is what I thought when I saw Wendy too. She video tapes so much sweeter than she writes.
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Okay and here it is by popular demand. Karla on Classical Guitar.
This video shows two contrasting works for the upcoming guitar recital. I am performing two sets. One an Italian Renasiance and one a Leo Browuer Contemporary set. I give you the starter pieces for each set in this video. Each set is about 8 min long so I will be playing around 15 min total in the program.
Okay guys now I HAVE to get some sleep.
BTW: Anne and Bytsi... I think I look a LOT better with this bit of fat and weight on me than last month. I did not like how thin I was in August. Still it was good to do as I will have to do it again next year as well.
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Karla, your form was a bit off on the squat with just the bb as there was a bit too much of a GM in it, but your weighted bb squat was excellent!
For extra effect, perhaps try to come out of the hole faster?
Your recital was neat.. and I can see you are comfortable speaking to and playing for audiences
Karla, you are looking great in your progress pictures. Fillling out those muscles very nicely.
On your squats:
I have the exact same squat rack that you do but I've been using the supports (I don't know exactly what they are called) at the bottom pegs as my spotter rather than a couch. Do you think this is okay or would it be better to pull the bench or a high step behind me? Granted, I'm not doing heavy weights like you but I'm home alone and I'm pretty new to lifting.
Chloe... I never felt comfy with those spotters in the squat rack for squatting. They work great for benching though. I supposed they would work but they are so short so you better fall not backwards but straight into them...
If you are alone, you should def squat to a bench IMHO. That way if you go backwards you have a place to sit. This is no different than if you had a human spotter. A human spotter is supposed to squat with you and put a knee under your bottom as you go down. If you fall backwards, you sit on their knee and they can push the weight forward. On my couch I just dump it as I demonstrated in the video. For me it works pretty nicely.
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Karla, great videos! It's nice to see you enjoying this bulk since I remember reading how hard your early one was for you . You look much better this month and you're making wonderful progress with your goals!
Don't know how it is possible I've missed your progress pix but a belated.. you look AWESOME in the new ones.. so much more muscle! Probably glycogen mostly but still...
Karla, if you are using the sofa for safety, then you want it to be safe for the whole movement! Move the squat rack over in front of the sofa, face the other way when you unrack the bar, and take one step back to the sofa. This will be much safer than walking across the room and turning around!!!
Technically, the unweighted squat looks a bit worse ... a little of a GM. Think about pressing your knees out and keeping your torso more erect. You are also not finishing fully erect. At the very end your hips and knees stay slightly flexed. You want to really squeeze through the glutes and fully extend at the end.
For a warm up try the toe-touch squat-stand exercise ... I'll see if I can find you a description or a video. If you have Gray Cook's Athletic Body in Balance, he describes it in there.
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Today I did an impromptu workout at lunch. I haven't been feeling like lifting this week for some reason and am not really sure what that is about. It could be the new trainer is tearing me up more than I realize or it could be the stress that I am in at work and with the recital and the CPT test and school. Don't know so playing it by ear.
I did a nice 30 min run on the tready today. I haven't done cardio for so long that I figure I need to do something to keep the heart muscles going. This even though I jumped on the scale this morning to see a .5lb loss! Yikes. This is just like last time. My metabolism is going to respond to this eating and go up a few hundred cals. Good news is that I know I will peak out around 2370 cals a day and I am sure I can eat that with my cytogainers by my side.
After the run I did chest and abs. The chest routine I did ALA new trainer. Started with db flat flyes and then did 3 different iso-chest hammer grip machines. One incline, one narrow grip and one wide grip. I did 3-4 sets of each exercise and 8-12 reps (to failure) with a 30 second rest only.
Then for abs I did (3x10-15)
V-ups
swiss ball crunches (+25lb)
roman twists (+10lb)
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Don't know how it is possible I've missed your progress pix but a belated.. you look AWESOME in the new ones.. so much more muscle! Probably glycogen mostly but still...
You're right.... Glycogen refill. Still it is badass isn't it?
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A GM is a goodmorning. An exercise to strengthen the lower back which also targets the hamstrings. It's also how a squat looks like when you lean forwards too much.
On your weighted squat form is good, the unweighted one (probably a bit too hurried?) not as much.. you were leaning forwards too much.
But hey, don't think mine are so good: it's just easier to spot the errors in someone else. Truly wished I'd videotaped my own exercises so as to see what went wrong.
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