Wendy's Transformation

[dillytl]

Originally Posted by nutbar

*whimper*

I just took a good look at workout B. Dang. I'd seen it before but, because it had always been so far out in the future, I'd not really SEEN it.

I want my mommy.

[UConnJulie]

Wendy! Sorry I've been scarce ... you are doing a fantastic job!

Good that you can tolerate carbs ... I haven't given the test a try. I suspect that I don't tolerate them so well. But I can't have a bagel (gluten) so I've put off trying them. I do know that I felt really really good doing TNT A (which is very limited carbs). With my adrenal problems, I am supposed to have some carbs (not including fibrous veggies) with each meal though ...

Stage 2 looks killler! At this rate (2 workouts per week) I will be doing stage 1 forever!! Sigh ... life!!

[LoriAnne]

Great to read you are in Stage 2 and sounds like you are kicking some serious butt! Speaking of kicking butt-even though the lunges/split squats are UTTER torture--don't you just love that feeling of all those unruly leg muscles being tight when you're done? It gives me hope for the ol' inner thighs!
It's quite the sick combination of pleasure and pain!

Keep up the great work!

[fengshway]

so active dynamic workout

2 x 10 squat push press with 45 bar
2 x10 of step ups with 55 on reebok step with 5 risers each
while I was doing this, one of the guys said, "wow, you are tough"--I did feel macho doing step ups with the bar plus weight, lol
2 x 10 15 DB each hand one point row
2 x10 pushups
1 x10 step thingies body weight 1x 10 with 10lb plate
plank 90 sec/70 sec
1 x10 woodchops each side 5 plates
1 x 10 woodchops each side 6 plates

eeked out my core workout. tough stuff! I want my mommy too!

[rblackburn]

Wendy - You are doing awesome on Stage 2! Rockin' it! I've still got at least two weeks before I hit it...and I'm already intimidated! It looks TOUGH!!!

[gregl515]

The workouts looks good. But I come here for the food porn.

[fengshway]

julie, so funny how bodies are different. I felt awful on TNT--I can do it for a day when I have no activity whatsoever. I always felt like a failure on those kinds of diets, now I am realizing that bodies run differently.

lorianne, I agree. my hammies and ass are burning from today, so by tomorrow, I anticipate walking funny

thanks robin! you will do just fine!

greg, check out the thai recipe here for some awesome food porn ; Wendy's Blog

mmm sipping the nicest zinfandel now called AMAZIN. it is vacation, after all.

[GinnyLou]

Hey Wendy,
Great job on the workouts! I was just looking around for some motivation for Stage 2. LOL I think I'll do similar to you and really work on form.
Keep it up!

[fengshway]

yeah, ginger, I highly recommend backing it down a bit. I found the squats/push press combo challenging today. shit, the whole work out was challenging

[GinnyLou]

Originally Posted by fengshway

yeah, ginger, I highly recommend backing it down a bit. I found the squats/push press combo challenging today. shit, the whole work out was challenging

I actually did a min-workout here at home and decided to try the exercises in the A that I was worried about and that squat/push press, almost pushed me over the edge. My wrists hurt (and this was with the bar and very light weight) and doing them exactly as the description didn't work, either. I couldn't get my elbows up like the picture, unless my arms were more spread out?@? Sorry, I am venting in your log.

[Susan4]

I guess I've gotten comfy in stage 1 and need to do some reading! Sounds like you're kicking butt tho!!

[fengshway]

ginger, that is correct--grip should be a bit wider than shoulder width. I find the bar alone (45) plenty challenging. I suspect that I am not exploding enough into the push press. but I am just trying to stay uninjured at this point.

yep, susan read ahead and practice the motions a bit. and allow extra time at the gym, especially the B workout.

[GinnyLou]

Originally Posted by fengshway

ginger, that is correct--grip should be a bit wider than shoulder width. I find the bar alone (45) plenty challenging. I suspect that I am not exploding enough into the push press. but I am just trying to stay uninjured at this point.

Ok, I know that is what felt best to me. Maybe I was reading too much into the description, again. I don't want to get hurt, either.

[UConnJulie]

I've come to that realization too ... makes sense why some do great on Atkins and others don't ... some do great on Ornish, and others don't! No one is FAILING ... they just haven't found what works for their specific makeup yet ... good stuff!

[fengshway]

hey! doing a 12 week 5k training plan out of fuhrman university--they profiled it in runners world a while back--3 plus 2--basically 3 key workouts track, tempo, long

today was on treadmill
1/2 mile warmup at 5.2 mph
8 x 0.25 miles at 7.0 mph with 0.25 mile rest segment in between at 5.2 mph
1/2 mile cooldown at 5.2 mph.

happy to report that I did the whole workout, with a pretty decent heartrate besides. fun times! then massage and thai food with jay, then I taught at FSU. now ed and I are going to a new raw foods restaurant. will report later.

[fengshway]

mmm we went to a gourmet raw food restaurant last night.we started with hard cider (for the uninitiated,think apple juice, only with a buzz). then we had a fantastic spinach dip that was made with cashew milk, served with homemade raw seed crackers and lots of cut up veggies, the jicama moons were my fave.

I had the raw pizza--bacially a sprouted grain crust with homemade sundried tomato sauce, nut "cheese" basically a ground nut base that tasted kind of like ricotta, topped with eggplant, garlic, fresh tomato and portabella. ed had the raw lasagna, which was unbelievable--the "noodles" were made from thin zuccchini, some of the same sauce and nut cheeses that I had--layered thick. his was served with noodle shaped veggies like squash and zucchini, mixed with a spicy olive oil and braggs amino acids--it was yummy.

we split dessert--a serving of avocado banana "ice cream" (again nut milk based) with crushed nuts and fresh bananas on top on a base of "fudge" that was some kind of carob/agave sugar concoction.

[fengshway]

deadlifts off a box 2 x10 @ 95

bulgarian split squat body weight 1 x10, 1x 10 with 10 pound plate
underhand lat pulldown 2 x10 at 85 pounds
reverse lunge from box with forward reach 2 x 10 with 5lb dbs
dumbell prone cuban snatch 1 x 10 with 5 lb dbs, 1 x10 with 10 lb dbs
swiss ball crunch 2 x10 with large medicine ball, long lever
reverse crunch 2 x10
lateral flexion 2 x 10
prone cobra 2 x 90 sec.

and afterward, just for shits and giggles, I used my new straps to see what I could dead with them-- 2 reps of 145 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!