Hubby brought the bench-in-a-box home last night and we put it together. Actually, he put it together and then redid the stuff that I tried to put together. LOL ( had a bad case of the stoopids last night.) What a great bench!! It is so soft and thickly padded and overall wonderful!
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Make sure to post your records in the deadlift logs.
What are "the deadlift logs"?
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Your AMRAP workout is crazy! I don't think I could do 100 of anything. I would have been on the floor crying.
The 100 step ups were only possible because they were on a 10" step, the one I started on. I bet if you all tried step ups on a baby step like that, you could do 100+, too!
I joined in the fun over there. Today is a rest day for me but I couldn't resist playing a little to see what my 1RM might be! Got up to 230# before I petered out. Here's what I did.
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I joined in the fun over there. Today is a rest day for me but I couldn't resist playing a little to see what my 1RM might be! Got up to 230# before I petered out. Here's what I did.
So tonight, when hubby got home, I told him that I could now pick up a lot of men, he wasn't impressed. When I informed him that I could pick up even more women, he thought that was pretty hot.
So tonight, when hubby got home, I told him that I could now pick up a lot of men, he wasn't impressed. When I informed him that I could pick up even more women, he thought that was pretty hot.
HAHA! Priceless. Fantastic job with the deadlifts! I could pick up.... about a 12 yr old, and that is sooo not cool. hahaha
So tonight, when hubby got home, I told him that I could now pick up a lot of men, he wasn't impressed. When I informed him that I could pick up even more women, he thought that was pretty hot.
several T-shirt slogans come to mind...
"Don't even think about pickin' me up if I can pick YOU up!"
DB shoulder press: 32 reps at 17.5#e (35# total). (Now at 27.5#e (55# total) 3/8.)
Wide-grip lat pulldown: 37 reps at 80#. (Now at 120# 3/8.)
Lunge: 48 reps at BW. (Now at 45-55# 3/8.)
Swissball crunch: 50 reps with 20# plate on chest and feet on floor. (Now at BW with feet elevated on 18" step 3/8.)
Blech. So freaking boring. Hate, hate, hate these AMRAPs.
Was going to do HIIT after the weights but I forced myself to down some of the leftover artificially sweetened whey from before and now I'm feeling pukey. (Duh.) I'll try HIIT later once I get over this.
No HIIT yet and, with the funk I'm in now, I doubt I'll do it today. That's okay, though.
I was just sitting here stewing over eats again and here's what I started typing out on someone else's log in a reply about TNT. Not wanting to hijack their log with my insanity, I'm just gonna paste it here:
Ugh. I'm so sick of meat and cheese and eggs. Another thing is that I've been keeping up with tracking my cals and macros, etc, just because I'm anal that way. I wasn't limiting them or anything, just watching how it played out. I'm sticking with the roughly 200g protein/day (1g/lb bw). Add that on top of the "high fat" part of TNT -- how much is "high"? I don't have a problem getting too much (if that's possible) but a problem getting enough. I just don't like fats for the most part and it would be nice to have a goal of sorts to work towards. Then there's the veggie factor. I LOVE veggies. I mean LOVE them. Before, I'd eat a lunch of 10 cups of mixed greens salad and dinner would be 2-4 pounds of broccoli and cauliflower, etc. TNT says to eat the non-starchy veggies liberally but, really, is there not some limit to the calories? Because it takes an enormous buttload of veggies for me to get my fill, even when I'm sticking with the protein requirements and high fats. My calories end up way freaking high. So just this weekend, I've started limiting my veggies and I don't like it at all. Argh.
I love salad and broccoli and mushrooms and tomatoes like most women love chocolate. I'm a veggie binger. *hangs head in a vitamin-filled shame*
Are you still feeling/seeing positive results? If so, why the angst?
Darn good question.
I think it just all boils down to me being an anal little snot who needs to have details, details, and more details. Not having a specific fat intake to shoot for (since I don't like oils/fats/greasy most anything and, therefore, naturally avoid such things) And, no matter what the book says about a high-fat diet being self-limiting in calorie intake, my stomach is not buying it right now. It's a real struggle to keep it under 3k cals each day and it's not like I'm some muscle-bound, lean body builder trying to pack on massive quantities of even more bulk. I need to find some middle happy ground, where I can lose the lard, keep the muscle, and live & eat my happy veggie way for the rest of my life.
You crazy people with your common sense. Sheesh. LOL Good idea but I just happened to find his (as well as others') answers on this subject last night. I read until my eyes were bleeding and my anal number-attached self was satisfied.
FYI for any other people having the same mental meltdown: As a general guide, 10% for carbs. The fat, I read, should not go below 40% but 60-70% is optimal for most, with the remainder in protein -- trying for 1 gram per 1 pound of body weight there, of course. (I'd link you to references for all of this but we had storms that zapped our electricity so my computer restarted and I lost everything I had up. Argh.)
For myself, I've got it worked out to be 10% carbs, 40% protein, and 50% fat. (Right now, my goals are 1900 calories average (counting both workout and non-workout days) but I'm actually hitting 2100 average so I'll have to see how things work out.) I'll eventually eek the fat up further and further but 50% is a high enough goal for me right now. I'll creep that up higher and higher as I get used to it, just like I had to do to get my protein up. Somewhere along that road, I'll hopefully run smack into some magical ratio that turns me into Playmate of the Year.
Somewhere along that road, I'll hopefully run smack into some magical ratio that turns me into Playmate of the Year.
HAHAHAHA--I wish I knew how to find and insert all those little guys that Tracey finds because that's what's needed here. And, really, aren't we all looking for some semblance of that .
Honestly, though, I feel for you on the details. I thought I might be an oddball with how much time I spend looking for and researching one small (and inconsequential to anyone but me) detail . . .
Fantastic workouts, too, and you're doing so well with trying to pull everything together!
HAHAHAHA--I wish I knew how to find and insert all those little guys that Tracey finds because that's what's needed here. And, really, aren't we all looking for some semblance of that .
Honestly, though, I feel for you on the details. I thought I might be an oddball with how much time I spend looking for and researching one small (and inconsequential to anyone but me) detail . . .
Fantastic workouts, too, and you're doing so well with trying to pull everything together!
diane, I am technologically challenged. can you email me a version of that youtube song where the dad cleans his shot gun? my niece's sweet 16 was last night. her first boyfriend (son of a life long family friend of ours) was there, etc. the family would get a kick out of it. my email is fengshway at aol dot com thanks, wendy
Don't feel bad, I get a lot of angst about these things as well. I can't just follow something, I have to understand why and how.
I'm sure you are going to look like the purple-haired chick on the pole in no time!
Still tweaking to figure out what works and what I can live with for the rest of my life...
Oh! Tonight, I think I might have gotten a glimpse of the ghost of my waist! I'm gonna run out and buy a Ouija board tomorrow and try to contact it, maybe help guide it back towards this side of the light and find its way home.
need to find some middle happy ground, where I can lose the lard, keep the muscle, and live & eat my happy veggie way for the rest of my life.
What about salads with fatty salad dressings? We had half a bottle of Newman's caesar in the fridge and I was delighted when we could start eating it again (it's fantastic). Per 2Tbsp, it has 150 calories & 16g of fat. I'm sure you could find salad dressings you liked that were just as high in fat. And maybe make some of those parmesan crisps that are in the TNT recipes forum and put them on the salad. And put some bacon on the salad. 10 cups of salad + fat - you can have what you want while still adhering to TNT...
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Know how to find legs? Bunkbeds! Lay on your back on the bottom of a bunkbed, placing your feet against the bottom of the top bunk. All of the fat in your legs will immediately head for your nether regions, revealing incredibly hard & sexy legs. My legs kick serious Arnold-like ass on the bunkbed!
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What about salads with fatty salad dressings? We had half a bottle of Newman's caesar in the fridge and I was delighted when we could start eating it again (it's fantastic). Per 2Tbsp, it has 150 calories & 16g of fat. I'm sure you could find salad dressings you liked that were just as high in fat. And maybe make some of those parmesan crisps that are in the TNT recipes forum and put them on the salad. And put some bacon on the salad. 10 cups of salad + fat - you can have what you want while still adhering to TNT...
Yep, I'm a big salad freak. HUGE Jethro bowls of salad. *green, leafy orgasm* I've been putting scoops of unflavored whey in my salads -- turns vinaigrettes into Caesar-like goop and pretty darn good, if ya ask me. It's all a process, a journey, as I find more little tricks to get in protein and fat.
or maybe this one? 
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