Thanks, everyone, for stopping by to cheer my silly self on during these workouts!
/mushy-gushy, emotional chick-like crap
More shoveling and rocking today, finished off with an hour or so of allium planting. I should be finished with that area tomorrow so I'll present you all with a little garden porn (a.k.a. rubbing winter into the faces of the northerners).
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Originally Posted by Natalia
Good numbers. You got me beat on pull-downs...dang.
It's not as good as it looks on "paper". LOL I do the pull downs (and seated rows) on the BowFlex with those stupid "power rods", not real weights. I seriously doubt that 100# of stupid rods is equal to 100# of weight plates on a cable machine.
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Originally Posted by stingo
For some reason I envisioned you moving these rocks to a big scale, painting their weight on them and moving them back to their original position before moving them where they had to go.
I did! Well, sort of. Another one of hubby's Rainman qualities is his ability to estimate the weight of solid things, such as metal and rocks. (He's amazing. I should sell him to a circus.) I picked up a few of the smaller ones, "Hey, Bonehead, how much does this one weigh?" then show him a big one and ask, just to get a general range of what I was lifting (and sometimes dragging, flipping, and generally cussing into place).
Warmup: Several more hours of moderate outside work preceding the "official" workout here. About half of ADW from PBD, plus FSPP 5 x 45#.
Front squat push press 2 x 10 x 55#. I probably should have moved the weight up more for the second set but I'm still not really confident in this move yet.
Step up: 2 x 10 x 30#. Sucketh.
DB 1-point row: 2 x 10 x 20#e. All is well on the 1-point row front.
Static lunge, rear foot elevated: 2 x 10 x 40#. Geez freaking Louise! I knew this was going to suck again so I went and got my Shrek action figure, set him up where I could look him in the eye while doing these, and proceeded to tear Mr. Cosgrove/Shrek a new one while doing these. It helped.
Push up: 2 x 10 x BW. More sucketh. I felt so weak doing these today and didn't get the depth I should have.
Plank: 1 x 30/15/15, 1 x 35/15/10. Much better with the proper pelvic tilt. Ditto here like with the push ups -- felt weak.
Cable horizontal wood chop: 1 x 10 x 90#, 1 x 10 x 100#. The stupid BowFlex is going to be flying across the house one of these days. I finally got it set up good so I can do a decent woodchop but I still have to hold it down with my closest foot.
No HIIT today. I need the rest.
Notes:
1. My hands are both so beat up right now (open blisters, cuts, splinters, etc), it's really hard to grip anything without pain and oozing.
2. I'm so tired and sore from the combination of the last workouts and all of my outside spring chores, I'm just plain exhausted. I might up my calories some more (averaging about 2200 right now) to see if that helps.
3. I've had this stupid crick back in my neck for a week now and it's irritating the everloving snot out of me.
4. My $5 back-alley hooker's elbow has also been bothering me for the past few days.
5. I'm falling apart, piece by saggy piece.
/whine
Bonus: We sometimes use old tires for planters here and there. We have tons of the things in all sizes, from normal car size to big ol' honkin' tractor types. As I've been moving those (sometimes with dirt in them, sometimes not) around the property over the past week, I keep thinking about how some people actually pay money to flip tires as part of a workout. I should open up a Redneck Fitness Center. The city folks would be fighting to pay and work out here.
Bonus: We sometimes use old tires for planters here and there. We have tons of the things in all sizes, from normal car size to big ol' honkin' tractor types. As I've been moving those (sometimes with dirt in them, sometimes not) around the property over the past week, I keep thinking about how some people actually pay money to flip tires as part of a workout. I should open up a Redneck Fitness Center. The city folks would be fighting to pay and work out here.
there you go, Diane. Then you will finally have time for the real workouts
Bonus: We sometimes use old tires for planters here and there. We have tons of the things in all sizes, from normal car size to big ol' honkin' tractor types. As I've been moving those (sometimes with dirt in them, sometimes not) around the property over the past week, I keep thinking about how some people actually pay money to flip tires as part of a workout. I should open up a Redneck Fitness Center. The city folks would be fighting to pay and work out here.
Warmup: Entire ADW from PBD, followed by WGDL 5 x 55#, 5 x 95#, 5 x 135#.
WGDL on box: 1 x 10 x 160#, 1 x 10 x 155#.
BSS: 2 x 10 x 25# plate. Butt cramp!
UH lat pulldown: 2 x 10 x 155#. That's as heavy as my BowFlex goes -- 155# on each side and I have both sides loaded. I guess I'll just have to do them super-slow and drawn-out to increase the difficulty until hubby gets my pull up bar finished. I assume the next step would be negative chin ups?
Reverse lunge from box with fwd reach: 1 x 10 x 20#e, 1 x 10 x 22.5#e.
DB prone Cuban snatch: 1 x 10#e x 7 + 8#e x 3, 1 x 10#e x 6 + 8#e x 4. (Did ya translate all of that okay?) Stupid &@*@!* boobs. So not cool.
Swissball crunch: 2 x 10 x 10# plate on chest, feet elevated on 18" step.
Reverse crunch: 2 x 10 x 10# DB between shins. Ouch on the shins. I need to think of a better idea for next time.
Lateral flexion -- side crunch on Swiss ball: 2 x 10.
Prone cobra: 2 x 75 seconds.
HIIT: Ran up the hill/walked down the hill again -- 4 sets. I bombed at the end so stuck with 4, rather than 5 sets like last time. The goats and sheep find this running up and down past them oh so amusing, usually jeering and snickering. We'll see who has the last laugh when I eat them and their children in a few months.
Notes:
1. I've been starting to forget to eat again. I don't have the problem in winter but, when it starts to warm up and I get outside, I often forget to eat. Not cool. At my worst, I can go for a couple of days before I realize it. So far, the worst I've done this year is maybe 8 hours and it's only popped up in the last two weeks. I need to figure out how to get over this. I make up the calories later, making sure to get in appropriate amounts of protein, fat, etc but that means either oinking down too much at once or staying up even later than usual to add on a make-up meal.
2. I had planned on doing today's workout yesterday but my cold worsened and I just felt like complete crap. So I took it easy and just did a bit of outside work, then did my workout today. I'm feeling better today, like I've finally turned the corner on this small but annoying cold. Just a cough and nasty sinus headache left to deal with.
3. I pulled a foam mattress out of the shed this week and have laid it on top of the (thin, incredibly dense & hard) futon mattress I sleep on. It seems to be helping a bit with the crick in my neck. I'm hoping this is the answer because I really don't want to go back to the chiro every freaking month.
4. I've been on TNT for just under four weeks now so I've started adding a few more carbs back in. Just veggie carbs, though, and I'm trying to keep them centered around workouts for the most part.
Do not, under any circumstances, admit that you see the crud piled up under the bottom of my fridge. If you do, I'll be forced to admit it and clean it.
Definitely can see a HUGE difference in your midsection and back.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
WOW! YOu totally lost that back flab!
PS I know you clean under your fridge cuz it's different dirt in all the pics LOL! I like the little handprints on fridge too. Reminds me of home LOL!
Thanks, everyone! I'm pretty happy with the changes so far but I still wish they'd happen quicker!
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Originally Posted by MuscleMom23
PS I know you clean under your fridge cuz it's different dirt in all the pics LOL!
Ooh, good point! I think from now on, I'll just jam my foot under there and rearrange the crud, rather than wasting my time & energy cleaning it out just to get new crud under there 30 minutes later. What a great idea! LOL
First let me add a congrats on your progress. You have obviously found a good amount of cals because your weights are also impressive in your workouts still. Nice job.
I totally understand the "forgetting to eat" thing and for me it gets way worse in the warmer weather. I used to eat just once a day and that was so much easier. This eating every 2 hour thing really sucks (to put it mildly). I have taken to packing a small cooler every day with my food and then vowing to eat through that cooler by the end of the day. I am sitting at my desk right now with a full belly thinking that it is time to eat again... (sigh....)
I totally understand the "forgetting to eat" thing and for me it gets way worse in the warmer weather. I used to eat just once a day and that was so much easier. This eating every 2 hour thing really sucks (to put it mildly).
I'm so there with you. I can be really good about eating when it's cold out but now that warmer weather is here, it's more of a chore to do it. And, honestly, I just don't think about it often. Hunger pangs are nothing to me and rarely get my attention (unless I'm sitting on my butt). Of course, I also have a second problem: huge portion sizes. Even when I'm eating frequently, my portions tend to be far to big. I'm like Jethro on the Beverly Hillbillies, sitting down with my giant Jethro bowl of salad or broccoli. Oink!
Finding the balance for both of these issues is tough for me. Once I get it under control, I should cruise on to better progress.
Which brings up another thing I'm debating... My weight loss for the past two months have been averaging about 2 pounds per week. That seems a little much and I'm worried that I might be losing some lean along with the fat. Obviously, the fat is going and I'm still making gains in strength so it can't be too terribly bad. Or can it? I dunno. Maybe I'll just eek up the cals a bit more for the next month and see how it goes. Or maybe I'll just leave well enough alone.
If my secret plan to know everything and then rule the world would hurry up and happen, it would be a lot easier to make decisions like this.
Doh! Just realized I forgot to post today's workout.
NR4W, Stage 2, Workout A, 3 of 4
Warmup: Completed entire ADW from PBD, plus FSPP of 5 x 15# and 5 x 45#.
Front squat/push press: 1 x 10 x 65#, 1 x 9 x 60#. Got pukey as hell partway through these! Also took some skin off of my nose coming back down from the push press on one of them.
Step up: 2 x 10 x 17.5#e. Thought I was going to die.
DB 1-point row: 2 x 10 x 25#e.
Static lunge, rear foot elevated: 2 x 10 x 25#e. Wished I'd already died.
Push up: 2 x 5 + 5, flat on ground. I sucked and my depth wasn't very good.
Plank: Hell if I know. Stupid dog kept coming up and sticking his nose in my butt every freaking time, freaking me out so I'd break and go down. I'm sure I got a full 60 seconds in for two sets but it was broken up into little stretches.
Cable horizontal woodchop: 2 x 10 x 110# on BowFlex. Blech. I so don't like the BowFlex. Hubby's making plans now to build me a new pull-up/dip/hanging leg raise/cable station so I just have to hang on a bit longer...
Notes:
1. One of my recently-set goals is to improve my everyday posture. I used to have perfect posture. Now I have perfectly sucky posture. That's gotta change. I'm making a bit of progress.
2. I bought some tennis balls today so hubby could try to work out my neck crick a bit more. I can't get it myself so I'm left bribing him. I can't wait for this to go away!
3. Right hip has been tight and left knee has had a little pain -- both for the past week. I probably tweaked something on my recent hill runs, twisting something on the zillions of rocks and holes.
4. I've started tightening up too much. I need to start working on some off-day stretching. That'll probably help take care of quite a few of my little but nagging aches and pains.
5. I noticed a new muscle! On the outer portion of my legs, below the calves, are some new bumps. Very cool! Even when I was running, I didn't have these so they're definitely weight-related.
Front squat/push press: 1 x 10 x 65#, 1 x 9 x 60#. Got pukey as hell partway through these! Also took some skin off of my nose coming back down from the push press on one of them.
I'd puke too at 65# LOL Moose! Keep up the heavy lifting gal!
Front squat/push press: 1 x 10 x 65#, 1 x 9 x 60#. Got pukey as hell partway through these! Also took some skin off of my nose coming back down from the push press on one of them.
OUCH--and then you kept going ?!?!?!?
On the bright side, you've got new muscle and you're still alive ! And I notice that extra stretching does help a lot with everyday aches and pains.
Front squat/push press: 1 x 10 x 65#, 1 x 9 x 60#. Got pukey as hell partway through these! Also took some skin off of my nose coming back down from the push press on one of them.
I have a bruise on my collarbone from making sure to keep the bar back against my shoulders!!!! Whew - thought it was just me!
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