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05-02-2008, 10:31 AM
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#361 (permalink)
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,961
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Awesome workout Kara!!!
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Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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05-03-2008, 08:03 AM
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#362 (permalink)
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,153
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I AM SO SORE!  
My hips started last night after I finally sat down for a while to watch TV with the folks. I don't think floorwipers and I should meet again for a very very long time. Now this morning everything hurts! At least it's a good hurt... makes me know I kicked my ass But still! OW! |
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05-03-2008, 02:02 PM
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#363 (permalink)
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,961
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Ok, what are floor-wipers? some kinda lateral core thingy?
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Bytsi
Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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05-03-2008, 04:54 PM
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#364 (permalink)
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,153
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Floorwipers.. lets se if I can explain them...
You lie on the floor on your back and hold a barbell up oeryour chest, as if you'd ust bench-pressed it. You hold it there while you use your abs to lift your legs to one side, then back down to the floor straight in front of you, then up to the other side. That's one rep, so you end up doing 50 each side. If my explanation isn't the best you can google the 300 workout and the first video that pops up has a guy showing all the moves.
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05-03-2008, 06:59 PM
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#365 (permalink)
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,961
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Littlemermaidklb
You lie on the floor on your back and hold a barbell up oeryour chest, as if you'd ust bench-pressed it. You hold it there while you use your abs to lift your legs to one side, then back down to the floor straight in front of you, then up to the other side. That's one rep, so you end up doing 50 each side.
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Oooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww 
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Bytsi
Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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05-04-2008, 07:33 AM
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#366 (permalink)
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Cheesy Rack Guy Wannabe
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5,606
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Nice job on completing the workout. I think the most important thing is keeping track of your sets and when you took breaks. Once you get those down to single sets you'll see a big improvement in your time. And as for the floorwipers, you bring your feet up to where the plates on the barbell are/would be.
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05-04-2008, 10:02 AM
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#367 (permalink)
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,153
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Yup, that's how I did the floorwipers... and my hips are still yelling at me. I kept track of the breaks I took, but didn't time them. I was pretty happy with my time overall though.
This weekend has been crazy. Our entire house is in shambles... the living room is completely empty, all the bedrooms are a huge mess, the furnature is all in the garage, as is a 10-foot high pile of rolled up carpet pieces... it's insane! I convinced my mom to paint the living room so it's no longer boring white so we're heading out now to go get paint. The hardwoods under the carpet are in really good shape, so once they're refinished they're ging to be absolutely beautiful! All this carpet-ripping and stuff has been a worout in and of itself, so who knows if my body will feel "rested" enough by tomororw to start stage 6.. I sure hope it is, but right now it's not looking promising! OK... time to go buy paint and start coloring the living room!
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05-04-2008, 05:55 PM
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#368 (permalink)
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Forkinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,575
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Oh, man, you kicked major butt on the 300!! Congrats!
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05-04-2008, 06:38 PM
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#369 (permalink)
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Warrior In Training
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Bethlehem, PA
Posts: 179
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I hope this isn't getting old... but daaaaayum you make me proud baby |
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05-04-2008, 07:35 PM
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#370 (permalink)
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Newburyport, MA
Posts: 52
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The 300 workout sounds pretty intense!! In a fun way, obviously, haha. Good for you 
Also good luck and have fun with the decorating. I painted my whole apartment my senior year of college. It wasn't that big, but it was a ton of work - we stripped all the old, hideous wallpaper, patched all the holes, and painted the living room, office, bathroom, kitchen, and bedroom. Whew! It was awesome to get done though. I'm jealous of hardwood floors. Right now I have icky linoleum and icky brown carpet. (Not the same apt as the one I painted unfortunately, had to leave that one behind  ) |
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05-04-2008, 07:41 PM
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#371 (permalink)
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,956
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Kara! Nice job on the workout!! You rock!
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05-04-2008, 07:49 PM
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#372 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,179
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Ooowwwiieee! Those floorwipers sounds brutal.
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05-05-2008, 09:21 PM
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#373 (permalink)
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,153
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Workout 1A Stage 6
Thanks everyone!
Well I'm back in CT (unfortunately, lol) and back on schedule with my workouts. I started stage 6 today with the bf there to help with my neg chin-ups. I actually ended up not needinghis help as much as I thought I would! I was even able to jump up by myself for the last 2
A: Negative chin-ups:
12seconds
12seconds
10seconds
B: UG Lat pulldowns:
1x2 with 100lbs
1x2 w/ 97.5
2x2 w/ 92.5
1x2 w/ 87.5
5x2 with 80lbs
C1: BB Split squats:
1x10(e) with 45lbs
1x10(e) with 50lbs
C2: Pushups (forgot to superset with the BB S.S.s... oops!)
1x10 with bar at knee height
1 at the floor! Then 9 back at knee height
Not bad! We were at a new gym and the guy who showed us around had to show me the really weird adjustible things on the squat rack for my split squats. Then he asked if I needed him to move the bar up to the level he put the things at... to which I said "Nope I'm good, thanks!" and proceeded to clean the bar very nicely, overhead press it, then put it on my shoulders and do my split squats, lol. I felt very cool even though the guy had half walked away by then |
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05-05-2008, 10:45 PM
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#374 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 466
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Great workout girl! Nice job on chinups!
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05-06-2008, 10:34 AM
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#375 (permalink)
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,153
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05-06-2008, 10:42 AM
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#376 (permalink)
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Newburyport, MA
Posts: 52
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Looks awesome! We have a pretty similar body shape, that's for sure! Your hips look great. Go you! |
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05-07-2008, 12:40 PM
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#377 (permalink)
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,153
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Workout 1B stage 6
Went with Bri again... and since his workout was a lot longer than mine, I ended up following him around and doing the stuff he was after I was done. So that's why there's lots of random things after the workout itself
A1: Reverse lunge w/ 1 DB to shoulder:
2x10(e) with 20lb DB
A2: DB 2-pt row:
2x10(e) with 20lb DB (I liked the 1-pt rows way better)
A3: DB Pushpress:
1x10 with 20s
1x10 with 45lb BB
B1: Back extention:
2x10 with 25lb plate to chest
B2: Hanging leg raises (subbed for incline reverse crunch)
2x10 w/ BW
Then followed Bri:
Deadlifts:1x8 with 95lbs to have him check my form
Squats:
1x8 @ 65
1x8 @ 75
1x8 @ 80
Prone Pike Jack-knives:
1x8 w/ BW (Note to self... don't do these with shorts ever again!)
Ball crunches:
1x8 with 12lb DB longarm
I've decided I'm not really a fan of this workout... much like the B workout of stages 3 and 5. The first exercise was interesting.. I lost my balance on the first rep of each side with the lunges, but after that I felt pretty solid. Everything else went pretty well.
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(Because I have back muscles now!