hi pauline, hope you had fun in maine. i live just north of augusta but we haven't gone anywhere much this summer - the weather just hasn't cooperated much.
Me too! My co-worker called it an "olympic hangover" I have been staying up about an hour past my usual bed time and its definitely catching up with me this week.
I hope you enjoy your vacation!
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Enjoy your vacation, Pauline!!! You deserve a rest!
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Have a great vacation! I agree with Karla, it's fun sometimes to workout in a new place. It's also nice to have a rest week though. I'm sure you'll have a great time, no matter which you decide to do.
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Have a great vacation Pauline!!!
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Hope you have a good vacation, we'll see you in a week!
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Have a great vacation, Pauline, and I hope your schooling materials showed up in time!
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hi pauline, hope you had fun in maine. i live just north of augusta but we haven't gone anywhere much this summer - the weather just hasn't cooperated much.
enjoy your break - you've worked hard!
Thanks, everybody! Maine was beautiful and I got a lot of sun and a lot of reading in. I went for 2 HIIT runs and also spent many hours paddling the paddle boat reading while my 8 year old steered! It only sprinkled one morning and cleared up by mid-morning so we had glorious days all week.
I'm back in the saddle as I dragged myself to the gym tonight. I'll post my workout tomorrow.
I've had an awful time with my schedule the last couple of weeks. My husband just moved to 3rd shift and we also started the new homeschooling year using a new curriculum, so it's been crazy. I got to the gym once last week. I've been doing cardio at home but lifting has suffered. I'm looking into setting up a home gym so I can lift weights right here without having to take time to go somewhere else. Between homeschooling, working, cooking and cleaning, EVERY minute in my day counts. Cutting sleep time...well, NOT a good solution!
This week we're going to try something different. I'm going to go to the gym first thing in the AM and then straight to work, which is not far from the gym) for 3 hours. Dh will do 2-3 subjects with the kiddos while I'm gone. Then I'll come home cook lunch and do the rest of school in the afernoon. Well, that's the plan anyway...
Oh, I'm down 2.25# since returning from vacation. I think it was mostly sodium-related water weight.
I'll pop in as much as I can, but until my schedule becomes more do-able it'll be sporadic. I miss you guys!!!
Stage 5-A-4 Sept. 15, 2008 - I may actually finally finish Stage 5 this week!
One-armed dumbbell snatch Sets 1-4 20/4
Dumbbell single-led Romanian deadlift Sets 1-4 25e/4 Barbell bent-over row Set 1 45/4 Sets 2-4 55/4
Dumbbell single-arm overhead squat Set 1 15+30/4 Set 2 12+25/4
Sets 3-4 15+30/4 [I tried using a 25# plate because the dumbbell betwwen the legs is so awkward, but the 25# plate hits the floor before I'm into my full squat - being short and small really is a pain sometimes...) Dumbbell incline bench press Sets 1-4 15e/4
Plank Set 1 60s Set 2 60s Set 3 60s Reverse Woodchop Sets 1-2 20/4 Sets 3-4 25/4
BWM - Will do BWM with Natalia (video of course) later - headache...
Sets 1-2 2:17 of NOT fun... and definitley not pretty .
Warm-up: 15 min on TM, BW squats, reverse lunge with twist, side lunges
Romanian deadlift with bent-over row Set 1 70/4 Sets 2-4 65/4
Partial single-leg squat Sets 1-4 25/4 Wide grip lat pulldown Set 1 70/4 Sets 2-4 60/4
Back extensions Sets 1-4 45/4 YTWL Sets 1-4 4e/4
Swiss Ball Crunch Sets 1-4 BW/4 Hip Flexion Sets 1-4 Prone jackknife/4 Lateral Flexion Sets 1-4 Swiss Ball Side Crunch/4
ProneCobra Skipped! I'm a naughty girl.
HIIT Due to time constraints, I only did 3 intervals (1 at 8 and 2 at 7:30).
I'm done with Stage 5!!!! On to Stage 6. Right now, I'm planning to complete 6 and 7. I've been tracking my food the last few days to make sure calories are in line and also protein and fiber. I just noticed that my legs (specifically my thighs) seem to be mostly muscle and very little saddlebag fat anymore. That has to be good, right?
It's a definite good thing! Congratulations! 'm waiting for the day that I'm there. I've got a ways to go before I can say no more saddlebags.
Also, congrats on finishing up stage 5. How's the new schedule going?
__________________ 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
Reverse Chin Ups - Sets 1-3 10s.
I did these on the Smith thing with the bar just high enough for me to jump up to. I lowered myself pretty well with knees bent. I put down 10s because I'm not sure I made the whole 20 seconds due to concentrating on form more than on timing my descent, but overall, I'm happy with my first try.
Underhand-grip lat pulldown Set 1 60/2 Sets 2-10 70/2
I was going to move up to 80, but in order to grab the bar, I have to stand up (short arms) and I couldn't get the bar down with 80 even when I was hanging on it. What's up with that? Any suggestions?
Barbell Split Squat Sets 1-2 60/10 Push-up Set 1 #2 Smith/10 Set 2 #3 Smith/10
My left shoulder still does not like push ups. I was definitely favoring my right at the end of my first set, so I moved the bar up a notch.
Pet peeve of the day - When I walked over to the squat rack after lat pulldowns, another guy told me the guy using it was in the bathroom. The guy had pulled a bench into the squat rack and set up his barbell (75# total) then left to go to the bathroom. I still don't understand why he couldn't use one of the benches with the barbell on the overhead rack? Anyhow, I couldn't afford to stand around waiting because I had to get to work so I used one of the barbells on the benches with a little creative manuevering. I just straddled the bench and bent over to get the barbell on my shoulders. It's a good thing I'm so short... By the time the guy got back from the bathroom, I was almost done. I still want to know why he had to use the only squat rack for not squats.
Sometimes cable machines will have a half-weight plate that you can add to bring the total to 75 rather than 80 - don't know if that helps you much though.
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No "happy hours" makes for a lot of miserable days. - Mahler
Underhand-grip lat pulldown Set 1 60/2 Sets 2-10 70/2
I was going to move up to 80, but in order to grab the bar, I have to stand up (short arms) and I couldn't get the bar down with 80 even when I was hanging on it. What's up with that? Any suggestions?
Gain weight so there's more of you to pull down that bar
Gain weight so there's more of you to pull down that bar
Ha! My BF told me the same thing when he saw me hanging off of the pull down bar to get it down to where I could sit. It was around that time that I switched over to more chinups and negatives. You might consider that, or maybe the assisted pullup machine?
__________________ 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
Back extension Sets 1-2 35/10 Reverse incline Sets 1-2 BW/10
Today was a fast workout. I didn't rest as much as the chart said, but I felt like I pushed myself just right. I'm doing more cardio during Stage 6 which has been a great mood lifter!
I have been staying up about an hour past my usual bed time and its definitely catching up with me this week.
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