Michelle, I hope you feel better soon. On the knee thing...dumb question but have you been doing good warm ups and lots of stretching/mobility work after workouts? Foam rolling, etc.? I have left shoulder issues and consistent stretching/mobility really helps it a lot.
Michelle, I hope you feel better soon. On the knee thing...dumb question but have you been doing good warm ups and lots of stretching/mobility work after workouts? Foam rolling, etc.? I have left shoulder issues and consistent stretching/mobility really helps it a lot.
I did try all that and it didn't seem to make a difference. Those things work to prevent an injury that is just coming on, but I think I did more damage to my tendons and ligaments, and now they are chronically inflamed. I did learn some lessons though. In the future I will walk longer for a warm-up before I start running, and I will definitely stick with the active-isolated stretch routine and foam rolling. I won't be able to try running again for another couple of weeks, whenever my acupuncturist thinks I'm good to go.
I'm finally over my cold! Yay! So I'll be back to training this week. I've been in Florida for the last 5 days- while I was there I realized that I enjoy food far too much to be successful at clean eating. I fell off the wagon and decided to go back to counting calories on Sparkpeople.
And what is up with everyone going to Florida and leaving me here to freeze my buns off?? Sheesh.
Diane - if your high is above freezer, you're definitely not freezing! (I'm pretty sure that I remember roughly where you're from, and you are definitely NOT freezing!)
Week Two Full Body Strength
Workout B
One-arm Dumbbell Snatch 4x5 @35
Side Lunge 4x6 @65
Swiss Ball Glute-hamstring 4x6
Dumbbell Alternating Bench Press 4x6 @23
Horizontal Pullup 4x6
Dumbbell Push Press 4x6 @25
Mixed-grip Pullup 4x6 @70 (assistance)
Corkscrew 4x10 @10
Three-point Plank 4x :45
I'm having a much easier time with my diet just counting calories and not imposing any rules about macros or timing. I'm having no trouble at all staying at around 1300 a day, but I found it nearly impossible to do when I was drinking protein sgakes after workouts. I know it doesn't work this way for most people, but if I eat more in the morning I am hungrier all day.
I'm having a much easier time with my diet just counting calories and not imposing any rules about macros or timing. I'm having no trouble at all staying at around 1300 a day, but I found it nearly impossible to do when I was drinking protein sgakes after workouts. I know it doesn't work this way for most people, but if I eat more in the morning I am hungrier all day.
Nice workout! Good for you for figuring out how to make eating at a deficit work for you. I gave up protein shakes during fat loss, too, because I did so much better if I used those calories in actual food.
Are you staying on the same calories on both workout & non-workout days?
Yeah, pretty much. My range is 1300-1700, so it will be more or less depending on my hunger. I lift three days a weeks and swim three days a week, and my hunger varies from day to day. In general I tend to be hungrier on non-lifting days.
Oh, you crazy people of the frozen tundra! It's 67 right now and I can barely feel my toes.
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I'm having a much easier time with my diet just counting calories and not imposing any rules about macros or timing.
I found the same thing with myself, usually. I do have to try and concentrate on protein a bit as I'll happily go for weeks without any at all but, other than that, I quit stressing about the macros. I still track them, though, just out of interest and since my software does it anyway.
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Gotcha. Glad you're eating based on hungry with a range.
Wow, the muscle pain in my ribs got so bad that I went to urgent care. I'm all wrapped up and talking advil. I got a muscle relaxer to take at night. I can still do some exercise- elliptical instead of swimming is ok, and I'll have to cut out the explosive and rotational movements.
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