Christine, thanks for posting the info for the "Butt Lift" that Karen mentioned. I looked for it in the Shape magazine in stores last week, but they had September out rather than August.
Any luck with finding your diamond or filing your claim?
No luck the diamond so I filed a claim. My old ring was a simple round solitaire and I am under some mild pressure from my Mom and gf's to go for an upgrade. My Mom had given me some (too flashy) jewerly years ago and has been wanting me to get it made into something, so this is the perfect opportunity to use those diamonds in the band. I'm still leaning toward keeping it simple and understated though. My husband goes with the "keep Momma happy theory", so he doesn't care. Either way, I am just happy things worked out with the insurance.
Yesterday, I did a spin class at my old gym, which was fun to see everyone. My legs aren't used to biking anymore. Mentally, it was tough to see how deconditioned I've become, but I know I can't build muscle and do lots of endurance work.
Last night, I did a hot yoga class. It's 90 minute class and I love it. My flexibility isn't so hot It's too much to fit in schedule-wise on a regular basis, so I just look at it as a treat when I get to go.
Ha, I slept 9 hours last night, that spinning and yoga wore me out. This morning, my daughter asked me to run with her, so we did some sprints around the neighborhood. Other than that, I have no plans to exercise for the rest of the weekend.
Hi Tom, it's more the intensity than the volume. Right now, I'm doing 3 hours of cardio a week, 2 hours walking and an hour of easy running and I feel great.
But that particular spin class, the teacher is crazy. We go way back and he likes to pick on me, by turning up my resistance knob and standing by from bike and yelling at me. And I am more than happy to step up to the plate. But I don't recover well from that sort of intensity, even though I like the challenge. I like all the people at that gym and it would be too easy for me to fall back into overtraining, especially with the group bikes out on the road.
But to answer your question directly, in the past, I cut back to lifting 2x/wk when I hit about 6 hours per week for tri training. When I was marathon training at ~3 hours of running per week, I was even more tired. It doesn't seem to take much for me.
But that particular spin class, the teacher is crazy. We go way back and he likes to pick on me, by turning up my resistance knob and standing by from bike and yelling at me.
Totally uncool - one thing I've learned in the times I've been indoor cycling/spinning is that the instructor should never, EVER adjust the resistance for a cyclist. Doesn't matter if you know each other or not - that's a bad call any way you look at it. If you were fed up with it you could lodge a complaint against the him/her.
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Tom, I agree with you. He is pushing the envelope and someday it's going to bite him in the butt. He's been teaching this way ten years too. Of course, he doesn't do it to most people, but he's asking for trouble. He was my PT for years and his (sometimes) extreme personality is part of WHY I switched gyms earlier this year.
Finished up stage 1 last week and took a mini break. Did some higher intensity cardio a couple of days, but also ate and slept a lot. oops, just noticed I left out a measurement this week, but it's the same as before.
My daughter is home from school today because she is sick, so I lifted at home. As a bonus, I folded three loads of laundry during the rest intervals, woo hoo Wish I had some more dumbbells, but it was good enough.
Warmup
Mobility stuff
BW Squats and Reverse Lunges
Front Squat, Push Press
2 x 10, 20 lb db's
Still don't like the way my squats look, so I am just going to stick with oly bar when I get back to the gym. They got my HR up!
Alternating sets: Step up to kitchen chair
2 x 10, 20's One point db row
2 x 10, 20's
had to bend my standing leg to get the extended leg to parallel with the floor
Lunges with rear foot on step
2 x 10, 20's Pushups
2 x 10, BW
Planks, forearms on ball, feet on bench
2 x 1:00 MB twist, lying on ball
2 x 10, 8lb MB
Those planks were challenging to say the least. I will give someone a good laugh when I do these at the gym
Chloe, I did the plank on the ball thingy this morning, but this time really focusing on squeezing everything hard and I went for two minutes, no problem. Staying focused like that at the gym maybe harder, with all the distractions there. If anyone talks to me, I may fall on my ass There's another variation where you lift one foot off the bench with your forearms on the ball. Now, THAT will be challenging!
Our daughter still has a fever, so I went to the gym early at 6am and did 30 minutes on the elliptical.
Chloe, I did the plank on the ball thingy this morning, but this time really focusing on squeezing everything hard and I went for two minutes, no problem. Staying focused like that at the gym maybe harder, with all the distractions there. If anyone talks to me, I may fall on my ass There's another variation where you lift one foot off the bench with your forearms on the ball. Now, THAT will be challenging!
Our daughter still has a fever, so I went to the gym early at 6am and did 30 minutes on the elliptical.
What do you think about for those 2 minutes????? My one minute regular planks seem like an eternity. I just can't imagine doing the ones you do. And for 2 minutes! KUDOS to you!
Sorry to hear that your daughter is still sick. It must be being back at school. I hope your other two don't get it. Bugs usually run through all my boys here. Good luck.
Yep, the one and only! Did you ever do his group ride? Oy vey, those rides used to scare me with the tight paceline and aerobars.
Just had to share, I did my first chinup today! My family wasn't too excited for me, but I was! I am loving NROLW
Yea! Chin ups are such a milestone for us. Keep it up and you'll be doing 3, 4, even 5 in no time. Having said that...I did a chinup on Saturday and have repeated it since, but no more than one and still no pull up. But still...it is an accomplishment, no?
Yea! Chin ups are such a milestone for us. Keep it up and you'll be doing 3, 4, even 5 in no time. Having said that...I did a chinup on Saturday and have repeated it since, but no more than one and still no pull up. But still...it is an accomplishment, no?
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Congrats on your first chin up!!! I'm still not there yet, but I'm workin on it! That's so great that you finally got it!
Yay, it's two days later, and I'm still in the chinup afterglow. Think it's because I've been lifting faithfully for 7 YEARS and now finally, yay!
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What do you think about for those 2 minutes????? My one minute regular planks seem like an eternity. I just can't imagine doing the ones you do. And for 2 minutes! KUDOS to you!
Sorry to hear that your daughter is still sick. It must be being back at school. I hope your other two don't get it. Bugs usually run through all my boys here. Good luck.
Thanks Chloe! She is back to school today. The boys have been trying to catch her cold. They want to have an excuse to stay home and watch tv!
With the planks, I did planks everyday for a two week period and ever since then, they aren't bad. With the side planks, tho, I check the time a million times
All during stage 1, I did RDL's. Today I actually did conventional DL's like I supposed to do in Stage 1. Now I am comfortable adding in the box with these and finally will be up to speed on these.
Alternating sets:
BSS
2 x 10, 25 lb plate, 25
Underhand grip lat pulldown
2 x 10, 70, 85
For BSS, I need to go up, maybe to db's instead of the 35 lb plate?
Reverse lunge from box with forward reach
2 x 10, 12's, 15's
DB prone cuban snatch
2 x 10, 8's
SB crunch
2 x 15, long arm with 10lb plate
Reverse crunch
2 x 15, bw
Lateral flexion
2 x 10, variation #3
Hey, ceebee, I'm coming up behind you. I'll be finishing up my Stage 1 amrap workouts this week, and starting Stage 2 next week. I noticed that you skipped the B AMRAP workout. I'm thinking of just combining both into one workout...maybe a 15 minute rest between one and the other. Otherwise I can't imagine it would feel like I really had a workout. Also, I can get to Stage 2 faster. I did Stage 2 once before and I remember those forward reach lunges being a little awkward. Still, I'm so ready for a change.
Hey Kathy, combining the AMRAP workouts is a great idea! I didn't like the workout, but I was distracted b/c that's when I noticed about losing the diamond of my ring
I agree about the lunges with a forward reach. I didn't know what weight to use. The book said to go light on the weight, but it felt almost too easy. In the photo, she's not reaching too far forward either. They got my heart rate up tho.
My quads are feeling the BSS's from yesterday I pulled up some old threads on that exercise and saw that you were doing the BSS with an overhead press. Holy cow!
Today I'm meeting a friend for a run/walk. It's not part of my plan, but I'm doing a few sprints with her and then we'll walk. She's lost 15 pounds in 5 weeks, after feeling "stuck" in the weight loss dept for years. Getting a food scale and weighing everything is what made the difference for her.
Today was one of those workouts that wasn't meant to be. I slept about 3 hours, so I woke up tired. Sometimes when I tired, working out gives me energy, so I went ahead to the gym.
Yesterday I ran sprints and absolutely fried my legs which were already really sore from starting the new stage. We ran 10 sprints, 15 second running and 45 seconds walking. I didn't wear my gps, but I'm guessing the sprints were under 6:30 pace, which is fast for me. I am paying today
Warmup
Foam Rolling
Mobility and stretching
BW squats with plates under heels
Front Squat w/ Push Press
1 x 10, 20's
1 x 10, bar
both squat racks were in use again, so I just did db's for the first set
Step ups
2 x 10, 25's, 20's 1 pt row
2 x 10, 20's, 15's
my legs are just cooked, so I dropped the weights
Lunges with foot on box
2 x 10, 20's Pushups
2 x 10, bw
Plank on swiss ball
1:00, 1:40 Lateral roll on swiss ball
2 x 10, 15 lb db
one of trainers was sitting at the cable station while her client stretched, so I subbed the lat roll on the ball for the wood chop. I just wanted to be done today.
This weekend, I am walking with Wendy (Fengshway) tomorrow morning and that is it. Made an appt to get my body fat updated next week. I think I am on track, but it's a slow process....
I hate working out on no sleep - good job on going and giving it a shot... FWIW, if a trainer is sitting while training, and blocking equipment... bleh! I'd just say "excuse me are you using that?" and move her lazy butt off the bench!
hey christine, you are getting strong! NROLW is tough that way. I am walking today from starbucks beachside granada around 5pm ish if you are in the hood.
so I filed a claim. My old ring was a simple round solitaire and I am under some mild pressure from my Mom and gf's to go for an upgrade. My Mom had given me some (too flashy) jewerly years ago and has been wanting me to get it made into something, so this is the perfect opportunity to use those diamonds in the band. I'm still leaning toward keeping it simple and understated though. My husband goes with the "keep Momma happy theory", so he doesn't care. Either way, I am just happy things worked out with the insurance.
It's too much to fit in schedule-wise on a regular basis, so I just look at it as a treat when I get to go.
I am loving NROLW
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