Those one-leg RDL's are crazy, Kara! You've got some INCREDIBLE balance there!! I've been doing those stinking things for MONTHS now and am only up to 55 lbs and THAT's for just a FEW reps!!
Thanks Jane! These are one of my favorite exercises. Every once in a while I do have balance issues, but I feel them where I'm supposed to, which is a plus for me. I'm definitely shaky when I do them, but I like them alot... must be my flexible hamstrings or something.
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Ditto Jane - I have such balance issues with the one legged! And there is no way I could do 75 with one leg. Nice workout!
Thanks Bree! I lose my balance sometimes too, but I've started liking these more and more... I'd like to get a side video next time to double check that I'm not using my back, but it doesn't feel like it, so I think I'm ok.
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Nice workout once again! I haven't done one legged RDL's in a long time--those are impressive!
Thanks Celeste! Your workouts are always so impressive to me, I'm flattered
Here's my issue though.... For the two recipes I've been having for lunch and dinner this week, they're both made with ground beef. I bought lean-ish beef (93% I think) but then after it's browned I drain the excess fat/grease. I don't think fit-day takes that into account... so my fat% might be higher than what I'm actually taking in. Does that make sense? Anyway, I think I need to go stalk your log a bit and get some good recipes. I'm not trying to do low-carb exactly, just trying to up my other macros since my carbs had been sky high. What a crappily delicate balance!
You can always use half ground turkey and half ground beef....and I always use 96% lean beef. But, I'm with Tracey....love low carb because it fills me up and I am never hungry. Carbs = hunger for me. Check out the TNT thread for recipe ideas, too.
Hmm, half and half sounds like a good idea. I thought of that later, but obviously the thought didn't make it to the recipe! Speaking of which, one of them is your taco skillet :-) It's yummy! But I agree... it needs more tomatos!
Hmm, half and half sounds like a good idea. I thought of that later, but obviously the thought didn't make it to the recipe! Speaking of which, one of them is your taco skillet :-) It's yummy! But I agree... it needs more tomatos!
I agree - more tomatoes!! We made it last week - it was good! And I had the leftovers the other day for lunch - I took a HUGE plate of greens, and plopped the taco skillet mixture on top - and topped it with sour cream - it was YUMMMMY!
Tried Tabatas for the first time. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I did 8 rounds of 20sec work, 10 sec rest. Did mostly squat jumps, but switched to knee-pushups or jumping jacks when my legs wanted to cry too hard from the squats, lol. And I only did the knee pushups because I can do them a little faster.
Then did 2x15 circuit of scap pushups (without the pushup), glute bridges, and Ys. Then did a little stretching when I watched tv
Off to the gym in about 2 minutes... be back to post that later.
OK, here's my stuff for today:
Cals: 2147
Fat: 46%
Carb: 28%
Pro: 27%
Not fantastic... but not bad either. My protein is at 139grams, which is higher than my bodyweight, but the percent seems low because of all the fats I'm eating with some of these recipes. I had just kind of been tracking to see where I was, but I needed to go back and plug my info into those NROL4W equations again to see how much I should actually be eating... here's what it told me:
For a 23 yr old (in 2 weeks, lol, close enough) female at 130lbs and 5'4":
RMR should be 1219
For maintanence:
No workout: 1950 cals
Workout: 2194
For fat loss:
No workout: 1650 (ouch)
Workout: 1894
So now I have something to strive for. Obviously my intake last weekend would not have helped any fat loss efforts, but here are my averages since I re-started tracking, aka Jan 26 or so:
Avg Cals: 1900
Avg Protein %: 27.5:
*this is NOT counting my saturday full of delicious but high calorie food that I couldn't track.
For fat loss my average should have been:
Cals: 1750
So I guess that explains why the scale doesn't ever move. Always just around maintanence. I will try to cut some cals for the rest of the month, but it likely be difficult. With my birthday and going out with the family and everything, this could get interesting, but we shall see! I'm trying!
Standing woodchop (4x10)
15
17.5
17.5
20
(these are guesses, the plates actually say 30, 35, 35, and 40, but I know they're not right, I'm guessing they're half of that)
Nice workout! So are you actually trying for weight loss? I thought you were more going for recomp--not that I'm any expert anyway, just curious. It is a good thing you figured out exactly what you need to do though.
I'd like to lose a little bit, while maintaning whatever lean mass I have. It's a difficult tightrope to walk though since I don't want to lose strength. I don't need to lose too much weight, but what I've been doing hasn't budged the scale really... so I think I need to keep cals a bit lower than normal...
That makes sense. I think I was trying to lose too aggressively at the end of my fat loss attempts, which made the muscle go as quickly as the fat. So you're right to lower them a bit and not get too crazy with the deficit.
low carb recipes make my fat% go WAAAYYY up... not used to that..... and not sure if I like it!
You're inspiring me to post my calories/food again...you're getting a lot of great feedback and suggestions! I'm with you--I'd like to lose a little. Not too quickly, but I'd like to lose SOME. I think I'm starting to gain rather than lose. Bleh.
Besides, I'm more faithful about tracking my food if I have to show someone else....
No PRs or anything, but it was a good workout. Now I'm up in PA with Bri so I'm hoping I can do well with cals this weekend. We're heading out to his brother and SIL's house and going out to a casino and out to dinner... so I'm going to track what I can and try to make the best choices I can. I haven't had too terribly much to eat yet, so I should have a bit of a buffer for tonight
Kara, you're my age! I turn 23 next Friday (20th).
Oh how fun! Only 5 days apart!
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Nice workout! Have a great weekend, Kara.
Thanks Ginger! How are you feeling??
Carbs were high yesterday... haven't gotten to track dinner yet, but cals were probably around maintanence with uber high carbs. Hopefully today has more protein in my future...
OK I do not like that the window here is dark grey and my writing is black... hard to read. The writing window should still be white. I thought the whole point of the color change was better contrast
Anyway, did some tabata/HIIT stuff with Bri. Did the bodyweight matrix from NROL4W, then "countdowns" of pushup burpees. Then 2 minutes of 20 sec plyometric pushups (I can't do them, I did knee plyometrics then just knee pushups) 10 sec off.
Done.
But his family is trying to make me fat Chocolate cookies, brownies, and cheesecake all baked within 24 hours. Ahh!!!
Just for you, I did a little experiment with some 80/20 ground beef.
I browned the meat, poured off most of the fat (saving it), and then rinsed it (saving all the liquid). I separated the fat from the rinse water, then measured all of the liquid fat. 5 tbsp of it.
So, in theory, you could subtract 577 calories and 64g of fat from the 1lbs of 80/20 hamburger in fitday.
Well, thankfully, the cheesecake was for a get-together his parents were going to so I didn't have to be tempted! Otherwise I DEFINITELY would have had a piece! But only 1 cookie and 1 brownie, so not too terrible. Will try to track and update later today.
Workout today... the last of this phase of Bri's program. He set up phase 2 for me thsi weekend so I'm doing periodization I think for the next three weeks. Looks like fun. Anyway, here's the last of this phase:
Bench scaption things:
15x20
12x25
12x25
12x25
Curtsy lunges: (10/8/8/6)
45
65
75
80
1-arm DB row: (10/8/8/6)
25
27.5
27.5
27.5
*most at 27.5 I think
Sumo DL: (10/8/8/6)
95
95
95
105 (5, pause, then 1 more)
Damn these are rough. My grip is actually the worst part! And I'm already using mixed grip!
Chin-ups:
1 negative
1 negative
lat-pulldowns: 8x80
Skipped last set because my right bicep was acting up... weird.
Planks
3 of them... couldn't tell how long since my watch broke and there was no clock in that particular room
All that fat = all that flavor!!!
to Bri for us!
Chocolate cookies, brownies, and cheesecake all baked within 24 hours. Ahh!!!
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