Allison's Journey through Westside

[Kevin T.]

Sounds like a perfect time to take a little break from lifting. A little time off from the gym will give you that hour, hour and a half to finish your work and get to bed all that much earlier. IMO, lifting at the expense of getting no sleep and more stress is worse than not lifting and getting your sleep and stress under control.

Your call.

[bundy]

Tues April 9

This morning went on 2 10 min runs seperated w/ 1 minute rest.

RE LOWER

Squats
45x10 135x5 165x1 175x1 195x1 135x5 135x5
Walking Lunges
40x8 40x8 40x8 40x8
Seated Good Mornings
80x8 80x8 80x8

Nutrition
*2 Hot Rox Supplements
Meal 1: 4 hardboiled egg whites, 1 sm apple
Meal 2: 1.5 oz almonds
Meal 3: 1 chicken breast, 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
Meal 4: pre workout rice cake w/ peanut butter & a little jelly
Meal 5: post workout low cal smoothie w/ protein and chicken wrap
*2 Hot Rox, Fish Oils, multivitamins


...I'm taking the rest of the week off and de-loading next week. I need sleep and to focus on school right now, plus today on the way up in the 195 squat soemthing happened in my lower back. I finished the rest of the workout but couldn't squat anything more than 135 w/o feeling pain and when I went to do the fourth set of seated good mornings the pain was excruciating. I shouldn't have pushed it today, now I have to take a break. Oh well, I'll be back in it hard time in a week or so, rested, finished w/ school and ready to lift big.

[L'ilJ]

Rest is good. Take some time off (maybe back off those Hot Rox so you can get some sleep ) and come back rested and ready! Enjoy.

[bundy]

Mon April 14
RE UPPER

Bench
45x6 65x6 85x6 85x6
Pull Ups
10x1

Getting back into it slowly.

[Matthew]

Is that ten sets of one, or one set of ten?

[bundy]

Ten sets of one. Did I write that right?

[PowerManDL]

There's no right or wrong way. Just consistent.

[Matthew]

Ya, neither right or wrong. I just wasn't sure.

Ten total reps is pretty good dude. There was a time I couldn't even do that.

Are all the school issues over?

[bundy]

Originally Posted by PowerManDL

There's no right or wrong way. Just consistent.

Haha, ok. Good to know I'm not completely oblivious.

Originally Posted by Matthew

Ya, neither right or wrong. I just wasn't sure.

Ten total reps is pretty good dude. There was a time I couldn't even do that.

Are all the school issues over?

Uhm, well I got a lot of the work done this weekend. But the next three weeks will be kind of stressful just because it the end of the semester and exams. I only have two exams though and like I said got almost everything out of the way this weekend. So I'm feeling a lot better.

[Matthew]

pfft

I have five exams from mon-thurs this week, and a major assignment due on Wednesday. Now that is stress

[bundy]

Oh, well then...all hail Matt, the exam-taking, major assignment doing, weight lifting, ability to deal with stress having virtuoso.

I'm just horrible with stress management, my dwindling numbers in the weight room display that pretty well I think. But hey, it's something I'm working on, even if my sources of stress are lame.

[Matthew]

Originally Posted by bundy

Oh, well then...all hail Matt, the exam-taking, major assignment doing, weight lifting, ability to deal with stress having virtuoso.

Sweet.


Everyone deals with stress differently. I deal with it in a very negative/destructive way: I avoid it. I haven't studied more than ten minutes for any of my five courses. Not having to study = not being stressed out.

I also got 90 on my exam this morning, and will probably fall somewhere between 80-90 on my morning exam tomorrow, as well as my exam on Wednesday.
The consequence of doing so well in three courses without being bogged down by work, however, is borderline failing the other two courses. Again I avoid stress by not caring about the other two courses, because they're "not important". Destructive.


You need to find a way to de-stress. A more productive way than mine, though. People will tell you stress is a part of life but they're wrong, it's only a part of their life because they don't know how to deal with it properly. They get used to it, and tell you to do the same.
Your life should not be stressful, in my opinion. If it is then you're missing a very important step.
Find out what that step is. It'll be different for everyone. I'm still trying to find mine, I can't wait to bring some stress into my life by actually doing some school work and having a job again.



Wow I'm preachy. Sorry

[Simon C]

Hah, I do what Matthew does I'm just super relaxed because I never think about anything, and ignore stuff most of the time. Hey, it works!

[bundy]

I'm working on better de-stress methods...sports used to take care of that, and that's one reason why I took up lifting. But next year I'll have my beloved sports back plus lifting. I'll be able to rock some girls instead of just some weights. Till then, I fall into the avoiding it/doing dumb stuff category. That will just have to suffice for the next 3 weeks

[bundy]

Originally Posted by Simon C

Hah, I do what Matthew does I'm just super relaxed because I never think about anything, and ignore stuff most of the time. Hey, it works!

It works for a certain amount of time, but I'm one of those ppl where it bubbles up and eventually I pop w/o some sort of release. But its good to kno i have fellow non-thinkers out there.

[Matthew]

Do you listen to Disturbed?
If not, start. I recommend The Sickness and 10,000 Fists or whatever their last one was called.

ps. Disturbed fans, I hear a new album is due out in a few months!

I'll be able to rock some girls instead of just some weights.

You are so hot.

[bundy]

Haha, I don't know if anyone has ever referred to my need for rockage as hot.

And I've heard of Disturbed, but don't kno if I've ever listened to them b4. I'll check em out.