RB, Thanks for the congrats on the loss. Like I said. if I can stay away from the bad foods we'll be doing good! On the intervals the first 2 weeks are at 6 intervals. After that it jumps to 8 on non squat days. So you've still got a few weeks to build up to them. When I do them on the bike I want to puke afterwards!
GR, Yeah it gave me hope for her. That she might be a little more serious about this lifting than I'm giving her credit for. Now we just need to tweak the diet a bit and then she'll really see results!
Keep it up Mr & Mrs. Dorr! You both are an inspiration.
Sometimes it's fun to have little competitions (loser buys a healthy dinner ) to measure yourselves and treat yourselves at the same time.
Your like me in having to constantly keep the diet in mind - keep it up.
PS- don't miss the live UFV event Monday night.
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No strongman stuff yet. I think the only way that will happen is if I start getting my own equipment. I've been tempted to make some stones and get some farmers implements, but we will see about that.
TT is pretty tough. Or is as tough as you want to make it.
Workout October 4th, 2005: Week 4, Day 1 Morning
Wife talked me into doing the intervals this morning. Not sure if I like this or not, but I’m going to give it a try for a couple of weeks. Any thoughts on this? Craig if you are reading this I'd appreciate any comments (below has a bit more information as well).
Intervals - on bike (3:00 warmup,:30 hard/1:00 minute rest(6),4:00 cool down)
I didn’t think much of this workout. I think it was because of 2 things. 1 - Doing intervals in the morning made it seem like there was less work. I’d like some thoughts on this (is it good or bad for fat loss or am I losing muscle by doing this; I usually have half a banana or some other carb to get the system going again). 2 - Not being able to do the full set of BB Squats. And the reason for that was because some large Mofo was squatting. I think he was a powerlifter. He was at 365 when I walked in and managed to do a triple at that weight. I was impressed. Then he did 405 for a single. Only thing I’d have to say is that he wasn’t going deep enough, but he was going further than a lot of other people I’ve seen. So that’s why I didn’t get in all the BB Squats I wanted.
I really need to stay away from strength sites when I am “cutting” because it makes me want to drop this program. But I am going to do at least 8 weeks of this. At that point I will see where I am and see if I want to go back to strength. It’s not like I don’t have plenty of fat to lose!
Do you mean is it good/bad for fat loss and are you losing muscle by doing your intervals in the morning vs. after your weights? Or are you asking if you should do intervals at all?
Intervals burn copious calories hence I believe they are good for fat loss.
Cool that your wife is the one talking you into intervals - great support team you have!
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Kuri, yeah she talked me into it. I think it provides her with extra motivation. I think she's finally getting into this. [img]smile.gif[/img] I'm a happy man!
Mutual motivation is a beautiful thing. Use it to it's fullest CD.
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B1 – Reverse Lunge – 3x10@35
B2 – Single Arm Shoulder Press – 3x10@30
Comments:
Not much new to report really. Weights are exactly the same as last week. I concentrated on lowering the weight a bit slower to work the muscle more and then trying to explode upwards (DB Bench Press).
For some reason the RDL’s felt really heavy. Wonder if it was because I did intervals this morning.
Wifes Workout:
As I’m drifting to sleep last night the wife says “Do you think we can up the weight on the Bench Press.” So that’s what we did.
A1 - BB Bench Press – 3x8@60 (+5 from last time)
A2 – DB RDL’s – 3x8@25
B1 – Underhand row – 3x10@45 (we switched from doing these on the cable machine)
B2 – Stability Ball Leg Curl 2x15, 10
Intervals – On bike 6 of them!
Comments:
Weight on the bench press was a bit more work for the wife, but she got them all out without any problem. We’ll stay here for a week and then go up to 65. We need to up the weight on the RDL’s as well. Wish they made 2.5 lbs. Increments in DB’s. Perhaps we’ll switch back and forth from 25’s and 30’s next time.
On the stability ball leg curls she was finally doing them with her butt off of the floor the whole way. I’ll be pushing her to do these all the time now. She still hates them, but knows they are working her.
A pretty good workout actually. I found that when I took it nice and slow on the squats that it was easier than blasting through them. Perhaps this means I have slow twitch fibers that make me a grinder.
Everything else was kind of ho-hum.
Not sure what program I am going to do next on Turbulence training, but after quickly looking at them I think I’ll just go onto the next one which is 2K3. At that point I might call it good depending on if I do this meet Chad is trying to talk me into.
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I should have cut that part out about Chad. Chad is a guy in Iowa that I converse with at another site. He's trying to get me to do a powerlifting meet in February. I'm not sure if I'll do it or not. We'll see.
I agree with you on the 2.5 increments on DBs. Maybe some fitness equipment manufacturer reads JPF and has noted this all over the place.
You both are doing great! The Mrs. is really making some dramatic gains.
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I don't know if your asking me for feedback, but what I've found is that it's not a good idea to do morning intervals when doing squats or anything of the such. Other than that it seems to be working good. I doubt it totally has to do with doing intervals in the morning, but I was down almost 2 pounds this week.
Thanks for the comments RB. We are making progress. I can't wait for the wife to start seeing the physical changes. I can see them, but she's a bit harder on herself for seeing those changes.
I’ve never done barbell rows before so you’ll notice the various weights on it. I’m not sure why I’m so weak on these, but I am. It’s the lower back that hurts me not the upper back where I think I should be feeling it. Perhaps my lower back isn’t as strong as it needs to be. Any comments on how to improve these? I’m going to try and track down some videos and see if I’m doing them properly.
The medicine ball incline push-ups (1 hand on the medicine ball and one on the floor) are a lot harder than they look. By the time you hit number 12 the ball is moving around a bit.
I’m doing these next 4 weeks of this program and then switching to a strength routine. What program that is I’m not 100% sure yet. With the goal possibly being a lifting meet in February. Also near the end of the 4 weeks I will have my BF tested. So we'll see if I'm any lower than I was almost a year ago (year ago I was at 18.7%)
Thanks for the link. I've now got 2 ways to do them! [img]smile.gif[/img] First of all I discovered I need to pull to the stomach rather than the chest. And it looks like you can use overhand grip or underhand grip on these. So that will get me going in the right direction. Other than that I think it's something that I'm just going to have to get used to. Still not sure why the lower back felt bad, but perhaps it's weaker than I thought it was.
I’m doing these next 4 weeks of this program and then switching to a strength routine. What program that is I’m not 100% sure yet. With the goal possibly being a lifting meet in February. Also near the end of the 4 weeks I will have my BF tested. So we'll see if I'm any lower than I was almost a year ago (year ago I was at 18.7%)
Embrace the strength my friend! Let me know what you decide to do for a strength based program.
You decide to do that PLing meet after all?
Good work lately. Bent over rows can be tricky, I would just keep doing them and see how it goes just like anything else.
Danny
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Be sure you are pushing your butt out when leaning over for the rows, similar to if you were doing a straight-legged DL or a Good Morning. That may help reduce strain on your lower back -- I used to hate bent over BB rows for the same reason.
Good job on all of your workouts and same to your wife! I need to get my wife to do bench presses, etc. sometime. She's more into the kickboxing/aerobics/spin class scene.
Danny, I was actually thinking about talking to you about strength routines. I haven't decided if I want to do that PL meet or not. But the switch in training will be built towards that.
BamaDave, Yeah that pushing the butt out will help. I honestly didn't know how to do them when I did them on Tuesday so on Saturday I suspect it will be a lot better, but just a matter of getting that form down (and getting the butt out there will be a big help!).
As for the wife, my wife used to do the same thing, but she never saw any results doing all the cardio in the world. So I told her to give me 20 weeks of Turbulence Training and she's see the difference. i can see the difference, but I don't know what's changed (she doesn't like the scale and hasn't taken any measurements).
Chris - definatly send me an e-mail or PM about a routine when you start deciding what to do. I always support people deciding to try to move the heaviest stuff possible, especially competativly!
Danny
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C1 – Stability ball leg curl 3x12
C2 – 1 Leg hip thrusters 3x10
Comments:
As the title suggests I didn’t really want to workout today, but I slowly worked myself into it. I think part of it had to do with the fact that the wife skipped her workout this morning and I’m getting bit burned out (possibly).
First time I’ve squatted sumo. And as I’ve heard many people say it does work the hips more. Stability ball jackknives are damn hard, but I got all of them in.
No cardio today. Will pick that back up on Saturday depending on how I feel.
Good job on not stopping when you don't feel like it - that's really where it counts.
Take a rest day and come back hard this weekend.
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Working "hard," or the perception of working hard, doesn't really mean anything. Sweating, vomiting, and breathing hard could be a good workout or a tropical disease kicking in.-Dan John
I had to laugh when I saw your title. I've had plenty of days like that, myself. But seeing as you got your entire ass into the gym and not on the couch in front of the TV, you accomplished something even if it wasn't your most gung-ho effort.
Those stability ball jacknives are indeed tough. Actually, I think ALL the TT moves with the ball are tough. Good job on getting all those in.
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It was probably one of those days where I just didn't feel rested and the body told me to knock it off. But I went and did it. I slept like a log last night.
RB, I would have to agree with you on the stability ball stuff. They are very hard no matter what you do. Which is a good thing. You look a little goofy however. I know I had people watching me do the leg curls!
Nothing like it when she starts wanting to "max out" 
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