Hey Diva! Glad you enjoyed that. Thanks for stopping by.
Well, we have absolutely gotten hammered with snow. We got a bunch yesterday and more this morning. It is still going. Needless to say, my PT session is cancelled today, so I will be working out at home. I'm sure that will be fun with the kiddos and I bought some of their favorite snacks when I caught wind of this storm and I plan on bribing them for some unninterrupted workout time.
I'd like to get that workout B in, that I so conveniently skipped.
I also want to do some back and just kick my own ass. So that is the plan. I figure if I can't get my regular ass kicking from my trainer, I need to step up to the plate and just get it done.
I am bummed that my trainer still has my NROL4W book. Today would be a perfect time to look ahead, weep and plan for stage 3. He did say if he ventured out to the gym, he would call so that I could get my session in, which would be wonderful.
I think I will get back on fitday and log some of the things that I eat often. I have been digging the graphs and such that some of the Women have with their food and I want some.
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
It looks to me like you are already living up to your new t-shirts.
Ah, Greg. Thanks so much and thanks for stopping by.
Today's workout
I had to do this at home, so a couple of modifications had to be made. Stage 2, Workout B #3
Wide grip DL from box - not from a box
10X95
10X105
Superset
Bulgarian Split Squats
10eX25lb plate
10eX25
Underhand grip lat pull down - my cable is waay different than the one at the gym, so I just recorded what it told me
10X60
10X70
Superset
Rev. lunge from box w/forward reach - I used a couple of weights stacked up and it was very awkward.
10X15e
10X20e
DB prone Cuban Snatch –
10X8e
10X8e
Swiss ball crunch
10X25lb plate
10X25lb plate
SB crunch
10X25lb plate
10X25lb plate
Rev. Crunch
10X25lb plate
10X25lb plate
Flexion on the swiss ball. I tried this and really like it and I feel it.
10XBW
10XBW
Prone Cobra
60 sec XBW, 20 sec XBW
50 sec XBW, 20 sec XBW
I also did some additional schtuff. I was really enjoying the oly bar we bought and since I was at home I work a tank and actually caught some new muscles in the mirrors, which was cool and motivating.
Supersets:
Wide grip lat pulldown (again my machine is so different)
10X70
10X70
10X75
Bicep curls w/BB
10X55
10X55
10X45
Superset
Pull throughs
10X60
10X60
10X60
DB shoulder press(our dumbbells are 15lb and 30lbs - 30 was too heavy and 15 is too light. DH wants us to get a pair of those adjustable ones and we do need them)
15X15
15X15
15X15
I also shoveled an ass load of snow, after this workout. I have been outside 3 different times. My work from the first 2X was filled in, by new snow which is a little aggravating but it had to be done. My poor dog (an 85 lb lab) went to jump off the back porch and got stuck. That's when I realized how much damn snow there really was.
So, of course I had to hop in the Jeep and go explore a bit. The roads were terrible, so I turned around and went back home. My husband had to work today and said the interstate was terrible, but he made there safe. Now, just to get him home safe.
I also spent some time getting some of my foods and PP entered into Fitday. I was using Sparkpeople, but I am really liking Fitday and may even spring for the added extras. We'll see.
I am having a tough time with food today. I don't like being stuck inside the house, so I have helped myself to a couple of the GSC (Thin Mints) that I had been doing really well at avoiding.
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Ginger
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
Oh Ginger, I hear ya! Isn't this terrible! I hate being stranded.....I feel so claustrophobic today. Got about 20" here. UGH!
I'm glad you tried the side crunches for the side flexion. I haven't seen too many others choose that one, and it's become one of my favorites!
I have the powerblocks and they really are pretty cool. It does take a bit of getting used to them, though, since they aren't the shape and feel we are used to with DB's.
Nice workout today....you've got way more energy than I can muster up today. I feel like a slug. Good thing I got my workout in at the BEGINNING of the blizzard!
Oh Ginger, I hear ya! Isn't this terrible! I hate being stranded.....I feel so claustrophobic today. Got about 20" here. UGH!
I'm glad you tried the side crunches for the side flexion. I haven't seen too many others choose that one, and it's become one of my favorites!
I have the powerblocks and they really are pretty cool. It does take a bit of getting used to them, though, since they aren't the shape and feel we are used to with DB's.
Nice workout today....you've got way more energy than I can muster up today. I feel like a slug. Good thing I got my workout in at the BEGINNING of the blizzard!
That's the amount the news said we got, too. I have already made it known that my ass is heading to the gym in the morning, alone. I'm evil! LOL
I do like the side crunches! Thanks to you and Lori for turning me on to them.
I saw that you made it to the gym last night, that was a good decision.
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Ginger
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
Damn girl! I talked to my Grandma in Lancaster and she reported 14" of snow, that just sucks and makes it harder to believe that Spring is around the corner. Sounds like you got in a gret workout in spite of not making it to the gym. LMAO about the "WG Deadlifts from box-not from a box."
You should have called Christian and told him to drive his snowmobile over and deliver your book!
Interesting stuff around here today, will definitely be calling tomorrow to cuss and discuss.
Congrats on the self ass-kicking!
Your home workout looks great! I love having an olympic bar, although I still would like to add some other stuff. Your poor dog. I was thinking about you and Jane with the 20" of snow BS! We were supposed to get hammered with up to a foot but we ended up getting some rain and ice and maybe only 4 - 6" of snow.
Ginger, I know how it feels to see all your shoveling efforts be covered up. Sorry to hear you're all being bombarded with snow . We got 6" last week, but it's finally feeling like spring might be coming. (And there's continuously been 1-2 feet since Christmas, so it's still got a lot of melting before we actually see the ground.)
We only got rain here in CT, but I would almost rather have had snow. I don't even like snow, but it's less depressing than rain. And I'm sorry your puppy got stuck! Though I'm sure it was still cute :-) I love labs, they're my favorite :-)
Ahhhhh cookies from the girl scouts should NOT be allowed near snow-ins.....what a deadly combo!
I hope you're all clear now! (not from the cookies--I know you'll do just fine there but from the snow!)
Damn girl! I talked to my Grandma in Lancaster and she reported 14" of snow, that just sucks and makes it harder to believe that Spring is around the corner. Sounds like you got in a gret workout in spite of not making it to the gym. LMAO about the "WG Deadlifts from box-not from a box."
Congrats on the self ass-kicking!
LOL. Glad you liked that.
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Okay I Feel guilty for razzing yas for the snow
Poor pup got stuck, ROFLMOA!!
Don't feel bad. I was whining a bit and really, it wasn't that horrible. I am ust a busy body, so just knowing that I can't go anywhere - gets to me.
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Originally Posted by dillytl
You guys got all the snow - we got RAIN and it was almost 60 degrees yesterday!!!! Today it's very windy and a bit cold, but the sun is shinin!!!
Made the Chocolate Bean Cake yesterday - have you tried it yet? It's freakin AWESOME!!!!!
I haven't made it yet, but I actually looked to see if I had all the ingredients this weekend. It is on radar. Good to hear that it was yummy!
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Originally Posted by LWilson212
Ginger-
Your home workout looks great! I love having an olympic bar, although I still would like to add some other stuff. Your poor dog. I was thinking about you and Jane with the 20" of snow BS! We were supposed to get hammered with up to a foot but we ended up getting some rain and ice and maybe only 4 - 6" of snow.
Glad you didn't get hit too hard, but still 4-6 is no fun.
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Originally Posted by Karen411
Ginger, I know how it feels to see all your shoveling efforts be covered up. Sorry to hear you're all being bombarded with snow . We got 6" last week, but it's finally feeling like spring might be coming. (And there's continuously been 1-2 feet since Christmas, so it's still got a lot of melting before we actually see the ground.)
Hope you get to the gym soon!
Thanks, Karen!
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Originally Posted by Littlemermaidklb
We only got rain here in CT, but I would almost rather have had snow. I don't even like snow, but it's less depressing than rain. And I'm sorry your puppy got stuck! Though I'm sure it was still cute :-) I love labs, they're my favorite :-)
It was kinda funny, to be honest. We ended up making her a pretty cool path to travel through.
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Originally Posted by gregl515
Nothing but rain and heavy gusts of wind. Sigh.
Braggart!
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Ginger, my first time visiting your journal. Very inspirational and I'm so freakin impressed with the poundage! Awesome :-)
Toni
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PS, I am just a wee bit jealous of The Arnold pics, love Ronnie Coleman (haven't a clue about the football dude) did u get to see Gunter? Toni
Thanks, Toni. No, I didn't see Gunter. Next year, I am going to plan to spend the entire day there, so I can take my time.
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Ahhhhh cookies from the girl scouts should NOT be allowed near snow-ins.....what a deadly combo!
I hope you're all clear now! (not from the cookies--I know you'll do just fine there but from the snow!)
Hi Kirjava, thanks for stopping by. I am happy to say the cookies are all gone. No need to elaborate, right?
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Did you make it to the gym?
Hi Tom. Yes, I did make it to the gym and it was wonderful. Wondeful.
Here is my workout Sunday, March 9th Incline Chest Press (on a smith machine)
Bar+10lbsX12
Bar+15lbsX15
Bar+20lbsX10 Chest pull thrus
10X70
10X75
8X85
3X85
Supersets Tricep Pull down w t-bar
10X30
12X25
15X30 Lateral raises
12X10lbs
10X15
12X15 Up and outs
12X12.5
12X12.5
12X15lbs Bench dips
12XBW
12XBW
12XBW Chest press
12X25 lbs
12X25lbs
12X25lbs Skull crushers
12X25lbs
12X25lbs
10X25lbs Supersets Prone Jackknives
12XBW
12XBW
12XBW Swiss ball crunches
12X25lb plate
12X25lb plate
12X25lb plate
I did a 5 minute warm up on the AMT. After my weights, I did 15 minutes on the elliptical trainer and the 10 minutes of pretty hardcore intervals on the step mill.
It was a great, great workout. It was wonderful because the roads were still crappy enough that really only the die-hards were there.
I got home and then headed over to my Mom’s to shovel her driveway. She lives in a condo where when they plow the roads, she gets trapped. So, I shoveled her drive and that took me about 45 minutes.
I got my food back in check yesterday, too and that helped me feel better.
from yesterday.
I have to get my book back today. I plan on doing my last B workout from Stage 2 and then getting started with Stage 3.
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Ginger
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
All that shovelling is actually a great workout so that should help you overall. I am trying to think of a positive on the weather you guys are having. It almost makes me feel guilty for enjoying the sunshine and spring like weather that we had this weekend. I even sat outside to take a meal.
All that shovelling is actually a great workout so that should help you overall. I am trying to think of a positive on the weather you guys are having. It almost makes me feel guilty for enjoying the sunshine and spring like weather that we had this weekend. I even sat outside to take a meal.
Great workout! Bye bye, evil temptress cookies....
Of course my husband just HAD to buy chocolate chips over the weekend. If nobody see or eats the chocolate chips, do they cease to exist? A little existentialist experiment going on in my cupboard.
Great workout! Bye bye, evil temptress cookies....
Of course my husband just HAD to buy chocolate chips over the weekend. If nobody see or eats the chocolate chips, do they cease to exist? A little existentialist experiment going on in my cupboard.
I tried one of those. If the girl scout cookies that Shawn hid behind my frozen veggies stay hidden ... Unfortunately it didn't work.
I will admit my darkest secret here:
My vision of heaven is a magical place filled with lakes of spinach-dill dip only shadowed by clouds of heavy whipped cream, mountains formed by thick layers of nachos, and little stepping stones made of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies.
BUT, because it's heaven, you can eat whatever you want and still remain the picture of health and beauty.
That being said, and now that I've wiped the drool from my chin, Girl Scouts ARE just small soldiers of the devil's army meant to spread fat on asses across the land. (I can say that because I was a Girl Scout!)
I will admit my darkest secret here:
My vision of heaven is a magical place filled with lakes of spinach-dill dip only shadowed by clouds of heavy whipped cream, mountains formed by thick layers of nachos, and little stepping stones made of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies.
BUT, because it's heaven, you can eat whatever you want and still remain the picture of health and beauty.
That being said, and now that I've wiped the drool from my chin, Girl Scouts ARE just small soldiers of the devil's army meant to spread fat on asses across the land. (I can say that because I was a Girl Scout!)
No Shit..... Stick those stepping stones in the freezer baby and get them nice and cold, and pour me a big ol glass of milk and I can pretty much polish off a box of the damn thin mints in no time.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
All that shovelling is actually a great workout so that should help you overall. I am trying to think of a positive on the weather you guys are having. It almost makes me feel guilty for enjoying the sunshine and spring like weather that we had this weekend. I even sat outside to take a meal.
I appreciate the positive try on things, but the "sunshine and spring" comment was like a slap in the face. LMAO!
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Originally Posted by nutbar
I'm almost jealous of you getting to shovel snow. Almost...
Yeah, I think the same when I read about you hauling all those rocks.
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Originally Posted by dillytl
Sure, rub it in!!!!
LOL!
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Originally Posted by Kirjava
Great workout! Bye bye, evil temptress cookies....
Of course my husband just HAD to buy chocolate chips over the weekend. If nobody see or eats the chocolate chips, do they cease to exist? A little existentialist experiment going on in my cupboard.
My hubby loves chocolate chip cookies, too. Pure torture, because there is no eating just one, for me.
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Originally Posted by LWilson212
I tried one of those. If the girl scout cookies that Shawn hid behind my frozen veggies stay hidden ... Unfortunately it didn't work.
At least those cookies are only around once a year, right? At least that was part of my rationalization.
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Originally Posted by LoriAnne
I will admit my darkest secret here:
My vision of heaven is a magical place filled with lakes of spinach-dill dip only shadowed by clouds of heavy whipped cream, mountains formed by thick layers of nachos, and little stepping stones made of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies.
BUT, because it's heaven, you can eat whatever you want and still remain the picture of health and beauty.
That being said, and now that I've wiped the drool from my chin, Girl Scouts ARE just small soldiers of the devil's army meant to spread fat on asses across the land. (I can say that because I was a Girl Scout!)
You had me at spinach/dill dip. Gotta add in some chicken-dippy, too. Pure evil.
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Originally Posted by nutbar
I was kicked out of Girl Scouts. Actually, I think it was the Brownies. I didn't even make it to Girl Scouts. Bitches.
Cliquey bitches. LOL (That is a joke and I do not mean to offend any Girl Scouts. Scouts honor.
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No Shit..... Stick those stepping stones in the freezer baby and get them nice and cold, and pour me a big ol glass of milk and I can pretty much polish off a box of the damn thin mints in no time.
Oh yeah. I couldn't even let myself go near the milk or it would have been all over. LOL
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That is so funny! I knew I liked you Diane, I was kicked out of the Brownie's too LOL!
I like you girls who got kicked out, we would have gotten along just fine. LOL
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
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