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MuscleMom23 · 03-20-2008, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ledove

We have a set of 1-, 3-, and 5-lb vinyl weights at home that my mom bought. (Green, purple, and blue. No pink. Whew!) I finally pointed out that she was more exhausted after carrying her pocketbook & briefcase from the car to the house than she was after lifting weights. She looked at me kind of funny for a minute and then said, "You know, I'd never thought of that before." I'm going to help her get started with NROLFW this weekend. (Although me coming in after HIIT is kinda scaring her.

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Go mom! Hey I am 46, I am sure she is not far off!

ledove · 03-20-2008, 11:53 AM

I wrote a great post about pink dumbbells and how the picture was sending the wrong message and that Deadlift Girl should've posed for them, and then my browser eated it

MuscleMom23 · 03-20-2008, 03:32 PM

Awwww kitty so cute!

Booo bad browser.

mel · 03-20-2008, 08:53 PM

I had a lot of fun reading the last page or two of your log. Keep up the good work with your lifting. I like the way you analyze things and make sure the program is working for you. That's a great sign.

I would love to learn a martial art some day. It's on my very long list of things to do.

Wouldn't it be fun if they made the 45 lb plates in pink? If they came in hot pink, they would match my running tennies I just bought. I love pink and wear it to the gym as much as possible, LOL. Then I go back in the free weights section and throw stuff around ROFL.

mel

ledove · 03-21-2008, 07:11 AM

Ah, there's Deadlift Girl

Now see, if they'd had your picture on that poster, I would've taken the "we can do it, too" subtitle on the poster a lot more seriously.

I'm not in to pink, but if they made 45s in pink, I would so lift them. And if the chica in the poster had been lifting pink 45s, I would have been first in line to the gym that night

LisaC · 03-21-2008, 08:21 AM

psst... a can of spraypaint would provide all the pick weights a girl could need...

When helping a friend move, I marvelled at her colorful weights .. her reply: Yeah, I had to rustoleum them because the dog kept peeing on them and they were starting to rust...

Kirjava · 03-21-2008, 10:08 AM

I too always wanted to learn a martial art but not sure if I have the patience. It seems like such a lengthy process. That sounds weird, I know, but it's true. Then again, if I had started 10 years ago, I'd probably be reasonably adept by now. So if I started tomorrow, I bet I'd be reasonably adept in 10 years. Maybe even 5? I also wouldn't know how to pick one out of all the options!
Then again, I'd also love to become a yogi, go to an ashram in India, start my own baking business, have two kids, learn how to paint with watercolours, learn a different language, live in a different country for a year, go back to school and get a new job...sacre bleu!

ETA: adding "grow another 5 inches" to the list of to-dos.

mel · 03-21-2008, 10:16 AM

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Ah, there's Deadlift Girl

Now see, if they'd had your picture on that poster, I would've taken the "we can do it, too" subtitle on the poster a lot more seriously.

ROFL or everyone would be scared and run away....

mel

MuscleMom23 · 03-21-2008, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by mel

ROFL or everyone would be scared and run away....

mel

Nah, not run. They would not probably believe you could lift that and think you were posing. I mean strong girls are HOOGE right?

ledove · 03-21-2008, 06:54 PM

Wide Grip DL: (1x10xOH, 1x10xFSPP(bar); 1x10x20lbs, 1x10x40lbs) 2x10x65lbs
BSS: 2x10x10-lb DBs
Underhand Pulldowns*: 1x7x55lbs,1x3x50lbs; 1x7x45lbs,1x3x40lbs
Reverse Lunge + reach: 2x10x10-lb DBs
Cuban: 2x10x5-lb DB
Swiss Ball Crunch: 2x10x10lb
Reverse Crunch: 2x10
Flexion #3: 2x10**
Prone Cobra: 1x60s, 1x75s

HIIT***: 5x(1min/2min)

*I get progressively weaker on these, and that makes me sad

**Brain was fried at this point, and I forgot that I have both a right and a left side. So on the first set I only did one side and then kept going. *headdesk*

***I are idiot. I've been doing these wrong!! And I feel dumb. I've been going out and sprinting as hard as I could for the first interval and then gasping/going home. Turns out you're supposed to start at lower intensities and work up. Gah

Finally did it right tonight. Jogged the first one, then a little faster, etc., until I sprinted (most of) the last one.

I'm glad, too, that I went out and stayed out the whole time. The sun was just finishing setting, all orangy and pinky in the west, and the full moon was just rising in the east. Twere purty. My neighbors probably think I'm nuts now, since I kept going in circles to watch the moon come up.

bigDman · 03-21-2008, 07:09 PM

nice workout keep up the intensity

ledove · 03-24-2008, 05:41 PM

FSPP: (1x10xOH, 1x10x20lb FS, 1x10x40lb BS) 1x9x40lb; 1x4x30lb, 1x5x30lb, 1x5x30 BS/1x5x30 PP
Step Ups: 2x10x10-lb DB
DB 1-pt Row: 2x10x10-lb DB
Static Lunge: 2x10x10-lb DB
Pushups: 2x10
Plank: 2x60s
Crunch (Swiss Ball): 2x10x10lbs

I was in a good mood; this workout made me grouchy. Arms were failing on the FSPP; nearly dropped it on my head a few times. Meh. I keep meaning to look up a Woodchop substitution because I don't have a mid-level cable or to get a rope attachment and do the reverse woodchop; I know I use my shoulders too much when I try it on the Swiss Ball; I finally just threw in crunches today.

I know this workout comes back meaner in Stage 4, but I'm not at all sad to see it go now. Maybe by then I'll quit being such a wimp and actually use heavy weights. Meh.

DirtyMartini · 03-24-2008, 07:40 PM

You know, I had a very similar experience with my fspp last time. I was SO dreading doing them today and turns out it wasn't that bad. Maybe your body was just rebelling today and you'll see a lot of improvement with them in stage 4.

marygrace · 03-25-2008, 06:55 AM

The FSPP is a really difficult exercise, don't beat yourself up over it! Also, are the crunches too easy? I never felt that comfortable doing the Swiss ball crunches because they just didn't challenge me. Have you tried weighted incline crunches? You could hold a medicine ball or plate. Or, I recently started holding a 20 lb bar across my forehead after reading about that technique in Karla's log. VERY challenging!

Karen411 · 03-25-2008, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ledove

***I are idiot. I've been doing these wrong!! And I feel dumb. I've been going out and sprinting as hard as I could for the first interval and then gasping/going home. Turns out you're supposed to start at lower intensities and work up. Gah

Finally did it right tonight. Jogged the first one, then a little faster, etc., until I sprinted (most of) the last one.

Don't worry about that--the important thing is you got it right now

. Some of us had coaching on how and what to do in the NROL4W forum and still didn't get it completely right. (I got the last couple of workouts of stage 1 wrong because I didn't read the part where it moved from 2 sets to 3, but I'm not doing it over

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ledove · 03-25-2008, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by DirtyMartini

You know, I had a very similar experience with my fspp last time. I was SO dreading doing them today and turns out it wasn't that bad. Maybe your body was just rebelling today and you'll see a lot of improvement with them in stage 4.

I had this same result in A2, but then A3 was fine. It was probably spillover from an undereating weekend--I tend to get absorbed in stuff over the weekend and forget to eat. Sunday was Easter lunch and a protein shake

(okay, lunch might've gone over). And no sleep; I don't sleep enough. Need to start tracking that again so maybe I'll sleep more.

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Originally Posted by marygrace

The FSPP is a really difficult exercise, don't beat yourself up over it! Also, are the crunches too easy? I never felt that comfortable doing the Swiss ball crunches because they just didn't challenge me. Have you tried weighted incline crunches? You could hold a medicine ball or plate. Or, I recently started holding a 20 lb bar across my forehead after reading about that technique in Karla's log. VERY challenging!

I did the crunches last night because I was already on the ground for the Planks, and the ball & dumbbell are right there. I hold a 10-lb DB behind my head on the Swiss Ball Crunches. (Or directly over my face, if I think I'm starting to wimp out on them.) I get the same whole-body shakiness as I get with Planks, and then really concentrate on just using my abs, even though that means I don't get up very far.

Eh, I'm just not as patient as I should be. I want to lift heavy stuff now.

ledove · 03-25-2008, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Karen411

Don't worry about that--the important thing is you got it right now

. Some of us had coaching on how and what to do in the NROL4W forum and still didn't get it completely right. (I got the last couple of workouts of stage 1 wrong because I didn't read the part where it moved from 2 sets to 3, but I'm not doing it over

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I've been reading the forum and everyone's logs, but I think I was skimming over information that didn't apply directly to me at the time. (Same problem with the woodchop/Swiss Ball thing. Note to self: go find those threads now.) And I thought I knew what I was doing. Oh well...