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Karen411 · 05-21-2008, 08:20 PM

Wooohooo, Susan! Congratulations on the promotion

!

nutbar · 05-21-2008, 09:56 PM

Oh, sure, Miss High & Mighty Promoted Ass is too good to speak to us anymore (and log on to gab with certain cool people on IM). You'll be punished...

Congrats again!!!

Susan4 · 05-22-2008, 05:13 AM

Thank you everyone!! Sorry nutbar! Been kinda the week from h-e-l-l here.. I'll get back into my normal routine here today and back to a workout at last. Failed to mention that along with the sunburn (kind of a bad one), I also have a nice flush of tick bites, several rashes of poison ivy (including one where one should never ever get one!) and I boogered my shoulder a little in an impromptu fighting pistol course given by a really cool Marine at the campout. I even got hollered at for screwing up! Just like the old military dayz LOL. I'm kinda surprised he didn't drop me for push ups

So irritable, achey and kinda stressed but I'm back on program today and will get right back after it tonite on weights.

Nanette · 05-22-2008, 07:50 AM

Congrats! Hope the itchy spots clear up fast! lol

Susan4 · 05-22-2008, 04:53 PM

Got caught up on sleep and feeling much better today..'cept for certain itchy spots

Today's workout.

NROL4W Stage 4B 4/4

Warm up

5 minutes elliptical, ADW, 2x5e kneeling kick back, 2x5 bench dips, 10x45 bent over rows, 8ex20 conc. curls, 8ex20 hammer curls

Deadlift

8x135, 8x155, 8x165

BSS

3x8ex20e

Lat pulldown, kneeling

3x8x140

Rev lunge with fwd reach

3x8ex20e

Smith machine push ups

3x10

Dragon flags

3x8xBW

Swiss ball crunches

3x20xBW

5 sprints of HIIT for 15 minutes.

Susan4 · 05-23-2008, 05:07 PM

45 minutes elliptical tonite. Looking forward to the long weekend here! Hope everyone enjoys Memorial Day.

Susan4 · 05-26-2008, 01:39 PM

Did another elliptical workout Sunday for 45 and then 5 hours of general gardening and heavy cleaning....I was too whooped to lift weights after that so I'll give it a go tonite

Susan4 · 05-26-2008, 05:53 PM

Got another 3 hours in on gardening...then this. Right after which DH has me help him move the massive heavy chicken tractor which amounts to a walking deadlift Doh! Bad timing there

NROL4W Stage 7/1

Warm up

10 minutes elliptical
ADW

Squat

8x65 8x75

Static lunge rear foot elev

1x15ex15e
3x15ex10e

Push up

4x15xSmith machine low setting

Deadlift

4x15x75

DB bent over row

4x15ex15e

nutbar · 05-26-2008, 08:13 PM

4 x 15s? Ouch!! Do you have an ass left after that?

Susan4 · 05-27-2008, 08:22 PM

50 minutes elliptical tonite...great destressor. I had to tell DH tonite that I've under-appreciated the amount of job stress he's had to deal with in his promotion, since now I'm starting to notice the pressure build on myself to do well at my new assignment.

Looking forward to June Doom with nutbar. Hope I can keep up!!

nutbar · 05-27-2008, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Susan4

Looking forward to June Doom with nutbar. Hope I can keep up!!

We'll kick our own asses.

I'm using this as a mostly rest week -- just doing some very light cardio stuff here and there to get in some movement -- in order to be fully pumped for the entire month of June. I'm getting antsy, though, not doing much!

Susan4 · 05-28-2008, 05:43 PM

NROL4W Stage 7/2

Warm up

10 minutes elliptical
ADW
8x55 incline bench press

Incline bench press

2x8x60

Seated row

2x8x90

DB squat on plates

2x15x20e
2x15x25e

DB shoulder press

2x15x20e
2x15x15e

Step up

1x10ex20e
3x10ex15e

Underhand lat pulldown

1x15x90
3x15x90 kneeling

And enough woods walking at work to get full of seed ticks...a dozen or so last count

missjane · 05-28-2008, 05:53 PM

Do fill us in on "June Doom"!

Susan4 · 05-28-2008, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by missjane

Do fill us in on "June Doom"!

Drum roll please....

We're adding "The Last Ten Pounds, 30 days to Abs Without Changing Your Diet" by Alwyn Cosgrove to what we are already doing. Starting Strength for nutbar and NROL4W Stage 7 for me. 'Cept we'll prolly change our diets and aren't that worked up over abs showing, just want the fatloss.

Wish us luck, it's gonna be killer

Gonna have to add a morning session to my usual evening workout schedule to get it all to fit in. But I figure I can survive just about anything for 30 days.

nutbar · 05-28-2008, 08:52 PM

Yep, Jane, what Susan said. Here's the article. I'll be doing my SS and some running plus the Cosgrove article... mostly. Personally, I've got more than the "last 10" to lose

but I just wanted to do something different, kind of wild and crazy, just to shake things up and see how my body responds to it. (I'd have tried WSFL but am too cheap to pay $80 for a limited program. LOL)

Nice workout, Susan! I got about the same number of deer ticks over the weekend on my hike. Stupid bugs. I'm still itching.

GinnyLou · 05-29-2008, 06:17 AM

Good luck with June Doom, Susan! I started adding a morning session in and now I feel a little nekkid without it. It breaks things up and jumps my body first thing. I'll be watching you gals!

stingo · 05-29-2008, 08:25 AM

I dunno if you already do this or not, but one change I've felt that has helped me with weight loss is to have a piece of fruit within 20 minutes of getting up and cottage cheese within 20 minutes before going to bed. My metabolism seems to like that.

Susan4 · 05-29-2008, 05:36 PM

Thanks all! Found more ticks today, I should start a collection! Got about an hour worth of hill climbing at work. Also got some HIIT in tonite plus SS after. Five 30 sec sprints and 30 minutes SS on the elliptical.

Might try the cottage cheese at night thing and see if it keeps me up...sometimes late eating will do that to me.