Fell off the wagon yesterday...we had a really difficult meeting with state officials (we run a ski area that is located in a state park), and I held off the emotional eating at lunch, but when we got home, I ate a huge plate of nachos for dinner. Makes me mad because I was doing really well--even passed up chocolate cake and ice cream at my son's birthday party!
Forgive yourself and move on... that's what you'd tell any of us, right? At least you didn't eat the lunch AND the cake and icecream AND the nachos, right?????
I didn't feel too happy with this workout--the shoulder presses were harder! than last time at the same weight, and I didn't really improve on the lat pulldowns, in which I seem particularly weak compared to others...oh well, this seems to be a week of funk for many, so I'll just ride it out...
Hi, Celeste! We all have our strengths and weaknesses. There is no way I could do a dumbbell overhead press with 25# (I'm barely doing 10#!!) but I can do a lat pulldown of 55-60#. Go figure that one out...
The most important thing for each of us to improve on our own weights and to strengthen the areas we need to strengthen. It's going to vary for each one of us.
So, you go girl, on your 25# overhead presses and lunges and crunches and great deadlifts!!! And keep working on your lpds! They will increase over time!!
Thanks Pauline. I appreciate the encouragement, and I know I DO have strengths--sometimes I just get focused on those weaknesses...thanks for balancing me out!
Celeste - have you had anyone check your form (or are you sure of it) on the lat pulldown? Maybe you're not doing it right (it's one of the most commonly messed-up exercises that we see at the gym)???
Otherwise, I'd say just keep at it... my planks suck relative to everything else I do, so... who knows?
No, Bytsi, I haven't had anyone check my form. But I made an appt with my trainer for next Tuesday so she could check my form on all the exercises AND maybe give me a kick in the butt! (Although I think I'm pushing pretty hard without outside help!)
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Went to a kickboxing class today (as part of the "Lunch-time Boot Camp" class I'm in, and it was FUN and sweaty! It doesn't even pretend to be self defense, but it is my absolute favorite part of the class! It was good anger management too...
Kickboxing is one of my faves!! It's how I got started in martial arts!
Have the trainer double-check your pulldowns - seems like your weight is low - BUT, since every machine is calibrated differently, could just be your particular machine is tough. I've used one that I could barely pull 90#, and the one I use regularly I pull 130#...
Well, I haven't been AWOL from lifting and working out, just from this site! Right after I got home from the gym on Friday, DH and I drove to Cleveland for a ski travel show and didn't get home until late Saturday night. Sunday after church we had to drive an hour for a soccer game, so we decided to have a great Mother's Day together by spending the rest of the day geocaching/hiking! Monday morning I got up to log my weekend adventures and workouts and--no internet connection! So I've spent most of this week in all my spare time tinkering with our network, trying to get back in the land of the internet...FINALLY, here I am.
So anyway, here's last Friday's workout: Workout 5A (5-9-08):
(I didn't have my book with me so I did sets of 10 reps, but only 2 sets instead of three)
Squats: 2x10 @ 40lb DBs
Pushups: 2x12 (One hand on 2kg medicine ball, one hand on floor, alternating hands) , 1 set of 12 regular floor pushups
Seated Row: 2x12 @130lbs !!!! DUH--All this time I thought the plates on the cable machine were 5lbs each, they're TEN POUNDS!!!!! So all my seated rows and lat pulldowns were really double the weight I previously reported!!! No wonder I thought my weight was so low...
Stepup onto bench: 2x10 @ 25lb DB
Prone Jackknife on Ball: 1x12, 1x9 (I've been doing these as prone pikes like on Natalia's video since the beginning, but 12 is a LOT of pikes!!)
I'll post my other workouts later, have to actually work...
Celeste
Glad your internet is back - I get shaky and go into withdrawal when I can't get online
Thanks Bytsi--so do I! I can't stand being without internet access...
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So I planned on working out again on Sunday, but we were gone all day and our gym doesn't open until 1:00 pm on Sundays, so I had to skip that workout. I had an appt with my trainer on Tuesday morning, so I had to go from Friday to Tuesday without lifting! Aak!
Anyway, it was fun doing my NROL4W workout with my trainer. I had her check my form and give me suggestions on each exercise. So here it is:
Workout 5B (5-13-08):
Deadlifts: 1x10 @ 100#, 1x10 @ 105#
Shoulder Presses: 1x10 @25#,1x9 @ 25#, 1x10 @ 20#
Lateral Pulldown: 1 x 9 @ 70#, 2x10 @ 65# Again, DUH--this is double what I was reporting earlier b/c I didn't realize the plates were 10# each!
Lunges: 3x10 @ 25# dbs (My trainer said my lunges are the best form she's seen!)
Swiss ball crunch: 3x15 w/35lb plate
Then I did one set of each of Workout A exercises so she could make sure I'm doing everything correctly. We were going to go over Stage 2 but we ran out of time.
Tuesday after I worked out I went hiking and geocaching with my kids (probably only about 2 miles) and then went back to the gym for my "Boot Camp" class. It was grueling the first half b/c we did yoga the second half--I guess she wanted to make sure we covered all our bases! Anyway I usually like yoga, but I cramped up during almost every new position. It was really annoying (not to mention distracting having me writhing like a dying fish every few minutes!!)
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Wednesday we went geocaching again (all day!)--can you tell that it's my favorite new obsession?! We did have a short haitus to the hospital--while my youngest was--ahem--using the toilet in the woods--I happened to notice a tick half buried in his back with a horrible looking circular rash around it. Purple, then red around that, and white around that. I thought, "BULLSEYE RASH!!!! LYME DISEASE!!!!" and pretty much panicked. See, we've had ticks before, but I've never seen one so deeply into the skin, and I've never ever seen a rash like that before. So we rushed back to the hospital, saw the pediatrician who reassured me that Lyme's couldn't show up so soon, put some antibiotic ointment on it, and all was well. Oh yeah, when I pulled it out I managed to leave the head in so we could NOT remove it, but did you know that it's a myth that the head absolutely has to be removed? It's better to remove it of course, but it will disintegrate if it is left in.
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Okay, this is turning into a really long post. I'll post yesterday's workout later on...
Squats: 3x10 @ 35lb DBs (I did 40# last time, but it felt more awkward than helpful. These I felt!!!)
Pushups: 3x10 (One hand on 2kg medicine ball, one hand on floor, alternating hands, last two sets I did one-legged)
Seated Row: 3x10 @ 130#
Stepup onto bench: 3x10 @ 25lb DB
Prone Jackknife on Ball: 2x12 prone pikes, 1x12 jackknives
Later in the day, Boot Camp was step aerobics class with weights (10 lbs--maybe they're Barbie weights, but they don't feel it!!!) and some ab work. No geocaching though...
I woke up this morning with a REALLY sore back--I can't even figure out what I did, maybe the cable rows, but they didn't feel overly hard. It's not DOMS, but a really horrible soreness in my right lat. I can't bend over without yelping, and all night every time I turned over in my sleep I'd wake up...Anyway I hope it gets better soon because I'm really annoyed.
Tough workouts there - sorry your back is sore... take it easy for a day or 2, ok?
Thanks, Bytsi--that's what I did and YAY I'm all better! I stretched a ton on Friday and foam rolled about three times, and by Saturday I was almost completely fine. I'm thinking it must have been a muscle spasm or something, not a pulled muscle.
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And EEWWWWWW about the tick's head!!!
Tell me about it...yucky.
So Saturday we went to a "geobash"--yep, more geocaching--and hiked around a state park all day. We had a blast AND got some good exercise, stopping only when the downpour complete with thunder and lightning started!
Swiss ball crunch: I did v-ups instead (3x15) and 3 sets of astronaut holds. this got me MUCH more than the crunches, even with a weight.
Afterwards, we watched my daughter's soccer game in the pouring rain and HAIL!!! That HAD to have burned calories, right?! I was absolutely soaked by the time we got home.
Celeste, you're really progressing in the workouts! Sorry about the sore back. I've been dealing with a shoulder thing that wakes me up at night. That's just miserable - feel so unrested in the morning.
Our family loves to geocache! We're out as often as we can go. It's a great hobby to enjoy with the kids. My husband found his first travel bug recently and it was a hilarious! He was more excited than the kids.
Eeeeewie, about the tick. I hate ticks and chiggers!!! Anything that burrows into my body...I guess I'm not the only one and that's why they make so many horror films based on the burrowing thing idea. Yuck.
Glad to hear all turned out well. Rest your muscles. Try gentle stretches. I'm totally off all presses and pushups at the moment.
Celeste, you're really progressing in the workouts! Sorry about the sore back. I've been dealing with a shoulder thing that wakes me up at night. That's just miserable - feel so unrested in the morning.
Our family loves to geocache! We're out as often as we can go. It's a great hobby to enjoy with the kids. My husband found his first travel bug recently and it was a hilarious! He was more excited than the kids.
Eeeeewie, about the tick. I hate ticks and chiggers!!! Anything that burrows into my body...I guess I'm not the only one and that's why they make so many horror films based on the burrowing thing idea. Yuck.
Glad to hear all turned out well. Rest your muscles. Try gentle stretches. I'm totally off all presses and pushups at the moment.
Pauline--I'm so sorry about your shoulder. I can sympathize, as I managed to injure my shoulder nursing my baby and lying in a weird position on my side during the night for too many nights in a row!!! I had about 3 years of not being able to rotate my shoulder, sleep on that side, etc etc, but recently it has just improved a lot. You must be so frustrated since you're dedicating lots of time to a weightlifting program. Hang in there...
Yay to finding another geocacher! How long have you been caching? It's been two years for us, but after our initial couple of caches we took almost a whole year break before we got back into caching the next spring. Also, we always have to take half of the fall and winter off since we're so busy with ski season. My username on geocaching.com is the same as here...we just passed #200 after we started up again in the spring. I LOVE caching--it gets us outdoors and it gives me (Miss Goal Oriented) a reason to go the great places we end up!
Hey thanks for stopping by! Your workouts look great - very strong! The only thing I don't enjoy about working out at home is the lack of a cable machine so I have no idea what weight I could be doing with lat pull downs.
p.s. I love Panera! When I was in college and knew I was going to be in studio 12+ hours I would stop and get 3 bagels - breakfast lunch and dinner. Just another unhealthy thing I did in college!
p.s. I love Panera! When I was in college and knew I was going to be in studio 12+ hours I would stop and get 3 bagels - breakfast lunch and dinner. Just another unhealthy thing I did in college!
Hey thanks for stopping by! Your workouts look great - very strong! The only thing I don't enjoy about working out at home is the lack of a cable machine so I have no idea what weight I could be doing with lat pull downs.
p.s. I love Panera! When I was in college and knew I was going to be in studio 12+ hours I would stop and get 3 bagels - breakfast lunch and dinner. Just another unhealthy thing I did in college!
Ha ha! funny about the bagels! That made me remember my last time I succumbed to the bagel temptation--I think I had three also in one day, one for each meal! And I can't even blame college... But the sad thing is that I didn't even realize it was that horrible since I was staying inside my calorie limit for the day. Boy, we've come a long way, baby!
Ha ha! funny about the bagels! That made me remember my last time I succumbed to the bagel temptation--I think I had three also in one day, one for each meal! And I can't even blame college... But the sad thing is that I didn't even realize it was that horrible since I was staying inside my calorie limit for the day. Boy, we've come a long way, baby!
I was just remembering in college... I used to eat PB&J on a dinner-roll for dessert because I figured it was a "sandwich" and therefore had to be healthier than the other dessert foods . I also thought fried banana chips dipped in PB was a "healthy" snack
Pushups: 3x12 (One hand on 2kg medicine ball, one hand on floor, alternating hands, one-legged)
Seated Row: 3x8 @ 150# AHA!!! I maxed out the cable machine on this one!!!!! YAY!!! I know that I couldn't do that with, say, bicep curls, but it felt really great! I was grinning like a cheshire cat...
Stepup onto bench: 1x8 @ 30lb DB (still too hard--my body cheats even though I tell it not to!), 2x10 @ 25 lb DB
Prone Jackknife on Ball: 2x12 prone pikes, 1x12 jackknives
Later on, my Boot Camp class was squats, weights, lots of ab work, and some kickboxing. Boy, was I tired--it's getting really hard to do two different workouts in one day...
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I won't get any exercise in today b/c I'm off to work, then an appt to get our taxes done (FINALLY--we have 3 businesses so we always file late...). That's what I've been doing all morning, getting tax stuff ready. I'm no procrastinator! Then Bible study later probably right after we get back. Bleh, two days of running running running. But tomorrow's our 15th wedding anniversary so I plan on not working and taking advantage of the excuse to have some fun!!!
Good plan on taking tomorrow off to have some fun!
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X2!!!
Thanks gals--I feel like this one is hard won and well deserved...our marriage is a monument to perseverance!!! We are really in love and happy now, but dh and I had to struggle for every day together until about year 13...we really deserve to celebrate!
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On the food front, I haven't posted macros in a while, oops, a LONG time! Just for accountability, here we go (I'll only go back a week but it's been two.
Carb/protein/fat
5/14: 40/24/36 @ 1784 cal (pizza day!)
5/15: 56/25/19 @ 1752 cal (can you believe what threw me off was the dried cranberries in my salads and ONE piece of pound cake?!)
5/16: 45/34/21 @ 1722 cal
5/17: 51/14/35 @ 2153 cal (Geobash day with a group spaghetti dinner and one small brownie)
5/18: 35/27/38 @ 1579 cal
5/19: 41/27/32 @ 1422 cal --I TRIED to eat a really healthy venison stir fry for dinner w/brown rice, but for some reason I couldn't get it down. Just wasn't hungry...
5/20: 45/31/24 @ 1928 cal
5/21: 35/29/36 @ 1510 cal
Hmmm, probably too much info all at once, but it's out there now. I really fluctuate w/my macros, trying to get 40/30/30--well I'm getting better I guess.
Also, I managed 3 assisted (16#) chinups this morning just for fun...only I'm not sure which grip to use. The machine that is available for chinups/pullups has a grip for dips, at hip level, a really wide grip that felt way awkward for me, and a narrower grip (just inside shoulder width) that has hands facing each other. I'm not sure which grip to use, but I used the narrow one. I just feel like that may be "cheating" if I'm trying to work into doing chinups.
Oh, I forgot to mention I did my first HIIT last night--just for 15 min, but it was intense! I started out with 1 min on, 2 min off, but since I didn't have that much time I switched to 1 on, 1 off after the first interval. I was at level 10 on my elliptical, trying to keep it at 8.4mph, then down to level 6 at 6mph.
I didn't know what grip to use on the assisted chip up machine, so instead, I started doing negatives on the squat rack. That way I could use the grip I wanted: palms facing me. The negatives are hard! But, it really helped. I'd suggest trying that!
I didn't know what grip to use on the assisted chip up machine, so instead, I started doing negatives on the squat rack. That way I could use the grip I wanted: palms facing me. The negatives are hard! But, it really helped. I'd suggest trying that!
Enjoy your day. It sounds like you deserve it!
Too bad our gym is lame and doesn't have a squat rack! Of course, I bet a smith machine would work for that. Good idea!
Thanks--we're going out to a nice dinner and staying overnight at Ski Sawmill (the other ski area in the family--nothing going on there, but we've got a motel room reserved, a jacuzzi, and a good movie!) If I can convince dh, we'll go for a bike ride in the morning before we come back and get ready for our bike festival at Ski Denton! Whew, lots of info you didn't ask for!
Makes me mad because I was doing really well--even passed up chocolate cake and ice cream at my son's birthday party!
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