The sore from squats on Tuesday settled in overnight, even sore/tender to the touch. Lily walked over my leg this morning when the alarm went off and her little paw was like a jab from a big iron stick or something. Ow ;) Reset the alarm until a little before 6am (mmm....8 hours sleep!) and decided that "cardio" will come from the walk between the garage where I'm dropping my car off to be fixed, and work. Just some movement really. Softball tonight, hopefully I'll be able to move ;) I think once I GET moving it'll feel better, the walk should help!
Yesterday the compiled clip of lifts from the Raw Unity Meet arrived, nice and clear yay :) Here it is:
Disregard the "Meet Record" mentions by the announcer during the deadlifts at the end, he lied ;)
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Saturday 2/27 - That'd be Today ;)
New song added to my iPod last night - Adam Lambert, "Whataya Want From Me"
It got a lot of rotation today :)
Saturdays are 'scheduled' as UB training days + mini abs and cardio, but I have been looking at training and cardio both as optional, based on how I'm feeling. Freeing! :) I think I've taken the day off every week since the meet. Last week I forced some cardio in, but shut it down after maybe 15 mins, needed to rest.
Today though, I felt GREAT - so I hit the gym for both :) Saturdays are always entertaining, as far as the people watching goes ;) Some CHARACTERS there, I tell ya, hahah.
DB Chest Press
10 x 30
8 x 35
6 x 40
3 x 5 @ 40
DB Pullovers
10 x 30, 3 x 10 @ 35
BB Press
3 x 10 @ bar
DB Lateral Raises
2 x 12 @ 15
DB Overhead Triceps
2 x 10 @ 35
Bench Dips
1 x Fail --> 21
Cable Curls
2 x 10 @ 70
BB Curls
1 x Fail @ bar --> 9 (wtf?! 9?!)
Back Extensions
1 x 20 @ bw
Bicycle Maneuver
1 x 60
1 set: Decline Situps ss w/ Wtd Situps (10lb plate)*
12 / 12
1 set: Wtd Crunches (20lbs - cuz there were two 10lb plates right there and I was too lazy to get off my ass and go GET the 25lb plate ;) ss w/ Crunches
15 / 15
25 mins SS cardio - done :)
Felt pretty weak on DB Chest press, prior to the meet I had been pressing the 50s for 4 sets of 4. Today the 45s were challenging, particularly on that 3rd set. Wouldn't have gotten a 4th set that's for sure. Not sure what was up with that set of BB curls either, hahah. Oh well..some days...
* LOL earlier in the week I tried some weighted sit-ups (full situps) with a 25lb plate. HAH. We'll be increasing in smaller increments, thank you ;)
It got a lot of rotation today :)
Saturdays are 'scheduled' as UB training days + mini abs and cardio, but I have been looking at training and cardio both as optional, based on how I'm feeling. Freeing! :) I think I've taken the day off every week since the meet. Last week I forced some cardio in, but shut it down after maybe 15 mins, needed to rest.
Today though, I felt GREAT - so I hit the gym for both :) Saturdays are always entertaining, as far as the people watching goes ;) Some CHARACTERS there, I tell ya, hahah.
DB Chest Press
10 x 30
8 x 35
6 x 40
3 x 5 @ 40
DB Pullovers
10 x 30, 3 x 10 @ 35
BB Press
3 x 10 @ bar
DB Lateral Raises
2 x 12 @ 15
DB Overhead Triceps
2 x 10 @ 35
Bench Dips
1 x Fail --> 21
Cable Curls
2 x 10 @ 70
BB Curls
1 x Fail @ bar --> 9 (wtf?! 9?!)
Back Extensions
1 x 20 @ bw
Bicycle Maneuver
1 x 60
1 set: Decline Situps ss w/ Wtd Situps (10lb plate)*
12 / 12
1 set: Wtd Crunches (20lbs - cuz there were two 10lb plates right there and I was too lazy to get off my ass and go GET the 25lb plate ;) ss w/ Crunches
15 / 15
25 mins SS cardio - done :)
Felt pretty weak on DB Chest press, prior to the meet I had been pressing the 50s for 4 sets of 4. Today the 45s were challenging, particularly on that 3rd set. Wouldn't have gotten a 4th set that's for sure. Not sure what was up with that set of BB curls either, hahah. Oh well..some days...
* LOL earlier in the week I tried some weighted sit-ups (full situps) with a 25lb plate. HAH. We'll be increasing in smaller increments, thank you ;)
Monday, February 15, 2010
Even More Betterer ;)
So resting yesterday was definitely the right choice. Tough decision for me to make despite feeling nearly crippled when I woke up in the morning, because the PLAN said - workout!
But I listened to the crippled me, yay :)
Later on in the day, when I'd moved around a bit, loosened up a little, I started second guessing myself..."oh maybe a little cardio would be fine to help stay loose, get some blood circulating." And while we're being all open and honest - I say all that kind of thing to myself, but what I'm REALLY doing is panicking about my weight ("oh my god I'm going to balloon up if I don't do SOMETHING, let me just do a little, 30 mins won't hurt..." yeah that kind of thing). Nice.
But the little birdie in my head said, "Really Cathy? Really? Cuz you could hardly get out of bed this morning, just chill yo, another day isn't going to kill you. And your weight will be fine"
So true little birdie, so true :) And my weight was fine. In fact, I'm hovering at my lowest since I came back down from July's high...135.6 this AM. With good rest, and no food logging :) I feel like I'm in some sort of support group...I've been "log free" for 8 weeks now...
So I rested all day yesterday, just doing the chores and errands that needed to be done. And today I woke up *totally*functional* Woot! Slept till *5* no less, then got up and went and did 30 mins moderate, SS cardio and a niiiiice looooong stretch session.
Feeling good :)
This week, I'm starting my 5-3-1 cycle over, so repeating squats from last week tomorrow and then I'll go from there. RC agreed to help me with a few sessions in the gym for squats, which I think will be super beneficial for me - really looking forward to that. I'm sure he'll successfully kick my ass while we're at it ;)
Also asked Tara if she'd hook me up with an Abs workout so I could better focus, and work my abs with purpose. I think she's trying to kill me...21 total sets?! Gah. I think I'll stick with 2 sets of what she gave me to start (so, 12 total), and will modify from there :)
But I listened to the crippled me, yay :)
Later on in the day, when I'd moved around a bit, loosened up a little, I started second guessing myself..."oh maybe a little cardio would be fine to help stay loose, get some blood circulating." And while we're being all open and honest - I say all that kind of thing to myself, but what I'm REALLY doing is panicking about my weight ("oh my god I'm going to balloon up if I don't do SOMETHING, let me just do a little, 30 mins won't hurt..." yeah that kind of thing). Nice.
But the little birdie in my head said, "Really Cathy? Really? Cuz you could hardly get out of bed this morning, just chill yo, another day isn't going to kill you. And your weight will be fine"
So true little birdie, so true :) And my weight was fine. In fact, I'm hovering at my lowest since I came back down from July's high...135.6 this AM. With good rest, and no food logging :) I feel like I'm in some sort of support group...I've been "log free" for 8 weeks now...
So I rested all day yesterday, just doing the chores and errands that needed to be done. And today I woke up *totally*functional* Woot! Slept till *5* no less, then got up and went and did 30 mins moderate, SS cardio and a niiiiice looooong stretch session.
Feeling good :)
This week, I'm starting my 5-3-1 cycle over, so repeating squats from last week tomorrow and then I'll go from there. RC agreed to help me with a few sessions in the gym for squats, which I think will be super beneficial for me - really looking forward to that. I'm sure he'll successfully kick my ass while we're at it ;)
Also asked Tara if she'd hook me up with an Abs workout so I could better focus, and work my abs with purpose. I think she's trying to kill me...21 total sets?! Gah. I think I'll stick with 2 sets of what she gave me to start (so, 12 total), and will modify from there :)
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