Thread: Jeanie's attempt at a Journal

Jeanie,

Welcome ! I am sure there will be many interested in your journal. You have done a fantastic job got to ask though ... where are the before pics ?

Gary

Welcome to IM! Good job on changing your life

Hi Jeanie! You look great and welcome to IM. I'll be keeping up with your jounal. Good Luck

Hi Jeanie!
Welcome to IM! Your pictures look great so we will be interested in reading about all the hard work it took to get you there.

Before pictures? Never!

I will follow along. You look amazing!

Originally Posted by Jeanie

Before pictures? Never!

Jeanie,

Thats not fair , everybody else has theirs up. J/K

What was your workout today ?

Hi Jeanie! Welcome! You have a great attitude! I'll be checking in on your journal!

That's the only one I have not thrown away. No, really I will have to dig out some others, but other then while pregnant, thisis my heaviest. 148lbs.
Let me just warn you, I don't know the names of all of these exercises

SHOULDERS

Seated dumbell press
20lbs x 20
25lbs x 15
30lbs x 8
30lbs x 12
20lbs x until failure

Bent over fly (rear delts)
20lbs x 15
25lbs x 15
25lbs x 10 drop to 20lbs x 10 drop to 15 x 8
25lbs x 10 drop to 20lbs x 10 drop to 15 x 8

Rope pull on lat machine (rear delt)
60lbs x 20
70lbs x 20
80lbs x 15
80lbs x until failure
80lbs x 20 drop to 70 x 8 drop to 60 x failure

seated dumbell press (single arm)aims more for rear delt)
15lbs x 15
20bs x 15
20lbs x 15
15lbs x 15

Bent arm lateral raises (dumbells stay in front of chest
basically raising elbowa to ear level and then back)
20lbs x 15
25lbs x 15
25lbs x 10 drop to 20lbs x 10 drop to 15 x 5 drop to 10 x failure
25lbs x 10 drop to 20lbs x 10 drop to 15 x 5 drop to 10 x failure

Abs
200 sit ups
90 oblique crunches


30 minute bike ride at 16.4 miles per hour (average).

Dang !!!!

I pity your shoulders !!! Can you lift them now ? LOL Those drop sets had to be killers

I absolutly LOVE doing shoulders! Those drop sets bring out the veins, striations and pump up my shoulders! It feels sooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooood

Welcome, I just started a journal myself and I'm really finding it helpful. I look forward to following your journal. You're in amazing shape! Are you planning on posting your diet at all? Love to see it

Hey! Welcome to IM.

I have to say - you look amazing!! Congratulations - you have an outstanding physique!

Is it 'just for you' or are you planning on competing one day?

Originally Posted by Jeanie

I absolutly LOVE doing shoulders! Those drop sets bring out the veins, striations and pump up my shoulders! It feels sooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooood

Morning Jeanie

What body part(s) are you going to annihilate today ?

Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh

Hey! Welcome to IM.

I have to say - you look amazing!! Congratulations - you have an outstanding physique!

Is it 'just for you' or are you planning on competing one day?

I don't think I have the dedication to compete. I hate failure, so, it is for me and, i don/t want to feel like i need to get implants, I am hard enough on myself without anyone telling me that i need to improve this or change that. I really do this for fun and I feel like competing would take the fun out of it!

Hi Jeanie

I love your first post! I myself am going through a rough time (lost a job and broke up with a long time relationship recently) so it is SO GREAT to see someone who has picked herself up and pushed forward in spite of these things. Not to mention you made an amazing physical transformation along the way.

I look forward to reading your journal and keep up the hard work and great attitude

No weights today. I will be doing back on Saturday and legs on Sunday. However, I did some abs and rode my bike for an hour and 15 minutes I cant wait for Monday. I have been on a 7 day binge (hershey kisses, junior mints, gum, pretzels, goldfish crackers, tostitos, milk duds.....) and I am almost ready to go back on my diet. I usually only eat these things on the weekend but since my husband asked me to gain some weight back I decided to stuff my face the whole week. I am losing my cut. But i did gain some strength. I was able to go from 30 pound dumbells for incline bench to 35 pounds

Wow ... that's interesting that you don't compete and really don't have a desire to compete! As the others have said, you look fantastic!!

I found it quite entertaining that you choose all the good things to gain some weight.

So do you all think that I even look good enough to compete and do well? I just don't know.

Originally Posted by Jeanie

So do you all think that I even look good enough to compete and do well? I just don't know.

I say yes ! There are several women on here who have/do/are competing and they should be able to tell you for sure. I would say guys too but we are probably not as subjective

Hi Jeanie. Welcome to IM, I will be your official pervert for the remainder of your stay here. Should you ever feel that your journal is getting too serious or non-chaotic, just let me know.

Originally Posted by MaxMirkin

Hi Jeanie. Welcome to IM, I will be your official pervert for the remainder of your stay here. Should you ever feel that your journal is getting too serious or non-chaotic, just let me know.

I can vouch for his services. He is superb at what he does. If you need to kick your journal down a notch, like down to the gutter... Max Mirkin is your man.

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

I can vouch for his services. He is superb at what he does. If you need to kick your journal down a notch, like down to the gutter... Max Mirkin is your man.

She's still bitter. Before I came along she had nice, proper journal going. (i.e. boring) Now it's fun. (Sometimes.)

Okay, this sounds like it could be fun. I need a good laugh.

Originally Posted by Jeanie

Okay, this sounds like it could be fun. I need a good laugh.

Your life will never be the same.

Hey Jeanie, welcome aboard!

Physique looks fabulous! Really impressive definition and vascularity throughout your entire body. Muscle separation and symmetry is also outstanding. What are you current goals? Strength is looking great. Keep it up.

My goals? To stay like this or make myself better, possible add some muscle....but not too much. I am working on a way to add muscle to my lower pecs since most of my bodyfat is gone . I also need to have more disipline when it comes to dieting. I want my six pack to show when i am not flexing. I am sure I will think of more things to change as time goes on. Oh yea, I have a wide waist and wonder if there is a way to change that. I wouldn't mind having a bigger glutes either (neither would my husband!)



Did Back and Biceps this afternoon: Early morning bike ride for 45 minutes

BACK
Lat Machine Pull Down ) 60lb x16 reps 70 x 12 reps 80 x 12 reps 90 x 10 reps

Pull Down Close Grip
70lb x16 reps 80 x 14 reps 90 x 10 reps

T-Bar Rows
25 x 20 reps 35 x 16 reps 45 x 10 reps
25 x 20 reps

[b]Single Arm Dumbell Row
25lb x 20 reps 30 x 12 reps 30 x 12 reps 25 x 20 reps

Shrugs
30lb x20 reps 30 x30 reps

Standing Pull Down

60lb x 20 reps 70 x 14 reps 80 x 14 reps 70 x 14 reps

[B]ARMS (I go light on my biceps because they tend to get TOO big)

Concentration Curls
10 x 15 reps 15 x 12 reps 15 x 12 reps

Incline Dumbell Curls (alternating)twist wrist at the end of the movement to bring out peak
10 x 15 reps 10 x 15 reps 5 x 15 reps
Hammer Curl (standing)
drop sets
10lbs x 15
5 x 10

10lbs x 15
5 x 10


Eliptical for 30 minutes

Jeanie...to answer the question or if you could compete...YES!
Good luck on reaching your goals and welcome to IM!