Velvet

Sweet Sucky that you hate it tho, don't you like how powerful it makes you feel, I love how powerful my legs feel when I'm sprinting full tilt. How's it going stranger?

simbh

Very nice , I can never do that though ... Even if my cardio is on top of the world , I get bored of doing the same track over and over ... Try to go running in the forest or on the beach , much more fun And if you want that sprint in , just do intervals .

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GoalGetter

Legs - Quads Dominant

BB Squat
RI 60
145/5 x 5

notes: nothing spectacular other than the fact that I 1) lowered my rest interval to 60 from 90, and 2) actually completed all five sets of five with good form. will try for 150 next week

SLDL
RI 30
115/8x3

notes: again, nothing spectacular. just lowered my RI to 30 from 60. Trying for 120lb next week

Single Leg Leg Press
RI 30
100/8
100/6 x 2

notes: for some reason I thought i could go heavier on this for single-leg, but no. dammit.

Standing Calf Raises
RI 20
120/10
140/10
160/8 x 2

notes: wtf? I had no idea, but I guess since I was shooting for a lower number of reps, I could do a lot more weight. I had never gone with more than 115lb before, but then again I was doing about 20 reps at a time with that weight. I could have probably done 8-10 more with 120 or 140. 160 hit the spot just right. Also lowered the RI to 20 from 30.

Abs/Core

Ball Pikes
bw/12
bw/6 + 6 prone knee tucks (couldn't finish out the second set of 12 pikes)

Plank on Ball
60 seconds

Ball Crunches
30 legs apart
30 legs together

PreMier

Thats a good idea..


Could you run in the sand on the beach? I remember running in the sandpit for football.. that shit sucked!

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

P-funk

Nothing spectaular? Oh, aside from the fact that you dropped the rest interval and completed the same amount of work in a shorter amount of time!!! Next week you need to change the loading parameter from 5x5 to something else......I see a 4x6 in your future. Move to something different. Still up the weight to 150 but raise the RI back up to 90sec. Same holds true for the SLDL except keep the RI at 60.

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Burner02

hola chickie! Have a happy weekend! Friends want me to come down to where they are in Jacksonville for Spring Break...we'll see...
I'd be afraid to take off my shirt on the beach...as I fear I'd hear a klaxon siren, shouts of "beached whale!" and people try to push me back intot hte water...

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Nobody cares what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow. What is important is what you are doing NOW to solve our problem

THERE IS NO TOMORROW!
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GoalGetter

Heh... and after such a "non-spectacular" spectacular leg day, I had the absolute shittiest back/bi day. See next post... ugh...

GoalGetter

Upper Pull

Close Grip Cable Row
90/5x5
RI 60

notes: started with last week's ending highest weight, 90. Did ok until last set, where my boss who was following me around (yes I worked out at Bally's last night, which was "ugh" in and of itself), helped me with the last two reps. Two reps out of five is 40% of the work in a set. I was disgusted with myself for needing help after having such a great workout with this last week.

Wide Grip Pulldowns
80/8 x 3
RI 60

notes: first two sets were great. Ok, not great. but very good. Last set sucked after about the fourth rep, and my boss, again, helped with the last few reps.

DB Prone Incline Face Pulls
12lb/10x3
RI 20

Notes: couldn't find the 15's for this, used the 12's added two reps to each set and lowered the RI to 20 to compensate for not being able to use the same weight as last week. By this point, though I know he meant well, I was just about ready to send my boss somewhere less sunny and warm. He kept telling me he didn't think I was really working as hard as he thinks I could be working with my training, that I wasn't going to failure, and that I looked too "serene". Basically was telling me he thought my workout was lame, without actually saying so -- that's the impression I got. But he used to be on shit, and workouts when you're taking roids are not the same as when you're not. And I was THIS close to reminding him by throwing a dumbell across his face. Poor guy. Like I said, I know he meant well, and was probably trying to motivate me. But it was hard enough already that I was upset at having to put in my workout at Bally's, where I just don't feel the right kind of energy to begin with. Anyway, moving on...

Rev. Pec Deck
This machine was forever in use, so I opted for bent over lateral raises, using the 15lb dumbells that now miraculously appeared out of nowhere.

Bent Over DB Lateral Raises
15/10/3
RI 30

notes: had to stand there and listen to him telling me how he bends over lower than I do, blah blah blah... I did, or at least I tried, but i felt like my asscrack was going to come out the back of my pants, so I gave him a face, made him laugh and went on doing it my way, which wasn't bad form to begin with.

DB Incline Bicep Curls
20/8x3
RI 30

notes: begrudgingly received assistance on the last two reps of last set, after which he excused himeslf to go take care of some business or other and I finished up my workout on my own...

DB Hammer Curls
15/5 x 2
15/4 x 1
RI 30

notes: WHAT. THE. FUCK. Last week i was easily doing my 8 reps at this weight... Ridiculous.

DB Upright Rows
12/10 x 3
RI 20

notes: again, I set down the 15's for a second and someone swiped them. So I picked up the 12's, increased the reps, held for 2 seconds at the top, and lowered the RI to 20 from 30. Still felt like cake. Bastards.

DB Shrugs
35/10
35/8
35/7
RI 30

notes: OK that does it. I am buying straps today. My left hand is useless. Those last two sets could have been complete, but the fucking dumbell kept slipping out of my left hand!!!!!!! When i was done, I couldn't open or close my hand. It really was temporarily useless. And my forearm was tight all the way up to my elbow. Veins everywhere. It was "unpleasant" to say the least.

my GOD what a shitty fucking workout. I felt really bad about it. Dissatisfied and disappointed with myself.

After all this, after my left hand/arm went back to normal and all, I did like 3, CG/RG chin ups all on my own on the pull up bar. WOWOWOW! Now if only i could do that with the wide, pronated grip.

No abs. No cardio.

Abs and some sprints Saturday. Rest Sunday.

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Back to that "right kind of energy" thing I mentioned earlier here...

Am I just being picky? A drama queen? A diva? I really just feel shitty energy or no energy at all when I try to work out at Bally's. This has happened to me at other gyms before, where I've gone to check them out, and there is just something about the vibe I get there... it really zaps my motivation and my own energy. The little gym I used to go to near my building (the one with the DJ on thursday nights)... that place did the same thing. And the bally's near my mom's house... same crap.

Now, gridiron club in doral - i love that gym. And for some reason, the LA Fitness in Miami Gardens and the weight room ONLY for the LA Fitness in Sunset Place have great energy for me. But the LA Fitness in the doral area -- LAME. Gold's in south beach was crappy, but the one in Pines where I finally went and checked it out, awesome vibe. Crunch gym is a FUN environment but there's too much to look at and distract me (not the men, they're all gay, i'm talking about the decor).

Eh... i don't know. Anyone else get vibes or different kinds of energy from different types of gyms? Share your thoughts... or at least tell me what a pussy I am ... or something.

GoalGetter

You assume i like sand in my shoes... or running barefoot. ugh.

I might do that once in a while, run in the sand, but that "while" hasn't come around this year yet.

GoalGetter

Thanks dude - have a great weekend, too!

Jacksonville for spring break? That's nowhere near south florida by the way! hahahaha! But have fun! And start working on your tan as of now, why not. Go to a tanning salon and work on your base.

As for the "beached whale" comments -- i lectured you earlier this year, or late last year (remember?) ... so if there is a reason you cant (or won't) take off your shirt by spring break, you know exactly why it is!

judging by the most recent pics you'd posted as your "before" pics in dec or jan, if you've been working on it consistently since then, that should have given you three months AT LEAST which was/is plenty of time to be shirtlessly presentable. But I digress...

Party on, Mikey! WOO HOO! SPRING BREAK!

GoalGetter

ok folks. i'm off to the wasteland that is my current place of employment, where the people are cool at least (thank god)...

got some clients (first workouts) and my kids' class...

and then a laundry list of chores to do when i get out of there.

OH! And I'm taking my favorite client grocery shopping because she needs some help. Cheez-its and Taco Bell are not nutritious choices.

P-funk

maybe you have bad energy at night? maybe balley's is a tough place for you to workout at (read contextual interferernce)? Maybe you should tell your boss to leave you alone so you can concentrate on you workout? Could be a number of things.

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P-funk

just please change the reps scheme next week and exercise selection.

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GoalGetter

people. i am officially fucking BROKE for the next two weeks. i have about $35 to my name until the next pay day (two weeks from yesterday).

After groceries, phone and cell phone bills, gas for my car and well... and that's it, actually, I am down to $35 for two weeks unless some cash clients start showing up. I can just see it now, "uh... mom, dad... i know i said i didn't want to borrow money, but um..."

Yeah I'm really upset right now. Needless to say. But hey. I got myself into this.

anyway, just venting. where else am i going to go with this crap anyway, right?

Jill

Is the $$$$ a lot different from your previous job?

GoalGetter

uh. YEAH. A LOT. But i knew that, going in , it would be hard at first. Holy crap. Knowing it and LIVING It are different stories altogether.

BritChick

Awww, that's crappy Ivonne, financial stress SUCKS!!!
Keep your chin up it can only get better right.

GoalGetter

oh man... i fucking hope so. if it gets worse, I'm going to go back to my old job and beg them for a rehire package. hahahahahahahahahahahah! Or I'll go work at starbucks. They're always hiring. Right? HEll i bet i can make more money at starbucks right now than at bally's.

GoalGetter

and you know what else? I am so sick of RUDE FUCKING PEOPLE who all say they are interested in personal training, go through the free session, have ablast, make me like them genuinely, get me all excited that they may be my clients and then end up not doing JACK FUCKING SHIT.

Fuck fuck fuck shit shit shit <--- can you tell i'm really upset right now? hahahahahha!

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P-funk

quit balley's!!!! that place sucks. the people suck. the managment sucks. the gym is a hole in the wall and doesn't attract the high price clientel that are willing to drop a few grand on training. plus the trainers there fucking suck, not a great place to learn new things.

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BritChick

Ha... Starbucks is meant to be an awesome place to work, tons of benefits and stuff! It'll come together eventually Ivonne I'm sure of it, I know that doesn't help ya right now though does it.

BritChick

No, not at all.

Is this a free session you give out to attract clients or something Bally's does?

GoalGetter

Well, today is officially two months for me at bally's (I started Dec 12) and i said i'd give myself two months... when i get back from NYC I will make some decisions about this place. I do have a small handful of paying clients there who i owe some sessions to. I'd feel crappy walking away from most of them.

P-funk

did they pay you cash?? NO.

fuck them.

they will be placed with the next trainer there at balleys. tell them that you are leaving and if they want to leave with you they can. if not, fuck them. you have trained them for a few weeks, not years. it sucks but that is life. you need to make a living and get on with things.

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