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Old 09-11-2005, 07:32 AM   #631
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Okay...I know that we all have bad days....but does anyone else have bad WEEKS?? Fridays workout was at best..okay. I felt weak, and I couldn't life at all what I should be able to, everything felt like it weighed a ton!....Grrrr....


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DB rows 35x6, 35x6, 40x4
lat pd 90x6, x5, x5
rev. grip BB row 65x6, x5
EZ curls 35x6, 35x5
alt DB curl W/ Sup 15x6, 20x4

crunchs x20, x20, x20
cable side crunch 50x15, x15, x12



no cardio today due to hip, it is feeling better though, just a tad touchy.
Yeah, it's normal to have days, weeks, months like this. Just hang in there and it will get better. Sorry you're having such a crappy week though. THAT SUCKS!! Hope it gets better.



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Old 09-16-2005, 12:55 AM   #632
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hey chick! sorry i've been MIA... school, work, being broke is kicking my ass at the moment... and last week i had to comletely wipe out my comp. and reinstall the hard drive b/c of viruses... anyway, workouts look awesome, shake that past week off... you're only human!!!! hope you're having a great weekend hanging out on the patio!!



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Old 09-16-2005, 07:22 AM   #633
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Hey Billie. I'm back!

Caught up on your Journal. Hope the hip gets better.
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Old 09-16-2005, 02:05 PM   #634
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sorry I haven't been here all week, I promise to update my journal this weekend, I have been catching up on sleep!!



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Old 09-16-2005, 06:10 PM   #635
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Holy cow! A Billie and a Cris sighting in one day? Wowzers!



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Old 09-16-2005, 09:52 PM   #636
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sorry I haven't been here all week, I promise to update my journal this weekend, I have been catching up on sleep!!
Believe me, I completely understand!!! Hope all is well with you and yours!!!



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Old 09-17-2005, 02:18 AM   #637
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Hey Billie!!! Sorry youve been so down lately, you'll get a handle on it! Aside from that, how is life??



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Old 09-19-2005, 12:06 AM   #638
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this past week was definetly better than the last, I tried to relax a little more and sleep a bit more than usual, plus I ate like a horse...certainly not what I needed, but I feel better. I had an interesting weekend, we went out to the club with some friends of ours, they were gay...so needless to say it was a riot lmao...

here is last weeks workouts...
MONDAY
chest/shoulders/triceps
inc. DB bench 30x8, x8, x7
DB bench 30x10, x8
DB fly 15x15, x13
single DB military 20x8, 25x4 PR
side lats 10x10, x8
o/h DB ext. 30x10, x9
V-bar pressdown 80x12
decline situps, x10, x10, x10
kneeling cable crunches 100x15, x15, 110x10 PR
scissor kicks x20, x20, x20
eliptical 30 minutes 2.26 miles

WEDNESDAY
legs
leg ext. 80x8, x8, x7, x6
hack squat 135x10, x9, x8
single leg press 95x12, x10
cable leg lifts 40x10, x10, 50x8, x7PR
leg curl 40x12, x11, x10
standing calves 100x10, x9, x8, x8
seated calves 45z12, x11, x10
treadmill 20min. 1.15 miles

FRIDAY
back/bis
close grip PD 100x8, x6, x6
seated Rope row 60x10, x9, x7 this is a new move I saw in M&F, pretty cool!
DB pullover 30x12, x10
DB curls 15x10, x9
Cable curls 60x11, x8
powercrunch machine 15x12, x12, x10
knee raises x10, x10, x10
DB side bends 30x10, x10, x10
bike 20 minutes 3.88 miles

sorry I haven't been around much, we are having a shop built and trying to haul hay for a friend and about 10 million other things lately. We also got to take our neices and nephews to the county fair over the weekend, I had a ball, hopefully I will have pictures to post in a week or so. I promise to catch up in everyones journals this week...it's great to see Cris and Gary back!!!!!!!!



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Old 09-19-2005, 05:38 AM   #639
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great wo's billie, have a great week.



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Hey lady, I dig the journal! Thought any more about that ink? I have not gotten much time lately to sketch, but I have not forgotten what you asked me. Keep up the good work!



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Old 09-20-2005, 11:50 AM   #641
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thanks Cris
hey legion....yeah, still thinking about the ink maybe some of my fellow IMers can help....I am looking for a cool looking dream catcher to get inked on my back...can anyone find any for me????

chest/shoulders/tris
bench 70x8, x7, x6
inc. bench 55x10, 60x8
inc. fly 15x12, x10
front lats 10x10, 10x12
DB shrugs 35x12, x10
o/h cable ext. 80x12, 80x10
rope pressdown 60x12
triceps are FRIED

bench reverse crunch x20, x20, x20
seated cable crunch 50x15, x15, 60x12
hanging knee raises (knees all the way to chest) x10, x8

treadmill 40 minutes 2.64 miles walk/run intervals

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Old 09-25-2005, 10:07 AM   #642
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I didn't get to the gym Friday, but here is my w/o from Wednesday:

box lunges 20x10, x10, x9, x8
leg press 235 x12, x11, x10
single leg ext. 50x10, x9
leg curl 50x10, x9, x7, x6
SLDL 95x10, x10, x8
single DB calves 20x10, x10, x9, x8
standing calves 80x10, x10, x9

20 min. eliptical machine, 1.44 miles

Next week is Shock week, and then a MUCH needed week off...if I have learned anything lately it's that 12 weeks is too long to do p/rr/s for me...I lose my focus, my diet goes to shit, and I just get too TIRED...from now on it's just the standard 9 weeks for me I have been considering trying a new brand of creatine that I have heard everyone raving over, it's made by Universal Nutrition. The folks I have talked to have seen bodyfat decrease while gaining muscle, and they are seeing results in just 2 weeks WITHOUT the bloating affect. I have never tried a supplement like this, and was thinking that it may give a bit of a "boost" any comments??



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Old 09-25-2005, 11:04 AM   #643
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Nice w/o Billie!!! Are you going to take a week off entirely or piddle around in the gym? Are you going to stay with P/RR/S? Go ahead and try the creatine, may give you the boost your looking for



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Old 09-26-2005, 12:17 AM   #644
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okay...here is the plan!
I am going to finish up my last week of this cycle. I am then going to just do a "normal" lifting routine, some supersets and such for the next few weeks, pretty much anything quick because I have so much going right now, plus I am going to do lots and lots of cardio. I have to take the last week of October off to prepare for a huge hog roast that we are having that weekend, then, after that week I will go back on p/rr/s, probably with the creatine.

So my new cycle will start the 31st of October.......does anyone have any good ideas for a NEW journal name??? I think this one is getting pretty full, I've had it since Feb.!



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Old 09-27-2005, 12:50 PM   #645
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shock week!!
chest/shoulders/tris

inc. DB bench 30x10, x9, x7/cable x-overs 40x10, x9, x8 SS
decline fly 15x10, 15x9/ flat db bench 25x9, x8 SS
pec deck 70x8, 60x7, 50x7 DS

front db raises 10x10, x8/DB military 20x8, x6 SS
single arnold 15x9/DB lats 8x8 SS
bent lats 10x8, 8x6, 5x6 DS

v-var pressdown 70x10, x8/o/h DB ext. 25x8, x6 SS
o/h rope ext. 70x8, 60x6 DS

powercrunch 15x20, x20, x20
decline situps x20, x20, x20
DB side crunch 25x15, x15, x15
standing cable crunch 100x15, 110x10, 110x10 ( really liked these, hit the abs from a different angle!!)
total: 200 reps..........hows that ROCCO!!!!!!

30 minute eliptical machine intervals 2.54 miles...I AM TIRED!!! LMAO...



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Old 09-28-2005, 01:49 AM   #646
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what am I, chopped liver now??










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Old 09-28-2005, 02:43 AM   #647
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Haha, your much more than chopped liver Great w/o and great job on the abs, how'd you like that much volume?

How about Billie's "I'm so SEXY" Journal?!? Well, that's what I'd name it for you. Hope you have a great day!!!



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Old 09-28-2005, 11:07 AM   #648
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what am I, chopped liver now??
Maybe you should call the new journal "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!!!!!"

How about "Billie's bodybuilding bonanza" ?

Or "Goddess in training"?

Or "Ascending Olympus"? (You know, the whole goddess thing...)



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Old 09-28-2005, 12:54 PM   #649
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thanks for being there guys...I was only joking I know ya'll get busy but love me anyways

I kinda like the Ascending Olympus thing...that's kinda cool....
the sexy thing is nice ( ) but I think it makes me sound conceited...lmao....



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Old 09-29-2005, 04:13 PM   #650
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thanks for being there guys...I was only joking I know ya'll get busy but love me anyways

I kinda like the Ascending Olympus thing...that's kinda cool....
the sexy thing is nice ( ) but I think it makes me sound conceited...lmao....
Of course we always love you!!! (of course I love you a bit more than those "others"!! )

And it may sound conceited.....but it's the truth

Seriously though, Ascending Olympus would be a really cool title



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Old 09-30-2005, 02:29 PM   #651
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wednesday: legs!

sumo squats 95x10, x9, x7.......leg ext. 70x10, x9, x8 SS
single leg ext. 50x9, x7...........leg press 235x10, 245x8 SS
hack squat DS 105x8, 95x7

cable leg raises 40x10, x10, x9, x8....single leg curls 30x10, x9, x7, x6
DB SLDL 30x8, 25x7 (couldn't concentrate...hubby went with me and sat behind me with comments like..."woohoo, work it!" or "wiggle, wiggle, wiggle" it was hilarious...lmao...)

calves were messed up because people kept taking my equipment, so it's kind of peiced together...
standing calves 80 x10, x9 ....leg press calves 235x10, x8

seated calves 55x10, x10, 65x8, x6

no time for cardio!

friday: back/bis apparantly EVERYONE in my gym does back/bis on Friday, because my machines kept being stolen whenever I'd leave...grrr....

o/h lat pulldown 90x10, x9, x9, x8....st. arm pressdown 50x10, x9, x9, x7 SS
Rev. BB row 65x10, x9, x8......seated row 60x10, x9, x9
machine row DS 80x8, 70x6, 60x6

concentration curls (on stability ball) 12x10, x9....cable curls 55x10, x9 SS
Preacher curl machine DS 50x6, 40x6, 30x6

abs: leg raises x10, x10, x10, x10
powercrunch 15x20, x20, x20, x20
stability ball crunches x20, x20, x20, x20
total: 200 reps

cardio: walking on treadmill, calorie goal of 225, 45 min. 27 sec 2.39 miles



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Ah legs....I do my downward facing dog, warriors, tree, pyramid, and triangle for my legs. Felt good for me.

Bet the work out for the legs felt good for you.



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Old 10-03-2005, 02:21 PM   #653
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hi Shae!! yeah...legs is my fave, so it felt good

I am not doing a set "routine" for the next few weeks, just stuff that I find fun I did abs in between sets, and boy was it intense!! I may do this when I go back to p/rr/s at the beginning of November

chest/shoulders/tris

DB bench 25x10, x10, 30x9
inc. DB bench 20x15, x13
inc. fly 15x15, x13

arnold press 15x13, x11
upright cable row 70x10, x9

reverse single cable pressdown 30x12, 35x9 I've never done these before...you sure feel a big burn!!
skullcrushers 25x17, x13

abs: powercrunch 15x20, x20, x20
standing cable crunch 100x20, x20, x20
side cable crunch 50x20, x20, x20
knee raises x12, x12
204 reps

cardio: 225 calorie goal....40 minutes treadmill



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Legs!!

squats 95x10, x10, x9, x8 DEEP!
leg ext. 70x10, x10, x9
leg press 240x10, x8
SLDL 95x10, x10, x9 105x7 PR well, I certainly didn't expect an of these this week!
leg curl 40x10, 50x9, 60x4
leg press calves 240x10, x10, x9, x8 PR I did okay with these, but they put a LOT of pressure on my tailbone...probably not gonna try this much weight again for a little while....
seated calves 70x10, x9, x8

legs straight crunches x20, x20, x20, x20
side crunches x20, x20, x20
scissor kicks x30, x30, x20
220 reps total
I did all of my abs in between sets of legs

eliptical machine HIIT 15 minutes, 1.34 miles