And now for something completely different...

**BritChick** · 10-26-2005, 09:21 AM

With my personal life in total turmoil, (long story) and my stress levels at an all time high it's time to turn a new leaf.
My fitness goals have been plummeting faster than the speed of light and I figure now is the time I really need to regain my focus and get my ass in gear.
The purpose of this journal is to make me accountable to myself, to keep track of my workouts and make sure that I am working in a forward direction. Recently excuses have been all to easy to find and I'm not doing myself any favours, my lack of training and crappy diet along with my current life 'issues' have me heading fast towards my own pit of depression and to hell with that!!! I'm not prepared to go down just yet.
It's also a place to let off steam when I think I'm at breaking point... I swear there are men in white with straight jackets looming around the corner!
I'll try to keep the bitching and whining to a minimum.

Time is in short supply these days so entries may be brief but I will try to at least log something daily.
Yesterday was my first day of training in a while, I started a new program and it felt good to be back and was better than I had hoped for - I'm hurting today.

My current fitness goals right now are, in short, to get big!

Next years Canadian Figure Nationals are to be held in July and I need more mass if I hope to place higher.
So here goes... let's see what changes I can effect.

Current Stats:

Weight 173.4lbs

Height 5'10"
Chest 40.75"
Waist 31"
Hips 41"
Thigh 22"
Calf 14.5"
Bicep 13.5"
Forearm 10.75"

Wow! I've never broken the 170lbs barrier until recently, I'm of mixed feelings as to where I'm at now with my physique, it's heavy for me and a lot of the weight has been from over indulging, hence the 31" belly! At the same time I am not prepared to diet right now when my goals are to make gains. I have cut the crap from my diet for the most part in the past couple of days and for now that's good enough, I dare say I will drop a little weight from the clean diet and post-workout cardio alone.

Workout Split:

Chest/Back
Legs
Shoulders/Traps
Arms/Abs

This is a workout split I stole from MASS Cycle, it's something new and fits nicely into my schedule. Workouts initially will be performed every other day.

Tue Oct 25/05

Chest/Back

BB Bench Press 8/8/8/7 - 95/105/115/125
BB Bent Over Row 8/8/8/5 - 80/95/95/110
DB Incline Press 8/8/8/6 - 40/40/40/45
Medium Grip Front Lat Pull Down 7/7/6 - 100/110/110
DB Flys 10/10 - 25/25
Cable Narrow Grip Seated Row 9/10 - 100/90

Cardio

Treadmill - Incline 10 - Speed 3.3 - 30 Mins

**TJ Cline** · 10-26-2005, 09:48 AM

Great journal title....love it

**PreMier** · 10-26-2005, 09:54 AM

welcome back.. I missed you

**Dale Mabry** · 10-26-2005, 10:15 AM

Wow...

I have personal issues causing me weight problems as well...My problem is that I, personally, can't stop eating shit because it tastes so yummy. Add a few good beers (Ie. not the light ones) and there is my problem.

Good luck. In the end personal problems are typically easy to solve, problem is, who wants to be a big fatass once they are solved.

**BritChick** · 10-26-2005, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Dale Mabry

Wow...

I have personal issues causing me weight problems as well...My problem is that I, personally, can't stop eating shit because it tastes so yummy. Add a few good beers (Ie. not the light ones) and there is my problem.

Good luck. In the end personal problems are typically easy to solve, problem is, who wants to be a big fatass once they are solved.

Hell, this is another reason why I need to be back here! You made me smile and laugh and I so need that right now. Thanks.

Jake, thanks... good to be back!

Foreman Rules - Glad you like the title, I'm still a big Monty fan.

**The Monkey Man** · 10-27-2005, 05:07 AM

I glad to see you back!!!!

A couple moments everyday makes the difference -

You will always find freako's like me in here, we know that you need to WO,
and understand that your maniacal training and dieting is "NORMAL" and something you love -

I for one will be lurking and cheerleading
(rah-rah)

**aggies1ut** · 10-27-2005, 08:31 PM

Good luck Kerry.

**PreMier** · 10-27-2005, 09:47 PM

UPDATE! Every day!

**CowPimp** · 10-27-2005, 09:55 PM

Kickass title. I recognized it instantly. Those goofy guys are hillarious!

Really though, you have one of the best female physiques I've seen. It took lots of hard work and discipline to obtain that body, and I'm sure you can muster up that mental fortitude once again.

**BritChick** · 10-27-2005, 09:59 PM

Thanks MM, Denise.

Gonna keep this brief because I am knackered!

Had a great, but very busy day, started with clients at 5am, worked most of the day, got my training in and just got back from the gym with my daughter Taryn who is rehearsing like crazy for the Sandra Wickham Fall Classic show in two weeks where she will once again be guest performing a fitness routine to some Marilyn Manson songs.

Also guest performing in the show are IFBB Pro BB Autumn Raby and Fitness Olympia Champ Jen Hendershot!!! This is gonna be a blast!!!!!

Here's the poster for the show with Taryn in the left hand corner.

I'll be volunteering again this year at the show and am hoping to once again get the thankless job of tanning and oiling the male bb!

Looking forward to meeting and chatting to Jen backstage too, I hope to get some picks of her with Taryn.
Watching Jen win this years Olympia was awesome, she has to be the most charasmatic, entertaining, crowd pleasing fitness pro.
Onto my workout now, it was leg day

the first in three weeks and I was dreading it!
I am definately down on strength big time on all my workouts right now and squats really sucked but apart from that it wasn't too bad of a workout and it felt good to be training again, I am gonna be sore!
Now I must cram in some food and dive under the covers in order to be back up again at 4am, I am in dire need of some quality zzzzzz's, the recent stress I've been under has been taking it's toll on my sleep but I am hoping that working out again will help alleviate that, it's also been a pretty good day on the home front which is a huge relief!

Legs

SM Squats 8/8/8/5 - 90/140/140/160 (Pussy!

)
Incline Leg Press - Calves 10/10/10/8 - 360/450/500/600
SLDL 8/8/8/6 - 135/185/185/200
Leg Extension 10/10/8 - #13/#15/#17
Seated Calf Raise 10/10/10 - 115/125/125
DB Side Lunges 8/8/8 - 25/4040

The DB Side Lunges felt very awkward to me, this was my first time doing them but I am hoping that in time they will feel easier.

**BritChick** · 10-27-2005, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by PreMier

UPDATE! Every day!

Okay, okay already! lol

**BritChick** · 10-27-2005, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Kickass title. I recognized it instantly. Those goofy guys are hillarious!

Really though, you have one of the best female physiques I've seen. It took lots of hard work and discipline to obtain that body, and I'm sure you can muster up that mental fortitude once again.

Hey thanks CowPimp... I'm working on mustering with all my might.

**boilermaker** · 10-27-2005, 10:09 PM

Hi Britchick,

I hope you achieve your goals and wish you the best of luck. My friend owns a lodge up in Terrace, BC. Although you are located quite a ways south, you live in a very beautiful part of the world. I'll follow along with your journal.

**The Monkey Man** · 10-28-2005, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by BritChick

I want to go -

I want to meet Jen Hendershot

Originally Posted by BritChick

I am in dire need of some quality zzzzzz's

-

It's just a thing... sometimes you can't change it...

Worry it about it when you can do something...

Now go to bed!

**BritChick** · 10-28-2005, 05:54 AM

Hi boilermaker, thanks for stopping by. BC is definately a beautiful province!

Monkey - good morning.

Actually I did get a wicked nights sleep last night, I fell watching a yoga video featuring Rodney Yee - this was a gift from a guy at the gym and I wanted to put forth the effort to be able to say I went home and watched it. In this video Rodney performs all the yoga moves at sunrise on a beatiful secluded beach.
Hell, I didn't even have to do the moves, all I had to do was watch to feel totally relaxed... my kind of workout!!! lol
I am actually interested in incorporating some yoga into my program, I am sure though that this will be somewhat challenging for me since yoga is definately not something that will come to me with ease, I do see it as being something beneficial for me though.

4:50am... off to work we go.

**BritChick** · 10-29-2005, 03:24 PM

Shoulders/Traps

Military Press - Front 10/8/8/6 - 55/60/65/65
BB Shrugs 8/8/8/5 - 205/205/205/225
DB Lateral Raise 8/8/8/5 - 20/20/20/25 (Single Arm For Last Set)
DB Shrugs 8/5/8 - 80/90/85
Pec Deck - Rear Delts 10/8 -105/115
Plate Raise 10/10 - 35/25

Cardio

Treadmill - Incline 10 -12 - Speed 3.3 - 30 Mins

Damn, am I ever sore from my last two workouts!!! lol It's all good though, I'm enjoying the feeling. Workout felt good, cardio was tough today.

**Jodi** · 10-29-2005, 03:26 PM

Nice lateral raises

No wonder why you have such great delts

**The Monkey Man** · 10-29-2005, 08:06 PM

Moving bigger #'s than me -

**BritChick** · 10-29-2005, 08:29 PM

Thanks Jodi.

How's training going?

You know how to make my day MM. I really wish my Military Press was stronger, I still get caught up with numbers, I would love to press quarters... one day.

**CowPimp** · 10-29-2005, 08:57 PM

You're one strong lady. I would be thoroughly impressed to see a female moving those numbers at my gym.

**BritChick** · 10-29-2005, 09:22 PM

Thanks.

**The Monkey Man** · 10-30-2005, 06:27 AM

Originally Posted by CowPimp

You're one strong lady. I would be thoroughly impressed to see a female moving those numbers at my gym....

There are chix at my old gym that could hit more than me on most motions...
But they are on the sauce, and their faces look like a catchers mitt -

**CowPimp** · 10-30-2005, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

There are chix at my old gym that could hit more than me on most motions...
But they are on the sauce, and their faces look like a catchers mitt -

Sounds like my kind of woman. Minus the sauce and the catcher's mitt and the, uh, er, okay... I guess not...

**soxmuscle** · 10-30-2005, 10:22 PM

Wow, this is a good one. By the way, I am in love with your split, ha. Can you link me to the MASS cycle thing? Goodluck girl, keep it going in the gym and life will be where you want outside the gym.

**BritChick** · 10-31-2005, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Sounds like my kind of woman. Minus the sauce and the catcher's mitt and the, uh, er, okay... I guess not...

Hi sox, thanks for stopping by.

Here is the link to the site http://www.mass-cycle.com/pages/index.asp

**The Monkey Man** · 10-31-2005, 08:31 AM

That just popped into my head...

OMGROFL - hahahaha

(A pretty ornament)

sorry... (me=

)

**BritChick** · 10-31-2005, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by The Monkey Man

That just popped into my head...

OMGROFL - hahahaha

(A pretty ornament)

sorry... (me=

)

Oh do behave! lol

Hey, she bought it... I just wonder if in years to come she will remember and figure it out!!!

Just looking up some classes, taking the plunge on Wednesday and trying a Bikram's yoga class... should be interesting... and sweaty by the sounds of things!!!

**The Monkey Man** · 10-31-2005, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by BritChick

Oh do behave! lol

Hey, she bought it... I just wonder if in years to come she will remember and figure it out!!!

Just looking up some classes, taking the plunge on Wednesday and trying a Bikram's yoga class... should be interesting... and sweaty by the sounds of things!!!

Yeah!?...
That's all you need...

To get your (ahem) "energies" flowing -

**soxmuscle** · 10-31-2005, 02:59 PM

thanks for the link.

**BritChick** · 10-31-2005, 03:14 PM

Bis/Tris/Abs

BB Curl 10/10/10/8 - 55/60/65/70
Skull Crushers 10/10/10/8 - 55/60/60/65
Superset:
Hanging Oblique Leg Raises 20/20
Knee Ups 20/15 (Crap... don't know the proper name for these

)
DB Incline Curls 8/8/6 - 30/30/30
Cable Straight Bar Pressdown 8/8/8 - #12/#12/#12
Leg Raises 20/20/20

Having a great day, busy but I feel awesome!
Three new clients today - all of who seem very cool. Great arm workout felt pretty strong considering what a slacker I've been.
Off to take doggies for a run (them not me!) then home to get ready for trick or treating with Rod and kids.

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