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[Rissole]

wow - lots of visitors!

We love you Shell

 

[nikegurl]

Yes, 3x a week for 30 mins. on the treadmill is good and will help.

How about on leg day you increase your cals and add 200 more in. That way it will help so you don't wake up. You are eating carbs PWO right?

nope - i'm having whey w/tbs natty pb and no carbs. time to ditch the fat and have some carbs with the shake instead?

 

[Jodi]

Yeah, how bout you try that first before increasing cals. I think that will help alot more than you realize.

 

[nikegurl]

Sounds good. I haven't had pw carbs in ages. For now should I just move carbs from another meal and keep my totals the same for the day and see how that works?

By the way.... I did my cardio last night. It's less hateful than early morning - but just a little.

 

[Jodi]

Yes, good idea. Move your meals around so that you have PWO carbs and fat in a different meal.

Soon you'll get bad as me and start enjoying your cardio

 

[nikegurl]

i will be THRILLED out of my mind (dancing bananas ALL over the post) if the day ever comes that i enjoy cardio.

all and all i think my current eating plan is pretty good for me. (main thing is i'm sticking to it finally) i think the cardio will be the change i need. but ya know what? i miss the carb meal from dpw8 days. i lost way too much muscle to go down that path again - but i liked the carb up every 4th day. carbs aren't "fun" like they were back then

 

[Jodi]

Those carb up meals make me sick thinking about them now. They tasted so damn good at the time because we didn't eat any freaking carbs I'm surprised I was actually able to lift any weights on that diet. Things sure did change when I introduced carbs back into my diet and I would never go back

All that fat grosses me out to now Protein shakes with Flax Oil

 

[nikegurl]

oh yeah - i forgot THAT part. all the fat in all the meals totally grossed me out too. i didn't even like the heavy cream in my shakes so when i switched to flax in the shakes.... i just really really looked forward to that banana

you're right about it being amazing that we were able to lift as well as we did on that diet. it did take me forever to get even a teeny tiny bit stronger though. hey - we were just kids. we didn't know better yet.

 

[Jodi]

Yes, it was quite the learning process and I think we have both come a long way.

I amuzed myself one day and looked at the kind of poundages I was lifting back then. Let's just say I now squat and deadlift double from what I did when I was following his diet. Yeah, and carbs are bad

 

[nikegurl]

Yeah, and carbs are bad

 

[nikegurl]

days are flying by....

time for an update. i've stuck to my eating plan every day EXCEPT saturday. saturday was ugly. i ate a LOT of stuff i shouldn't have. actually felt kinda good though and i picked back up with my meal plan on sunday so it may not be ideal - but it was good in my book.

i should be in shock week (gopro's plan) but my bf is back at the gym after 2 months off and he wants to do the program with me so i went power,rep range, power this time through so he can start with power week.

i'm going to use a 4 day split for awhile since lots of times it's been turning out that way anyway.

gym has gotten a bunch of cool new equipment - especially for back and legs.

guess that's it other than logging my workouts so far this week.

 

[nikegurl]

MON 9/6 CHEST & BIS Power week

CHEST
FLAT DB PRESS
45 x 6
45 x 6
45 x 6

INCLINE HAMMER MACHINE
90 x 6
110 x 6
110 x 4

PEC DECK
75 x 6
90 x 5
90 x 4

BICEPS
BB CURL
60 x 6
60 x 6

PREACHER MACHINE (HAMMER STRENGTH)
55 x 6
55 x 5

HAMMER CURLS
22.5 x 7
22.5 x 6

 

[nikegurl]

TUESDAY 9/7 LEGS Power week

It's amazing....I LIKED training legs last night. 3 reasons for that. 1) I'm finally squatting 135 which I'm not proud of BUT it doesn't embarrass me. (progress) 2) We got an AWESOME new leg press (Hammer Strength) and it felt SO good! 3) It's over now

LEGS - Power week

SQUATS
115 x 6
135 x 5
135 x 5

LEG PRESS - LOVE the new machine!
180 x 6
230 x 6
230 x 6

SINGLE LEG EXT.
25 x 6
25 x 6 actually dropped the weight from last week on these and really squeezed like crazy at the top of the rep.

LYING LEG CURL - another cool new machine this one's by Hoist.

5 plates x 6
5 x 6
5 x 6

SLDL
115 x 6
115 x 6
115 x 6

can't believe i liked a leg day.

 

[PreMier]

Welcome back.

 

[nikegurl]

hi cutie. i HATE not having a computer at home. it's the one thing i don't like about long weekends.

 

[PreMier]

Ahh, I see now. Its all good, we just miss you sometimes

BTW, Nice squats.

 

[Jill]

3) It's over now

Thats my favorite part of leg day too!

 

[nikegurl]

BTW, Nice squats.

Thanks. They suck if I start comparing them to other peoples - but the plates were becoming this huge mental block and now it's handled. I'm actually looking forward to next leg day already (I'm not joking). THAT is a freaking miracle

This next thing is gonna sound seriously nutty...but I'm gonna risk it.

I wore leggings/tights last night instead of track/windpants for the first time in ages and it actually made a difference in my workout. (being able to see my leg muscles). I have a long way to go w/legs but just seeing muscle at all motivated me. It's always like that w/upper body stuff but since I've been on my fat kick - I've been keeping bottoms super baggy ("chicks" )

I think I may like leg day forever now that the 135 thing is over and done with. I mean it.

 

[Saturday Fever]

SF + nikegurl =

 

[carbchick]

This next thing is gonna sound seriously nutty...but I'm gonna risk it.
I wore leggings/tights last night instead of track/windpants for the first time in ages and it actually made a difference in my workout. (being able to see my leg muscles). I have a long way to go w/legs but just seeing muscle at all motivated me.

Not nutty, total sense. Makes all the difference in the world to SEE the muscles shaking I like that. Then, as I slowly topple forwards, I remember that to squat you're supposed to keep your eyes and head UP

 

[Jodi]

I always wear shorts on leg day

 

[nikegurl]

thanks SF. i have a long way to go but i feel way better about leg day now.

carbchick's funny.

jodi - if i had your legs i would wear shorts every single day. seriously.

 

[Velvet]

I always wear shorts on leg day

Me too! I LOVE to see my muscles when I workout!

Nice w/o Nike! I've never heard of a machine brand of Hoist!

 

[nikegurl]

i never heard of it before either and it's the only piece by them in the whole gym but it is awesome! it's really smooth and you feel the tension over the whole range of motion.

 

[Velvet]

i never heard of it before either and it's the only piece by them in the whole gym but it is awesome! it's really smooth and you feel the tension over the whole range of motion.

saweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

 

[Novo]

Hey there trouble

Remember our deal with the 50's? Got 'em, 5 good reps on the incline (and a spectacular failure when I lost all concentration on the 6th!) So, if I remember this right ... we just need you to get 'em up in your next power week, and then we both HAVE to go to Vegas, right?! Course, that will mean me finding a sugar-pappy to fund the trip, but a deal's a deal ...

Hmmmm, incline presses easier for me than flat (I tried flat first, but even the 45's feel way heavy for me that way) - I guess Johnnnnnnnnny would say I have over-developed my UPPER CHEST d'you think?!

 

[M.J.H.]

Great to see that you enjoyed your leg session! I like training legs for the most part, but I don't know how you can wear pants doing it! I wore pants my last leg session and my legs were soaked with sweat, lol.

Squat strength is looking solid, by the way. I have never seen a girl (at least not a skinny girl) squat 135 before. Good work!

 

[Velvet]

Good Morning

 

[nikegurl]

hi everyone

not feeling great today - might be a sinus infection. i'll give it another day and then head to the doctor. i don't have a fever though and i'm drinking TONS of water so i'm still going to the gym tonight and hopefully it won't go TOO badly.

GREAT job on the 50s Novo! I fiddled with my schedule a bit so it'll be 2 weeks before power week again but I'll be ready

 

[Jodi]

I'm sorry to hear your not feeling well.

Go to the health store and buy Nurtabiotics Defense Plus before going to the doctor. Take 2-3 caps 3 times a day til gone. It gets rid of my sinus infection everytime