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Jodi said:I bet that combo would taste great over lettuce with walden's calorie free dressing
i used to mix grilled chicken w/lettuce, brown rice and dressing. it was a definite favorite meal.
i have chipotle pepper tabasco sauce... ya think?Jodi said:Try mixing the safflower mayo with a bit of choptle pepper
Workout - April 21, 2005
Legs - Hamstrings
Deadlift
135/8 x 4
RI 60
at first i thought i could have pulled a little more weight, but the last set was sheer torture. Ever time i thought it would be the last rep, i pushed myself to get one more. never lost form. felt really good about it.
SLDLs with dumbbells
45lb dumbbells/10 x 4
RI 60
i could have gone a little heavier, probably.
Reverse Hyperextensions on Bench with 3-second pause
bw/10 x 3
RI 30
Seated Calf Raises
90/12 x 3
RI 30
Abs
Crunches on ball
bw/30 x 2
Planks on ball (toes)
bw/30 seconds x 2
Knee-ins on SMALL ball (45 cm ball)
bw/5 x 1
had to stop abruptly because i got that sharp pain on my ab muscles again, the one that doesn't feel like the right kind of pain while working out. last time that happened it lasted for days.
no posing practice, no stretching, but i did go get a hair cut.
Legs - Hamstrings
Deadlift
135/8 x 4
RI 60
at first i thought i could have pulled a little more weight, but the last set was sheer torture. Ever time i thought it would be the last rep, i pushed myself to get one more. never lost form. felt really good about it.
SLDLs with dumbbells
45lb dumbbells/10 x 4
RI 60
i could have gone a little heavier, probably.
Reverse Hyperextensions on Bench with 3-second pause
bw/10 x 3
RI 30
Seated Calf Raises
90/12 x 3
RI 30
Abs
Crunches on ball
bw/30 x 2
Planks on ball (toes)
bw/30 seconds x 2
Knee-ins on SMALL ball (45 cm ball)
bw/5 x 1
had to stop abruptly because i got that sharp pain on my ab muscles again, the one that doesn't feel like the right kind of pain while working out. last time that happened it lasted for days.
no posing practice, no stretching, but i did go get a hair cut.
Mmm. Try chicken, chipotle mayo or safflower mayo with some chipotle sauce, and cumin.GoalGetter said:
Hello Ivy, hows the abs? Hope everything is okay!!!
NG, Mike: thanks for asking... yes. it did go away. until i tried to do some ab work today. halfway through a set of crunches it started hurting again. i'm sure i pulled soemthing. it's really bothersome now, like i go to demo some exercises for clients and even THAT hurts. ugh... it will go away again in a few days.
this isn't the first time. and i have no idea what it is that caused it before or this time.
so long as i don't get a little bump/hernia before my show, we are cool after that, i will get it looked at i guess if it still hurts on occasion. i don't feel anything under my skin or anything, you know? just some pain. like the kind of pain i felt on my hamstring when i pulled it last year. that's why i keep saying i think i "pulled" something.
this isn't the first time. and i have no idea what it is that caused it before or this time.
so long as i don't get a little bump/hernia before my show, we are cool after that, i will get it looked at i guess if it still hurts on occasion. i don't feel anything under my skin or anything, you know? just some pain. like the kind of pain i felt on my hamstring when i pulled it last year. that's why i keep saying i think i "pulled" something.
Workout - April 25, 2005
Legs - Quads
Squat
135/6 x 4
RI 60
notes: well. this sucked. it was a blow to my ego more than anything. i was squatting 165 a few weeks ago. today, i was almost buckling under 135. i am positive it has to do wtih the bad sleeping pattern i've been keeping lately. I am not sleeping much at all lately because i'm obsessed about a few things going on and they are taking up a lot of my time, as I can't seem to tear myself away from an activity or a task until i reach whatever objective or milestone it is that i've set for myself when i sit down to do them. Tonight i'm making a point to go to sleep before 10 pm.
Leg Press
210/5 x 5
RI 60
notes: ugh. had to drop 20lb from what i was doing earlier this year. i went up to 230 at some point. now it wouldn't budge and had to drop it. i feel soooo weak. i hate dropping my numbers.
Step Ups on Freemotion Step-Up Platform
(with platform set to highest position)
30lb/10 with each leg x 3
RI 30
notes: my balance was all over the place today. couldn't focus. must be the lack of sleep, of course.
Standing Calf Raises - Nautilus
220/10 x 4
RI 30
notes: i am sick of trying to do standing calves on this machine. i am TOO FUCKING SHORT. i never get the full range of motion on the bottom of the exercise, as the weight rests before my heels can come down below the platform.
Calves on Leg Press, Straight legs
240/20 x 3
RI 30
notes: weird, the weight on this leg press was ridiculously light at 220. even 240 felt light.
Abs
ball crunches - 35
prone knee-ins on ball - 20
decline bench crunches - 30
notes/question: wtf - should i be doing more for my abs? Some of the trainers at the gym (and honestly, i wouldn't listen to more than maybe two of them because these people are mostly hacks), have told me that i need to do more ab work. That the abs are a muscle like any other on the body and i should do weighted ab exercises, and also train my obliques. I argue that first of all, because i do a little bit every time i train, which is four days a week, that I don't need to do more than what i'm doing. I don't necessarily want my abs to GROW, and for them to show, i know i need to drop some more BF, which is slowly happening already. Second of all, I have been told by various people familiar with figure competitions that i shoudl NOT be doing weighted ab work or any oblique work, as I am trying to make my waist SMALLER not thicker. So what gives? i'm totally annoyed today.
Legs - Quads
Squat
135/6 x 4
RI 60
notes: well. this sucked. it was a blow to my ego more than anything. i was squatting 165 a few weeks ago. today, i was almost buckling under 135. i am positive it has to do wtih the bad sleeping pattern i've been keeping lately. I am not sleeping much at all lately because i'm obsessed about a few things going on and they are taking up a lot of my time, as I can't seem to tear myself away from an activity or a task until i reach whatever objective or milestone it is that i've set for myself when i sit down to do them. Tonight i'm making a point to go to sleep before 10 pm.
Leg Press
210/5 x 5
RI 60
notes: ugh. had to drop 20lb from what i was doing earlier this year. i went up to 230 at some point. now it wouldn't budge and had to drop it. i feel soooo weak. i hate dropping my numbers.
Step Ups on Freemotion Step-Up Platform
(with platform set to highest position)
30lb/10 with each leg x 3
RI 30
notes: my balance was all over the place today. couldn't focus. must be the lack of sleep, of course.
Standing Calf Raises - Nautilus
220/10 x 4
RI 30
notes: i am sick of trying to do standing calves on this machine. i am TOO FUCKING SHORT. i never get the full range of motion on the bottom of the exercise, as the weight rests before my heels can come down below the platform.
Calves on Leg Press, Straight legs
240/20 x 3
RI 30
notes: weird, the weight on this leg press was ridiculously light at 220. even 240 felt light.
Abs
ball crunches - 35
prone knee-ins on ball - 20
decline bench crunches - 30
notes/question: wtf - should i be doing more for my abs? Some of the trainers at the gym (and honestly, i wouldn't listen to more than maybe two of them because these people are mostly hacks), have told me that i need to do more ab work. That the abs are a muscle like any other on the body and i should do weighted ab exercises, and also train my obliques. I argue that first of all, because i do a little bit every time i train, which is four days a week, that I don't need to do more than what i'm doing. I don't necessarily want my abs to GROW, and for them to show, i know i need to drop some more BF, which is slowly happening already. Second of all, I have been told by various people familiar with figure competitions that i shoudl NOT be doing weighted ab work or any oblique work, as I am trying to make my waist SMALLER not thicker. So what gives? i'm totally annoyed today.
I use to do mine every day ages ago. Just basic things like crunchs on the floor, bent knee ones and stuff. Usually 3 to 4 exercises in reps of 25 for 4 sets. I never do weighted ab work or that thing that is amachine that you twist with your waist. Think basic!
I always wanted abs like Janet Jackson.
I always wanted abs like Janet Jackson.
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Damn, sorry to hear about your hurt tummy
Abs are 99% genetic, just like calves IMO. Im probably at 13+% and I can see mine(partially). Oh, and I NEVER do any ab work.. I need to start though. Oh, and I got my shirts!!!
I need to wash them, then I'll get some pics up in my journal.
Abs are 99% genetic, just like calves IMO. Im probably at 13+% and I can see mine(partially). Oh, and I NEVER do any ab work.. I need to start though. Oh, and I got my shirts!!!
I need to wash them, then I'll get some pics up in my journal.
Hi Ivonne. 
I agree with Jake on the genetics.
I'm fortunate, I just have them - thanks Dad!
I used to train them daily, then twice a week, then I did weighted but they started making me blocky, I've done it all over the years.
Now I have trained my ass off in the past for abs but honestly when I think back to being a teenager I always had a six pack, my daughter is 8 and already her 6 pack is visible, I got my Dad's abs, my daughter has mine.
I haven't trained abs in ages, barely at all in the past six months but they are always visible.
I also know girls who bust their booties trying to get a six back but to no avail.
Not saying you can't get them just that some of us have an easier time of it, can I make you a trade off I want to borrow your legs for the BC's and you can have my contest 6 pack???!
I agree with Jake on the genetics.
I'm fortunate, I just have them - thanks Dad!
I used to train them daily, then twice a week, then I did weighted but they started making me blocky, I've done it all over the years.
Now I have trained my ass off in the past for abs but honestly when I think back to being a teenager I always had a six pack, my daughter is 8 and already her 6 pack is visible, I got my Dad's abs, my daughter has mine.
I haven't trained abs in ages, barely at all in the past six months but they are always visible.
I also know girls who bust their booties trying to get a six back but to no avail.
Not saying you can't get them just that some of us have an easier time of it, can I make you a trade off I want to borrow your legs for the BC's and you can have my contest 6 pack???!
couple ideas:
1) you are tired. no matter what, if you don't sleep and are tired you can't lift your best.
2) you are dieting so your energy is not what it used to be. but, you shouldn't be really losing strength until the last final weeks when you stop pushing it to prevent injury.
couple things to try:
1) lower the volume so that you have better recovery. you did 12 sets for legs not counting calves and you are going to train them again on thurs?? most people do 12 sets per body part when they train them once a week!! I am lucky to do 9 sets right now for legs and I train them twice a week too.
2) increase your rest on you main lift. if you want to preserve your strength you need to give yourself a break!! you can't go full blast if you aren't eating. once you get your calorie intake back to maintenace or above you can be an animal again. right now. Give yourself more rest and try and make some really good reps. On your aux. lifts you can do shorter rest intervals.
BritChick said:Hi Ivonne.
I agree with Jake on the genetics.
I'm fortunate, I just have them - thanks Dad!
I used to train them daily, then twice a week, then I did weighted but they started making me blocky, I've done it all over the years.
Now I have trained my ass off in the past for abs but honestly when I think back to being a teenager I always had a six pack, my daughter is 8 and already her 6 pack is visible, I got my Dad's abs, my daughter has mine.
I haven't trained abs in ages, barely at all in the past six months but they are always visible.
I also know girls who bust their booties trying to get a six back but to no avail.
Not saying you can't get them just that some of us have an easier time of it, can I make you a trade off I want to borrow your legs for the BC's and you can have my contest 6 pack???!
I'm built just like my dad, from carrying any excess weight in the lower back and abs, to having naturally muscular calves. I don't necessarily have a six pack, but I've gotten lean enough to where my abs are clearly defined (which I'd never thought my "buddha belly" could turn into 
). Just gotta make the best with what ya got.
Hello Ivy!!! I hope your feelin better now, if not maybe this will help...
Awww, thanks michael.Archangel said:Hello Ivy!!! I hope your feelin better now, if not maybe this will help...
Yah, i'm alright. i tried to sleep in this morning but my neighbor decided to move furniture at 7 am. so i couldn't sleep in much. Bastard. I didn't have to be at work until 3, so i made good use of the morning. Bought a domain name for my t-shirts, thought of some more stuff to do, and then worked out (better workout than yesterday, but still not feeling it...).
one more week of hectic schedule until i get some rest next week. thankfully.
i am not sure that you guys understood what i was saying. i wsan't saying if i should do more ab work to try to get my abs to show, as i know that it has to do more with leanness than anything else (well, and yeah, genetics). What i was asking was if you all think that what i do is ENOUGH for what i'm working toward (The figure comp), because some people at my gym keep telling me that i'm not doing enough. I honestly think that i am, but i have been wrong about things before, that is why i'm checking with other people for your thoughts on this issue...aggies1ut said:
And Kerry - hell yeah i'd trade ya my legs for your abs for a day! So long as i get them back in time for my comp!
Working on it. Really, I am.P-funk said:
The diet is fine. it is the sleep issue. I know it.
If i lower the volume, I feel that I am slacking or doing a half-assed workout. I know that is not the case, as i can increase the intensity, play wiht tempo, etc. But if i do LESS, then i feel unmotivated.
A minute is not long enough on my main lifts?! A minute feels like a lifetime, except that time i did the 20-rep squats hahahahah a minute felt like a blink.
oh i know ti doesn't MEAN slacking, it just feels that way.P-funk said:
if you squat, deadlift, overhead press you wont need to do insane amounts of abs. just a few moves 1-2times a week to keep tight.
from what i have seen, the people in your gym are some of the stupidest fucks to come down the pike.
from what i have seen, the people in your gym are some of the stupidest fucks to come down the pike.
i don't fucking know what they were getting at.PreMier said:
one guy in particular is like, let me see your abs... so i lift up my shirt, and he says, "no way you need to be doing more abs. like 1000 reps every day. that is waht i used to do when i was a body builder."
I laughed in his face and told him he is insane and walked away.
P-funk said:if you squat, deadlift, overhead press you wont need to do insane amounts of abs. just a few moves 1-2times a week to keep tight.
from what i have seen, the people in your gym are some of the stupidest fucks to come down the pike.
MEMORANDUM
TO: Sugar
FROM: Goalgetter
DATE: April 27, 2005
SUBJECT: Current state of our relationship
__________________________________________
Dear Sugar,
I just wanted to let you know that for the past two weeks I have not been able to stop thinking about you. Ever since our last encounter -- you, me, and that peanut butter and jelly sandwich...
I crave you. I can almost taste you, soft and sweet on my lips.
I love it when you do that thing you do with chocolate, and the way you glisten so seductively atop the lemon pound cake in the display case at Starbucks.
You call to me at all times of the day. You are making me lose my concentration. You are making me want to give in to your wily, addictive power. But I will not. So, um. yeah. Fuck you.
TO: Sugar
FROM: Goalgetter
DATE: April 27, 2005
SUBJECT: Current state of our relationship
__________________________________________
Dear Sugar,
I just wanted to let you know that for the past two weeks I have not been able to stop thinking about you. Ever since our last encounter -- you, me, and that peanut butter and jelly sandwich...
I crave you. I can almost taste you, soft and sweet on my lips.
I love it when you do that thing you do with chocolate, and the way you glisten so seductively atop the lemon pound cake in the display case at Starbucks.
You call to me at all times of the day. You are making me lose my concentration. You are making me want to give in to your wily, addictive power. But I will not. So, um. yeah. Fuck you.
