Lina's Journal

[Burner02]

I was off the past two days.
I WAS going to work tonight, but the other guy I work with will not behere tomorrow, so cannot come in late.
No way I can work here today for 12 hours, go to gym, go to club, get out @ 0230 hrs, and back here @0600 hrs and repeat that exact same schedule for Saturday....

Man, I am having bad luck with this one girl...she told me she works at a Foley's. I stopped one afternoon to see if she was there...didn't see her. I happened to be in the area yesterday, so stopped in again. This time she was there, but at lunch. I can't keep showing up...that would be wrong. I do have to get backthere one more time...I was buying a couple sweaters (I love 80% after season sales..) but do not want to feel like a friggin stalker..I gues I might see her again at the club if nothing else...
Oh the chef is someone else.
Jeez...why don't people belive me when I say I am shy? You oght to see me around cute girls. I am a wreck.
See..at work..I am in my environment...it is easy there. Say hi, say something clever (hopefully) and move on....

Did you see that Nissan has some nice new SUV out?
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2003/nis...id=edmunds.n.mipmake.mippricetable..1.Nissan*

I saw it in the mall yesterday...not too shabby looking..
How goes the car search?

 

[lina]

Originally posted by Burner02
You oght to see me around cute girls. I am a wreck.

That is so cute!

Well, why don't you call the restaurant... find out if she's working a certain day.... then on that day she is working order something 'togo' and pretend you happen to be there picking up you food and didn't know she'd be there... OK, I'm being sneeky!

I did see the Nissan on the road too... I liked it since it looked quite rugged but the back I didn't like. It has a big hump in the back where the spare tire is supposed to go (it's on the inside of the car) and the hump is off centered , more towards the left, so I didn't care for that!

We are just looking but not buying yet... we are not in a hurry... who knows we may not even buy... we are watching the economy and waiting a bit..

 

[Burner02]

What? My 'issues' are cute?? great...thanx...


I like your train of thought on the idea, however, I am talkig about a girl who works at a department store, not the chef...


Are you looking at the same Nissan I am ? I am looking and reading abotu this vehicle right now. There is no hump in the back..
Are you thinking x-terra?

 

[lina]

I guess I can't keep your girls straight!

The link doesn't really show the back I don't think....

Maybe it's the xterra I'm thinking about!

I know my hubby doesn't want a Nissan though. He had one for many years and finally got rid of it when he met me! He was too ashamed to show it to me so I never saw it but apparently it was a wreck!

OK, off to take the chickens to the mall for their treat! They are home with moi today!

have a good weekend!!!! *wink* to all the girl!!!

 

[Burner02]

you are a chicken farmer too??

um...I currently drive a Nissan....its ok. It had better be from what the previous owner seemed to have 'kept it up', or in his case..didn't...

if I had $$...that Lexus GX470...the Lexus version of the Toyota
4-runner I showed you last week...would be in my garage....

 

[lina]

Yep 2 chickens and I'm the head hen

The Nissan you showed me is very nice esp. the inside from what I can see the small pics. I like them all!

Lexus is a very nice car too and that's the one I originally liked but it's not a 7 seater. You know with all the car poos and playdates we do need a 7 seater. They are all so expensive!

 

[kuso]

Originally posted by Burner02


if I had $$...that Lexus GX470...the Lexus version of the Toyota

Thats what I had for a little over a year....nice, but not that much better that the top level Landcruiser, and we had heaps of problems with it.

Hiya lina...unusual time for you to be online no??

 

[Burner02]

yo! Kuso!
I thik you are thinking GS 470. The GX is all new for 2003. My friend has the GS 470...runs smooth as silk...maybe you just had a bad one?
Rare...butt it happens...

 

[oceangurl01]

do you always keep your carbs same ??? i mean do you ever go down to 40 or 30 a day?

 

[kuso]

Originally posted by Burner02
yo! Kuso!
I thik you are thinking GS 470. The GX is all new for 2003. My friend has the GS 470...runs smooth as silk...maybe you just had a bad one?
Rare...butt it happens...

LOL....to be honest, I dunno the American names well.......it was the Cygnus over here, 2001 model I think and I think I got a dud!

 

[lina]

Originally posted by kuso
Thats what I had for a little over a year....nice, but not that much better that the top level Landcruiser, and we had heaps of problems with it.

Hiya lina...unusual time for you to be online no??

Lexus and Landcruisers are nice cars!

Not unusual, time to get up to workout! I usually wakeup around 5-6am and weekends about the same...

 

[lina]

Originally posted by oceangurl01
do you always keep your carbs same ??? i mean do you ever go down to 40 or 30 a day?

I am planning to lower my carbs later... I am doing this moderate carb 75-100g for maybe a few more weeks and then if I stall, I'll lower the carbs and increase the protein/efa then...

If I stall again, I will decrease the cals ever so slowly...

If I stall again, I will increase my cardio...

That's my plan to get ready for the summer!

Thanks for stopping by ocean gurl!

 

[kuso]

Originally posted by lina
I usually wakeup around 5-6am and weekends about the same...

Crazy is a word that comes to mind

 

[sara]

when you lower your carbs, how long you stay low on it?

 

[Burner02]

Originally posted by lina
Not unusual, time to get up to workout! I usually wakeup around 5-6am and weekends about the same...

that, my dear is TWISTED!

You DO know what the S in Saturday & Sunday are for?
S= SLEEP IN!

 

[lina]

sara, here's my response to ocean gurl on the same page:
http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=292549#post292549

Are you two the same person? Your style and questions are similar...

Burner and Kuso, yeah, I do need to sleep in more!

 

[lina]

EDT Workout
I have decided to change things around a bit and to try this new workout... I got this from dvlmn and I understand that he and TP worked on this... I took it and changed somethings around a bit to fit my gym layout...since this workout is essentially all supersets so I don't want to be walking back and forth hogging all the equipment... This is still work in progress and we'll see if things will change...

Monday
Chest and Bicep /Cardio
A.......Dumbell Bench (Chest)
.........Dumbbell Curl (Bi)
B.......Incline DB Press (Chest)
.........Incline DB Curl (Bi)
C.......Incline Flyes (Chest)
.........Preacher EZ (Bi)

Tuesday
Legs
A.......Hacks
.........SLDL
B.......Squats
.........Standing Calf (Calves)
C.......Extensions
.........Curls

Wednesday
Abs/Cardio
A.......Knee-ins on bench
.........Decline crunch
B.......Vertical Leg raise
.........Vertical Leg crunch
C.......Decline crunch
.........Decline Legraise with hip up

Thursday
Back and Tricep /Cardio
A.......Pulldown (back)
.........V-Bar Press (tri)
B.......Deadlift (back)
.........Close-Grip Press (tri)
C.......Lat Row (back)
.........Reverse-grip Press (tri)

Friday
Shoulders / Calves / Cardio
A.......Dumbbell Press
.........Lateral Raises
B.......Bent Over Lats
.........Seated Calf (calves)
C.......Upright Row
.........Shrugs

TP and dvlmn any comments? Anyone else?

 

[Twin Peak]

Looks good except its WAY to much work.

If you look through my current journal HERE, you'll not that my first EDT was only 2 20 minute sessions per BP. I added a third when using an androgen (1-test) because of the increased recovery. And that is what DVLMN and I discussed and why he is doing three. So please, reduce it to 2 20 minute intervals pre BP, and PLEASE read my journal as it relates to EDT, because you need to understand how to progress, etc.

 

[dvlmn666]

Ok cutie, your missing part of the plan.

Group A: supersetted for a total of 20 minutes. You keep a total
of the reps performed for each exercise in that 20 minutes. You start with a weight that you fail and are doing sets of 1-3 reps by the ned of the 20 minutes and still only get 32 reps. Once you can get 40 reps in the 20 minutes then Increase the weight.

Group B: Drop this it's not in the origional plan and because of the intensity of doing group A and C you will be plenty sore, we only have it in there during the 1-t and 4AD cycles he did, and I am curently doing. They help in muscle recovery. However if you want to try to keep them on Alternate every 2 weeks. (1. Heavy Singles until failure then 2-3 high reps sets (12-15 reps) 2. 4-6 sets of 12-15 reps) all those in another 20 minutes.

Group C: supersetted for a total of 20 minutes. You keep a total
of the reps performed for each exercise in that 20 minutes. You start with a weight that you fail and are doing sets of 1-3 reps by the ned of the 20 minutes and still only get 42 reps. Once you can get 50 reps in the 20 minutes then Increase the weight.


Here is an example of how mine went today:

Group A:
Incline DB Bench: 12,9,6,8,5 for a total of 40 (Increase the weight next week)
DB Curls: 9,8,5,6,5 for a total of 33 (Keep the weight the same until I can get 40 reps)

Group B:
DB Flat Bench: 12x65,12x65,11x65,8x65,8x65
Standing DB Curls: 12x30,12x30,12x30,9x30,8x30

This was week 4 so next week group B moves back to the heavy singles.

Group C:
Decline Hammer: 9,6,6,5,6,4,4,4,3 total of 47 (stay same til hit 50)
Preacher EZ Curls: 8,7,6,5,5,5,4,4,4, total of 48 (stay same til hit 50)

Did that make sense? I hope so

 

[Twin Peak]

And keep in mind that when he says "superset" its not literallya superset. You can and should rest a bit between sets. It only becomes a race against the clock when you need to beat the previous weeks rep totals. That is always the goal. More reps than the week before, with the same weight, in the same time. That is progress, EDT style.

 

[dvlmn666]

yeah, if you notice when the reps are higher than a previous set that's usually when I took a longer break.

 

[Twin Peak]

And getting more than 7 sets per BP is an impossibility.

 

[dvlmn666]

Originally posted by Twin Peak
And getting more than 7 sets per BP is an impossibility.

Think I should take a longer break on some exercises, because there are a few in my plan were I get 8-10 sets because I end up down to 2-3 reps/set.

 

[butterfly]

Hey Lina

Just wanted to say hi and good luck with the workout!!!

 

[lina]

Originally posted by Twin Peak
Looks good except its WAY to much work.

If you look through my current journal HERE, you'll not that my first EDT was only 2 20 minute sessions per BP. I added a third when using an androgen (1-test) because of the increased recovery. And that is what DVLMN and I discussed and why he is doing three. So please, reduce it to 2 20 minute intervals pre BP, and PLEASE read my journal as it relates to EDT, because you need to understand how to progress, etc.

OK, seems like I missed the whole mark here but I'm liking what I did today so maybe mine will be an adaptation of EDT not full original EDT... or just a mambo jambo plan...

But I have the habit of supersetting when I'm at the gym because I just HATE idle time waiting around so I'm always jumping to do something else in between sets... so with that...

Can I...

1. Do 3 parts of A, B, C of 15 min each, not 20 min? I quickly realize that with 20 min today of 3 parts I was going to overtrain myself...

2. I didn't realize they were 1-3 reps sets... I was doing more like 10 reps per set with about 4 sets per exercise... I know EDT said use a "failure weight" but I am little afraid of injury and I do like the fact of this higher volume training.

 

[lina]

Originally posted by dvlmn666
Ok cutie, your missing part of the plan.

Group A: supersetted for a total of 20 minutes. You keep a total
of the reps performed for each exercise in that 20 minutes. You start with a weight that you fail and are doing sets of 1-3 reps by the ned of the 20 minutes and still only get 32 reps. Once you can get 40 reps in the 20 minutes then Increase the weight.


Group B: Drop this it's not in the origional plan and because of the intensity of doing group A and C you will be plenty sore, we only have it in there during the 1-t and 4AD cycles he did, and I am curently doing. They help in muscle recovery. However if you want to try to keep them on Alternate every 2 weeks. (1. Heavy Singles until failure then 2-3 high reps sets (12-15 reps) 2. 4-6 sets of 12-15 reps) all those in another 20 minutes.

Group C: supersetted for a total of 20 minutes. You keep a total
of the reps performed for each exercise in that 20 minutes. You start with a weight that you fail and are doing sets of 1-3 reps by the ned of the 20 minutes and still only get 42 reps. Once you can get 50 reps in the 20 minutes then Increase the weight.


Here is an example of how mine went today:

Group A:
Incline DB Bench: 12,9,6,8,5 for a total of 40 (Increase the weight next week)
DB Curls: 9,8,5,6,5 for a total of 33 (Keep the weight the same until I can get 40 reps)

Group B:
DB Flat Bench: 12x65,12x65,11x65,8x65,8x65
Standing DB Curls: 12x30,12x30,12x30,9x30,8x30

This was week 4 so next week group B moves back to the heavy singles.

Group C:
Decline Hammer: 9,6,6,5,6,4,4,4,3 total of 47 (stay same til hit 50)
Preacher EZ Curls: 8,7,6,5,5,5,4,4,4, total of 48 (stay same til hit 50)

Did that make sense? I hope so

If you say that you are doing 1-3 reps why is it that for your DB curls you have ~ 9,8,5,6,5 as your reps?

DB Curls: 9,8,5,6,5 for a total of 33 (Keep the weight the same until I can get 40 reps)

Also, I'm not quite understanding Group B so I'll need to look at your journal and TP's...

OK, this is work in progress!

Maybe I should get 1-AD to go along with this workout!





NOT!

 

[dvlmn666]

They aren't supposed to be 1-3 rep sets but at the end of the 20 minutes you squeeze them in if you have to in order to beat the number of reps you did the workout before.

In you plan how do you plan on knowing when to progress to a higher weight? And if your not planning on going higher weight, this will probably be good to shake up your routine for like 2-3 weeks after that your body will have adapted to it.

 

[lina]

Originally posted by butterfly
Hey Lina

Just wanted to say hi and good luck with the workout!!!

Hi B!

Thanks B!! I'm trying here... with the help of TP and dvlmn I'll get this thing figured out!

How are you doing?

 

[butterfly]

Doing pretty good... trying to sell our house, get back in the gym regularly, and super busy at work.

 

[dvlmn666]

Originally posted by lina
If you say that you are doing 1-3 reps why is it that for your DB curls you have ~ 9,8,5,6,5 as your reps?

DB Curls: 9,8,5,6,5 for a total of 33 (Keep the weight the same until I can get 40 reps)

Also, I'm not quite understanding Group B so I'll need to look at your journal and TP's...

OK, this is work in progress!

Maybe I should get 1-AD to go along with this workout!





NOT!

Well I usually don't get down to 1-3 reps/set except on the side laterals and sometimes the pulldowns if I goof up and don't take enough of a rest between the sets. Today I was able to get higher reps in each set. But if I'd have had to go another say 5 minutes the sets would definately have been down in the 2-4 range.

Group B is something TP just added to the origional plan. The amount of stress you put on your body with just A and C will take the whole week to recover completely and be ready for the next time you hit that body part.

No PS/PH's for you, I've seen a few girls at the gym that I'm a trainer at now that you can tell have done some intersting stuff. lmao One has a voice deeper than mine. lmao