wow...5'6" and 114. wow.

[Edited on May 26, 2010 at 9:51 PM. Reason : 11]

5/26/2010 9:50:53 PM

Quote :

"^bench a second day in a row? why?"

I didn't do my max benching today (just stamina), since I didn't have a spotter because I went so late. I'm going with a couple friends tomorrow, so I'm loading up on protein to build & recover, and then shoot for a new max tomorrow. I'm mainly gonna spot them though and probably do cardio or arms. I did a little bit of arms today, but after benching, pressing, etc., my arms weren't too inclined to lift dumbbells.

EDIT (I don't include water, because that should be assumed):

Today's diet:
1 double oat and honey bagel
2 bananas
1 Greek yogurt
2 cups of coffee with skim
2 cups of skim milk
1 Nos muscle energy drink
2 protein shakes
2 cans of tuna
1 calorie free Powerade
1 protein bar
- $.99 thing of skinless almonds

...yesterday wasn't so greens-less, but it was still kinda shitty:
4 cups of skim milk
2 cups of coffee with skim
1 sugar free Red Bull (finals)
1 large garden salad with 8 oz. salmon and a wee bit of balsamic
3 ridiculously good homemade bread rolls from an Irish restaurant
1 Greek yogurt
2 bananas
1 double oat and honey bagel
- a small bowl of baked Tostitos scoops with garlic lover's hummus
- half a leftover chicken breast
- black raspberry frozen yogurt
1 protein bar

...I think that's it

[Edited on May 26, 2010 at 10:18 PM. Reason : ]

5/26/2010 10:00:15 PM

how is everyone posting their livestrong dietary intake in this thread?

5/26/2010 10:32:23 PM

how is everyone posting their livestrong dietary intake in this thread?

5/26/2010 10:40:05 PM

sooo today was leg day.

was about to go about my normal routine, when i saw someone i knew and he was about to do squats too, but he told me he did front squats.
i had no clue and asked him to show me.

eeeeek!

i am now switching to front squats and my butt comes within mere inches of the floor!

however i have now gone from squatting 135 to 45 for now
we'll see how this goes...im hoping my butt will be in pain tomorrow!

and also...i'm deadlifting 95 now. new high for me (3 sets of 12)

5/26/2010 10:44:32 PM

Quote :

"I can't afford good food until I start my new career. I know its bad. Could my nutrition completely ruin my workout all together?"

NCSUWolfy already covered this, but:

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

I realize you're trying to gain, but if you're not giving your body the right materials you're going to end up gaining weight rather than the mass you're actually looking for.

[Edited on May 26, 2010 at 10:51 PM. Reason : .]

5/26/2010 10:50:48 PM

I always felt like front squats took the strain off of my glutes and hams and placed it more on my quads.

If you' really want to make your butt sore, try doing some good mornings or deep box squats.

5/26/2010 10:54:09 PM

and some straight leg dead lifts

5/26/2010 10:58:43 PM

i've tried good mornings but i can't seem to ever get the form right. hurts my back.

ill look into deep box squats though....

5/26/2010 11:01:08 PM

I had a strawberry margarita and a taco salad. It was damn good. Oh and my fellow volunteer bought me Fresh Market raspberry pillow cookies and some cake type thing


Hey, at least I had a good breakfast/snack/lunch back on the horse tomorrow

5/26/2010 11:05:55 PM

Had two rolls of sushi with a beer for dinner tonight. not healthy, but i don't care when sushi's involved

gonna get in some upper body work tomorrow.

5/26/2010 11:43:12 PM

I just ordered protein from http://www.WholesaleSupplementStore.com

5/27/2010 12:07:48 AM

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5/27/2010 12:31:57 AM

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[Edited on May 27, 2010 at 12:58 AM. Reason : FreeShip525]

5/27/2010 12:32:41 AM

Today has been a bit of a recovery day for me. Two straight really weird shifts at work jacked up my sleep schedule and my diet a bit. Actually ate out all 3 meals today and didn't go to the gym at all. i think I'm going to go downstairs and grind out an hour on the elliptical machine before bed though.

5/27/2010 12:58:42 AM

On the docket for the long weekend. Do math and plan out servings and meals to match up with my lean body mass that I'll detirmine with my shiny new BMI calipers that'll be arriving via Amazon tomorrow. Then taking a look at what type of equipment my apartment gym offers and if its inadequate for the workout routine I've found I suppose I'll have to find a gym.

Other than that...enjoy my last weekend of lard-assery before starting hardcore on the 30th...

5/27/2010 8:31:44 AM

i was doing so well with my diet yesterday but then we went out for sushi with my dad and we had appetizers (shrimp and mussels) and then sashimi and rolls, then wine, them my dad thought it was a bright idea to go up to my childhood friend's house because my childhood friend and her brother were home for the week to visit so then it was more wine.

i was smart and ran more. ran to lake johnson, ran around lake johnson, and ran almost completely back before i had a decision to make: either throw up and pass out on the side of avent ferry or start walking. i chose walking.

back to the diet today.

breakfast was 2 scrambled eggs and a large iced coffee from McDonalds
snack is a banana
lunch is leftover pork roast with 3/4 a red potato
snack is 0% greek yogurt
post workout snack is a gluten free protein bar with 1/2 serving of fruit
dinner is ground turkey meatballs and a sweet potato

work out is walking around Lake Johnson. my legs are super sore today and it's supposed to be crazy hot so i figure i'll sweat more naturally due to the 3:30pm heat.

5/27/2010 8:46:20 AM

I tested my body fat this morning for the first time since my accident. I'd gone from ~23 in December to 19.9 at the end of January. I thought for sure I was going to be up above 20 again. Nope - 19.5

Lifted this morning, Insanity recovery workout and a hash run tonight.

5/27/2010 9:20:29 AM

can someone explain to me what Insanity is? is it similar to P90x?

5/27/2010 9:32:55 AM

It's by the same company, but it's more cardio-oriented.

http://www.beachbody.com/product/fitness_programs/insanity.do?code=BBHOME_CONTROL_INS has brief descriptions of the workouts.

5/27/2010 9:36:46 AM

damn that looks nuts! i'm interested to see what people think of it when they complete it.

5/27/2010 10:14:47 AM

i've been doing it as a supplement for about 3 months.

the name rings true.


i havent even felt like i've graduated enough to go through the second month of DVDs
i think i may try to start those next month, or july.
not sure yet.

5/27/2010 10:22:11 AM

We have the recovery week next week, then going into month 2. I am excited and scared of it at the same time. Everything I've read is like "you think the first month is hard ... until you get to the second month"

5/27/2010 10:25:29 AM

^i KNOW

let me know what im in for when you get there

[Edited on May 27, 2010 at 10:27 AM. Reason : rfgtr]

5/27/2010 10:27:36 AM

It's all in your head

do it with the sound off, listening to your own music

5/27/2010 10:47:03 AM

I'm tempted to try these insanity workouts

can't be worse than the shit begonias has made me do

5/27/2010 10:59:22 AM

y0, lemme get dat copy, y0

$$ $$

5/27/2010 11:02:48 AM

Whatever works for you.

Just remember that usually the most effective workouts tend to be the most boring. The best athletes don't adhere to novelty.

5/27/2010 11:03:20 AM

I don't think that's true at all. Are you saying Insanity/P90x/whatever aren't good workouts just because they aren't boring?

5/27/2010 11:10:43 AM

I have to agree with Skwink... I never got bored playing volleyball (and training for it) and it was a great work out

5/27/2010 11:11:40 AM

this God is NOT all knowing.

5/27/2010 11:14:39 AM

^^^ No, that's why I didn't use superlatives.

But there's a reason why personal trainers at gyms have their clients do weird compound exercises like "stand on a bosu ball with one leg while pressing a 5lb weight 20 times" instead of just "squat." It's because the first exercise is interesting and the second one is boring.

The difference is that the second exercise is a lot more effective. The problem is that the personal trainer wants the client to keep coming, so they offer them these weird novelty compound exercises to keep them entertained.

But, like I said, whatever works! If you get buff on the insanity/p90x workouts, more power to you .

-----

^^Well sports are entirely different! I was referring to training, mainly.

[Edited on May 27, 2010 at 11:17 AM. Reason : ]

5/27/2010 11:16:05 AM

I do insanity. I also squat/deadlift/bench/run ... and I don't find those boring at all.

5/27/2010 11:17:20 AM

Yeah I think it's different for every person.

For example, I<3K and I love running, but I know a lot of people who say running is "SOOOOOOO BORING."

5/27/2010 11:20:10 AM

Honestly, some of the exercises I like the most are pretty vanilla. Deadlift, goblet squats, leg raises, planks...


^ I find running pretty boring after a certain point. 3 miles is my limit. But I will weight lift til the cows come home

[Edited on May 27, 2010 at 11:21 AM. Reason : .]

5/27/2010 11:20:56 AM

I do hate running...but you give me someone to play racquetball with and an court to play it in I'll go until I drop...and thats a good workout!

5/27/2010 11:30:25 AM

It's been shown in some studies that sports provide a better workout than training, because people tend to push themselves harder in order to achieve the goals.

5/27/2010 11:35:00 AM

sooo i did some light abwork today and only 20 min on the stairstepper.
i've got serious DOMS in my chest and back and little in the arms and i did legs yesterday...


tonight cody and i having a beer or two with a photographer we may be working with in a month.
we're gonna get JT (hopefully, if he's here ) to drop us off and then we're going to walk back.
like 2.1 miles


i have done a couple of changes...ive increased my cals by about 200
and im cutting my cardio in half
hopefully this will help me lift harder.

but its gonna be hard b/c i feel.... i don't know.... wrong cutting cardio :/

5/27/2010 12:47:43 PM

I was bad yesterday...



The high cholesterol is from all the shrimp I had at dinner.



And today I'm already at 226% of my allotted protein.

[Edited on May 27, 2010 at 12:55 PM. Reason : /]

5/27/2010 12:54:50 PM

^ l33t cals ftw

[Edited on May 27, 2010 at 12:57 PM. Reason : can't go wrong with l33t cals]

5/27/2010 12:57:25 PM

Cals: 1337

5/27/2010 12:57:34 PM

^^^lol, ive had about the same amount.
trying to protein load now before my carb load this evening


(ibt protein load joke)

[Edited on May 27, 2010 at 12:58 PM. Reason : ^]

5/27/2010 12:57:45 PM

HEH I BET YOU GOT A PROTEIN LO-- oh....

5/27/2010 1:02:05 PM

Okay so I will semi-participate in this thread, since I won't post a picture

GOAL: I need to lose 3 inches off my hips and waist (each) and my goal is to do it in under 8 weeks. Personal goal is to lose another 25 pounds (I've lost 33 since November)

Training up til this point (post accident) - No weight training :-/ Combination of Bikram Yoga, Cycling (trail and spin classes), swimming and running.

Starting tomorrow I'm doing bootcamp three days a week in the mornings, continuing yoga, swimming, cycling and running.

I need to be much better about what I eat. I'm not eating junk, but I know I be eating healthier.

Hopefully tips and what not in here will keep me motivated - especially when my alarm is going off at 5:15am

5/27/2010 1:04:15 PM

hahahaha i just realized lucy went over 20 cals and she considers it being bad.

youre a trip woman!

5/27/2010 1:09:39 PM

Quote :

" I need to lose 3 inches off my hips and waist (each) and my goal is to do it in under 8 weeks. "

That is a crazy amount to lose in less than 2 months.... why does it HAVE to be less than 8 weeks? I feel like losing that many inches that fast is unhealthy

5/27/2010 1:31:26 PM

Well, I'm doing it so I can get into the military. I'm giving myself a goal of 8 weeks because I don't want to drag it out, at least in terms of pursuing a military track.

I'm not going to be dumb about it (ie not eating enough, over working my body, etc) but I'm hoping to be able to do it.

5/27/2010 1:36:19 PM

Hey ladies do some kettlebell exercises just like these ladies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmXH_qGSayo

5/27/2010 1:37:32 PM

Well good luck LunaK.. but I'm sad because I don't want you starving yourself or crash dieting

5/27/2010 1:43:03 PM

thanks. and no i don't want to do that at all. i know that if i starve myself or crash diet then i won't have the energy to work out. and i'm already signed up for a 63 mile bike ride at the end of june, a 5k on 4th of july weekend and a triathlon july 11th.

there will be no starvation!

5/27/2010 1:44:32 PM