Heyooo looked good to me 
Sweet baby jesus Nik! Youāre fakking killing it!
GMs looked good to me - nice weight too! Excellent.
I gotta step my shit up for realz brah!
Sadly I donāt have the time to respond to everything or go through journals, but the comments are much appreciated <3
Just a long day, and I didnāt even get to watch the Grammys ;(
I know Let The Guilt Go was nominated (2 categories I think) and I wanted to know if they won. Oh well, Iāll see a recap of it tomorrow I guess.
Back Width/Shoulders
Pull-ups SS lat pulldowns (both wide)
4 sets
Pendlay Rows
65 x 10
95 x 10
115 x 6,5
Stretchers
80 x 12
Stack x 10 x 2
I always wanted to write āStackā
Straight arm Pulldowns
3 drop sets
DB Arc Row
15s x 100
Threw in a lot of lat pulldowns too, supersetted with the rows and straight arm pulldowns and whatnot
Shoulders
Unwinding Press
Gironda Raises SS Pitcher Raise
Muscle-Rounds
3 sets
Machine OHP
30# x 100
Some tricep stuff for the heck of it:
CGBP, bench dips with plate on lap, rope pressdowns, OH tricep cable extension
30 minutes on elliptical, random setting, Level 20-25
Iāll stalk yaāll manana
XOXO
Girl, you are super cute. Nice GM vid. I think Iāll throw them into my session today. Havenāt done them for a week or two. BTW, your vixen posts are hot, hot, hotā¦
Your doing shoulders on your legs and back days now? Unorthodox indeed! Solid good mornings also.
No Veggie, youāre super cute.
Thanks very much, and right back at cha.
Chi, you havenāt been paying attention, tsk tsk I pretty much always did shoulders on back days, been like that for a few months now maybe? Leg day is definetely new though, but nice.
Basically trying to get shoulders done whenever theyāre not thrashed and can be trained reasonably, since theyāre not as much of a strong point as I was led to believe lol
Not feeling 100% today. Today was supposed to be lower back and hammies.
Well, started with DLs, worked up to 235x1. It was very slow and I was highly discouraged. Figured Iāll do hammies, and tried to do SLDLsā¦ hammies are still burnt from whenever I hit them last.
OKā¦did chest stuff.
DB benchā¦ crappy. Worked up to 40x8, had to drop down to 35x10.
Incline DB benchā¦ felt stronger, probably so rep PRs. Worked up to 30x15.
Still not content, did triceps, calves, abs.
Blah.
Some guy I never talked to said that Iām cutting up nicely.
Didnāt improve my mood, oddly enough.
Got on the elliptical for 2 minutes, then my amor got to the gym and I decided to do pull-ups and lat pulldowns to hang with him.
He gets to eat, so his workout went a lot better than mine lol
Anyway, my solution to this and avoid these esteem issues and negative comments is a diet break every 4 days. I realize that Day 5 is when I start to run on E, and then I cry to someone about stupid shit, have to talk myself out of quitting, etc.
I also initially planned my comp prep diet to start at 2000 calories, but with how things are looking, I think 2200 calories will be better.
Weāll see the shape Iām in at that time though.
I did have some mini corn dogs today, so Iām in higher spirits.
What really made me happy though is my new back picā¦ made everything worth it.
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~Cute Undies~
Umā¦
I meant to say, Hi.
soā¦
Hi~
back is definitely looking widerā¦your resolve is strong keep pushing throughā¦and mini corndogs doesent hurt either.
āI also initially planned my comp prep diet to start at 2000 calories, but with how things are looking, I think 2200 calories will be better.ā
Holy shitā¦that is just slightly less than what I am eatingā¦
I did notice your ass before your lats in that pic which is looking good and yo those lats will look even bigger after prep.
I know Iāve bailed on a workout or two when I realize I forgot to eat / have coffee. I think Iād feel pretty demoralized training while cutting. So wonderful to have nice pic progress to help you stay focused on how you are progressing on your goals even though training might feel sucky. You really are looking totally awesome!!! Hang in there.
Nikki: Youāre looking awesome. With the level of your activity and the way youāre leaning done, Iām glad youāre planning to keep those cals up as long as possible.
definitely progress in last back pic, Nikkiā¦oh kudos on the GM, way to stick the bum way back girl! Now I have to up my weight on GMās !!
Just popping in to see whatās up. You are looking fine in that pic! Keep up the good work.
Iād get fat on 2000 calories, srsly.
Back shot is great, though - youāve definitely made progress. And yeah, cute pants.
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back pic? What back? <3
Looking good Nikki and killer log. Youāre just breakin necks and cashin checks
EDIT: Woahā¦ howād i quote your picture?
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back pic? What back? <3
Looking good Nikki and killer log. Youāre just breakin necks and cashin checks
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Sighā¦Gregronā¦so young, so strongā¦oh hey Nikki! yes, yes, great work as alwaysā¦
ps. very cool that youāre figuring out your bodyās responses to nutrition. I found it also really exciting when I figured out just how far i could go before completely tanked my glycogen stores! I actually realized that I felt more athletic (faster, stronger, etc.) right before they were totally depleted. Then I got a migraine and nauseousā¦oh well!
Edit: I seriously just had to edit my post simply for the sake of comprehension. Iām posting out of a tiny window on my screen cuz the peeps Iām working for be hawk-eyeing me giggity
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haha
Nikki- your back is showing the hardwork you put yourself through day in and day out.
and that a.a.s.sā¦
what was I saying? oh right, good work.
Hai Edge! <3
Thanks Matty, I was starting to think that I was imagining the extra width.
Corndogs are awesome.
Austin, I imagine that by the end of the prep Iāll be eating around 1600-1700 calories?
I donāt know, but I will be starting off high to avoid the slumps.
Currently I eat around 1500 calories a day, could be less, could be slightly more.
The bootyās coming along 0:)
Thanks alexus, training while cutting is not fun, but Iām trying not to whine. I feel as though it belittles the others who push through the same things taht I seem to have such a hard time with.
Just trying to cope the best way I can.
I do like to do random BF checks and progress pics to keep my head in the game. That picture caught me by total surprise, I didnāt think that the work showed that much.
Thanks Nadia, during the actual prep, yep Iāll definetely be riding out the extra carbs and calories as long as I can.
Thank you Power.
I wish I couldāve done GMs today, I gotta stay on top of those, gotta be good at something around here.
Thank you kindly Veggie
Your encouragement adds to my crush haha
Curse my metabolism Cal 
Hai Greg!
I like that necks 'n checks saying.
Maschy, definetely hear you on the migraines and nausea thing.
That explains me on Day 5 or 6 without a refeed. And you can see the day before yesterday, it was a great day full of hard work, then I just tanked in yesterdayās session.
Itās great listening to your body and being all in tune and all that tree-hugger crap ;D
Ha just teasingā¦ it is interesting though.
x2 to Bobbiās haha
Yay Nās back!
And with compliments!
Thanks Dahlin <3
So, now that Iām all running on Full again, I have massive amounts of energy.
Sadly, my glutes started cramping up during my planned hamstring workout, but no worries.
Also woke up and did 30 minutes HiiT stair running, followed by 10 minutes LI stairwalking, with ankle weights.
Deficit RDLs
95 x 10
135 x 8
155 x 6
165 x 5- most I ever tried with this weight. Yay.
Just a note, when training hamstrings (RDLs/SLDLs), I use overhand grip, and both are done with pretty stiff legs, for the stretch.
For lower back, I use mixed grip.
Sidenote complete.
Prone leg curls
60 x 25
65 x 20
Glutes/hamstrings cramping, too unbearable to work through at the moment.
Hang Clean and Press
Bar x 10
55 x 10
65 x 7
DB OHP
20s x 12
25s x 12
30s x 12
35s x 8
Muscle Rounds SS Forward Lunges (tested the waters with the glutes)
7.5# for MRs, 65# x 12 lunges
12.5, 95# x 10 lunges
12.5, 115# x 10 lunges
Machine OHPs
30# x 100 reps
Thatās all the time I had left for weights, finished with 30 minutes on elliptical
Highest incline, level 20-25 to make my booty work a little harder.
Eventually my ass went numb, and I may be the first person in history to trip on an elliptical.
Stupid numb glutes.