Lol! I love how DLs @ 135 are light weight - show off! And rack pulls after DLs are hard! Esp for grip strength - or is that just me?
You love those drop sets don’t ya? I need to learn how to do those - I want to feel the burn too!!
Meh. Don’t worry about the 5lbs - you did really good with the metabolic work and dropped weight, so this is nothing.
Yay T! I miss you…
T, its great to see you out from under the work debacle and back on the bike and in the gym!
Glad to see you’ve got your mojo back - the training certainly suggests that.
Commiserations on the stoopid ankle. Did the same recently. It’s not bad - only hurts if I prod it or bend it in a silly way, so I am OK to run and walk on it. I wear Chucks to the gym that give extra support - you might want to consider doing the same.
Nikki and redheadx- thanks for stopping by. for the record, i used to update this log frequently. with training even…i’m trying to get back into consistent workouts and posting.
hiiiiiiiiiiii Maschy! miss ya too, girl. i say 135 as light because around these parts that is pretty light. (not dogging myself, just sayin’) yah- metabolic surge is awesome. i just need to get back on it. 
hi ms. kimba- always great to see you. yep, work is a manageable 50 hours or so. so i’ve got no excuse not to get back in the zone. although i must say that summer has always been hard for me stick to super clean eats and consistent training due to the whole summer bbq/party kind of thing. i do better in the winters!
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buttoning my capris is the event… :+)
hi Cal. not 100% mojo but i’m working to get back there. i squat and DL in socks and i love it. stoopid ankles…glad yours wasn’t too serious.
shit-i’ve run out of time to post tonight’s chest/tris wrkout…i have worked out twice since last post-a shit ton more of DL and rack DLs…YAY! accomplished these while our best friends were out visiting from AZ. today is day two of no booze after 5 days straight of good times.
i need to poke around here tomorrow-i’m a bad PW efriend for the time being but hopefully not for long…
i’ll just summarize tonight with saying that it’s always interesting to see your strength gains/losses after bouts of time off.
flat DB press: 25’s x 12, 30’s x 10, 35’s x5,4,4<<<<this is where i need to get back up-i was doing 40’s easy.
no bother listing weight set/rep scheme for the rest…did incline DB press, super-set of skull-crushers with close grip BB press, D-bar tricep press, bench dips, rope triceps and shoulder work.
gym was packed and i was annoyed so only 2 min of planned 12 min HIIT on stair master was all i could muster…weak sauce…
Take what you can get!
your doing fine…
You’re not a bad PW efriend lol. Congrats on getting workouts in, even with friends visiting, that’s determination.
Get back in the gym Missy and get back to 40s 
Hi T - I have the same issue with gym in the summer. I can get 4-5 workouts per week in winter but in the summer I need to push myself for atleast 3. I decided I was not going to hit myself over the head for it. 3 times a week is good enough, leaves me time to be outside and winter will be upon us soon enough. shudders
^exactly.
YES!! I’m with all of you re: the summer training. Working on my tan trumps working on my muskels.
So def take what you can get. Before we know it we can’t show off all our goodies since we’ll be under parkas…at least some of us…
Great work mama!
thanks peeps. glad i’m not the only one who takes time out to enjoy the summer.
tonight, made it in for some DL and a little back and bi work.
felt something weird pulling in my front groin, which i proceeded to try and push through. hope it’s not worse tomorrow.
DL:
warm up: 95 x10,10
135 x10,8,8
figured i better quit since even trying to stretch my leg between sets wasn’t helping.
thought i should try some rack DLs since i wouldn’t be using the hips as much
135 x 10
155 x 8, 8 and said fuggehtaboutit.
bent-over DB pulls: 40’s 2 x 10 for each arm
seated HS iso-lateral high rows: 2 x 10 55 for each arm
WG lat pull-downs: 3 x 10 @90
cable bicep curls: 50 x 10 then drop sets 50 x 12, 40 x 10, 30 x something less than 10 to failure
that’s about it. yay for 3 solid workouts. i’m hoping for a bike ride tomorrow evening.
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don’t ask me to spot you next time, then.
hey T!!! it’s been way too long. i totally feel ya on the swamped at work thing. glad to see u’re still kickin ass in here. how’s life up north?
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it’s still bothering me…
T! Metabolic circuit
thanks for stopping in deja! life up north is good. been a little too good enjoying wine, food and good friends since work finally let up a bit starting in july. unfortunately that means i’ve got somewheres close to 5 lbs of fluff hanging on that i need to get rid of. then after that it’s the other bit i’ve been trying to for what seems an eternity.
training-doesn’t seem worth it to post shit days after the fact. so, i will mention that i hit DLs and rack DL again on wed night. through in some leg work along with back and minimal bicep work. Claire’s e-spotting messed up the front of my groin. guess i better spend some time rolling and stretching…
55 min bike ride on thurs, moderate hill during the first 15, good pace for the rest. really need to hit hills to get some sort of cardio going again. damn you PLers got me off the cardio since late last year. i need it now since i can’t seem to keep my food in check. (portions, not necessarily bad food)
fri: chest & tris… still struggling to get more than 5 on multiple sets of DB press with 35’s
flat DB press: 25’s x10, 30’s x10, 35’s x 5,5,5
incline DB press: 25’s x 12,10
flat DB flys: 25’s 10, 10
super-set skull-crushers w/ close grip BB press 30# 2 sets of 15 for each
tricep stuffs: D-handle bar, 60# 3 x12
rope press down 30# 3 x10
other more challenging press down (due to the cable position, back to the pad kinda thing) 30# x ??
little bit a shoulder work with 15’s
actually did 10 min on stair-master. wanted to do HIIT, but just kept it at level 13 and jammed. walked fast on highest incline on treadmill for 10 after.
my cardio motivation is so pathetic. of course the guy on stair-master next to me reeked really bad so i’m blaming it on him. i was proud for staying on for 10 but couldn’t muster the HIIT with that smell.
tonight: 50 min bike ride. i can’t believe it’s going to be august…sheesh where is the time going? happy weekend all!
hi nikki- i’m on it now…sorreh, i didn’t have time…
It’s okay, I’m just anxious.
Thanks!
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Hey mama! Glad to see you’re still hitting the gym and staying active!
I’m with you on the extra wine/friends/good food poundage - ah well, that’s what sept thru nov is for - no?
UGH! Yeah, i’m also with you on 35s on the DB press - i can’t get passed that either!! In time…
Glad to hear all is well!! Enjoy the rest of the summer
you should have imagined yourself running away from the stink as motivation. seriously, couldn’t you switch machines? spray him with lysol?
stink as motivation was not working for me that night, nlmain. there are only 2 stair-masters. btw, they aren’t even what i call the ‘real’ kind…maybe those are called ‘stair-mills?’ i used that kind in that gym in AZ…mine has various programs with levels 1-20, and pedals you push down on. the kind i’m referring to as ‘real’ is really big with escalator type stairs…
did a ‘metabolic surge’ circuit training tonight. nikki-it’s day one of the program…
hi maschy! i was up to 40’s easy peasy, and able to do a few w/ 45’s. after this mini cut i have to do again, i will work on that.
tonight: entire workout of weights with 45 secs of cardio as your rest between sets…
seated cable rows- 90# 6 sets of 8
DB press (don’t laugh, i did these balancing shoulders on a big ball because i can move it close to the elliptical i was using for my 45 sec cardio blasts, my jump rope broke a while back and there are no benches even close by)
25’s 6 sets of 10
standing BB curl- 30# x10 (waay too light, 40 was in use) 40# 4 sets of 8
supposed to do calves, equipment occupied, did one standing set w no weight- decided it was a waste and did 5 more min of cardio.
finished off with several sets of hypers and rotator cuff work, skipped ab crap. all done in 45 min…
yay for sweating. i’m trying to mentally accept that this extra 5-7 lbs i’m carrying by telling myself it was a planned bulk. with all the wine i’ve been having on weekends, 5 of it is probably water retention anyway…sigh
i’m gonna stick with some circuit style stuff with at least one day of heavy-ish DLs for a few weeks…
(or until ALL shorts/pants/capris button appropriately) :-/