Greeney, I see definite improvement in your back. All your hard work shows.
I really like the description “Kimba-like knee cave”. 
I’z famous!
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
what are the bruises from???
yep, I see improvement…better posture too![/quote]
The bruises are from the pads on the calf raise machine.[/quote]
my coach only has us do calf raises in the leg press machine. Besides the bruises the standing calf press machine really starts to compress the spine when you get into the higher weights.
Oh Greenie. It’s fun to intuit your enthusiasm via your posts. Such great progress. And when the camera shows it . . . well, it doesn’t lie. Awesome, awesome job.
Snap, I don’t know how else to be except enthused! I’m finally following through on “working out” and “getting healthy” and actually seeing results it’s hard NOT to be enthused!
Looking great Greeny! Great improvements on your body and your workouts. IH is one lucky hombre!
Go Greenie!! You are indeed looking slimmer and getting stronger! Congrats.
Great work on the DL and Squat PRs - super impressive how fast you’re making gains!
And let me just tell you, doing a quarter pullup for 3 reps is AWESOME! It all starts somewhere, and that is a great place to start - I hope you get as addicted to them as I am
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
Snap, I don’t know how else to be except enthused! I’m finally following through on “working out” and “getting healthy” and actually seeing results it’s hard NOT to be enthused! :)[/quote]
Nothing is more motivating than results and you are getting it done! Big change shown by those comparison pics.
I didn’t realize it had been 6 days since I last trained!!! It seems like only a few days ago…
Incline Bench:
5 x Bar
7 x 65
7 x 65
3 x 70
3 x 70
Bench:
5 x Bar
7 x 65
8 x 65
DB Bicep Curls: 3 sets of 4 x 20.
Today is the first anniversary of IH and I meeting for the first time IRL. Since it is 2 days after his bday we are celebrating both together by going to our favorite Italian restaurant Carraba’s, followed by a trip to the bookstore (an after-dinner tradition in my family) for some X-Men comic…er…graphic novels…
[quote]Grneyes wrote:
I didn’t realize it had been 6 days since I last trained!!! It seems like only a few days ago…
Incline Bench:
5 x Bar
7 x 65
7 x 65
3 x 70
3 x 70
Bench:
5 x Bar
7 x 65
8 x 65
DB Bicep Curls: 3 sets of 4 x 20.
Today is the first anniversary of IH and I meeting for the first time IRL. Since it is 2 days after his bday we are celebrating both together by going to our favorite Italian restaurant Carraba’s, followed by a trip to the bookstore (an after-dinner tradition in my family) for some X-Men comic…er…graphic novels…[/quote]
awwww! How sweet. HAVE FUN!
That is just too cute! After 20 years of marriage, I couldn’t tell you the date I met my husband.
70 on the incline bench is strong work. Keep on truckin’!
Kimba, since we met on here, meeting IRL was pretty big. Plus he insisted that he come see me since another guy I had previously met online stood me up at LAX for our second meeting. IH still can’t think of that without wanting to hit the guy (which, even though I understand and would allow him to do, the guy is blind so that would just be bad).
So, I had some awesome news this morning (waiting on confirmation then I will let you all know) and was feeling very pumped and for some insane reason I wanted to bench again, even though today is deadlift day. So, I benched:
Incline Press:
5 x Bar
10 x 65 <— Rep PR!!!
2 1/2 x 75
1 1/2 x 75
DB Bicep Curls: 2 sets of 4 x 20
Bench:
5 x Bar
10 x 65 <—Easy!!!
5 x 75 <—Rep PR!!!
1 x 85 <—weight PR!!!
Also found out my mom won’t need the 11K worth of dental work, only needs two sets of dentures, one now, one 12-18 months from now and they cost $3500 a piece, which is STILL better than 11K. They’re still trying to find out if Medicare will pay for them since the dental stuff is a byproduct of the radiation/chemo. But I think $3500 now and $3500 12-18 months later is better than 11K now.
Having just had limited success on the incline press, I say GOOD WORK on that one. I hope your good news gets confirmed!
And the good news is confirmed! I have a job interview at Harrah’s casino on Friday morning. The lady did a mini-phone interview this morning and then had to call me back when she knew they had an interview opening. Apparently, they do PANEL interviews of 12-14 people!!!
yeah on the bench on yeah on the interview!
Bad news: As I was getting ready to walk out the door this morning, the job interview called and said the job had been cancelled. They do have other positions but they are graveyard and they would prefer to have people in those positions who actually want to work graveyard so my interviewing for those positions would be pointless.
Thursday Training:
Sumo DLs:
5 x 65
3 x 85
3 x 85
1 x 105 <—tweaked my back on this…still hurts, but is a LOT less than Thursday or Friday.
Wide Grip Pulldowns:
5 x 80
6 x 90
6 x 90
Took Friday off because of my back and the non-interview was taking place at the same time as my normal gym time.
Today’s Training:
Supersetted:
Leg Extensions: 3 sets of 10 x 70
Lying Leg Curls: 2 sets of 10 x 65, 9 x 65 <—failed on Rep 10
Leg Press: 3 sets of 10 x 90. Did these instead of squats with weight.
Calf Raises: 2 sets of 15 x 50
Squats: 2 sets of 10 x Bar. These weren’t too bad actually, didn’t start hurting my back until Reps 9-10.
Sorry to hear about the job…
Hang in there! Stay positive and keep focusing on your workouts and your husband.
The right thing will come along I know it.
(and now I have a chance to post the original lol cat - remember this poster?)
Bench:
5 x Bar
12 x 65 <—Rep PR
5 x 75
6 x 75 <—Rep PR
DB Bicep Curls: 2 sets of 5 x 20 <—Rep PR
Incline Press:
5 x Bar
6 x 65
4 x 65
It’s amazing how your numbers change when you are fatigued or fresh. IH spotted me on the bench and noticed that my hips are slightly skewed (which I don’t feel) so I will need to work on that. Will probably be doing some bench “rehab” to get my form better. My left shoulder dips down and my right shoulder cocks up when I start getting tired. Also my left shoulder tends to leave the bench. In able to reach my goal of a 100 lb bench I will need to correct those things so I don’t seriously injure myself. This will be hard since my shoulders aren’t even anyway: my right shoulder is “slightly” higher than my left. :\
IH helped me after the gym, in the mirror, to show me what my muscles do and what they should do. I am not working the right muscles how I should. He asked me if I could make a muscle with my pec and I was like “how? I have no clue what you’re talking about.” He looked at me like I was an alien. I really had to think to isolate those muscle to get them to move, which I finally did, which leads me to believe I am not using them as much as I should (or at all) when I bench.
Anyway, I will continue to bench first so that I progress at that and use the inclines as an accessory.
your lucky to have Mr. IH to help you along the way. It’s interesting to learn things about yourself you would never known possible, isn’t it?
Yeah, MiM, it’s nice! I like it when something “clicks”!