[quote]Seachel_25 wrote:
Today’s work out!
4x5 pull-ups
One arm rows
4x15 @ 30lbs
RDLs
4x10 @ 95
Hanging leg raises
4x10 [/quote]
Nice! I still can’t do pull-ups without bands 
[quote]rfstef2 wrote:
[quote]Seachel_25 wrote:
Today’s work out!
4x5 pull-ups
One arm rows
4x15 @ 30lbs
RDLs
4x10 @ 95
Hanging leg raises
4x10 [/quote]
Nice! I still can’t do pull-ups without bands
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I took a lot of effort on my part. When I was younger, they were so easy because I was the girl you would always find on the monkey bars. But getting caught up in throwing shot put and discus made me focus more on strength (having to bench, squat, clean heavy weights) as compared to wanting to focus on other things.
When I get the chance, I will try a pull-up anywhere (door ways or if I pass a bar). After a while, I started building up to more than just one at a time.
It’s so satisfying being able to do 20 total now, whereas 3 weeks ago it was barely 16.
DB Press
4x10 with 25lbs
High Pulls
4x10 with 65lbs
DB Lat raises
4x10 with 15lbs
Hammer curls
4x10 with 20lbs
The weights were starting to become too comfortable, had to make it a bit heavier.
Overhead Squats
4x10 @ 75lbs
Lunges
4x12 with 30lb DB
Sumo deadlift
4x10 @ 95lbs
Weighted rows (core)
4x10 with 20lb DB
DB Incline Bench
4x10 @ 25
Dips
4x10 @ bodyweight
Rear delt raises
4x12 @ 25lb DBs
Tricep extensions
4x12 @ 70lbs
With 2 hours and 15 minutes of teaching karate.
3x5, 1x6 pull-ups
One arm rows
4x15 @ 30lbs
RDLs
4x10 @ 95
Hanging leg raises
4x10
DB Press
4x10 with 25lbs
High Pulls
4x10 with 75lbs
DB Lat raises
4x10 with 15lbs
Hammer curls
4x10 with 20lbs
With 15 minutes on the heavy bag this morning, and 32 minutes worth of roller blading. OOF
Overhead Squats
4x10 @ 75lbs
Lunges
4x12 with 30lb DB
Sumo deadlift
4x12 @ 95lbs
Weighted rows (core)
4x10 with 25lb DB
And earlier today, I did 43 minutes on my mountain bike… with a flat tire -__- I made sure to pump up the tires before going out, but as soon as I sat on the seat, the back tire just looked so deflated, and I only replaced the inner tubes almost a year ago. But I figured what the hell, and cycled my ass off.
lol!! I had to laugh at the tire thing 
I can just see your face as you say ‘fuck it’
Nice work in here lady!
[quote]coyotegal wrote:
lol!! I had to laugh at the tire thing I can just see your face as you say ‘fuck it’
Nice work in here lady![/quote]
Thanks! And yeah, I was out with my friend too and she thought I was crazy for wanting to even try for 15 minutes. I was panting by the end.
DB Incline Bench
4x12 @ 25
Dips
4x10 @ bodyweight
Rear delt raises
4x12 @ 25lb DBs
Tricep extensions
4x12 @ 70lbs
4x6 pull-ups
One arm rows
4x15 @ 30lbs
RDLs
4x10 @ 115
Hanging leg raises
3x10, 1x15
Plus 10 minutes on the punching bag and teaching karate this morning.
DB Press
4x10 with 25lbs
High Pulls
4x10 with 75lbs
DB Lat raises
4x10 with 15lbs
Hammer curls
4x10 with 20lbs
Blasted through the workout so I could go visit my nonno at the hospital, should’ve taken me about 30 minutes but did it in 18. Made it that much harder though.
Overhead Squats
4x12 @ 75lbs
Lunges
4x12 with 30lb DB
Sumo deadlift
4x12 @ 95lbs
Weighted rows (core)
4x10 with 20lb DB
With additional core work in between sets. Woof.
Today was just one of those days when I decided to make things much more difficult out of sheer boredom. I partially blame it on the fact that I really want to do this 5k adventure race in late September, and partially on getting to know one of the best, most in-shape athlete I have ever met (this guy runs adventure races and gets first, became one of the coaches for the Spartan Training Camps, and just an all-around ripped and awesome athlete.)
Exercise Bike Intervals for 12 minutes, 1 minute of vigorous effort, 2 minutes of moderate effort (first time doing it in a while, plan on doing it at least once a week from now on)
DB Incline Bench
4x12 @ 25
Dips
4x12 @ bodyweight
Rear delt raises
4x12 @ 25lb DBs
Tricep extensions
4x12 @ 70lbs
With some leisurely walking earlier today for 68 minutes.
And counting in three different languages: Forwards, then backwards, then alternating the language backwards (I get BOREDDD). Gotta keep my Italian nice and cleaned up, especially for an interview this Monday, but I gotta practice my German, and make sure I don’t forget English.
[quote]Seachel_25 wrote:
Today was just one of those days when I decided to make things much more difficult out of sheer boredom. I partially blame it on the fact that I really want to do this 5k adventure race in late September, and partially on getting to know one of the best, most in-shape athlete I have ever met (this guy runs adventure races and gets first, became one of the coaches for the Spartan Training Camps, and just an all-around ripped and awesome athlete.)
Exercise Bike Intervals for 12 minutes, 1 minute of vigorous effort, 2 minutes of moderate effort (first time doing it in a while, plan on doing it at least once a week from now on)
DB Incline Bench
4x12 @ 25
Dips
4x12 @ bodyweight
Rear delt raises
4x12 @ 25lb DBs
Tricep extensions
4x12 @ 70lbs
With some leisurely walking earlier today for 68 minutes.
And counting in three different languages: Forwards, then backwards, then alternating the language backwards (I get BOREDDD). Gotta keep my Italian nice and cleaned up, especially for an interview this Monday, but I gotta practice my German, and make sure I don’t forget English.[/quote]
Rock that upper body! Also, what type of position are you interviewing for? That is amazing you speak so many languages. I was adopted from Korea and learned German in college; currently, how many languages do I speak? Yep, just one.
[quote]rfstef2 wrote:
[quote]Seachel_25 wrote:
Today was just one of those days when I decided to make things much more difficult out of sheer boredom. I partially blame it on the fact that I really want to do this 5k adventure race in late September, and partially on getting to know one of the best, most in-shape athlete I have ever met (this guy runs adventure races and gets first, became one of the coaches for the Spartan Training Camps, and just an all-around ripped and awesome athlete.)
Exercise Bike Intervals for 12 minutes, 1 minute of vigorous effort, 2 minutes of moderate effort (first time doing it in a while, plan on doing it at least once a week from now on)
DB Incline Bench
4x12 @ 25
Dips
4x12 @ bodyweight
Rear delt raises
4x12 @ 25lb DBs
Tricep extensions
4x12 @ 70lbs
With some leisurely walking earlier today for 68 minutes.
And counting in three different languages: Forwards, then backwards, then alternating the language backwards (I get BOREDDD). Gotta keep my Italian nice and cleaned up, especially for an interview this Monday, but I gotta practice my German, and make sure I don’t forget English.[/quote]
Rock that upper body! Also, what type of position are you interviewing for? That is amazing you speak so many languages. I was adopted from Korea and learned German in college; currently, how many languages do I speak? Yep, just one.
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Hahah thanks. The dips was a big one for me. 4x12 is an all-time record so far, which is really exciting for me. PROGRESS!
The job interview is a follow-up with HR for an Italian cosmetic distributing company which they need an Italian speaker, since the current one (my aunt) is retiring, or already has. The position is in the purchasing department, which isn’t even close to my degree but I’m still kinda useful, I’ll take it.
Altogether I speak two languages, functional in Spanish (reading and listening, not so much the speaking part), have fundamental Latin, and working on basic German. I have the numbers in Mandarin and Japanese up to 10, and some basic phrases in each.
I like flexing my brain, so I keep working with languages. Aiming to start Arabic by October.
Well, I’m sending you lots of good juju for your interview. That sounds neat – and good for you challenging yourself mentally. I sometimes allow myself to consider the possibility of learning a new language but then, I am mentally lazy and like “nah.” I guess I can give myself a tiny break since I have been in school for the past 6+ years (but almost dunzo).
Congrats!! Tricep dips seem like a really good isolation exercise. I can’t do the cool ones where you are uprightish and hang off the two bars – each time I try, I freak out and hop down. The closest I have done to a true dip is off the bench (which I guess isn’t that close). I did them in my previous training block. I have a deload week coming up so, maybe I will see how the bench tricep dips go and start them up again. I was up to a 45 pound plate and could really focus on just my triceps and keep solid form. The other ones just scare me.
Lastly, your cute little icon makes me smile every time I see it. Do you eat a primarily paleo diet? Now that my crazy life is starting to settle down, I am seriously considering cutting a bit and trying to get leaner. I am just curious about how the other women in this forum eat, etc.
Have a super weekend!
Hahaha thanks! What are you in school for? I assume some sort of Masters program or higher, yes?
Dips used to scare me. All I ever did was reverse push ups, but then track workouts made me do dips, so I had to get over it.
Eating-wise, I’m basically paleo. It fits my lifestyle much better, since processed foods make my migraines much worse. My brother is paleo also, we share recipes and always end up talking about certain foods.
And yeah, enjoy your weekend!
10 minutes on the heavy bag
Exercise Bike Intervals for 12 minutes, 1 minute of vigorous effort, 2 minutes of moderate effort
4x6 pull-ups (with two individual pull-ups to make sure it was to failure)
One arm rows
4x15 @ 30lbs
RDLs
4x10 @ 115
Hanging leg raises
3x10, 1x15
Today was just one of those drawn out, on-your-feet-all-day kind of days. My nonni are moving to Florida tomorrow, so today was spent packing up the moving truck, and despite having two movers to get the big furniture and move the truck, I was the one moving all the heavy boxes (read: 4 1-gallon bottles of homemade wine in one of the boxes, plus other boxes with enough alcohol to drown a horse, a desk, an armchair, etc.) Which went on top of teaching karate and a 72 minute walk.
Needless to say, I’m ready for bed.