^ HAHAH! Fucking scags all of you!!
You bitches all do a shite load of volume, so I don’t know what all the fuss is - altho I will say, Nikki, you take the cake. But I also say roll with it. If you can handle it and the form is good, then hey, more power.
50 on the facepulls? Nice!
ps. I like your avi - gorgeous shoulders 
You guys all crack me up. Nik turns 19 the same months I turn . . . 45. Shit.
That’s why I do, like, five exercises at the gym and call it a day.
Did 3 BodyRock vids tonight. I was really reminded how long it’s been since I did any type of cardio.
Before and After Back pics.
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Before pic taken July 22.
Wasn’t really expecting to post a before and after pic so soon, but considering everything, now seems to be a perfect time.
Sorry, looking a bit rough in my after pic 
(on top)
I took it after my workout, before my shower.
Thank you Maschy 
Snapper, GTFO. Don’t have an avi like that and sound depressed that you’re turning 45. Shit, I’ll shoot that from rooftops just to make the 20 Y/Os jealous.
lookin awesome and yummy Nikki! great progress and cute litte side-boob peak a boo.
volume works for me on some days and not so much on others. I suppose at 30 I’m in between. It all depends on work, life, sleep, and stress in general. Also if I I’ve done some max efforts on big lifts or not cause those can really fry me up quick.
Damn N, nothing passes you That side boob wasn’t supposed to happen. Shh.
I do quite a bit of 1 rep work but it builds me up more than it breaks me down.
Legs today
Squats
95 x 10 x 10
135 x 5
155 x 1
Seated Leg Press (the laying leg press is made for tall people, it’s an exercise itself just for me to lock it back in place)
190 x 10
230 x 10
250 x 10
Hack Machine Sissy Squat (someone thought I was doing the squat wrong on the machine and tried to offer his services. It’s a crappy hack squat, perfect hack machine sissy squat)
90 x 15
180 x 10 x 2
FST-7 Leg Extension
Just kill me.
Snatch DLs
135 x 5 x 3
155 x 1 x 2
GMs
45 x 10
65 x 10
85 x 10
Lying leg curl
40 x 10
50 x 8
60 x 3
Glute Machine
90 x 10
110 x 10
130 x 8
FST-7 Seated Leg Curl
Resurrect me then kill me again.
Followed by hip adduction and abduction machines, and standing calf raises. The adduction made me feel strong, I did 250? It’s a machine so it’s off and isn’t that impressive, but considering that the highest is 290 or something, maybe there will be equipment in the gym that I’m just too strong for
I tried to do the calf raises DC style but it was hard to count reps and seconds at the same time, so I just stopped counting reps. But I did several sets.
Hey Nikki, I’m wondering what your goal is with training?
For now I’m just enjoying myself and admiring my PRs.
I’d like to put on weight but with my 18 Y/O metabolism, training and my unwanted calorie deficit, I can’t see that happening soon.
Well to be quite honest, and not saying that you don’t work hard, your efforts could be utilized much more efficiently and effectively. There doesn’t seem to be any real rhyme or reason, not to mention periodization, with your training. What your doing now will not help you put on muscle mass, especially with not eating enough and the ample amount of cardio and circuit training you are doing.
You seemed to have gotten a bit defensive at what MIM told you about investing you efforts in fewer movements with more efficiency, but she is absolutely right. It may be helpful to you to really form a solid goal, like putting on muscle mass like you mentioned, and organize a solid routine around that.
How your workouts are organized now is simply overtraining and your movement selection and rep/set scheme do not address any real vision. There are A LOT of people who go to the gym and maybe have a split routine or designated day for lifting, but no real understanding of WHY they are doing what they are doing. You clearly have sought out being in a community of lifters, as have I, so its obvious you want progress and to be dedicated with your training. You have good ideas of movements you want to do, but learning how rep/set schemes effect your body and the different nervous systems, muscle fibers, strength levels, etc. would really help you advance and get you on a path towards progress.
I hope you don’t take this as an insult. I am here on PW too to get honest feedback, as I feel this community is about everyone helping each other with constructive criticism. That is how we get better.
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
my 18 Y/O metabolism [/quote]
grumble, grumble I used to weigh 110 when I was 18, now I weigh 130. Live it up bitch. kisses!
ps. I have nothing to add re: Shauna’s comment, but i’m listening. I’m still a newb, so any info I can gleam is good for me.
Ample amount of cardio and circuits? Are you referring to the BodyRock vids I did yesterday for the first time in MONTHS? Or pushing 70 lbs across the floor as HiiT for 7-10 minutes?
Yes, I will get defensive when someone comes to my log for the 4th or 5th time to tell me that what I do is pointless. If I want to do 1000 BW squats, I don’t see how that should raise concern for others. If I want to do 10 sets of squats, I don’t see how that should raise concern either. I don’t agree with things that she does, but I’ve never once gone to her log and criticized her about it… especially sarcastically.
If I feel insulted? Nah. Kinda weird that you chose this time to be the first time to speak to me. But not insulted.
I’ve always been interested in periodization. The method I want to do isn’t much different from what I do since some still utilize doing 10 sets of exercises.
If I’m going to be critized for everything I do, might as well go all out huh?
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Ample amount of cardio and circuits? Are you referring to the BodyRock vids I did yesterday for the first time in MONTHS? Or pushing 70 lbs across the floor as HiiT for 7-10 minutes?
Yes, I will get defensive when someone comes to my log for the 4th or 5th time to tell me that what I do is pointless. If I want to do 1000 BW squats, I don’t see how that should raise concern for others. If I want to do 10 sets of squats, I don’t see how that should raise concern either. I don’t agree with things that she does, but I’ve never once gone to her log and criticized her about it… especially sarcastically.
If I feel insulted? Nah. Kinda weird that you chose this time to be the first time to speak to me. But not insulted.
I’ve always been interested in periodization. The method I want to do isn’t much different from what I do since some still utilize doing 10 sets of exercises.
If I’m going to be critized for everything I do, might as well go all out huh?[/quote]
Nikki, it seems clear that you have some issues with people saying things that disagree with what you want to hear. I completely understand and have my own issues with that. This is why being on an online forum where personalities are hidden can be hard. It’s one of the reasons that I don’t comment on many people’s logs where I don’t know kind of lifter they are…because I don’t want to get messed up in conflict or get into some kind of debate (I’ve wasted too much time with that!). To my understanding the entire purpose of this forum is for all of us to not only be a support system, but to guide, critique, and learn from others. I’m not sure what your history with MIM is, but I can only comment on the last thing I read that she had said, and which I agree with.
Doing your workouts how they are now may be fun, but they don’t seem to have any purpose besides maybe making you feel like you are doing a lot. I know how it is to want to pack on the volume and feel good because you feel like you are accomplishing something (being tired, sore, sweaty, etc.). But working hard on that single day is the only thing that is being achieved. There does not seem to be any larger plan, mostly because these workouts cannot lead to anything more than just the day to day. For the most part I wouldn’t care, but with the amount of volume and potential for serious overtraining and the physical consequences it entails, this is not a sustainable means of progress. You seem intense about training so my only purpose in commenting is to be helpful.
I totally understand how doing tons of stuff can be fun…I used to do TONS of cardio in college and loved those endorphins (not saying you are doing tons of cardio). I kind of had a plan, but mostly just did whatever my energy levels could let me do that day. But that was when I didn’t know shit about strength training and had no clear goal besides knowing I wanted to look different. There is a science behind the combination of nutrition and training (I have only scratched the surface of trying to understand), and only by taking that into account when planning can goals be achieved. This is why year after year people go to the gym and do what they think they should do and never look any different. But planning is hard. I myself am in no man’s land right now, with no official commitment anything now that I am not powerlifting per se, so I can go in a do some cardio here, some heavy days there, etc., because I am not inside a structure. But it won’t get me anywhere. Training is just so much better when there is a clear goal and a clear plan to get there!
I’ll leave it at that. People are going to do whatever they are going to do. No one on here knows everything and I have realized being a lifter requires humility. But some do know more than others, simply from experience, and it is helpful to me and should be to you to want to learn from them.
By the way, if the method of doing ten sets that you reference is GVT, feel free to ask me any questions about it!
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
[quote]melanieamber12 wrote:
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Hmm I came back in just to watch the vid again. I can rewind 0:23 all day long
Glad you ladies like the exercise.
Tonight:
500 BW squats (5 sets of 100)
250 lunges each leg (2 sets of 125)
Tried to do a circuit afterwards but my legs said “Screw you. You’re done.”
Listen to your body.[/quote]
I don’t know why everyone else is being so nice and making your little eleventeen year old head bigger than it needs to be.
YOU CAN WORKOUT CRAZYWOMAN STYLE LIKE THIS BECAUSE YOU’RE STILL IN PAMPERS.
there. I said it.
Now go get me a beer, litte 'un.
P.s. I wouldn’t have the patience to count as high as 500 to do those squats anyways.
_Queen.
oh! and- I like that exercise that the cute boy with the mohawk is doing. I might have to try it thank you.
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Haha I’m 2 years younger than you. You’re aging yourself over here.
19th bday when Sep 5 rolls around so you better blow me Beetch… y’know, my candles
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well little wun. You turn 19 in september. I turn 22 in September.
Either way.
My life and myself have changed drastically in more ways than I can describe since I was 18.
I didn’t get fat until I was 20 though.
And to touch on what Shaunar was saying.
My take is that she is trying to maybe help you to see that since you are so young, and have such an intense drive and motivation to lift and work out so often, that you should put your mind to something, and have a set goal. And also since you have the time, luxury, fascilities, and what have you to do so…
I wish I had the knowledge that I have now when I was 18, I could have started transforming myself much earlier.
And plus, as you get older you get more roadblocks. work. school. kids. family. financial issues. spouses. not so fantasmic metabolism. fatigue. fat. yep.
I’m just saying. Maybe try to figure out what you really want, and get something out of all the energy you are putting into your fitness life.
See for me, if I had discovered the world of Iron, as I have now, 4 years ago…I might have taken a different path in life. I mean, I worked out and went to the gym and stuff. But I had no direction…no in depth knowledge as I do now.
Anyways.
/hijack./lifestory.
_Queen
Shaunar, I have no problem with people disagreeing with what I do. You put a lot of thought into your comment and offered a solution and I am grateful to you for that. Honestly, popping up in my log and saying “What’s the point?” and adding a sarcastic remark isn’t helpful to me.
I will incorporate your suggestion of periodization, now that I have a rough idea of my RMs; I’m not using German training, just a simple low rep, high set plan.
My workouts will continue to be long however. I don’t believe that you can look at a routine and say if it’s overtraining. Someone said it perfectly that if you judge a person’s routine based solely on how they train, then you’re not getting the big picture of rest, food, etc.
I appreciate your help.
And uhm, k thanks Mel
We don’t have a history and I got no beef here.
Just made a post thinking it was thoughtful and didn’t think you’d take offense. I’ll keep my thoughts to myself unless you ask! cool?
I just wanted to say wicked snatch deads woman!
my take on volume: if you eat enough, sleep enough and allow for recovery it is possible. Also it is easier to go long and heavy when your not bogged down my too many “adult” issues such as kids, work and stress.
and the other hand having a long-ish term/plan goal is very motivational and good for focus. Do you want to look good? lift heavy? or just move around for healthy mind & body. If you can figure it out it will help you keep you in the game.
just my 2 cents
N
MiM, it was the 4th or 5th negative comment that you had to say about my training, I can’t let things like that slide every time. I’m not going to change my training because people here feel like that since they can’t do it, no one can.
Therefore I thought it was necessary for you to know what I thought about your negativity, since you’ll just be posting the same “What’s the point? Whatever’s clever I guess” for every workout I post. Since I have made AWESOME progress, I find no reason to change. I really don’t care if my workouts stick out in terms of length, volume, and the fact that I don’t believe that 3 sets of 5-6 exercises is set in stone somewhere.
I do nothing but encourage everyone’s work and progress and I just expected the same.
Thank you N. I’m proud of them too. Next to SLDLs, they’re my new favorite because I did feel it even more in the hammies.
I really don’t have any of those worries. And I don’t restrict my calories and I listen to my body in terms of recovery and rest. I’ve overtrained once a long time ago because I was on a 1200 calorie diet, not a lot of sleep, and training twice a day (once for my class and once on my own each day). So I definetely know what to avoid and what to look for.
I already look good Haha, I tease. But like I said, I’m having fun. I do have goals of PRs and more muscle, but it’s not all work and being serious when I enter a gym. Training makes me feel awesome and helps me mentally more than anything. It just seems that more muscle is a bonus. I love that I’m losing inches and keeping my weight the same. It gives me a cheshire grin
If I was negative it wasn’t on purpose.
Ask anyone here, I’m probably the LEAST negative person here. I’m sorry you feel that way.
I know that you just meant to be the funny person that you are when you posted the comments. But whether I know the intentions or not, if I feel that it’s being overdone, then I will speak up. Just who I am.
I already know that you’re a cool person, asking others will only confirm what I know
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
I’m having fun. I do have goals of PRs and more muscle, but it’s not all work and being serious when I enter a gym. Training makes me feel awesome and helps me mentally more than anything. It just seems that more muscle is a bonus. [/quote]
Well this is really all that matters! You do what YOU enjoy, you accomplish YOUR goals and YOU feel great! In the end we can all come in here and give you tons of support/advice/critique etc. but its your training and your choice to take it or leave it.
In the end, you look amazing and you feel awesome - I can support that.
And FWIW, I’ve never read any of MiM’s comments in a negative light - we joke each other pretty hard in these logs. But even the negative commentary I happen to enjoy - its just like family…sigh.