Update please missy :-p
[quote]minimaltechno wrote:
Update please missy :-p[/quote]
haha, hi MiniTech.
Well I took the week off and went back at it. I am still doing at least one back workout a week, sometimes 2. I am up to 110# on the lat pulldown and 105# on the chest supported vertical rows. 50# on the prone lever rows, doing dumbbell Pendlay rows too- they are oddly easier than the prone rows. I have read some stuff about “muscle tonus”- and am happy to read that it results more from pure strength than endurance loading. This is what I want in my back so it is looking like for both bones and posture, strength is the way to go.
I am still doing some barbell complexes. I really like them because as you said, I get all set up with it and don’t need to move around switching machines etc. They really give me DOMS in the legs and butt too. I like squats with the Oly bar now too because I can see my legs in the mirror- I was really shocked I was not squatting down symmetrically! So I am now thinking that keeping an eye on symmetry when squatting will be really good for balancing my body.
I have also begun to work on my triceps. I was considering them to be just cosmetic at this point so was focusing more on strength but I think the triceps are more important than I ever knew. Plus they are an embarrassment for me lol, time to fix them.
I am still doing the leg & hip machines. I have started using the leg press but I’m not sure what to think of it yet.
Still loving step class.
I am not getting as many leg/hip workouts as I would like but I am really proud of the way I have stuck with my back routines. I feel I am in a bit of a groove with it all.
So now that I am more or less settled in with weight lifting, I really want to lose weight. I want to go back to at least 138, preferably back to 132. I just don’t feel good about myself at this weight and none of my clothes fit.
But the more I read, it seems like bones and muscles respond the same way so I want to lose weight in a really smart way so as not to lose any more bone or this hard earned strength.
ttyl!
Here is a photo of Lu-Xiaojun- he is an Olympic Lifter. I am in awe over his back. This is another reason why I really want to continue with the barbell complexes.
So when are we (or actually you) going to start oly lifting? You can’t be a tease and just leave me hanging with that. I actually looked over some of my old videos when I was starting out, and I can see a glaringly obvious technique error.
[quote]minimaltechno wrote:
So when are we (or actually you) going to start oly lifting? You can’t be a tease and just leave me hanging with that. I actually looked over some of my old videos when I was starting out, and I can see a glaringly obvious technique error.[/quote]
haha! Gee, I don’t know what is wrong but I am not getting any email notification to subscribed threads, so sorry haven’t been here.
ya, that picture is quite a tease, I think if I had a back like that, lol, nothing could stop me.
Well I actually did some overhead presses last night.
As for “real” Oly lifting, my gym does not have the real Oly plates- just regular gym plates that then get held onto the barbell with these spring-type fasteners etc. But it is still an Oly bar and I am still lifting it!
I am going to look at your journal now- I am not at home and my laptop battery is about to die, I hope I get there in time.
Hola chica!
hey:)
well I have been really busy and stopping lifting weights altogether, hahah- geesh, it didn’t take much but it also has felt really good to get some mental distance from it- I didn’t realize how much of my head space it was taking up. Though I do need to get started up again. I guess the last time I lifted weights was July 7th- oops, almost a month, wow time flies, it will be interesting to see how much, if any, strength I have lost.
Whatcha up to now?