The spinning bikes are way better than normal exercise bikes. Its nearly impossible to pedal standing up on the regular exercise bikes in my gym too. Its like they get stuck at the bottom.
Maybe the exercise bikes have huge seats because they are meant for old women with huge behinds…they certainly can’t be comfortable for normal sized people…at least they aren’t for me :)[/quote]
Thanks!
They must be for people with huge back sides or at least people who can’t pedal standing, I may give it another try today
[quote]marycler wrote:
Great squat!
With the Smith Machine though?[/quote]
No, not the Smith. Right now I am using one of those seated with the weights kinda above me, idk what it is called.
I really want to move on to just using a bar bbut somehow I keep screwing up the positioning. I am going to visit my friend and trainer at christmas and I am going to master that movement while I am there. I really want to leave that machine behind.
I remembered about this. I’m just looking forward when you’ll make the “discovery”!
[quote]rondastarr wrote:
I am going to visit my friend and trainer at christmas and I am going to master that movement while I am there. I really want to leave that machine behind.[/quote]
[quote]marycler wrote:
I remembered about this. I’m just looking forward when you’ll make the “discovery”!
rondastarr wrote:
I am going to visit my friend and trainer at christmas and I am going to master that movement while I am there. I really want to leave that machine behind.
You did pretty good on your workout. Keep at it![/quote]
[quote]marycler wrote:
Well, you did work your back on the three exercices before that so you weren’t as fresh.
rondastarr wrote:
Deadlifts 3x5x135, 2x5x145
Bent Over Barbell Row 3x8x65
Lat Pull Downs(To front of Chest) 3x8x80
4 Cable Rows 3x8x80
The cable rows were hard today and I don’t know why shrugs
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I tend to rotate those last 3 just because everything I use is right next to eachother and it beats just standing around resting. I do 1 set of each and then go again. I do rest in betweeen but not as long.
I have been meaning forever to get a picture up here and I finally have one. It is just my arm and the best I could do with me taking the picture but here you go
Lumberjack Squats Squats 3x8x75 (I’m never sure how to count the weight on these since the bar is resting on the floor)
Goblet Squats 3x8x55 (these were the last thing I did and I wasn’t sure I would be able to finish, but I did, shakily)
Close Grip Bench Press 1x8x65, 4x5x75
Rope Press Downs 3x8x40
I hate rope press downs! I wouldn’t mind them if I felt like they were doing something, if the weight I was lifting had increased at all since I have started a few months ago. But no and even now I am struggling with just 40 lbs, sometimes I make it and sometimes I don’t.
I need to find a new tricep exercise. I can only do 1.5 tricep dips so I don’t think I should start there but if anyone has anyother suggestions could you please let me know. Thanks
oh, and I almost forgot to add, notice how I was all shaky by the end of my workout… totally wiped out on the stair going to my car. Okay, well total wipe out is an over exageration because I did manage to keep a good hold of the banister but my legs just gave out, lol. I guess I discovered my limit. The best part was when someone came to help me, I had already jumped up because I was fine, but he said “hey, are you that girl that fell off the treadmill once?”…
Of all the people there on a Saturday afternoon there is one other person from the 4am crowd there who witnessed me getting thrown off the treadmill
ROFL!!!
I am just so cool!
ROFL! thats just typical that the same person saw you, funny!
Good workout
I have recently been doing DB skullcrushers for triceps, they are awesome, I lay on the floor to do them, I sometimes do them with a BB but prefer DBs, plus if its too heavy at least you can drop them either side of your head lol
I like skullcrushers too. I typically use one of those loaded curl bars cause DBs just feel awkward to me.
Thats so funny that guy caught you twice. If it makes you feel any better, I once slipped on wet steps in my dorm when I was carrying a ton of stuff downstairs and this guy that lived there and worked at the rec center witnessed the whole thing. My things were all over the stairs and I had the worst bruise on my thigh for weeks.
I went to bed really early last night and still did not want to get up this morning, but I’m hoping that I will have more energy during my day… I’m hoping
This is what I did this morning.
Squat 5x5x270
Stiff Leg Deadlift 1x8x115, 2x8x125
Seated Leg Press 1x8x100, 2x8x115
Barbell Curls 1x8x45, 2x8x50
DB Hammer Curls 3x8x25
Granted I am just using a machine but is there a difference when doing a squat between having your feet strait or having them pointed out?
I feel like there is some sort or difference in my inner thigh while I am doing it when my feet are pointed out but I can’t tell.
I have not been good about writing done my food intake and blood sugar levels. I have a book and everything to do it in yet I still dropped off before Thanksgiving and have not picked it up again. I’m going to start it up again, I figure if I write that here I will feel more accountable to do it.
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
I like skullcrushers too. I typically use one of those loaded curl bars cause DBs just feel awkward to me.
Thats so funny that guy caught you twice. If it makes you feel any better, I once slipped on wet steps in my dorm when I was carrying a ton of stuff downstairs and this guy that lived there and worked at the rec center witnessed the whole thing. My things were all over the stairs and I had the worst bruise on my thigh for weeks.
Biceps are looking good too[/quote]
I did talk to my trainer and he told me to do tricep dips between two benchs just for now and we would find something that works better for me when I visit.
That sounds like you took a bad fall, ouch. Luckaly for me the only thing that I hurt was my hand from holding on to tightly to the banister. I wasn’t even embaressed, lol, I owned right up to the fact that it was me before, it was funnier that way.
[quote]rondastarr wrote:
I did talk to my trainer and he told me to do tricep dips between two benchs just for now and we would find something that works better for me when I visit.
That sounds like you took a bad fall, ouch. Luckaly for me the only thing that I hurt was my hand from holding on to tightly to the banister. I wasn’t even embaressed, lol, I owned right up to the fact that it was me before, it was funnier that way.
Thanks
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I totally forgot about those. I haven’t done those in…forever. I just might have to do them tomorrow.
It was pretty funny, but boy did that hurt. 2 years later and my boyfriend still teases me about it.
Hope your hand doesn’t hurt too much to affect your lifting.
I think you’re right about the toes on squats. I think stance width also plays a role. My inner thighs are always sore after sumo deads or squats.
Hey Rhonda, nice deads!
You are right, the stance on your squat plays a big role in which part of the quads are stressed. The power squat (wide stance) uses the adductor muscle group extensivley, so you will def. feel it in the inner thighs! I think this is thew king of all squats, I do the drop and clean and it hits just about every muscle from your ankles to your wrists. And leaves you pleasantly numb for a few hours afterwards!
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