bench: 10@45, 10@65, 5@85, 3@95, 2x1@105
sore as hell from last time but doing better than before.
tricep pulldowns: 3x10@80
push presses: 10@45, 8@55, 5@65, 1@75 (and then smashed myself in the chin on the second rep! )
Kroc rows: 10 each arm @45, 10 each arm @55, 5 each arm @65
(I’ve never done the 65’s before – but then this girl does 90’s at a bodyweight of 110: http://fortheloveofcookies.wordpress.com/ )
powercleans: 3x10@75
one-armed DB snatches: 5 each arm @30, 5 each arm @35, fail/fail/fail@40, 2 each arm @37.5
bb curls: 3x10@35
burpees: 5x20
overhead dumbbell carries: 5 gym lengths @25’s
(These are getting easier; almost time to go up in weight!)
I was pressed for time so I did everything with as little rest as I could possibly manage; this resulted in me cursing in three languages and generally looking like a fucked up crazy person.
Good workout though. I like the explosive exercises a lot. Hopefully I’ve put an honest day’s dent into the general fatassitude.
Now I have to go shower in time to find out if Dr. Wonderful wants to be my PhD advisor.
I worked w/a coach a month or so ago and he had me do bw squats w/my toes about an inch away from the wall and arms extended above my head while pulling apart on a band. I call them wall squats on my log, but maybe that’s the wrong name. He also showed me a couple of other things. Anyway, they really make a difference for me. I used to skip the mobility drills too, but now I’m a believer.
Feeling weird today – very alert, kind of buzzed, stimulated. I think it’s the fasting + major workout + caffeine pills. Those things really do feel like fire in your veins. But I could live with this – it is SO NICE not to be falling asleep in the middle of the day.
Congrats on your good news from Dr Wonderful. Nice training overall. Sounds like you did a hell of a lot of work. BTW I don’t know who you’re talking about regarding the “fatassitude.” You are looking fine from over here!
Ok, yes ma’am. I will do mobility work before squatting.
Boris Vallejo pic of the evening. I love this guy. On the inside I am a practically naked chick with a sword and fucking dragon wings. On the outside I’m kind of a mousy space cadet. But there’s a lot of raging id under there. Which is why I like doing physical stuff, and why I sometimes have a crazy all-or-nothing attitude about it. I don’t do cool-headed. I’m a fucking naked dragon chick.
Random thoughts – I may be eating too much. I’m not measuring portions or anything so when I went on fitday today might be anywhere between 1300 and 1600 calories (or, given typical human biases, more.) I’m a little timid about getting too intense about eating less at this point, given that I’ve barely started. But I do have the nagging sense that I’m not being hardcore enough.
I think you need to step out of your head a wee bit about the food. You’re eating clean, and doing a lot of work. Even if you’re at the high end of the range, I don’t think it’s too much. Stick with what you’re doing until you actually stall and need to re evaluate.
You ain’t mousey, kiddo. I can just see you in a chainmail bikini wielding a claymore.
My squat sucks. We did the squatting with toes to a wall thing when I did my oly lifting workshop a couple of weeks ago. I couldn’t do it. Then again, they wouldn’t let me plant my feet wide.
I think you need to step out of your head a wee bit about the food. You’re eating clean, and doing a lot of work. Even if you’re at the high end of the range, I don’t think it’s too much. Stick with what you’re doing until you actually stall and need to re evaluate. [/quote]
I agree, you need to eat enough to fuel your training so that you can build more muscle. We all know what happens if you don’t…
BTW <3 the dragon-wing chick.
Ok, ok. If it sounds like I’m a little neurotic, it’s because counting calories is more fun than commutative algebra.
Seriously. I am not kidding.
FUCK algebra, it needs to die.
Everything else is a WELCOME distraction.
4 mile run. Fucking cold and I did it in a T-shirt and shorts.
Current music:
It’s one of those days of death. I don’t want to do anything ever again. I want eternal silence and sleep. Unfortunately I have to leave the damn bed but I can’t fucking stand being awake at all ever.
everything seemed to hit me at once today and I was SO FUCKING TIRED. And really, really upset. and so tired and upset that I couldn’t actually get work done this morning. And my neighbor kept playing the damn bassoon so I couldn’t sleep! This fucking building. If it isn’t the construction it’s the musicians.
So. I had lunch AND dinner. I actually don’t give a shit. It’s all I can do to give a shit, a LITTLE, about immediate necessities like, you know, making a minimal amount of progress on work today. I still haven’t put the sheets on my bed.
Also, I’m bleeding outside of my period, which never happened before. Birth control side effect, pregnancy, or cancer? Surprise me!
EDIT: my best guess for what went wrong today is that caffeine pills do not agree with me. Or, rather, “THERMO BURST HARDCORE” drugstore junk. I think I’m going to lay off that crap. I’m moody enough as it is.
Not neurotic, I get the same way with counting calories. I can get in an unhealthy state of mind very quickly when on a diet, and have to tell myself to snap out of it, so just be safe.
And I’m hoping that it’s BC side effects.
That’s also an awesome upper body workout, absolutely killed it.
Well, there’s enough blood that if god forbid there’s a baby in there, it’s probably dead by now. Good news, I guess?
I’m still in a sort of emo special hell. Feel dumb and ugly, as per usual. BUT I’m going to make friends with my textbook today and have some tea and hopefully that’ll make me feel better.
lower body day.
squats: 10@45, 5@95, 3@115 – form was getting bizarrely bad, losing tension at the bottom, switched to front squats.
front squats: 10@45, 10@65, 5@85,5@95, 3@115, fail/fail@135
glute bridges: 5x10@135 I’ve never done these but I love them! Bring on the ass pain!
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Well, there’s enough blood that if god forbid there’s a baby in there, it’s probably dead by now. Good news, I guess?
I’m still in a sort of emo special hell. Feel dumb and ugly, as per usual. BUT I’m going to make friends with my textbook today and have some tea and hopefully that’ll make me feel better.
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Just because you haven’t heard from me doesn’t mean I haven’t been following your log.
Hit the books and the gym hard, and forget about calories right now, just try to eat as clean as you can. Get your caffeine from green tea and ditch the pills. Find a quiet place to go collect your thoughts and study. Last I heard, musicians aren’t allowed to play in the library.
Keep busy, and emo special hell will never find you. Whenever you doubt yourself, remember that you are amongst the select few to have come to where you are in your graduate education. You have the strength to push yourself, get out of bed and face the day.
I sincerely hope that you have a better day tomorrow… In my experience, having a horrible day once in a while helps make sure that you appreciate the good ones. But it still sucks to have a shitty day!
