Pushing though when you dont feel like it is a great way to progress. But also if you are not loving the movement maybe its time to switch it up. There are lots of other effective ways to work them quads.
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For sure, gotta love the plethora of crazy ways to torture quads! Split squats come to mindā¦
only if your mind is demented like mine 
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I meanā¦ I do have a second job of strapping myself into 50+ year-old tin cans that go into the sky, with someone at the controls trying to kill me. And I think itās FUN.
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Tuesday 5/1
JN Essentials, W6D1 Upper
Pull ups
4, 4, 3, 3 x BW
Machine Incline Fly
10 x empty machine
8 x machine+5
Incline Chest Supported Row
8x40 10, 9 x35
Standing Arnold Shoulder Press
10, 10 x 30, 5x35
Incline DB Curl
3 x 15 x 15
SS
DB French Press
3 x 15 x 25
Once again, went in exhausted and with my head elsewhere. I kept trying to cut thing short and hubby pushed me through. Normally, I am the one that is high drive.
Swapped chest flys for dips, shoulders werenāt feeling dips. Weigh moved pretty good considering.
Struggling with motivation mentally. Itās been a long month. Flew about 45 hours this month. That is a record. Itās fun and I love it, but it is takes a surprising amount of energy.
Back to lifting, snapped a couple photos, pump, flex and terrible lighting all included.
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You look absolutely jacked!
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Thank you, always means a lot coming from one of the leanest and meanest here!
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Jacked AND lean!
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I appreciate the lean comment! I totally forgot that I was supposed to get back on a cut this week, so itās good to hear that a month of maintenance has me looking lean still.
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Damn girl, you went and got even more jacked. Quality
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Itās the new gym! Pretty sure you get jacked by osmosis there.
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I like this comment because I feel like a good gym or good training environment is very productive. But I want to also say, that itās not the gym it is 100% you.
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They put tren in the water! Congrats on the progress!
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Whoa there, flygirl! Iām not saying ālean stillā as in āhow nice you didnāt blow up last month,ā Iām saying I think you look lean relative to last time you posted a pic. So leanER. Itās hard to tell because we donāt have the abs to compare, but I think youāre less fluffy. Looking lean.
I think you may be in the running for most transformed.
So proud of you!
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Thatās it! Waitā¦ I donāt drink the water there. Thanks for the kind words!
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There is so much to love in this comment. Glad you are in my corner, it really helps when motivation is on a down cycle.
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Youāre a bigger help to me than you may know. It definitely helps having a team of sorts!
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Thursday 5/2
JN Essentials - W6D2, Lower
Vertical Leg Press (No idea what the empty weight is)
12, 12, 10 x Machine+35, +70, +80
Seated Leg Curl
12, 12, 12, 10 x 123
Hip Abductor
10 x 70, 12, 12 x 50
Goblet Squat
2 x 15 x 45
SS
Machine Crunch
3 x 15 x 60
10 minute walk outside x 4 mosquito bites
Pretty awesome day. Tried the vertical leg press instead of the pendulum squat. I like that machine a ton. Supports my back, but still gives you the stress of holding the weight, Itās neat. Burns the squats too. Feel it way more there than in a regular leg press.
Hammies are finally starting to go up in reps and weight. Those little guys have been sleeping.
The accessories on this day are just a āhow fast can I get doneā kind of work. I feel it, but itās like taking medicine.
Non-lifting update:
Today was my last day at my current job. I start a new day job on Monday. I get to try a new industry and the amount of work the new company has coming their way is insane. The company I was working for was good to work for but had lost a lot of money on jobs and didnāt have much new work coming in. A scary place for them to be. Layoffs had started in the field and I couldnāt help but wonder when the office would start to suffer.
Anyway, Iām not flying airplanes full-time just yet, but Iāll get there. In the meantime, this new place sounds exciting and I look forward to a change of industry. I think more than anything, I was done with the mechanical and plumbing side of construction.
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Good luck with the new job, hope today (Monday) goes well.
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5/7 weight in
+Update
147.4, down 1.8lbs
I realize I didnāt post a weight last week. It was also that time of the month, so this drop isnāt a surprise. I actually ate almost all my calories last week! Appetite is still low most days.
First day at the new job went well. I had a warm welcome. So far, itās looking like it will be a good fit.
Schedule is a bit shot this week, I have three after day job flights/ground with students. Plus learning the new job.
Lifting/nutrition plan - With the new day job and students wanting to fly more, I am cutting lifting down to 2 days a week. Hitting 3 has left me feeling beat up and exhausted, not something I care to be in an airplane. Iāll go back to three, but it probably wonāt be until after summer.
With the reduction in lifting volume, hopping back on a cut seems like a good move. I was going to in May anyway, to finish the T-ransformation strong.
My busy schedule and lackluster appetite is perfect for reps of pushing away from the table. May as well lean into it!
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