BabyG79’s BodyBlog

I haven’t posted in a few days and I don’t want to get out of the habit, so here it is.  I’ve been keeing up with my "at least 4 workouts a week" goal for now.  We’ll see what happenes when school starts again next week.  I’m still at 137 so I’m hoping to see my weight go down a little more this week.  I am comfortably fitting into all my size 6 pants and they are even kind of loose on me so I think I’m making progress despite not dropping a lot on the scale.  I’m steadily doing my weight training oand increasing either load or duration so I’m sure I’m putting on a bit of lean muscle.  I have another 9 days to reach my end of Jan goal weight of 135 - 136.  This week the goal is still to eat breakfast every morning, workout at least 4 times and continue to consume around 1200 - 1600 calories a day.  So far so good.  I don’t think I wen to the gym on Sunday.  I did need a full day of rest.  MOnday I was supposed to do chest/triceps but was still pretty tired so I just steamed and sat in the sauna.  To make up I did a split routine yesterday.  I did chest/triceps in the early afternoon and quads/hams/glutes in the evening.  My body feels pretty shocked today needless to say.

 A.M.

Incline dumbell press - 25 x 12, 8

Flat barbell bench press - 55 x 12, 9

Cable crossover - 32 x 11, 12

Tricep pushdown - 40 x 12, 15

Skull crushers - 35 x 12, 10; 15 x 15

20 min the bike

P.M.

Squats (not BTF) - 115 x 12, 10, 10

Walking lunges w/dumbells - 20 x 12, 12, 10 (each leg)

Dumbell deadlift - 35 x 10, 8, 7

Hamstring curl - 50 x 15, 12, 10

Leg extension - 60 x 12, 10, 8

Calf raise (on seated leg press) - 120 x 12, 10, 8 

So the husband and I went and saw The Wrestler last night.  Apparently we were both strangely insprired by a broken down washed up wrestler and wanted to go to the gym.  So off we went at 10:30 pm. 

Dumbbell Military Press - 25 x 5, 20 x 14, 12, 10

I was exhausted on Wed from my lower body workout so I didn’t go to the gym.  I decided to make up for missing my abs workout last night though.  I didn’t get all the exercises in that I wanted to but I did a lot and spent a good 2 hours at the gym:

Thursday: Abs/Back/Biceps:
P.M.
5 Min Warmup & stretching
Exercise Ball Crunch- 0 x 25, 23, 20
Machine Crunches- 60 x 15, 12, 10
Hanging Leg Raise- 0 x 15, 14, 12 
Lat Pulldowns- 90 x 5, 70 x 12, 12
Barbell Rows- 60 x 12, 11, 10 
Good Mornings- 50 x 15, 13, 12
Straight bar Curls- 40 x 5, 4, 20 x 15 
Bicep curls (pulley)- 15 x 20, 20 x 20, 25 x 15, 30 x 13, 35 x 10, 40 x 7 
20 Min Cardio (elliptical)

15 min in the steam room & 10 min in the dry sauna

Ok, I’m back to blogging here.  I’ll try and keep up with it.

Keeping it brief here’s a summary of Mon & Tue:

Monday: Cardio, Chest/Triceps

P.M.
5 Min Warmup
Incline Dumbbell Press - 30 x 12, 25 x 10, 25 x 8 
Flat Barbell Bench press - 45 x 12, 10 
Cable Crossovers - 56 x 12, 10, 9
Tricep pushdowns - 56 x 12, 10 
Skull Crushers - 30 x 18, 12, 15 x 10 

Tuesday: Quads/Hamstrings/Calves:
P.M.
5 Min Warmup

Squats- 85 x 12, 105 x 12, 9 
Walking Lunges- 20 x 12 (Each Leg), 10 (Each Leg)
Straight Leg Dumbbell Deadlift- 30 x 12, 10
Standing Calf Raises- 65 x 15, 0 x 25, 30 
Seated Leg Curls- 70 x 12, 10, 7 
Seated Leg Extensions- 90 x 5, 70 x 10, 50 x 8

Mondays workout wasn’t spectacular.  I worked out with a friend who is more demotivational than motivational but I went nevertheless.  Tonights workout was fast but effective.  My legs are feeling like they aren’t going to hold me up at the moment.  I definately felt more strength than last week though.

I’m starting this week 1 lb down from last so I think I’m ontrack for losing 1 - 2 lbs a week while maintaining/building muscle.  Took my measurements again and waist is down an inch as well so that’s all in keeping with my goals.  One thing I’m failing on is getting enough protien and calories.  I’ll continue to work on that.  Today was definately bad, I dont’ even want to go into how little I ate.  Suffice it to say that it was definately less than 600 calories.  I think I’ll go have a shake