~~BuffMother! GET BUFF~~

Hi EVERYONE!!!

WE have a new contest in the TEAM BuffMother! Rally Room- the 10 WEEK Quest for CONSISTENCY CONTEST!!!

Often the biggest stumbling block in fitness is lack of CONSISTENCY.

I challenge you to BE CONSISTENT over the next 10 weeks! Shoot to do a “workout” at least every other day that would be 3-4 days a week and if you can CONSISTENTLY do that you will see results!!

There is still time to join we will be Starting May 7th, 2007- go to the Rally Room and the contest will run for 10 weeks!!
To enter and be eligible to win:
you must be a member of the Rally Room
You must take starting stats and final stats(body fat optional)
You must Submit a final summary: a week by week lay out of your consistency (your weekly recaps and poa’s), beginning and final stats, pictures(optional) and thoughts about your progress and what you’ve overcame to be consistent over the last 10 weeks.

Suggested  Participation:
Starting pictures and After pictures are recommended
Weekly post your recap of the previous week
Weekly post your POA (plan of attack) for the next week
Weekly do your best to participate in the “weekly MINI challenge”

Judging:
A panel of 5 judges will pick their top 3 picks for the WINNER based on participation, results, attitude and of course consistency. Each pick (15 little pieces of paper) will be placed in a hat and the winner drawn from there.

Prizes:
1st- A free customized online training package ($199value)
A free year membership to the RR ($89.95 value)

A free thermal BuffMother! shirt ($23.95)

2nd- A free 6 month membership to the RR ($49.95value)
A free thermal BuffMother! shirt($23.95)

Each and every one of you CAN WIN this Contest~ Please participate and let’s enjoy the synergy of TEAM BuffMother! working together towards being CONSISTENT!!!!

I am ready to ROCK, How about you??
Let GET BUFF!!
-Michelle

p.s. here is an example of the weekly consistency report from my last week:
Weekly Consistency Report

M:Chest 20 mins extra steady cardio
T:am intervals; pm Legs
W:Back
Th:Chest/intervals
F:Intervals
Sa:Legs
Su:Intervals
How many weight workouts did I complete:5
How many intervals training sessions did I complete:3 + 1 extra steady cardio
How many days of the week did I workout: 7

What obstacle did I overcome in order to get it done? I was a bit sick on MONDAY
Who did I encourage this week? I encouraged quite a few buffmothers through the RR, and made an effort to respond to several e-mails that were in my inbox

MY POA for week #__0_________- date:__April 30th_________
Plan of attack!!!!
What is my main goal this week with my workouts? to kick it hard!!! so that I can lose 1 more "real" pound this buffing and take some good progress pics on SATURDAY!!
What is my main goal this week in my diet? to BE LOW Carb 3 or less a day and eat a ton of GREENS, yummy!!

How do I see my workouts shaping up this week?

Monday:Back, SH, BI and intervals
Tuesday:Chest/Tri and ABS hard and intervals
Wednesday: LEGS HARDEST EVER!!!
Thursday:Back, intervals
Friday:Chest, intervals
Saturday:Legs
Sunday:off!!!!
And  add in some extra steady fasted cardio reading my bible on the bike, it is a good way for me to start my day!

Today I tried to run again, but it was a NO GO…I quite after running around the block once and 1 strider…my knee is still being stupid
So I came in the house and did the stairmaster
8 hard 1 min intervals at level 30: 1 min off at level 22
then I pumped out 10 pull ups (full extension and lift chest to bar)
did abs

I had planned on trying to do back today also, but it didn’t work out. That’s fine because I am beat and my back is sore from my DL’s yesterday.

Well I am off to CHILL in bed and watch some TV.

Night!!
-BM

Hi everyone, I forgot about posting my blog and workout yesterday…too busy reading all of yours

I had a very productive day…got a lot of progress made on my BIG PROJECT and need to make the same amount of headway today! I was in such a groove that I moved my workout from 2 to 4 yesterday and it worked out good, but then I had to fight traffic in the gym and on the way home. That’s why I LOVE going to the gym at either around 10 am or 2 pm…no one is there and the traffic is light

OH I also wanted to post my measurements from MONDAY…the start of my buffing: Today’s Date:_____4-23-07____
height:____5-6.5_________ weight:____128_______ age:____31___
Please list the following measurements:
Bust (around the biggest part, women only):37
Chest (just under armpits with arms down at your sides):37 flexed/posed;34relaxed
Waist (the smallest part):26.5
Hips (the largest part of your butt):35
Shoulders (around the outside of your shoulders with your arms at sides):42
Biceps (relaxed at midpoint of upper arm):9.75relaxed;11flexed
Thigh (8” above Knee cap):19.5
Thigh (12” above Knee cap):20.5
Calf (7” below knee joint): 13

Caliper measurements

*Tricep:6
*Thigh:8
*Iliac:6
Abdomen (I do this one for kicks, since I am an apple):8

All my measurements are fine and similar to what they’ve been in the past EXCEPT for my caliper ones…they are HIGHER than they’ve been in ages. I attribute this to my training for my race and my diet. During my recent training…I cut down on lifting from 5-6 days a week to around 3. And my diet went from about 30% carbs to 50%. For the past 3 weeks I have been getting back on track with lifting and eating to get BUFF. I can tell I’ve made progress already and hope to kick it into HIGH gear these 2 weeks of buffing!!!
If you’d like this document to track your measurements on you can get it here

Also my most recent pictures were taken about 5 weeks ago and are HERE

ON to my workout yesterday:
Back Bi Shoulders paired circuits
Started my day off with 10 min u-bike fasted
gym at 4 pm- 6 min warm up r-bike

Lat pull downs
100×10
120×8
120×6
110×10
paired with barbell bicep curls
45×10
55×10
55×8
45×10

Inverted pull ups
3 sets of 10
paired with
Standing BB military
45×10 wide
55×10 closerx2sets

T-bar rows
45×10
70×9
70×7
45×10 slow and squeeze
paired with hammer curls
20’sx6
25’sx6×2

Arnold press
25 one arm at a timex8-10×2
25’s togetherx8
paired with
BB front raises 20×10
knee ups
40,40

BB front raises
30×8
Bent over lateral raises
15’sx6

Assisted pull ups
30×10
0×5 +30×5
paired with
machine bicep curls
55×8
50×8

One arm DB Lat Row
40×6x2
paired with lower back extensions
20, 10 slow and focused…my lower back has been an "issue" these past couple weeks

then I went tanning for 14 mins and skipped my intervals as I was whipped from leg day on tues~BAD GIRL

So the plan for today is a GREAT Chest/Tri/Interval workout!!!
And I also have to go to wal-mart and do errands so that can be extra cardio

Count all activity and KEEP moving is my motto!!
Have a super THURSDAY~
Love,
Michelle

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HEY YA!!
it is Thursday!! and the UFC is having a fight night tonight and the premier of my favorite reality tv show THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER 5 (TUF)…
I love it!!  So that’s the plan for tonight….

I am a slight bit injured…I hurt left side of my neck/shoulder yesterday afternoon doing shoulder presses with 30#dbs ***DON’t lift heavy weights with shoulders until you are warmed up and strong enough to***

I should have known better, but I was distracted and tend to forget that I am not as strong as I was just a few months ago, lol! on rep #4 of my set I felt my spine go "out" and like a dummy just kept on going with the rest of my workout…needless to say I was in pain last night!!

BUT today I got into the chiro and he put it back in place…now I am just sore, so I took the day off of lifting– tomorrow will be chest and triceps.

Well, the BOOK is really taking shape!!  Gotta go get more done on it~
love,
Michelle

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