Lady_Quadzilla’s BodyBlog

Yes! Leg day was great - felt so good to be working hard and sweating! The burnout reps on the calf exercises really bite, lol.

Tuesday was chest/back and abs…..and today? LOL my chest, back, abs, arms, legs, hammies…calves..just about everything is sore

 I have also cleaned my diet up quite a bit and am starving every 2 hours, so I take that as a good sign that my metabolism is up again….feeling good!

My head is ….back to a bodybuilding routine. I have been terribly bored with the 3 days a week, total body workouts. At first I thought they were great, so short and only 3 days…then I realized that part of my sense of ennui and restlessness is due to the fact that I am not in the gym more often, lifting a lot of weight and really busting my ass.

So, I picked a plan and I am going back to a heavy split routine Today is LEG DAY! My favorite! Let’s see how my knees do…I think they are better than they were a month ago and I will continue the rehab exercises for them as well. LEG DAY LEG DAY LEG DAY

I have been working out, doing lots of cardio, eating clean…lost some fat this last week

Next week I go into phase 2 of the Extreme Fat Loss Plan, so it will be nice to switch it up a little.

 The weather has been absolutely beautiful this week - I took my clients outside for a workout with bands and a med ball and a park bench and trail yesterday! That was fun

Really feeling good this week

So - Yesterday my neighbor asked me if he and his wife and his sister could come over and use my cardio equipment because they want to get in shape for their trip to Vegas… and I of course said yes and we started discussing HIIT and the best way to lose fat and that they should all add resistance training, that I would give them a routine, etc. Then his wife comes out (we were in the yard) and we tell her the exciting plans and she gets this mad look on her face and says "but we are not doing strenuous exercise, it is not on our plan" and I said "why? HIIT is the best fat burner and you will blast more claories total and hence more fat caloires with intense exercise" and she just gets a crabby look and doesn’t answer and her husband says "You are going to come with us to do cardio tonight, right? It will be great" And she say "No, I prefer to be walking" so…I take it as a good time to go home, tell my neighbor to come over when he wants to do HIIT and leave it at that.

So he and his sister-in-law come over and do HIIT and I ask why his wife is angry, and he says she is flustered because she read 6 books and put together this plan and thinks it is being scrapped and that they are eating 1500 calories a day so they shouldn’t do any strenuous exercise….I say, oh, why didn’t she ask me about all this (I do have a friggin degree and many certifications…ummm, yeah) and I tell him that the contestants on biggest loser are all probably around 1500 calories and they are working out 5-6 hours a day and HARD.

Anyhow - the short of it all is that now I feel like I have been challenged by her not thinking I know what I am doing and so I am fired up and goingt o do everything in my power to get as ripped as I can in as little time as I can, lol.

Oh - and my neighbor and his sister-in-law loved HIIT, let’s see if they come back for more!

Yesterday I worked out 3 times!!!!!

 I did the extreme fat loss lifting routine in the morning, I took the dogs hiking before lunch and then I did 20 minutes HIIT in the evening and I am so hyperactive today!!! Going to cardio this morning after my client

Worked out riday - workout Number 1 again, upped the reps and /or the poundage just a little on everything. Monday i did workout#2, same thing - I either did an extra rep or an extra pound. feeling good but not totally on track with nutrition. getting there…

The sun came and went, lol. We are back to cold and dreary this week. Blech.

Man! It is amazing what a difference the sun makes! I did cardio in the morning, then my daughter and I walked to the store with our dogs, then later we took the dogs to the dog park and walked some more. The air is so clean and fresh and the sun is soooooooo welcome! Hurray! Winter seems to be finally over!!!!!!

Workout 2:

This was tough today - not sure if it was because I cleaned for 2 hours before my workout or what…but whew!

A1 DB deadlift 3 sets 30’sX20
A2 DB shoulder Press 3 sets 15’sX20

B2 Bulgarian Split Squats 3 sets, no weight 20 reps per leg (man, these are a biotch! )
B2 DB pullover 3 sets 35X20

C1 Hip Thigh Ext - I had trouble with these, maybe because they are so similar to the pt exercoses i did yesterday for my knees, but i ende dup doing only 2 sets of 20 and 15 per leg.
C2 prone jackknife on swiss ball 3 sets of 10

D prone cobra 3 pound weights hold 1 minute

all in all a good workout and a little over half an hour - gotta like that. I am predicting that my legs are gonna hurt from those Bulgarian Split Squats!

I am feeling like I am hitting my stride again - Monday and Tuesday i was exhausted all day - today after my workout and shower I feel energized…so I think things are looking up again!

So - rehabbing my knees/legs and started a new challenge on freetrainers. This should help to return me to functional status and motivate me to follow through. The challenge is 12 weeks long and is based on Alwyn Cosgrove’s Extreme Fat Loss Training.

 I am planning to do this routine 12 weeks and then restart the Sully MassMaker Plan.

Nice workout - easing into it, kept it pretty light. I really like this workout - took about 1/2 hour!

A1 squats 3 sets 95lbsx20
A2 t-push-ups 2 sets 6 per side and last set 5 per side (humbling, lol)

B1 Step-ups bodyweightX20 reps per side, 2 sets 10 lb med ballX20 reps perside
B2 Seated band row to neck blue band 3 sets of 20 reps

C1 Supine Hip Ext Leg Curl 3 sets 20 whew!
C2 Swiss ball crunch bodyweightX20, 2 sets 8 lb med ballX20