Committed to The Cause

I worked biceps, tris and chest.  Not my favorite body parts, so I have a little trouble really getting into it.  Then again, I am working these areas on the machines as opposed to the free weights which I’d rather do, but again that’s in testosterone zone…  I really need to get over it!  Anyhow, I also did 1 1/2 of cardio which felt good.  Everyone complains that they hate cardio, why?  Def weights are more fun, but if you’re doing the right cardio that can be fun as well.  I hate the treadmill, you will never catch me on the treadmill, not even for a 2 minute warmup.  Forget that!  Totally boring, snore…  But I’ll tackle everything else and I do 30 minutes on each, increasing intensity every time.   I even do HITT on the cardio equipment and I get an amazing workout.  Try it, you’ll like it!  Also, had my body measurements taken today.  Not fun, but had to be done.  And no I’m not sharing these with anybody.  It’s a pretty traumatic experience…hahahaha!  Which is why I cannot share, I need time to heal from this.

No, not at the gym, on bodyblog!    Ok, so Wednesday was leg day….  Ok, on Tuesday I finally worked out a bit with a trainer because I have not been training my back - bad I know.  I was a little embarrassed at how weak this area is.  I know how important strengthening the core is so there’s really no excuse, except that I was a little intimidated by, again, onlookers in the "testosterone zone"!  hahaha!  A lot of the equipment that I need to workout the back is in that area!  Oh, well…get over it, right?  It was a good workout, I just need to do my back days early in the morning when I don’t feel so self-conscious in the jungle gym.  Thursday, I really kicked up the cardio, did an hour and a half of that.  Friday, I took off.  I have not had a break since last Saturday.

at least for the next 4 weeks, which will not be easy at all!  I don’t know about anyone else, but I place way too much emphasis on the numbers that pop up on the scale and to my detriment, I weigh myself like every 2 days which is really bad…psychologically speaking.  Regardless of the changes and  improvement that I’ve made over the last month, the numbers on that scale always send me reeling and it just really messes me up.  So as hard as this is for me, I am putting it away in a place where I can’t get to it easily, because this is just absurd at this point.  I’m going to focus on how I feel, how the clothes fit and measurements, which again will not be easy, but I will at least get rid of the terrible mind trips that I put myself through.  We’ll see what happens!

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Wishing everyone a Happy and Safe 4th of July!

Today was leg day.  What a great workout!  Really felt the burn today.  Felt like I could go on forever, but I held back because I know I would regret it in the morning.  I have thick legs and there was a time when I truly detested them, but thanks to the likes of the Beyonce’s and the JLo’s of the world, I have a newfound love and appreciation for them.  My vision of sexy legs always came from society’s definition of what sexy legs should look like and I never felt that my legs would live up to that standard, but now I see how wrong I was.  Legs come in all shapes and sizes and can be and are beautiful no matter what ethnicity, color or size they come in, (by size I mean tall, short, stocky).  So I am on my quest for my sexy, thick legs, I don’t care who likes them or not!  LOL!  Anyway:

Training:

Seated Leg Press - 70 to 90 lbs - 4 sets/10-15 reps

Inner thigh - 50 -60lbs - 4 sets/10-20 reps

Outer thigh - 50 lbs - 4 sets/ 10-15 reps

Leg Ext - 30-45 lbs - 4 sets/10-15 reps

Butt Blaster - 30-50 lbs 4 sets/15-25 reps

Calves - 70-90 lbs 4 sets/25 reps

Stairmaster - 20 minutes - level 4

That’s it for now.