gymrat0226’s BodyBlog

I trained with my trainer last night.  He finally gave me my workout.  He says I’m working out way too much and not resting enough.  I was going 5-6 times a week of weight training and cardio in the morning.  I was physically exhausted and ready to give up.  So he said 3 times a week only and every other day so my body has time to recover.  So this is my new training schedule:

Monday: weights, abs, minimum 30 min. cardio
Tuesday: abs, minimum 60 min. cardio
Wednesday: weights, abs, minimum 30 min. cardio
Thursday: abs, minimum 60 min. cardio
Friday: weights, abs, minimum 30 min. cardio
Saturday: abs, minimum 60 min. cardio
Sunday: Rest

He gave me 3 workouts and I can mix it up if I want:
Workout #1
Cable Crossovers: 3 x 25
Standing Shoulder Press: 3 x 25 (15 reps front, 10 reps back)
Cable Rows: 4 x 15
Hamstring curls: 3 x 15
Calf raises: 3 x 25 (20 quick, 5 slow and deep)
Bicep curls: 3 x 15 (one arm at a time on the preacher curl bench)
Abs:
Leg extensions:  4 x 30 (20 straight, 10 hips raised superset with leg raises)
Leg raises: 4 x 30
Twisties: 4 x 40 (leaning back, 30 normal, 10 deeps and slow)

Workout #2
Back Extensions:  3 x 30
Dips:  3 x 15 (superset with pushups)
Pushups:  3 x 10
Cable lat raises:  3 x 20 (high above your head, can superset these with full front and side lat raises and do only 15 reps)
Chin ups:  3 x 15 (2 sec pause on the bottom and do each set gripping wider)
Inner thigh:  3 x 30 (do these leaning forward on adductor machine and you’ll feel it more)
Hip adductors:  3 x 40 (on the cables)
Tricep pushdowns: 3 x 30
Abs:
Crunches: 4 x 50 (short and isolated)
V Crunches: 3 x 15 (OMG I look like a retard doing these!!!!  Need lots of practice)
Roman Chair Lifts:  3 x 30

Workout #3
Incline bench press:  3 x 20
Front and side lat raises: 3 x 20 (superset with full range of motion)
Chest pullovers: 3 x 20
Cross lunges:  4 x 20
Leg extentions:  4 x 30 (2 sec pause at the top)
Bicep curls:  3 x 15
Abs:
Ab wheel:  4 x 20
Decline crunches:  4 x 40
Leg raises with very light weight: 4 x 20

I’ll tweek this workout a bit because my hamstrings, outer thighs and lats need more work so I’ll probably make sure I hit those three bodyparts on Mondays and Fridays each week.  I’ll also add different ab exercises because I’ll be doing abs so often.  Also have to hit calves at least 2 x a week.  I have tree trunk legs!!!!  I hate them!

My training is going good.  I got up at 5:30 yesterday and today to do cardio.  I absolutely hate getting up and working out but last week when I had to take my stepson to football at 5:00 a.m. I went to the gym and I think that was the reason for my big fat loss when I had my body composition done on Sunday.  I dropped 4% bodyfat over 3 weeks.  I’ve never lost that much in such a short time and I’m sure it’s because of the morning cardio session so I’m going to stick with it if it kills me.  I picked up my elliptical machine last night.  We bought it used for $900 an it’s brand new.  It’s a $2000 machine made by Vision Fitness but very good quality and extremely quiet.  I was soooooo tired when I woke up this morning but I kept saying to myself "I have to do this".  I need to be ready for this show.  It’s very important to me to succeed at this.  It just seems that everything I’ve tried to do since I’ve been in the US has not been a great success.

Tonight I train with my trainer and we’re going to do legs.  My legs are still hurting from Monday from all those cross lunges I did.  He’s giving me my workout schedule tonight so hopefully it’ll include a lot of legs.  If not, I’m going to alter it because I really need to get my ass lifted and the bit of cellulite on the back of my legs.  They’re finally starting to take a little shape now.  I think I’ll take some progress pics tonight.  I haven’t posted any yet for my 12 weeks out so that’s on my list of things to do for tonight.

I was really excited when I got up this morning.  It’s 12 weeks from today until my 1st competition and the heat is really on.  So I weighed and measured myself and I lost another pound and in only 10 days I lost 1/2" off my waist, 1/8" legs, 1/8" calves, 1/8" arms, 1/2" hips and 3 pounds.  My abs are looking real tight and my six pack is starting to show along with obliques.  Starting to get a little definition in my legs.  I have to start working legs 3x a week because I have alot of tightening up to do.  I have that 42 year old ass happening…gross!  My hubby is buying me an elliptical, hopefully tomorrow because I’ve been going to the base gym for the past week at 5:30 am to do cardio.  If I had one in my house it would save me so much time and I could do cardio 2x a day.  I just hate spending my whole life in the gym.  I’m getting the Vision Fitness X1400.  I’ve done my research and I don’t want to spend more than $1000.  Oh, I bought my stripper heels today…lol.  Well that’s what they look like.  I don’t know how I’m going to walk in those things!  They’re 5″ high!  Really only 4″ because they have a 1″ platform.  I think I’ll model them tonight…lol.

I trained with Robert last night.  He showed me cross lunges.  He said they would kill but they really weren’t that bad.  I really felt them in my glutes and abductors and that’s where I really need it.  This is what we did:

Crunches: 4 x 50
Roman Chair Lifts: 3 x 30
Deadlifts: 4 x 20
Cross lunges: 4 x 20
Assisted Chin ups: 3 x 1
Front Lat (straight up) and side lat raises (all the way around and up) superset: 2 x 10, 1 x 15

Overall it was a pretty easy workout.  I did a lot of talking because I’m getting worried about my progress and if I’ll be ready on time.  I took some pictures the night before in my bikini to show him.  I was kind of embarrassed and when he saw them he was looked impressed and said “that’s not bad at all!!!”  He reassured me that I’d be ready and we’re going to focus on my lower body now.  I weighed myself this morning and I lost 2 lbs…finally!!!!  I didn’t think I’d ever lose any weight.  I’ve been working my butt off but I’ve only really been dieting strict this week so that’s not too bad.  He’s going to give me my workout on Sunday and do my bodyfat.  Next weekend he wants to do posing so I’ll have to get my shoes this week for sure.  Oh and I bought this Challenge Pro Loop by accident but it turns out its a pretty nice little gadget for working abductors…I’ll be using that alot!  I attached a picture of it.

You can buy this online at www.fwonline.com but I found it in my supplement store.

I ordered posing videos and watched them on the weekend.  Now I’m seriously crapping my pants.  I don’t know if I can do it.  I keep getting discouraged because I’m afraid I’m not going to be ready on time.  I have to really tighten up my ass and abs or I won’t do it.  I saw some of the girls on the video and I’m sorry but if I look like them I’m not going to humiliate myself and walk out on stage.  I don’t want anything jiggling when I walk.  Some of those girls had a fat ass and you could see wrinkles when they walked and turned.  Not me!!!!  I have to go buy my shoes this weekend and start practicing.

My training is going very good.  My trainer said I’m starting to get that indent now on my ass that shows I’m in really good shape.  I’m feeling tighter now when I walk so I think I’m making some progress.  I just have to keep taking pictures to prove to myself that I am making progress.  My diet sucked all weekend.  I felt like munching a lot and I was really pissed at my stepson and husband which made me self destructive.  I was so mad I felt like having a cigarette but I’m not going to let some little lazy ass kid make me that mad.  I’m starting to think I’m making excuses about not being ready because I’m too afraid to walk out on that stage.  I have serious stage fright.

Tonight I training with Robert and I’m going to show him my bikini pic and show him how much work my ass seriously needs. Maybe he’ll step things up a little when he sees the picture.

I’m in the middle of week 14.  I measured myself when I first started training with Robert 2 weeks ago and measured again today and I’ve lost 1/4" off my legs, hips and waist for a total of 3/4".  That’s with no dieting.  I just started my diet Monday.  Haven’t had much training with him.  Only 3 sessions but all were great.  I went in one day last week and he showed me a quick workout to carry me through.  He hasn’t really set up a workout schedule.  Right now I feel like he’s abandoned me because he’s too busy.  We were supposed to be training 2 x/week but so far it’s only been once a week.  So I’m getting kind of worried.  I found a website figurecoach.com and ordered the 3 set of dvd’s and book.  It looks pretty good so we’ll see.  It covers everything you need to know from dieting, training and posing.  I can’t wait to get it.

I’ve been weight training 6 days a week.  Intense workouts, low weight/high reps.  I started going to the gym at lunch to do 30 min of cardio because I’m too tired to do cardio after my workouts.  I’m exhausted after my workouts.