October 24, 2009
Didn’t get a lot of sleep last night but I’ve got a surprising amount of energy right now. If my husband’s radio (he’s a firefighter) wasn’t going on every hour, then our youngest dog was getting sick, or one of the kids was up for some reason. It was crazy!
I got up finally because there just was no more sleeping to be had and worked out. The start of the workout was draining but once my body got warmed up it seemed kind of easy.
Circuit - 6 times
Jump Squat
Hand Walkout
Single Leg Deadlift, arms out to side
Jumping Jacks
Reverse Lunge with Twist
Pike Push ups
Squat Thrusts
Went to my morning youth fitness class. Had a small class today but it worked out really well. One kid was new and he wasn’t used to this kind of program. I think had there been more kids, he would have been too shy to really perform. And plus I was always to focus more on the other kids. So all in all, a good morning.
Now I just have to clean my house, work on some home DIY projects and then do some Halloween craft projects. *sigh* This is fun stuff right? Right.
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October 23, 2009
Had to do a lot of pep talking to get to the gym today. I kept wavering between going to the gym and going to the mall. I managed to get focused though and went to the gym. Workout was pretty good, I wish I had longer than 40 minutes to work out though. I need to figure out a new schedule that has me working out more during the day. Even if it’s just adding in more cardio. I need to do something.
Food today has been - eh, not great. Right now I’m drinking down my bcaa’s and then will have a protein shake. I have two apples for the rest of the afternoon but I’m a little worried it won’t be enough to fill me up. I may hit up the vending machine. At least there I’m good about getting pretzels over all the other crap that’s in there. Even though I WANT all the other crap that’s in there. I need to pull out my Eat Clean cookbook and get some meals for next week ready this weekend. I’ve been terrible about planning meals for dinner. My husband has basically been managing it and I feel bad about that.
I think I’ve just been in a slump when it comes to food. I used to love cooking all the time but I don’t know what happened. I just hit a wall or something. Time to have that wall removed.
Today’s workout:
Warm up on elliptical - 5 minutes
deadlifts - 95lbs, 40 reps
decline db bench - 20lbs, 40 reps
lat pulldown - 110lbs, 30 reps
walkout - 30 reps
Elliptical - 5 minutes as fast as I could manage. Okay, okay. Close to as fast as I could manage.
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October 22, 2009
Just got back from a run/walk during my lunch break. The weather was beautiful! Getting out during my lunch hour is the perfect break during the workday. I am feeling a little ’something’ coming on, chest is kind of tight, throat is scratchy. So I picked up some Vitamin C and Zinc and decided to give a Neti Pot a try. I think my oldest son might benefit from it as well, as his sinuses are usually bothering him. Plus, my youth fitness classes start tonight so I figure I need to protect my health as much as possible since I’ll be working with middle-schoolers.
Got some sobering news about a friend of my husbands’ and her husband who were involved in a motorcycle accident today. Needless to say my husband’s motorcycle will be up for sale. It just cuts too close to home. Today is a very sad day.
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October 19, 2009
Feeling good, considering it’s a Monday. I have to remind myself how blessed I am to have a job when so many people don’t, so I will refrain from complaining. Got in a good workout. I’m not sure about this workout, simply because it only consists of a few exercises. I feel compelled to add in more exercises for different body parts but I’ll trust the plan and stick to it.
Front Squat - 45lbs, 20 reps (I struggle with going heavier because I don’t have squat rack I can use to load up the bar and get it into position. So with moves like these, I just up the tempo with hopes that I’m compensating)
Lat Pulldown Reverse Grip - 120 lbs, 20 reps
Dumbbell Bench Press - 25’s, 20 reps
Decline Crunches - 30 reps
I’m using two new supplements today. Beverly International Muscle Provider and Glutamine Select. I’ve never used this line before but figured I’d give it a shot. I have the Muscle Provider in Chocolate, pretty good. I’m drinking the Glutamine right now. Not digging the berry flavor but I suppose I’ll get used to it. I hate most fruity-flavored drinks so I have to choke this down. Oh well.
I’m not going to follow the velocity diet, it’s just too hard with my lifestyle. Not making excuses, just accepting that it’s not a program that suits me right now. I am going to decrease carbs and focus on protein and fat for right now. I would like to trim off some weight so that’ll be my focus for a bit. Then I’ll start building mass. I’d really like to see what muscle I have so I need to shed this layer of fat.
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October 16, 2009
Good workout today. I am still trying to figure out how I’m going to handle my diet. I want to follow the Velocity Diet but it’s too strict for what my lifestyle can handle right now. To follow it would mean not having any solid meals which would be fine however I prefer to have sit down dinners with my family and I don’t want to be sitting at the dinner table with my boys drinking a shake. So, I think I’ll set up my diet so I’m having one meal a day, which will be dinner and then do shakes the rest of the day.
I am however following the V-diet workout so we’ll see what happens with that.
Today’s workout:
5 minute warm up on treadmill
Deadlift - total reps 40, 95 lbs
Decline Dumbbell Bench Press - total reps 40, 15 lbs
Lat Pulldown - total reps 40, 90 lbs
Hand Walk Out - total reps 40
The hand walkouts were hard! At the end of them my whole body was exhausted. Good stuff! One weird thing though, as I was doing the hand walkouts, I stood up and this guy walks by and is just smiling at me. Gross. I can only imagine what he was thinking. So creepy.
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October 14, 2009
I wasn’t able to get my cardio in yesterday but did so much running around I suppose I can count that as active rest, which I probably needed anyway. Something I’ve noticed is that my triceps are very sensitive. It’s kind of strange. They are painfully sore from my workout on Monday. I’m not sure if maybe over time from not staying consistent with my weight training, my triceps have signficantly weakened. I don’t think I over train them but maybe I am?? For awhile I’m going to only do low weight, high reps and see if that keeps them from hurting. It’s an area I definitely need to build up so hopefully this will work. I’m contemplating doing the Velocity diet. I’ve read over it a few times but have never gone through with it. Perhaps it’s just what I need, especially with the holidays approaching. It would be good to get myself regimented into a strict eating diet. Still thinking it through though.
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October 13, 2009
So it’s been a long time since I’ve consistently trained. A really long time. It’s disgusting to me how long it’s been. Two years ago I was well on my way to building a physique for competition. Then with some friends of mine, we decided to participate in a marathon relay. I have never trained for an endurance race. I was to run two legs of the relay, a total of 9.1 miles. Yes, I included the .1 in my total. Don’t short me on that! 
Anyway, little did I realize what endurance training can do to a body. Or more specifically mine. I did not train properly. At all. I was running long distances each week and my appetite was ravenous. Seriously, I could not get enough food to satisfy my hunger. It wasn’t long before I stopped caring what I ate, as long as I was eating something. I did the race, felt very accomplished and quickly vowed to never run a long distance race again. I got a medal, yes, just like everyone who participates does. But I also got something else. An extra ten pounds. Gross.
After the race, I could not get back into consistent weight training to save my life. I would go to the gym two days in a row, and then not again for another week. It was terrible. I lost so much motivation. And a growing waist line. My husband even mentioned the race as being the demise of my former, fit body. So disappointing.
Anyway, so it’s been a full year since that race, and two years since sidelining my goals to compete. Well, I’m back! Enough is enough. The older I get the harder it’s going to be to get back to where I was. I have my sites set on a competition date of March 20, 2010. 23 weeks out. Not enough time? Probably not. But I’m going to train hard and stay focused.
I had a great workout yesterday and felt strong. I’m hoping keeping this blog will help keep me focused. I’ve wasted too much time feeling sorry for myself, my time is too precious for that. It’s time to start living my goals, not just thinking about them.
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