Lakegirl’s Blog

It seems to be the time of year when "it’s always something" happens.  I recently strained my neck and back - it’s feeling better.  The day after Thanksgiving I come down with a cold that I’m pretty sure my dad gave me “Thanks Dad”.  I haven’t been to the gym in two days because I didn’t want my cold to get worse. 

It seems to be the time of year when "it’s always something" happens.  I recently strained my neck and back - it’s feeling better.  The day after Thanksgiving I come down with a cold that I’m pretty sure my dad gave me "Thanks Dad".  I haven’t been to the gym in two days because I didn’t want my cold to get worse.  Well, obsessed Morgan decides she just can’t take it anymore and goes crazy in the gym last night.  I have to admit, it was one of the best workouts I’ve had in a long time - but I’m definitely feeling it today.  Ugh!!!

I completed my back & shoulders workout along with a bis & tris workout to make up for lost time. =)

20 Minutes Cardio - Treadmill
Metabolic Circuit (DB Flye, Kickback, Curl, Press = 1 rep) 15×10x3
Between each set I completed 10 reps of each metabolic circuit exercise - Burn baby Burn…

Lateral Raise - 12.5×12x3

DB Press - 25×10x4
Superset Curls - 20×10x4

DB Tri Extension - 40×10x2

Cable Pulldowns (tri) - 70×12x4

Lat Pulldowns - 75×12 / 90×12x3

Cable Curls - 70×10x4

L-PushUps - 10×3

Abs & 10 Minutes of Cardio

I tried to take it easy at the gym on Monday b/c of my current strained neck and lower back issues.  Monday is my back workout so I was a little hesitant to even get my workout in because of the pain.  But - ego gets in the way and here is how my workout went:

Cardio - 15 minutes on elliptical
Back
Wide Grip Cable Rows: 75×12 / 90×12x3
DB Rows: 37.5×12 / 40×12x3
DB Flyes: 15×10x3
Narrow Grip Lat Pulldowns: 75×12/90×10x3

No abs b/c of my back. =(

Cardio - 15 minutes on bike

Again, not the greatest workout ever - but it gets the job done…just have to get better b/c it’s almost time to start training again for competition season!!

Happy Training Everyone!

Morgan

For Thanksgiving, I opted out of working out on Thursday and Friday, but oh my….was I anxious to get into the gym come Saturday!  My husband and I loaded up our car and took the 3 hour drive back to Austin.  When we finally arrived, we agreed to help my father move his 600 pound hot tub to his back yard and onto his deck…whew…that was a workout in itself!

We finally made it to our house and changed into our workout clothes, got to the gym and had a killer workout.  I unfortunately had the bad luck of straining my neck doing reverse crunches on a decline bench.  Ouch!!  This didn’t surprise me at all.  Hmmm….feeling fat and disgusting….yes!  Why not throw in a strained neck so I can’t work out nearly as hard.  Ugh….this is not going to slow me down!

Sunday morning I slowly rolled out of bed and donned my workout clothes and headed back to the gym.  I walked on the treadmill for 45 minutes to get my heart rate up and to "hopefully" burn off some of those delicious calories I consumed over the holidays.  I made it upstairs to the weight room and proceeded to have a fantastic shoulder workout - high rep, low weight since my neck still ached.  No abs for me on Sunday though!  I’ll be hitting them harder throughout the week. =)

Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday!!

Back to the grind,

Morgan

Saturday - Legs

Plie Squats - 45×15/65×15/75×12x2
- Superset with Side Lunges 12×4
Squats - 75×15/95×12/115×10x2
Walking Lunges - 60×12(each leg)x4
- Superset with Squat Jumps - 12×4
Hack Squats - 70×12x2/90×12x2
Leg Extenstions - 90×12x4
Ham Curls - 80×12x4

Small amount of abs and I completely forgot to do calves. =)

Sunday - Shoulders

Warmup - 10 minutes stepmill
Lateral Raise - 12.5×12x4
DB Military Press - 25×10/27.5×10/30×8/30×10
BB Upright Row - 45×12x4
- Superset with BB Press - 45×10x4
Rear Delt Flyes - 60×12x2/70×12x2
- Superset with Single Arm Lateral Raise - 10×10x4

Tons of Abs
Cardio - 20 minutes

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So, I’m entering into a new journey.  I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to compete next year of if I want to postpone all shows until 2011 (right before I turn 30).  So until I decide, I’m going to continue to have kickass workouts and try to build as much muscle as possible.  I will start posting my workouts on my blog…if you’re so inclined to read - please do so.
Today, since the Dolphins are playing football tonight, I decided to get a quick workout in during my lunch hour so I could go home and lounge around watching Thursday night football.  With not much time to get a great workout in, this is what I managed to accomplish:

Back:
Narrow Grip Lat Pulldowns: 75×12 / 90×12 / 105×8x2
- Mountain Climbers/Lunges/Plie Squats between sets
Wide Grip Cable Rows: 90×12x3
- Bench Crunches / Reverse Crunch between sets

Shoulders:
Lateral Raise: 12.5×12x3
- Superset with DB Press: 25×10x3
L-PushUps: 12×2
Rear Delt Flyes: 60×12x2

That’s all I could fit during lunch but thought it was pretty good for a "lunch-break."

Tomorrow is my off day but will probably get in some cardio at some point.

Have a good day everybody!!

After a weekend of celebrating my husband’s birthday by having a pizza eating contest and eating the world’s biggest cinnamon roll the following day - all I can say is that I’m miserable!!!  My clothes aren’t fitting right, I’m uncomfortable, and I know how much time I’m going to have to put in the gym just to burn off those extra calories.

We had a fantastic time, nonetheless, and if I had it all to do over again, I probably would give in to my competitive nature and let me husband win - since it was his birthday. =)

Us darn figure competitors have quite the appetite that no one seems to realize or think is possible - well, I showed him.  I will never do it again!!!

So, the journey begins…I had my fun and now it’s time to get serious again!

Let’s do this!  Glad you’re reading and following my progress!!

After a weekend of celebrating my husband’s birthday by having a pizza eating contest and eating the world’s biggest cinnamon roll the following day - all I can say is that I’m miserable!!!  My clothes aren’t fitting right, I’m uncomfortable, and I know how much time I’m going to have to put in the gym just to burn off those extra calories.

We had a fantastic time, nonetheless, and if I had it all to do over again, I probably would give in to my competitive nature and let me husband win - since it was his birthday. =)

Us darn figure competitors have quite the appetite that no one seems to realize or think is possible - well, I showed him.  I will never do it again!!!

So, the journey begins…I had my fun and now it’s time to get serious again!

Let’s do this!  Glad you’re reading and following my progress!!