lorabeann’s BodyBlog

Note: Day 11 was a day off- the day before was leg day and boy was I sore!

* Took superpump 15 mins before my workout and could feel it the whole time!  I tried blueberry today- another sample from my favorite supp store near my university- Denton Sport Nutrition.  They are awesome!
Today was Chest, Tris, and Abs!
Exercises included:
Incline press on machine
Free motion Cable Flyes
Dips off bench/ Close hand push up
Close grip barbell press - 30#
Tricep kickbacks
Roman Chair leg lifts- bent knee
Decline crunches with 5#s

I did 12 mins mod intensity cardio, because I was out of time.  I really need to study all my subjects today before finals.  This afternoon I am taking the dog on a power walk.  I know I will need a break.

Supps:
I will take 2 cytoleans in 2 hours, and 1 more 2 hours after that.  I feel like they help me study! Will post my diet later today…
Oh and a follow up on the GM incident at my gym: I am sending a letter of complaint to corporate, and so are other members.    I am telling people if they have a problem, let corporate know. Wooo hooo!

Thought I would link up the other girls to my blog.  Plus, it’s a shortcut to their journal for me

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/DanicaX/

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/Darese/

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/FitnessPeanut/

I am getting ready for Chest and Tris.  Doing cardio today too.  Legs are still sore from Sunday!  The next two days are study study study!!!!!

Oh and Friday, I am going to aim on getting up some progress photos!

In other news- I am having problems at the new GM at Golds.  This guy does NOT have good personal service skills.  He is so bad, people avoid him.  I don’t know if he knows how rude he comes off when talking to people- but members are not going to stick around if this guy is running the place.

BF and I signed up before he came on, and got a lower rate.  Somehow, the financial company combined our payments together and put them on one card instead of splitting the payments to each of our accounts.  The GM said if he had to change the paperwork, then he would have to up the rates on us to the "current rates".

He said "you are making a big deal over 3 dollars and I don’t know whats going on- maybe you and your boyfriend are having problems or what…."

Ok talk about pissed off.  I was livid.  That was NOT professional at all and as a GM he shouldn’t be making a comment like that to a member.  I was like well actually a$$hole, my boyfriend and I are fine, we don’t live together and won’t be doing that till marriage.  Therefore, we don’t want finances combined just yet. Not to mention, that’s none of your damn business!

Ok, I feel better.  I didn’t say that.  But I am calling corporate and I am going to rally all the senior citizens together to do the same.  I saw him be completely rude to one of them before her aquatics class.  They have a lot of leverage over that gym because they have been members for so long and they are all friends.

If I have to leave because of this guy, I am taking people with me.  Personal service makes gym.  And a friendly staff, keep members around.

It’s Sunday and it’s leg day!  I felt really good today- my back is still sore my massage.  I really got worked on back there.

I took Superpump 15 mins before my workout.  I tried the Fruity flavor- it turns red when water touches it which is pretty cool.  Tastes good too.  My local supplement shop got in samples and gave different flavors too me, plus some SizeOn for the bf to try.

Anyway- exercises today include but are not limited to:
Hack Squat for warm up
Smith Single Leg press(lying down)  I went up in weight today!  Last time was the 1st time I tried these so I tried 30#.  This time I warmed up with 40# and ended at 50#.
Lunges in between various sets
Pylo Lunges supersetted with 1 leg squats (bodyweight)
High rep(2×30 reps) leg extension at 30#
Leg curl (3×15 reps) at 35#
Calf raises 3×12 at 60# (went up in weight)
Lunges again
10 mins hill climb and 2 mins walking on level 15 incline

BAM!  I felt good.  What can I say

[b]Need to study today and tomorrow morning.  I did legs in case I had to skip out on the gym tomorrow morning.  I might do shoulders and some abs in the morning at home and walk the dog.  She gets too excited when I am here studying all morning (exam week).[/b]

Todays eats so far:
M1: 1/2c egg whites with 1/2c oats
M2: Intrapro vanilla shake after WO
M3:
M4:
M5:

Ok, I am counting this as day 8.  Couldn’t wait for this workout!  And boy was it powerful.  I did back and bis and it felt like forever since I trained them.  I felt really strong though, yet still tired at the end of the workout.  I was surprised how energized I felt an hour after the workout though.  I took a scoop of superpump 15 minutes before and I am wondering if I still didn’t work hard enough.  I worked till the point of being fatigued though.  Didn’t have my journal with me but here are the exercises I did:

Free Motion lat pull down and single arm lat pull down- these really isolated.  Love them!
Lat pull down (still using grips although my wrist is getting better)
Cable bicep curl (big pumps!)
Assisted Pull ups.  I think I had an assist of 46#s
BB Curl 30#
Cable Row

AND the big news of the day:  I am going for a massage!!!  I am so excited because I have been soooo tense.  Finals next week.  This is a good way to start the studying weekend.  I want to do some cardio later- but it could be a slow relaxing walk.  haha.

Day 6: Quick Chest and Tris
Good day today!  I had a quick morning workout of Chest and Triceps.  That morning I used Superpump before and had a super effective (but fast) workout.  I felt focused and nothing got me off track!  The rest of the day I spaced out a total of 2 Cytoleans.  For me, a small amount of this stuff works awesome!  I do ‘feel’ better on it too.  This week is going to be freak out mode.  Finals are next week and the week before is hell.  Then you still have to study.

Day 7:Off day

Boys and girls: do not put off volunteer work for 15 hours until the end of the semester- it just doesn’t turn out well.  That is my message of the day.  I was volunteering for a total of 9 hours today at a Therapeutic Riding stable for mentally and physically challenged kids.  I have worked there before and loved it.  I just put it off the entire semester because I have been working or whatever.  Then the days I had off I was exhausted.

The Cytolean did save me today since I didn’t have anytime to eat or whatnot.  Well, I mean- I wasn’t starving all day.  I still ate, just spaced farther apart.  I knew it would be nuts doing so much volunteer work.
The worst part is I won’t be able to work out until Friday.   I am truely bummed out about this.  Still eating as clean as possible.  Being gone so long from my house is hard. I pack as much as I can into that little lunch box of mine…

Can’t wait for Friday.  I will still use a total of 2 Cytoleans a day while I finish up school work until Friday.   i feel best on that amount, and plus- I am taking in some extra caffeine through coffee.  Don’t want to overload myself.

Not too much of an workout today- just abs, 22 mins of moderate cardio and walking the dog.  Felt yuck when I woke up again.  I keep waking up with a tension headache, and I finally figured out what is was.  My pillow!  My upper back and shoulders were killing me.  I need to get a massage before finals. 

Anyway, fixing up the pillow problem.

Just 1 cytolean today.  And I had no appetite.  I have been playing around with doses and I have decided I like 3 total in a day.  4 Feels like too much for me.  4 is the maximum limit by the way. 

When I am working out and using superpump, my servings of cytolean will vary greatly, so I am not off the wall all the time! 

Just posting for Saturday- this was an off day and was busy at work.  UGH!  Ate clean with a total of TWO cytoleans spaced 5 hours apart.

Diet was clean except for dinner.  I went to a Mexican food place which actually, is very healthy!  I always get chicken fajitas with corn tortillas.  Had some of their chips too. They were just so dang good!