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Oh I totally forgot!! Today was liveSTRONG and we were talking about strength gains and I tried to get them to tell me what I should expect to lift mid September. They wouldn’t even guess but agreed I could aim for 10-20% higher than my starting max IF I wanted. I think it was 170 but someone thought it was 190 and we didn’t have time to go look it up. 10% of 190 + 190 would be 209 so I set the machine and said I couldn’t budge 210. Yep I couldn’t. Then one trainer said she had thought I could... so with them both watch me waiting to see I tried again and did two reps. Yep that’s it but I did it! Did hip add and abd after and my left hip/thigh was shakey and right kept cramping. Need to remember to try new max AFTER I’m done not in the middle lol.
Hips, leg curls and ext, arm curls and ext, pec/fly machine, leg press and chest press done today 3x6-12. Not sure what I should work on tomorrow after the nutrition class. They have one lower back machine and one for abs. Perhaps I can attempt what I think is called lat pills or curls. Machine with pulleys and a rope or bar attached to the ends. I’ll have 20-30 minutes to fill and I’d rather not do more cardio and the pool will be closed.
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1695 kcal
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Fat: 62.25g | Prot: 109.00g | Carbs: 174.50g.
Breakfast: Fit Crunch Cinnamon Twist Baked Gluten Free. Lunch: Tropical Smoothie Cafe Peaches N Silk Smoothie Sub Splenda, Tropical Smoothie Cafe Cheese Quesadilla with Chicken, Tropical Smoothie Cafe Whey Protein. Dinner: McDonald's French Fries (Kids), McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese. Snacks/Other: Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats (22g), Jack Link's Original Beef Jerky (50 Calorie Pack), Centrum Multigummies, Nature Made Vitamin D3 Adult Gummies, Nature's Bounty Hair, Skin, & Nails Gummies, Caltrate 600+D Calcium Supplement. more...
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2021 kcal
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Exercise:
Volleyball - 30 minutes, 3PLUS - 2 hours, Stretching (yoga) - 30 minutes, YMCA - 30 minutes, Weight Training (moderate) - 20 minutes, Apple Health - 0 minutes, Sleeping - 5 hours and 30 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 40 minutes. more...
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21 Aug 18 by member: g_ortegam
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You and I are competing?? Oh this could become embarrassing... getting outlifted by peewee 😳😱.
Didn’t go to the gym as we met at a coffeehouse for our nutrition class and it was pouring rain. Decided to come home before the roads got worse (20mph in to town and 10-15 mph back). Also had on jeans and I’ve lifted in jeans before, but they were wet from the hard rain and that wouldn’t be comfortable at all. So I’ll take a nap and maybe workout later when it stops raining. Or turn on a dance video if the kids don’t drive me batty and send me out into the rain lol.
Oh and the 210... pretty sure that’s why I’m so sore today. Hips to knees front to back hurts lol. Rear and hips especially.
22 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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22 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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I read about reverse pyramids awhile back. I’m doing pyramid I guess. I start at my usual say 170 on leg press for 12 reps, count 20-30 seconds for rest then move to 180 for 10-12(some days I can only do 10 lol) then move to 190 for usually 8-10 reps. Legs are usually shaking when I stand up. Arms I move up 5#, actually everything except leg press I move up 5#. Chest and leg presses, 1 max, is what our ‘test’ will be on. I’ll try reverse instead. The one time I tried it I could barely do 6 on my last set :/. Since I normally start say 25-30 on arms do you recommend starting there or higher for the reverse pyramid?
Example: 1x12 30, 1x12 25, 1x12 20 OR 1x12 40#, 1x12 35, 1x12 30.
I do change it up each week so I do two days of the same then the next week I change something a bit. Sometimes it’s just on the last set adding more weight for 5-6 reps or doing all legs then all arms when I usually alternate one curl/extension arms, the curl/extension for legs etc.
22 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Ok I’ll try this on my own workouts thanks. I’m limited to 3 sets for the program. I tend to sneak a couple extra machines in if I have time or go back to the leg press. We have an allotted time to use 4 machines each for upper body and lower body. Usually about 20-30 minutes. I get in 10 machines and 12 on a good day with little rest between. I also picked up some 5# weights so I can now use the bar with 20# then go to my 8’s then 5’s and 3’s if necessary. Need to weigh the bar. We have 2 10’s and 2 25’s. I can lift it with all of them on but after a few curls I’m done. Also runs my neck/spine when I try to do weighted squats with all that weight. It’s tolerable with just the 10’s.
23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Enjoy your dinner that has more calories than I’ve had all day! Lol
23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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23 Aug 18 by member: Diddlee
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23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Thanks Chris! That helps! I can find my max rep the next time I go (rain made roads muddy and hate fighting it all the way to town-doubles the time it takes too). Found a calculator that gives me an idea but I’ll keep looking to see if I find a better one. Also found one that tells me where I stand based on other female lifters at my weight. Surprisingly I’m lifting 17-26% more than my age group. Only leg press was 26, the rest were in the 17-18 range mostly. By lifters I’m assuming regular women lifting not competitors or trainers. Sadly I can out press one of the trainers by a good 40#. I believe she focuses on aerobics though and she’s heavier than me and a bit older (5 years I think).
23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Yeah I agree. Our trainers that run the program are knowledgeable in some areas but it seems like not in others. I actually wanted to check to see if they had a trainer that looks like Diablo lol. But then I figured what worked for him probably wouldn’t work for me :/. From things our trainers have said, it seems like they put their clients on the machines mostly. That’s great for now but if I buy a training package it’ll probably be for free weight training to make sure I have the proper form, a good starting weight, correct tools (barbells, dumbbells, plates) etc. Ove learned from the hubby that I’ll have to go down a bit from the machine. Seems it’s hard to maintain proper form and much harder to switch from machine to free weights at the same weight. He came home barely able to walk the other day and he used the same amount of weight. The next day he was so sore that he had to cut the weight in half just to get through his routine.
23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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I’ve never tried free weights at the gym ;). The program is for machines only. Mid to end of September the program ends and I can do as I like. They are afraid of injury and the machines are supposed to teach good form. Not sure if they actually do. I’m self conscious so I’d prefer if I could use the classrooms rather than the big open weight area. The big men intimidate me lol. And the few young men well, I’ve been around teenagers and really wouldn’t care for the looks or possible whispers. Now if I could get any friend to go with me it wouldn’t be such an issue for me. Hell if I was bald still it wouldn’t be an issue lol. Had way more confidence when bald because I didn’t give a flying F what people thought. I need to find that attitude again! I’m unwilling to workout with hubby at 5am because 1) it leaves the kids home alone for 2 hours and 2) I enjoy my sleep lol. He refuses to go over lunch or evenings because 1) he may be out of town 2) he likes his after work and noon naps and 3) he wants to sit around doing nothing after work. Which is why I’ve lost 15% bw and he has lost like 8% 🤪.
23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Haha I can never forget they are there ;). I took a half hour body pump class...200 squats with a bar and 15#. OMG! The pain! I’ve never heard of knees breaking the plane of your feet. I’ll have to google. I’d wondered on form as when I’m on the tricep machine I can’t do even 20# without the back support squeezing me in. If I could wrap my legs around so my rear didn’t slide I think I could do 20# without the back thing. My core is getting better but back still needs a lot of work. I have a mirror at home but I can’t see legs and can’t see anything in a squat lol. Works great for arms with dumbbells though. Told hubby he needs to find a place for all our stuff. Want to get a full length mirror and stash all out weights and such in one place.
23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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I’m the proud new owner of resistance bands :). Light med and heavy? Anywho I’m trying to learn the moves this evening around taking care of a hurt kitten. Have the bicep one down. Couple I could do (was using the medium so will try again with the light) and I can’t wait to try the tricep overhead pulls I think they are called. Need to work on those to get balanced with the biceps. Figure it can’t be good to do more weight for bi’s than tri’s. Thanks for your help! You are a wealth of information!
23 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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