Gobbles's Exciting Cutting NFSC Adventure Log!

[gobbles23]

Starting pics will be posted tomorrow!!!! I am already dieting, so there'll be a whole bunch more of that fun stuff :p

EDIT- Some background info :p I was in a hurry yesterday- had to go write an exam!

I am doing a four day version of Layne's Hyper/Power routine. And I have been for about 2 months now. I was bulking for 6 months which ended in February, and I've been cutting ever since. I have a bodymedia, and my daily average calorie burn is ~2100 cals a week. So based on that I've been eating anywhere from 1600-1700 calories a day.

After bulking I was 130lbs. After dieting for a week I went down to 126.6lbs for a day. And then back up to 128lbs for a few weeks, so I'm assuming 128lbs is my starting point.

Right now I am between 125-126.6lbs, but my body composition has changed a lot since I stopped my bulk. My clothes are getting looser, so I'm ignoring how much I weigh and I do not have a goal weight. I just want to be leaner!!! :)

I will post pictures as soon as I can! I am in College doing my final semester in Business, and it's exam time so I'm kind of busy. But I will be back later today and put them up :)

EDIT- Starting PICS! Sorry about the lighting- it was really bright out yesterday. I even closed the half the curtain closest to me but it was still harsh. This is me at 125.6lbs today, totally relaxed. I did weigh in at 123.8 at one point, but that weight seems to have evaded me ever since.

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And here's isn't a contest pic as I have no face, but a recent flexing pic:

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[CottageChz]

1st!

[allmebaby]

2nd. I can't wait to see your progress. I hope that you post your diet and everything so that I can follow it and learn. Thanks.

[spicyprice]

Good Luck!

[gobbles23]

1st!

Yay! So good to have you along :D


2nd. I can't wait to see your progress. I hope that you post your diet and everything so that I can follow it and learn. Thanks.

Thanks! Will do!! :)


Good Luck!

Thank you :)

[CottageChz]

Awe, I can't see some types of pics at work. Big boo! Have to wait til I get home tonight.

Anyway, you're gonna rock it!

[Echo814]

In! My pics look horrid, at least you look like you workout lol.

[SideSteal]

Subbed, good luck in the contest!

[calmlikewind]

fan of bleach i see?

[gobbles23]

Awe, I can't see some types of pics at work. Big boo! Have to wait til I get home tonight.

Anyway, you're gonna rock it!

Thanks :D


In! My pics look horrid, at least you look like you workout lol.

I still feel like a chunker :o

And you don't look that bad, silly!!! :)


Subbed, good luck in the contest!

Thanks!


fan of bleach i see?

Well, I liked the first two seasons, then it sort of lost me :o I love a lot of other japanese anime, though!!

[juliacheh]

Look what I found:)
Good luck to a very strong girl.

[allsmiles]

Good luck Gobbles!!! :D

[CottageChz]

Somehow I can now see one of the pics...only one of them though. We have the same undies me thinks! lol VS Lacie?

At any rate...looking great! You done good on your bulk ;)

[gobbles23]

Look what I found:)
Good luck to a very strong girl.

Yay!! Hey Julia!!! Thank you!!! :)



Good luck Gobbles!!! :D

Thanks!!!! :)


Somehow I can now see one of the pics...only one of them though. We have the same undies me thinks! lol VS Lacie?

At any rate...looking great! You done good on your bulk ;)

Hee hee! I bought mine at La Senza!!! They seem to be a pretty common style :)

Thanks!!! :D

[gobbles23]

Okie Dokies! Quick update! Today was a rest day. Power Lower was yesterday which is here:

Yesterday’s workout!!!!

Lower Power!

Pulling Power Movement
Deadlifts- 3x3-5 reps
95x14
135x13
165x9
Working Sets:
190x5 (+5lbs, +5 reps)
190x4 (+4 reps)
190x3 (3 reps)

Assistance pressing movement
D.B Step ups-3x6-10 reps
40’sx6 (chair is too high for me, felt bad)

Switched to:
Bulgarian D.B Split squats-
40’sx5
35’sx8 w/left leg- Right knee crumpled so for the last set:

One-Legged Presses w/right leg:
7 ½ x9 (My knees crackle and hurt sometimes. I don’t think they like single leg movements much)

Assistance pulling movement
SLDL- 2x5-8 reps
95x6
135x5
Working Sets:
165x7
155x7 (My back was just toast)

Assistance extension movement
Leg Extensions- 3x6-10 reps
25x10
60x9
100x9
100x8.5
100x8

Assistance pulling/curling movement
Lying Ham Curls- 3x6-10 reps
25x6
50x10 (+1 rep)
50x8 (+2 reps)
50x6 (+6 reps)

Hip Thrusts- 3x6-10
125x10 (warm up set- Stephen hurt something in his side earlier and it hurt him to lift the bar on me, so I bailed)

Tomorrow is Hyper Upper day! Which I am very excited for- I LOVE HYPER UPPER DAY! :D

And I am going to start posting my meals/calories for the day. So here's today's calories! I'm going to start shooting for 1600 each day from now on. It's a little cut off, but I tried :p All that's missing is the tablespoon of cocoa :D

Edit- ok, hold on...THERE!

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[gobbles23]

Oh dear that's huge....

[Webber91]

Sub'd.

How accurately do you find the bodymedia works for you?

[gobbles23]

Calories Eaten Yesterday-1591
Calories Burned Yesterday-1974

Today’s workout was good! I’m pooped!

Upper Hyper!

Pressing Power Exercise speed work:
Bench presses -6 sets of 3 reps with 60lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

Pulling Power Exercise speed work:
T-Bar Rows- 6 sets of 3 reps with 90lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

A1-Incline dumbbell presses-3x 8-12 reps
35x12
35x12 (+2 reps)
35x8

A2-One-Arm D.B Rows- 3x 8-12 reps
60x11 (+10lbs, +5reps)
60x13 (+6 reps)
60x13 (+13 reps)

B1-Seated D.B Shoulder Presses- 3x 8-12 reps
25x12 (+2 reps)
25x12 (+2 reps)
25x11

B2-Standing High Cable rows- 3x 12-15 reps
2 ½ +5x16 (+5lbs, +16 reps)
3 ½x11 (+1 plate – No idea how much they weigh)
2 ½+5x15

C1-Flies- 3x12-15 reps
30x12
30x12
30x12 (+12 reps)

C2- Preacher Curls- 3x8-12 reps
45x5
40x12
40x12

D1-Side Lateral Raises with dumbbells – 3x12-20 reps
15x11 (shoulder was crackling)
10x16
10x16

D2-Seated D.B O.H Tricep Extensions w/2 dumbbells- 8-12 reps- (these are hard!)
10x18 (warm up)
15’sx14
20’sx5 (switched position and they were much harder- dropped to 15’sx4
15’sx9

E1-Alternating D.B Curls- 12-15 reps
25’sx12
25’sx12
25’sx9

E2-Kickbacks- 12-15 reps
15x12

Grip was toast so switched to:
Tricep Pushdowns-
1 ½ x20 (way too light)
2 ½ x10

Hypertrophy workouts are brutal! My grip is destroyed, and my forearms went numb :D lol! Awesome workout :) Hungry now though!!

[gobbles23]

Sub'd.

How accurately do you find the bodymedia works for you?

Seems to be pretty accurate so far :)

[allsmiles]

Great workout! :D No wonder you were knackered afterwards. I'd like one of those bodymedia things to take the guesswork out but the UK version is way too expensive for my student budget!

[Webber91]

Holy crap, insane workout! Most guys won't even train like that, well done. :p

Do you go to failure on any of your sets or to keep 1-2 reps shy like Layne suggests?

[Echo814]

I never noticed but you have Venus Dimples :D lol

[gobbles23]

Great workout! :D No wonder you were knackered afterwards. I'd like one of those bodymedia things to take the guesswork out but the UK version is way too expensive for my student budget!

Thanks!!!! I love having a bodymedia. It was expensive though :O


Holy crap, insane workout! Most guys won't even train like that, well done. :p

Do you go to failure on any of your sets or to keep 1-2 reps shy like Layne suggests?

Well, I do tend to go all out and push myself as hard as I can, but I usually stop when I think I couldn't possibly get another rep :p Does that count? I'm actually glad you mentioned that because when I start out I'm like "Ok, no going to failure!" and I do great the first few weeks, but then I always forget and try to beat records and try to get extra reps like my life depends on it :D I've been doing this program for a while now though, so I don't think it's hindering me too much :o I've gotten a lot stronger :)


I never noticed but you have Venus Dimples :D lol

Haha! Yes, yes I do! I always wondered what they were when I was younger- none of my friends had them and I thought it was odd :D

[gobbles23]

Calores Eaten Yesterday- 1601
Calories Burned Yesterday- 2219

Rest day today! Hyper Lower tomorrow :)

[allmebaby]

Wow, that's a killer workout, good job!

[Webber91]

Well, I do tend to go all out and push myself as hard as I can, but I usually stop when I think I couldn't possibly get another rep :p Does that count? I'm actually glad you mentioned that because when I start out I'm like "Ok, no going to failure!" and I do great the first few weeks, but then I always forget and try to beat records and try to get extra reps like my life depends on it :D I've been doing this program for a while now though, so I don't think it's hindering me too much :o I've gotten a lot stronger :)

YESSSS! I'm very impressed :D

So many people are scared of training to failure, it irritates me. I take every set to volume, I train heavy and high volume at the same time, with super short rest breaks and yet still make progress every single workout. People sell themselves short, not many realize how far their bodies can actually go if they're willing to push it. We can adapt and recover far better than we give ourselves credit for, it's about time more people realized that!

Keep it up :)

[spicyprice]

Totally inspiring strength! GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gobbles23]

Wow, that's a killer workout, good job!

Thanks!!


YESSSS! I'm very impressed :D

So many people are scared of training to failure, it irritates me. I take every set to volume, I train heavy and high volume at the same time, with super short rest breaks and yet still make progress every single workout. People sell themselves short, not many realize how far their bodies can actually go if they're willing to push it. We can adapt and recover far better than we give ourselves credit for, it's about time more people realized that!

Keep it up :)

Yay! Thanks, I thought you'd yell at me if I told you I did train to failure :D Haha!


Totally inspiring strength! GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

[gobbles23]

Quick update! Calories were on par on Thursday. Friday (yesterday) was my birthday so I enjoyed some yummy food and didn't count calories.

It was also supposed to be lower hyper day, but my right knee kept hurting. When you touch it you can feel something moving and it makes sort of a crunching sound...It burns and feels tight and inflammed. Yeah. Not the greatest. My knees have bothered me in the past, but never hurt me during workouts before, so I thought it would be best to rest them for a while. Better to do that than get injured and have to take more time off.

So I'll give it a few days. Meanwhile, I will split up the upper hyper day into the original 2 day split so I'll be training upper body 3 days, and legs once, sometime early next week. If my knee still hurts, I'll go to the doctor. Upper Power will be tomorrow, cals for today will be 1600 again, and my boyfriend and I are going to go for a nice hike in the woods. :)

[allsmiles]

Resting your knee sounds like a good idea, they're one of those areas that if you try and keep going it only gets worse! Knees are delicate, I'm sure once they've had a little r&r they'll be good to go!

I'm glad you had a good birthday, look forward to seeing details of today's workout!

[Webber91]

Yay! Thanks, I thought you'd yell at me if I told you I did train to failure :D Haha!

Haha no way! I'm all for it. Too many people think it's a bad thing, but I hardly see how you can honestly say that you're pushing yourself if you don't go to your limits every time. Sure, some days I feel like crap, but who doesn't? In 2 years it hasn't done me wrong yet, so it really can't be that bad :p

[gobbles23]

Resting your knee sounds like a good idea, they're one of those areas that if you try and keep going it only gets worse! Knees are delicate, I'm sure once they've had a little r&r they'll be good to go!

I'm glad you had a good birthday, look forward to seeing details of today's workout!

Thanks!! They feel better already :)

My workout sucked it up real bad :D



Haha no way! I'm all for it. Too many people think it's a bad thing, but I hardly see how you can honestly say that you're pushing yourself if you don't go to your limits every time. Sure, some days I feel like crap, but who doesn't? In 2 years it hasn't done me wrong yet, so it really can't be that bad :p

Do you find that you need to deload more often than some people who don't train as intensely? I find after about 5 weeks my performance drops real bad and I need a break from it for a week or so, but then I usually feel 10x better. How often do you deload??

[gobbles23]

Quick update! I actually have another journal in the female section that's pretty active and consumes most of my time :D (It's in my signature below) But I will update this one periodically. I have been training for 5 weeks now, and dieting for 9 weeks, so I am taking a short break from it all this week. I am feeling burnt out physically, have been having achey shoulder joints along with my cantankerous knees, performance in the gym has dropped, etc.

I also have final exams all week and I feel like I need a sanity break from dieting. But I will back to training this weekend, and back to dieting on Monday. I will be posting my next few workouts from next weekend when I start up again, and will resume posting my calorie intake/burn next Monday :) Then it will be nothing but hardcore training and strict dieting for another while :D

[juliacheh]

Sounds like you have a busy time. Definitely take a break and come back fresh:)

[Webber91]

Do you find that you need to deload more often than some people who don't train as intensely? I find after about 5 weeks my performance drops real bad and I need a break from it for a week or so, but then I usually feel 10x better. How often do you deload??

My last deload was about 4 months ago, and since then I've taken every set to failure every day, and continually improved on every workout. Go figure huh? :p

To be honest, I won't do a deload if I'm just beginning to feel more tired and sore than usual. I think that's just a part of the game that we have to push through. Most people will think they're overtraining and this point and that's when they take a break, but I feel this is the time where you can learn so much about yourself and make some of the greatest progressions if you just keep pushing through. Everyone has ups and downs, we're all human. I don't shcedule deloads as I feel there's no way that you can predict how long it will take for your body to burn out. I used to take a week off every 10-12 weeks or so but now I realize that it's just stupid to plan a break, as it will subconsciously make you slow down as that date gets closer.

I let my mind tell me when to deload. We can push our bodies through anything, they can handle whatever we throw at them, but if you no longer have that ability to keep pushing mentally and you start to lose that drive (for an extended period of time, not just a day or so) then it's time to lay off for a while. I'm heavily into the mental aspect of everything, so I can convince myself that my body isn't burnt out, then prove it when I keep progressing. When I start to have troubles doing that though and going to the gym seems more like a chore rather than a priviledge, I know I'm beginning to burn out mentally so that's when I'll take a break. It usually takes me a looooonggg time to get to this point though.

[gobbles23]

Sounds like you have a busy time. Definitely take a break and come back fresh:)

Thank you :)


My last deload was about 4 months ago, and since then I've taken every set to failure every day, and continually improved on every workout. Go figure huh? :p

To be honest, I won't do a deload if I'm just beginning to feel more tired and sore than usual. I think that's just a part of the game that we have to push through. Most people will think they're overtraining and this point and that's when they take a break, but I feel this is the time where you can learn so much about yourself and make some of the greatest progressions if you just keep pushing through. Everyone has ups and downs, we're all human. I don't shcedule deloads as I feel there's no way that you can predict how long it will take for your body to burn out. I used to take a week off every 10-12 weeks or so but now I realize that it's just stupid to plan a break, as it will subconsciously make you slow down as that date gets closer.

I let my mind tell me when to deload. We can push our bodies through anything, they can handle whatever we throw at them, but if you no longer have that ability to keep pushing mentally and you start to lose that drive (for an extended period of time, not just a day or so) then it's time to lay off for a while. I'm heavily into the mental aspect of everything, so I can convince myself that my body isn't burnt out, then prove it when I keep progressing. When I start to have troubles doing that though and going to the gym seems more like a chore rather than a priviledge, I know I'm beginning to burn out mentally so that's when I'll take a break. It usually takes me a looooonggg time to get to this point though.

Wow, you're like superman :D That's awesome! I don't schedule them as such, I just have bad sinuses and tend to get sick if I don't listen to my body when it tells me it's burnt out. I get this dragging, I don't care about working out feeling and all my lifts are sucking it up. My sinuses usually act up and I get infections a lot.

Weight lifting is like a passion of mine, and sometimes I can't sleep at night because I'm so excited about working out the next day :D So I know there's something not right when I wake up and actually don't wanna go :p I've just noticed a trend of feeling the exact same way every 5 weeks or so. I find when I ignore how I feel I end up sick in bed for weeks :/

[Webber91]

Wow, you're like superman :D That's awesome! I don't schedule them as such, I just have bad sinuses and tend to get sick if I don't listen to my body when it tells me it's burnt out. I get this dragging, I don't care about working out feeling and all my lifts are sucking it up. My sinuses usually act up and I get infections a lot.

Weight lifting is like a passion of mine, and sometimes I can't sleep at night because I'm so excited about working out the next day :D So I know there's something not right when I wake up and actually don't wanna go :p I've just noticed a trend of feeling the exact same way every 5 weeks or so. I find when I ignore how I feel I end up sick in bed for weeks :/

Haha yep that's the same as me. I know whenever I really start to not want to hit the gym, I know somethings up...it just takes a while for that to happen though :p

That's weird that it happens so frequently! It's great that you know and can listen to your body though, most people will either ignore it when they shouldn't or subconsciously exaggerate what they're feeling, and then make a false presumption.

I get wayyyyy too caught up in thinking about this kind of stuff lol

[CottageChz]

Thank you :)



Wow, you're like superman :D That's awesome! I don't schedule them as such, I just have bad sinuses and tend to get sick if I don't listen to my body when it tells me it's burnt out. I get this dragging, I don't care about working out feeling and all my lifts are sucking it up. My sinuses usually act up and I get infections a lot.

Weight lifting is like a passion of mine, and sometimes I can't sleep at night because I'm so excited about working out the next day :D So I know there's something not right when I wake up and actually don't wanna go :p I've just noticed a trend of feeling the exact same way every 5 weeks or so. I find when I ignore how I feel I end up sick in bed for weeks :/

I guess I am not the only one! I thoguht I was just a weirdo :p

I'm glad your listening to your body & resting. It will only help you with the rest of your cut & this challenge :D

[gobbles23]

Haha yep that's the same as me. I know whenever I really start to not want to hit the gym, I know somethings up...it just takes a while for that to happen though :p

That's weird that it happens so frequently! It's great that you know and can listen to your body though, most people will either ignore it when they shouldn't or subconsciously exaggerate what they're feeling, and then make a false presumption.

I get wayyyyy too caught up in thinking about this kind of stuff lol

With me it's probably a combination of things- I have bad acid reflux that messes with my sinuses, and wisdom teeth that need to come out (I'm a poorp student) that apparently can also mess with your sinuses/health. I have a lymph node under my jaw on the left that's always swollen, so I have to be extra careful :)

I like how you think!!!



I guess I am not the only one! I thoguht I was just a weirdo :p

I'm glad your listening to your body & resting. It will only help you with the rest of your cut & this challenge :D

Haha! Nope, I'm a weirdo too :D Well, at least my boyfriend thinks so :D

Thank you! Resting is nice, I can't wait to get back to it though on Friday! :)

[gobbles23]

Look what I saw peeking out at me yesterday evening!! They still have a ways to go, but I couldn't see them at all after my bulk was over!

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3654/april19th016.jpg (http://img821.imageshack.us/i/april19th016.jpg/)

[spicyprice]

With me it's probably a combination of things- I have bad acid reflux that messes with my sinuses, and wisdom teeth that need to come out (I'm a poorp student) that apparently can also mess with your sinuses/health. I have a lymph node under my jaw on the left that's always swollen, so I have to be extra careful :)

sooo glad to hear someone else say this!!! 2 weeks ago, went to bed with terrible reflux (ran out of my prilosec) woke up with awful sore throat, fluid in my ear (conveniently on side i was laying) and then sinus infection. I say if it can happen to babies with ear infections, it can happen to us!


Rest up chica so you can hit it like a beast!!

[gobbles23]

sooo glad to hear someone else say this!!! 2 weeks ago, went to bed with terrible reflux (ran out of my prilosec) woke up with awful sore throat, fluid in my ear (conveniently on side i was laying) and then sinus infection. I say if it can happen to babies with ear infections, it can happen to us!


Rest up chica so you can hit it like a beast!!

Yeah, I always wake up with fluid on my right ear. Acid reflux is the worst! My sinuses haven't been as bad though since I stated taking a perscription Zantac maximum strength twice a day. I still need to keep an eye on my immune system, though.

Thank you :D

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was alright! I got a few less reps, but not too bad for the first workout since my rest week! I added in two more sets for bench and rows. I’m taking a diet break so I figured a little extra volume wouldn’t hurt :D

Power Upper!

Bench Press- (3x3-5 reps)
55x12
75x3
90x3
Working sets:
100x3
100x2.5
95x3 (too short of a rest period)
95x4
95x3

Incline D.B Bench Press- (2x6-10 reps)
40’sx2 crap reps
35’sx10
35’sx8

Shoulder D.B Press- (3x6-10 reps)
30’sx5
30’sx7 (+7 reps)
30’sx6 (+6 reps)

T bar rows- (3x3-5 reps)
80x6
115x6
135x3 dropped to 125x3
125x5
125x5
125x5
125x5

Rack Chins- (2x6-10)
Bwx11
Bwx8

W.G Pull-ups- (2x6-10 reps)
x8 (Jumped up, slow negatives)
x8 (and again)

E.Z Bar Curls- (3x6-10 reps)
60x9
60x8
60x7

J-Fry Extensions- (3x6-10- First time doing these. Hard little buggers)
20’sx7
20’sx7
20’sx6

Great workout! Tomorrow will be heavy lower day!!!!

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was hard! My upper body is still super sore from Wednesday’s power upper so I lowered the weight drastically and tried for higher reps which didn’t really go over too well :p

But tomorrow we’re going hiking, and tomorrow night we’re going out and probably celebrating so Sunday will be useless, and I didn’t want to not workout for three days in a row :p And legs are out of the question because of the super long hiking tomorrow. So I sucked it up and got it done. Now Power Lower day is on Monday or Tuesday- I don’t know my hours yet for work. Yes. I hurt now and I’m hungry as heck! Only 2 more hours before I can eat :rolleyes: Yay. :D

Upper Hyper!

Pressing Power Exercise speed work:
Bench presses -6 sets of 3 reps with 60lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

Pulling Power Exercise speed work:
T-Bar Rows- 6 sets of 3 reps with 90lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

A1-Incline dumbbell presses-3x 8-12 reps
30x16
35x10
30x12

A2-One-Arm D.B Rows- 3x 8-12 reps
40x20
50x16
50x16

B1-Seated D.B Shoulder Presses- 3x 8-12 reps
25x12
25x8
20x10

B2-Standing High Cable rows- 3x 12-15 reps
3 ½x16
3 ½x11
3 ½x15

C1-Flies- 3x12-15 reps
25x12
25x14
25x14

C2- Preacher Curls- 3x8-12 reps
45x5
40x12

Hammer Curls- (Bar got dismantled)
20x12

D1-Side Lateral Raises with dumbbells – 3x12-20 reps
10x18
10x19
10x16

D2-Jay Fry Extensions - 8-12 reps
10x18 (warm up)
20’sx9
20’sx7 + 10x5
20’sx7 + 10x5

E1-Alternating D.B Curls- 12-15 reps
20’sx14
20’sx12
20’sx12

E2- Tricep Pushdowns- 12-15 reps
2 ½ x9 + 1 ½ x8
2 ½ x9 + 1 ½ x7
1 ½x17

Back to dieting for me today, too!

Calories Eaten Yesterday- 1580
Calories Burned Yesterday- 2019

[gobbles23]

We went for an awesome hike, it was super long!!!!! It was brutal on the way back- uphill most of the way so you were hiking until you lost the feeling in your legs, stopped until you could feel them again, and then kept going. Boy are they hurting now. I burned 1900+ calories so far! This is what the hike looked like:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/180/april23rd.jpg (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/april23rd.jpg/)

[MisSarahC]

Today’s workout was alright! I got a few less reps, but not too bad for the first workout since my rest week! I added in two more sets for bench and rows. I’m taking a diet break so I figured a little extra volume wouldn’t hurt :D

Power Upper!
You put my upper workouts to shame :o Totally inspiring & not to mention jelly ;)

[Webber91]

Wow sick upper body workout! Tons of super sets, and I bet you pushed yourself like crazy too, well done. Now, go harder next time ;)

Man that calorie burn adds up quick when doing endurance stuff hey? I did a half marathon not too long ago and got through ~1700 cals in 2 hours. I made up for it with a 1500g carb load the day before though luckily ;)

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa63/kylewebber/6e5a8f77.jpg

[allsmiles]

Your workouts are hardcore! :D and that hike sounds like tough going, don't you just love hills? ;) I sometimes pop by your other journal in the female section and I just wanted to say congrats on your new job, nothing like doing something you're really passionate about to give you a renewed sense of motivation!

[gobbles23]

You put my upper workouts to shame Totally inspiring & not to mention jelly

Hahaha! Thank you!!! Your workouts are pretty inspriring as well, you work soo hard!! :)


Wow sick upper body workout! Tons of super sets, and I bet you pushed yourself like crazy too, well done. Now, go harder next time ;)

Man that calorie burn adds up quick when doing endurance stuff hey? I did a half marathon not too long ago and got through ~1700 cals in 2 hours. I made up for it with a 1500g carb load the day before though luckily

Thanks! Will do :D

It sure does!!! Mmm, 1500g carb load! The most I ever did was 800g, and that was for UD2 last year :D I ate a good few carbs yesterday though, but not near that amount!! lol! Total burn for he day was 2638, which is pretty good methinks!!!


Your workouts are hardcore! and that hike sounds like tough going, don't you just love hills? I sometimes pop by your other journal in the female section and I just wanted to say congrats on your new job, nothing like doing something you're really passionate about to give you a renewed sense of motivation!

Hiking was very fun, the hills were plentiful! And were the rocks we were climbing!!

Thank you!!! I'm very excited about it all :D :D

[gobbles23]

Calories Eaten Yesterday- 1920
Calories Burned Yesterday- 2638
Deficit-718 calories
Weight- 124lbs

Rest day today! Tomorrow or Tuesday will be Power Lower day! (preferably Tuesday because I'm having quite the amount of trouble trying to walk this morning) I workout at home with my boyfriend, and this time we're going to go to the gym with our friend! I'm excited about doing leg presses because I haven't done those before with an actual machine before, I use the one we have at home but the weight on it sucks, and the machine is not smooth or nice like the ones in the gym. I can't wait! :)

[Webber91]

It sure does!!! Mmm, 1500g carb load! The most I ever did was 800g, and that was for UD2 last year :D I ate a good few carbs yesterday though, but not near that amount!! lol! Total burn for he day was 2638, which is pretty good methinks!!!

That's insane! Definitely deserves a crazy carb load haha.

1500g was good, but definitely not fun. You ever seen a guy pregnant with a sweet potato and oatmeal baby?

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa63/kylewebber/13f0fca6.jpg

You have now. :D

[gobbles23]

Calories Eaten Yesterday- 1558
Calories Burned Yesterday- 1889... Yeah.

So we went to the gym for the first time today! It was awesome, it was a nice gym and it was pretty empty! Only problem is now......I’m HOOKED! I really liked doing things I can’t do here- it was hard. I can hardly walk right now, I’m sore already. I couldn’t even do leg extensions because it hurt the muscles around my knee caps just to straighten out my legs with no weight. But we were gone for 4 whole hours, in the gym for 3. I guess that’s what happens when your there with two other people :p

Lower Power!

Pulling Pressing Movement

Leg Presses- 3x3-5 reps
90x13
200x10
290x7
Working Sets:
335x3
335x3.5 (really wanted to get 4 reps, but it wasn’t happening)
335x3

Assistance pressing movement
Hack Squat-3x6-10 reps-I have a new found hatred for these things. Machine was brutally hard!
45x6 (Yeah. These were INTENSE. Charles is huge and strong, and he couldn’t do much either)
45x10

Assistance pulling movement
SLDL- 2x5-8 reps
105x6
155x7
Working Sets:
175x7
175x6 (almost died getting these)
155x8

Assistance pulling/curling movement
Seated Ham Curls- 3x6-10 reps
75x12
90x10
90x8
75x6
60xfailure (x2) (I did this again after for fun)

Standing Calve Raises- 3x6-10
60x12
90x12
90x13

Some sort of ab machine- 3x10-12
30x10
50x12
70x10 (pretty much all in a row)

And another ab machine that I did an endless amount of reps with and kept adding weight until I couldn’t move anymore.

Seated Calves-
100x6
90x12
90x12

I think the leg presses killed me right from the start. I was never able to press a lot of weight like that before, it was awesome! I wanna go back for power upper day and play with the rowing machines! I wanna open up my own gym :D

[gobbles23]

That's insane! Definitely deserves a crazy carb load haha.

1500g was good, but definitely not fun. You ever seen a guy pregnant with a sweet potato and oatmeal baby?

You have now. :D

:eek:! Holy moly! I used to resort to bagels and cereal for my carb loads :D MMmmm!!!!

[gobbles23]

Calories Eaten Yesterday-1566
Calories Burned Yesterday-2016

Today’s workout great!

Power Upper!

Bench Press- (3x3-5 reps)
45x12
75x5
90x3
Working sets:
100x4
100x4
100x5 (1 assisted)
100x2 + 2 assisted

Incline D.B Bench Press- (2x6-10 reps)
40’sx4 crap reps
35’sx10
35’sx10

Shoulder D.B Press- (3x6-10 reps)
30’sx7 (+ 1 rep)
30’sx6
30’sx6

Barbell Rows- (3x3-5 reps)
45x6
85x6
115x7
125x5 (form was crappy)
120x5
120x5

Rack Chins- (2x6-10)
Bwx11
Bwx11 (+3 reps)

H.G Pull-ups- (2x6-10 reps)
x6 (Jumped up, slow negatives)
x6 (and again)

Straight Bar Curls- (3x6-10 reps)
63x6
63x7
63x6

J-Fry Extensions- (3x6-10- First time doing these. Hard little buggers)
20’sx10 (+3 reps)
20’sx10 (+3 reps)
20’sx10 (3 reps)

I was happy with this one. It was long though and I am so sore and tired. Ouch!

[CottageChz]

Man! Or I should say WOman! You put all my lifts to shame. Defintely inspire me to try to lift more though!!!

[Webber91]

You curl the same weight as me...holy sh*t! :eek:

[gobbles23]

Man! Or I should say WOman! You put all my lifts to shame. Defintely inspire me to try to lift more though!!!

Hahaha! Thank you!!! Glad I could inspire you!!! :)


You curl the same weight as me...holy sh*t! :eek:

When I was doing Max-OT I was up to 68lbs, but that's when I'm fresh :D Haha!!!! I wish I could do even half of what you do :)

[gobbles23]

Calories Eaten Yesterday-1579
Calories Burned Yesterday-2263
Weight-123 (It matches my avi details perfectly now!)

Today is a rest day. Next workout will be either tomorrow or the next day, depending on how sore my legs are. They were brutalized during that last workout. I can't walk right, I have to take the stairs one foot at a time!! lol! I can walk a little better today, but it still looks like I'm crippled. The soreness has gone from extremely sore- the worst soreness I have ever felt in my life-to just regular really soreness. Yes. It's that bad :D Sweet :D

I wanted to share some of my latest concoctions!! This journal needs more pictures! I'm so occupied with my other log, this one just gets the old copy/paste every now and again!!

This has 288 calories, 12g of carbs, 27g of protein, and 10g of fat. It's just 1 scoop of cookies and cream casein, some almond milk, cocoa, 1 tbsp of peanut butter (It's at the bottom) with some f.f cool whip on top, and 1 small foil covered easter egg shaved and chunked and thrown in there :D It is AMAZING!

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/4738/april28th054.jpg (http://img28.imageshack.us/i/april28th054.jpg/)

And here' the ice cream I just made :) Has a whopping 205 calories, 33g carbs, 15g of protein, and 2.5g of fat. I ate a can of sardines with this too. It's just frozen berries, 1/2 scoop of protein, 1 yogurt, some almond milk, and I added some cool whip to the top before I ate it :)

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4971/icecream003p.jpg (http://img402.imageshack.us/i/icecream003p.jpg/)

[juliacheh]

Laurie's lifts are insane. Have to step up my game a tad :)

[viridian]

Heeeey, I didnt know you were keepin a log here too!


In!

[Webber91]

When I was doing Max-OT I was up to 68lbs, but that's when I'm fresh :D Haha!!!! I wish I could do even half of what you do :)

That's nuts. My max is like 66 x 12 with a straight bar. People always wonder why I lift so light on arms, it's kind of weird looking in the mirror and seeing veins exploding everywhere but lifting some b*tch weight haha. Make up for it with deads and squats though :p

Your desserts look ridiculously good. Almond milk for ice cream = win.

[gobbles23]

Calories Eaten Yesterday-1610
Calories Burned Yesterday-2167

HOI! I just wanted to put something in perspective here. I started logging my calories on the bodymedia website and then when you click on "Report" it makes a nice little pdf for you of all your averages. This week my calories were <1600 except for yesterday they were 1610, and the day I hiked I ate 1900, but burned 2600 so I ate 200 extra calories the next day because I felt burnt out. Look at how 2 slightly higher calorie days do to your deficit (Ignore the calories consumed target, I was playing with the goal options and that's what it did):

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1804/april30th.png (http://img838.imageshack.us/i/april30th.png/)

I was expecting it to be bigger than that, and the average cals eaten to be closer to 1600. I'm going to keep logging them on that website from now on so I can always see where I stand.


Awesome workout!!!!

Upper Hyper!

Pressing Power Exercise speed work:
Bench presses -6 sets of 3 reps with 60lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

Pulling Power Exercise speed work:
Bent-Over Rows- 6 sets of 3 reps with 83lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

A1-Decline dumbbell presses-3x 8-12 reps
35x12
35x12
35x12

A2-One-Arm D.B Rows- 3x 8-12 reps
70x8 (+10lbs, +8 reps)
70x8 (+8 reps)
60x12 (wanted to go for more reps)

B1-Seated D.B Shoulder Presses- 3x 8-12 reps
25x15 (+3 reps)
25x13 (+1 rep)
25x11

B2-Standing High Cable rows- 3x 12-15 reps
3 ½x16
3 ½x15
3 ½x14

C1-Flies- 3x12-15 reps
30x12
30x12
30x12

C2- EZ Bar Curls- 3x8-12 reps
35x10 (warm up)
50x15
60x11
60x8 (fried here)

D1-Side Lateral Raises with dumbbells – 3x12-20 reps
10x20
15x13 (crackly shoulder)
10x17
10x16

D2-Jay Fry Extensions - 8-12 reps
10x12 (warm up)
25’sx5 dropped to 10’sx8 (+5lbs, +5 reps)
20’sx7 + 10x2
20’sx7

E1-Alternating D.B Curls- 12-15 reps
25’sx14
25’sx8 dropped to 20x5
20’sx12 (grip was gone)

E2- Tricep Pushdowns- 12-15 reps
2 ½ x15 (+6 reps)
2 ½ x14 (+5 reps)
2 ½x10 (+5 reps)

Loved this workout, I felt so energetic!!

[gobbles23]

That's nuts. My max is like 66 x 12 with a straight bar. People always wonder why I lift so light on arms, it's kind of weird looking in the mirror and seeing veins exploding everywhere but lifting some b*tch weight haha. Make up for it with deads and squats though :p

Your desserts look ridiculously good. Almond milk for ice cream = win.


They were soo yummy!!!! Almond milk is awesome :)

[gobbles23]

Laurie's lifts are insane. Have to step up my game a tad :)


Haha! Thank you!!! :) I don't know about that though- you're pretty nuts yourself, Julia!!! I only hope to look as awesome as you someday :)


Heeeey, I didnt know you were keepin a log here too!

In!

YAY!!!!! Thank you!!!! :D

[allsmiles]

Another great workout from Lori :) And your food pics on the previous page look so good, I love eyeing up other people's food!

[gobbles23]

Great workout!

Lower Hyper:

Hypertrophy pulling movement:
Romanian deadlifts- 3 sets of 8-12 reps
95x8
135x8
170x12 (+2 reps)
170x10
170x9 (+9 reps)

Hypertrophy pressing movement:
Static Lunges- 3 sets of 12-15 reps- Didn’t do high reps w/these before- Was unsure of weight
40x16
50x16
60x13 (will use 60 next time)

Hypertrophy pressing movement:
Leg Presses w/machine downstairs- 2 sets of 15-20 reps
8 ½ plates x28
Whole stack x22 (not sure how much weight this is- took short rest periods)
Whole stack x22

Hypertrophy extension movement:
Leg extensions- 2 sets of 15-20 reps
75x14
75x14

B1-Hypertrophy curling movement:
Lying leg curls- 3x12-15 reps
50x11
45x11

Hypertrophy Curling Movement:
Swiss Ball Ham Curls- 2x8-12 reps
x13
x13

B2- Hypertrophy calf movement:
Calf Presses- Toes in, heels out- 4 sets of 10-15 reps
4 ½ x18
6 ½ x15
6 ½ x13
6 ½ x13

This workout was awesome. I’m not sure I was doing static lunges right the last time I did them on heavy lower day- I don’t think my stance was wide enough. They burned a lot worse today with lighter weight, and I had trouble walking afterwards, so I was happy. My legs are burning so bad right now :D

[gobbles23]

Another great workout from Lori :) And your food pics on the previous page look so good, I love eyeing up other people's food!

Thanks!!! So do I!!!! Makes me sad though when I see really yummy things but don't have the ingredients :p lol!

[spicyprice]

I love going through your sets and googling what they are to learn about more options. Totally enjoying your log!!

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout great!

Power Upper!

Bench Press- (3x3-5 reps)
45x12
75x5
90x3
Working sets:
100x4
100x5 (last rep wasn’t down all the way)
100x4 (1 assisted)

Incline D.B Bench Press- (2x6-10 reps)
40’sx7 (1 assisted- +5 reps!)
40’sx4 (+4 reps) :)

Shoulder D.B Press- (3x6-10 reps)
30’sx11 (+4 reps!)
30’sx10 (1 assisted- +3 reps)
30’sx10 (+4 reps)

Barbell Rows- (3x3-5 reps)
45x6
85x6
120x6
120x5
120x7
130x5 .....Huh. Will use more weight next time

Rack Chins- (2x6-10)
Bwx11
Bw+5lbsx8 (+5lbs, +8 reps)

H.G Pull-ups- (2x6-10 reps)
BWx1 ½ Then 5- Jumping up, slow negatives
x7 (jumping ones- slow negatives + partials)

Straight Bar Curls- (3x6-10 reps)
63x11 (+5 reps)
63x10 (+3 reps)
63x9 (+3 reps)

J-Fry Extensions- (3x6-10)
25’sx7 (+2 reps)
25’sx5 (+5 reps)
25’sx4 (+4 reps)

Good workout! I finally got past using those stupid 35’s! They bruised me last time. I like the hexagon ones more :)

[gobbles23]

I love going through your sets and googling what they are to learn about more options. Totally enjoying your log!!

Thanks!!! Glad your enjoying it!! :D Thanks for following!!!

[gobbles23]

Whew! Dusty in here :p Figured I'd revive the ol journal!! I'm still alive, just using my other one because I was taking a diet break. But tomorrow will begin my exciting adventure with UD2 (third time doing it- Tried it last year twice, but didn't run it for very long) So I am excited for that. I will continue to post my workouts in here from now until the end. It's going to be a fun 6 weeks :D I gotta get shredded real bad for summer!!!! :D

[gobbles23]

Oh, I'm still in this!!! I have been sick for the past 2 weeks with a damn sinus infection- right when I was going to start my diet again :rolleyes: So, I'm getting better, and then I have to kick some a** because I need to look amazing in my bikini real soon. So I am planning on being very strict with my diet once I'm all healed up. I did y first workout today after being sick for 13 days. I will take it easy this week and do a few workouts when I feel good enough to, and once I'm all better I plan on destroying this fat loss challenge! :D

Here's today's workout, taken from my other journal:

Today’s workout was......Surprisingly amazing! I was, and still am, quite shocked. After 13 days of rest and being sick...I had an awesome workout! I’m hoping I won’t be paying for it tomorrow though. I lowered the volume to two working sets for each exercise.

Power Upper!
Bench Press- (3x3-5 reps)
45x15
45x10
75x5
90x3

Working sets:
100x5 (+1 rep)
100x4 (+1 rep)

Shoulder D.B Press- (3x6-10 reps)
35’sx6 (1 assisted)
35’sx6 (1 assisted)

Barbell Rows- (3x3-5 reps)
45x10
95x6

Working sets:
115x5
145x5 (+10lbs, +5 reps!! Felt it in my lower back too much though)
135x6

Straight Bar Curls- (3x6-10 reps)
20x12
45x4

Working Sets:
68x11!!! (+3lbs, +11 reps!!!)
73x6!!!!! (+6lbs, +6 reps!)

C.G Bench Press- (3x6-10)
45x10
85x10(Felt this a lot in my shoulders)
85x3 (Changed grip, still didn’t feel right)

Switched to:
Tricep Dips:
Bwx18
25lb plate on legs x18
45lb plate on legs x13 (still felt weird in one shoulder)

Yippers. Feeling kind of off right now though. Going to go lie down for a while :D

[gobbles23]

The last few workouts I did, taken from my journal in the female section:

Today’s workout was alright. I kept the volume lower again. Strength was down a little, but I woke up today with a sore throat. I didn’t think much of it because I drank some water and it went away, but during my workout I started feeling worse and worse!! :p Haha! I never learn :) Also- morning workouts always suck for me.

I’m happy though- I got a heavy lower and a heavy upper in and my strength is relatively fine, so now it’s off to the doctor again tomorrow and taking it easy for a few days. I will do some speed work probably in the next few days before going heavy again next week. I may do some lighter workouts until then. Stephen’s still feeling it too so I don’t feel so bad, and I’m not as bad as I was in the beginning, so it’s all good!! Another dose of anti’s and I’ll be in tip top shape!!

Lower Power!

Pulling Power Movement
Deadlifts- 3x3-5 reps
95x10
135x5
185x3
Working Sets:
205x2
200x3

Assistance pressing movement
1 Legged Presses -3x6-10 reps
7 ½ x15 (both legs- warm up)
7 ½ x8 (each leg)
7 ½ x8 (each leg)

Assistance pulling movement
SLDL- 2x5-8 reps
95x6
135x5
Working Sets:
185x7
185x6

Assistance extension movement
Leg Extensions- 3x6-10 reps
25x10
60x9
105x9
105x8

Assistance pulling/curling movement
Lying Ham Curls- 3x6-10 reps
25x6
50x11
50x10

I wanted to do more but we were both feeling pretty drained after this. Stephen’s coughing a lot more too. Stupid lingering disease.



This workout was a gym workout. There was a leak in the ceiling next to our gym room. So anyway, it was hard to judge the weight for speed reps. The oly bar didn’t feel like 45lbs. And there were dials on some machines that had 0, 5, 10, 15lbs written around the dial that I didn’t notice before until the end, and I don’t know if that amount that was set should have been added on to the stack of weights or not. Machines are a lot more different than what we usually do.

Oh! And we didn’t want to be a machine hog so we didn’t superset. Instead, we took turns doing the same exercise with no break in between so it was absolutely brutal and my weight was lower.

Upper Hyper!

Pressing Power Exercise speed work:
Bench presses -4 sets of 3 reps with 70lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

Pulling Power Exercise speed work:
Bent-Over Rows- 4 sets of 3 reps with 95lbs (65% of 5 rep max)

A1-Incline dumbbell presses-3x 8-12 reps
35’sx12
35’sx11
35’sx10

A2- One Arm d.b rows - 3x 8-12 reps
40’sx15
50’sx14
50’sx12 (forgot my grips)

Iso Lateral Shoulder Press Machine- 3x 8-12 reps
50x11
50x7
50x6 (ow)

Vertical Seated Rows- 3x 12-15 reps- this machine was weird
40x13
40x11
40x8

Seated Rows– 3x12-20 reps- different machine- pulley system(forgot we did one arm rows)
75x6
45x15
60x12
60x13

Machine Curls- 8-12 reps- kind of looked like preacher curls
40x10
40x7
30x11 (short rest periods are hard)

Tricep Dip Machine- 3x8-12- you sat and pushed down on handles
90x15
105x9
105x3 dropped to 90x9

Bicep Curl machine- had individual handles to pull up on
50x6 dropped to 30x9
30x10
30x9

Lateral Raise Machine- 3x15-20
35x3 dropped to 15x8
15x9
15x9

Fly Machine- 3x12-15 reps
30x15
50x10
50x10

Tricep Pushdowns- 12-15 reps
40x20
50 x10
40x10 dropped to 30x5

Yup. Calories have been pretty low these past few days. Really feeling it.

Calories have been lower this week and I'm down to 121.8lbs :D SWEET! Going to keep doing things my way until next Wednesday and then I start UD2. Mid point progress piccies will be up on the 14th for the contest :D

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout! It’s really funny; you don’t really know your limits unless you try. Light weight feels heavy so you tend to keep it there, but if you move the weight up anyway, it’s still heavy- and still do-able. That’s what I always find, anyway. I tend to start off too light and underestimate what I can do sometimes.

Lower Hyper:

Speed Deadlifts- 135lbs x 6 sets of 3 reps

Hypertrophy pulling movement:
Romanian deadlifts- 3 sets of 8-12 reps
95x8
135x8
175x10 (+5lbs, +10 reps)
180x9 (+10lbs, +9 reps)
180x8 (+8 reps- thought I was going to break in two here)

A1- Hypertrophy pressing movement:
Supersetted: Narrow Stance Leg Presses- 3 sets of 12-15 reps
7 ½ x20
8 ½ x19
9 ½ x20 (could have went heavier here apparently)

A2- Hypertrophy extension movement:
With: Leg extensions- 3 sets of 15-20 reps
50x16
50x12
50x12

Not used to Supersetting legs- almost threw up here.

B1-Hypertrophy pressing movement:
Supersetted D.B Lunges- 3 sets of 15-20 reps
60x20
60x14
60x14 (could have did more of these but I kept getting lightheaded)

B2-Hypertrophy curling movement:
With: Lying leg curls- 2x12-15 reps
35x20
40x17
45x12

Hip Thrusts W/Shoulders on Chair and feet on floor- 3x10-12 reps
95x10
120x10
120x10
120x7

Then I died. But I’m pressed for time so that’s it :D Going out for beers and BBQ tonight and have my meal plan all figured out for it :D I’ll still be within my calories and I can drink three 3% beers and have bbq steak :D Sweet.

So tomorrow I'm going to be carb loading and my 8 day average calories will be 1550. I wanted to replenish my glycogen as I will be starting UD2 on Wednesday and it will be hellish going into that pre-depleted :D Carbs have been way less than 100g lately. Power full body workout on Monday!!!

Long term plans- Diet until UD2 (this one week), then do UD2 for 4 weeks, regular diet for one week (going to an event that will screw UD2 up) Then after the full 6 weeks of dieting there'll be a 2 week diet break (this brings me up to July 15th) Then I'll have another 3.5 weeks of dieting before this contest is over!!! I'd be totally happy with 6 more pounds gone :D So far a total of 9 pounds gone since the end of my bulk in February.

[gobbles23]

Ugh! BUSY! I had to re-do my video for school because I didn’t realize we couldn’t use a script :rolleyes: Today’s workout alright. I was hoping for better since I carb loaded AND creatine loaded yesterday. I ate 2108 calories, 355g of carbs, 117g of protein, and 28g of fat, or something along those lines. Still felt weak though.

Power Upper!

Bench Press- (3x3-5 reps)
45x12
75x5
90x3 proper
Working sets:
100x4 (1 assisted)
98x4
98x3
98x3

Incline D.B Bench Press- (2x6-10 reps)
40’sx6
40’sx5

Shoulder D.B Press- (3x6-10 reps)
35’sx6
35’sx5
35’sx5

T-Bar Rows- (Home made) (3x3-5 reps)
70x8
115x6
135x4
135x4
125x5

Rack Chins- (2x6-10)
Bw+10lbsx7
Bw+10lbsx6

Pull-Downs - (2x6-10 reps)
3 ½ x10 (W.G)
4 ½ x10 (N.G)

S.S- Straight Bar Curls- (3x6-10 reps)
73x7 (+1 rep)
73x6 (+6 reps)
73x6 (+6 reps)

S.S- C.G Bench Press- (3x6-10)
70x9
70x8
70x5 (My triceps suck)

I am going to do some extra tricep work, push-ups, and some abs tonight.

[gobbles23]

Tomorrow is UD2 day one- depletion workout number one :p

[gobbles23]

This workout was pretty good! I mean, despite the intense burning and the numbness in my whole upper body and the inability to feel my limbs :p I supersetted all these exercises, but I kind of had to go with the flow and do whatever was available at the time- Stephen was doing a different routine so I just supersetted randomly with whatever I could do.

Depletion Workout #1!!!!

Narrow Stance Leg Press- 6x20
7 ½ x26
7 ½ x26
7 ½ x25
7 ½ x26
7 ½ x26
7 ½ x26

Bench Press- 6x20
45x23
50x20
50x17
50x18
50x18
50x17

Leg Curls- 6x20
35x25
35x18
25x26
25x29
30x23
30x26

T-Bar Rows- 6x20
60x25
60x20
55x25
55x20
55x19
55x20

Lateral Raises- 6x20- traps are knotted and caused me shoulder pain
10x12
5x20
5x20
5x20
5x20
5x20

Calf Presses-
6 ½ x20
6 ½ x20
6 ½ x20
6 ½ x20
6 ½ x20
6 ½ x20

Barbell Curls- 4x20
40x20
40x15
35x20
35x20
35x20

Tricep pushdowns- 4x20
1½ +5x24
1½ +5x23
1½ +5x16
1½ x16

And that’s it! Hard when you’re super sore everywhere, but I’ll get used to it! Overall I feel pretty energetic. I’m going to take a quick shower, and then we’re going for walk outside!!! I am going to do some abs tonight!!!

[gobbles23]

Wow, this was tough! Every muscle in my body is sore and aching. The burning was soooo intense that I could hardly use the light weights :D It was just pure burn, the WHOLE TIME. Boy was I making faces :D I can hardly move right now. Feels like my legs are splintered!

Depletion Workout #2!!!!

A1- Leg Extensions- 6x20
30x30
40x25
40x25
40x21
35x25
30x29

A2- Lying Leg Curls- 6x20
30x30
30x25
30x20
25x22
20x27
20x26

B1- Standing High Cable Rows- Narrow Grip - 6x20
2 ½ x15 dropped to 1 ½ x11 (Regular pulldowns- switched after this set)
2 ½ x23
2 ½ x20
1 ½ +5x24
1 ½ +5 x25
1 ½ +5 x25

B2- Lateral Raises- 6x20
5x30
10x26
10x25
10x24
10x20
10x15 dropped to 5x8

C1-Incline Bench Press- 6x20
50x20
50x15 dropped to 45x5
45x18 (chest is NOT used to high reps- it burned sooo bad, I had to keep doing rest-pause reps)

Switched to machine flies-
1 ½ x21
1 ½ x22
1 ½ x20

C2- Calf Presses- 6x20
5 ½ x24
5 ½ x20
5 ½ x20
5 ½ x15 (These started burning so bad that I had to wait for ~15 sec. for the burn to subside afterward each set. Then I quit because I realized that the uphill sprinting we did yesterday probably killed them.)

D1- Barbell Curls- 4x20
35x23
35x22
30x20
30x15

D2- Tricep Pushdowns- 4x20
1 ½ +5x28
1 ½ +5x20
1 ½ x20
1 ½ x15

Cardio- Treadmill for 30 minutes.

Wow. Ouch!! Hahaha! Oh man, this was beyond brutal!!! Ok! Second workout DOWN! I will do more abs tonight, I did some last night. I might save them for tomorrow though so I can alternate cardio with abs.

[gobbles23]

WHOOO! Carb load time tomorrow!!!!!! :D Well, the beginning, anyway :D
I weighed in today at 120.8lbs, but clothed and with water and coffee in my tummy. I bought my own scale today so I can weigh myself in the mornings after waking up. The other one is my boyfriend's mom's and she keeps it in her bedroom so when I'm up earlier than her, I cannot weigh myself till later. Here is a rundown of the past few days in a nutshell:

Wednesday-
Depletion workout + 30 mins of walking/hill sprinting (Stephen's fault- he started running and I had to catch up!)
Calories were-1232, 59g carbs, 137g protein, 40.2g fat
(I thought yogurt was in my meal plan at night :rolleyes: )

Thursday-
Depletion workout + 30 mins Treadmill
Cals: 1154, 50g carbs, 134g protein, 41g fat

Friday-
30 mins Treadmill + shopping and such
Cals: 1164, 42g carbs, 144g protein, 41.9g fat

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was pretty weak! I expected no less though. My acid reflux has been acting up since yesterday and kept me awake for most of the night. I think it’s because it’s almost that time of the month, and I always get a bad belly around that time. Really nauseous and icky, so I’m kind of tired today. Not to mention I’m soooo depleted- everything felt very heavy. My left arm gave out during shoulder presses when I tried to use the 30’s and I almost really hurt my shoulder.

But anyways! This workout calls for 70-85% of your one rep max for working sets. And you stop a few reps before failure. Took me about an hour.

Tension Workout!!!!!

A1- Quads- Narrow Stance Leg press: 2x6-12
ALLx10
ALLx10

A2- Chest - Bench press: 2x6-12
95x5 (wow)
85x9

B1- Chest - Incline D.B bench press: 2x6-12
30’sx10
30’sx10

B2- Quads- A2-Leg extension: 2x6-12
50x11
50x12

C1- Back- T-Bar rows: 2x6-12
90x10
90x9

C2- Hammies-A1- Lying Leg curl: 2x6-12
45x12
45x12

D1- Shoulders- D.B Shoulder Presses-2x6-12
30’sxFail
25’sx10
25’sx9
D2- Hammies-B1-Standing leg curls: 2x6-12
2 ½ x12
3 ½ x10

E1- Back- N.G Standing High Rows: 2x6-12
3 ½ x12
3 ½ x11

E2- Triceps- Tricep pushdown: 2x6-12
2 ½ x12
2 ½ +5x9


F1- Shoulders- Lateral raise: 2x6-12
10’sx13
10’sx11

F2-Biceps curl: 2x6-12
50x11
50x10

G1- Calves- Calf Raises w/Toes elevated on Plates- Pausing at top: 4x6-12
50x12
50x13
70x13
70x13

Yup! So happy this is done! Now I can relax for the rest of the day and tomorrow and build my strength back up!!! I’m going to creatine load as well as carb load, and come back on Monday and destroy my power workout!!!! I am soooooo excited!!!!!! Off to shower, eat copious amounts of cereal, and then we’re going fishing for a while :) Every muscle in my body is burning :D

[gobbles23]

This was quite possibly the most gruelling, brutal workout I’ve done in a looong time!!!

Power Workout!!!!

Flat Bench- 3x3-5 reps
105x2 PR
100x5 PR
100x3

A1- Squats- 3x3-5 reps
100x8
120x6

Working sets
135x6
150x3
145x5 (I forgot how scary squats are when you don’t have any safety rack things)

A2- Incline D.B Bench Press- 2x3-5 reps
40’sx5
40’sx5

B1- Deadlifts-2x3-5 reps
135x5
175x3

Working sets:
205x2
200x2 (back is shot)

B2- Seated D.B Shoulder Press- 3x3-5 reps
35’sx6
35’sx5
35’sx5

C1- T-Bar Rows- 3x3-5 reps
90x5
115x5

Working sets:
140x4
140x5
140x4

C2-Upright Rows - 2x3-5 reps
35x10
55x5
60x4

Rack Pulls-2x3-5 reps
BW+20lbsx5
BW+20lbsx5

D1-Barbell Curls-3x3-5 reps
75x4
75x4
75x4

D2- EZ Bar Skull Crushers-3x3-5 reps
55x5
55x6
55x4.

I’m tired now! Whew. Glad tomorrow’s a rest day :D I’m happy though- No strength lost.

[gobbles23]

July 14th- I wanted to put them side by side but I'm having a huge brain fart.

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/3900/june14thfront1.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/june14thfront1.jpg/)

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/3012/june14thside226x440.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/june14thside226x440.jpg/)


http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/2416/june14thback.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/137/june14thback.jpg/)


Front Flexing- July 14th- Not a contest picture
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7943/june14thfrontflexing.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/june14thfrontflexing.jpg/)

[Echo814]

Your mid section and arms are lookin killer Lori! You haz abs :D Starting to notice a nice line in the quads to.

[Bonny_Lassie]

Looking awesome Lori! But shouldn't the date say June 14th? Unless my post workout nap has lasted a month :P

[gobbles23]

Your mid section and arms are lookin killer Lori! You haz abs :D Starting to notice a nice line in the quads to.

Thanks!!!!


Looking awesome Lori! But shouldn't the date say June 14th? Unless my post workout nap has lasted a month :P


Thanks!!!

Hahaha! Yes, getting a little ahead of myself :D Results will be much more noticeable by then :D

[gobbles23]

This workout was yucky! Partially because it’s that time of the month, I hadn’t eaten breakfast, and I couldn’t take pain killers on an empty tummy :o So I was nauseous and shaky on top of having tummy pain. It took me a little while longer than normal, but I got it done :D And I got 20 minutes of cardio in at the end! I would have liked to do more, but I’m pressed for time, so I will do extra on Thursday.

Depletion Workout #1!!!!

A1- N.S Leg Presses- 6x20
8 ½x25
8 ½x25
8 ½x23
8 ½x25
8 ½x24
8 ½x27 (longer rest period)

A2- D.B Bench Press- 6x20
25’sx23
25’sx20
25’sx17
25’sx18
25’sx18
25’sx17

B1- Hip Thrusts- 6x20
60x23 (this was way too painful- those muscles are fatigued as hell)

Lying leg curls-
35x26
35x23
35x20
30x25
30x24

B2- Lateral Raises- 6x20-
10x25
10x23
10x25
10x22
7.5x25
7.5x21

T-Bar Rows- 6x20- 90
70x25
70x23
70x25
70x22
70x22
70x23

C2- Calf Raises toes on plates
80x18
80x18
80 x18
80 x16

Calf Presses-
6 ½ x20
6 ½ x20

Barbell Curls- 4x20- 48
40x20
40x20
40x20
40x20

Tricep pushdowns- 4x20
1½ +5x24
1½ +5x23
1½ +5x16
1½ x16

20 minutes of treadmill, and that’s it! Abs tonight! Gotta go!

[MisSarahC]

Deeyamz! Nice work Lori!! :D

[gobbles23]

Tough workout!!! Tired now :p

Depletion Workout #2!!!!

A1- Lumberjack Squats- 3x20
45x28
60x30 (couldn’t feel these in quads much)

Leg Extensions- 3x20
45x25
40x24
40x25
35x26

A2-Incline D.B Bench Press- 6x20
20’sx28
25’sx25
25’sx21
20’sx24
20’sx25
20’sx24

B1- Lying Leg Curls- 3x20
35x24
35x21
30x30

Hip Thrusts- 3x20
65x23
65x20
55x21 (man these were painful!)

B2- Narrow Grip Standing Cable Rows
2 ½ x25
2 ½ x23
1 ½ +5x23
1 ½ +5x26
1 ½ +5x26
1 ½ +5x26

C1- D.B Shoulder Presses
15’sx25
15’sx19
10’sx30
15’sx16 dropped to 10’sx5
10’sx22
10’sx24

C2- Calf Raises-
6 ½ x24
6 ½ x25
6 ½ x25
6 ½ x25
6 ½ x28
6 ½ x27

D1- Barbell Curls- 4x20
40x20
40x20
40x16
40x20

D2- Tricep Pushdowns- 4x20
1 ½ x20
1 ½ x20
1 ½ x21
1 ½ x2

And Cardio! 25 minutes on the treadmill!!!!!! BOOOF! 2nd depletion workout DONE!

[gobbles23]

Deeyamz! Nice work Lori!! :D

Thanks, you too!!!!! :D

[gobbles23]

I supersetted all of these exercises in no particular order- just used what was available again. I have to work around Stephen’s workout and share the weights, but it was cool. I always hate how weak this workout is. When your depleted, everything is harder :p Again- you have to stop 1-2 reps before failure for this workout.

Tension Workout!!!!!

Chest - Bench press: 2x6-12
90x9
80x12 (Stephen accidentally put the wrong weight on for me)

Shoulders- D.B Shoulder Presses-2x6-12
30’sx8
30’sx7

Back- T-Bar rows: 2x6-12
105x10
105x10

Chest - Incline D.B bench press: 2x6-12
35’sx10
35’sx9

Quads- Close Stance D.B Squats: 2x6-12
50’sx14
60’sx11

Hammies-Standing Cable Leg Curls: 2x6-12
3 ½ x14
4 ½ x10

Quads-Leg extension: 2x6-12
75x11
75x11

Hammies-Lying Leg curl: 2x6-12
50x11
50x10

Back/Hammies/glutes- Hip Thrusts: 2x6-12
120x12
120x11

Triceps-Skull Crushers: 2x6-12
35x12
35x9

Shoulders-Upright Rows: 2x6-12
45x9
45x9

Bicep curl: 2x6-12
55x11
55x9

Calves- Calf Presses-4x6-12
6 ½ x15
7 ½ x12
7 ½ x11
7 ½ x12

Abdominals- Weighted Swiss Ball Sit-ups-
25lb plate x16
25lb plate x16
25lb plate x16
25lb plate x16

Good workout! Quite hungry now! Off to feed my carb deprived body :D

[gobbles23]

Awesome workout! But now I am absolutely pooped! Figured I’d leave out the warm up sets.

Power Workout!!!!

Flat Bench- 3x3-5 reps
105x5 PR!!! (+2 reps)
105x3 PR!! (+3 reps)
105x2 Yay!!! :) (+2 reps)

Squats- 3x3-5 reps
145x7
155x5 (+5 lbs, +5 reps)
155x5 (+4 reps)
155x4 (+4 reps)

Incline D.B Bench Press- 2x3-5 reps
40’sx9!! PR! (+4 reps)
40’sx7 (+2 reps)

B2- Seated D.B Shoulder Press- 3x3-5 reps
35’sx6
35’sx6 (+1 rep)
35’sx5

Stiff-Legged Deadlifts-2x3-5 reps
185x5
185x5

Upright Rows - 2x3-5 reps
60x5
60x5

T-Bar Rows- 3x3-5 reps- These felt heavy today
125x4
145x1 dropped to 135x2 dropped to 130x1 :p
125x6
130x5

Barbell Curls-3x3-5 reps
78x3 PR! (+3lbs, + 3 reps- But it’s sooooo heavy!)
78x3 (+3 reps)
75x5

Rack Chins-2x3-5 reps
BW+25lbsx4 (+5lbs, +4 reps)
BW+25lbsx4 (+5lbs, +4 reps)

EZ Bar Skull Crushers-3x3-5 reps
55x4
55x3
55x3

Near the end I thought I wasn’t going to make it! I felt so toast!! It was awesome though :D

[gobbles23]

This week’s UD2 Schedule looks/looked like this:

Wed- 1151 calories- Depletion workout + 20 minutes of cardio

Thurs- 1179 calories- Depletion workout + 20 minutes of cardio

Fri- 1164 calories- 45 minutes of cardio

Sat- 1610 calories- Tension Workout

Sun- 2000 calories- Carb Load/Rest day

Mon- 1851 calories- Power workout

Tues- 1600 calories- Rest Day- optional cardio depending on soreness

Weekly Average- 1507 calories

[gobbles23]

This workout was yucky again! I always feel so nauseous doing these, especially first thing in the morning. But I got it done, and I did my 20 minutes of cardio afterwards!

Depletion Workout #1!!!!

A1- N.S Leg Presses- 6x20
9 ½x25
9 ½x25
9 ½x23
9 ½x25
9 ½x24
9 ½x27 (longer rest period)

A2- D.B Bench Press- 6x20
25’sx23
25’sx25
25’sx23
20’sx26
20’sx26
20’sx25

A3- Lateral Raises- 6x20-
10’sx23
10’sx23
10’sx24
10’sx25
10’sx25
10’sx25

B1- Lying leg curls- 6x20
35x26
35x24
30x23
30x25
30x25
30x26

B2-T-Bar Rows- 6x20- 90
70x21
65x24
65x24
60x24
60x25
60x25

C2- Calf Raises toes on plates
80x
80x
80x
80x
80x
80x

Barbell Curls- 4x20- 48
40x20
40x20
40x20
40x20

Tricep pushdowns- 4x20
1½ +5x25
1½ +5x20
1½ +5x20
1½ x20

I purposely left calves out- it was just taking soooo long. I will fill them in later, as well as get some abs in!

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout!

Depletion Workout #2!!!!

A1- Leg Extensions- 3x20
25x30
40x26
40x26
40x23
35x27
35x28
30x28

A2-Incline D.B Bench Press- 6x20
20’sx25
25’sx25
25’sx23
20’sx25
20’sx25
20’sx25

A3- Lying Leg Curls- 3x20
25x25
30x25
30x25
30x23
25x26
25x25

B1- Narrow Grip Standing Cable Rows
2 ½ x25
2 ½ x12 dropped to 1 ½ x11
1 ½ +5x25
1 ½ x25
1 ½ x25
1 ½ x24

B2- D.B Shoulder Presses
15’sx20
10’sx23
10’sx23
10’sx23
10’sx22
10’sx20

B3- Calf Raises-
60x16
60x20
60x20
60x23
60x23
60x20

D1- Barbell Curls- 4x20
40x20
40x20
35x16

D2- Tricep Pushdowns- 4x20
1 ½ x23
1 ½ x24
1 ½ x20


And Cardio! 20 minutes on the treadmill!!!!!! 2nd depletion workout DONE! Just gotta do one more set of biceps and triceps later- I didn’t have time!

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was awesome!

Tension Workout!!!!!

A1- Chest - Bench press: 2x6-12
55x12
75x5
90x9
85x11

A2- Quads- Squats: 2x6-12
105x6
125x11
125x10

B1- Chest - Incline D.B bench press: 2x6-12
35’sx11
35’sx10

B-2- Shoulders- D.B Shoulder Presses-2x6-12
30’sx8
30’sx6

C1- Back- Bent- Over rows: 2x6-12
100x12
100x12
55x17
55x19
55x20 (felt like my back could be more depleted- wasn’t happy w/rows on power workout day last week)

C2- Hammies-Standing Cable Leg Curls: 2x6-12
4 ½ x10
4 ½ x8

D1- Quads-Leg extension: 2x6-12
80x10
80x10

D2- Hammies-Lying Leg curl: 2x6-12
55x7
45x12

Back/Hammies/glutes- Hip Thrusts: 2x6-12
95x12
95x12

Triceps-Skull Crushers: 2x6-12
40x10
40x10

Shoulders-Upright Rows: 2x6-12
45x9
45x9

Bicep curl: 2x6-12
55x10
55x9

Calves- Calf Presses-4x6-12
6 ½ x17
7 ½ x17
8 ½ x12
8 ½ x14

Abdominals- Hanging Knee Raises-
x23
x25
x20
x20

Good workout! Lots of energy! Now I’m going to go shower, eat a big bowl of yummy oatmeal, and go fishing in the boat :D

[Ksorra]

How did I JUST find this?! I'm IN!

I'm so jealous of your crazy t bar rows, and your abz!!! You're looking way leaner already! I'm definitely interested in seeing how you get along with Ud2. but seriously, lovin the abs!

[gobbles23]

How did I JUST find this?! I'm IN!

I'm so jealous of your crazy t bar rows, and your abz!!! You're looking way leaner already! I'm definitely interested in seeing how you get along with Ud2. but seriously, lovin the abs!

Haha! Thanks!!! :)

[gobbles23]

This workout was good near the beginning :o After about an hour and 20 minutes I started to crash. My face got really, really hot and I felt shaky and light headed so I stopped. I don’t usually sweat much, but right now I am drenched! With Stephen being sick and feverish- I didn’t want to wear myself out too much. These damn power workouts are sweet, but they are sooo long and gruelling! Once I rest and get more food in me, I may go back downstairs and finish up the last few exercises. Today is a 1900 calorie day!

Power Workout!!!!

Flat Bench- 3x3-5 reps
110x2!!! PR!!!!!
105x4 PR!! (+1 rep)
105x4 Yay!!! :) (+2 reps)

Deadlifts- 3x3-5 reps
135x7
175x5
195x5
205x3 (+1 rep- damn deadlifts)
200x3
200x4

A1- Incline D.B Bench Press- 2x3-5 reps
40’sx9
40’sx7

A2- Seated D.B Shoulder Press- 3x3-5 reps
35’sx3 (arms gave out)
35’sx5
35’sx5

A3- T-Bar Rows- 3x3-5 reps
125x4
145x1
125x6
145x5
145x5
145x5

Static Lunges-2x3-5 reps- (I approached these with caution- my left hip hurt from deads)
80lbs x6
100lbs x6
120lbs x5

Barbell Curls-3x3-5 reps
78x3
78x3

Upright Rows-
65x5
65x5

Skull Crushers-
55x3
45x5
45x4

Hanging Knee Raises-
BW+10lbsx17
BW+10lbsx14
BW+10lbsx13
BW+10lbsx12

Yeah, then I died. I’m feeling kind of funky so I’m going to go rest. I’m sure it’s nothing, I’ll be fine once I rest and eat! Hopefully :D

[gobbles23]

This workout was harder than the rest so far. Today I feel tired and hungry. I would have been perfectly content to lie on the bed all day :D But I went downstairs and did my workout, and followed up with 25 minutes of cardio on the treadmill afterwards. Depletion workout 1 done! :)

Depletion Workout #1!!!!

A1- Leg Extensions - 6x20
45x26
45x26
45x25
45x25
45x24
45x26

A2- D.B Bench Press- 6x20
25’sx25
25’sx23
25’sx20
20’sx24
20’sx26
20’sx26

A3- Lateral Raises- 6x20
10’sx25
10’sx25
10’sx25
10’sx25
10’sx25
10’sx26

B1- Lying leg curls- 6x20
35x25
35x23
30x24
30x22
25x25
25x24

B2-High Cable Rows - 6x20
2 ½ x21
1 ½ +5x24
1 ½ +5x24
1 ½ +5x24
1 ½ +5x25
1 ½ +5x25

B3- Calf Presses- 6x20
6 ½ x23
6 ½ x21
6 ½ x22
6 ½ x23
6 ½ x23
6 ½ x20

Barbell Curls- 4x20
35x23
35x20
35x20
35x20

Tricep pushdowns- 4x20
1½ x25
1½ x20
1½ x20
1½ x20

Ughghgh! Happy it’s done, but dreading tomorrow. Really looking forward to my diet break next week :D

[Ksorra]

Ok those depletion workouts sound hellish!!! Great lifts, hopefully you feel 100% asap!!!

[gobbles23]

Ok those depletion workouts sound hellish!!! Great lifts, hopefully you feel 100% asap!!!

Thank you! I feel about as good as one can while eating 1100 calories and doing theses god awful workouts :D lol!

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout!

Depletion Workout #2!!!!

A1- Leg Extensions- 6x20
25x30
40x26
40x26
40x28
40x28
45x26
45x24

A2-Incline D.B Bench Press- 6x20
25’sx24
25’sx23
25’sx22
20’sx25
20’sx23
20’sx24

A3- Swiss Ball Ham Curls- 6x20
x26
x26
x26
x26
x25
x26

B1- Bent-Over Rows
60x25
60x22
60x23
60x25
60x25
60x26

B2- D.B Shoulder Presses
10’sx25
10’sx25
10’sx23
10’sx23
10’sx25
10’sx20

B3- Calf Presses-
5 ½ x23
5 ½ x25
5 ½ x23
5 ½ x23
5 ½ x23
5 ½ x20

B4- Barbell Curls- 4x20
35x20
35x20
35x20
35x20

B5- Tricep Pushdowns- 4x20
1 ½ x25
1 ½ x21
1 ½ x24
1 ½ x25


And Cardio! 20 minutes on the treadmill!!!!!! 2nd depletion workout DONE!

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was alright. My arms felt weak and I couldn’t get the 35’s up for inclines. They’re so depleted :p So I switched up the exercises a bit. Off to enjoy the beautiful summer day, finally!!!!!

Tension Workout!!!!!

A1- Chest - Bench press: 2x6-12
55x12
75x5
90x9
85x12

A2- Quads- Static Lunges: 2x6-12
100x6
60x12

B1- Chest –Push-ups: 2x6-12
x11
x10

B2- Quads-Leg extension: 2x6-12
80x10
80x10

C1- Shoulders- See Saw Presses-2x6-12
25’sx8
20’sx10

C2- Hammies-Standing Cable Leg Curls: 2x6-12
4 ½ x10
4 ½ x10

D1- Back- Bent- Over rows: 2x6-12
105x12
105x12

D2- Hammies-Lying Leg curl: 2x6-12
45x12
45x14

E1- Triceps-Skull Crushers: 2x6-12
35x12
35x12

E2-Abdominals- Hanging Knee Raises-
bw+10lbs x12
bw+10lbs x10
bwx19
bwx15

E3- Calves- Calf Presses-4x6-12
6 ½ x17
7 ½ x17
8 ½ x12
8 ½ x14

F1- Back/Hammies/glutes- Hip Thrusts: 2x6-12
105x13
105x12

F2- Shoulders-Upright Rows: 2x6-12
40x12
40x10

F3- Bicep curl: 2x6-12
55x10
55x10

[gobbles23]

This workout was pretty good! I was hoping for more pr’s, but I am losing fat and keeping muscle so I guess I shouldn’t complain :) I’ll beat them next week!

Power Workout!!!!

Flat Bench- 3x3-5 reps
110x2 (Damn :p )
105x5 (+1 rep)
105x5 (+1 rep)

Deadlifts- 3x3-5 reps
135x7
175x5
195x5
200x5
200x4
200x3

A1- Incline D.B Bench Press- 2x3-5 reps
40’sx6
40’sx8

A3- T-Bar Rows- 3x3-5 reps
105x4
125x6
150x4
150x4
150x4

Static Lunges-2x3-5 reps- (Ouch my legs are still sore)
120lbsx6

D.B Close-stance squats
120x10

Alternating D.B Curls-3x3-5 reps
30’sx6
35’sx3
35’sx4

Upright Rows-
65x5
55x5
55x5
55x5

Skull Crushers-
55x3
45x9
50x4

Hanging Knee Raises-
BW +15lbsx17
BW +15lbsx14
BW+15lbsx13
BW+15lbsx12

Rack Chins-2x3-5 reps
bw+30lbs x4
bw+30lbs x4

Awesome workout! Going to go shower, visit mom, and then we’re going swimming!!!!!

This round of dieting is over. This is the end of 5 weeks. So I'm taking a diet break for 2 weeks, and then hoping back on for the final 3.5 weeks of this challenge!!!

[gobbles23]

Last few workouts! Still on my diet break until next week :)

July 11th

Today we went downstairs and did a random workout! We kept the weights lighter and did higher reps for a change. It was fun! We’re going to the gym tomorrow and one other day- Charles wants to go there for a back day and a leg day, so we did some random upper body parts today :D

Random workout! Chest/Arms/Shoulders

Bench Press-
90x10
90x10
90x10
85x10

D.B Curls-
25’sx12

Barbell Curls-
53x10
53x12
53x12

Face Pulls-
1 ½ x15
1 ½ x13
1 ½ x14
1 ½ x15

Hanging Knee Raises-
x24
x21
x24
x20

Lateral Raises-
15’sx13
15’sx13
15’sx15
15’sx15

Skull Crushers-
35x15
40x13
40x11
40x12

And that was all! What a pump I’ve got on the go! We passed out some resumes this morning, and now we’re either going over to Dad’s, up swimming with our friends, or down on the rocks to bask in the sunshine :D I love summer! My bank account is getting low though, I can’t wait to start working so I can buy lots and lots of new clothes :D Hopefully we’ll find jobs soon.

July 13th

Today’s leg workout was random. I was debating doing 5/3/1 until I wrote it out and realized there were only two exercises besides squats. It didn’t look overly appealing to me, but 5 sets of 10-20 reps is hard to do so I just may. I might do 4 sets of both exercises and add in 2 sets or so of leg curls and extensions to the program- I don’t know. I’ll look around at other programs until next week.

Today I was not impressed with my strength. My squats dropped by 10lbs. Lunges sucked. Not happy.

Leg Workout!

Speed work- Deadlifts w/135lbs- 6 sets of 3 reps

Squats- 3x5 reps
100x9
120x8
135x5
145x5
145x5
145x4

Reverse Lunges- 4 sets of 10-12 reps
80lbsx10 each leg
80lbsx10 each leg (barely)
70lbsx13 each leg
70lbsx11 each leg

A1- Lying Leg Curls- 3x10-12
50x15 (PR)
55x8
50x8 ½

A2- Leg Extensions- 5 sets of 10-20 reps
70x15
85x11
85x10

Good Mornings- 4x10-12 reps
70x14
85x12
85x12
85x13

Abs – 5 sets of 10-20 reps
Hanging Leg Raises
bw+10lbsx18
bw+25lbsx9
bw+15lbsx14
bw+15lbsx15

I was a sweaty mess after this one! It’s a hot, humid, wet day. My legs certainly feel worked though, even though the weight was lower. Hopefully next time will be stronger.

July 15th

Ugh, I feel so weak and tired this week, it’s like pms all over again but it already happened. I don’t know what’s wrong with me- but I don’t like it one bit.

Horizontal Push Pull

Flat Bench Press- 5x5
55x12
75x5
95x3
105x5
105x3
105x3
105x3
105x4

T-Bar Rows- 5x5
95x7
120x5
130x6
130x5
130x5
130x4
130x5

Incline Dumbbell Presses- 3x8
40’sx8
40’sx7
40’sx6

Barbell Rows- 3x8
125x5
120x8
120x7

Cable Rows- 3x10-12
2 ½ x18
3 ½ x11
3 ½ x12
3 ½ x12

Push-ups- 3x10
x10
x9
x7

[Ksorra]

Crazy workouts! Hopefully your energy will be up soon, I added some carbs and it helped a ton. Still, nice squats!!!

Good luck on the job hunt, I had an interview this week I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Gotta support this peanut butter addiction of mine...

[MisSarahC]

Danggg woman! Killin it in here!! Excellent excellent work!:D

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was alright. I hurt something in my right hamstring while I was doing Romanian deads, so I took it easy on lunges. They still toasted my legs though! I feel like I’m at a standstill with weight increases.

Hamstring dominant, Quad accessory. Triceps, Abs:

Close-Grip Bench Press- 5x5 reps
45x10
70x8
80x7
85x5
85x4
85x4
85x3

Romanian Deadlifts- 5x5 reps
135x7
175x5
190x5
190x5
190x4
190x4
190x4

A1- Skull Crushers- 4x8-10 reps
35x12
45x10
45x10
45x8
45x9

A2- Hanging Leg Raises-4x 10-12 reps
bw+10lbsx18
bw+25lbsx9
bw+15lbsx14
bw+15lbsx15

Reverse Lunges- 4 sets of 10-12 reps
50lbsx17 each leg
50lbsx16 each leg
50lbsx16 each leg (hammie was really bothering me)

Leg Extensions-
60lbsx17

Good Mornings- 4x10-12 reps
95x9
95x9
95x9
95x9

Pretty good workout. Still rotted that I’m not as strong as I was, but I guess that’s what months of dieting can do to you. I am really feeling the need to start bulking soon. I would be sooo on that train right now if I didn’t want to win this weight loss challenge!!

[gobbles23]

Crazy workouts! Hopefully your energy will be up soon, I added some carbs and it helped a ton. Still, nice squats!!!

Good luck on the job hunt, I had an interview this week I'm keeping my fingers crossed! Gotta support this peanut butter addiction of mine...

Thanks!! Good luck to you too :D


Danggg woman! Killin it in here!! Excellent excellent work!:D

Thank you! You're killing it yourself :D

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was pretty good. I was pretty pleased since I haven’t done a lot of these exercises in a while.

Vertical Push/Pull, Calves

Military Press- (3x3-5 reps)
45x9
65x6
70x5 (+2 reps)
70x3 (not enough rest)
70x4
70x4
70x3

A1- Rack Chins- (5x5)
bw+25lbsx5
bw+25lbsx5
bw+25lbsx5
bw+25lbsx5
bw+30lbsx4

A2- Face Pulls- 4x8-10
1 ½ x12
2 ½ x10
2 ½ x9
2 ½ x8
2 ½ x8

A1- Pullovers- 4x8-12
30x14
40x10
40x8 (form was starting to break down)
30x13 (35lb d.b’s suck)
30x10

A2- Standing Lateral Raises- 4x8-12
15’sx13
15’sx13
15’sx12
15’sx12

Standing Close-Grip Pulldowns- 4x8-12
3 ½ x15
4 ½ x9 (had trouble stabilizing myself- weight kept pulling me forward)
3 ½ x15
3 ½ x13

Calve Raises-4x12-20
115x14
135x14 Grrr
185x14 Urrggggg!

Great workout! But I HATE calf work. I can never use enough weight for both and I suck at unilateral calf work. Stupid calves. Going to go do some walking/hill sprints now in a minute! That’ll work them.

[Ksorra]

Holy military press! Awesome job!!! Ooooh uphill sprints are killer, love them for calves!!! I never work calves anymore, they respond well to sprints for me too.

[MisSarahC]

^ THIS!!! I definitely need to get my numbers up lol. Mine pale in comparison to yours! :D Good Job Lori woMan! ;)

[gobbles23]

Good workout!

Quad dominant, hamstring accessory. Biceps, Calves:

Squats- 5x5
45x15
100x10
125x5
140x5
145x5
150x5
155x3
150x5
150x5

Barbell Curls- 5×5
40x6
60x5
75x1 dropped to:
70x4
70x5
70x5
70x3
65x6

A1- Step-Ups- 4x8 (step was only 7.5 inches high. Next time- higher step lower weight :p )
95x12 each leg
125x15 each leg
145x14 each leg
165x12 each leg
165x12 each leg (hard to balance!)

A2- Hammer curls 4×8-12
25’sx12
25’sx12
25’sx10
25’sx9

Supersetted w/no rest in-between:

B1- Lying Leg Curls- 4 sets of 12-20
50x17
50x11.5
45x9
40x15

B2- Weighted Swiss Ball - 4x12-20
35lb plate on chest x15
35lb plate on chest x13
35lb plate on chest x12
35lb plate on chest x12

Whoo! Exhausting! Gotta go shower quickly!

[gobbles23]

Holy military press! Awesome job!!! Ooooh uphill sprints are killer, love them for calves!!! I never work calves anymore, they respond well to sprints for me too.

Thanks! Yeah, I have no problems with calf development with all the hiking and stuff we do :)


^ THIS!!! I definitely need to get my numbers up lol. Mine pale in comparison to yours! :D Good Job Lori woMan! ;)

Thank you!!! You'll get there- it takes some time :)

[Ksorra]

Holy shiit at squats and bicep curls.
:D

[gobbles23]

Holy shiit at squats and bicep curls.
:D

Haha! Thanks :)

[gobbles23]

So this journal got totally neglected :D I haven't been feeling the best this week so I've been resting up and eating at maintenance to try and get some of my energy back. Starting on Tuesday I will be doing the mass varient of UD2-I'm pretty happy with where I am now, and I'm anxious to start building up some much needed muscles! Though there's only one week or so left until the fat loss challenge is over, so if you wanna follow the building phase I'll be starting you'll have to hunt down my journal in the female journalling section :) Until then I'll be doing a few random workouts now that I'm feeling a bit better. Here's today's workout:

Today I actually felt like I had some energy for the first time all week! So I did a workout :cool:

Shoulders/Triceps/Abs

Military Press- (3x3-5 reps)
45x9
65x6
75x4 (+5lbs, +4 reps!!)
75x3 (+3 reps!)
70x4

Close-Grip Bench Press- 3x3-5 reps
45x10
65x4
85x4
85x4
85x3 (concentrating on keeping wrists straight)

Face Pulls- 4x8-10
2 ½ x20 (w/knees bent)
3 ½ x12 (w/knees bent)
2 ½ x10
2 ½ x14 (w/knees straight)

Standing Lateral Raises- 4x8-12
15’sx16
20’sx13 (+5lbs, +13 reps)
20’sx12 (+12 reps)
20’sx12
25’sx7

Incline Skull Crushers- 4x8-10 reps
35x12
50x12
50x10
50x10
50x10

Hanging Leg Raises-4x 10-12 reps
bw+15lbsx14
bw+10lbsx13 (more r.o.m)
bw+10lbsx13
bwx23

I broke records!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

[tina722]

Thought I would say hi! I've seen you around the in women's forum. You already have some amazing strength - this bulk will be fun! Anything in particular that you would like to reach?

[gobbles23]

Hi! Thank you! Look at your lifts!!!! :eek: That's awesome!!!

I'd be happy if I could bench 125 for reps, deadlift 250, and squat 200. Oh, and military press 80 :D Haha! But then of course if I reached those weights, I'd want more :)

[viridian]

Hi! Thank you! Look at your lifts!!!! :eek: That's awesome!!!

I'd be happy if I could bench 125 for reps, deadlift 250, and squat 200. Oh, and military press 80 :D Haha! But then of course if I reached those weights, I'd want more :)

That's always the point, isnt it?? :p

Always keep reaching... I mean, what fun is it to get somewhere and just stop?

Lifts are looking great lately!

[gobbles23]

That's always the point, isnt it?? :p

Always keep reaching... I mean, what fun is it to get somewhere and just stop?

Lifts are looking great lately!

Hahaha! Exactly :)

Thank so much!

[gobbles23]

Day One of Ud2 mass varient starts today! Though it's more of a maintenance varient, but we shall see! Workout post to come :)

[gobbles23]

Holy moly. All I can say is OUCH! Hahaha! Gotta get used to the high reps again :D I had such an arm pump on the go my arms just kept giving out! I feel pooped, but looking at this workout on paper makes me feel like I didn’t do enough after doing those depletion workouts before.

Chest/Triceps/Shoulders/Abs

Chest: Bench Press- 4x12-15
55x13
70x8
85x15
85x12
80x11 (barely!)
70x11

A1-Chest: Incline Flies- 4x12-15
25’sx14
25’sx15
25’sx15
25’sx13

A2-Shoulders: Lateral Raises- 3x12-15
10’sx15
15’sx16
15’sx15
15’sx15
15’sx15

Shoulders: Face Pulls- 3x12-15
2 ½ x15
2 ½ x20 (longer rest period)
2 1/3 +5x11

Triceps: Incline Skull Crushers- 4 sets of 12-15
45x15
45x14
45x14
45x13

Abdominals: Weighted Swiss Ball Crunches- 4 sets of 12-15
35lb plate x16
35lb plate x16
35lb plate x14
35lb plate x13

Cardio- Treadmill for 20 minutes.

Ok, having difficulty seeing straight right now! Awesome workout though, not nearly as bad as depletion workouts, or as long.

[spicyprice]

Hey chic, you [progress pics look Ah-mazing!!!!!

What did you decide to use for maintenance for this next step?

Another question for ya, how did you like PHAT during your cut? I have been browsing around looking at routines and I know a lot of guys are a big fan. Just looking for a personal testimony from a female.

[tina722]

Nice workout

Educated guess: You have the UD2 book by Lyle? (I know, I'm soo smart ;) )

Do you recommend getting it? What others? I keep eyeing his 'buy 2 and recieve $ off' but haven't taken advantage yet...

[gobbles23]

Hey chic, you [progress pics look Ah-mazing!!!!!

What did you decide to use for maintenance for this next step?

Another question for ya, how did you like PHAT during your cut? I have been browsing around looking at routines and I know a lot of guys are a big fan. Just looking for a personal testimony from a female.

Hi!!! I'm finding that after bulking for 6 months, my metabolism is kicking! I didn't realize it because I was dieting ever since, but looking back on my cut it was very successful. I lost about 0.5 pounds a week on 1700 calories- it was just so slow I didn't notice it was working until it was over. Then doing UD2 was pretty awesome- I gained muscle while getting smaller- not much scale loss, but lots of newbie gains made! So I decided to just jump back into maintenance- I don't know what it is because I don't trust my bodymedia, but I tried 1900 calories and my weight stayed exactly the same. I'm very pleased about that! It feels like my metabolism is finally back to normal and working like a regular persons :D

I liked PHAT while I was doing it- but I did a four day version- 2 upper/2 lower- and the volume on the upper hypertrophy day was a bit much. The workouts took me forever! But the 5 day version probably makes for shorter workouts. I did get a lot stronger while doing it- and I enjoyed the speedwork at the beginning of the hypertrophy days a lot! I found they it made it easier to increase the weight on those lifts each week, even though I was dieting. It's definitely a good program- and one I might go back to. I don't like working out 5 days a week though, and the volume was just too much for me crammed into 4.


Nice workout

Educated guess: You have the UD2 book by Lyle? (I know, I'm soo smart ;) )

Do you recommend getting it? What others? I keep eyeing his 'buy 2 and recieve $ off' but haven't taken advantage yet...

Thanks!!! :D He he!

Yes, I have the book- and I have to say- even if you don't want to do the program- it teaches you soooooo much! It's a very informative book and worth the money in my opinion. I absolutely love his programs (well- the results more than the work aspect- it's HARD!) but I've seen more progress in those 4 weeks I did UD2 than in the 6 months of bulking I did in terms of stength gains and visual changes in my body. Somehow. :p

[gobbles23]

Man, OUCH! This is definitely going to take some adjusting to. This is tough :o I couldn’t muster the energy to do cardio afterwards- I lasted all of 8 minutes :D Oh dear.

Legs/Back/Biceps

Quads: Squats-4 sets of 12-15
45x15
90x8
120x15
120x14
120x13
120x13

A1- Back: Standing Cable Rows- 4 sets of 12-15
4 ½ x15
4 ½ x14
4 ½ x11
3 ½ x15

A2- Hamstrings: Stiff Legged Deadlifts- 4-sets of 12-15
115x17
115x14
115x13
115x13

B1- Back: Bent-Over Rows- 4 sets of 12-15
85x12
85x12
85x12
85x12

B2- Hamstrings: Lying Leg curls- 4 sets of 12-15
45x14
45x12
45x12
45x11

C1- Biceps: Barbell Curls- 4 sets of 12-15
50x16
50x15
50x12
50x12

C2-Calves: Calf Presses- 4 sets of 12-15
8 ½ x15
8 ½ x16
8 ½ x14
8 ½ x15

Quads- Leg Extensions- 4x12-15 (forgot these- had to go back downstairs to do them)
70x12
70x12
70x12
70x11

Wow, that was one tough workout. I thought I was going to die.

[gobbles23]

Yesterday was 50 minutes of cardio on the treadmill.

Today’s workout was crazy, I thought I was going to die :D!

Tension Workout!!!!!

Chest - Bench press: 2x6-12
55x12
70x5
85x3
100x7
95x8

A1- Quads- D.B Reverse Lunges: 2x6-12
100x10 each leg
100x8 each leg

A2- Chest - Incline D.B bench press: 2x6-12
40’s x8
40’sx7

B1- Shoulders- D.B Shoulder Presses-2x6-12
35’sx6
30’sx7

B2- Back- Standing Cable rows: 2x6-12
4 ½ x12
4 ½ x10

C1- Hammies-Standing Cable Leg Curls: 2x6-12
4 ½ x13
4 ½ x10

C2- Quads-Leg extension: 2x6-12
90x10
90x11

D1- Hammies-Lying Leg curl: 2x6-12
55x11
55x8

D2- Back- Bent-Over Rows- 2x6-12
115x9
115x9

E1-Triceps-Incline Skull Crushers: 2x6-12
55x12
60x7

E2- Bicep curl: 2x6-12
60x11
60x10

Shoulders-Upright Rows: 2x6-12
50x9
50x8

F1- Calves- Seated Calf Presses-4x6-12
8 ½ x15
9 ½ x14
9 ½ x13
9 ½ x13

F2- Abdominals- Weighted Swiss Ball Crunches-
45lb plate on chest x17
45lb plate on chest x15
45lb plate on chest x15
45lb plate on chest x14

Ugh! Exhausting! Off to eat a giant bowl of oatmeal! :)

[gobbles23]

I went downstairs today with the intentions of totally annihilating this workout...And it worked :D

Power Workout!!!!

Flat Bench- 3x3-5 reps
55x12
85x5
100x2
110x3 (+1 rep!)
110x2 (+2 reps! Sweet!)
105x3

A1- Squats- 3x3-5 reps
100x8
135x5
Working sets
160x4 (+5lbs, +4 reps)
160x3 (+3 reps! ...and then something in my quad hurt)

So I did:
Leg Extensions-
105x9 (+15lbs, +9 reps)

A2- Incline Flies- 2x3-5 reps
30’sx8
35’sx6

A3- Lateral Raises- 3x3-5 reps
25’sx12 (+5 reps)
25’sx9 (+9 reps)
30’sx7 (+5lbs, +7 reps)

B1- Stiff Legged Deadlifts-2x3-5 reps
135x5
175x5
175x6 (had to take it easy- quad still hurt)

So then I did:
Lying Leg Curls!
65x7 (+10lbs, +7 reps!)
65x3.5 (+3.5 reps)

B2- Face Pulls- 2x3-5 reps
2 1/3 +5lbs x12
3 ½ x7 (+1 plate, +7 reps!)
3 ½ x8 (+8 reps)

T-Bar Rows- 3x3-5 reps
90x5
115x5
Working sets:
145x4
145x4
145x4

Rack Chins-2x3-5 reps
BW+25lbsx8 (+5lbs, +8 reps)
BW+35lbsx5 (+10lbs, +5 reps)

D1-Barbell Curls-3x3-5 reps
75x3
70x6

D2- Close-Grip Bench Press-3x3-5 reps
65x7
85x5
85x3

And then I did some:
Standing Cable Rows w/knees bent-
5 ½ x7 (+1 plate, +7 reps)
5 ½ x7 (+1 plate, +7 reps)

Ha! I feel like superwoman :D Woot! Plus the pain in my quad feels better! I think I should have warmed up/stretched better for squats.

[tina722]

WOW on workout - especially laterals and BB curls. You could probly almost curl your body-weight.... :)

[gobbles23]

Good Workout!!! The increases represent the difference from this exact same workout last week.

Chest/Triceps/Shoulders/Abs/Biceps

Chest: Bench Press- 4x12-15
55x13
70x8
85x15
85x15
85x11 (+5lbs, +11 reps)
75x12 (+5lbs, +12 reps)

A1-Chest: Incline Flies- 4x12-15
30’sx14 (+5lbs, +6 reps)
30’sx15 (+15 reps)
25’sx15
25’sx13

A2-Shoulders: Lateral Raises- 3x12-15
10’sx15
20’sx16 (+5lbs, +16 reps)
20’sx15 (+15 reps)
20’sx15 (and so on...Used 15’s last time)
20’sx15

B1-Shoulders: Face Pulls- 3x12-15
3 ½ x15 (+8 reps since power workout)
3 ½ x12 (+4 reps)
3 ½ x12 (+12 reps)

B2-Triceps: Incline Skull Crushers- 4 sets of 12-15
50x14
50x15
50x10
45x15

C1- Biceps: Barbell Curls- 4 sets of 12-15
55x16 (+5lbs, + 15 reps...Used 50 last time for all sets)
55x15
55x12
55x12

C2-Abdominals: Weighted Swiss Ball Crunches w/EZ curl bar on chest- 4 sets of 12-15
50lbs x20
60lbs x16
60lbs x15

Then spotter left:
30lb d.b on chest x15

Cardio- Treadmill for 20 minutes.

This workout was great! Lots of increases since the last one. I was going to do more cardio but we’re going to go for a walk down on the rocks for a bit so I figured 20 minutes plus an extra walk was enough :D

[gobbles23]

WOW on workout - especially laterals and BB curls. You could probly almost curl your body-weight.... :)Hahaha! Thanks :D Someday :)

[gobbles23]

Woah, felt a lot more nauseous during this workout than last week- it was intense! I couldn’t muster the energy to add more volume :p

Legs/Back

A1- Quads: Narrow Stance Squats-4 sets of 12-15
95x12
125x15 (+5lbs since last week for all sets)
125x15
125x14
125x13

A2- Back: Standing Cable Rows- 4 sets of 12-15
4 ½ x16 (+1 rep)
4 ½ x15 (+1 rep)
4 ½ x15 (+3 reps)
4 ½ x13 (+1 plate)

B1- Hamstrings: Stiff Legged Deadlifts- 4-sets of 12-15
105x17
125x15 (+10lbs since last week for all sets)
125x15
125x15

B2- Quads- Leg Extensions- 4x12-15 (forgot these- had to go back downstairs to do them)
70x15 (+3 reps)
70x15 (+3 reps)
70x15 (+3 reps)
70x15 (+4 reps)

C1- Back: Hammer Grip D.B Rows- 4 sets of 12-15
30’sx15
30’sx15
30’sx15
30’sx15

C2- Hamstrings: Lying Leg curls- 4 sets of 12-15
45x15 (+1 rep)
45x15 (+3 reps)
45x13 (+1 rep)
45x13 (+2 reps)
40x15

D1-Calves: Calf Presses- 4 sets of 12-15
9 ½ x14
9 ½ x13
9 ½ x12
9 ½ x12

And I finished it off with 20 minutes on the treadmill.

I am HUNGRY!!!!!!! Really hungry! Ack! But I noticed some definition in my arms/legs that wasn’t there last week :D Oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Going to go down a giant can of salmon and a nice bowl of strawberries w/f.f cool whip! I cannot express how excited I am for that! More excited than I usually am for Christmas!!! :D

[MisSarahC]

Wow wow wee wow! Lol! Lori you never cease to impress with your strength! And you are absolutely ADORABLE with your excitement for your bowl of strawberries!!! Lol. It sounds pretty bombin right about now though! I hope you enjoyed it! ;)

[tina722]

^^Agree! I love whip cream, could eat it like ice cream. What is your calorie intake like? And also, I assume A1, A2 are superset? Do you rest afterwards?

[gobbles23]

Wow wow wee wow! Lol! Lori you never cease to impress with your strength! And you are absolutely ADORABLE with your excitement for your bowl of strawberries!!! Lol. It sounds pretty bombin right about now though! I hope you enjoyed it! ;)Haha! Thank you! It was very tasty :D I love my cool whip :D


^^Agree! I love whip cream, could eat it like ice cream. What is your calorie intake like? And also, I assume A1, A2 are superset? Do you rest afterwards?I'm doing a recomping thing right now- it's the mass version of UD2- but at maintenance calories- or slightly below. So my schedule looks like this:

August 9th Tues- 1477 calories- 100g carbs - Chest/Arms/Shoulders/abs+ 20 mins cardio + small walk (hills)

August 10th Wed- 1472 cals- 100g carbs- Legs/Back/Calves + 30 mins cardio- weight- 120.5lbs

August 11th Thurs- 1447 calories- 100g carbs- Cardio – 50-60 minutes treadmill

August 12th Fri- 1800 calories- Start Carb Load- 200g carbs/Tension Workout

August 13th Sat- 2100 calories- Carb Load- 300-400g carbs- Rest

August 14th Sun- 2400 cals - 200g carbs/Power Workout

August 15th Mon- 1800 calories- 150g carbs- Rest

My calorie average is about 1800 a week. I am getting stronger while maintaining my weight- which is my current goal :)

And yup! Those are supersets- I only rest for as long as it takes me to catch my breath, and then it's back to it! :)

[gobbles23]

Today’s workout was tough!! I am HUNGRY! And I feel quite weak and depleted :p

Tension Workout!!!!!

A1-Chest - Bench press: 2x6-12
55x13
80x5
100x9 (+2 reps)
100x7 (+5lbs)

A2- Quads- Goblet Squats: 2x6-12
30x12 (warm up)
40x14
60x12
60x12

B1- Chest –Incline Bench press: 2x6-12
85x7
80x10

B2- Back- Standing Cable rows: 2x6-12
4 ½ x12
4 ½ x12 (+2 reps)

C1- Shoulders- Bradford Presses-2x6-12 (first time trying these)
40x10
40x9 (surprisingly difficult!)

C2- Hammies-Lying Leg curl: 2x6-12
45x15
55x11

D1- Hammies-Standing Cable Leg Curls: 2x6-12
4 ½ x10
4 ½ x10

D2- Quads-Leg extension: 2x6-12
90x11
90x10

E1-Triceps-Incline Skull Crushers: 2x6-12
55x12

Tricep Push-downs:
3 ½ x5
2 ½ x15


E2- Barbell curl: 2x6-12
60x11
60x10

F1-Shoulders-Upright Rows: 2x6-12
35x12
45x8

F2- Back- Rack Chins- 2x6-12
BW+25 lbsx8
BW+17 lbsx9

F3- Abdominals- Weighted Swiss Ball Crunches-
30lb D.B on chest x13
30lb D.B on chest x12
30lb D.B on chest x11

Blarga!! Cannot wait for my giant bowl of oatmeal to finish cooking! :)

Only a few days left for this challenge! How exciting!

[gobbles23]

Today was one of those workouts where everything just keeps driving you crazy! I sliced the top of my ring finger yesterday- I fell down on the rocks- and the band aid kept being ******. Then during stiff-legged deadlifts my lower back/glutes/hips cramped up so bad I couldn’t make the pain stop.

So halfway through those I had to switch to something else. Then I pinched the skin of my thigh on the cable machine doing rows. Then I used that anger and destroyed the rest of my workout! Hahahahaha! Oh man! All I could do was laugh at my own misfortune near the end :p

Power Workout!!!!

Flat Bench- 3x3-5 reps
55x12
85x5
100x2
110x4 (+1 rep)
110x4 (+2 reps)
110x3 (+3 reps)

A1- High B.B Step-ups on bench- 3x3-5 reps
40x8 each leg
60x7 each leg
70x4 each
70x4 each

A2- Incline Flies- 2x3-5 reps
40’sx5 (+5lbs, +5 reps)
40’sx5 (+5 reps)

B1- D.B One Legged Stiff Legged Deadlifts-2x3-5 reps
35’sx7 each leg
40’sx7 each leg, then the insane cramping started

On to:

Lying Leg Curls!
65x7
75x2 (+10lbs, +2 reps)
70x2 (+2 rep)
65x10 (+7 reps)

Lateral Raises- 3x3-5 reps
30’sx7
30’sx8
30’sx6


Leg Extensions!
115x10 (+10lbs, +10 reps)
115x8 (+8 reps)

Face Pulls- 2x3-5 reps
4 ½ x6 (+1 plate, +6 reps)
4 ½ x6 (+6 reps)

Cable Rows w/knees bent-3x3-5 reps
5 ½ x7
5 ½ x8 (+ 1 rep)
5 ½ x7 (+7 reps)

Rack Chins-2x3-5 reps
BW+35lbsx6
BW+35lbsx5

D1-Barbell Curls-3x3-5 reps
75x5 (+2 reps)
75x6 (+6 reps)

Alternating D.B Curls
30’sx5

D2- Tricep Dips- hands on chair, feet on floor, weight on lap- 3x3-5 reps
bw+ x15
bw+35lbsx12
bw+50lbsx10
bw+65lbsx9 (never did these in a while- didn’t know what to use)

Swiss Ball Curls- D.B On chest
50lbsx15
50lbsx8
50lbsx8

Great workout! Though now my already mangled finger looks even more destroyed :rolleyes: And my hips are cramping again- no matter how much I stretch I can’t get the cramping to stop!!! Ouch it hurts.

[gobbles23]

Begining weight- 130lbs. Ending weight- 120lbs.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2hn9t8j.jpg http://i52.tinypic.com/2ltsqah.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/6j0b35.jpg http://i53.tinypic.com/2vuzmec.jpg
http://i55.tinypic.com/5lqc1i.jpg http://i55.tinypic.com/2wqtqmp.jpg

And not a contest picture as I cut off the face (which I regret doing)
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[gobbles23]

And one more! :p

http://i51.tinypic.com/246s3z8.jpg

And log over! But I'm far from done yet! If anyone wants to continue to follow the magnificent adventures of Lori, feel free to join me in my other log in the female section! Link is in my sig! :)

[egobeater]

Wow...super improvement. The side pics shows a dramatic change in the figure. And the definition in the back...just glad I followed the link! ;)
Good luck, hope you win!

[tina722]

Awesome job! Hamstrings are totally popping - looks great! I'll be checking out your other log. :)

[bearybear]

Wow Gobbles I'm impressed and jealous!

[Siafu4Life]

Very nice job!!

[soopamyko]

Be very proud of what you accomplished Lori.

[Joseph1990]

Strong progress is strong.

[MisSarahC]

Lori! You did an AMAAAAAZING JOB!!! All I can say is WOW! Super proud of yA! You've definitely got this one in the bag! And I know you'll continue killing it in your next challenge! Big upZ lady!♡

[tina722]

Going to be the first to congratulate you! Enjoy your prizes!

[gobbles23]

Thanks so much everyone :D YAY!!!! :D

[Chuck2600]

Strong location

[gobbles23]

Strong location

Old journal :p My real one is in the female section :)

[Chuck2600]

It came up when I was lurking through some stuff in the nutrition section, didn't relaize it was from last month until after I posted lol.