Sophie's Log - Page 4

SophieM · 10-24-2009, 11:11 AM

Went to the gym already since it closes at noon on Saturdays.

DB Bench Press - 30 lbs-6-6-6
DB FLyes - 20 lbs-8-8-8
DB Military Press - 20 lbs-9-8-8
Assisted Dips - 45 lbs-4-4-3 (been a LONG time since I've done these because of my cyst)
Triceps Kickback - 15 lbs-7-7
DB Twists - 15 lbs-20-20

Measured and took pictures. Should NEVER take pictures on the first day of my period. Ugh. LOL. I'm down 2 lbs and almost all of my measurements are down as well. Strength hasn't gone down, so all is good. Will check everything again in ~2 weeks.

SophieM · 10-25-2009, 12:41 PM

It's Sunday, my day off, so it's time to plan out next week.

Monday - Pull + Insanity workout or HIIT
Tuesday - Legs + Insanity workout or HIIT (whichever I didn't do yesterday)
Wednesday - Push
Thursday - Pull + Insanity workout or HIIT
Friday - Legs + Insanity workout or HIIT (whichever I didn't do yesterday)
Saturday - Push
Sunday - OFF!!!

Hopefully the extra cardio workouts (Insanity) will help combat this depression. If it doesn't, I don't know what I'm going to do.

punxnotdead309 · 10-25-2009, 06:32 PM

Sounds like you have one hectic schedule! I'm never good for planning out more than a day in advance. Is there a reason you're depressed?

SophieM · 10-25-2009, 07:46 PM

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Sounds like you have one hectic schedule! I'm never good for planning out more than a day in advance. Is there a reason you're depressed?

It's mostly the time of year. October 20 was the 11 year anniversary of my mom's death. She's been dead for half my life now. She died when I was 11.

October 28 is the 15 year anniversary of my grandma's death. She died when I was 7 and was my legal guardian and caretaker at the time.

Then you go into holiday season which focuses heavily on family, and I don't really have a family. Mom is dead, dad never claimed me and I don't know anyone on his side of the family, grandma and grandpa on my mom's side are dead. My mom's brothers and sister's were my abusers. Blah blah blah.

It usually settles down a lot after the new year but it's been pretty bad this year, complete with thoughts about how to kill myself that have been pretty intense.

SophieM · 10-26-2009, 08:09 PM

SLDL - 190 lbs-5-5, 195 lbs-1 (PR!!)
Assisted Pull Up - 45 lbs-6-6-5
Cable Seated Row - 80 lbs-7-7-7
BB Upright Row - 50 lbs-6-6-6
BB Rear Delt Row - 50 lbs-8-8
BB Curls - 45 lbs-7-5-6
EZ Bar Preacher Curls - 35 lbs-7-7

HIIT outside in the parking lot.
My left quad got a knot in it but it seemed to have worked itself out during HIIT. I iced it when I got home, just in case. I also stretched after HIIT which felt GREAT!!!

punxnotdead309 · 10-27-2009, 01:25 PM

Nice workout! As for the leg crampage, I hate when that happens. My left leg goes numb when I do squats, but it.s because I have a pinched sciatic nerve.

SophieM · 10-27-2009, 07:44 PM

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Nice workout! As for the leg crampage, I hate when that happens. My left leg goes numb when I do squats, but it.s because I have a pinched sciatic nerve.

Ew. That doesn't sound like fun. My squats are horrible. I don't have full ROM in my ankle so I have to lean WAY forward to keep my balance. I don't like squats. Trying to increase my ROM. Slowly but surely it's coming along.

Today
Leg Press - 200 lbs-8-8-8
Bulgarian Split Squats - 15 lbs-6-6-6
Leg Extension - 60 lbs-6-6-6
Cable Adductors - 30 lbs-10-10-10
Cable Abductors - 30 lbs-10-10-10
Standing Calf Raise - 140-12-12-12

Then I did Insanity's Pure Cardio. It proved to me I am NOT a cardio person. The warmup had me dripping and my max HR was in the mid 190's. I had to rest SO MUCH during it. I still did at least some of every exercise though. Granted, there was a lot of squats and jumps and I had just done leg day, but still. Ugh. But, it did seem to improve my mood and that's why I'm doing it.

Trudee · 10-28-2009, 04:32 AM

I looked up the hooks and I still do get how you would use them! LOL
What is this insanity workout that you keep mentioning?
Have a great day!

SophieM · 10-28-2009, 08:03 AM

Hooks are awesome for pulling motions. You just hook the hook around the weight, and pull. No grip involved. I only use them for deadlifts though.

Insanity is a workout program from the same people that made P90X. From what I see (I didn't do P90X) it's a lot harder though.

SophieM · 10-28-2009, 06:41 PM

BB Bench Press = 75 lbs-5-5-5
BB Incline Bench Press - 55 lbs-7-7-7
BB Military Press - 55 lbs-3, 50 lbs-5-5 (read my chart wrong. Was supposed to do 50 lbs, not 55 lbs)
Triceps Pushdown - 50 lbs-8-8-8
Cable Triceps Extension - 50 lbs-8-8-8

punxnotdead309 · 10-28-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by SophieM

Ew. That doesn't sound like fun. My squats are horrible. I don't have full ROM in my ankle so I have to lean WAY forward to keep my balance. I don't like squats. Trying to increase my ROM. Slowly but surely it's coming along.

Today
Leg Press - 200 lbs-8-8-8
Bulgarian Split Squats - 15 lbs-6-6-6
Leg Extension - 60 lbs-6-6-6
Cable Adductors - 30 lbs-10-10-10
Cable Abductors - 30 lbs-10-10-10
Standing Calf Raise - 140-12-12-12

Then I did Insanity's Pure Cardio. It proved to me I am NOT a cardio person. The warmup had me dripping and my max HR was in the mid 190's. I had to rest SO MUCH during it. I still did at least some of every exercise though. Granted, there was a lot of squats and jumps and I had just done leg day, but still. Ugh. But, it did seem to improve my mood and that's why I'm doing it.

Just don.t push it or you could end up at square one. I know that from experience, unfortunately.
I know that cardio sucks. I hate it, but, unfortunately, I have to do it. I refuse to do hard core cardio, though

Nu-uh!

SophieM · 10-29-2009, 08:06 PM

Hard core cardio is the only thing I seem to be able to stick to. No problem sticking to HIIT, but steady state, just can't get motivated to do it.

SLDL - 190 lbs-5-5-2
Lat Pulldown - 90 lbs-5-5-5
1-Arm Bent Row - 40 lbs-6-6-6
DB Upright Row - 20 lbs-10-10-10
Lying DB Rear Delt Row - 20 lbs-6-6-6
DB Curls - 20 lbs-2-2-2
Concentration Curls - 30 lbs-4-4

THEN, I did another Insanity workout. This time Plyometric Cardio Circuit. My upper quads were BURNING during some of the exercises. Hope to feel it in the morning. Also hope I worked the tightness out of my calves. Leg day should be interesting tomorrow. At least it's a hamstring focus day and not a quad focus.

I don't think I'm going to do HIIT tomorrow because the weather is supposed to be a little chilly. Saturday is supposed to be nice though so I hope to do it then. Tomorrow I might do Insanity's Cardio Abs. It's only ~ 20 minutes.

Trudee · 10-30-2009, 06:14 AM

Sounds like your workouts are going well...good for you

punxnotdead309 · 10-30-2009, 08:42 PM

Nice job

SophieM · 11-01-2009, 02:15 PM

The cruise is now 5 weeks away. Eek!!

Goals for the month:
1) Keep carbs around 150 g per day or less (I function so much better with less carbs)
2) NO JUNK FOOD (I told my dad that if I want junk food, to make me buy it. Since I have little extra money, hopefully this will deter me)
3) Two workouts a day, 6 days a week (Not as much as you think. Lifting in the afternoon and cardio in the evening. Have to get through this depression)
4) Go to bed and get up at reasonable times (My sleeping habits are horrendous)

I'm sure there's more, but those are the ones on my mind right now.

Plan for the week
Monday - Pull +HIIT
Tuesday - Legs + Insanity
Wednesday - Push +Insanity Abs
Thursday - Pull + Insanity
Friday - Legs + HIIT
Saturday - Push +Insanity Abs
Sunday - Off

SophieM · 11-02-2009, 07:39 PM

Back from the gym, and exhausted.

SLDL - 190 lbs-5-5-5
Assisted Pullup - 45 lbs-6-6-6
Seated Cable Row - 80 lbs-7-7-7
BB Upright Row - 50 lbs-6-6-5
BB Rear Delt Row - 50 lbs-8-8
BB Curls - 45 lbs-7-7-7
E-Z Bar Preacher Curls - 35 lbs-6-6

Then, I did 10 cycles of HIIT on the bike. Then, I stretched.

SophieM · 11-03-2009, 08:27 AM

So, Friday, Oct. 30, I went to a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I dressed up as Dr. Frank N. Furter (picture on my BodySpace photo gallery). It was hilarious. I wore a long sweater jacket and when the Sweet Transvestite song came on, I took the jacket off, showing off the costume underneath, and dance. Completely not like me, but it was too funny. I got cat calls and whistles and just had a great time. It was one hell of a first impression, that's for sure.

SophieM · 11-03-2009, 06:25 PM

Legs today

Leg Press - 210 lbs-6-6-6
Bulgarian Split Squats - 15 lbs-7-7-7
Leg Extension - 60 lbs-7-7-7
Cable Adduction - 30 lbs-11-11-11
Cable Abduction - 30 lbs-11-11-11
Standing Calf Raise - 140 lbs-12-12-12

Still need to do the Insanity workout and stretch. Getting ready to do that now.

punxnotdead309 · 11-03-2009, 06:34 PM

You.re doing an awesome job! I always love leg workouts.

vanillabn · 11-03-2009, 06:42 PM

Great leg workout!! Do you find the insanity workout tough to get through after legs in the A.M. ?

SophieM · 11-03-2009, 06:44 PM

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Great leg workout!! Do you find the insanity workout tough to get through after legs in the A.M. ?

I finished legs around 6:30 pm. LOL. Last week I did legs and then came home and did Insanity. I just find Insanity hard to get through, period. LOL

SophieM · 11-04-2009, 11:47 AM

My calves aren't anywhere near as sore as they were last week when I did Insanity for the first time. There is a tiny bit of tenderness when I dorsiflex them, but that's it. I can live with that.

I bought new lifting gloves today. I had stopped wearing them for a while because the one pair I had was getting torn up and the other pair has padding on the palms and I didn't like it as much. BUT, I found a pair EXACTLY like my torn up pair for only $10!

This weekend is weigh, measure, and picture weekend. I'll have a month until the cruise this coming Sunday. Time is really flying by. My fat loss is at the stage where it appears I have a lose fat on my sides and back. I've read around the boards that lose fat is common when you're losing fat. I just hope it goes away before the cruise. LOL

The low calorie diet hasn't affected my lifts, so that's good. Everything is still increasing at the normal rate I'd say. I haven't missed anything that I should have made or anything like that. As long as the strength gains are still there, it's onward and upwards with the fat loss.

SophieM · 11-04-2009, 07:21 PM

BB Bench Press = 75 lbs-7-7-7
BB Incline Bench Press - 55 lbs-8-8-8
BB Military Press - 50 lbs-7-7-7
Triceps Pushdown - 50 lbs-9-9-9
Cable Triceps Extension - 50 lbs-9-9-9

I was supposed to do sets of 6 for bench and military press, but got a bit froggy and did sets of 7. It was fine. I'm getting ready to go do Insanity Cardio Abs.

punxnotdead309 · 11-05-2009, 09:19 AM

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My calves aren't anywhere near as sore as they were last week when I did Insanity for the first time. There is a tiny bit of tenderness when I dorsiflex them, but that's it. I can live with that.

I bought new lifting gloves today. I had stopped wearing them for a while because the one pair I had was getting torn up and the other pair has padding on the palms and I didn't like it as much. BUT, I found a pair EXACTLY like my torn up pair for only $10!

This weekend is weigh, measure, and picture weekend. I'll have a month until the cruise this coming Sunday. Time is really flying by. My fat loss is at the stage where it appears I have a lose fat on my sides and back. I've read around the boards that lose fat is common when you're losing fat. I just hope it goes away before the cruise. LOL

The low calorie diet hasn't affected my lifts, so that's good. Everything is still increasing at the normal rate I'd say. I haven't missed anything that I should have made or anything like that. As long as the strength gains are still there, it's onward and upwards with the fat loss.

Loose fat! I totally have that problem. I was reading that there are two types of body fat.
The loose, jiggly type of fat that looks like more than what is actually there and then the hard, more compact fat.
The jiggly fat is not as good looking, but it.s healthier. The hard fat tends to deposit around the organs and compress them, where as jiggly fat remains more on the surface.

I have the jiggly type fat and boy, does it hate me. My sister, on the other hand, has the hard type and she has never had a muffin top.

How many calories do you get in a day?

SophieM · 11-05-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by punxnotdead309

Loose fat! I totally have that problem. I was reading that there are two types of body fat.
The loose, jiggly type of fat that looks like more than what is actually there and then the hard, more compact fat.
The jiggly fat is not as good looking, but it.s healthier. The hard fat tends to deposit around the organs and compress them, where as jiggly fat remains more on the surface.

I have the jiggly type fat and boy, does it hate me. My sister, on the other hand, has the hard type and she has never had a muffin top.

How many calories do you get in a day?

The weird this is, I never had loose fat before. It's shown up recently, maybe in the past 2 months or so. The fat on my legs is hard to grab, and the fat on my stomach used to be as well, but not anymore LOL.

Right now I'm getting around 1700 calories on average for the past two months. Weight is still coming down slowly but surely.

SophieM · 11-05-2009, 06:38 PM

SLDL - 190 lbs-5, 200-1

Lat Pulldown - 90 lbs-6-6-6
1-Arm Bent Row - 40 lbs-6-7-7
DB Upright Row - 20 lbs-11-11-11
Lying DB Rear Delt Row - 20 lbs-7-7
DB Curls - 20 lbs-3-2-1
Concentration Curls - 30 lbs-5-5

Probably won't do Insanity tonight. Need to study.

SophieM · 11-06-2009, 11:10 AM

Studying has paid off. I passed the ACSM-CPT today.

SophieM · 11-08-2009, 08:34 AM

Slight modification and an addition to the month goals
1) Keep carbs around 100 g per day or less
2) NO JUNK FOOD
3) Two workouts a day, 6 days a week
4) Go to bed and get up at reasonable times
5) Drink at least 6 cups of water a day

The first week went well. I made each of them at least 6 out of 7 days, which is pretty good.

I'm lowering carbs a bit because I still seem to be holding some water that I wasn't holding at lower carb loads. I just need to figure out how many carbs I can eat and not hold on to water. The pictures show an improvement though so hopefully dropping them a little more will be even better.

Measurements and weight hardly changed, which is odd considering I was down to 123 last week. I'll have to go back and see what I was/wasn't eating. I have a feeling it may be due to hydration as well.

The loose fat I had seems to have gone away for the most part. Maybe it was the time of month, lag time, or the stress of the ACSM exam. Either way, glad it's mostly gone now.

Trudee · 11-08-2009, 02:51 PM

what was the test for?

SophieM · 11-08-2009, 03:17 PM

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what was the test for?

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