TINAs nutrition and training log

[tina722]

Finally some good training days.

Sat:
Back Squats: w/u, 115x5, 145x5,5, 155x5,5, 95x10x2
DL: conventional: 135x5, 185x5, 235x1x4, 205x3x2, sumo: 185x3x5
DB rows: 65x68x3
some other stuff, and of course the TRX

Sun:
30min cardio, swimming!!!

Mon:
BBrows: 95x5, 115x5, 135x5
Chins: BWx3x5
DB press: 30x5, 40x5x2 (help with the 40s)
Face pulls/upright rows: 4 sets
TRX stuff/wall handstands: can do shoulder tap with a pause at shoulder. 3 sets

Eating is getting better. An easy yoga class tonight.

[gobbles23]

Wow, sick deads and d.b rows!!!

And Barbell rows, and everything else Awesome job!

Glad your mouth feels better! I had a bad tooth removed last month and so I sort of feel your pain! It's soooo relieving once you're back to normal and can eat normally again

[tina722]

d.b rows

Glad your mouth feels better! I had a bad tooth removed last month and so I sort of feel your pain! It's soooo relieving once you're back to normal and can eat normally again

oops. that's 65x8x3. I'm not doing 68 reps of anything.

But thanks, I feel like my lifting goes in waves and I'm hoping it's going up now.

Teeth are much better, thank you, nothing like getting an infection though. Just annoying and won't go away. I am loving having the braces off.

[gobbles23]

Hahaha! I actually read it as 65x3 and 68x3, but 65 is still super impressive!!!! That 70lb d.b downstairs is difficult to row

[newbeginning828]

Great workouts!!

I'm in awe of your 135# bb row and well... everything else!! Glad to hear that you're feeling better about your workouts!!

[Ivey_Itch]

glad you're feeling better and kicking butt in the gym

[tina722]

Medium day today. Felt good though.

w/u
Front Squats: 10 @ 45, 65, 95, 105, 115
Heels up Squats: 12@ 95 (too heavy), 65, 85
Single leg press: 12@ 90, 100, 115
RDLs/GMs: 10@ 45, 65, 65

SOO HUNGRY!!!!

[tina722]

Thur Feb 23

Weight yesterday: 136.2

Gym last night: 15min cardio, 30 pullups (6 sets), TRX handstands

Workout today: All over the place

Pec dec: 4 sets
Floor Press: 45x10, 65x10, 85x4x3 these are hard, I thought they were supposed to be easier than benching
BB Bench: 85x8, 90x8, 95x8
Incline pushups: 3x10
DB Snatch: 32x6, 37x6, 45x3, 32x6
Assisted Dips: 2 drop sets
TRX handstands.

[newbeginning828]

Thur Feb 23

Weight yesterday: 136.2

Gym last night: 15min cardio, 30 pullups (6 sets), TRX handstands

Workout today: All over the place

Pec dec: 4 sets
Floor Press: 45x10, 65x10, 85x4x3 these are hard, I thought they were supposed to be easier than benching
BB Bench: 85x8, 90x8, 95x8
Incline pushups: 3x10
DB Snatch: 32x6, 37x6, 45x3, 32x6
Assisted Dips: 2 drop sets
TRX handstands.

Sounds like an awesome workout!

Must go youtube Floor Press.... brb

[tina722]

Reassesing priorities atm. Busy with work. I'm actually (semi-seriously) considering a real program, so I can sort of put lifting "on the back burner".

Still having trouble eating enough. Has anyone ever added oil to shakes? Or I guess I could just take a few spoons of olive oil.

Got a workout in this morning, but I was sick over the weekend, so today was nothing special. Ended up doing 1 set of a few excercises.

Highlights:
Front squats:w/u, 5@115,115,120
Deficit Deads: 5@ 135,145,195
Bent over row: 5@ 95, 115,135

[SophieM]

Eh, add oil to anything. Do you eat eggs? If you eat pasta, put some oil in that also.

I hear you on the being sick. There is definitely something going around lately and it seems to be EVERYwhere.

[dreahere]

Coconut oil is very palatable in shakes, though this time of year it's solid at room temperature and you have to warm it a little to make it actual "oil".

[Romina81]

Workouts are looking good! Hmm I would only add oil in cooking never thought of adding it to drinks...what program are you going to do?

[2ndfloor]

Have you tried these oils: http://www.wholeheartedfoods.com/

They are heavenly. I haven't added them to shakes, but I'm sure they could work in them. They taste like dessert!

[tina722]

Eh, add oil to anything. Do you eat eggs? If you eat pasta, put some oil in that also.

I hear you on the being sick. There is definitely something going around lately and it seems to be EVERYwhere.

Pasta - that's something I can eat easily. I need to start cooking it regularly.

And yea, I got over the sick part okay, but being tired is sticking around.

Coconut oil is very palatable in shakes, though this time of year it's solid at room temperature and you have to warm it a little to make it actual "oil".

I have always wanted to try coconut oil...medium chain triglycerides are supposed to be processed/metabolized easily.

Workouts are looking good! Hmm I would only add oil in cooking never thought of adding it to drinks...what program are you going to do?

I was looking at the 5x5 programs...but none of them have handstands. I know, excuses, excuses, anything to avoid doing a program -right?? I liked Madcow - hard, med, easy days - which I was (kinda) trying to do, I think I'll follow it a little more strictly and use those guidelines for my squat/bench/deadlift sets. Except we'll see about 5 reps of deads. That sounds too hard. I like having compound excercises prioritized and for the "main focus" but I like assistance or accessory work too... I just want everything.
Hopefully, now that calories will be up consistently it'll be easier to increase weights.

Have you tried these oils: http://www.wholeheartedfoods.com/

They are heavenly. I haven't added them to shakes, but I'm sure they could work in them. They taste like dessert!

mmmm. dessert oils. thanks! I'll check those out.

[tina722]

Thursday March 1


Still 135/136.

Still hate benching.


w/u: OH squats, RDL, pushups
Floor press: 65x10, 85x4, 90x4x3 not any easier, but weight increase
Incline bench: 65x8, 75x8, 80x8
Cable flys/ Raises
TRX handstands

[Ivey_Itch]

I hate chest exercises period. I've never added oil to a shake, but I've added natural PB...YUM

[tina722]

Tuesday March 13

Things are settling down for a little bit at work. I'll be slowly getting around to all the journals, but hope the training is going well for everyone.

Sitting at 135, and feel like I could drop lower, so that says how well I'm doing with the eating... oh well. Have lifted 5ish times since the last time I journaled.

Highlights:
Back squats: 185 for clean reps - feel better about these than before.
Pistol squats: rep increases, need a way to make them harder
TRX handstands: so much better, need to video
back bends: to the smaller box, can do back bends from the knees.
Floor press: 95 for reps/sets...but of course nothing real exciting in the chest movements. Still work at 95/100 for work sets.

[Romina81]

Hey! Good to see you back...I was wondering where you went! Guess what? I started a new program today...Madcows 5X5!
Did you pick a program yet?
Awesome on the squatting

[newbeginning828]

Yaay glad to see your back! Looks like you had a great workout too! In for awesome handstand vids

[tina722]

Hey! Good to see you back...I was wondering where you went! Guess what? I started a new program today...Madcows 5X5!
Did you pick a program yet?
Awesome on the squatting

MADCOW!! That's awesome! I'm trying to follow their heavy squat day. 5x5 of ramping up, increasing every week. I just can't commit myself. I'll probably regret it in 5 years when I'm still trying to squat 225.

Yaay glad to see your back! Looks like you had a great workout too! In for awesome handstand vids

HEY! workouts are so/so, going along though. Handstands are awesome and I probably spend too much time on them. I took a vid the other day, but my legs are not in view, so it doesn't look like I'm doing anything.


Thursday March 15



Training:
w/u: OH squats/RDLs
pushups: BWx10, 10x10x3, 25x5
CGBP /ss Bench: 55x8, 60x8, 65x8x2
Assisted dips: 24x8, 18x8, 12x8, 6x6, BWx4
TRX: handstands and planks

[newbeginning828]

Great workout! Those TRX plank look like they're harder than regular planks! Do you hold it steady or do you do 'pike' as well? Either way killer! Esp after all those pushups.

[tina722]

^^I'm not sure if they are harder, planks are hard for me no matter where/how. I do the pikes, now, those are hard. Not sure how close my feet come or how high my butt comes up. I'll also just tuck, sometimes one leg at a time.

Saturday 3/17

made it out to metroflex after a few months away. freakin hot in that gym. But, I loved being back, and if the rain stays away (yeah, right...) we should be able to go regularly.

Front Squats: up to 120 for sets of 5
DL: up to 230x1 felt heavy today. yuck.
GHRS/jump squats
Leg extensions
DB incline press: 30x10, 35x10, 40x10
Sled drag/ab stuff

Tuesday 3/20

OH press: 45x8, 55x5, 60x5, 65x5, 70x5, 75x5 (some push-press)
Bent over BB row: 95x8x3
pushups: 10x10x3, BWx10x2
Arnold: 25x8x3
TRX stuff/ wall handstands - need to build up some more endurance again...

[tina722]

Weigh-in at 136.

Got in a semi-leg workout in the evening - 7pm - so crowded.

Leg press: 10@1 pps, 2pps, 3pps, 2pps, 1 pps
Squats: 3x15@100
DB Goblet squats: 12@80, 10@95, 6@120
Leg extensions: 10@ 120, 135, 150, 135

Also practiced handstands, I do actually have some vids, and I will try to get them up.

This AM another short workout

Bench: 45x10, 65x10, 95x3, 100x3, 105x3, 110x3, 115x3, then 135xnegatives because the guyz wanted me too,
Incline DB: 42x8,8 first time getting 42s up on my own
ss w/ CGPB: 65x8x3
assisted dips: 12x8, 6x6x3

[dreahere]

Those are some impressive goblet squats!

[tina722]

Thanks^^^

I attended an intermediate yoga flow class last night. WOW. It was very challenging, I must have done a million half-planks and push back up, down into upward dog and down dog...my shoulders are feeling it today. And the instructor looked amazing - I'm actually tempted to return just for the motivation.

Weighed in at 135.

Workout this AM:

3x5 pullups
ss w/ pulldowns

backbends - to the lowest block

tried to do good mornings while seated on the floor (legs spread), with a #25 plate on my back, but I do not have the flexibility for this. It turned into a stretch, but it did feel good. I will be trying to improve on this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5rQ1...13AUAAAAAAAAAA (on TRX)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL9kz...13AUAAAAAAAAAA


some plank TRX and handstand videos. Playing around on both of them- it looks easy, but I'm breathing hard after them and incredibly tense they are getting easier though - for some reason I can't get them embedded, but I'll work on it.

[2ndfloor]

Those handstands are mesmerizing. I haven't tried to do one since I was about 10 years old and never held one for anywhere near that long.

[Romina81]

nice handstands! Im going to try these out...in my living room

[tina722]

Thanks ladies! Yesterday I was watching some youtube videos of handstands/gymnastics and got excited to try them out again, ended up going to the gym (again...) I feel like such a beginner compared to most people out there, and it's taken me so long to get here. Everybody should try them though - shoulder and core strength and all that...

I ended up drinking waaay too much tequila Friday night. So my lifting session Saturday was meh. We did go to metroflex and I convinced my sister to go. We played around with the tires, hammer swings, sled drag, prowler. I made her bench (she's strong! got 65 for reps, and this was her first time benching ever. ) .

Also did:

Back squats:
135x3x5
DL: 135x5, 185x3, 205x3, 235x1, 245x1, 250x1 pretty surprised by this becuase I was feeling weak at the beginning
pullups: 3x5, worked on some false grip stuff

This AM:

HS Bench: 8x6 @ 55 on each
Cable flys
Dips: BWx 6x4
Headstand pikes free-standing.
Curls: 50x8x3 ss w/ OH press

[newbeginning828]

Wow sounds like you had a fun weekend (even with the tequila lol)! Those handstands looks soo fun, I know I'll prob land on my back/face a few times tho