CathyVee & IrishLassie78 Get Extremely Pumped with ProMera

[IrishLassie78]

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to our ProMera Pump Extreme log This is CathyVee's very first log and my first partnered log and it's going to be awesome. We both love food and we both love to lift so expect a whole lot of both in here. There will be weight moved, there will be food pron... My new goal in life (aside from actually looking like I lift) is to figure out how to take video that is watchable so there will hopefully be some of that too. Stay tuned...

[AndrikM]

OMG 1st!

Subbed let's rock this!

[Run4Kiddos]

Definitely IN!!

[jwtiger69]

Ya buddy! Lets do this....

[bbowsh54]

Looking forward to it!

[krankphreak]

Heck yeah get it on! Subbed.

[brad23]

Subbed!!!

[lonniej]

Subbed!!

[IrishLassie78]

OMG 1st!

Subbed let's rock this!

Definitely IN!!

Ya buddy! Lets do this....

Looking forward to it!

Heck yeah get it on! Subbed.

Subbed!!!

Subbed!!

Hi Everyone Welcome!

Stay tuned for teh awesome.

[IrishLassie78]

So I figured I'd pop in and give you guys a more thorough introduction to myself. I've been lifting with what I call "intent" for a couple of years now. I had a serious case of fukarounditis for about 6 months before that because I had no clue what to do and I was still in that mind set that if I lifted actual weight and ate a normal amount of food, I'd turn into some kind of she-hulk. Oddly enough, all I can think now when I look in the mirror is that I look so tiny and no one would know I even lift. Which is a complete 180 from back in the day when I was trying to be a professional dancer/actress and all I could see when I looked in the mirror then was how fat I was. Amazing how a couple of years can completely change your mindset and thought process. About everything in life really. I used to be an aspiring singer/dancer/actress, now I'm a stock broker and I pick things up and put them down. I still get my groove on in hip-hop and Zumba classes now and then and hit up the local bars for karaoke nights, and sometimes I still do some community theatre, but I'm a much happier, more balanced person now that I'm not trying to put myself in a box I don't fit in. Anyway... enough seriousness. The other thing that I enjoy beyond just about everything else is food. I love to cook and I love eat the things I cook. You will definitely see lots of food pron in this thread Next up on my agenda is homemade ice cream sandwiches...

As far as my current training goes, I'm running PHAT right now and absolutely loving it. I am definitely a volume junky and this program definitely feeds that addiction. And since I quit screwing around trying to cut and started eating all of the food again, I'm getting really, really good results. Lifts are going up, measurements are actually going down in the places I went them down, up in the places I went them up, and the scale isn't moving. I am winning. I also just entered a challenge at my work gym (and of course I'm the only female so far that's entered it because I'm pretty sure I'm the only one that lifts). The challenge is to see who can increase their 1RM in Squat, DL, Bench and OHP between May 1st and July 1st. I've never done anything like this before so I'm really excited about that. I'm totally going to smoke these guys. Going to test my 1RMs, not this coming week, but the next one so stay tuned for that. Haven't done them since around Christmas so I'll be interested to see what progress I've made since then. Really can't wait to see how the Pump Extreme effects energy and endurance with everything I've got going on now.

[swooshie]

In and sub'd

[wishiwasdivin]

In to support the Irish lady

[AndrikM]

Great Intro! PHAT is a solid program, if you do the work the results will follow!

[CathyVee]

In!

Wait, it's my log I better be in .

Thanks to IrishLassie78 for getting this log started. It is my first log. I promise to put in lots of photos and perhaps a video or two. My lifts are not at all impressive but I'm working on them.

Here's my intro: In 2009 I weighed a whopping 172 lbs and had been newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Knew I needed to make some changes so I started working out with a trainer and, more importantly, started paying attention to diet. One year later I weighed 120 lbs. I was pleased with the changes but wanted more.

I've done several programs including All Pro's, 5/3/1, Strong Curves and my current program, Baby Got Back. BGB is a 4 dayUpper Lower which works well with my work schedule. I'm a nurse and work 4 days/week with rotating weekends. I definitely get to the gym on my off days and need to work on getting there at least one other day of the week.

I'll admit to being a fulker and am currently dieting. I'm sitting at 132 lbs this morning and hoping to get down to 125 lbs or awesome looking, whichever comes first. I do love food and enjoying cooking. I promised photos so here's a pic of the cheeseburger I had for lunch:

[swooshie]

Cheeeeeseburger ............. yum

Nice intro! Looking forward to following along

[Madi-J]

In!

[CathyVee]

This was today's workout. Will be interesting to see how the supps affect my training. Made some videos but not pleased with the angle. Used my iPad mini and will try to position it better. Pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to upload to Youtube. Previously have used a camera but way too many steps to get it uploaded.

BGB--Lower

Good Morning
45 x 5 (w/u)
110 x 5
110 x 5
95 x 5

RDL
95 x 8 (w/u)
135 x 8
135 x 8
135 x 8

Smith Machine Lunges
45 x 8
45 x 8
Hammer Strength Floor Base Machine Lunges
12--oh my, that was hard

LTE
22 x 5 (w/u)
42 x 5
42 x 5
42 x 4--

Triceps Pressdowns--PTS machine cables
6 x 8
6 x 8
6 x 8

Used my iPad to take some videos. Not the greatest angle but could tell I wasn't going low enough so that's why I dropped weight on the GMs. After I got done with my second set of lunges on the Smith machine, a guy told me that he likes to do lunges in the Hammer strength lunge/base machine. I tried it without weights and my thighs were burning. Only one Smith at the gym so that's a good option if it's not available.

Went to lunch and had a pulled pork sandwich followed by some gelato for dessert. Diet's been put on hold this weekend. So sick of dieting.

[lonniej]

This was today's workout. Will be interesting to see how the supps affect my training. Made some videos but not pleased with the angle. Used my iPad mini and will try to position it better. Pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to upload to Youtube. Previously have used a camera but way too many steps to get it uploaded.

BGB--Lower

Good Morning
45 x 5 (w/u)
110 x 5
110 x 5
95 x 5

RDL
95 x 8 (w/u)
135 x 8
135 x 8
135 x 8

Smith Machine Lunges
45 x 8
45 x 8
Hammer Strength Floor Base Machine Lunges
12--oh my, that was hard

LTE
22 x 5 (w/u)
42 x 5
42 x 5
42 x 4--

Triceps Pressdowns--PTS machine cables
6 x 8
6 x 8
6 x 8

Used my iPad to take some videos. Not the greatest angle but could tell I wasn't going low enough so that's why I dropped weight on the GMs. After I got done with my second set of lunges on the Smith machine, a guy told me that he likes to do lunges in the Hammer strength lunge/base machine. I tried it without weights and my thighs were burning. Only one Smith at the gym so that's a good option if it's not available.

Went to lunch and had a pulled pork sandwich followed by some gelato for dessert. Diet's been put on hold this weekend. So sick of dieting.

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Great intro, congratulations on your progress..

Solid workout..

I can see right now I am going to have a problem with diet following this log! Food looks delicious!!

[Lowlyfe01]

IN!!! and exited to be a part of this group.

[wishiwasdivin]

Vee posting up some delicious looking food.

Oooh Training looks solid as well.

[IrishLassie78]

Nice looking workouts, CathyVee Food looks HNNNNNNGGGGG....

Busy weekend was busy in IrishLassie land. I can't wait until my sister's wedding is over and I can just spend an entire weekend sitting on my couch and not driving all creation and spending stupid amounts of money. I did get some really great lifting in this weekend so here's that:

Lower HT:

Warm-up:
Hip mobility, ankle mobility, high knees, ass kickers, bw squats, squat to stands, squat stretch

Speed Front Squat:
Warm-up Sets
Bar x 10
65 x 8
75 x 5

Working Sets
80 x 3 x 6 *These felt really good.

Sumo DL:
Warm-up Sets
135 x 8
155 x 8

Working Sets
165 x 8
175 x 8
185 x 8 *I think this is why my butt and hams are so sore today. I was pretty impressed with myself with the DLs today because I was able to get the bar of the ground with really good speed all around.

Seated Calf Raise/Reverse Hyperextensions SS:
Calf Raises
55 x 10 x 4

Reverse Hypers
10 x 4 *Need to do more reps or something. This kind of felt like a waste of time.

Curtsy Lunges/Calf Press SS:
Lunges
22.5s x 12 x 3/side

Calf Press
3pps x 15 x 3 *I think the sled on the leg press at my weekend gym is a lot lighter than the one at my work gym because these felt super easy.

Cable Abductor/Straight Leg Kick Back SS:
Abductor
15 x 12 x 3 *This cable machine feels MUCH heavier than the one at my work gym. This was seriously hard

Kick Back
17.5 x 12 x 3

Lying Leg Curl/Leg Extension SS:
Curls
50 x 12 x 3

Extensions
70 x 12 x 3

Foam rolled, stretched, went to my parents for my dad's birthday

Chest & Arms HT:

Warm-up:
Arm circles, band pull-aparts, band pull-overs, rotator cuff stuff

DB Flat Bench
Warm-up Sets
20s x 10
25s x 10
30s x 8

Working Sets
35s x 8
37.5s x 8
40s x 8 *Didn't even come close to rolling off the bench so I'm calling this a win because I haven't done this weight on DB bench in a while and it felt pretty easy actually. Was supposed to have been speed bench but all the benches were occupied today and I didn't feel like wasting time, hence the dbs.

Incline DB Bench/Drag Curls SS:
Bench
30s x 10
32.5s x 10 x 2 *Pretty smoked from the 40s on the flat bench

Curls
40lb pre-weighted bar x 10 x 3

Incline DB Flies/DB Overhead Triceps Extensions SS:
Flies
20s x 12 x 3

Extensions
40 x 12 x 3

Cable Rope Hammer Curls/Cable Rope Pulldowns SS:
Curls
30 x 12
35 x 12 x 2

Pull-downs
35 x 15
37.5 x 15 x 2

Core:
Hanging Leg Raises
Knees to chest x 10 x 3
Knees to right shoulder x 10 x 3
Knees to left shoulder x 10 x 3

Plank - 1 min
Side Plank - 1 min/side

Met-Con:
Grocery Shopping on a Sunday, Total time = 25 min Food bought = a fukking lot

So over the past couple of years I've developed some kind of food sensitivity (which no one can seem to figure out) that results in really gross blisters in my throat. So I'm dealing with that right now and it sucks. It's either the yeast in bread, too much sodium, or some combination of the two. Been eating out way too much lately due to running around all over the place and no time to cook and that's going to have to stop because this sucks. I love ice cream, and I enjoy my protein shakes, but I don't want to have to live off them because swallowing solid food hurts like a sonofab!tch I made some mango habenero salsa yesterday that I haven't gotten to eat yet, which sucks because it looks awesome, smells awesome, and my boyfriend said it was awesome. And of course I forgot to take pictures...

[AndrikM]

Great weekend for you both!

Strong legwork!

Ya gotta eat to grow

[kerryfine]

Subbed!

IrishLassie, have you tried taking probiotics for a period of time to see if that helps prevent the throat sores. Maybe a thrush type occurrence

[lonniej]

Nice looking workouts, CathyVee Food looks HNNNNNNGGGGG....

Busy weekend was busy in IrishLassie land. I can't wait until my sister's wedding is over and I can just spend an entire weekend sitting on my couch and not driving all creation and spending stupid amounts of money. I did get some really great lifting in this weekend so here's that:

Lower HT:

Warm-up:
Hip mobility, ankle mobility, high knees, ass kickers, bw squats, squat to stands, squat stretch

Speed Front Squat:
Warm-up Sets
Bar x 10
65 x 8
75 x 5

Working Sets
80 x 3 x 6 *These felt really good.

Sumo DL:
Warm-up Sets
135 x 8
155 x 8

Working Sets
165 x 8
175 x 8
185 x 8 *I think this is why my butt and hams are so sore today. I was pretty impressed with myself with the DLs today because I was able to get the bar of the ground with really good speed all around.

Seated Calf Raise/Reverse Hyperextensions SS:
Calf Raises
55 x 10 x 4

Reverse Hypers
10 x 4 *Need to do more reps or something. This kind of felt like a waste of time.

Curtsy Lunges/Calf Press SS:
Lunges
22.5s x 12 x 3/side

Calf Press
3pps x 15 x 3 *I think the sled on the leg press at my weekend gym is a lot lighter than the one at my work gym because these felt super easy.

Cable Abductor/Straight Leg Kick Back SS:
Abductor
15 x 12 x 3 *This cable machine feels MUCH heavier than the one at my work gym. This was seriously hard

Kick Back
17.5 x 12 x 3

Lying Leg Curl/Leg Extension SS:
Curls
50 x 12 x 3

Extensions
70 x 12 x 3

Foam rolled, stretched, went to my parents for my dad's birthday

Chest & Arms HT:

Warm-up:
Arm circles, band pull-aparts, band pull-overs, rotator cuff stuff

DB Flat Bench
Warm-up Sets
20s x 10
25s x 10
30s x 8

Working Sets
35s x 8
37.5s x 8
40s x 8 *Didn't even come close to rolling off the bench so I'm calling this a win because I haven't done this weight on DB bench in a while and it felt pretty easy actually. Was supposed to have been speed bench but all the benches were occupied today and I didn't feel like wasting time, hence the dbs.

Incline DB Bench/Drag Curls SS:
Bench
30s x 10
32.5s x 10 x 2 *Pretty smoked from the 40s on the flat bench

Curls
40lb pre-weighted bar x 10 x 3

Incline DB Flies/DB Overhead Triceps Extensions SS:
Flies
20s x 12 x 3

Extensions
40 x 12 x 3

Cable Rope Hammer Curls/Cable Rope Pulldowns SS:
Curls
30 x 12
35 x 12 x 2

Pull-downs
35 x 15
37.5 x 15 x 2

Core:
Hanging Leg Raises
Knees to chest x 10 x 3
Knees to right shoulder x 10 x 3
Knees to left shoulder x 10 x 3

Plank - 1 min
Side Plank - 1 min/side

Met-Con:
Grocery Shopping on a Sunday, Total time = 25 min Food bought = a fukking lot

So over the past couple of years I've developed some kind of food sensitivity (which no one can seem to figure out) that results in really gross blisters in my throat. So I'm dealing with that right now and it sucks. It's either the yeast in bread, too much sodium, or some combination of the two. Been eating out way too much lately due to running around all over the place and no time to cook and that's going to have to stop because this sucks. I love ice cream, and I enjoy my protein shakes, but I don't want to have to live off them because swallowing solid food hurts like a sonofab!tch I made some mango habenero salsa yesterday that I haven't gotten to eat yet, which sucks because it looks awesome, smells awesome, and my boyfriend said it was awesome. And of course I forgot to take pictures...

Solid training!!

[Lowlyfe01]

Subbed

[brad23]

Great intros and first workout logs ladies! I can tell off the bat this is going to be a great log!

[wishiwasdivin]

Awesome work Irsh, like the speed FS.

[jwtiger69]

Good morning! How is everything going in here?

[yakuzastyle]

[Stncldsnake]

Sub'd and a great start!!