Chillicat's journal

[atlkiwi]

Glad you are feeling better today and congrats on the PB's \:D/

[runveerun]

Crikey! PBs everywhere! Woot Miss Cat! :clap:

[Chillicat]

Glad you are feeling better today and congrats on the PB's \:D/

Many thanks

Crikey! PBs everywhere! Woot Miss Cat! :clap:

Your deads have inspired me to work harder :nod:

[teamfatboy]

Awesome workout this morning.

Squats: 40/50/55/60/65 (not claiming a PB on the 65 though, as I'd say only 75% ROM)

Deads: 40/50 each x 5, then 60, 62.3, 65, 67.5, 70 all x 3.

Bench: 30, 40, 45, 47.5, 50 = PB

Good golly Miss Molly, would you look at THAT - PBs breaking out all over. Just goes to show that listening to your body can pay dividends, well done :clap: :clap:

[Chillicat]

Awesome workout this morning.

Squats: 40/50/55/60/65 (not claiming a PB on the 65 though, as I'd say only 75% ROM)

Deads: 40/50 each x 5, then 60, 62.3, 65, 67.5, 70 all x 3.

Bench: 30, 40, 45, 47.5, 50 = PB

Good golly Miss Molly, would you look at THAT - PBs breaking out all over. Just goes to show that listening to your body can pay dividends, well done :clap: :clap:

Thanks

Yeah, it's true about listening to your body. If I'd ignored my body on Sunday and gone to the gym anyway just because it was Sunday and Sunday = heavy day, I really wouldn't have achieved much. Waiting a day, then listening again to it saying 'go on, chuck another plate on and give it a go' a couple of times has given me a nice result.

Lower back DOMS today though!

[VampireChick]

Wow look at that bench! You are strong miss!

[Chillicat]

Wow look at that bench! You are strong miss!

Thanks! I'm getting there...

[Chillicat]

Just a teeny tiny light workout today. My days are all out of whack because of being sick on Sunday, so can't do normal Sun/Tue/Thur workouts - but want to do Sat and Mon workouts this weekend because of the long weekend. Was due for light workout today so instead of normal light workout, decided to just do an abbreviated version so that I can do my medium workout tomorrow, and be rested up enough for a heavy one on Saturday. Also still have slight lower back DOMS today after my mammoth deadlift effort on Monday so thought it best not to overdo things on the SLDLs like I normally do on light day.

So just did super light squats (40kg/45/50/50/50), super light deads (40/45/50) and regular bicep curls (10kg + EZ bar 15/10).

Should be able to do standard medium workout tomorrow.

[Chillicat]

Nice medium workout today.

Squats - 40/45/50/55/55

Deads - 40/50/60/65/65

Bench - 30/40/42.5 x 3 sets. Found these challenging today

Close grip bench - 27.5kg 12/12/8

Will rest up tomorrow, ready to work my arse off on Saturday on my heavy day \:D/

[teamfatboy]

Hmmmm.... did you realise what you just said... medium day, and 55kg squats in the same breadth :nod:

I surfed back to the start of your journal, and 50kg SM squats were the high-water mark; deads were nowhere in sight, and bench was down to 24kg tops!

Now, less than a year later, this is your MEDIUM day? Take a bow, CC, take a BOW :clap: You've done well \:D/

[Chillicat]

Hmmmm.... did you realise what you just said... medium day, and 55kg squats in the same breadth :nod:

I surfed back to the start of your journal, and 50kg SM squats were the high-water mark; deads were nowhere in sight, and bench was down to 24kg tops!

Now, less than a year later, this is your MEDIUM day? Take a bow, CC, take a BOW :clap: You've done well \:D/

I know! I continue to be amazed at my progress (if I do say so myself :pfft: ). I remember the first couple of times I tried proper squats earlier in the year and I struggled to get to parallel at 45kg

It's just sheer bloody determination :nod:

[teamfatboy]

All this talk of "Heavy Day Saturday" is getting me fired-up... maybe I should try it too :grin:

[Chillicat]

All this talk of "Heavy Day Saturday" is getting me fired-up... maybe I should try it too :grin:

I love my heavy day being a weekend day so that I can take the time I need and give everything my full attention without being concerned about the clock, which I always am when I go at lunchtime. I always take a 90 min lunch break on gym days, but I still feel rushed, with the time it takes to get to gym, workout, get back, then eat.

There's also the benefit of being able to come home and collapse on the couch afterwards too, rather than have to go back to work for the afternoon!

[runveerun]

Heavy day Saturdees FTW! It should be mandatory! :grin:

[teamfatboy]

Well, that's it settled then... light day today, then I shall give the big three (squats, deads and bench) a go tomorrow night... :?

[Chillicat]

Well, that's it settled then... light day today, then I shall give the big three (squats, deads and bench) a go tomorrow night... :?

You know it makes sense!

[bar-belle]

It's just sheer bloody determination :nod:

Ain't that the truth. Good on you CC your training looks as though it is coming on nicely. PB on the deadlift 8)

[Chillicat]

It's just sheer bloody determination :nod:

Ain't that the truth. Good on you CC your training looks as though it is coming on nicely. PB on the deadlift 8)

Thanks - yeah plodding along slowly but surely

[Chillicat]

Heavy day today.

Squats 40/50/55/60/65. 65s were a bit iffy, not fully parallel, so need to keep working on that weight.

Deads 40/50 (both x 5), 60/70/72.5 (PB) x 3, 75kg 2 x singles (just to see if I could knock out any more at a heavier weight).

Bench 30/40 (both x 5) 45/47.5 (both x 3) 50 x 5 but only one was full, the others around 50-75% so slightly better than last week when the last 4 were all at 50%)

Incline DB press 10kg 2x20

Calf raises 64kg 30/30/25

Put the HRM on today to see how many calories I burn during a heavy weight session - around 50 mins = 400 calories exactly.

[teamfatboy]

Nice Work CC - PB on the deads, I see... :clap:

Heavy Day Saturday works for you too :nod: :grin:

[Chillicat]

Light workout this morning, with heavy SLDLs, PB of 70kg - but only managed 2 good ones, as I was starting to lose my grip on the third. But I've found that pretty much each time I increase by 5kg on SLDLs and by the next week it's generally fine and it's the next increment I struggle with on the last rep or two.

Put the HR monitor on again to see what the difference was between a heavy workout and a light one, and the difference was only 24 calories. HR was a wee bit lower though, which was expected. Kept the monitor on and reset it for the walk home which was another 150 cals. I'm not going to use it regularly when I'm doing weights workouts - just thought it would be interesting to know how much I burn so that I have a ballpark number in my head. Might do a pump class on Wed, and if so I'll see how many that burns. I'd imagine it would be more since there's more of a cardio element, but we'll see.

[morattigirl]

I'd also be interested to see how many calories you burn in a pump class?? I do pump quite a bit at my gym. What kind of weights are your norm for a class?

[Chillicat]

I'd also be interested to see how many calories you burn in a pump class?? I do pump quite a bit at my gym. What kind of weights are your norm for a class?

At the moment I'm not going to classes very often, so weights are down slightly: squats 20kg, chest 10kg, back 10kg, triceps 10kg (ok, oddly those weights are up compared to the others!), and biceps 5kg. Other weights depend on what instructor is on and whether it's lunges or shoulders. I'll let you know. Becbec has been using hers in pump classes, but she also does cardio at the end so it's difficult to know how many of the calories were in the class alone.

[morattigirl]

I'd also be interested to see how many calories you burn in a pump class?? I do pump quite a bit at my gym. What kind of weights are your norm for a class?

At the moment I'm not going to classes very often, so weights are down slightly: squats 20kg, chest 10kg, back 10kg, triceps 10kg (ok, oddly those weights are up compared to the others!), and biceps 5kg. Other weights depend on what instructor is on and whether it's lunges or shoulders. I'll let you know. Becbec has been using hers in pump classes, but she also does cardio at the end so it's difficult to know how many of the calories were in the class alone.

Your weights are similar to mine, at the moment mine are at

Squats 25kg

Chest 12kg

Back 15kg (But by the end of the track my forearms are screaming, specailly if it's a long one, not sure why either? Im not squeezing the bar too heavy as im conscious of that) Hmmmm? Maybe i should take some weight off but i also feel like im really working at the current weight...

Triceps 10kg

Biceps 7kg (Biceps is one muscle group I can't seem to go up in, in a class, but I can easily push out 3x15kg when im working on the floor)

Lunges 12kg

Shoulders - I just normally use 2.5kg plates after all the bloody pushups

Awesome will look forward to seeing what the HRM comes back at, I would think around 800? Surely maybe more. Those Pump classes can be fricken tough at times :nod:

[Chillicat]

I think Becbec had around 800 calories when she did a pump class, but that also included some cardio at the end, so I'm thinking a bit lower - maybe 600.