Defection from the Mother Land

[runveerun]

Oooo I've had the same thing, started out with sore throat then into a cold type thing, but not too bad, managed to train through it barre a couple of rest days! Mind over matter!!! :grin:

[rose]

Hope you feel better soon Miss Belle :nod:

Re chalk, Rose's 8) trick is if you put the chalk in a plastic bag you can put your hands in the bag and rub the chalk on them inside the bag! Saves messing up the floor if they're that precious at your gym :roll: I'd say tell them to get stuffed or change gyms but we all know that's not an option for everyone aye.

Take care chick.

[bar-belle]

Hope you feel better soon Miss Belle :nod:

Re chalk, Rose's 8) trick is if you put the chalk in a plastic bag you can put your hands in the bag and rub the chalk on them inside the bag! Saves messing up the floor if they're that precious at your gym :roll: I'd say tell them to get stuffed or change gyms but we all know that's not an option for everyone aye.

Take care chick.

Ah good idea.. plastic bag for the chalk..nice :nod: Might be able to get away with that :wink:

Thanks Rose...feeling crappier...but did train today, dosed up with Sudafeds, panadol and any other medicinals I could find, got told by the big guy to HTFU :pfft:

So here's what I did:

Deadlift: includes oly bar

warm up bar

8 x 25kg

8 x 30kg

9 x 30kg

Leg Press:

6 x 90kg

8 x 97.5

6 x 105

3 x 105 :disgusted: just could'nt squeeze out any more energy levels flucked

Dumbbell Lunges:

11 x 8kg DB

8 x 8

8 x 9

Seated Calf Raises:leg press

8 x 105kg

8 x 105

8 x 112.5 ohh feel the burn

Dumbbell Shrugs:

10 x 10kg

10 x 10

10 x 10

Decline Crunches:

3 sets of 15

Hyperextensions:

3 sets of 15

Came home feeling like shit so made a hot cuppa and took myself to bed for a coupla hours.

Eats today:

B/f: 1 c oatmeal, 1/2c trim milk, 1/2 c lf yoghurt, sprinkle wheatgerm

Mid morn: Tuna, mountain bread, 1tbs hummus, sliced olives, protein shake, 100ml trim milk

Lunch: 100g chicken breast, 2 tbs brown rice, 1 tsp pb

Dinner: 4 egg whites, 1 whole egg, pb, 10 almonds

Not enough calories so far so better go eat

REST DAY TOMORROW :nod:

Sjáumst :salute:

[Peachy]

Awww that really sux that you sick Miss Bar-belle!!!

Especially coz winter is over so all that dumb stuff that goes with winter should be over too :?

Good on you for keeping up with your training though. Sometimes I think it can make you feel better. But make sure you get pleanty of rest and drink heaps of fluids :nod: Lol i bet you have been told that a million times but its what my mum always says so its the only advise I got haha

[bar-belle]

Thanks for the sympathy Peachy...not gettin much at home Rest and fluids is always good advice :nod:

[teamfatboy]

And whisky is the best fluid :nod: - sure, put some lemon and sugar in if you have to, but definitely whisky.

Seriously, sugar-free Lemsip's the go.... all the cure, none of the calories.

Wiedersehen!

[startinfromscratch]

how are you feeling today BB?

whisky do the trick? :grin:

[bar-belle]

And whisky is the best fluid :nod: - sure, put some lemon and sugar in if you have to, but definitely whisky.

Seriously, sugar-free Lemsip's the go.... all the cure, none of the calories.

Wiedersehen!

:pfft: No whisky for this wee lassie....Zitrone und Honig für mich :wink:

how are you feeling today BB?

whisky do the trick? :grin:

Whisky :puke: but I did raid the medicine cabinet and got a good nights sleep.. so much better tah mate...just chilln out..Steaks away playin pirates for the weekend...and the kitchen's really quiet :shock: :pfft:

[teamfatboy]

Whisky :puke: but I did raid the medicine cabinet and got a good nights sleep.. so much better tah mate...just chilln out..Steaks away playin pirates for the weekend...and the kitchen's really quiet :shock: :pfft:

Glad to hear you're feeling better, - and if you don't want that whisky, I can always give it a good home! 'spose Steak drinks rum, him being a pirate 'n all :grin:

Sayonara

[bar-belle]

Well back on the horse so to speak after a weekend of relative exile and doing nada :? think my bod thanks me for it tho.

Weighed today, 55kg so now seem to be maintaining

Managed to up my weights on most exercises by just a little

Warm up rower and stretches

Bench Press (Smith Machine):

warm up bar x 10

6 x 15kg

6 x 17.5

6 x 17.5

Bent over Bar-belle rows:including oly bar

warm up bar only x 10

9 x 30kg

8 x 35

8 x 35

8 x 37.5

6 x 37.5

Dumbbell shoulder Press:

8 x 8kg DB's

8 x 8

8 x 9

6 x 10 (the last couple were a little shaky :oops:)

Skull crushers:with EZ bar (8kg) weight incl

8 x 15.5kg

5 x 18 (got the wobbles.. good thing TP was there so I didn't scone myself :pfft: )

12 x 15.5

Bar-belle curl: EZ bar weight incl

6 x 20.5kg

6 x 20.5

6 x 23

Hanging Leg Raises

1 x 10, 1 x 10, 1 x 11

Bar-belle squats tomorrow...lookin forward to that :nod:

Food I hovered today:

B/f: 1 c oatmeal, 1/2 c lite yog, 1/2 c trim milk

Mid morn: 5 egg whites, pb, 1 corn thin, 1 rice cake

Pre workout: NO shotgun

Post workout: Cell mass

Lunch: Tuna,wholemeal pita with hummus, 10 almonds

Arvo: Protein shake with 100ml lite soy, 1 apple

Dinner: Chicken breast grilled, 50g coleslaw,1 tomato, cottage cheese

Oyasuminasai :salute:

[teamfatboy]

Nice work, once you got back on the horse :grin:

Skulls are fun but you do have to watch for the odd ding in the forehead - takes a bit of explaining in the office the next day.

The dialog tends to go something like this...

Q: What did you do?

A. I dropped a weight on my head.

Q. How did you do that?

A. Well, I was holding it above my head...

Q. What, on purpose? ROTFL

:oops: :shock: :roll:

[rose]

Hey Rose...may be a silly question but where do I get "chalk" from... I don't think Rebel Sport would sell it

Nah Rebel don't sell it, well not in Wellington.

Try these guys, Bivouac Outdoor:

Chalk and Chalk Bags

Store locations

They sell online too. There must be other outdoor type places in Auckland too? Hope this helps 8)

[bar-belle]

Nice work, once you got back on the horse :grin:

Skulls are fun but you do have to watch for the odd ding in the forehead - takes a bit of explaining in the office the next day.

The dialog tends to go something like this...

Q: What did you do?

A. I dropped a weight on my head.

Q. How did you do that?

A. Well, I was holding it above my head...

Q. What, on purpose? ROTFL

:oops: :shock: :roll:

:pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

Hey Rose...may be a silly question but where do I get "chalk" from... I don't think Rebel Sport would sell it

Nah Rebel don't sell it, well not in Wellington.

Try these guys, Bivouac Outdoor:

Chalk and Chalk Bags

Store locations

They sell online too. There must be other outdoor type places in Auckland too? Hope this helps 8)

Thanks for that Rose..much appreciated..made it my mission to get some

[bar-belle]

Todays efforts in the house of gain

Bar-belle squat: smith machine

warm up bar only x 10 ATG \:D/

9 x 20kg

7 x 30

7 x 30

7 x 32.5

6 x 32.5

Got some good depth on 3rd set but certainly not ATG with weight on :oops: well not yet anyways

Stiff-Legged Deadlifts:oly bar

warm up bar only x 10

8 x 30kg

8 x 32.5

8 x 35

Leg extension:

8x 40kg

7 x 40

7 x 40

Lying leg curls:

6 x 30kg

6 x 30

6 x 30

Thought I'd be tricky and do SCR in the 3D smith machine. TP said no stick with VSM more stable blah blah.. :oops: he was right. damn it. so tail between legs back to the VSM to continue Full of advice he was today...pearls of wisdom..about the size of box I should stand on vs what I had been using.. to get a real stretch on the down movement. Hmm maybe I can't snip the apron strings just yet :pfft:

Standing calf raisies: Vertical smith machine

8 x 30kg

6 x 30

9 x 32.5

Instead of doing lying leg raises I tried the cable machine for abductors (thanks for the advice on that one Becbec...felt the burn :wink: )

Each leg 3 sets of 15 x 40lb

Exercise ball crunches:

3 sets of 15

Food consumed:

B/f: 1 c oatmeal, 1/2 tbs LSA, 1/2 c LF yog, 1/2 c trim milk

Mid morn: protein shake with 100ml lite soy, 2 rice cakes with pb

Lunch: 100g f/free ham (didn't realise only 100cal, protein 13.1g, fat 4.4g and carbs 1.6) in 5 egg white omelette on mountain bread with 2 tbs avocado (so delicious!)

Arvo: tuna, 2 tbs rice, 1tbs hummus, 1tbs cottage cheese

Dinner will be: grilled chicken breast and salad

Hei konei ra :wave:

[bar-belle]

Hmm.. today is a day of epiphanies :think: But more on that later... A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step :-s ahh and that would be tonight :wink:

Yesterday..cardio day

Moderate cardio for moi consisting of 30min bike and then 15min treadie nothing to write home about really

Today however..

TP became my PT :doh:

So without further ado this is what Miss Bar-belle achieved today

Warm up rower and stretches for Africa!!

Dips:

1 x 8 fully spotted

1 x unassisted (yeah just the one :oops:)

7 x spotted

2 x unassisted (whoop whoop \:D/ )

7 x spotted

1 x unassisted

7 x spotted

Pullups: Wide grip

1 x unassisted (PB for me)

8 x spotted

8 x spotted

8 x spotted

Lateral Raises:

Thought I had them susd and was gonna do 7kgDB lat raises but PT (aka Steak) had other ideas. My form was shit really.

So he had me start on 3kg DB's doing one at a time until I got the form right. Then using DB's together.. 3kg DB's set of 8, 4kg DB's x 9, 5kg DB's x 10. Got too caught up in getting weights up on that one than doing it correctly :naughty:

Tricep Pushdowns:

7 x 60lb

8 x 70

6 x 60

6 x 70

Found this hard to do today especially on 70lb, kept wanting to bring shoulders forward a bit, but PT kept me honest and corrected my form. Got a little bit pissy with him :evil: but have to eat humble pie and :notworthy:. He knows his stuff..and has the patience of a saint :pray: and my triceps now hurt :pfft:

Cable Curls:

6 x 60lb

4 x 80 (mmm just a tad too much me thinks :nod: )

6 x 70

Some stretchies and outa there slugging back protein shake,creatine and dextrose :puke: too sweet. Yeah I think I'm the dextrose guinea pig..not sure about that :shock:

Food well ...........let's just say that I am re-evaluating the whole calorie thingy. Think I have become over obsessed by the numbers and to be honest now that I have dropped the kg's have found it hard to eat my maintainence calories and am still eating around 1300 cals a day or some day's a little more or even less :oops: The epiphany starts here....my body is in a state of semi-starvation I think? and is beginning to eat my muscle. Fluck :? Sure I'm small, not much BF and after initial gains not a lot happening in the muscle area either, depsite working my ass off. Eek don't want the skin to start to sag :roll: So plan in the making to rectify said starvation

That is all :wave:

[rose]

today is a day of epiphanies

Epiphanies rule! 8)

Awesome work on the unassisted dips and pulls Miss Belle :nod:

My 2 cents (yeah I know you don't want it, but) 1300 calories is waaay too low for building muscle/strength.

[Chillicat]

Lateral Raises:

Thought I had them susd and was gonna do 7kgDB lat raises but PT (aka Steak) had other ideas. My form was shit really.

So he had me start on 3kg DB's doing one at a time until I got the form right. Then using DB's together.. 3kg DB's set of 8, 4kg DB's x 9, 5kg DB's x 10. Got too caught up in getting weights up on that one than doing it correctly :naughty:

Yeah, I've done that a few times too, and have to pull myself back and drop the weights to maintain the form. You know it's the right thing to do!

[steak]

today is a day of epiphanies

Epiphanies rule! 8)

Awesome work on the unassisted dips and pulls Miss Belle :nod:

My 2 cents (yeah I know you don't want it, but) 1300 calories is waaay too low for building muscle/strength.

I given 'er a rev :smackbottom:

[rose]

I given 'er a rev

:-s In the form of encouragement I hope aye?

Miss Belle, you have a great physique and low body fat. You can afford to up your clean cals :nod: Just got to experiment to find your secret formula.

[becbec]

Wahoo, unassisted pullups!!! \:D/

[runveerun]

Well done on the pullups and dips! Thats fantastic! :clap:

[bar-belle]

today is a day of epiphanies

Epiphanies rule! 8)

yeah they do but glad they don't happen too often, cos they can really mess with ya head :pfft:

Awesome work on the unassisted dips and pulls Miss Belle :nod:

Cheers Rose I felt pretty happy with that...arms like spagetti afterwards tho

I given 'er a rev

:-s In the form of encouragement I hope aye?

Miss Belle, you have a great physique and low body fat. You can afford to up your clean cals :nod: Just got to experiment to find your secret formula.

Yes experimentation is the key :wink: And thanks for your 2c it's worth a few bucks at least :pfft: I appreciate any advice..it's all good! 8)

Yeah, I've done that a few times too, and have to pull myself back and drop the weights to maintain the form. You know it's the right thing to do!

:oops: too true! As someone once said it's about form not ego :nod:

Well done on the pullups and dips! Thats fantastic! :clap:

Oh thanks Vee

[bar-belle]

Wahoo, unassisted pullups!!! \:D/

yip was a buzz to get 1 on my own..the only down side is next week TP is going to expect more from me :doh: :pfft:

[rose]

it's worth a few bucks at least

Fark, you're generous. Most people just want to give me the bash :jive:

the only down side is next week TP is going to expect more from me

You can replace your calorie obsession with pull-up obsession 8)

[bar-belle]

Fark, you're generous. Most people just want to give me the bash :jive:

:? wots with folk these days

You can replace your calorie obsession with pull-up obsession 8)

Umm well I think the obsession thingy is gettn a grip of me so to speak.... in the form of deadlifts :shock: if todays efforts are any indication.

Journal to follow..better go feed the poor starving family first tho :pfft: