Jump to content

Sorry!

This site is in read-only mode right now. You can browse all our old topics (and there's a lot of them) but you won't be able to add to them.

Blingy Bikini to Baby and Back Again!

Sheta

By Sheta
in Workout journals

 Share

Recommended Posts

Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
Posted

Blingy Bikini to Baby & Back Again

Last week I had a scan to tell me everything was ok with my pregnancy. So, now I can announce to those who are interested, this is the reason I haven’t been on stage this season. My slight weight gain, expanding waist line and bigger boobs have raised a few eyebrows of concern; some people thought I was simply ‘enjoying the married life’ but the real reason is a lot better!

My husband (Matt) & I are thrilled, as is Lincoln, our 9 year old who has been requesting a sibling for some years.

The stage will go on hold; however, I plan to be back with the goal of competing at the CNI’s 2011.

Here I will share my training (or lack thereof), starting with an overview of the first trimester.

My First 11 Weeks.

I had gone completely off ALL of my ‘normal’ food. No oats, chicken, salad, steamed veges or protein powders. The thought of fish was totally disgusting.

Therefore, standard breakfast became home-made muesli with Greek Yogurt.

Morning tea; if I could stomach it, a banana.

Lunch; anything I could manage. Many days it was a bread roll with mashed egg.

Afternoon Tea: Nothing as after 3 meals I was bloated to the point I looked like I was about to give birth to twins.

Dinner: Mashed spud, mashed kumara, mashed pumpkin. Mashed starchy vege became my staple evening food. I’d manage about 70g of chicken, maybe a mini amount of greens.

Morning Sickness: I am fortunate to have only suffered this for 2 weeks. Morning sickness can last ALL day, and in my case it did. All the normal remedies didn’t work, but mashed potato did help to ease it. Lucky for me it didn’t result in vomiting (well, only on 2 occasions).

Training: Ha! Think again on that one. The tiredness I constantly have means that the only form of exercise I can fathom is what I do when I’m passing weights to clients and trotting around the gym floor. When I have a decent break between clients I zip home, and get in a quick snooze before being on my feet at the gym again. Nearly everyday I set a mini goal of doing some resistance training but the tiredness is too extreme. I go to bed by 9.30, rise at 6.30. Have a nanna-nap around 1-2pm and then have another nap before preparing dinner. This is hard as I’m used to training 4-5 times per week. I feel guilty as I talk to clients about being motivated when all I can think of is going non-eyes.

WEEK 12 19/10/09

Last night I was craving oats! OMG – will I actually be able to handle my tasty breakfast!? The next day I wake up feeling completely energised, and feel like my regular self – full of energy and ready to attack the day. I make oats for brekky and love them. I even feel like a good training session…but today is fully booked up to the point where I have to down a litre of water (not pee it out for an hour) before my scan. I eat super healthy all day; ‘normal’ food again! The scan is a success and I plan to train tomorrow if I feel this good.

TUESDAY 20/10/09

Legs Day!! It feels SO good to do some exercise. My weights are a lot lighter than I normally do, but after such a long break that is expected. Unfortunately I cant take Glutamine or BCAA’s to help recovery so I need to make sure that I don’t push myself too hard. I need to remind myself that my weights will not be about muscle growth, but to maintain what I have, well, maybe improve on it slightly!

Hack Squat. Machine weight. 15 - 15 - 12 - 12

Seated Leg Curls. 33/12

Seated Leg Curls (one leg). 26/10 - 26/10 - 26/10

Seated Leg Curls. 42/15

Seated Leg Press. 85/20 – 110/12 – 110/12 – 110/12

Leg Extensions. 55/12 – 55/12 – 55 – 12

Leg Ext (toes in). 55/10 – 55/10

Cable Kick Backs. 30/12 – 30/12 – 30/12 – 30/12

Food today; Very good, apart from a macadamia/white choc cookie

Also went to the Midwife today and heard the babies heart beat; 154 beats per minute.

WEDNESDAY 21/10/09. Sore glutes from yesterday – love it!

Chest.

Bench Press. 20/15 – 30/12 – 30/12 – 30/10 – 30/12

Inc DB Press. 9/12 – 9/10 – 9/10 – 9/9

Inc Cable Fly. 10/12 – 10/12 – 7.5/10 – 7.5/9

Cable Fly. 3.75/12 – 3.75/10 – 3.75/10

Tris

O’head BB Ext. 12.5/10 – 12.5/10 – 12.5/10

Reverse Grip Pushdown. 20/10 – 20/10 – 20/10

Bar Pushdown. 30/10 – 25/10 – 25/10

Food; good again, another macadamia cookie.

Weights are so pathetic to what I used to do!

THURSDAY 22/10/09

No weights today but did manage 30 minutes on the bike – pretty much fully booked with clients 8.am – 5.30pm. Sore chest & tris. Feet are killing me by 4pm

Food; greeeat!

FRIDAY 23/10/09

Back.

Reverse Grip Pulldowns. 70/12 – 85/10 – 85/8 – 70/12

1 Arm DB Row. 10/12 – 10/10 – 10/10

Cable Rows. 55/15 – 70/10 – 70/10 – 70/10 – 55/15

Shoulders.

Machine Press (rear facing). 10/10 – 10/8 – 10/8 – 10/8

Seated DB Fly s/set with DB front raise. 4/8+4/8 - 4/8+4/8 - 4/8+4/8

Food; all good. VERY tired today as slept bugger all last night. Had to convince myself to attempt shoulders which was very weak.

SATURDAY 24/10/09

No training today…on my feet lots at Labour Day Sales!

SUNDAY 25/10/09

No training today

post-1654-14166820152342_thumb.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
  • Author
Posted

TUESDAY 27/10/09

Chest

BB Inc Chest Press. 20/15 - 30/6 - 30/6 - 20/10

Inc DB Fly. 6/12 - 10/8 - 10/8 - 10/8 - 6/15

Pec Deck. 20/10 - 25/8 - 25/8 - 20/12

Flat DB Press. 6/15 - 12/8 - 12/8 - 12/8 - 8/15

Shoulder

DB Arni Press. 5/12 - 8/8 - 8/8 - 8/8 - 6/10

Cable Lat Raise. 5/8 - 5/8 - 5/8

Machine Press (vertical grip). 25/12 - 40/8 - 40/8 - 25/12

Quite short of breath today so rest periods longer than usual. Felt good considering very tired as heavy rain kept me awake.

Food all good.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Aww, thanks for the great messages!

Training report...

WEDNESDAY 28/10/09

Legs

Hack Squat. Machine Weight. 15 - 15 - 12 - 12

45 Leg Press. 90/10 - 90/10 - 90/10 - 90/10 (then an old lady told me that as Im pregnant I shouldnt be exercising & should be getting as much rest as possible. Whatever!! After 11 weeks of rest my body is screaming for exercise!)

Leg Extensions. 40/10 - 70/8 - 70/8 - 70/8 - 30/10

Seated Ham Curls. 33/12 - 40/8 - 40/8 - 40/8 - 33/12

THURSDAY 29/10/09

Back...had a nasty headache :(

D-Bar Pulldowns. 55/15 - 70/7 - 75/7 - 72.5/6 - 55/15

1 Arm Cable Row. 20/12 - 27.5/8 - 27.5/8 - 27.5/8 - 20/12

V Grip Pulldowns. 60/10 - 70/8 - 70/8 - 70/8 m- 55/15

Biceps

BB Curls. 10/12 - 15/8 - 15/8 - 15/8 - 10/12

High Cable Curls. 10/8 - 10/8 - 10/8 - 10/8

Headache killing my left temple so called it a day. Must remember to pack some Panadol in my bag.

What Im Eating...

Breakfast: 30g oats, 1T pineapple or 3 slice peach. 1 egg white, 1 serve vanilla protein, 1 T flax oil. Glass grapefruit juice

Supps: 1 x Digestive Enzyme, Folic + Iron, Omega Science Natal

Mid Morn: Protien shake + peice of fruit or diet yogurt

Lunch: Leftovers from night before. Usually chicken (which I have to keep separate then nuke till well hot to kill any nasties). Salad, veges. maybe a couple of new baby potatoes (Yum Yum!), or small amount of cous cous.

Mid Arvo: Yogurt (if not had in morn), good handful of grapes OR 3-4 vitawheat crackers with a smidge of home-made relish & a pile of cottage cheese.

Dinner: Chicken most nights, salmon once per week & steak once per week. Lots of fibrous veges or salad. Few baby potatos or cous cous a couple of times a week. Maybe another glass of grapefruit juice

Supps: 1 x Digestive Enzyme, Pregnancy vitamin

After Dinner/Pre Bed: Mug of hot milk :-s

Weird factors.... I dont usually eat fruit. On or off season the only time I tend to have it is in oats. Now I want plenty of it. The same goes for the juice - I never touch the stuff, so I must need the vit C. Hot Milk & yogurt - again, two things I dont really consume (especially milk - I havent touched it in years!). Have put this down to calcium requirements. Complex carbs are a general no-no in the evenings for me too, but they are a necessary requirement for Mini Swinny. :)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
  • Author
Posted

FRIDAY 30/10/09

Shoulders (2nd session)

Behind Neck BB Press. 10/12 - 12.5/8 - 12.5/8 - 12.5/8 - 12.5/8 - 10/10

Lat Raise Machine. 9/6 - 6/8 - 6/8 - 6/8 - 6/8 - 6/8

Biceps...finishing from yesterday

Incline DB Curl. 6/10 - 8/8 - 8/8 - 8/8 6/12

Rope Hammer Curl. 15/12 - 25/8 - 30/8 - 30/8 - 15/15

Triceps.

Bar Push Downs. 20/20 - 40/8 - 40/8 - 40/8 - 30/15

DB Kickbacks. 4/10 - 6/8 - 6/8 - 6/8

Dips. 12 - 12 - 12 - 12

Food. All good, currently munching on a vogel steak sammie; supa tasty!

Weigh day tomorrow.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Interesting journal Sheta I've always wondered if women have to cut back on training while pregnant, I know alot of women who use it as an excuse to eat anything and do nothing! Are you be lifting as heavy as before?

I've found that my strength is a lot less that what Ive been able to do previously. With my bod working overtime to keep Mini Swinny growing I've had to cut back on the weights...plus theres an extra 20% blood in my veins so I need to take things a lot slower. Some days I have to stop & sit at the top of the gym steps to catch my breath; which is a shock as I'm a fan of interval training.

So cardio is off the cards: I'm on my feet all day and tick up about 8-10km with clients on the gym floor anyway. Weights are 1 set light, 3 heavier, then 1 light again. I'll probably mix this up in a few more weeks but am enjoying it at the mo. :D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
  • Author
Posted

WEEK 14. 2/11/09

I weighed myself last weekend (1 nov): weight gain so far = 2.4kg. With Lincoln I put on 29kg & I am determined as hell not to do that again. That was also years ago, and well before I got hooked on health & exercise. Back in 1999/2000 I was in real estate. Part of my daily ritual throughout my pregnancy was to dash to the next door bakery for a steak & cheese pie…..eeeewwwwww!! Sundays I saved up for a MegaFeast combo (upsized) plus a choc sundae from the yellow arches of hell. No wonder I gained 29! The weekday pie was often later followed down in the afternoon by an ice-cream, a custard square or maybe even a sausage roll. One of Lincoln’s favourite foods these days are, you guessed it, sausage rolls & pies. These are saved up for a mini pie at school on Fridays for a treat.

MONDAY 2/11/09. Chest Training.

Seated Chest Press. 55/15 – 100/8 – 100/8 – 100/8 – 70/12

Flat bench DB Fly. 7/12 – 10/8 – 10/8 – 10/8 – 8/12

Incline DB Press. 8/12 – 12.5/6 – 12.5/6 – 12.5/6 – 10/8

Cable X Over. 8.75/10 – 8.65/10 – 11.25/6 – 11.25/6 – 8.75/10

TUESDAY 3/11/09

Super busy with clients today. Just as I thought I would have a break, I got asked about my latest 6 Week Crackdown Programme. 2 consultations later & had nearly talked myself hoarse. 3 more body fat measurements, more questions, demo some exercises, checked my watch and it was 2.30. I hadn’t eaten since 10 and my stomach was letting me know. Zip home, eat, email 6 clients, and just manage to catch my breath before getting Linc from School.

WEDNESDAY 4/11/09. Legs Day.

45° Leg Press. 80/15 – 80/15 – 80/15 – 80/15 – 80/15

One Leg Standing Leg Curl. 12/10 – 12/10 – 12/10

Seat Leg Curl. 33/12 – 47/8 – 47/8 – 47/8 – 40/10

Seat Leg Press. 110/87 – 110/10 – 110/10 – 110/10

Leg Extensions. 40/10 – 70/8 – 70/8 – 75/8 – 55/10

Walking lunges on Treadmill. Speed 3.5. 100 at incline 6. 100 at incline 7. 100 at incline 8.

THURSDAY 5/11/09. Back

V Grip Pull Down. 70/10 – 85/6 – 85/6 – 85/6 – 70/6

V Grip Rows. 40/15 – 55/10 – 70/8 – 70/8 – 70/8

D Bar Pull Down. 55/12 – 70/10 – 70/8 – 70/8 – 55/10

Very hot & humid in the gym today and it got to me. I found I couldn’t quite think straight & felt a bit woozy. Finished the workout early.

FRIDAY 6/11/09. Shoulders & Biceps

Reverse Seated Should Press. 5/10 – 10/8 – 10/8 – 10/8

Clean & Press. 10/12 – 12.5/10 – 15/8 – 15/8

DB Flye. 6/10 – 7/8 – 8/8 – 8/8

BB Curls. 17.5/10 – 17.5/8 – 17.5/8 – 17.5/8

Incline DB Curls. 8/8 – 8/8 – 8/8 – 8/8

Rope Hammer Curls. 30/8 – 30/8 – 30/8 – 30/8

SATURDAY 7/11/09

No training today; though put a bride-to-be through her paces at the gym. Today I baked 2 Christmas cakes and got an extra arm workout as I stirred together 4 kg of fruit per cake.

SUNDAY 8/11/09

Not planning on the gym today. My bi's are hurting & I intend to get my office cleaned up & do the housework. Maybe head out for a walk around the lake later.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
  • Author
Posted

MONDAY 9/11/09. Back.

1 Arm DB Row. 8/15 – 12.5/10 – 12.5/10 – 12.5/10 – 8/12

D Bar Pull Down. 70/10 – 75/6 – 75/6 – 75/6 – 70/10

Rope Cable Row. 40/15 – 55/8 – 55/8 – 55/8 – 40/12

Reverse Grip Pulldown. 70/10 – 85/8 – 85/8 – 85/8 – 70/10

TUESDAY 10/11/09. Chest

Bench Press. 20/20 – 40/6 – 40/4 – 40/6 – 20/15

Incline DB Press. 9/10 – 12.5/6 – 12.5/6 – 12.5/6 – 10/10

Pec Deck. 20/12 – 30/8 – 30/8 – 30/8 – 20/12

One Arm Cable X-Over. 6.25/12 – 8.75/8 – 11.25/10 – 11.25/10 – 6.25/15

Felt really weak on Bench today.

Last few days have noticed I have to eat every 2 hours. Nothing huge, just a couple of mouthfulls to keep me going. Normal meal size is now smaller than my sons.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sheta Member

Sheta

Posted
  • Author
Posted

WEDNESDAY 11/11/09. Legs & Triceps.

Hack Squat. 12 – 12 – 12 – 12

45° Leg Press. 90/12 – 90/12 – 90/12 – 90/12; not too sure how many more weeks I can do these, as bump is in the way of getting low.

Seat Leg Curl. 42.5/10 – 42.5/8 – 42.5/10 – 40/8

Abductor. 75/15 – 75/15 – 75/15

Leg Extensions. 55/8

Leg Exten. With toes pointing in. 40/10 – 40/10 – 40/10

Leg Extensions. 40/8

Tricep Rope Pushdowns. 20/10 – 20/10 – 20/8***

Dips. 10 – 10 – 10 – 10

***Can feel my tummy ‘pulling’ when doing these so keeping them light.

THURSDAY 12/11/09. Shoulders & Biceps.

Shoulder Press Machine (vert grip). 40/12 – 55/8 – 55/8 – 55/8 – 55/10

Leaning Cable Lat Raise. 5/10 – 5/10 – 5/10 – 5/10 (each side)

Cable front raise. 3.75/8 – 3.75/8 – 3.75/8 – 3.75/8

Ezybar Curls. 17.5/10 – 17.5/10 – 17.5/10 – 17.5/10

DB Hammer Curls. 8/10 – 8/10 – 8/10 – 8/10

FRIDAY 13/11/09.

No training today. Very busy till 1 with clients before attending a REPS workshop

Link to comment
Share on other sites
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Popular Contributors

    Nobody has received reputation this week.

Footer title

This content can be configured within your theme settings in your ACP. You can add any HTML including images, paragraphs and lists.

Footer title

This is an example of a list.

Footer title

This content can be configured within your theme settings in your ACP. You can add any HTML including images, paragraphs and lists.

Footer title

This content can be configured within your theme settings in your ACP. You can add any HTML including images, paragraphs and lists.

×
×
  • Create New...