I was still kind of sore today but decided that the girls and I needed an outing so we went to the gym and I pushed through my workout. I didn’t feel like wearing my HRM today so I have no stats to report – just the workout, itself:
Warmup on elliptical: 5 mins.
Wide-grip Deadlift from box: 3 sets of 6 @ 95 lbs. ( I had hoped to increase this today but I just wasn’t “feelin’ it”.)
Bulgarian Split squat: 3 sets of 8 @ 25 lbs. ( I could have increased the weight but I wanted to focus on form and on sinking down really deep.)
Underhand wide-grip lat. pulldown: 3 sets of 6 @ 90 lbs. (this is an increase of 10 lbs!)
Reverse lunge from box with forward reach: 3 sets of 8 @ 24 lbs.
Prone DB Cuban Snatch: 3 sets of 8 @ 20 lbs. (I went down on weight a bit to focus on form and it felt a lot better. )
Treadmill: 15 mins of intervals. Sprint for 1 min. @ 8.5-9.0, Recover for 2 mins @ 3.8mph. I prefer to do my treadmill intervals at home. I find I push myself harder when I don’t have to worry about my boobs flopping too much in front of others etc.
On a related note, as I was finishing up my workout there was an older gentleman using the free weights that I’d never seen before. I hate to say it – but he was really stinky! It was really hard to finish my cuban snatches b/c I was holding my breath the majority of the time. Ugh.
So far, my eating has been pretty good. I would post my food log but it doesn’t cut and paste from livestrong and I’m too lazy to re-type everything. I’m trying not to step on the scale….but it’s really hard. I was trying to avoid it on my own, but I think I need an intervention! Time to get hubby to tuck it away somewhere until I’m done my no-cheat challenge……
I really need to update my “program” section of this blog. It’s kind of outdated. I’m not really calorie cycling anymore….and I’ve added some new tools to my bag of workout tricks (TRX etc.) When it comes to caloric intake, I’m still struggling to find the magic number for consistent weightloss. It feels like I’m on a quest for the Holy Grail! I don’t know why my body isn’t responding as consistently as it used to (before kids.) Maybe it’s because I’m exercising so much more now – AND lifting a lot of weights. I know for a fact that I’m creating a lot of muscle. The downside is the progress on the scale is slow…… The upside is that WHEN the weight comes off – I’ve got a nice, muscular physique to reveal! I guess the name of the game, right now, is patience, patience, patience. Not my strong suit, but sometimes life throws you lessons that you really need to learn.