(((Chinups/Pullups/Whatever Your Pleasure)))

Well my second opinion is in. This guy was super nice and said the MRI missed the diagnosis. He re-examined me and looked at my history. I've done all of the conservative options and his advise if I want to be free of pain is surgery. It's a minor procedure done under sedation. I will be out of commission for a bit, but it'll be worth it if I can get rid of this thing. No workout again today. He did say I could do whatever I want till surgery. So I may try some cardio tomorrow and see how it goes. I'll keep it light and low impact.
 
I had a busy day planned so I did a quick run on the treadmill using CCV2 and I didn't even wear my HRM:eek: Later, I had a 90 minute massage and she spent the entire time on my shoulders, pecs, upper back, neck and biceps. I was a real mess but I'm hoping this helped enough to allow me to start meso 3 on Monday.

Catherine- So did you decide on the surgery? Almost sounds like a win-win situation being that you have tried everything else.

Linda- LOL!! I can't tell you how many times I've jumped around or stayed on the treadmill just a few extra minutes to hit that big number on the HRM. I totally agree that 500 calories burned sound so much more than 495!;)
 
NinjaMom said:
Catherine- So did you decide on the surgery? Almost sounds like a win-win situation being that you have tried everything else.
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Yes. I will probably (they still have to schedule) be having surgery on April 23rd. My plan is to accelerate Meso 1 a little so I can finish it. Then when I can I will restart STS after I recover. The doc said I can do upper body workouts a few days after surgery. Lower body will be restricted a bit longer.




NinjaMom said:
I had a busy day planned so I did a quick run on the treadmill using CCV2 and I didn't even wear my HRM:eek: Later, I had a 90 minute massage and she spent the entire time on my shoulders, pecs, upper back, neck and biceps. I was a real mess but I'm hoping this helped enough to allow me to start meso 3 on Monday.
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I hope the message helped your shoulder!!
 
Just stopping in real quick before I am back out the door today. Today was Legs

IMAX 2 through first blast for warmup

8 sets - 20 seconds on/10 seconds off each exercise

Ran during 2 minute rest between each set

LEGS
Squats:
27's - 8 sets/10-9 reps
***up 2#

Alternating Rear Lunges:
25's - 8 sets/12-10 reps
***Up 5#, hled the down position.

Leg Extensions:
22.5# - 8 sets/10-7 reps
***I am such a wimp at these, but up 2.5 #

Hamstring Curls:
22.5#- 8 sets/9=7 reps
***Wimp here too, but up 2.5#

DB Calf Raises:
27's# - 8 sets/17-16 reps
***Turned toes forward, in and out alternating. Up 2#.

Then first combo from Step Blast and the stretch. Workout was 1:07 and burned 570 calories.
 
Linda, I don't think you can call those leg extensions and curls wimpie after all of those squats and lunges ;)

Judi, how's the shoulder?

I bought my first Cardio Coach yesterday. I'm gonna try to like spinning and hope Coach Sean can help me:p I think this will be a good alternative cardio when the doc gives me an ok after surgery. I hope to eventually get back to stepping and more intense stuff!!

Today will be STS disc 7 (doing it a day early) I should be able to finish Meso 1 before the surgery. I think when I get back around to STS again I will do the 5 1/2 month rotation.

Hope you ladies have a great Easter weekend!!
 
This morning was disc 7 of STS. Yowza :eek: It started off feeling pretty good and I was even ready before Cathe on some exercises and then suddenly I just wasn't moving so well LOL!! I did notice too that Cathe and crew's barbells seem to mysteriously change their wts on their own. They'd go just pick it up (not change anything) and it's like uh that wasn't the last wt you had on that barbell. So I need to hire someone to change my wts for me :p

I followed that up (after about 1/2 hour rest) with Cardio Coach Vol 7 challenge #1. That took about 35 mins total with w/u and stretch. Trying to learn to like the bike so that I'll be able to do something while my foot is recovering :confused:
 
Catherine - Ya! On your first CC. I love that man.:D Good luck learning to like the bike. :p Oh my leg ext. are wimpy compared to the other maniacs.:confused:



Today was Back, should be feeling it later.

IMAX 2 through first blast for warmup

8 sets - 20 seconds on/10 seconds off each exercise

Ran during 2 minute rest between each exercise

BACK
Standing DB Rows:
21's - 8 sets/14-11 reps
***Up 1#, these burn like mad after about the 4th set.

Straight Arm PullDowns:
Green #15/Blue #10 Tubing# - 8 sets/10-8 reps
***Was in no mood to do Inverted Rows, so subbed the Pulldowns and these were brutal. Think this one is gonna put a hurtin' on me!

T-Back Squeeze:
Purple Band: 8 sets/15-13 reps
***Like Debbie said ...."These burn - Period."

Dumbbell Pullovers:
30# - 8 sets/9-7 reps
***Up 5#. This was a good weight for me.

Then did First Combo & Med Ball Blast from Amy's In The Ring, finishing with the stretch. Workout was 1:05 and burned 485 calories.
 
SheWolf said:
Straight Arm PullDowns:
Green #15/Blue #10 Tubing# - 8 sets/10-8 reps
***Was in no mood to do Inverted Rows, so subbed the Pulldowns and these were brutal. Think this one is gonna put a hurtin' on me!
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Linda, never underestimate the power of the tubing/band work LOL:eek:


I just finished disc 9 and man oh man. I did up the wts a tiny bit on some exercises. Mainly cause I had my weighted gloves on and forgot :eek: By the time I got the wall squats with the wts I did 2 sets using the wts and had to drop to no weight :eek: My legs were fried. I guess these were harder because they were toward the end of the workout this week. I am getting better with the lunges. I have a hard time keeping up with Cathe on those and the squats. By the time I am at 10 I really start to sloooooooow down. My muscles and heart also need a bit more recovery time than Cathe in these workouts. Actually, I have always had a hard time keeping up with her in endurance workouts. So this is nothing new. I do what I need to to recover and move on.
 
Morning! I hope you both had a nice Easter. I'm starting Meso 3 this morning so wish me luck:confused: I'll let you know how it goes.

Catherine- Welcome to the Cardio Coach club. I hope you like V7. I have all of them except V1 & Pump. They really help pass the time and boredom of cardio machines. Great job on disc 9 and the doms!

Linda- I can't wait to get Amy's In the Ring. I just got her Xtreme Kickbox from Netflix but haven't used it yet. How is the Tabata training going?
 
Morning All. I have successfully avoided most of the sugar so far, but but been a bit high on the carbs this weekend.:confused: Which I can live with because it is the sugar that is my complete undoing if I start.

Catherine - Way to go on the leg/butt DOMS! How's the foot?

Judi - Good Luck on Meso 3!!!

BTW, can you two please come smack me upside my head. I really, really, really need to lose weight and it's not going so well.:confused: I was late for church yesterday, because I couldn't find anything that fit.:eek::mad::eek::mad:



Today was Chest and my workout was so-so. Had trouble keeping my heart rate up.

4DS HIS through first blast for warmup

8 sets - 20 seconds on/10 seconds off

Ran during 2 minute rest between each set

CHEST
Pushup:
BW - 8 sets/13-10 reps 4sets toes/4 sets knees

Incline Bench Press:
42's - 8 sets/14-9 reps (up 2#)


Dumbbell Press:
22's - 8 sets/12-8 reps (up 1#)


Flat Dumbbell Flyes:
17's - 8 sets/9-7 reps

Then finished the rest of 4DS HIS through stretch. Workout was 1:02 and burned 469 calories.
 
Judi, I am crossing my fingers for your shoulders. And :eek::eek: for Meso 3!! I will make it there one day!

Linda, I can not imagine that you are not losing wt with the tabata. Hmmmmm,...

The foot is ok at time bothersome and other times down right painful. I think doing calf raises yesterday aggravated it :eek: I am probably gonna aggravate it tonight too and do lowmax. But the doc told me I could do what ever I wanted to before surgery. Hey, at least I didn't say I was gonna do IMAX2 :p:p
 
You know, I was just thinking about yesterday's w/o and the squats. It was only 2 (with other exercises in between) sets, but I was almost at failure on the second set. I was using 30 pound dumbbells and had 2 pounds in my gloves. So that's 62 pounds for and endurance workout. That seems like a lot to me. No wonder my legs gave out on the wall squats with the wts :confused: Is it just me Judi or does Cathe go heavier on this endurance portion than others??
 
fit_fairy said:

Linda, I can not imagine that you are not losing wt with the tabata. Hmmmmm,...
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I think I am losing some weight with the Tabata, but just not fast enough. And I think that is do to the slip ups w/ eating that I still have. My eating has improved but I need to do better. I'd like to at least being dropping 2# a week.


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You know, I was just thinking about yesterday's w/o and the squats. It was only 2 (with other exercises in between) sets, but I was almost at failure on the second set. I was using 30 pound dumbbells and had 2 pounds in my gloves. So that's 62 pounds for and endurance workout. That seems like a lot to me. No wonder my legs gave out on the wall squats with the wts :confused: Is it just me Judi or does Cathe go heavier on this endurance portion than others??
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62# does seem like a lot for an endurance workout. And I agree that Cathe did not go that heavy in her earlier endurance w/o.
 
SheWolf said:
And I think that is do to the slip ups w/ eating that I still have. My eating has improved but I need to do better. I'd like to at least being dropping 2# a week.




62# does seem like a lot for an endurance workout. And I agree that Cathe did not go that heavy in her earlier endurance w/o.
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I bet Tabata makes you hungry!! I know STS is making me hungry!!

62 pounds is not that heavy when using 1 RM. But with all of the other stuff and as fast as the pace 16 reps with that weight seems like a lot to me :eek:
 
I survived Disc 25!! It actually went better than expected considering my left shoulder is still a little achy.

My Stats:
**Each pairing of push/pull has 8 reps and repeated 4 times**

BB Flat BP 70#
BB Rows 83#

DB Flat Chest Flys 28.5 # (W/O card was 29#)
DB One Arm Rows 38.5# (W/O card was 38#)

BB Incline BP 62# (the incline bothered my shoulder more:()
BB Deadlifts 80# (felt I could have gone heavier)

DB Incline Chest Flys 25# (W/O card was 26 but shoulder was aching)
DB Horizontal Row #30 (felt I could have gone heavier here too)

So all in all, not too bad. Next week it bumps up to 85% so we'll see how that goes.

Catherine- I went back and checked my w/o card from disc 9. My squat weight was 31 but I used 30's. I noted the weight was OK but I felt she was going too fast. Think back to all her other endurance workouts where usually she uses a 35-40 BB so this is a big jump. But I agree it doesn't seem like a lot in comparison to the 1RM. I just say listen to your body and go at your own pace.

Linda- Let me know if you find a good way to lose some weight. At my last doctor appt, she mentioned maybe losing 6-10 pounds since I'm well over the weight/height chart numbers. She does realize I lift heavy weights. Funny thing is, I still fit into the same clothes I wore when I was 15 pounds less.
 
NinjaMom said:
BB Incline BP 62# (the incline bothered my shoulder more:()

DB Horizontal Row #30 (felt I could have gone heavier here too)


Linda- Let me know if you find a good way to lose some weight. At my last doctor appt, she mentioned maybe losing 6-10 pounds since I'm well over the weight/height chart numbers. She does realize I lift heavy weights. Funny thing is, I still fit into the same clothes I wore when I was 15 pounds less.
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Judi - Those are some nice weights you are doing! Just want to say watch the incline work with your shoulder, when I messed up my shoulder this summer I could not do incline work at all until it healed, too painful.

Also is a Horizontal Row just a DB row but with your palm turned?

And lastly, I just ordered myself a Diet Minder Journal to try and help with the weight loss. I thought maybe if I have an actual book setup instead of just a blank notebook maybe I would be better at tracking what I eat. Also I love the myfitnesspal website, but can't always run to the computer everytime I eat, so I figure I can write it in the journal (even when I am out) then when time allows log in into the computer. Oh and it also has space for logging work workouts, not in detail but overall including time & calories burned.
 
Judi, nice job- you are totally rocking Meso 3 already!!!!

I think my big issue with the squats was that I had increased my wt on a several exercises and I wasn't supposed to. I was struggling with that last rep on the last set :eek: I just don't know if I'll be able to increase next week. But really, I haven't done a lot of appreciable leg work in a long time. Kettlebells were not heavy at all for the leg work. We'll see. I guess I'm doing pretty good all things considered LOL!!
 
Linda- I agree about the incline affecting the shoulder. I kept it at a lower incline (approx 30 degree) but I could still feel some vulnerability with my shoulder.

Yeah, the horizontal row has palm turned so the DB is perpendicular to the body rather than parallel.

Catherine- Don't forget that you have taken a considerable time off with your foot issue so fatigue with those heavy weights is a given. You did awesome! I'm planning to do the squat rack legs but I didn't test any of those exercises. I think I'll just wing it and maybe alternate the squat rack legs with plyo legs.
 
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