Hardcore Fitness Maniacs for April 2016

Meals today
Breakfast
organic half and half, coffee, Amazing Grass Green Superfood Watermelon energy
Amino Boost BCAA powder through workout
Lunch
Caveman Feast Bacon, Bison Butternut squash chili without the squash on top( I realized I had used the wrong recipe so the last couple of days was less calories and fat (there is a beef, bacon, butternut squash)
organic sour cream and a bit of avocado on top
Snack
coffee with Califa farms almond coconut milk unsweetened
coconut milk canned as a topping
Dinner
The Wild Diet sundried tomato meat balls on spiralized zucchini noodles
Snack
Fage plain strained greek yogurt (not low fat) 1/2 cup
1/2 cup Dole wild blueberries
1/2 serving vanilla whey
cinnamon
1318 calories; 22% carbs; 48% fat; 30% protein

Roselyn, your meals look good. Do you just mix the PB2 with water and eat it? I used to do that and eat it on celery. I had some for so long and quit eating it after awhile. I threw it out. I can't remember why. I think it was because it lost a lot of the good stuff when they took the fat out. It was nice for peanut butter flavor in protein shakes though. It helps keep the fat down and still have the flavor. Are the Hard Corp workouts all 20 minutes or do they vary. I thought they were all basically cardio with stuff like burpees and push ups.
 
Today I did Cardio Coach #5. This one is becoming my favorite. I had a great workout and did very well with it! However, I have a complaint about my FitBit. I just don't get why it doesn't clock my heart rate correctly. It's like every other HR monitor I've had. Once it learns me and my habits it shows that I am not reaching my level 3 while doing these workouts. My average HR throughout this workout (and all the other CC's) is 114 bpm. Huh? I can't seem to get my HR above 134 bpm anymore. And I'm huffing and puffing so I'm working hard. I don't know why this is happening. My treadmill HR clocks me at all different rates, it will say 156, then 178 then drop to 120 all in about 10 seconds. It's ridiculous. My resting HR is 42-45, so maybe that's why? It's that low when I'm sitting so I'm sure it's lower when I sleep. Not sure how I'm alive sometimes. LOL!!! Oh well, I know they are only a technical device and not 100% accurate but it's frustrating to see these numbers when I really work hard at my workouts.

Workout was 54 minutes, ran 3.36 miles, burned 340 calories (TM said 517) and went 7143 steps. Almost to 10,000 and it's only 7:24!!! :)

Have great workouts everyone, I'll try to come back for personals later.
 
Debbie, when I had my colonoscopy they kept saying how low my resting heart rate was and they could tell I worked out. I generally start out in at 52 or a bit above by the time I get to the workout which is usually an hour after I get up and have coffee and do a few things. I like being able to track my hr and calories but, these devices make me crazy. It seems like when I leave one sit for awhile it works fine for a few workouts and then it seems off. That is why I use that app to check it out. I know when I am working hard, even if the device says something rediculous. My doctor said to take my pulse. I am terrible at doing that quickly though and by the time I get it my hr has dropped because it drops fast. I keep hoping someone will come out with something that works all of the time. When I wrote down the really low calorie burns I got with the Polar FT 7 I could not use it as accurate because I dropped weight.

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Workout today was Shoulders. One minute rest between sets, 20 second rest for the Back of Set. (BOS)

Seated BB Overhead Press
45# x 12 reps
45# x 10
45# x 8
25# x 20 BOS

1 Arm Lat Raise DB
12# x 12 reps
12# x 10
12# x 8
10# x 12 BOS ( 2 arms at one time)

Upright Rows DB
17# x 15 reps
17# x 12
17# x 11
15# x 12 BOS
12# x 13 BOS
Should have gone heavier with this exercise so I put in an extra set

Rear Fly
12# x 15 Reps
12# x 12
12# x 10
10# x 15 BOS

Incline Front Raise, Alternating Arms
10# x 12
10# x 10
10# x 8
8# x 16 BOS (2 arms at one time)

Workout was 30 minutes, 173 calories and heart rate average was 113. Max heart rate was 143

Debbie, You should contact Fitbit and see what they can do with your device. I hear other people have had similar issues and they have sent them out a new one. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ;)

I'm running late today so no personals. Have a great day!
 
Today I decided to go ahead and do legs. I am taking the next f3 days off. I did Cathe live All About Legs, 72 minutes, 423 calories. I added a 7 minute stretch from fitness blender, 20 calories since Cathe's was pretty short.
All About legs (I did most of the jumping when possible on the rebounder)
warm up about 14 minutes when they pick up 10# dumbbells and do squat with 1 dumbbell, pop squat, squat overhead press dumbbell each hand, jump forward/back 4 times repeat 3 times (I think 3)
12# dumbells latral walk, 3 sets of plie jacks 16 reps
12# dumbbells static lunge singles low ends and pulses all on the right side then all on the left
Dixie cups
no cup at first 13 reps each side side lunge/crossback, same move but put Dixie cups down and pick up 13 reps each side
forward lunge pick up alternating , ending with a pick up and put down low lunge set
@ 28 min. firewalker loop, plie jacks, turns, forward back jacks
@ 32 min. disc side slide lunge 16 reps right then 16 left
side lunge to crossback all one side then repeat other (some pulses)
@ 37 min. a stretch bresk
disc warrior lunge
@ 40 min. put away weights and discs, keep firewalker loop
Chair or barre
side kick and rapid fire all on one side switch sides and repeat
add firewalker loop, calf pumps, calf raises, single leg calf raises
loop on foot press back then hamstring curls repeat other side
@ 51 minutes remove band barre quads front raise
@ 56 minutes lower quad
59 minutes put away chair or barre
Stability ball
roll outs
hamstring supine
ball squeezes
ball catch
69 minute stretch to 72 min end

Jolie, nice work on the shoulders today :)
 
Today was chest

Incline Press 20#,21#,22#, 21# 15,12,8,8 ds
Incline fly 20#, 21#, 22# 15,12,8 reps
Chest press to rotation force set 5 reps each @20#
Incline Press Progressive set, 20#,21,22,22,21,20 15,12,8,8,12,15 reps
Close Grip press to fly 20#21#22# 15,12,8
Decline Push ups 15,12,8

Breakfast was oatmeal with protein powder
Lunch chicken, veggies
Snack quest bar
dinner none yet (my tooth is throbbing) :( will try in a bit after a pain pill, which I hate taking

Did any of you see on the nightly news, (NBC) they had a segment on intermittent fasting and it is considered beneficial now?? Could slow the aging process and some cancers. They had a women who ate 500 calories one day and 2200 the next and whatever she wanted. The professional said most people don't binge on that day and end up eating less calories over all. But I wonder about if you exericse daily like we do.
 
Roselyn, I have been reading about intermittent fasting for quite some time now. Abel James, the Fat Burning Man and Author of the Wild Diet promotes fasting. He also suggests very short intense workouts several times a week. I just have my coffee with the 3 Tablespoons of Half and Half and greens powder in water and generally do not eat till in the afternoon. It works well for me.
 
Today I worked Legs and Shoulders. Had a great workout. Fitbit said I burned like 105 calories which might be accurate because I hardly broke a sweat with this one.

This is what I did:

GS Chest & Tri's warmup.

3 sets/10 reps each with 1 minute rest between each set:

Leg Press Station: 125#
Plie Squats: 25#
Elevated Deadlifts: 55#

Overhead Barbell Press: 40#
Lateral Raise: 10's
Upright Row: 35#

I had time to walk 1 mile on my treadmill as well.

Diane Sue - So you get your HR up to 152 during the day? Or when you workout? Mine never gets past like 100 when I just go through the day doing stuff. When I workout I can get it up to 134-155 depending on what I'm doing. I'm tired of these devices not being more accurate. I have to wonder if I'm eating enough, etc. If it's calculating my HR being so low plus such low calorie burns, then I know it's not calculating enough calories for me to eat during the day. Frustrating! Nice workout, by the way!!

Jolie - Getting a new one won't help, these devices do this to me after they learn my habits. I've had several HR monitors and eventually, they all started reading me just like the FB is. Question - how much rest do you take between each set? You do a lot and to get it done in 30 minutes must mean you don't rest much. I like your mixes. Nice workout!!!

Roselyn - I don't like fasting, I like eating! :) Nice workout to you as well!!!
 
Debbie, I need to edit that. By the time I am ready to start working out my hr Starts at 52.
 
Its raining in California today, we really need it!

Cardio workout today.
Les Mills Combat 30 Kick start wearing 2 pound gloves
Powerstrike 6, Illaria Montagnani, Combos 1 and 2 wearing 1 pound gloves ( this workout is fast so I have to go down to 1 pound gloves) Illaria is my favorite instructor behind Cathe. I subscribe to her youtube workouts and they are killer. She is in insane shape!

Leg Extentions (did abs in between each set) tomorrow I will do hamstrings.
50# x 20, x 16, x 12, x 12, x 12 Reps

Abs, crunches, bicycles, 20 reps each set

Workout was 65 minutes
Calories burned 549
Max heart rate 172 and average 143

Debbie, I am trying to do 30 second rests in between sets to try to burn more calories. I of course, cannot lift as heavy. I am trying to lean out anyway so I'm ok with it. I hope I do not run into the heart rate problem with my Fitbit! Nice leg workout as always. You inspire me!

Diane Sue, great leg workout!!!! I'm not doing much legs because they get bulky so I am doing more walking and kickboxing instead for the summer. In the fall I start leg workouts so I can snow ski better and not die keeping up with my boys who snow board!

Roselyn, I sure hope our tooth pain goes away. I have had 6 root canals and never have much pain after the first day. My doctor says I can handle pain well. I only take an Advil when needed.

Have a wonderful day!
 
I am starting my 3 day rest so no workout today. Mammogram, shopping, banking, laundry and cleaning, and family here working on the kitchen ceiling and lighting remodel . They are almost ready to put up the tin ceiling tiles. We had to wait a long time for them to arrive. We wanted genuine tin and not tin coated or tin look.

Jolie, used I used to do Powerstrikes and Illaria is really motivating but I never liked doing all one side then doing all the other. If I wanted to cut it shorter, I couldn't. The same thing with my Addiction workouts. It would have you doing 20-25 minutes on one side then the other side. Sometimes I would do one side and a weight workout and the next day the other side and a weight workout. They are good workouts though. I love Les Mills Combat. I used to hold light dumbbells or wear weighted gloves but I had to let up. I guess getting older my joints don't care for it. My elbows and shoulders begin to hurt.

Meals Yesterday
Pre workout and during workout
coffee, organic half and half, Greens and energy powder, Amino Burst BCAA powder
Lunch
leftover sundried tomato meatballs from the Wild Diet Cookbook
lettuce cucumber salad with cucumber avocado dressing from Hammer and Chisel book and some whole 30 ranch dressing mixed together
Snack
Coffee Latte with coffee, Califa almond coconut milk and topped with canned full fat coconut milk
Dinner
Roast beef
1/3 sweet potato
snack
1/2 serving vanilla whey
coconut milk
coconut almond milk to thin
Almond butter
wild blueberries
1520 calories 18% carbs; 58% fat; 24% protein
 
Todays workout was Back. I did Muscle Meltdown from ICE but changed a few of the exercises. I cant do pullovers due to the strain it puts on my right shoulder. I learned a long time ago to listen to my body so I will avoid injuries. Remember years ago She Wolf, I think that is what she went by on the Cathe forums. She lifted heavy and ended up having shoulder surgery. I am not going there!

This was a Giant set with no rest between exercises. I did 3 rounds with 12 reps per exercise. This workout is great if you are short on time.

1 arm row- 25# x 12 reps

Wide grip lat pulldowns- 50# x 12 reps

1 arm wide row (horizontal)- 25# x 12 reps

Underhand Barbell Rows- 50# x 12 reps

Deadlifts Barbell- 45# x 12 reps

Repeat two more rounds

Workout Stats, 26 minutes, 176 Calories burned, and average heart rate 116.

I'm am off tomorrow, going to visit my parents. I am so sick of being in the car but they are getting older and they are lonely. My dad is turning 83, works out 4 days a week and golfs 2 times per week. He works full time as a Commodities Broker. I am so proud of him! My mom is turning 80 this year and is active as well. That is why I workout out so hard, it is so important to be in shape in your senior years.

I hope you all have great workouts and enjoy your day off! Diane Sue, enjoy your couple of days off!
 
Jolie, it is good to spend as much time as you can with your parents. I lost my mother years ago to als. My Dad has been gone over a year now. He was really active. He built a deck on his house, kept a garden, and was always doing stuff for neighbors. He was 84 had a bladder infection and fell and hit his head. He ended up in a coma for 3 months after surgery . I miss him a lot. The drive to visit was 7 hours. I talked to him a lot on he phone. Just a few months before he had driven to our house to visit. He still travelled with his trailer a lot. That is amazing that your Dad is still working. Wonderful that they both stay fit. It is important to stay active as we get older. So many people just become so inactive that they can barely get around.
 
Today was Chest & Tri's. Had a great workout. Went to Applebee's last night and what happened to their food? Yuck. Won't be going there anymore. The last two times I've been there I didn't like the food. Not sure what they did but they need to change it back.

This is what I did:

GS Chest & Tri's warmup.

3 sets/8 reps each with 1 minute rest between each set:

Pushups: 3 set/12 reps (warmup)
Barbell Bench Press: 75#
High Incline Dumbbell Press: 30's
Low Incline Flyes: 25's

Lying Barbell Extensions: 40#
Close Grip Barbell Press: 60#
Double Arm Kickbacks: 10's

Walked on my treadmill for 1 mile.

Have great workouts everyone! Nice job this weekend!
 
Went and visited my parents yesterday and we had a great time. My boys went fishing in the lakes on the golf course and caught 17 fish! They put them all back of course, just had a great time catching them.

Todays workout was my version of STS meso 3 Shoulders, Biceps and Triceps. I did 10 reps with a 30 second rest in between exercises. I do not like to do less then 10 reps because I start looking bulky and I hurt myself going too heavy. I did three different exercises and did four rounds before moving on to the next 3 exercises and so on. (Exercises using the Barbell include weight of the barbell.)

Seated Overhead BB Press- 45 pds x 10 reps, x 10, x 10, x 10

BB Bicep Curls- 40pds x 10 reps, x 10, x 10, x 10

Lying Tricep ext- 15pds x 10 reps, x 10, x 10, x 10


Standing Lat raises 12pds x 10 reps, x 10, x 10, x 10

Preacher Curls- 15pds x 10, x 10, x 10, x10

Cross Body ext- 15pds x 10 reps, x 10, x 10, x 10


Rear Delt flys- 12pds x 12 reps, x 12, x 12, x12 (should have gone heavier)

Conc. Curls- 20pds x 10, x 10, x 10, x 10

2 Arm Kickbacks- 10pds x 10 reps, x 10, x 10, x10

Great workout Debbie! You are really strong!

Diane Sue, I hope your kitchen project is going well. I need to re do my kitchen but I am putting it off till my boys go to college. They are so hard on everything in the house, and them being so big doesn't help either. My furniture looks pretty shabby too, but no use getting any new because it wont last. I will redo a lot of things later or move to a new house! ;)

Roselyn, I hope you are feeling better!

Have a great day.
 
Today's workout was Cathe Live Fitness Fusion, 53 minutes. 392 calories, heart rate 127 avg./160 max. I then did To the Mat legs and Icy Core stopping at the end of the firewalker loop and skipping the non weight and superman and doing the core and stretch, 46 minutes, 211 calories. My workout was 99 minutes, 603 calories.
Live Fitness Fusion rundown 8 and 10# dumbbells (I used 10's except one segment that I used 8) Also I may have missed some of the moves for cardio but this is pretty much an idea of what it contains.
Boxing gloves
Kicking and boxing moves stopping at 23 minutes and getting mat, remove gloves
HI/Lo hiit cardio some moves like Ripped with Hiit Low Impact and moves like squats in a box, lateral skate
at 28:55 minutes remove mat
squat dig turns, low side to side lunge reach, power turn squats, jump 3 times turn jump back 3 times,
34:25 minutes leg conditioning
Walking /plie Cathe used 8's I used 10's
Plie squat pulses
diagonal lunge 10# dumbbell pulse 3 turn alternating
10# dumbbell sumo march
8# dumbbells lunge side to side
reverse lunge switch after 15 then repeat dropping reps to 7, 3 and single 10's
at 44:10 minutes
Mat
core work some moves- butterfly sit up, elbow on floor other arm extended crunch, knee/legs in arms windmill out, bicycle move
short stretch at 54:41 minutes.

Deb, I have not been to Applebees in a long time. We go to Interurban and Charlestons most of the time. I don't know why restaurants do that. Sometimes they change the food and sometimes it is the cook. My husband always got baby back ribs at Charlestons and then they changed the barbecue sauce to something really sweet. He questioned them about it and they said they had changed it.

Jolie, I understand about the furniture and stuff. My daughter was going to get a new pit group but then her youngest spilled something on it and she decided that they should wait. It was better when our children were all in high school and we got a leather sofa. You get these big boys and they just want to plop themselves on the furniture instead of sitting and it breaks the frame work down. I have two teen grandsons. The oldest does that to my sofa. Our project is going well. We are down to molding. We are going in a bit to get some paint matched for it.
 
Yesterday was Bulk Arms and today was Bulk Back.

I will read that about fasting, Diane Sue, I think I just don't need the carbs I thought I did, so been trying low carb so today I ate

2 eggs and turkey bacon for breakfast
lunch was chicken on spinach drizzled with flax seed oil and lemon juices
snack around 2 was chicken and green beans and I grabbed a string cheese
dinner will be spaghetti squash with turkey meat balls and sauce(from Autumns cookbook)
snack will probably be some casein and almond butte
 
Meaks today
usual morning of coffee, organic half and half, amazing grass green superfood energy watermelon flavor, Amino Boost BCAA with workout
lunch
1.5 servings grassfed whey
cacao powder
1/4 cup canned coconut milk
1/4 cup silk coconut milk unsweetened
macadamia nuts 1 oz
lets do organic unsweetened roasted coconut flakes
1 tsp raw honey
Dinner
Performance Paleo Cookbook Bad Ass Bowl minus the awesome sauce (this is either ground turkey or lean ground beef with Mexican seasonings and cauliflower rice with garlic)
Whole 30 ranch dressing with chipotle powder added for topping
onion chopped
small amount avocado
romaine lettuce
Snack 1.5 servings grassfed whey, wild blueberries, califa farms almond coconut milk
1,368 calories 20% carbs; 57% fat; 24% protein

Roselyn, if you keep your carbs mainly vegetables and a small amount of fruit I think it works better than all of the grains. If you need more energy eat sweet potatoes, squash, and pumpkin. I find that works for me. All of us are different in our needs.
 
Today I did Cardio Coach #1 and had just an ok workout. Wasn't feeling it today. HR seemed high (even though my FB showed low readings) and breathing was off. Just an off day I guess.

Workout was 36 minutes, ran 2.32 miles, burned 221 calories (TM said 338) and went 4812 steps.

I also did the abs from SJ&P, love that one.

Jolie - You are strong as well. You lift about as heavy as I do. I like your workouts. I may steal them in the future!!

Diane Sue - Applebee's sucked!! Nice workout and eats!

Roselyn - Nice eats as well!!! Are you doing Body Beast again?
 
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