Hardcore Maniacs for September 1st

SheWolf

Cathlete
Morning Maniacs,

What I'm first? Where is everyone?

Seriously, today started the day one of the next four weeks. Really enjoyed this workout, and am really excited to try and do some improving over the next four weeks on some of the exercises. So here it goes:

Superset A
Incline DB Press
6/6/6 - 40's
DB Rear-Delt Raise
10/10/10 - 15 **This one needs work:eek::eek:**

Superset B
One Arm DB Row
6/6/6 - 50# **This hit the back good**
DB Floor Press
10 - 35's
8/8 - 38's ***This is an interesting exercise, interested to see what it does***

Superset C
DB Tricep Extensions
8/8/8 - 20's ***This is the other one that needs work!!:eek::eek:**
Alternating DB Incline Curls
8/8/8 - 23 **This leaves my arms toasted***

Then cardio at 30/90 ratio for 6 rounds doing high knee runs. Then I went back and did some isometric holds on the tri extensions and the rear delt raise.

Weekend was super busy, Friday - zoo & baseball game, Saturday - FIL 70th bday party at really fancy restraunt (I stayed away from dessert table:D, just had fresh strawberries:D:D), Sunday - church (sung & taught), bday pool party, back to church. Today DH and DS went to sign up for swim lessons then are fishing and perhaps surfing, waiting for call to see what the rest of day hold in store.
 
I did drill max cardio ultra blast. I have a question for anyone out there. What do you all make your protein shakes with? I use water and sometimes skim milk to make it creamier. Did not know what the majority of you did. Did not know if I am starting a clean eating regimen if I should skip the milk.
 
RPAGE54 - I haven't done protein shakes in a long time, but I always made mine with either unsweetened soy milk or skim plus milk. HTH!
 
Today was Chest & Triceps. Had an excellent workout. I wish I would have gotten up a bit earlier, though. It' s already 11 and half my day is gone. Oh well.

I lost the sheet I had with my poundage from last week so kind of guessed. I just now printed out what I did last week and I am comparing.

1:30 minute rest between each set and exercise. 3 minutes rest between transition between Chest & Tri's.

CHEST
Incline Barbell Press:
100# - 6/6/6 (Up 5#)
95# - 10 (up 5#)
90# - 12/12 (up 5#)

Barbell Bench Press:
110# - 6/6/6 (up 5#)
100# - 10 (up 5#)
95# - 12 (up 5#)
90# - 11 (up 5# but lost 1 rep)
***By the 5th set of these I was struggling so I had to drop my weights.

Decline Dumbbell Flyes:
32's - 12/12
***Started at 35's last week and that was too high so I went to 30's. So this was a happy medium with 32's.

TRICEPS
Bench Dips:
70# - 6 (started out at 75# last week)
75# - 6
70# - 10 (up 5#)
65# - 12/12 (up 10#!)
***Love this exercise.

Close Grip Tricep Press:
90# - 6/6 (up 5#)
85# - 9 (up 10# but lost 1 rep)
75# - 9 (still up 10# but should have done 12 reps)
65# - 12 (up 5# and met the reps)
***This one about killed me. I dropped by 10# last week and only 5# this week. It caught up to me quick.

Lying Barbell Extensions:
57# - 6/6 (up 2#)
52# - 10 (up 7#)
47# - 12/12 (up 2#)
***These felt awesome. I was worried I wouldn't be able to do them and up the weights. I see that I did just that.

That is all and I am wiped out...

Linda - Isn't it hard to get 40's up for dumbbell presses? How do you do it? I can seriously use 50's for any kind of chest press but I just can't get them into position. It makes me mad. I usually just end up using the barbell so I can go as heavy as I need to. Nice workout. Can't wait to see your progress on this!
 
Debbie - Getting those 40's up is a real bear! I just kind of give one good rock back and hoist like mad!:eek: Fortunately, I still find 40's very challenging, but don't know what I would do if I wanted to increase. I often wish I had someone around to hand them to me. Maybe by the time I hit 50's DS will be big enough for me to make him be my spotter! LOL! :p:D:p:D
 
Hi Ladies-

Hope you are all heading to overeat somewhere's at a cookout (as I am hehe).. But I have to get the hardcore part out of the way so I can utilize all that pasta salad and burgers!

Cardio-
15 minutes of 30 second Jumprope intervals
.. and two little laps around the house..
(im not into cardio but seings all the mac n' cheese I had yesterday and it wasnt even a workout day..)

Chest-
Pushups X 2
Static Presses X 3
BB Presses 5 X failure
(I have a spotter on these)

Upper Back/RD-
Rack Pulls 3 X 8 (superset with)
High Pulls 3 X 10
Neutral Flyes 3 X 8
Single Arm RD Flyes 3 X failure
RD Presses 3 X 6-8

Tri-
OH Press 3 X failure
Lying Extensions 3 X failure

Bi-
3 Sets of partials and different rep patterns. Total of about 30-36 curls

Ab's-
Leg Lifts X 3
LJ's on Ball X 3
Pikes on Ball X 3

Woohoo! Not bad I love getting so much in one session.. it makes up for the extra day or two of recovery I have to take on leg and back day :)

Have fun at all your cookouts ladies -- that was an intense workout you had there FitnessFreak!!
 
I did 5 miles on the treadmill this morning and burned 648 calories. Then I did Tracey's Glute Camp skipping the warm up and abs and stretch, then I did Tracey's Circuit Zone lower skipping the kicking drills on zone 7 and finishing with the foam roller segment. Burned 431 calories doing thies. Workout today was 2 hr 17 minutes and I burned 1079 calories total. Got to head out to get those errands done and fill up my car with gas.

Lisa, I just had a bowl of soup and that is really my first meal for the day. Between workout and phone calls from dh and dd I have not had time to eat. Didn't want to go out to the store hungry. Added extra chicken to the soup.

RPage, I use coffee and skim milk with my protein powder. I would not think of skim milk as a non clean food. I use fat free dairy products all of the time. I need my calcium:)
 
Today I did MTV Yoga. I'm heading out to West Hollywood to hang out with some friends. I'm going to spend the night and then do the stairs in Santa Monica tomorrow with my best friend. Last time I did those suckers I was sore for two days.
 

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