Saturday I notice a tingling feeling in both hands. I have had this feeling for a long time, but at that point it seemed present all the time while other times came and went.... I aasked a friend of mine who is a nurse and he told me that maybe it's because of lifting wrong.... I don't think I lift wrong...but anyway it could be a pinched nerve or something...I have no idea, I have to see a doctor...I have an appointment tomorrow....The thing is that that friend told me I might not be able to lift heavy again....that piece of "news" crushed me.... I couldn't stop crying just thinking of the possibility of not being able to lift. I just hope he's wrong...At that point I though that, being like that, fitocracy doesn't make any sense for me so...I deleted my account. I don't want to be there if I only can log shit workouts.... it would make me feel ashamed... It hit me quite hard... I still don't know what's wrong, neither if it is actually a problem...but I can't make my peace with the idea.... Now that I'm starting to see results, it would be awful if I had to stop. Now that I found something I like....Ok, I like bodycombat too...but I want to lift, I want the challenge, I want to get stronger and push myself and want to transform my body.
last thursday it was amazing: I got to see my serratus for the first time, I was amazed...Like...seeing progress little by little...and I don't want to stop.
My weekend was plain awful...and I took two rest days (Saturday and Sunday) instead of one :( I was just exhausted, tired, depressed, unmotivated..... Actually I was unmotivated today too but I went to the gym, it was chest day..... and I'm thinking about coming back to fitocracy but I guess I should wait until I know for sure if I can keep on lifting. I really hope so.
I'm still feeling quite down. The gym couldn't cheer me up so much....not today.... :(
Other things I should mention at the appointment tomorrow, apart from the tingling feelinf is the pain in the elbows and the weak knee.... Fuck! I'm a mess!!!!
Showing posts with label training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label training. Show all posts
Monday, December 2, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
About competition
Like everything else, something can be true and useful for some but not for others. It is true that you have to compare your results from today with your previous results and try to get better, yes....but competition against others can also be a motivator. After all most sports are competitive ones, even bodybuilding, there are bodybuilding competitions where people compete against each other. Competing against other people doesn't have to make you bitter, it can also address your drive to get better. I am quite competitive myself and can't help but trying to top someone else....I don't see it as a bad thing, it's just a way to stay stimulated. Maybe knowing that someone has done a deadlift of 105 kg makes me take the step to try it myself...and maybe I succeed...so, it can be a motivator!
All this topic came to my mind cause I have seen pictures of a girl who is training for physique competition and she#s having amaying results. If I had stick to it...would I have such amazing results in one month? It's just hypothetical cause it#s not my toime for it.... I doubt I would have her results....but it motivates me to try...could I be as good as her? even better maybe? I don't think so.... but I don't know if I don't try... I'm using that as a motivation to stick to my diet, cause...i think that my liftings are quite ok but my diet is keeping me from having results. I definitely have to be more strict as far as dieting is concerned, mainly about the calories I'm ingesting. Now I have a motivation more. Yes, I'm a bit jealous, but also happy for her, she's doing a great job and it's paying off! Now I have to do a great job too and be patient.
Friday, November 1, 2013
so disappointing
Two weeks check-in about meal and training plan: disappointed.
vacation was in between but I sticked to the plan quite much. I love the workouts , I hate the diet...ok I don't like the cardio either and I miss more bodycombat and I miss the compounds and some of the exercises i don't know how to perform. And I hate the smith machine.....
here's what I have written to my coach (some parts):
"Obviously I have done something very wrong. I look even worse than when I started. Concerning the plan, the first week I followed it quite strictly unless for the timing. I rarely manage to have that many meals, so I sometimes have made the 2nd and 3rd into one. Depending also on when I work out, sometimes I've switched the order of some to make sure pre and post workout were actually pre and post workout.
Second week , as you know, I was on vacation and everything went differently. I skipped one workout, the one on tuesday, day I was flying back.
As for the meals, I couldn't calculate exactly cause it was not me cooking, but roughly calculated it fitted my macros and most of it was included in the plan. I cheated, I confess: everyday I had 1 chocolate cookie with fiber with my breakfast, this "digestive" cookies (about 85 calories and 4 gr. of fat and I tracked it in myfitnesspal) and the last day I was there I ate chocolate (about 40 gr.)
It wasn't easy at all: my cravings for sweets were awful. My bulimic tendencies have gotten worse too. I didn't binge but the urge was there ...or I "binged", sometimes having 3 scoops of whey or some day having 3 tbs of nut butter...oh, God! I'm a mess! " ...and I went on ....
You get the idea...I haven't followed the plan to the T but I think I have followed it quite much and....it wasn't worth it AT ALL!!!! I sacrificed and look worse.
Fuck it all!
I'm off!
Fuck competition. I just want to look good.
So I suggested some changes...let's see what she replies...she's gonna tell me to go to hell! LOL, if I have a coach I should do what she says, but , I kinda have and look worse?...fuck that shit! I didn't expect improvement on the first two weeks but I didn't expect looking worse! So much effort for nothing!!!! I'm really angry and disappointed right now.
vacation was in between but I sticked to the plan quite much. I love the workouts , I hate the diet...ok I don't like the cardio either and I miss more bodycombat and I miss the compounds and some of the exercises i don't know how to perform. And I hate the smith machine.....
here's what I have written to my coach (some parts):
"Obviously I have done something very wrong. I look even worse than when I started. Concerning the plan, the first week I followed it quite strictly unless for the timing. I rarely manage to have that many meals, so I sometimes have made the 2nd and 3rd into one. Depending also on when I work out, sometimes I've switched the order of some to make sure pre and post workout were actually pre and post workout.
Second week , as you know, I was on vacation and everything went differently. I skipped one workout, the one on tuesday, day I was flying back.
As for the meals, I couldn't calculate exactly cause it was not me cooking, but roughly calculated it fitted my macros and most of it was included in the plan. I cheated, I confess: everyday I had 1 chocolate cookie with fiber with my breakfast, this "digestive" cookies (about 85 calories and 4 gr. of fat and I tracked it in myfitnesspal) and the last day I was there I ate chocolate (about 40 gr.)
It wasn't easy at all: my cravings for sweets were awful. My bulimic tendencies have gotten worse too. I didn't binge but the urge was there ...or I "binged", sometimes having 3 scoops of whey or some day having 3 tbs of nut butter...oh, God! I'm a mess! " ...and I went on ....
You get the idea...I haven't followed the plan to the T but I think I have followed it quite much and....it wasn't worth it AT ALL!!!! I sacrificed and look worse.
Fuck it all!
I'm off!
Fuck competition. I just want to look good.
So I suggested some changes...let's see what she replies...she's gonna tell me to go to hell! LOL, if I have a coach I should do what she says, but , I kinda have and look worse?...fuck that shit! I didn't expect improvement on the first two weeks but I didn't expect looking worse! So much effort for nothing!!!! I'm really angry and disappointed right now.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Off-season 2013 (women's physique in 2014)
I got both my meal-plan and training plan, so...yes, it seems it's getting serious. I'm quite happy about that.
About the meal plan, I said i'd eat meat and I am doing it, but just chicken and fish...I tried ground turkey cause in my plan it is written some lean red meat and that's all I could find, but.... I disliked it a lot! I wanted to make the effort but...turned out I skipped meals just in order not to have it...not ideal! So I asked my coach for substitutions and she adjusted it a bit. Instead of the red meat I can have the chicken and coconut oil.... it doesn't seem ideal to her cause it's a different kind of fat but it's deffinitely better than skipping meals....
So...as far as the meal plan goes, it's quite ok. The only meals that I really enjoy are the pre and post workout meals...which is fine, it makes me feel more like I am on the road to competition, LOL!
Now , the most exciting part....TRAINING!
split routine lifting 6 times a week + cardio 4 times a week...the plan is a secret ;) but I'm really excited about it. I'll start today :)
My coach is so nice that she was ok with me trading her cardio twice a week for bodycombat...That made me REALLY happy cause combat is one of the few things in my life nowadays which really make me happy.... I need that feeling! especially now that I'm feeling a bit down again....
I told my friend and training's partner Kris about the plan and he says for sure I'll make gains :) I can't wait to start seeing results! A fito girl that I know is also working with my coach towars physique and already in two weeks BIG DIFFERENCES to be seen!....but her starting point was more "advanced" (let's put it that way) than mine.... I'm not expecting big changes in such a sort period of time for me...but on the long run.
Today will be my first day on the training program ...I'm looking forward to it...even when wednesday is not my favorite day, I have to do plyo...which I'm not a big fan of.... but I hope the excitement will help me enjoy it :)
My lunch...since I miss sweets, my lunch is potatoes and egg whites with stevia and cinnamon.... In the mood for sweets ...a bit depressed. The weather sux :/
About the meal plan, I said i'd eat meat and I am doing it, but just chicken and fish...I tried ground turkey cause in my plan it is written some lean red meat and that's all I could find, but.... I disliked it a lot! I wanted to make the effort but...turned out I skipped meals just in order not to have it...not ideal! So I asked my coach for substitutions and she adjusted it a bit. Instead of the red meat I can have the chicken and coconut oil.... it doesn't seem ideal to her cause it's a different kind of fat but it's deffinitely better than skipping meals....
So...as far as the meal plan goes, it's quite ok. The only meals that I really enjoy are the pre and post workout meals...which is fine, it makes me feel more like I am on the road to competition, LOL!
Now , the most exciting part....TRAINING!
split routine lifting 6 times a week + cardio 4 times a week...the plan is a secret ;) but I'm really excited about it. I'll start today :)
My coach is so nice that she was ok with me trading her cardio twice a week for bodycombat...That made me REALLY happy cause combat is one of the few things in my life nowadays which really make me happy.... I need that feeling! especially now that I'm feeling a bit down again....
I told my friend and training's partner Kris about the plan and he says for sure I'll make gains :) I can't wait to start seeing results! A fito girl that I know is also working with my coach towars physique and already in two weeks BIG DIFFERENCES to be seen!....but her starting point was more "advanced" (let's put it that way) than mine.... I'm not expecting big changes in such a sort period of time for me...but on the long run.
Today will be my first day on the training program ...I'm looking forward to it...even when wednesday is not my favorite day, I have to do plyo...which I'm not a big fan of.... but I hope the excitement will help me enjoy it :)
Friday, October 11, 2013
about the happy place and when to train...
My happy place is a bit less happy on friday early evening. The gym is so crowded! Full of bros! Every rest between one set and the next I had someone asked me how many sets to go.... I can't concentrate like that, seriously! I guess I'll stick to different times, up to now the best have been at aroung 2 p.m or really late...like midninght or something like that, especially on the weekend....so, yes, I'll stick to that. Some fitness experts ( Pauline) suggest chaninging the time for better results, like not always training in the morning or not always in the evening. Personally I don't have a set time now that I'm not working, so I can go whenever I want...i can try that of the changing times.... Sometimes i just feel the urge at some given moment , it's like, "I have to go to the gym NOW!" and sometimes I "plan" a bit more. ... My life as it is now is, in that sense, pure luxury! having the time i want.... i'll make sure to take advantage oof that :P
Leg day today after so long not doing pretty much anything...It was hard, quite hard, I even thought to stop in the middle and go home and come back tomorrow...but sure as hell I wouldn't do that, have we met?! It's not my style! Rather training to failure, deloading the weights.... feeling exhausted.... than interrupting. I've NEVER cut a session before I was done.... ok, once with my former PT, he did, bacause it was 3 am and we had started at midnight and he saw I literally couldn't lift a fucking dumbbell...OMG! That was one of the best days of the year! Training with him at that time was really cool! I miss him. Today I thought a lot about him because it happens rarely to me that I am so exhausted that I want to quit. It happens rarely when I'm alone but it happened quite often while training with him.
As for my new coach...i'm still waiting for my plan... soooo looking forward to it. I want to get started as soon as possible. I'm always full of expectations when I open my mailbox...but it doesn't happen .... I hope soon....
About other stuff in my life...what other stuff in my life? Is there anything besides training? Sometimes I wish there wasn't...that says enough.
Leg day today after so long not doing pretty much anything...It was hard, quite hard, I even thought to stop in the middle and go home and come back tomorrow...but sure as hell I wouldn't do that, have we met?! It's not my style! Rather training to failure, deloading the weights.... feeling exhausted.... than interrupting. I've NEVER cut a session before I was done.... ok, once with my former PT, he did, bacause it was 3 am and we had started at midnight and he saw I literally couldn't lift a fucking dumbbell...OMG! That was one of the best days of the year! Training with him at that time was really cool! I miss him. Today I thought a lot about him because it happens rarely to me that I am so exhausted that I want to quit. It happens rarely when I'm alone but it happened quite often while training with him.
As for my new coach...i'm still waiting for my plan... soooo looking forward to it. I want to get started as soon as possible. I'm always full of expectations when I open my mailbox...but it doesn't happen .... I hope soon....
About other stuff in my life...what other stuff in my life? Is there anything besides training? Sometimes I wish there wasn't...that says enough.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
The gym: my happy place
When i'm there i'm focused, I don't think of anything else, just concentrate in what I have to do... Today I did my first set of unassisted dips with the help of Kris, he's awesome
I felt really good there.... I love it! I'm happy that my back almost doesn't hurt anympore and I can train again. My bench Press was also quite ok for being just out of an injury.....
I can't wait to have my new program, meal plan and training plan. i'll do whatever it takes. i'm leaving veganism and even vegetarianism. I'll follow the plan to the T. I want it so bad. I'll be a physique competitor, I will be it. It's gonna be fucking hard! really really difficult, but I'll do it! I know I have what it takes!
Apart from that life is going well in some aspects, i'm delighted with complimentes in RL and internet about my strength , acjhievements and transformation ( muscle building)... carla told me not to build more, which made me very happy, cause that means I already look a bit mor muscular than average... which is not that difficult, lol, since the average is rather fluffy, LOL, I'm so mean.... anyways, I'm on my way to get a lot of muscle and lose all the fat! ALL OF IT!!! ha ha ha...can't wait to get started! I'm so psyqued about it! yes...I do want it so bad!
I was going to complain and whine about my love life...or lack thereof, ha ha! but now thinking of my goals and that I am on the way to achieve them it's RIDICULOUS letting myself be brought down by what a guy might feel or not feel for me or for any other bitch out there. I'm too good for that, ha, think what you want! If I don't feel i'm good enough, nobody would..... now at least is one person, my fucking self! ...and i know there are more...btw!
so...not giving a fuck!!!!! (bangarang)
I'm just looking forward to:
-combat tomorrow
-weight training on friday with Kris
-my meal and training plan (I hope the soonest possible)
-seeing results soon
love sux.
I can't wait to have my new program, meal plan and training plan. i'll do whatever it takes. i'm leaving veganism and even vegetarianism. I'll follow the plan to the T. I want it so bad. I'll be a physique competitor, I will be it. It's gonna be fucking hard! really really difficult, but I'll do it! I know I have what it takes!
Apart from that life is going well in some aspects, i'm delighted with complimentes in RL and internet about my strength , acjhievements and transformation ( muscle building)... carla told me not to build more, which made me very happy, cause that means I already look a bit mor muscular than average... which is not that difficult, lol, since the average is rather fluffy, LOL, I'm so mean.... anyways, I'm on my way to get a lot of muscle and lose all the fat! ALL OF IT!!! ha ha ha...can't wait to get started! I'm so psyqued about it! yes...I do want it so bad!
I was going to complain and whine about my love life...or lack thereof, ha ha! but now thinking of my goals and that I am on the way to achieve them it's RIDICULOUS letting myself be brought down by what a guy might feel or not feel for me or for any other bitch out there. I'm too good for that, ha, think what you want! If I don't feel i'm good enough, nobody would..... now at least is one person, my fucking self! ...and i know there are more...btw!
so...not giving a fuck!!!!! (bangarang)
I'm just looking forward to:
-combat tomorrow
-weight training on friday with Kris
-my meal and training plan (I hope the soonest possible)
-seeing results soon
love sux.
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Injured
Last week I hurt myself, I don't know exactly how, I just know that it started on friday and I chose to ignore it on saturday doing my shoulder routine as if I wasn't hurting and it got much worse. Now I haven't been able to lift for a complete week and I'm feeling quite bummed about it. Last Sunday, Monday AND Tuesday I did NOTHING! :( then Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and yesterday Saturday, just cardio classes...I love them but I want to lift too!!!! Tomorrow I'll visit a chiropractor and I hope she can fix me. I want to be back in the gym the soonest possible.
In other order of things. Since I'm not sure what strategy to follow to get where I want ( to the physique I want, that is) I have contacted a coach and next week I'll have the first consultation with her. I'm so psyched about it! Things are gonna start getting serious! I can't wait! It will definitely be more goal oriented than what I was doing before, oriented to get the physique, not only on gaining strength , which I will do too! I'm really happy about it and looking forward too.
This weekend was the mr.Olympia in Vegas and... now I'm even more motivated! I still don't know for which cathegory I'd be competing: bikini, figure...Definitely not fitness cause I can't do the things they do, I'm fit but I'm not superwoman (and they kind of are!, ha ha). watching the show i'd say my ideal would be figure or physique, but physique seems almost unattainable the natural way....
These were the winners in bikini, figure and physique respectively:
I will have my coach tell me what would be the best division for me...can't wait! I really want this! I want to prove myself and everybody that I can do it. It'll take long...ok, I have time ;)
As for training I can't wait til I am recovered!
My former PT contacted me yesterday and said, I quote " so now training is going to have a whole new meaning you are more then welcome to drop by to train " he has a squat rack at home!!!! so cool!!!! I definitely will go...when I'm recovered, that is...and if he really means it cause...seriously, he says too much and he doesn't always deliver.... He said he would take me to Joni's gym...never happened...and some other stuff...so I'm happy for the offer but I don't rely on it. He's weird.... but since already some time i'm not even trying to understand him, lol, he's cool, I'll take whatever I can use from his advice but not any bullshit.... and , of course, I won't rely on anything he says.... If at the end of the day we manage to train together, that would be awesome, and I will insist on it once I'm recovered.... if we don't... it was actually expected, so no harm.
Best thing is keeping the expectations low.
As for advice concerning eating and working out plan I will follow my new coache's advice and won't let my former PT interfere. I'll gladly train with him, he knows his shit, I have learnt the basics from him and got stronger, He has tought me how to squat , deadlift and bench right, and that's the basis! I couldn't have done it without him. he got me started in a journey that I don't want to give up. I'm really passionate about it!
Damn! So looking forward to training again! Fucking injury!!!!
In other order of things. Since I'm not sure what strategy to follow to get where I want ( to the physique I want, that is) I have contacted a coach and next week I'll have the first consultation with her. I'm so psyched about it! Things are gonna start getting serious! I can't wait! It will definitely be more goal oriented than what I was doing before, oriented to get the physique, not only on gaining strength , which I will do too! I'm really happy about it and looking forward too.
This weekend was the mr.Olympia in Vegas and... now I'm even more motivated! I still don't know for which cathegory I'd be competing: bikini, figure...Definitely not fitness cause I can't do the things they do, I'm fit but I'm not superwoman (and they kind of are!, ha ha). watching the show i'd say my ideal would be figure or physique, but physique seems almost unattainable the natural way....
These were the winners in bikini, figure and physique respectively:
I will have my coach tell me what would be the best division for me...can't wait! I really want this! I want to prove myself and everybody that I can do it. It'll take long...ok, I have time ;)
As for training I can't wait til I am recovered!
My former PT contacted me yesterday and said, I quote " so now training is going to have a whole new meaning you are more then welcome to drop by to train " he has a squat rack at home!!!! so cool!!!! I definitely will go...when I'm recovered, that is...and if he really means it cause...seriously, he says too much and he doesn't always deliver.... He said he would take me to Joni's gym...never happened...and some other stuff...so I'm happy for the offer but I don't rely on it. He's weird.... but since already some time i'm not even trying to understand him, lol, he's cool, I'll take whatever I can use from his advice but not any bullshit.... and , of course, I won't rely on anything he says.... If at the end of the day we manage to train together, that would be awesome, and I will insist on it once I'm recovered.... if we don't... it was actually expected, so no harm.
Best thing is keeping the expectations low.
As for advice concerning eating and working out plan I will follow my new coache's advice and won't let my former PT interfere. I'll gladly train with him, he knows his shit, I have learnt the basics from him and got stronger, He has tought me how to squat , deadlift and bench right, and that's the basis! I couldn't have done it without him. he got me started in a journey that I don't want to give up. I'm really passionate about it!
Damn! So looking forward to training again! Fucking injury!!!!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
have no fear!
Yesterday was one of the few days i had as many positive as negative
feelings about training...I was looking forward to it but also afraid
since the last time that I squatted was so bad.... But everything seems
to have gone ok, and I feel confident again and i'm looking forward to
wednesday, when we will be training back.
Here's what I did:
Here's what I did:
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Barbell Squat:
- 93.7 lb x 5 reps (+65 pts)
- 93.7 lb x 5 reps (+65 pts)
- 93.7 lb x 5 reps (+65 pts)
- 93.7 lb x 5 reps (+65 pts)
- 93.7 lb x 5 reps (+65 pts)
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Barbell Bench Press:
- 60.6 lb x 5 reps (+53 pts)
- 60.6 lb x 5 reps (+53 pts)
- 60.6 lb x 5 reps (+53 pts)
- 60.6 lb x 5 reps (+53 pts)
- 60.6 lb x 5 reps (+53 pts)
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Machine Dips:
- 59.5 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)
- 59.5 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)
- 59.5 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)
- 59.5 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)
- 59.5 lb x 10 reps (+15 pts)
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Barbell Incline Bench Press:
- 38.5 lb x 12 reps (+55 pts)
- 38.5 lb x 12 reps (+55 pts)
- 38.5 lb x 12 reps (+55 pts)
- 38.5 lb x 12 reps (+55 pts)
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Side Lateral Raise:
- 4.4 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
- 4.4 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
- 4.4 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
- 4.4 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
- 4.4 lb x 12 reps (+10 pts)
After the workout my arms were so pumped!!!! It was cool! I should have taken a selfie but I was too self-conscious, LOL....
My coach asked me about how I want to train, and my goals , etc, and, after thinking of it a bit, here's what I replied:
Short term goals:
1. getting the technique for the big three good enough that I can do them on my own.
2. learning additional "minors" which can help me and knowing how I should prioritize.
Long term goals:
looking like a bikini competitor (even if it sound delusional right now).
As for now I'm quite happy how things are going, I do see the progress and it helps A LOT when I get positive feedback from him. He's the best coach ever!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Loooooong time no blogged!
I haven't been to the gym since forver due to a tooth surgery...it's really annoying not being allowed to do any sport. Last time I was there was last thursday and it went quite well.... it was leg day, I was so tired afterwards that I didn't even blogged LOL, but it went well.
here's what I did:
Squats: 5x5 with 42,5 kg
Deadlifts: 5x5 with 67,5 kg (next time 70!!!)
Lunges (front): 5x 12 reps with 7,5 kg each side (next time 10kg)
Calves (sitting extensions) 8x10 with 20 kg ( 5 seconds holing it) (next time 25kg)
Glute Bridges...I didn't :/
Maybe my coach overestimates me sometimes, but you always have to go for more than what you think you can do...if you achieve it, then perfect, if not, you have tried. Main thing is not remaining on your comfort zone.
I can't wait to go back to the gym! I hope the dentist allows me to go today even if it's just for some cardio or dancing...but something!!!! Up to yesterday I still had some pain...actually I do have a bit still, but I don't want to wait forever!!!! Today I'm hoping for some Les Mills course, either Combat or Sh'bam and I hope tomorrow I can TRAIN again. I can't wait to try my shoes :)
As for the training itself last time, it was really hard...at some point I though "I quit"... but that's how it's suppossed to be! the more you push yourself, the better the results! and if it was easy , it wouldn't be a challenge...and I'm all about the challenge!... well...as long as it seems achieveble, otherwise of course, I lose motivation... but I see it as achievable, I'm getting better at it. my deadlifts, as I said in the other post are good and my squats are getting better :)
...And my attitude is good too...I got a compliment from my coach which meant the world to me that very day:
"Went through probably the hardest squat session of my life, thank you for inspiring me in the gym with your badass never give up attitude, that helped me push myself"
here's what I did:
Squats: 5x5 with 42,5 kg
Deadlifts: 5x5 with 67,5 kg (next time 70!!!)
Lunges (front): 5x 12 reps with 7,5 kg each side (next time 10kg)
Calves (sitting extensions) 8x10 with 20 kg ( 5 seconds holing it) (next time 25kg)
Glute Bridges...I didn't :/
Maybe my coach overestimates me sometimes, but you always have to go for more than what you think you can do...if you achieve it, then perfect, if not, you have tried. Main thing is not remaining on your comfort zone.
I can't wait to go back to the gym! I hope the dentist allows me to go today even if it's just for some cardio or dancing...but something!!!! Up to yesterday I still had some pain...actually I do have a bit still, but I don't want to wait forever!!!! Today I'm hoping for some Les Mills course, either Combat or Sh'bam and I hope tomorrow I can TRAIN again. I can't wait to try my shoes :)
As for the training itself last time, it was really hard...at some point I though "I quit"... but that's how it's suppossed to be! the more you push yourself, the better the results! and if it was easy , it wouldn't be a challenge...and I'm all about the challenge!... well...as long as it seems achieveble, otherwise of course, I lose motivation... but I see it as achievable, I'm getting better at it. my deadlifts, as I said in the other post are good and my squats are getting better :)
...And my attitude is good too...I got a compliment from my coach which meant the world to me that very day:
"Went through probably the hardest squat session of my life, thank you for inspiring me in the gym with your badass never give up attitude, that helped me push myself"
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Update
some time since I didn't post.... well not that long but it seems to me as if it was cause a lot of things happenend!
I hired that power-lifter guy who was coaching me, cause I want to do things right. Form is very important and I wasn't doing it right, he has corrected me, especially my squat and showed me where my weaknesses are and what to do about them. I'm amazed cause from one session to the next I do see progress and that's great.
He has made a plan for me , which, needless to say, is much better than some plan I could find in the internet, cause he knows what my goals are, in which point I am now and which my strong and weak points are. I'll be training high volume, 4 times a week, many sets, many reps...the "big three" and accessories... and pull-ups.... I used to do pull-ups at the machine and I liked it, I liked challenging myself everytime trying harder but now, just assisted with the rubber bands...oh my dog! it's sooo difficult! ...So difficult that it makes me feel frustrated... also cause i'm suppossed to do 5 sets of ten reps...that's a lot!!! but he helps me too... which on one hand encourages me cause I am doing the exercise but on the other makes me feel a bit frustrated cause I still can't do it on my own.
Last session was last Sunday.... it was ok but I think I was not on top of my game... I'm hoping to deliver better results today... well, on the weekend I had my b-licence course...so...after sleeping about 5 hours from saturday to sunday,I got to do some muscle training (like toning, not hard) for an hour and step (!) for another hour...so when I started the strength training at 6 p.m. I was already a bit tired.... so my results were mediocre...At some point my coach seemed a bit ...hm...can't find the word but he said "that's gonna take a lot of work!".... but well, i'm new and he knows it... still I hope I do better today!
Last time I did.
Squats: 5x5 ... 37,5 kg
bench: 5x5 ......27,5 kg
I tried the bench with a tiny bit more weigt, just increasing 2,5 kg...but I was losing the form all the time... :( That frustrated me a little. My bench press sux big time...but...it will get better I hope!
Pull-ups: I don't remember exactly, maybe 5x5 (?) That was REALLY hard as I have posted before... but for now we're focusing on going down slowly (5 second negative) and not that much in going up...Oh my! i'm still so weak! ...but Rome wasn't build in one day, right? my muscles and strength obviously neither :D
Glute Bridges 5x10 with 3 second count on the top 67,5 kg. That was ok, I ended up exhausted but I think that's because it was the last exercise of the session.
My coach planned on roll-outs for afterwards but he noticed I was too exhausted... I hope I didn't disappoint him, he's taking so much effort in training me... Well, actually I got praised by him later on he said ( I quote) : "
I hired that power-lifter guy who was coaching me, cause I want to do things right. Form is very important and I wasn't doing it right, he has corrected me, especially my squat and showed me where my weaknesses are and what to do about them. I'm amazed cause from one session to the next I do see progress and that's great.
He has made a plan for me , which, needless to say, is much better than some plan I could find in the internet, cause he knows what my goals are, in which point I am now and which my strong and weak points are. I'll be training high volume, 4 times a week, many sets, many reps...the "big three" and accessories... and pull-ups.... I used to do pull-ups at the machine and I liked it, I liked challenging myself everytime trying harder but now, just assisted with the rubber bands...oh my dog! it's sooo difficult! ...So difficult that it makes me feel frustrated... also cause i'm suppossed to do 5 sets of ten reps...that's a lot!!! but he helps me too... which on one hand encourages me cause I am doing the exercise but on the other makes me feel a bit frustrated cause I still can't do it on my own.
Last session was last Sunday.... it was ok but I think I was not on top of my game... I'm hoping to deliver better results today... well, on the weekend I had my b-licence course...so...after sleeping about 5 hours from saturday to sunday,I got to do some muscle training (like toning, not hard) for an hour and step (!) for another hour...so when I started the strength training at 6 p.m. I was already a bit tired.... so my results were mediocre...At some point my coach seemed a bit ...hm...can't find the word but he said "that's gonna take a lot of work!".... but well, i'm new and he knows it... still I hope I do better today!
Last time I did.
Squats: 5x5 ... 37,5 kg
bench: 5x5 ......27,5 kg
I tried the bench with a tiny bit more weigt, just increasing 2,5 kg...but I was losing the form all the time... :( That frustrated me a little. My bench press sux big time...but...it will get better I hope!
Pull-ups: I don't remember exactly, maybe 5x5 (?) That was REALLY hard as I have posted before... but for now we're focusing on going down slowly (5 second negative) and not that much in going up...Oh my! i'm still so weak! ...but Rome wasn't build in one day, right? my muscles and strength obviously neither :D
Glute Bridges 5x10 with 3 second count on the top 67,5 kg. That was ok, I ended up exhausted but I think that's because it was the last exercise of the session.
My coach planned on roll-outs for afterwards but he noticed I was too exhausted... I hope I didn't disappoint him, he's taking so much effort in training me... Well, actually I got praised by him later on he said ( I quote) : "
and girlie, remember this
i am bloody proud of you
you have one of the best work ethics I have seen on a girl I have trained
you dont bitch, you dig deep and you get the job done
keep that up"
Aw! That made me feel soooo good! :)
I'm excited about today's training :) I hope I can give more than last time... I should! I haven't done any cardio and slept 7,5 hours (!!!)
He also made a diet plan for me...i'm going to be bulking slowly basing on macros, it sounds scary...really scary for me that i have been activly trying to lose weight no matter what for the last years.... I mean... former anorexic now bulking... I'm making my peace with it but...not easy!!!.... He (my coach) says it's not the right moment for me to cut cause i don't have enough muscle mass...so...if I lose, i would just be skinny but not muscular, and I want muscles, I want to look like the competitors... and kiss goodbye my ED...it's not me at all... I'm not (and don't want to be) weak and like a child so that people take care of me... I used to want that, really, I cannot explain why...i guess i was lacking ...MANY things....love, self-confidence, ... I just wanted to be loved and taken care of... But now i do have more confidence (sports plays an important part in it), and I found the love in myself, I might not have one person or anything but it's inside of me and...well, I'm getting so cheesy here! LOL :P Stop! HAHA
Back to the diet: it's gonna be based on macros but also on eating "clean". my coach sent me a picture after he bulked and he didn't look bad at all! He put only on 1,5 kg while bulking due to eating clean...and he adviced me to do the same...I would like to post the picture but i won't cause I haven't asked him and I don't know he he would have something against it... maybe I'll ask...
Aw! That made me feel soooo good! :)
I'm excited about today's training :) I hope I can give more than last time... I should! I haven't done any cardio and slept 7,5 hours (!!!)
He also made a diet plan for me...i'm going to be bulking slowly basing on macros, it sounds scary...really scary for me that i have been activly trying to lose weight no matter what for the last years.... I mean... former anorexic now bulking... I'm making my peace with it but...not easy!!!.... He (my coach) says it's not the right moment for me to cut cause i don't have enough muscle mass...so...if I lose, i would just be skinny but not muscular, and I want muscles, I want to look like the competitors... and kiss goodbye my ED...it's not me at all... I'm not (and don't want to be) weak and like a child so that people take care of me... I used to want that, really, I cannot explain why...i guess i was lacking ...MANY things....love, self-confidence, ... I just wanted to be loved and taken care of... But now i do have more confidence (sports plays an important part in it), and I found the love in myself, I might not have one person or anything but it's inside of me and...well, I'm getting so cheesy here! LOL :P Stop! HAHA
Back to the diet: it's gonna be based on macros but also on eating "clean". my coach sent me a picture after he bulked and he didn't look bad at all! He put only on 1,5 kg while bulking due to eating clean...and he adviced me to do the same...I would like to post the picture but i won't cause I haven't asked him and I don't know he he would have something against it... maybe I'll ask...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
A coaching session
I was at the gym squating and a guy wanted to use the quat rack at the same time as me but he let me first and while seeing me he told me that my shoes were not good at all for lifting and that I'd do better without shoes, we started talking and he's a personal trainer and has lifted already for nine years! ... So he was coaching me and it was cool, I noticed that you really have to pay attenttion to a lot of things while squatting... I guess the same goes for other exercises but, it was like eye-opening...So I did less weight but I did it right! He told me he wouldn't mind coaching me again if we coincide in the gym and also told me about a (female) friend of his whom I could contact and maybe she and me could train together or she could coach me...he was really nice to me! and I think I have learnt a lot :)
Now I'm even more motivated now that I see a bit clearer what this is about cos i was feeling a bit lost, I have to admit.
I really appreciate that that person coached me...among everybody in the gym he coached me cause he sensed I want to do things right and I want to learn, and I really do!
So, ok weightwise the squats don't count cos I was just training with the bar to make sure I have the basis right. As for the rest:
DEADLIFTS: warm-up: 3 sets x 5 reps 22,5 kg
training: 5x5 with 42,5 kg
BENCH PRESS: warm-up: 3 setsx 5 reps just the bar (17,5kg)
training: 5x5 with 27,5
SQUATS: Coached, focusing on technique.
ASSISTED CHIN-UPS: warm-up: 60lbs x5
training : 30 lbs x 3 ( didn't manage the 4th)
I didn't do cardio today and eatingwise... a bit more than planned but I planned already less than what the real plan says....
Now I'm even more motivated now that I see a bit clearer what this is about cos i was feeling a bit lost, I have to admit.
I really appreciate that that person coached me...among everybody in the gym he coached me cause he sensed I want to do things right and I want to learn, and I really do!
So, ok weightwise the squats don't count cos I was just training with the bar to make sure I have the basis right. As for the rest:
DEADLIFTS: warm-up: 3 sets x 5 reps 22,5 kg
training: 5x5 with 42,5 kg
BENCH PRESS: warm-up: 3 setsx 5 reps just the bar (17,5kg)
training: 5x5 with 27,5
SQUATS: Coached, focusing on technique.
ASSISTED CHIN-UPS: warm-up: 60lbs x5
training : 30 lbs x 3 ( didn't manage the 4th)
I didn't do cardio today and eatingwise... a bit more than planned but I planned already less than what the real plan says....
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