Going on a Cruise

[Sophie]

So, the fitness competition in May is out. I am going on a cruise and cannot do both. The cruise won, no questions asked.

So, the cruise is a 5 day cruise, June 5-7, from Baltimore to Bermuda.
Cruise.

And from there, you can see the Shore and Land Excursions. We plan on doing:
Dockyard Tolley Train Tour
Pirates in Paradise Eventing Stunt Show
Bermuda Triangle Nightlife Glass Bottom Boat Cruise
Aquarium, Caves and Attraction Bus Tour
Adventure Hike and Swim (just me)
Bermuda's Premier Glass Bottom Boat (just Scott if he decides to do it)

52 days and counting!!!!

I am very excited. Since deciding not to compete, my diet has gone south quickly. Everything I had been denying myself I have been allowing myself; chips, cookies, candy, etc. I think I'm about done with them though. It's getting boring.

So, now my goal is to just look good for the cruise. I look better than I used to. The HIIT is amazing!!! I'm up to 10 cycles, the full 15 minutes, and did five of them at 9.5 mph sprints and the last five at 9 mph. It's amazing how fast progress is.

I'm changing around weights and reps for my upper body routine. I was getting stronger but smaller, which wasn't what I wanted. So I increased the weight and decreased the reps. I'm working in the 6-9 rep range now. We'll see how that treats me.

Sorry I've been so absent. The end of the semester is coming and things are hectic. This semester has just been overloaded and I know that. 5 classes (20 credit hours), working around 10 hours a week, being on two committees, and training. Surprising though, I have the best grades I've ever had at college, all A-'s (except the class I'm pass/failing).

I can't promise more regular check-ins but I can try to make it weekly. That should be doable.

[.V.]

Hey soph, I hope you have a great time on your cruise.

[Sophie]

So far this week:

Tuesday - cardio
20 minutes
3 minute warm up
30 sec sprint 9.5 mph 1 minute recovery 3 mph 10x
30 sec sprint 9 mph 1 mph recovery 10x
3 minute cool down

Wednesday - Upper Body
40 minutes
Chest press - 70-6-6
Flyes - 75-6-6
Assisted Chin - Up 34-8-6
Seated Rows - 105-6-6
Reverse Flyes - 65-6-6
Lateral Raises - 15-5-5
Front Raises - 15-6-6
Preacher Curls - 17.5-6-6
Curls - 17.5-6-6
Assisted Dip - 22-8-8
Triceps Pushdown - 50-8-8
Medicine Ball Knee In - 15-15
Vertical Leg Raise - 15-15
Lever Push Crunch - 65-15-15

Thursday - Lower Body
18 minutes
Deadlift - 115-8-8
Hamstring Curl - 60-12
Lunges - 20-8
Leg Press - 130-10
Calf Raises - 80-10
Reverse Calf Raises - 30-20
Jump Squat - 17.5-10
standing Hip Extension - 75-10
Torso Rotation - 30-10
Side Bends - 10-20
Medicine Ball Twists - 10-20
After my workout, I did
Deadlift 125-5
Deadlift 130-2

Can't wait until I get up to 135 and have a 45 lbs plate on each side!!!

[westside24]

Holy smokes! how the hell can you do that many sets in 45 minutes?

You are a warrior! have fun at your cruise!

[LiftGirl]

Your cruise sounds great! Enjoy it!

[Sophie]

Friday - Upper Body
20 minutes
Chest press - 75-6
Flyes - 80-5
Assisted Chin - Up 28-5
Seated Rows - 110-3
Reverse Flyes - 70-4
Lateral Raises - 15-6
Front Raises - 15-9
Preacher Curls - 20-4
Curls - 20-4
Assisted Dip - 16-6
Triceps Pushdown - 57.5-3
Vertical Leg Raise - 15
Lever Push Crunch - 65-15

Did deadlifts again. I had to see if I could do 135, and I can. 5 reps!!!

[Sophie]

Didn't lift on Saturday.

Sunday - Upper Body
18 minutes
Chest press - 75-6
Flyes - 80-5
Assisted Chin - Up 28-6
Seated Rows - 110-4
Reverse Flyes - 70-5
Lateral Raises - 15-5
Front Raises - 15-9
Preacher Curls - 20-5
Curls - 20-3
Assisted Dip - 16-5
Triceps Pushdown - 57.5-3
Medicine Ball Knee In - 15
Vertical Leg Raise - 15
Lever Push Crunch - 65-15

I'll be done with this semester soon and will be able to take some more progress pictures. Should be interesting.

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by Sophie

Did deadlifts again. I had to see if I could do 135, and I can. 5 reps!!!

Feels good to have the big girl 45s on there doesn't it?

[Sophie]

sorry i haven't been keeping up. i have been getting to the gym just don't have time to get on here very often. i'll be done in two weeks and hopefully will have more time to write things in.

[westside24]

cool, keep workin at it killer

[Sophie]

So, as my General Fitness explains, it appears I have been over training. I am taking this week off and will see how I am doing next week. I need to get rid of the fatigue and find my will to work out again. I've been dreading going to the gym for the past two week and once I got there, I dreaded being there, which is abnormal for me.

So, until then, I'll just be doing what walking I need to do around campus.

[Sophie]

<pokes head in> So, it's been over a month. The semester is over, I'm in Baltimore with Scott, so hopefully I'm back on track with working out.

To avoid the possibility of getting into overtraining like I did at the end of the semester (granted, it could have been related to stress as well) I'm going to do a full body routine 3 times a week, HIIT twice a week, and take the weekend off.

Right now I'm trying to get into the swing of things again so I'm not keeping track of what I'm doing, just feeling things out. I don't think I've ever done a full body routine so it's going to be a change.

I'm HOPEFULLY back to lifting consistently and to updating this log as well.

Cruise is in 22 days. I'll have 3 weeks of lifting in before then and who knows what I'll be able to do on the cruise? I'm going to try to keep consistent there as well.

[Sophie]

Scratch the full body idea. There is NO WAY I can deadlift the day after HIIT. I tried today. It didn't move. LOL. So I'll be doing what I did at the end of the semester. Upper 3x a week, Legs 1x a week, HIIT twice a week

Mon - HIIT
Tues - Upper
Wed - Lower
Thurs - Upper
Fri - HIIT
Sat - Upper

Hopefully this will work.

[Sophie]

I did HIIT today. It wasn't as good as I was hoping. I'm working at a 9.5 mph sprint ands I could only doing about 4 cycles, didn't quite finish the 4th. Frustrating as I was doing 5 cycles at 9.5 prior to the end of the semester. Oh well, I know it will come back rather fast.

Tomorrow is upper body and Scott will be spotting me on bench so I can FINALLY do it!

[Sophie]

Upper Body
36 minutes
128 average HR
165 max heart rate
184 calories burned

Flat Bench - 50-6-6
Flyes - 60-6-6
Preacher Curl - 30-5-5
Curl - 15-8-8
Rear Lat. Pulldown -62.5-8-8
Seated Rows - 100-6-6
Assisted Dip - 28-6-6
Triceps Extension - 20-8-8
Reverse Flyes - 60-6-6
Lateral Raise - 10-8-8
Front Raise - 10-8-8
Swiss Ball Knee In - 15-15
Vertical Leg Raises - 10-10
Lever Push Crunch - 60-10-10

Things in bold I am going to (try) to increase. Some might be difficult (the ones that I use dumbbells for) because I'm used to 2.5 lbs increments and this gym has 5 lbs increments. We'll just have to see how it goes. For the most part it went okay. I'll up the first exercise for each muscle up to 3 sets on Thursday. Just wanted to get back in to it today.

Leg day tomorrow. I'm a little anxious about the deadlift. I went from being able to do reps on 140 lbs to not being able to pick up 135 lbs. I hope it was just because I had done HIIT the day before. I'll have to get myself psyched up before hand.

Next week I'll have Scott take pictures during my workout again and I'll share them when I get them online.