gymgirl's workout journal

[tim_mcf]

That's just great work. A 20-round Cindy is pretty dang impressive.

[JDR3]

I second that. I'd say that 8 day rest hurt nothing. Only your mind was telling you that you were weaker. That rest looks like it may have helped, letting your body recoup. Great great job!

CrossFit is the real deal.

[no-frills]

gymgirl & minime - I am commenting on the 00 and 0 sizes. I am a plus size girl with a double digit size, but no where near your double digit size that adds up to nothing... LOL. I would love a single digit size and don't care how high that single digit is as long as it's a single digit. ;0)

Hi gymgirl,

That was an absolutely awesome performance and you desire to bask in your sunlight. Keep up the outstanding work and enjoy the benefits of being superfit.

[CF-OC_gal]

LOL gymgirl, I could be your mom ! I have a very similar body profile as you, just a more mature one. If I still weighed 110 lbs I would have scarily similar torso measurements. As a matter of fact when I was 25 I did! Right now, my biggest thigh measure is just 3/8 inch bigger than yours. I'm sure my BF is hovering around 20 %.

You are so lucky to have had the background that you did. It makes comebacks a lot easier. Keep up the good work :

[minime]

wow thats a great cindy!

Im amazed that u gained/lost 4inches from leg workouts! I thought it was the other way around though, that LESS than 10inch difference between hips/waist was bad. Hmm. I wonder. I have a different body shape - i dont think ive ever had more than 8" between hips and waist. Tube shaped i call it!

hope u had a good weekend!

[gymgirl]

thanks everyone! jdr3 you are right crossfit is the real deal!

Originally Posted by Brat

LOL gymgirl, I could be your mom ! I have a very similar body profile as you, just a more mature one. If I still weighed 110 lbs I would have scarily similar torso measurements. As a matter of fact when I was 25 I did! Right now, my biggest thigh measure is just 3/8 inch bigger than yours. I'm sure my BF is hovering around 20 %.

You are so lucky to have had the background that you did. It makes comebacks a lot easier. Keep up the good work :

hey, brat! wow glad there is someone out there with a body type like mine! i've been wondering about those hip measurements (i never realised how large they were) they never looked big to me, but is it really possible that your hips get bigger when lifting legs heavy? i understand thigh getting larger but hips? maybe it's becuse my leg trainer really worked my booty along with that little bit under the booty, what is that area called? the part that starts to sag if you won't work out lol. also worked a lot on the outter part of the upper thigh booty area. i remeasured my thigh after not doing legs and that measurement has not changed much, maybe i lost 3/8-1 inch. i guess i always thought hips were something you were born with and you can't change the size by working out, unless you were trying to lose fat.

anyway, took sunday off from the gym did some stretching, PT and abs at home. hammys are STILL sore from that x-fit core workout with the back extentions from THURSDAY!

food this weekend:

friday turned out differently, i didn't have the vino. lol

saturday:
carbs: 257g 50%
protein: 108g 24% (yikes super low)
fat: 42g 21%

total cals: 1881

high carb day. met my dad at the airport to greet my mom (she's finaly back from her 5 week vacation visiting her family) had a chai latte (lots of carbs) then went to my boyfriends band show and had a beer (more carbs!)

sunday:
carbs: 182g 43%
protein: 127g 36%
fat: 33g 21%

total cals: 1458 (had 1/2 a strawberry shortcake! took off most of the whipped cream, so it was just strawberry and biscut. yum yum.)

*is anyone eating salads out of a sack? i still do not feel safe eating baby romaine from the sack, is this ok, is the ecoli really only in spinach?

[gymgirl]

Originally Posted by minime

wow thats a great cindy!

Im amazed that u gained/lost 4inches from leg workouts! I thought it was the other way around though, that LESS than 10inch difference between hips/waist was bad. Hmm. I wonder. I have a different body shape - i dont think ive ever had more than 8" between hips and waist. Tube shaped i call it!

hope u had a good weekend!

oh you know what i think you are right. i had it backwards. i think the study was trying to show that people who carried weight in the abdomen were more likely to have kidney, heart, liver diseases etc becuse there was a lot of excess fat around the organs. something like that. if you have less then 8" difference you must have really small hips, you lucky thing you! i remember when i was about 19-20 i was at the gym and one day noticed i had a little curve. i was working out so hard to get rid of it, and started crying out of frusteration. one trainer there told me, 'honey you just got hips now, that's all!" lol i still cried i liked being straight up and down with no curve.

[minime]

I'd love more of a curve! I always thought like u that you are stuck with your body shape and thats that - but i guess if u gained 4inches from leg work, i could get bigger hips too.. but then what about my bust? i think that will always be tiny unless i get fat lol

i think my hips are 31 for the bone, and 33 for the booty...but i havent measured in a while.

i remember when i was about 13 or 14 and i had measurements taken for a dance costume, my measurements were the same then as they are now - in between ive gained and lost weight of course, but its kinda funny - after all this i have the body of a 13 year old (yes its true, my breasts grew no more after 13 lol)

[CF-OC_gal]

For what it's worth... hips and bust the same and waist 10+ less in measure is the classic fashion/pinup girl hourglass figure, but we are not talking developed lats here. From the side she's also an "S"

Chest and hip measurements within 2 " of each other and waist 7+" less is considered an hourglass figure. Usually these types gain weight evenly distributed over their body.

A waist over 32 " on the average girl is cause for concern for heading to being overweight and risk factors associated with heart disease, cancer and diabetes (especially if the hips are not much bigger). For men and women a waist measurement over 36" is definately in the higher risk categories.

BTW - my hips never get bigger with exercise. Only sitting all day helps the cause (and it's true, having babies added 2-3 permanent inches to my hips size). A true hip measurement is often at the top of the legs where thighs meet butt (the biggest circumference). It's about 9" below the waist on the average girl.

Don't eat this lettuce in a bag!

[gymgirl]

double post

[gymgirl]

Originally Posted by Brat

For what it's worth... hips and bust the same and waist 10+ less in measure is the classic fashion/pinup girl hourglass figure, but we are not talking developed lats here. From the side she's also an "S"

Chest and hip measurements within 2 " of each other and waist 7+" less is considered an hourglass figure. Usually these types gain weight evenly distributed over their body.

A waist over 32 " on the average girl is cause for concern for heading to being overweight and risk factors associated with heart disease, cancer and diabetes (especially if the hips are not much bigger). For men and women a waist measurement over 36" is definately in the higher risk categories.

BTW - my hips never get bigger with exercise. Only sitting all day helps the cause (and it's true, having babies added 2-3 permanent inches to my hips size). A true hip measurement is often at the top of the legs where thighs meet butt (the biggest circumference). It's about 9" below the waist on the average girl.

Don't eat this lettuce in a bag!

thank you brat, very helpful information. your hips have never gotten bigger with training? maybe i feel like mine do becuse my booty gets bigger REALLY fast from training, so do the outside of my thighs/lower booty area.

ok you guys i am a dumbass. i looked at my chart again because after thinking about it i wanted to double check my measurements. i must have really been out of it after doing cindy (thats when i went to write my measurements!) and things must have been a bit out of focus becuse my hips were actually a 35 3/8! phew! that makes me feel better. i was really starting to think i was out of proportion, even though i knew i didn't look it. so i've really only lost a little over an inch in the hips and in the thigh from not doing legs. oh and the measurement is in the place brat mentioned where the thighs meet the butt.

so i guess that puts me at 31.75 bust (lol minime i'm with ya in the small boob club!)
waist 24.5
hips 35 3/8

i guess that is not considered hour glass, what am i big hip, no tit figure? lol.

minime, isn't it funny how our body's change like that? you are back at the measurements of when you were 13. i guess that is good, you hear people say oh if only i could have the figure i had when i was a teenager! do you really want a bigger chest? i like not having too much, it looks more athletic. can you imagine having DD's!?i guess that is extreame though.ha.

monday, september 18, 2006

warm up before my trainer:

double dirty dog walk: 100 reps each side

warm up with my trainer:

tabata push press: 12.5lbs dbsx2
15/15/14/13/11/11/9/10

tabata swing ups: 20lbs db
11/13/13/12/13/14/14/14

for time:

5 overhead squats (45lbs)
10 pull-ups
20 SLDL (45lbs)
30 sit-ups
65 back extentinos
30 sit-ups
20 SLDL (45lbs)
10 pull-ups
5 overhead squats (45lbs)

time: 13:48

then we did:

butt kickers for 20ft
1 push-ups
butt kickers for 20ft
2 push-ups
butt kickers for 20ft
3 push-ups
butt kiders for 20ft
4 push-ups
butt kickers for 20ft
5 push-ups
butt kickers for 20ft
6 push-ups
butt kickers for 20ft
7 push-ups
butt kickers for 20ft
8 push-ups
butt kickers for 20ft
9 push-ups
but kickers for 20ft
10 push-ups

comments: my shoulders were feeling it so bad after the tabata push-press. my trainer said he was wondering how was going to keep up at the 15 reps pace. lol obviously i didn't. i don't know what happened with the swing ups, they got better as i progressed. knee is feeling better, it's so weird as i said before it's those muscles on the inside of my leg that run down to my knee that get tight and pull. felt them a bit on the over head squats so we only took them down to almost 90degrees but no further.
also felt it a tiny bit on the SLDL. we did the rolling pin on my leg after and i feel good now, just terrified to be in all that pain and limping around again, so i've been taking it very easy on the leg.

question: so tomrrow my trainer said to try a strength challenge. he said maybe weighted pull-ups. can't bench as my shoulder has been tweaking (i'm broken everywhere. ) he had to go to the next client so i didn't really understand how you break it down. is it like on crossfit when they say do reps of 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1? i also see days where reps are like 3-3-2-2-2-1-1-1 or some sort of breakdown. anyone have any suggestions?

food:

carbs: 176g 42%
protein: 149g 42%
fat: 24g 15%

total cals: 1424

brat: lol at the spinach! ewwwww, that had to be photoshopped in right? did you see now you can't even eat bundled spiniach, it's not only the bagged stuff.

[JDR3]

Here is the last weighted pullup from CF.
I would recommend not starting to lite. I think you should fail around pullup #.6 or #7 and stay as heavy as you can on the last few. No need to waste energy on too lite of a weight. 1 to 2 min. rest between reps. I know, it seems like a long rest.

Weighted Pull-ups 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 reps
Post loads and bodyweight to comments

When your done you should do a 1 set max of regular pullups.
Its pretty fun.

[minime]

hey gymgirl, do those butt kickers kick your butt? lol actually i dont know what a butt kicker is... u are always mentioning these new exercises ive never heard of! does your trainer make house calls to ireland?!

those measurements do make more sense! if u lost 4inches off your hips and stayed the same weight...u would be like some medical miracle haha

I hear ya on the being 'broken'. Right now im thinking about tonight what am i supposed to do! Sore knee, sore shoulder, sore wrist...and today i feel a slight pull in my hamstring. all my 'injuries' are minor aches, but i dont want to aggravate them! i guess it will be another core WO! i just want to be all fixed so i can do whatever i want! im sick of being restricted!

Hi gymgirl,

Once I did Tabata-style DB presses as part of a heavyhands workout and I had some surprisingly lingering DOMS for a couple of days thereafter. And I was only using 5 lb. DBs.

When you do the weighted pullup workout, you'll be surprised how strong you feel if you do a final set to failure of BW only.