gymgirl's workout journal - Page 6

**gymgirl** · 15-Jul-06, 08:09 PM

yesterday, i had an appointment with my trainer, but wasn't feeling so good. just fatigued, a bit nauseous and a little disoriented etc. i get panic/anxiety attacks randomly, which are either brought on my stress and sometimes they come out of nowhere, due to hormones. i didn't feel stressed and no pms so i don't know what my deal was. i started feeling weird around noon, and took a nap before i trained at 6, but was still pretty out of it. i ended up taking my anxiety medicine (which i take maybe 4 times per year) and it got me pretty high. ha, not so good before a workout. my trainer was super nice as i bumped into machines here and there. we kept it pretty easy and went for as many reps as possible on a ton of exercices. i wasn't feeling well enough to write everything down, so i may come back and edit this next week when i get a copy of my workout.

saturday, 7.15.06

still feeling pretty tired/weak. had a noon wedding to go to, so i had a quick one at the gym. i was feeling so out of it.

warmup 10 pullups

as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes of:

5 pull-ups
15 body rows/reverse pull-ups
20 squats

i only made 9 rounds today. i took it pretty slow, and was feeling nauseous and a bit light headed. i ended up stopping before the 20 minutes around 17 i think...i really wanted to finish but didn't want to pass out.

i don't know if i'm sick, or if i actually had an anxiety attack yesterday, or if i am not getting enough calories. maybe i'm just wearing myself out more then usual...

didn't log the food today as i just returned from a wedding, but i did get a protien shake in right after my workout, which made me feel a lot better.

tomrrow is a rest day, my body feels like i really need it after 6 days of straight training.

hope everyone is enjoying the weekend.

15-Jul-06, 10:41 PM

Something is better than nothing. It's all good. Tomorrow will be another day.

tim_mcf · 16-Jul-06, 02:11 PM

Hope you feel better soon. 6 days straight of training is quite a bit.

**gymgirl** · 16-Jul-06, 10:28 PM

thanks pierini and tim. i rested all day today and feel a lot better.

i've really been wanting to put on some more muscle, and i've been trying to mentally prepare myself for this. before i injured my back i was starting to lift heavier, especially trying to gain some mass in my arms, and more definition in my shoulders. when i try to gain muscle i end up getting bigger in my waist also, which makes me a bit frusterated. when i do a lot of legs, i seem to gain muscle in my lower back, which makes my entire waist feel huge. i don't know why i get hung up on sizes, but i need to get over it, and realize that with my changing goals i will not always get to stay in my size 0 pants. my butt and my legs are going to get bigger, and i need to be ok with that.

i'd love to one day look like these lovley ladies below, both have great shoulders, and jessica biels legs are amazing!

evangiline lilly
or
jessica biel

anyhow, food was pretty decent for a sunday...trying to keep my protein up. cals were a little high for not working out.

carbs: 175g 35%
protein: 159g 39%
fat: 47g 26%

total cals: 1696

**minime** · 17-Jul-06, 09:40 AM

hey gymgirl - I can totally feel your pain with the weight gain! I keep telling myself, its ok to get bigger when its muscle not fat - but Its hard to get my mindset out of 'crazy girl mode' where im so scared my clothes will be to small. If I could just put on weight where i want it (shoulders, arms, upper back) and lose from my waist that would be great! Ive just gotten stuck in this '105 is my weight' thing which is stupid...

And u already have a better body than both those girls

: Jessica biel (? dont know who she is) looks so curvy though! i'd kill for such a hip to waist ratio - im more 'tube' shaped myself lol (8" between hips and waist..boo hoo)

how was the wedding?

**gymgirl** · 17-Jul-06, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by minime

hey gymgirl - I can totally feel your pain with the weight gain! I keep telling myself, its ok to get bigger when its muscle not fat - but Its hard to get my mindset out of 'crazy girl mode' where im so scared my clothes will be to small. If I could just put on weight where i want it (shoulders, arms, upper back) and lose from my waist that would be great! Ive just gotten stuck in this '105 is my weight' thing which is stupid...

minime, i am so glad someone understands! it is totaly 'crazy girl mode'. i too wish i could just gain the weight in shoulders, arms, upperback! i guess we need to get over it....once i get over 106lbs i start to freak out. it just now donned on me why that number scares me. when i was a senior in high school, probably my heaviest time i weighed about 110-112, and when i started working out more i got down to 107lbs, i was never really happy with my body until i got to about 103-105. so 107lbs reminds me of not being at my target weight, of 103lbs. what i need to remember is that my body fat was quite a bit higher then, and if i can keep it lower, and still weigh 107 it will be ok. it is so mental. i am working so hard at getting over it.

and thanks for the nice comment, but your eyes are mistaken! did you see evangiline's shoulders? oh my goodness. i hope some of that is genetics, i would love to know what she does. my arms just sort of go down, there is no build in the shoulders, which is what i am working towards. oh, jessica biel was in that movie blade, i saw some 'diary' show on mtv a few years ago and she trained so hard for that role, her body was freckin amazing. i love her legs and back.

the wedding was good, thanks for asking. nothing too bad foodwise though. ha i was totaly ready to cheat...i had veggies, cheese and a small piece of cake. later taht afternoon the b/f and i were starving so we got big burriottos from our fav place....after that i had fulfilled my cheat day needs. :-) yum yum

tim_mcf · 17-Jul-06, 02:36 PM

HSPU's will help get your shoulders bigger. I can't do them, but I bet you can!

**gymgirl** · 17-Jul-06, 09:37 PM

haha,you bet wrong! after reading your suggestion i tried some today after my shoulder workout (against a wall) and only managed about 6. i got alittle worried about agrivating my lower back so i stopped. i ended up just doing some walking handstands. do you think presses will get my shoulders too?

Monday 7.17.06

physical therapy. she thinks my back is almost healed! ya, i still need to be careful, but there has been a lot of progress in the past week according to her.

Cardio:
3 mile run 31 min including a 6 min walking warm-up.

Shoulders:

super-sets of
front and side raises on bosu 10lbs 1x10, 12.5lbs 2x8
arnolds on one leg on bosu 12.5lbs 1x10, 15lbs 2x8

upright rows: 30lbs 1x15, 40lbs 2x10
overhead press with ez curl bar: 20lbs 1x15, 30lbs 2x10

Food:

cals were HIGH today.

carbs: 221g 38%
protein: 159g 33%
fat: 61g 29% YIKES 61g of fat?!?!

total cals 2000--holy crap! this wasn't even a cheat day!

CF-OC_gal · 17-Jul-06, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by gymgirl

Food:

cals were HIGH today.

carbs: 221g 38%
protein: 159g 33%
fat: 61g 29% YIKES 61g of fat?!?!

total cals 2000--holy crap! this wasn't even a cheat day!

That's probably contributing to your healing in a good way!

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tim_mcf · 17-Jul-06, 10:38 PM

Quote:

haha,you bet wrong! after reading your suggestion i tried some today after my shoulder workout (against a wall) and only managed about 6.

Rolling eyes...

That's only about...um...6 more than I can do! Seems to me that 6 HSPU's is pretty damn good.

**gymgirl** · 18-Jul-06, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Brat

That's probably contributing to your healing in a good way!

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i sure hope so brat.

tim, ha i have no basis on how many hspu's would be considered 'good'. unfortunately, i've worked with a lot of people in my life (coaches, trainers etc.,) that would tell me how weak i was or i was always hearing "you can do more". ha, just over the past few months have i realised how much this effects, (affects? i never know which one to use) my attitude in the gym today. the funniest part is that it was my new trainer who pointed it out. it's something we are working on...and i say we, becuse this is something he's been helping me with too, which is really nice. i've never had such a supportive trainer before.

**minime** · 18-Jul-06, 10:44 AM

dont worry about the high cals - sometimes i am shocked when I enter my cals and find them so high! If it is healthy foods u eat then it just means your body needs the cals i guess. Ive already had 1100 today and i havent even left the office yet eek!

I would think any number of HSPUs are good - i bet if i tried one of those I'd break something!

**gymgirl** · 19-Jul-06, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by minime

dont worry about the high cals - sometimes i am shocked when I enter my cals and find them so high! If it is healthy foods u eat then it just means your body needs the cals i guess. Ive already had 1100 today and i havent even left the office yet eek!

that's a good way to look at it. i try my best to eat pretty clean, so i guess i won't worry about it, or atleast i will try not to.

Tuesday, 7.18.06

Cardio: 3 mile run at 6.5

Had my trainer after that. He had me do the following for time:

1/4 mile run
40 prone reverse crunches
50 push-ups
60 squats
70 body rows/modified pull-ups
80 walking lunges, with 15lbs DB in one hand overhead (2x20 each side)
1/2 mile run
80 walking lunges with 15lbs DB in one hand overhead (2x20 each side)
70 body rows/modified pull-ups
60 squats
50 push-ups
40 prone reverse crunches
1/4 mile run

completed in 48 minutes.

finished up with a few turkish get-ups.

Running the 1/2 mile after the first set of 80 walking lunges was HARD! my legs were jello! The body rows were tough too, shoulders were feeling it. I was just drenched after this workout, but I felt great.

Food:

Carbs: 205g 37%
Protein: 168g 37%
Fat: 52g 26%

Total cals: 1899

19-Jul-06, 12:18 PM

Very good - definitely a pedal to the metal workout using my vocabulary.

I like the structure of that circuit. 80 walking lunges then 800 meters then another 80 walking lunges is tough. You might have a case of a sore booty today or tonight. DB overhead probably hit your core real good.

With that workout, I would have eaten 4,000 calories for the day. My guess is that you'll be extra hungry today.

**gymgirl** · 19-Jul-06, 02:10 PM

pedal to the metal, i like that pierini.

i really liked the structure of this workout too. my booty is starting to feel it right now, and i am planning on doing legs this afternoon...eeeek. i'm sure i will feel it more tomrrow, i usually feel it most 48 hours later.

i'm curious how many calories a workout like this burns. i entered it into fitday as calisthenics for 48 minutes and it said i only burned 299 calories. i guess that might be right...i definitely am hungry today though!