Liz's Log

[pagangoddess]

Don't worry about catching up. Remember this is all in fun. But I'm going to win.

We'll see.. I'm quickly getting the hang of this lift heavy steel, eat chicken and broccoli, sleep, repeat ...

Brocoli and chicken. Blah. Give me a grilled steak and spinach salad any day.

Let the games begin!!

[greasygemo]

Brocoli and chicken. Blah. Give me a grilled steak and spinach salad any day.

Let the games begin!!

***Gemo puts entire bird in oven for supper.. drinks whey shake while waiting for it to cook... starts hunching in a squat stretch at the computer at work..."bring it on ladies. It's game time. bewahahahahah! " ***

[pagangoddess]

Brocoli and chicken. Blah. Give me a grilled steak and spinach salad any day.

Let the games begin!!

***Gemo puts entire bird in oven for supper.. drinks whey shake while waiting for it to cook... starts hunching in a squat stretch at the computer at work..."bring it on ladies. It's game time. bewahahahahah! " ***

I'll just distract you with teddy grahms.

[greasygemo]

I'll just distract you with teddy grahms.

..And I'll eat them with a can of tuna for the insulin spike! YEE HA!

[LizzyLifts]

well just listen to you spring chickens...i'm thinkin' SLOW-AND-STEADY is going to win THIS race, ha! (pushing my gallon jug of H2O away and reaching for the gallon of 2% MILK )

@Pagangoddes- been meaning to say thanks for the links on squat form. i've been over to the Stumptuous site, wow, lots of good stuff there. And have been reading Starting Strength lately...the Rippetoe vids are great, thanks.

[pagangoddess]

Have you PM Jcraig yet? We can't get it started until everyone PMs him.

I've already started increasing my calories in preparation.

[greasygemo]

I'm noticing more and more of these appear the more we talk about it... haha. We are some intense girls.

[thunderdownunder]

I can feel the estrogen in the air.......

[LizzyLifts]

Have you PM Jcraig yet? We can't get it started until everyone PMs him.

Done!

I've already started increasing my calories in preparation.

Yikes! and since all i can do at the moment is EAT...i guess i better get to it then

[Nilan666]

Kewl so we have PG,Liz,Kathy, gemo...on baord....now who is left...oh yes...ksizemore if i'm correct

[pagangoddess]

Yep we're just waiting to hear from Katrina.

[ksizemore]

Yep we're just waiting to hear from Katrina.

Sent Jcraig a PM yesterday I think. Guess we're just waiting on him now?

[pagangoddess]

I just read on the SL Strongest Man thread that he is going to start one soon.

[ksizemore]

I just read on the SL Strongest Man thread that he is going to start one soon.

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and we're off!

[LizzyLifts]

Monday 4/27

First day back in the gym since surgery. I'm so happy to be lifting again!!! Surgery went fine, No Cancer . Recovery was easy, but the doctor made it 2 wks. for recovery instead of the 1 wk. she originally told me...arrrrgggh. I was going totally nuts at home, really, it wasn't pretty.

So, back in the saddle again. Started with a lite version of Workout A. I was leary about how lifting would feel today, i know i lost strength over the last 3wks...but things really didn't feel bad. Been eating clean, but hard to keep up with 6meals/day...but my weight is the same, 118lbs. I've been doing mobility work on shoulders and hips/hamstrings, as well as, working on the bottom position of my squat while at home. I think it helped with shoulder comfort and getting a deeper squat. Here's today's work:

warm-up
8min elliptical, heart rate 147
leg swings 2x10 (L-R)
side lunges 1x10 (L-R)
supine bridges 1x10 5s
shoulder dislocations 2x10

Squats
12lbs. 1x20
45lbs. 5x5
55lbs. 5x5

Squats felt good, did 'em all high bar with thumbless grip. Shoulders felt good throughout and i know i went deep enough. It was good for the body and confidence to stay light today.

Push-ups 13/8/6

Bench
45lbs. 10/7 no spot
60lbs. 5/3 with spot, trainer's idea to add weight
45lbs. 10 reps. worked on form, trainer said my bar path was all off

Inv.Rows 5 (chest only touched bar on first one, rest within 2")
5 (same thing)
4 all partials

Rev.Crunches 17/9/7

Stretching
Good morning ham.stretch 5x20sec
Warrior lunge stretch 3x20sec
butterfly stretch 3x20sec
lying glute stretch 3x20sec
**got these great stretches from elV's log...love his TL, gotta get over there and tell him strait away.


Also, i need to learn how to evaluate my body's response to these lifts. In the week before surgery i accumulated so much muscle tension in my upper back/shoulders i ended up with limited ROM in my neck and pain/knots/trigger points esp. in the traps. Horrible. I'm hoping it had more to do with anticipating the surgery and less to do with training. I need to learn how to avoid this, if it's avoidable, or work thru it. I got Clair-Davies book and did lots of soft tissue work with a tennis ball...it helped somewhat...better than doing nothing.

On to Wkt.B on Wed.