Work In Progress - FitoverForty

[Bonnie]

Nah elliptical is mph also..goes up to 12 or 16 on resistance levels tho...I am using no resistance on intervals, I guess I just need to slow sprints down, anyway Im off to do the thing

[ldematto]

Phew!!! I'm dizzy! 12 miles per hour?????????????? Ha! I didn't know the machines went up that high :)

[fitoverforty]

during steady state ive it on level 12

& steady state is supposed to be the same as the easy part of the intervals ?..cos like id need drop from 12mph to 3 mph to do that..

Is that 12 mph? What speed do you do the sprint at? Gosh Woman! If you were doing your 20 minutes at 12mph that is a 5 minute mile = 4 miles!

[Bonnie]

sprints were at 12 mph, then easy at abt 5 + but seems I need to keep that under excessive speed, so today I did

[swanso5]

1 - don;t worry about any heart rate zone - just go as hard as you can then drop it back to half pace

2 - now that we've cut the amount of intervals from 6 to 3, increase the speed of the intervals from 8 to 10 - 12

[Bonnie]

Well thats good to read, lol cos is kinda how I was doing it to begin with

[fitoverforty]

Todays workout:

2x10 Burpee w/full pushup
1x10x2 Single leg squat w/5lb DB touch downs
2x15 Hockey Jumps

2x20 Leg lifts
paired with:
2x12 Rotational Pushups

2x15 Diamond Incline Pushups
paired with:
2x15 Facepulls - 31lbs

2x15 Diamond Decline Pushups
paired with:
2x15 Scarecrow w/ 5lb DBs

2x10x2 Front/Reverse Lunge w/ 5lb DB's
1x10x2 Bulgarian Squats w/ 5lb DBs

2x15 Ab wheel rollouts

2x15 Wide stance Pushups
paired with:
2x1minute Front planks

[ldematto]

Unbelievable Lynne - you've definitely got great core strength with the push ups you do! I did burpees (without full push ups) when I was doing Troy's program and I thought I would die! Never again could I do them, not sure how I did the first time. You did four different push up variations! Wasn't it you (and obviously me) who wasn't doing planks not too far in the past? I'm truly impressed!!! When you put your mind to something you get it done!

Hope your son is back to normal.
Take care.

[fitoverforty]

thanks Lu! I added an extra set to the pushups today, really pushed myself - 134 pushups total! I didnt realize it was that much! That's crazy!! But pairing the sets with other exercises helped to ease the load. The squats and lunges were killer - not liking the sound left knee makes - but that is just age and too many years of running, so I will just live with it. And that last 1 minute plank...I was shaking like nobody's business!! I almost didn't make it!
Feel good, back is a little twingy, but nothing a good nights rest won't cure.
yes, son is better , he is going back to school tomorrow, so I can go back to work.
Have a great evening and day everyone!

[Bonnie]

134 pushups total!

Hmmm u must almost be infringing on the reigning miss push up ho's title !!!

[swanso5]

134 push ups in 1 session - not great there...i couldn't quite see 134 back reps there either

yes there was some back stuff there but considering you lift about 70% of your bodyweight for every push up rep and your pairs are only 31pd face pulls and 5pd scarecrows, you're nowhere near balancing out the shoulder girdle and are really only making it worse then wehat it is without training

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[ldematto]

oops! I got the same message when I did 105 squat variations. Guess we need to moderate what we apparently "like" to do, more not always being the best. Are you sure you're not a Virgo like me?

[fitoverforty]

you're nowhere near balancing out the shoulder girdle and are really only making it worse then wehat it is without training

Can you explain please?

Guess we need to moderate what we apparently "like" to do, more not always being the best.

Yes, I guess we do tend to focus on what we can do well. But honestly when I was doing workout yesterday, I had no idea I had done that many. I think adding the extra set was too much. I'm just "shootin' in the dark" most of the time anyway, no clear idea of what I'm supposed to do, how to do it, how many to do, etc. It can be very frustrating But I'll keep plugging away, I figure at the most that doing "something" is better than "nothing" and at least it keeps me out of the cupboards searching for chocol...., no I'm not even gonna say the word (but you know what I mean) have a great day everyone

[ldematto]

I loooove squats! And just yesterday I found out (read) that if you have muscular legs you don't want to do squats as they will make your thighs bigger!!! Ack!!! I was trying to get rid of thunder thighs! But I agree, doing too much (as long as we don't hurt ourselves) is MUCH BETTER than being a couch potato and hitting the chocolate stash!

We can't let a bit of over indulgence get us down

[lareinamae]

Squats: No wonder thighs are getting bigger and all pants are fitting weird! bum has shrunk a bit, but thighs are growing....

You shapefit ladies are truly awesome committed women, and a wonderful inspiration. Lynn, you are rockin' your workouts and diet regimine every day! Way to go girl! I love reading your posts; they keep me on track with own goals, thank you!