After last week's trip to the hosp, I def don't want to go anytime soon! I can live with the spasms for a little while, considering they will be temporarily.
On the other hand, I am slacking a lot in the food's corner. And the only reason why I am doing that is because I've noticed since I started the new program, metabolism has been high, and no matter what I ate, I haven't really gained any noticeable "fat" weight, instead I can feel muscles getting stronger. The only thing that's making me sad is the fact I am not getting "cut" yet. I don't know why. Especially arms. I don't have too much fat in arms, but they're still not looking round and muscular as I'd like them to. I really hope by June something will have changed! back has def. gotten more muscular and legs too.
Today's meals:
(woke up real late, 2 pm, from exhaustion.)
3:00 Rice, meat, veggies (mostly broccoli), before than in 15 minutes I had cereal to jump start day, instead of having something "too heavy" all the sudden.
5:00 weight (lower body). Improvements:
Squats: 5x5 with 30kgs (last rep was really tough!)
Hamstring curls: 5x5 with 30kgs
Leg press: 5x5 with 70kgs!
Lunges: 3x5 (7kgsx2) the usual...I have hard time maintaining a good posture and a straight back, so I keep the weights low to an extent.
Leg extension: 3x5 (25kgs) the usual (was getting tired)
Standing calf raises: 2 x 30 (no weights).
After first exercise, I felt a surge of pain and somewhat dizziness. I've been really exhausted and had a bad headache all day. It's good that I finished workout all together, even if it wasn't 5x5 all the way through.
6:00 Protein shake w.water
7:00 (ehm) 3 small scoops ice cream
8:30 Whole wheat pasta and turkey
11:45 Protein shake w/LF milk
...bleh. I feel exhausted. I plan to do either a HIIT if legs are not sore and don't have a headache for tomorrow, or do steady cardio with an incline interval. 20 minutes only. No need to do more cardio.
Skully's Journal (Diet/workout)
Moderators: Boss Man, cassiegose
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Try this.
Take 10g Carbs from each meal, and add back around 4-5g Fat from healthy sources.
This creates a caloric maintenance, but changes the ratios slightly. The resulting change should create a Carb deficeit that needs fulfilling with Fat.
You shouldn't lose any muscle because you're not cutting calories or if you eat less per day, it's a mere minor amount, nothing significant, as you are aiming ballpark on the changes, not to the exact calorie.
I wouldnt' do this too often, as you'll end up depriving yourself of Carbs which you do need. So do this once, but no more than that, if you do.
You're doing really well, so chin up, keep smiling and keep giving as much as you are doing lately. You've really stepped up to the mark in recent weeks as far as I can see and you seem to be slowly getting over a few emotional an mental hurdles. Certainly the changes since the "Rage" days is evident and you CAN be so proud of yourself and I know deep inside of you is a pretty special and pretty beautiful young Lady and you're definitely intelligent and worth such a lot ot this world.
So keep reminding yourself of your own worth and your own ability and what you can go onto be, physically and career wise. It will still be hard, but it will also be very rewarding and you have earned the right to give yourslf some credit and praose for being the person you are now. You have progressed, grown and blossomed a lot, since I first knew you on here and you are now DEFINITELY a great compliment to yourself.
Chin up misses, big smiles yeah, keep pushing and don't let the little things get you down. You're someone who can go onto to be success in life and if people here, can already see the person you can develop into more, and see the good things in you and appreciate you for who you are and what it means, thne you have plenty of reasons to smile and proud of yourself.
We don't and never will B.S. people, that's honest straight talking, from someone who's seen you lay it all bare sometimes, right from the heart and down to the bone. I've seen you at some pretty low ebbs and right now, you're doing incredibly well to have changed so much since then.
The flower that made themselves look like a weed, is now blossoming beautifully little by little.
WELL DONE. Plenty of people are proud of you and we are here for you, so no worries okay. Keep taking it day by day and keep writing and telling it like it is. You are so wonderful genuine, honest and truthful and those are wonderful qualities. It doesn't matter if sometimes you family don't see it and others around you don't see it. We do and we reall appreciate you for the things that make you you.
You are a great part of this site and we think a lot of you, so keep believing in yourself like we believe in you and you're doing to be fine in the end.
P.S. I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU, for standing up for yourself recently. The old you would have acted like the situation with that guy, was making you close to total breakdown and making you have seriously bad thoughts, but the new you is much more than that now, SO MUCH MORE already and it keeps getting better.
You are getting stronger in mind as well as in body, so don't be anything other than the person you are and keep trying to build on it, add more definition to every bit of the mental and emotional parts too and keep looking after yourself like you're doing.
You ARE worth it okay
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Take 10g Carbs from each meal, and add back around 4-5g Fat from healthy sources.
This creates a caloric maintenance, but changes the ratios slightly. The resulting change should create a Carb deficeit that needs fulfilling with Fat.
You shouldn't lose any muscle because you're not cutting calories or if you eat less per day, it's a mere minor amount, nothing significant, as you are aiming ballpark on the changes, not to the exact calorie.
I wouldnt' do this too often, as you'll end up depriving yourself of Carbs which you do need. So do this once, but no more than that, if you do.
You're doing really well, so chin up, keep smiling and keep giving as much as you are doing lately. You've really stepped up to the mark in recent weeks as far as I can see and you seem to be slowly getting over a few emotional an mental hurdles. Certainly the changes since the "Rage" days is evident and you CAN be so proud of yourself and I know deep inside of you is a pretty special and pretty beautiful young Lady and you're definitely intelligent and worth such a lot ot this world.
So keep reminding yourself of your own worth and your own ability and what you can go onto be, physically and career wise. It will still be hard, but it will also be very rewarding and you have earned the right to give yourslf some credit and praose for being the person you are now. You have progressed, grown and blossomed a lot, since I first knew you on here and you are now DEFINITELY a great compliment to yourself.
Chin up misses, big smiles yeah, keep pushing and don't let the little things get you down. You're someone who can go onto to be success in life and if people here, can already see the person you can develop into more, and see the good things in you and appreciate you for who you are and what it means, thne you have plenty of reasons to smile and proud of yourself.
We don't and never will B.S. people, that's honest straight talking, from someone who's seen you lay it all bare sometimes, right from the heart and down to the bone. I've seen you at some pretty low ebbs and right now, you're doing incredibly well to have changed so much since then.
The flower that made themselves look like a weed, is now blossoming beautifully little by little.
WELL DONE. Plenty of people are proud of you and we are here for you, so no worries okay. Keep taking it day by day and keep writing and telling it like it is. You are so wonderful genuine, honest and truthful and those are wonderful qualities. It doesn't matter if sometimes you family don't see it and others around you don't see it. We do and we reall appreciate you for the things that make you you.
You are a great part of this site and we think a lot of you, so keep believing in yourself like we believe in you and you're doing to be fine in the end.
P.S. I'M REALLY PROUD OF YOU, for standing up for yourself recently. The old you would have acted like the situation with that guy, was making you close to total breakdown and making you have seriously bad thoughts, but the new you is much more than that now, SO MUCH MORE already and it keeps getting better.
You are getting stronger in mind as well as in body, so don't be anything other than the person you are and keep trying to build on it, add more definition to every bit of the mental and emotional parts too and keep looking after yourself like you're doing.
You ARE worth it okay
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Boss Man, I have no idea how you can say such lovely things to people and make them smile everyday! Really! You're the sweetest ever, and the most encouraging person too. I have changed quite a bit in the past few years, very ture. anger is definitely A LOT less.
As for the 10g of carbs and replacing of fat. I honestly find it hard to count grams and calories and whatnot. I often have an overall idea of what I have in the day , and it has been working for me.
So................
Today I took progress pictures (only if I could post 'em, ahhhh!) I look HOT. Lol. If I didn't know better or knew myself, I might be confused to someone who's trying to become a body builder. I can see body change, i'm getting leaner, stomach actually looked GOOD (to me at least) today morning. I feel good about myself, and I truly think the program is working for me.
So what's new is that:
waist is 26inches
button area is 30inches
these usually vary anyway after I've eaten, but I like the fact I'm losing. It's hard for me to say I've lost a lot or little because I generally don't have a lot to lose in that sense of "size", I just need to lose fat and build muscles. I also can't say much about lovehandles area, because even though, yes, I store a lot of fat there, it's the shape that makes it look "ugly" to me at least, but I've come to accept the fact it's BONE structure, and even if I lost a lot of fat, it will not look any different.
Meals:
12:00 Protein shake w/milk and coffee, scrambled eggs
3:45 Grilled chicken, rice, a bit of potato
6:00 HIIT for 20 mins (OMG...im so SORE, joints hurt! lol...) I went pretty hard on the treadmill, pushing myself and I haven't done HIIT in a while, so I thought it will be good for body to get a bit of shock!
6:30 Protein shake w/ lil coffee in it. I like the taste! Plus a TBS of coffee alone has what? 2-5 calories so it's cool.
8:00 A bit of whole wheat pasta/turkey, 1 egg, and lettuce with 1 tbs of Caesar dressing.
12:00 Protein shake with PB mix. IT tastes good but too heavy on the mouth. I'm trying to come up with ways to have protein shake and have it taste good. LOL.
That's all for the day. Off to sleep, and to a SORE-er day tomorrow.
As for the 10g of carbs and replacing of fat. I honestly find it hard to count grams and calories and whatnot. I often have an overall idea of what I have in the day , and it has been working for me.
So................
Today I took progress pictures (only if I could post 'em, ahhhh!) I look HOT. Lol. If I didn't know better or knew myself, I might be confused to someone who's trying to become a body builder. I can see body change, i'm getting leaner, stomach actually looked GOOD (to me at least) today morning. I feel good about myself, and I truly think the program is working for me.
So what's new is that:
waist is 26inches
button area is 30inches
these usually vary anyway after I've eaten, but I like the fact I'm losing. It's hard for me to say I've lost a lot or little because I generally don't have a lot to lose in that sense of "size", I just need to lose fat and build muscles. I also can't say much about lovehandles area, because even though, yes, I store a lot of fat there, it's the shape that makes it look "ugly" to me at least, but I've come to accept the fact it's BONE structure, and even if I lost a lot of fat, it will not look any different.
Meals:
12:00 Protein shake w/milk and coffee, scrambled eggs
3:45 Grilled chicken, rice, a bit of potato
6:00 HIIT for 20 mins (OMG...im so SORE, joints hurt! lol...) I went pretty hard on the treadmill, pushing myself and I haven't done HIIT in a while, so I thought it will be good for body to get a bit of shock!
6:30 Protein shake w/ lil coffee in it. I like the taste! Plus a TBS of coffee alone has what? 2-5 calories so it's cool.
8:00 A bit of whole wheat pasta/turkey, 1 egg, and lettuce with 1 tbs of Caesar dressing.
12:00 Protein shake with PB mix. IT tastes good but too heavy on the mouth. I'm trying to come up with ways to have protein shake and have it taste good. LOL.
That's all for the day. Off to sleep, and to a SORE-er day tomorrow.
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You can use the upload photo function on your profile, or link to pictures via something like Photobucket, Flickr, Picasa etc etc, assuming that when you say can't post progress pictures, that's not some sort of taboo or religious thing that prevents it. I'm guessing not, but I thought I better say that just incase.
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Actually it is because of a religious thing. I could post a picture where I'm fully clothed like profile picture, but it's hard to actually see the difference, esp with muscle definition...etc. *sigh*
Anyway....
Few pointers:
1- The female "heavy lifter", can't call her a bodybuilder...but she lifts real heavy...been "trying" to help me with exercise/form, sometimes I'm unsure if she's belittling me, because I am practically the only other female who's wanting to build "big" muscles, or she's really trying to help. Example: She said that the 10x3 program are only for pros and the like...I dunno what to make out of it. Also in an earlier convo, she practically called me a beginner. I don't truly consider myself a beginner in weight lifting. Just because I am "not cut" like she is, doesn't mean I am beginner. It simply means I have a different body type, and have been working out for a shorter period of time, even though I have done it before but stopped due to depression... Anyways, these little things bug me...eh
I look fitter and I look hot. HA!
2- Tomorrow is leg day, but I am really sore ( joints actually hurt from the front) from yesterday's sprinting session. I burst down it...so I don't know if I should do legs or not..........
And Tuesday is cardio day.
3- I feel schedule has to change a lot for the next 4 weeks. (last 4-5 weeks of university, and they're usually hectic, probably requiring to be in uni "'overtime"...so being stuck in another city......until late in the day makes exercise seems a lot less do-able. I may switch back to a Full body 3 x a week for that period if I feel it's necessary.
4- Since I've gotten an injection in lower body, I've been feeling numb and feel a strange surge of pain in that area that is weird...only when I bend down at weird angles...
Food today:
10:00 Protein shake w/coffee, brown bread with LF labneh and Zataar.
2:00 Grilled meat balls with rice, corn and veggies...the corn I had it with...butter, cheese and lemon...A small cup tho (hey I used to eat that stuff 3x a week and gotten way fat from it...now I literally have it once a month!!! So good for me!)
4:00 Protein shake
5:00-6:00 10x3 Upper body
6:15 Protein shake
8:00 Half a tortilla: turkey, LF cheese, mustard, lettuce, olives, and hummus. stomach really got upset...=S!
12:00 Protein shake....
Wow I had a lot of protein shake today with very little real food...Hm...I wonder why........
BTW... calves grew an INCH. From 12-13! YEY! Muscles, here I come!
Anyway....
Few pointers:
1- The female "heavy lifter", can't call her a bodybuilder...but she lifts real heavy...been "trying" to help me with exercise/form, sometimes I'm unsure if she's belittling me, because I am practically the only other female who's wanting to build "big" muscles, or she's really trying to help. Example: She said that the 10x3 program are only for pros and the like...I dunno what to make out of it. Also in an earlier convo, she practically called me a beginner. I don't truly consider myself a beginner in weight lifting. Just because I am "not cut" like she is, doesn't mean I am beginner. It simply means I have a different body type, and have been working out for a shorter period of time, even though I have done it before but stopped due to depression... Anyways, these little things bug me...eh
I look fitter and I look hot. HA!
2- Tomorrow is leg day, but I am really sore ( joints actually hurt from the front) from yesterday's sprinting session. I burst down it...so I don't know if I should do legs or not..........
And Tuesday is cardio day. 3- I feel schedule has to change a lot for the next 4 weeks. (last 4-5 weeks of university, and they're usually hectic, probably requiring to be in uni "'overtime"...so being stuck in another city......until late in the day makes exercise seems a lot less do-able. I may switch back to a Full body 3 x a week for that period if I feel it's necessary.
4- Since I've gotten an injection in lower body, I've been feeling numb and feel a strange surge of pain in that area that is weird...only when I bend down at weird angles...
Food today:
10:00 Protein shake w/coffee, brown bread with LF labneh and Zataar.
2:00 Grilled meat balls with rice, corn and veggies...the corn I had it with...butter, cheese and lemon...A small cup tho (hey I used to eat that stuff 3x a week and gotten way fat from it...now I literally have it once a month!!! So good for me!)
4:00 Protein shake
5:00-6:00 10x3 Upper body
6:15 Protein shake
8:00 Half a tortilla: turkey, LF cheese, mustard, lettuce, olives, and hummus. stomach really got upset...=S!
12:00 Protein shake....
Wow I had a lot of protein shake today with very little real food...Hm...I wonder why........
BTW... calves grew an INCH. From 12-13! YEY! Muscles, here I come!
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Three ways of looking at it
1. The trainer is being cautious to expose you to things you may not be able to tolerate, which is a sensible thing, because they may not adequately know what sort of tolerances on exercises you can handle. Form is better corrected, when you're not going around 90-95%+ of a max lift.
Even if you're using 80%. Some peoples form can be such, that actually correcting it makes the exercise harder, if there is reduced recruitment of muscles, that should be getting much less or no stimulus during the exercise anyway, as this should promote more work from the targeted muscles, meaning they will have to be worked with less weight, because other muscles are not being or less used to take some of the strain or load.
This would depend on how a "corrected" exercise felt at a lower weight. If the intended target muscles felt like usual, you'd be working within 90-95%+ max lift, but with corrected form. If they felt less than normal, it could be a lower weight again still, which would I assume be increased in the near future, once the person was happy you could maintain the form, without slowly allowing posture and technique on exerises, to slip again over the next few prevailing sessions or weeks.
2. The trainer misinterprets your ability. Your appearance may possibly be making them think, that you are not as strong as you are, therefore they undertrain you slightly. After all, it would be difficult to assess someone who has 3% less Fat than someone else, but weighs the same, as their muscle to Fat ratio would be more positive, but the difference in appearance so slight as to be misread by the naked eye as the same. Clearly someone with 10% less Fat, but the same weight, would be easier to assess strength wise.
1. The trainer is being cautious to expose you to things you may not be able to tolerate, which is a sensible thing, because they may not adequately know what sort of tolerances on exercises you can handle. Form is better corrected, when you're not going around 90-95%+ of a max lift.
Even if you're using 80%. Some peoples form can be such, that actually correcting it makes the exercise harder, if there is reduced recruitment of muscles, that should be getting much less or no stimulus during the exercise anyway, as this should promote more work from the targeted muscles, meaning they will have to be worked with less weight, because other muscles are not being or less used to take some of the strain or load.
This would depend on how a "corrected" exercise felt at a lower weight. If the intended target muscles felt like usual, you'd be working within 90-95%+ max lift, but with corrected form. If they felt less than normal, it could be a lower weight again still, which would I assume be increased in the near future, once the person was happy you could maintain the form, without slowly allowing posture and technique on exerises, to slip again over the next few prevailing sessions or weeks.
2. The trainer misinterprets your ability. Your appearance may possibly be making them think, that you are not as strong as you are, therefore they undertrain you slightly. After all, it would be difficult to assess someone who has 3% less Fat than someone else, but weighs the same, as their muscle to Fat ratio would be more positive, but the difference in appearance so slight as to be misread by the naked eye as the same. Clearly someone with 10% less Fat, but the same weight, would be easier to assess strength wise.
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I am still trying to figure out certain things, such as the weight that I can handle and whatnot.
The lady wasn't a trainer, she's a heavy lifter really. Sometimes I'm unsure about what she told me and stuff.
For example I was doing seated rows with 25kg, and I am able to pull of 3-4 reps, but I guess I wasn't pulling from back but arms, I got that wrong, but she told me to hunch over as much as possible, which from viewing it, it seems to "hunch a little forward" or lean...When I was doing the exercise with 15kgs, I was able to pull 12 reps, and only in the last 2 reps I felt the "burn" feeling. So I can do more. not that I can't....but I think she views me as not as progressed as her or something, just bcause she has been working for long and me for 3 months.
I mean since end of Nov until now....
For biceps curls: from 4kgs-8kg as Max 1-2 rep.
For Bench press: from 10kgs-22.5kgs, and I can do 3 reps with 25, and the last is a suffer, sadly..can't do this often because I don't have a spotter all the time to make sure I am safe.
Legs: from 50kgs-70kgs (6 reps)
Common...I'm progressing, and yes...she's a tiny person who's cut because she always had little body fat, as opposed to me. I've always been a little meaty, and probably have 10+% of body fat more than she is. doesn't mean I don't have muscles beneath the fat, correct?
The lady wasn't a trainer, she's a heavy lifter really. Sometimes I'm unsure about what she told me and stuff.
For example I was doing seated rows with 25kg, and I am able to pull of 3-4 reps, but I guess I wasn't pulling from back but arms, I got that wrong, but she told me to hunch over as much as possible, which from viewing it, it seems to "hunch a little forward" or lean...When I was doing the exercise with 15kgs, I was able to pull 12 reps, and only in the last 2 reps I felt the "burn" feeling. So I can do more. not that I can't....but I think she views me as not as progressed as her or something, just bcause she has been working for long and me for 3 months.
I mean since end of Nov until now....
For biceps curls: from 4kgs-8kg as Max 1-2 rep.
For Bench press: from 10kgs-22.5kgs, and I can do 3 reps with 25, and the last is a suffer, sadly..can't do this often because I don't have a spotter all the time to make sure I am safe.
Legs: from 50kgs-70kgs (6 reps)
Common...I'm progressing, and yes...she's a tiny person who's cut because she always had little body fat, as opposed to me. I've always been a little meaty, and probably have 10+% of body fat more than she is. doesn't mean I don't have muscles beneath the fat, correct?
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That's big progress!
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Thank you!!!
In fact, I upped it a notch by doing 7 reps with 80kgs! I can push twice as much as weight (-10) for the first time ever. Hell, 60 is easy now!
So I am progressing. I can handle more weight...even though I don 't look "cut" or see the definition I'd like....I can handle more.
In fact, I upped it a notch by doing 7 reps with 80kgs! I can push twice as much as weight (-10) for the first time ever. Hell, 60 is easy now!
So I am progressing. I can handle more weight...even though I don 't look "cut" or see the definition I'd like....I can handle more.
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aww....jealous from me?!!! from what! lol...I'm sure you're doing a better job than me in the "diet" dept. =P...so hey! We're equal. lol.
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Agreed!
True. we are our own worst critique. Actually one lady at the gym said...your body is nice, don't lose fat! ...Sadly she doesn't know BF% is way high. Lol........
True. we are our own worst critique. Actually one lady at the gym said...your body is nice, don't lose fat! ...Sadly she doesn't know BF% is way high. Lol........
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Exactly. You look at a lot of powerlifters and some of them aren't quite as ripped as they possibly could be, some might be carrying another 5%, than might be possible, but it isn't really problematic for them, in terms of performance.skully wrote: I've always been a little meaty, and probably have 10+% of body fat more than she is. doesn't mean I don't have muscles beneath the fat, correct?
So you are definitely doing better than before, if you're actually being able to do more than before, as you're describing, some of the things you're doing are going up and therefore getting better.
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I can even do 9 perfect push ups before I reach failure. Sure, not an impressive number...but I recall a few months ago I couldn't do ONE.
I also notice a lot of females at the gym, do" half push ups", i.e. not going down with their chest close to the ground. If I do that I can pull off a bit more than 9 push ups.
anyways...I CAME HERE TO SAY ONE THING:
I. GOT. 95. X4. IN ARTICLE IN THAT "DEADLY" COURSE!
I worked so hard on it, he said he was impressed and it required very minimal editing. YES. From a D to a C+, and hopefully I'll make it a B- or a B with last 2 articles!
Yes! I was so HAPPY when I saw his email....I'm also getting published, too!
I also notice a lot of females at the gym, do" half push ups", i.e. not going down with their chest close to the ground. If I do that I can pull off a bit more than 9 push ups.
anyways...I CAME HERE TO SAY ONE THING:
I. GOT. 95. X4. IN ARTICLE IN THAT "DEADLY" COURSE!
I worked so hard on it, he said he was impressed and it required very minimal editing. YES. From a D to a C+, and hopefully I'll make it a B- or a B with last 2 articles!
Yes! I was so HAPPY when I saw his email....I'm also getting published, too!
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It's been a while since I updated you guys. Been real busy. The semester is ending VERY soon....3 weeks and a half, and a lot is due. I know eating is not good at all because of the stress and lack of time. I still make sure to have enough protein and exercise, and hoping that won't change........
On the other hand...a trainer at the gym seems to defy me all the time. I am sure she knows better, duh, but I don't like how they "try" to make me change routine! Which has, by far, from the changes I can see has benefited me.
When I do a 5 x 5, and in 3rd,4th, 5th, set I often struggle with last 2 reps or last rep. And she keeps saying some stuff about you need to use your max HR (100%), or you need to do "low weights more reps"...I'm like dude..I wanna gain muscle, not look like the ladies they train at the gym with 5 lbs for bicep curls..and make them do supersets with minimal rest.
I admit, the 10 x 3 doesn't always work for me. I find the 5x5 more useful and I can pull of more reps...and I often get sore from those days...which brings me to the point..I am ALWAYS sore now. Should I be worried/ soreness is not incredible that I can barely walk or use arms...I can feel the soreness when I stretch or tense muscles only..should I be worried that muscles are always sore after a workout?
On the other hand...a trainer at the gym seems to defy me all the time. I am sure she knows better, duh, but I don't like how they "try" to make me change routine! Which has, by far, from the changes I can see has benefited me.
When I do a 5 x 5, and in 3rd,4th, 5th, set I often struggle with last 2 reps or last rep. And she keeps saying some stuff about you need to use your max HR (100%), or you need to do "low weights more reps"...I'm like dude..I wanna gain muscle, not look like the ladies they train at the gym with 5 lbs for bicep curls..and make them do supersets with minimal rest.
I admit, the 10 x 3 doesn't always work for me. I find the 5x5 more useful and I can pull of more reps...and I often get sore from those days...which brings me to the point..I am ALWAYS sore now. Should I be worried/ soreness is not incredible that I can barely walk or use arms...I can feel the soreness when I stretch or tense muscles only..should I be worried that muscles are always sore after a workout?
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I completely agree with you! I find what the way they train most of the females in the gym is pointless, and a lot of people look the exact same as I have seen them when I join 4 months ago.Lesplease wrote:No, the soreness just means you are working hard. As long as it isn't painful you are okay.
Haha, yeah Those superset things crack me up. okay and 50 reps! Let's go ladies!! Yeah, right...
I have trouble with the 10x3 too. I really like it but it takes FOREVER! I try to use it on one muscle group or one exercise only, and the rest I stick with 5x5s.
Same thing about the 10x3, it's awesome but it does take A LOT OF time, that's why its better to pick one exercise, like a BP and do it.
On the other hand..........
Tomorrow I'm going to do the body analysis....*ehm*. I have no idea what the results going to be like, but focus is muscle-gain, so I shouldn't be upset if I haven't lost any fat, or lost very little fat.
I just hope I gained muscle!
Also a weird thing happens to me which I noticed. I checked weight in the morning today, I have gained some..since last week, have no idea what weight it is.
But after I have eat 4 meals, and exercised, I have lost about 0.5kgs =S! This ALWAYS happen after a "legs" day. I guess I really work on hard on legs days..that I lose weight right after?! lol. Sounds weird. So what's the deal with that?
And yay...I got "you got broad shoulders" comment today, and that is a good thing!
That's it for now.