I did work out last week, but my book and my gloves have disappeared. Like completely. Into thin air. Poof! Gone! I got a new book and have to hunt down gloves that I like. The ones that I had were just starting to get broken in.. Ah well.

For cardio this morning, I walked the track. 2.25 miles in 40 minutes. Next time, I will try to increase my distance in the same time frame.

Going bowling today!!

I'll update later with my training session.

...It's later! I did a few of my sets at home because I figured it would be crazy at the gym by the time I went- so that means a few of my sets were lighter than usual.

Medium Carb Day
Back Day

Back extensions: 6 lbs x 15
6 lbs x 15
6 lbs x 15

Ab machine: 55 lbs x 12
55 lbs x 12
55 lbs x 12

Lat pulldowns: 60 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10
60 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 7
60 lbs x 5
(It really sucks that I can't use 65- the machine is STILL jammed.. So much for it getting fixed soon, eh?)

Seated rows: 30 lbs x 10
40 lbs x 10
45 lbs x 10

Dbell rows: 10lbs x 15
10 lbs x 15
10 lbs x 15

Straight arm pullbacks: 5 lbs x 10
5 lbs x 10
5 lbs x 10

Ever have those times you just want to go back to bed and start the day over? Today is one of those days, training wise. My legs are still killing me... Bad! Normally, like yesterday and every other time, I fight through it. Today, it nearly brought me to tears while at the gym. I don't think it was the pain doing it, but just the mental part of it. I was so pissed that I was struggling as bad as I was. I also weighed myself in, which didn't help the situation.

Low Carb Day

Cardio- 40 minutes average heart rate 130

Ok, bear with me for a moment... I need to switch hats and turn into grumpy, grouchy old lady Jess for a moment. Here we go. The gym. Cool, lots of people want to improve themselves. All the more power to you- but I ask this: Why must you and 90 of your friends stand in a 2 foot radius of the one working out? No one really cares to hear about how hard you worked out last week. Woohoo. One 4 hour work out, one day last week. Gold medal for you. The whole entire gym does not need to know. And believe me, being cramped in that little weight lifting area just seems to help these young men (I use the word men loosely) boost their ego even more. I know I am coming off pretty mean, but when you are working with a limited amount of equipment, please do not sit on the benches and brag about your awesome work out- just do what you need to and get up... Oh, and wipe the sweat off the bench. Thanks. End of rant!

Medium Carb Day
Back Day

Cardio- in the AM: 40 mins elliptical, no hands, heart rate ~140 on average

Low back extensions: 12 lbs x 10
12 lbs x 10
12 lbs x 10

Lat pulldown: 70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10

Seated row: 40 lbs x 10
45 lbs x 10
45 lbs x 1o

Dbell row: FINALLY got thebody positioning down, I believe.
20 lbs x 10
25 lbs x 10
25 lbs x 10

Dbell straight arm pull backs: 8 lbs x 10
8 lbs x 10
8 lbs x 10

Ab machine: 55 lbs x 10
55 lbs x 10
60 lbs x 10

First day of summer break! Woohoo! Stayed at Jac's last night and headed straight to the gym for my new routine.

Cardio- 40 mins heart rate between 126 and 145. I left my chest strap at home, so I didn't know my rate for sure.. Stupid machines can't register my pulse.. Should I be concerned?

Tonight I go back to train with Sean.

I don't think I am going to mind this new routine. I get up, go straight to the gym to cardio it and then come home to eat and start my day. It's kinda nice because by the end of the day, I forget that I even went to the gym!

Low Carb Day
Relaxation Day!
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Ok, so I totally skipped the gym today and spent it at the Mohegan Sun spa with Jenn. It would have been great if I could have relaxed. After about 5 minutes of relaxing, I was itching to go do something. Maybe I should learn how to relax this summer. Jac has been working on getting me to relax for years now. I can do it with him, but I need to figure out how to do it alone!

High Carb Day
Leg Day

Cardio- 40 minutes elliptical heart rate- high.

Leg curls: 70 lbs x 12
70 lbs x 12
75 lbs x 12
80 lbs x 12

Leg extensions: 70 lbs x 20
75 lbs x 20
80 lbs x 20

Romanian deadlifts: 40 lbs x 10
40 lbs x 10
45 lbs x 10
50 lbs x 10

Lunges: 3 x 10 (Body weight only)

Squats: 3 x 12 (Body weight only)

Ab machine: 60 lbs x 12
65 lbs x 12
70 lbs x 12

Pretty good work out today! SOOO looking forward to tomorrow!

So I messed up- today should have been a low carb day, but I forgot and made it a medium carb day. Ah well, I think it will be ok!

Cardio today- Interval elliptical- 45 (!!!!) minutes. Busted my bum and kept my heart rate higher than usual.

The past 2 days of cardio have been really good. Normally, with the last 5-10 minutes, I start to really struggle and it becomes an effort. Like I said, the past 2 days, I have not been struggling! Woohoo!

2 more wake ups, then no more school.. Man, I need it.

Medium Carb Day
Chest/shoulder/bicep Day

Cardio: 40 minutes- Interval- No hands- Hardcore sweating (Hahhahah! I wrote swearing at first) level.

Ab machine: 50 lbs x 12
55 lbs x 12
60 lbs x 12

Machine overhead press: 10 lbs x 12
10 lbs x 12
10 lbs x 12
5 lbs x 12

Dbell curls: 15 lbs x 10
10 lbs x 15
10 lbs x 15
10 lbs x 15

Machine curls: 35 lbs x 15
30 lbs x 15
30 lbs x 15

Machine press: 15 lbs x 10
25 lbs x 10
30 lbs x 10
30 lbs x 10

Dbell bench press: 15 lbs x 12
20 lbs x 12
20 lbs x 12
20 lbs x 12

Today was a pretty good workout. I had this horrible nagging extreme pain in my side during cardio. At times, it threw me off balance, but I stuck with it and eventually, with 5 minutes left, it went away. Dunno what that was all about! I haven't had that happen since my heavier days!

Started a new meal routine. Seems to be going ok- certainly makes preparation easier!

Medium Carb Day
Back Day

Trained with Sean and did pretty well.

Only 4 days (well, 3 depending on your counting method) left of school. Once school is out and all is settled, I am going to be changing up my work out routine a little bit. I am looking forward to pushing myself this summer. I've been really pushing myself harder and harder lately, and hope to push even more this summer!

Worked out on Thursday, will post it when I can see the keyboard!

I successfully walked 9 straight hours, NO breaks. My leg muscles are so tight that my leg (my left moreso than the right) is stuck at a near 90 degree angle. I cannot extend it to be straight. So not cool. Blisters too-awesome. Ah well, it's nothing compared to having cancer.

I'll back-date Thursday's workout later on.

Medium Carb Day
Back Day

Seated row: 40 lbs x 10
50 lbs x 10
50 lbs x 10

Lat pull down: 70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10

Dbell rows: 20 lbs x 10
20 lbs x 10
20 lbs x 10

Straight arm pull back: 8 lbs x 10
8 lbs x 10
8 lbs x 10

Low back extensions: 10 lbs x 15
12 lbs x 15
12 lbs x 15

Ab machine: 60 lbs x 12
55 lbs x 12
50 lbs x 12

Laying down overhead thing: 15 lbs x 12
15 lbs x 12
15 lbs x 12

Cardio: 40 minutes steady treadmill- 3.3 speed- 3.0 incline (mainly- varied slightly)

Cardio Day
Medium Carb day- mixed that up. Whoops!

40 mins on elliptical imitation machine. Level 7- Interval. Heart rate zoomed up to 157 and never dropped below 147. Pushed through hardcore today- being pissed does wonders for a workout. I don't like being pissed whatsoever, but hey.. It worked today!

Legs Day
Medium Carb

Cardio: 40 mins interval treadmill, tops at 3.2 mph, average heart rate 140 something- the machine doesn't calculate it, but my heart rate rarely deviated from that level. NO hands, ma!

Romanian Deadlifts: 20 lbs x 10
30 lbs x 10
35 lbs x 10
45 lbs x 10
(I think I need to cut back to 40's next time, but some dude was swinging them around as he was talking to some girl. Very obxious.. But I had to laugh because when she walked away, he dropped them immediately and sat down, rubbing his arms. CLASSIC!)

Ab Machine: 60 lbs x 12
55 lbs x 12
50 lbs x 12

Leg Extensions: 65 lbs x 20
70 lbs x 20
70 lbs x 20

Seated Leg Curls: 70 lbs x 12
75 lbs x 12
75 lbs x 12
80 lbs x 12

Lunges: (Body weight) 3 sets x 10



The Swine has entered Bethel.. Dun dun dun! Via my school, which is even more fun!

Medium Carb Day
Shoulders/ Tricep Day

Trained with Sean and did pretty well!

Um. Yeah, nothing much else to report right now. Off to eat my dinner!

Oh wonderous cheat night! Low carb, naturally.

Went for a hike/exploration with Jac today. Much fun.. I think my nerves and adrenaline were working so overtime, so that has to count for something, right? ;)

Good weigh in, all factors considered!

Another great workout, so all is good! Legs are finally functioning, with only moments of complete collapsing.. Ah, the joys of muscles!

Medium Carb Day
Shoulder/Tricep day

Ab machine: 45 lbs x 15
45 lbs x 15
50 lbs x 15

Overhead press: 15 lbs x 12
20 lbs x 12
20 lbs x 12

Side laterals: 10lbs x 15
10 lbs x 12
8 lbs x 12
8 lbs x 12

Face pull: 40 lbs x 12
45 lbs x 12
30 lbs x 12
50 lbs x 12

Bench extensions: 5 lbs x 12
8 lbs x 12
8 lbs x 12

Rope extensions: 30 lbs x 15
35 lbs x 15
35 lbs x 15

Cardio: 40 mins elliptical, NO hands- average heart rate: 139/ highest 150

BACK Day

Medium Carb Day

40 minutes elliptical- NO hands! Average heart rate 142, highest was 150.

Lat Pulldowns: 60 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10
70 lbs x 10

Seated Rows: 35 lbs x 10
40 lbs x 10
45 lbs x 10

Dbell Rows: 20 lbs x 10
20 lbs x 10
25 lbs x 10

Straight Arm Pullbacks: 10 lbs x 10
10 lbs x 10
10 lbs x 10

Low Back Extensions: 10 lbs x 15
10 lbs x 15
10 lbs x 15

Laying Down Overheads (is that what they are called???): 15 lbs x 12
15 lbs x 12
15 lbs x 12

Ab Machine: 40 lbs x 12
45 lbs x 12
45 lbs x 12

Had a really good workout today- I really kicked ass, even though I can't feel my legs still! Feeling good!

Trained with Sean again today.

Also became proficient at gliding ala Miss Congeniality. Mastered the C3PO walk. AWESOME.

We did Chest today, and I don't know half of the machines names, so we'll just agree that I worked out hard today :)

At Panera's right now.. Working on end of year reflections.. TOTALLY spying cookies and cakes from here. Not cool!

Trained with Sean today.

Walking lunges: Too many.

Knees up Mother Brown (Don't know what they're actually called, but that's what we call the motion at school): 3x10. May have been more or less, but I was a little spacey by that time!

Romanian Deadlifts: Repeating sets from 10 lbs to 45 lbs.

Body weight squats: 3x15

I asked got my pinchy test done, and it's a dual edged sword.. I am gaining muscle and my numbers are going down, but my scale numbers are not going down... Which is just odd. As I told Sean, I made it out of the 3oo's, and out of the 2oo's, and now I have to get out of the current weight level. We're playing around with some ideas for the time being.