Joys Log

[Joy]

How's your weight these days? Gained any or just tightening up? I read you were 120 when you starter the log...geez...makes me feel fat lol...haven't seen 120 since fully depleted pre contest lol...and that was not pretty that dry lol.

To tell you the truth, Shan, I am having a hell of a time gaining and losing weight. I tried to cut, no loss. I am bulking- no gain. I am seeing results with muscle, so something is happening..haha. I am sitting at 125 right now and my clothes really feel no different. I am taking the next 2 months to seriously eat and eat and eat clean calories. I keep telling myself I don't compete so it isn't the destination- relax and enjoy the journey

 

[Joy]

Your numbers are looking great! How have you been feeling?

Thanks dude! I'm feeling pretty good. Legs, knees, and now back has taken a bit of a beating but it's to be expected running those sets. Gonna lay back this week and take it easy. I'm really eating like a bear so I hope my numbers start moving...up

 

[tilltheend]

Good workouts Joy.

 

[Joy]

Good workouts Joy.

Thanks for regularly checking in and giving the positive feedback. Its appreciated!

 

[Joy]

3/20/13 back

1 arm db rows
40x10
45x8- 3 sets

lat pull downs
45x12- 4 sets

pull ups
3x3
chin ups
2x5 (why are these both so hard??)

wide grip pull downs
85x8
100x6
85x8- 2 sets

back machine (don't know official name)
110x8- 4 sets

3/21/13 chest
bench
85x7
85x6
85x7
85x5

decline machine
140x10
160x5- 3 sets

pec deck
100x10
115x8
120x7- 2 sets

cable fly
20x12
25x10
25x10
25x8

cable delts...while i was at the cable machine i figured I'd throw em in
10x10
10x8- 3 sets

3/22/13 bi and tri
db curls
25x10
30x2/25x6
30x3/25x5
25x9

hammers
20x10
25x4/20x4
25x3/20x5
25x3/20x6

overhead rope pulls
50x12
60x8
60x9
60x8
40 burnout

cable pull downs
60x12
70x12
80x7- 2 sets
60 burnout

concentration curls
20x10- 4 sets
ss w/ bw dips 10- 4 sets

3/23/13 LEGS...YES...I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL WEEK
dl
185x5
185x5
185x6
185x5

squat
95x10
135x5- 3 sets

quad ext
90x8- 4 sets

seated hammie curl
70x10
85x8
90x9
95x7

calves
90x50
90x39- 3 sets (weird number of reps)

been having good workouts with everything except my bench press. I have come to dislike bench I guess b/c I am not making gains like everything else. I wanted to take it easy on my back this week. Next week dl's I might move up a few pounds. goal is still 240 by June so I have time.

 

[shan]

Good job Joy...keep at it girlie! Bench has been the hardest for me too so I appreciate how you feel. It will improve, just slower than the lower body stuff...keep kicking butt!

 

[Braw16]

Keep hitting it hard you are doing a great job. You will get to your goals because your busting your ass. Good work Joy I'm watching

 

[Joy]

3/24/13 shoulders

db shoulder press
25x10
30x8- 3 sets

hanging 1 arm side lat raise
12x10
15x8- 3 sets

low cable face pulls
60x10
70x8
70x9
70x8

upright bb rows
60x7- 4 sets

machine lat raise
40x8- 3 sets


Its super busy at the gym on Tuesday nights so the first goal is to get a squat rack. If I am successful I will squat. If not, I will do some leg work on the machines. Tomorrow is back and I'm gonna do some dl sets with the belt I just bought so I can get a feel for it. I am meeting my partner Friday to do the real dl workout so I won't have time to dick around. We are going to do working sets at 205 and I usually do touch and go, but I am going to try resetting after each lift. I'm not thrilled about that, but I am not driving with my legs on each pull by the last set- fatigue I'm sure- so I'm hoping resetting will help break me of that. it's funny b/c a few months ago I hated deadlifting and questioned the bene's I was getting from it. Now I see the major changes it has made in my back and I find myself wanting to deadlift all the time- HA!

I also scored a Pink Floyd concert tee so I am gonna be stylin old school tonight

 

[Joy]

I did luck out and get the squat rack last night.

1/26/13 legs

Squats
wu bar then 95 x10
135x5- 5 sets
95x10

Leg ext
95x8- 4 sets

Prone hammies
50x10
55x9
60x8
55x7

Calves
190x50
210x50
230x50
250x40

Did 20 minutes cardio. Lost 2 lbs this week. I have no frigging idea how this is happening. I am eating in the 2300-2400 calorie range, and doing cardio for 20 minutes 2 or 3 x’s a week- max.

Tonight is back night. Imma be in beast mode cuz right now I enjoy doing back.

 

[shan]

Way to go Joy! The more muscle you build the more it takes to fuel it...sounds like you may need to up your intake a bit. 2lbs is ~7000 calories, so you could add a thousand cals a day to maintain current weight don't you just love musle! Or, you could be a bit more frugal and only add 500 cals a day to see how it goes for a week...if you are still losing then up it again. Just think...you could eat 4 poptarts a day and still need a couple hundred cals to get to that extra 1000! Yippeee

 

[Joy]

Way to go Joy! The more muscle you build the more it takes to fuel it...sounds like you may need to up your intake a bit. 2lbs is ~7000 calories, so you could add a thousand cals a day to maintain current weight don't you just love musle! Or, you could be a bit more frugal and only add 500 cals a day to see how it goes for a week...if you are still losing then up it again. Just think...you could eat 4 poptarts a day and still need a couple hundred cals to get to that extra 1000! Yippeee

Thank you so much for that information! Seriously. I struggle so hard with calories. I can eat clean, I can lift hard, but I am always at a loss when it comes to my caloric needs. Now I may have to change it up- again- thanks to an injury.

 

[Joy]

So today I found out I have a strained my left lat. There goes my goal of dl'ing 2x my bw by my 41st birthday. FML!! Doc has suggested resting 6-8 weeks. Um...yeah, right. I got some good advice from another TID member to switch to machines. I'm gonna sit down tonight and write out a new routine to accomodate my injury and machine workouts...again...FML!! This seems like a good time to really commit to a cut- albeit a forced cut- since growing muscle is out of the pix for a while maybe I can at least give the illusion of muscle gains by stripping a good bit of the fat off em.