Miss Piggys Battle for the Big Plates

gymfreak

Beffy wrote: »

You are super strong! Fair play!

*super jealous*

Thanks, but I'm really not,...I'm a long way off want I want/ expect of myself. As for jealous...you mustn't have watched my vids..atrocious form..but I'm trying!!:)

Beffy wrote: »

What competition will you be competing in?

I went to my first powerlifting competition with a few boardsies back in July and this is the follow-on comp-run by GPC.

I've actually been following your log..even though I haven't commented yet.keep up the good work!!


Monday 17th October
Rugby was cancelled due to the stooopid weather:( Quite disappointed.

So, I settled for some steady state cardio instead..feels like it's been years
since I did any.

X-Trainer-20mins

Bike-25mins

Nothing strenuous..nothing too long..just burnng a few kcal

Weight: 53.6kg:)
Kcal: 1339 Protein: 102g..I'll bunk up the protein tomorrow..just had cravings for apples and nuts

COH

gymfreak wrote: »

..just had cravings for nuts

Be careful.. L might be lurking :pac:

gymfreak

Tuesday 18th October-S2

Weight: 53.7kg
Kcal:1400 Protein: 126g
Spin Bike-20mins

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Bench
20kg x 8
20kg x 8
30kg x 3
33kg x 3
35kg x 3
38kg x 3
40kg x 3
42kg x 3
44kg x 2 + a pinning
44kg x 2
Kinda overshot the mark with the bench..was aiming to make a good stab at 46kg for 2/3 but..didnt really factor in the fact that im normally only good for 1 or 2 triples at 45kg..and that my arms would be tired by the time I got up to it

Lat Pulldown
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10

Cable Ab Pulldowns
23kg x 25
30kg x 25
36kg x 25
43kg x 25
43kg x 25

Close Grip BenchPress
20kg x 8
25kg x 8
30kg x 8
35kg x 8
35kg x 8
35kg x 8
35kg x 8

Seated Cable Rows
84kg x 10
84kg x 10
84kg x 10
84kg x 10
84kg x 10..myt neck kept doing some horrible sounding cracking doing these...eeeuugh

Russian Twist
15kg
3 x 10/10

Cable Tricep Extension
5 x 10
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg

Glutes are still sore from lunges on Sunday...forgot what DOMS felt like!

Some foam rolling and even a wee bit of stretching.

the drifter

wtf....your playing Rugby....

Hanley how the **** did this happen?

gymfreak

the drifter wrote: »

wtf....your playing Rugby....

Hanley how the **** did this happen?

Playing rugby......emmmmm....errrrr......not really. I kind of look the part..gumshield, boots. socks...but not really sounding or acting the part:D:D


Wednesday 19th October-Rugby

Weight= 53.2kg:)..
Kcal =1300 Protein=102g...skipped having a protein shake..must get back to upping the protein

Rugby training
Lots of passing drills, running lines, tackling the bags(without having to hit the deck...phew) and then just a quick game at the end.

I was hitting the tackling bags a bit off..kept hitting it with my right shoulder ever so slightly behind..which meant too much force on my left...my back keeps cracking as a result...eww

Any time we looked like we were getting cold... it was back to the ladders and little hurdles.
I always looked cold despite wearing loooooads of layers...so...a lot of that was done.
Gloves next week!

gymfreak

Thursday 20th October-S1
Weight=53.7kg
Kcal:1350 Protein=111g

Spin Bike-20mins

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Squats
20kg x 8
30kg x 8
40kg x 3
45kg x 3
50kg x 3
50kg x 3
55kg x 3

60kg x 3
63kg x 3
65kg x 3..wasn't as hard as last week:)..concentrated on pushing the knees out

63kg x 3..had a wee bit of trouble trying to tighten up before 3rd rep

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOzCyb4zF3A

65kg x 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83fTXGZgXO4

DB RDL's
30kg x 8
30kg x 8
30kg x 8
30kg x 8
30kg x 8


Weighted bridge
+20kg.... I shook like a frickin leaf
3 x 60

Barbell Row-strict
20kg x 10
25kg x 10
35kg x 8
35kg x 8
35kg x 8
38kg x 8
38kg x 8

Bent Over Rear Laterals
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10

High/ Low Woodchoppers-Cable Machine
18kg
3 x 10/10

Bicep Curls
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10

Was sooooooo good--stretched AND foamrolled.....it was horrendous...i hate stretching..it hurts..faaaar too much.

And finished the day off with Hanley telling me that I'm fatter:(
Skinfolds up 5mm from the last time he took them. Hate being told skinfolds...makes me feel accountable cos I dont want to see them going up...grrr.

Hanley

Squats looked pretty solid there. Unlike your belly. Fatass.

gymfreak

Hanley wrote: »

Squats looked pretty solid there. Unlike your belly. Fatass.

Just wait till next week..I'll be uber lean and you will be uber jealous.

Well...maybe not uber lean...but lean-er

And anyway..its due to be a long Winter..a bit of insulation goes a long way...I'm just thinking ahead is all!

gymfreak

Friday 21st October
Weight: 53.2kg
Kcal:1500 Protein...didn't check yet

Spin Class-30mins
Went to a spin class with a girl that I used to partner/train with about a year ago. Spin was quite different to what I'd expected cos there were only 9 bikes..all arranged in a row...with nowhere to hide....so no dossing:( Been a looooong while since I was in a spin class!

XTrainer-25mins

Happy out! Might DL tomorrow if I'm feeling good

gymfreak

Saturday 22nd October
Weight:52.8kg:)
Kcal-ate up to about 2000 today..had a lovely toasted sandwich and all..which I'm blaming for Sunday's upset tummy.

Hamstrings were feeling a bit tight so decided to leave off deadlifting until Sunday. Then was all set to go do some sprints in the afternoon btu decided that'd be stupid too..I really don't know where this 'sensibleness' came from..still quite shocked


Sunday 23th October-S3
Weight- 53.0kg
kcal-1300 Protein-95g
Spin bike-20mins

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Deadlifts
Started to get a weird twinge in my right shoulder the minute I started warming up...I've a vague recollection of getting the twinge before..have to remember to ask Will about that

50kg x 5
60kg x 5
80kg x 3
85kg x 3
90kg x 3
95kg x 3
100kg x 3

105kg x 3
110kg x 3...smacked my shin with the bar:( wasn't pleasant
115kg x F:(..fiddled and fiddled stupidly with the bar beforehand, got it off the floor just couldnt lock it out
115kg x F:(:( really wasnt happening

Yeh, deadliftng sucked cos..
1. Think I just didn't have it today
2. Was put off by Hanley being there..knew he'd be disapproving.
3. The awful bump on my shins hurt placing the bar again it

Barbell Lunges
35kg x 10
35kg x 10
35kg x 10
40kg x 10
40kg x 10

Weighted Hip Pop ups
30kg x 15
30kg x 15
30kg x 15
30kg x 15

DB Incline Bench Press
10kg x 8
10kg x 8
17.5kg x F..wouldnt work again today:(:(
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10

DB Rows
25kg x 10
25kg x 10
25kg x 10
25kg x 10
25kg x 10..didnt up the weight today cos wasn't sure how happy my shoulder was

Weighted Side bridge
+10kg
3 x 45/15
Might up the weight here

Back Extensions
4 x 15

COH

gymfreak wrote: »

Yeh, deadliftng sucked cos..
1. I don't listen
2. I don't listen
3. I don't listen

Fixed that for ya :P

gymfreak

COH wrote: »

Fixed that for ya :P

Was gonna retort and call you an ass...but that's actually pretty funny, kudos!:pac:

Inspector Coptoor

gymfreak wrote: »

Hamstrings were feeling a bit tight so decided to leave off deadlifting until Sunday. Then was all set to go do some sprints in the afternoon btu decided that'd be stupid too..I really don't know where this 'sensibleness' came from..still quite shocked

Yeah, I wonder where all the sensibleness is coming from - oh wait, you're starting to listen to people on occasion!

gymfreak wrote: »

Barbell Lunges
35kg x 10
35kg x 10
35kg x 10
40kg x 10
40kg x 10

That's savage weight for BB lunges - good on ya

Turbo_diesel

When is your next powerlifting meet ? What do you hope to hit?

gymfreak

Turbo_diesel wrote: »

When is your next powerlifting meet ? What do you hope to hit?

Competition is the 13th of November, so just under 3weeks away:) Still not panicking yet...which is amazing for me!!

Em..I'm a pretty simple fish, just want more than last time-42.5/75/118.5
so maybe 45ish/80/125????if I'm really really lucky..

To be honest I'm just trying to focus on getting consitent at the lifts and not get the reps some weeks and miss others...like I did yesterday:rolleyes:

gymfreak

Monday 24th October
Weight-52.8
Kcal-1500 Protein-137g:)yay..finally getting there with the protein
Rugby was cancelled due to **** weather:(:(

Gymed it up instead...fancied doing something other than machines.


Classes were easy but a bit of a laugh, just to burn a few kcal as there wasn't a hope of me going out for a run in the floods!

Cardio Kick something or other style class-45mins

Step Aerobics-45mins

gymfreak

Tuesday 25th October-S2

Weight: 52.8kg...still hasnt gone down over the last few days...grr

Spin Bike-20mins

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Bench
20kg x 8
25kg x 8
30kg x 3
33kg x 3
35kg x 3
38kg x 3
40kg x 3
42kg x 3
44kg x 2
44kg x 1 + a pinning

44kg x 1 + a pinning
Damn..down a rep on the last set..managaged 2 x 2 at 44kg last week..damn..gave it another go and...nada!

Lat Pulldown
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10

Cable Ab Pulldowns
43kg x 25
43kg x 25
43kg x 25
43kg x 25

Close Grip BenchPress
20kg x 8
25kg x 8
35kg x 5..felt awkward and bum kept leaving the bench so dropped it down:(
33kg x 8
33kg x 8
33kg x 8
33kg x 8

Seated Cable Rows
84kg x 10
84kg x 10
84kg x 10
84kg x 10
84kg x 10

Russian Twist
15kg
3 x 10/10

Cable Tricep Extension
5 x 10
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg

Didn't get what I was aiming for in this session..ah well....at least I was concentrating!

Rugby is cancelled tomorrow because the pitch is water logged:(:( Going to have to find something else to do!

gymfreak

Wednesday 26th October
Weight=52.8kg....still!!!:mad:
Kcal= Protein=

No rugby tonight..so

X-trainer-15mins

Boxercise-45mins
Always my frickin luck to get partnered with the instructor. Good class tho.

There were box jumps at one stage....and yes, I squeaked.

X-Trainer-10mins

No work tomorrow...whoop whoop:)

gymfreak

Thursday 27th October-S1
Weight=52.6kg
Kcal:...quite high...whoops

Spin Bike-10mins

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Squats
20kg x 8
30kg x 8
40kg x 3
45kg x 3
50kg x 3
55kg x 3
60kg x 3

63kg x 3
65kg x 3
68kg x 3:)

65kg x 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCFfCDg41mY

68kg x 3..didn't actually feel that, that bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6H_txyqbg

DB RDL's
30kg x 8
30kg x 8
30kg x 8
32.5kg x 6
32.5kg x 7

Weighted bridge
+20kg..didnt shake as bad today, only for the last 10-15 sec of each set
3 x 60

Barbell Row-strict
20kg x 10
25kg x 10
35kg x 8
35kg x 8
38kg x 8
38kg x 8
38kg x 8

Bent Over Rear Laterals
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10

High/ Low Woodchoppers-Cable Machine
18kg
3 x 10/10

Bicep Curls
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10

Hanley

Squats were REALLY nice... Good work.

gymfreak

Hanley wrote: »

Squats were REALLY nice... Good work.

Although, now I'm starting to worry that maybe the bar was only 15kg...hopefully not:(


Friday 28th October
Weight-53.6kg:(
Diet went completely and utterly off the rails yesterday and today...DAMN, DAMN, DAMN.

Far, far, far too much sugary goodness in work today..avoided temptation all week..and broke at the final hurdle:(:( Ate such a ridiculous amount of sugar that I ended up home in my leaba fast asleep after work...and that has NEVER happened before!

Euuuughhh..also, tried damn hard to get out of getting my skinfolds done today..didn't work.....at all....despite quite a few attempts.

Only up 1mm in total tho, which obviously isn't good at all, but after todays and yesterdays feeding and not doing proper conditioning all week I'm kinda okay with that. Solid effort this coming week as time is ticking. Have the week off work so gonna try nail protein intake and stretching and all that boring stuff.

Spin Bike-20mins

Foamrolling and stretching..hamstrings were quite tight.

gymfreak

Saturday 29nd October
Weight:53.6kg...but getting back on track today

kcal- Protein-

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Deadlifts:D
Felt as easy as pie today:)
50kg x 5
60kg x 5
80kg x 3
85kg x 3
90kg x 3
95kg x 3
100kg x 3

105kg x 3
110kg x 3
115kg x 3:D
Was SOOOO tempted to go again..but then decided to leave on a high note..instead of trying something heavier and getting annoyed...where as this sensibleness come from

So from the looks of things..looks like I'm only good to deadlift every two weeks...strange, strange, strange

110kg x 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM4prMI_TBQ

115kg x 3:)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfeU_9tgYlE

Barbell Lunges
40kg x 10
40kg x 10
45kg x 10
45kg x 10
45kg x 10
I'm not kidding...that was like fecking cardio!! Had to use the wraps aswell cos my wrists werent too happy

Weighted Hip Pop ups
30kg x 15
30kg x 15
30kg x 15
30kg x 15

DB Incline Bench Press
10kg x 8
10kg x 8
17.5kg x F..wouldnt work again today
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10
15kg x 10..like cardio too

DB Rows
25kg x 10
25kg x 10
25kg x 10
27.5kg x 10
27.5kg x 10 All at 27.5kg next day

Weighted Side bridge
+15kg...finally decided to up the weight here..grand enough
3 x 45/15

Back Extensions on the GHR
4 x 15....ouch:(

I don't know whether it was the heat in the gym or my lack of conditioning lately..but that workout really took it out of me, everything felt like frickin cardio

gymfreak

Sunday 30th October
Weight: 53.2kg
Kcal: 1500 Protein: 115g..not bad

I wandered into a class in the gym, didnt know what the class was but someone told me it was like circuits. It was actually called 'Fat Burn' and was quite cringey..but I'm sure I burnt a few kcal, although might skip that one in future:)

X-Trainer-15mins

Stretching-trying to be good!

gymfreak

Monday 31st October
Weight=52.8kg...phew..close enough to were it was.
Feeling a bit tired today and want to squat tomorrow so just went to the gym to stretch..cos there would not be a hope that I'd do it at home.

Did a tiny bit of cardio just cos I was there.

X-Trainer-20mins

Stretching

20mins bike

Foamrolling AND stretching.

gymfreak

Tuesday 1st of November-S1
Weight=52.4kg:)
Kcal: 1500 Protein: 118g
AM
Spin Bike-10mins

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Squats
20kg x 8
30kg x 8
40kg x 3
45kg x 3
50kg x 3
55kg x 3
60kg x 3

65kg x 2
70kg x 1
75kg x F...d'oh
Cue: Putting in earphones and this time remembering to actually stand back up
75kg x 1
Was panicking a bit that I'd missed the first 75kg..even though I was good for it for the last comp..so decided to check out 77kg
77kg x 1:) Teeny tiny PR but I'm happy!

75kg x 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsbtnSi2J1w

77kg x 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp8KmkIwUcE

DB RDL's
30kg x 10
30kg x 10
30kg x 10
30kg x 9...stupid grip
30kg x 9

Weighted bridge
+20kg..feck sake, whatever happened to bridges being a doddle
3 x 60

Barbell Row-strict
20kg x 10
25kg x 10
38kg x 8
38kg x 8
38kg x 8
38kg x 8
38kg x 8

Bent Over Rear Laterals
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10

High/ Low Woodchoppers-Cable Machine
18kg
3 x 10/10

Bicep Curls
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
7.5kg x 10

Happy out!

PM

30mins X-Trainer

10mins- some odd machine like a cross trainer.

Foamrolling and stretching.

gymfreak

Wednesday- 3rd Novemeber
Weight: 52.5kg
Kcal: 1600(decided to 'cheat' a bit...all good stuff minus a packet of popcorn)
Protein:110g

Rugby
Don't really remember what we did,we played no game of any sorts anyway. Just a lot of drills, passes, lineups and tackling the bags.
Worked on a few set ups with partners and in groups, they were fun/highly confusing.

One of the drills involved tacking the bag, dropping to the ground and placing the ball for someone else to pick it and pop it.

Figured out pretty quickly that I'm TERRIBLE and dropping to the ground,..its like a 5step process....someday:rolleyes:

gymfreak

Thursday 3rd November-S2
Weight=52.8kg
Kcal: 1200 Protein=103g

AM-5km trot
Had to bring my car to the garage today so that meant a 2.5km run home after dropping of the car off and another 2.5km run to go and collect the car.
Was only plodding along slowly but managed each 2.5km in 10mins..hip flexors really started to hurt again though...and a slight knee twinge made a reappearance:( Must do a timed 5km sometime in the future..just to see!

PM
Spin Bike-20mins

Mobility
Wall Slides
Scap Pull ups
Scap Push Ups
Cable Face Pulls
x 2
Lots of foamrolling, especially behind my shoulders...seems to be a bit of grinding going on there

Bench
Hanley was helping me out with the benching again today. Paused the first rep of each set and the rest were touch and go
20kg x 8
25kg x 8
30kg x 3
33kg x 3
35kg x 3
38kg x 3
40kg x 3

42kg x 2
43kg x 1...grinder...forgot to tense up properly
43kg x 1 easy
44kg x 1....eeeewwww...rotten rep, nearly choked myself
44kg x 1 better
I'm happy out with the benching...some reps felt good...others, well...:D:D

Lat Pulldown
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10

Cable Ab Pulldowns
43kg x 25
43kg x 25
50kg x 25
50kg x 25

Close Grip BenchPress
20kg x 8
25kg x 8
33kg x 8
33kg x 8
33kg x 8
33kg x 8
33kg x 8
shoulder was annoying me a bit


Cable Tricep Extension
5 x 10
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg
@30kg

And best news of all....skinfolds down 10!!! Whoooppppeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Sports massage tomorrow...looking forward to it being over...shoulders are a bit eek, itb is tight, hipflexors are tight, calves are tight..eek

gymfreak

Friday 4th November
Weight-52.5kg

Got a deep tissue massage this morning to see if I could get rid of the shoulder annoyance thats been going on. Funnily enough she said the state of my calves were nothing in comparison to my shoulders:eek: Feeling great now


A bit of LIT and a spin class this evening.


Bike-10mins

Spinning-30mins

x-trainer-15mins

Lots and lots of stretching:)

gymfreak

Saturday 5th Novmber

Deadlifting tomorrow so took it nice and handy today.

Step Class and a Cardio Kick Style Class just for the mess. Music was great in the classes but they werent up to much. Had my HR monitor on and av HR was only 114 with a max of 156.

Was just thinking its gonna be soooo strange when I ditch all the LIT and gym classes for proper conditioning again. Already trying to prepare myself for how horrifying it'll be when I see how 'unfit' I am :pac::pac: but I'm really curious as to what it'll do for fatloss seeing as I'll be so unused to it.

gymfreak

Sunday 6th November
Weight:53.1kg...on its way back down after a bit of leptin restorage..:pac:.... kinda ****ting myself about the weigh-in next week..terrified that my scales might be off or something.

Spin bike- 20mins

Mobility
Sumo Squats
Wall Slides
Fire Hydrants
Scap Push Ups
Quad Walk
Cable Face Pulls
Spiderman Walk
x 2

Deadlifts
They all felt heavy today:(
50kg x 5
60kg x 5
80kg x 3
85kg x 3
90kg x 3
95kg x 3
100kg x 3

105kg x 2
110kg x 1
115kg x F...nothing was there
115kg x F
Following the advice of Scuba Ste I dropped back down and built up again.
100kg x 1
105kg x 1
110kg x F...gave up too soon
110kg x 1
110kg x 1...felt fast, so left it there

Sigh...deadlifting is following the normal pattern of good one week, bad the next...so maybe there's hope for next week:) Also think I'm giving up too early when it feels heavy...must remember NOT to do that!!

Barbell Lunges
45kg x 10
45kg x 10
45kg x 10
45kg x 10
45kg x 10

Weighted Hip Pop ups
30kg x 15
30kg x 15
30kg x 15
30kg x 15

DB Incline Bench Press
10kg x 8
10kg x 8
15kg x 8
15kg x 8
15kg x 8
15kg x 8
15kg x 8

DB Rows
27.5kg x 10
27.5kg x 10
27.5kg x 10
27.5kg x 10
27.5kg x 10

Weighted Side bridge
+15kg
3 x 45/15

Back Extensions on the GHR
4 x 15

Rugby tomorrow:)