Finding Radiance

Happy Monday!  It was nice to take a little bloggy picture break yesterday.  Don’t worry, I ate healthy
Today started Stage 7 of New Rule of Lifting.  The final cut.  Each day will be different for the next 2 weeks.

Barbell squat:  1 set of 8 at 45 pounds (warmup), 1 set of 8 at [...]

Short post today.  It’s the start of my weekend.  Need to keep up the good work.  Challengers – stay strong, halfway through the month now!
Little kitten made it through the night.  He is getting bottle fed now:

Good news, though – I was able to find someone who fosters kittens to take him!  She works through [...]

It sure feels like summer around here now!  Hot and humid.  Didn’t sleep well because of that (even with AC).  Dragged my butt out of bed and grabbed a snack before hitting the Y.  Had a piece of Ezekiel bread with hazelnut butter.  I kind of forgot this was in the freezer!  Ooops.

NROLW Stage 3:

Romanian [...]

First day of my weekend.  Started off with a good strength workout.  This doesn’t look like much on paper, but it takes a while to get through at the gym.

Dumbbell cuban snatch: 2 x 6 15 pounds, 1 x 6  20 pounds
Dumbbell single-leg deadlift: 3 x 6 at 25 #
Barbell bent-over row: [...]

Nice workout time this morning, even though I was up too early because I couldn’t sleep!  Mostly cardio bunnies at the gym today and I was all by myself in the free weight area for almost all of my workout (yay!).  Then someone came in and got on the Smith machine, but I don’t care [...]

It’s the first day of my weekend!  The NROLW meeting with my sis did not happen last night after all.  I was getting ready to leave the house and gave her a call.  The power was out in Saratago from the storms that just rolled through and the Y was closed.  So, we have a [...]

Excited to be back to working out again!  I decided to bike to the Y, which is around 7-8 miles or so from home.   Since I didn’t have to swim, I just biked for the cardio as I was only going to use the weights at the Y.
Fueled up with a wheat english muffin with [...]

What a dreary rainy day.  The morning actually was a little sunny, but it’s been rain ever since!   It sure doesn’t feel like July.  Today was the last official workout for stage 2 of NROLW:
* Barbell deadlifts: 1 x 10 80 pounds, 1 x 10 85 pounds
* Bulgarian split squat: 2 x 10 with 25 [...]

Thank you so much to everyone for their wonderful comments and emails on my anniversary post yesterday!  It made me so energized to keep going and helped me have a great workout this morning!
Preworkout fuel:

This was tasty, kind of like a Luna but crunchier and chewier.  It only lasted me about an hour, though and [...]

Did Stage 2 workout B of NROLW this morning.
Barbell deadlifts:   1 x 10 75 pounds,  1 x 10 80 pounds
Bulgarian split squat:  2 x 10 with 25 pound plate
Underhand lat pulldown:  1 x 10 50 pounds, 1 x 10 55 pounds
Reverse lunge with forward reach:  2 x 10 [...]