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Lifting Move of the Week – Captain’s Chair

Geared up for a big workout day today! I started with a Luna bar snack (S’mores).

Then I biked to the gym. I hit the treadmill first. My goal today was to do a longer run, but broken up. I did 2 miles on the treadmill at 5.5 mph (11 min mile) [...]

Lifting move of the week – the deadlift!

It’s that time of the week! Biked out to the gym after eating the other half of the balance bar I had yesterday. My plan was to run 1 mile on the treadmill, lift, then run 2 miles on the treadmill, but that didn’t quite happen.
I did 1 mile on the treadmill, which [...]

Lifting Move of the Week

Lots of rain rolled through last night.  We needed it, too.  It cleared up for me to bike to the gym, though.  I first had a slice of bread with some nut butter on it as my pre workout snack  (okay, a little chocolate  fluff on there, too).

The routine:

Exercise
Set/rep/weight
Muscle worked

Close-grip lat pulldown
3 sets of 10 [...]

Lifting Move of the week and biz-zay!

If you haven’t checked out some of the comments on the IE/ME post, you should. They are interesting! I think they really are 2 different approaches to eating.
It was still hot this morning, but not too bad for riding to the gym for my workout.

Exercise
Set/rep/weight
Muscle worked

Barbell squats
3 sets of 8 with 65# bar
Lower [...]

Lifting Move of the Week and June recap.

Happy mid week! It was fro yo last night, btw  It was nice and cool this morning, to the tune of 58 degrees when I biked to the gym! Awesome! I decided to have a few more carbs with today’s preworkout snack instead of more protein, so I had a [...]

Lifting move of the week and some quake shaking!

Last Wednesday I talked about how I was feeling fatigued with the workout and biking to breakfast, so today was the day try a bigger snack.  I had a protein drink with milk and protein powder to the tune of about 200 calories.  Normally I have about 110.  It was really humid this morning, too, [...]

Lifting Move of the Week

Glad you all like my jersey! I purchased it from here.  Woke up a little tired and puffy today.  Had a protein drink and biked to the gym:

Exercise
Set/rep/weight
Muscle worked

Stiff Legged deadlift
3 sets of 10 with 65# bar
Lower body

Chin ups
2 sets of 2, 2 sets of 1
Upper body

Split squats
3 sets of 10 [...]

Strength training move of the week.

Chilly night last night. There actually was a frost advisory out for last night. WTH??? Didn’t seem to get any, but it sure was chilly biking to the gym – mid 40s.

Exercise
Set/rep/weight
Muscle worked

Barbell squats
3 sets of 8 with 55# bar
Lower body

Chin ups
1 set of 2, 4 sets of 1
Upper body

Dumbbell pull over
3 [...]

Lifting move of the week and lost food.

Good old Wednesday! I was up too early again, but such is life, no? Took a protein hit and then biked to the gym.

Exercise
Set/rep/weight
Muscle worked

Stiff-leg Deadlift
3 sets of 8 with 65# bar
Lower body

Seated Lat Row
3 sets of 12 at 45#
Back

Chin ups
2 sets of 2, 3 sets of 1
Upper body

Horizontal Wood Chop
3 sets of 10 [...]

Lifting move of the week

Wednesday is lifting day and bagel day!  Woke up to drizzly skies and I felt groggy and kind of puffy.  Maybe it was the soup I had last night?  Anyway, I had a protein hit and then off to the gym.
15 minute warm up on the stationary bike.  Followed by:

Exercise
Set/rep/weight
Muscle worked

Rail Squats
3 sets of 10 [...]