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Weighed in today. I weigh 9st 10lbs now so I've lost a pound in a week

Not great but I hope I'm putting on muscle which is why weight loss is slow...

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Weighed in today. I weigh 9st 10lbs now so I've lost a pound in a week

Not great but I hope I'm putting on muscle which is why weight loss is slow...

exactly muscle is almost twice as dense I think, so if you've got stronger & lost weight you must have lost a good bit of fat

Ok yesterday was another fine day for eating although training wa a bit disappointing due to all the guys taking up room in the Chest Room...

07.30 30g porridge oats, 200ml skimmed milk, 1 scoop why isolate
11.30 150g low fat cottage cheese
14.30 125g tuna, 50g salad, 25g quark
16.30 100g chicken cooked with peppers and mushrooms
WORKOUT
19.30 150g low fat cottage cheese
20.00 100g chicken, 100g mixed veg, 75g mushrooms


BENCH PRESS
20kgs 12 reps
30kgs 10 reps, 3 sets

INCLINE BENCH PRESS
20kgs 10 reps, 3 sets (felt a little let down by this I seem to woose out on chest)

PEC DEC
15kgs 12 reps
20kgs 10 reps, 2 sets

CABLE CROSSOVERS
15kgs 10 reps
20kgs 8 reps (maxed out)

INCLINE SIT UPS
10 reps, 4 sets

LYING LEG RAISES
10 reps, 3 sets

CARDIO
Stairclimber Fat Burn Plus Mode 12 mins, 3/4plates

Treadmill Walk 8 mins 7.7km/hr

Have been wearing my ankle weights in the daytime though in hope of strengthening and toning my legs...

No workout ysterday as I had counselling instead...

Eating was as follows:

07.30 30g Porridge Oats, 200ml skimmed milk, 1 scoop whey isolate
11.00 2 Healthy Living Sausages
13.30 125g tuna, 50g salad
16.00 100g chicken, 25g peppers, 25g mushrooms
18.30 100g lean mince, 25g peppers, 25g mushrooms, 50g kidney beans in chilli sauce yum!
20.00 1 large glass rosé (I was at a quiz night)
21.00 330ml diet coke

Should have had protein before bed but was too tired to eat (for once!)

Diet is looking great there Flick. And a few good training sessions too - although I just nearly dribbled at the thought of a roomfull of guys in the "chest room" mmmmmm

Gotta agree with Medusa re weighing yourself. It can be so frustrating knowing in your brain that more weight is often a good thing, then still doing battle with yourself cos you want to weigh less Sounds like you're doing a great job though so don't get too caught up in the numbers.

Thanks for the support

If it doesn't all pay off in time for NABBA I'll be gutted, don't wanna wait til August for my first comp...

Trust me, my gym has lots of fit BB'er's who are worth watching and an inspiration, unforntunately it's always the 40/50 year olds who decide it's a great idea to remove their tops, and not wipe down the benches after they've sweated all over them ewwww

It's cool though, about 4 guys are training for UKBFF in April which I'm going to watch and I've got NABBA at the end of April so we all get together after and moan about the lovely chicken-ness of our diets!

Right yesterday's training:

DB Press
6kgs each hand 10 reps
7kgs each hand 10 reps
8kgs each hand 10 reps, 2 sets

REAR DELT RAISE
6kgs 10 reps
5kgs 10 reps, 2 sets (woose)

BARBELL SHRUGS
20kgs 10 reps
30kgs 10 reps
35kgs 10 reps
40kgs 10 reps

SIDE RAISES
6kgs each hand 10 reps, 2 sets

PRESS UPS
10 reps, 3 sets

PUSH DOWNS
20kgs 10 reps
30kgs 10 reps, 2 sets

CYCLE 20mins
STEPPER 12mins

Food was fine again, I'll post today's workout later

Nice going Flick, liking the weights on those shrugs

Not sure I will be ready in time for April... Would rather be 100% than say 70%.
I never do things properly, and it would be nice if I could this time.
Took some progress pics which I'll post next week. Top half looking better -I'm finally getting some width in my back - it's my damn butt I can't do anything with!

THURSDAY
11.30am
DB LUNGE
6kgs each hand 10 reps each side (warm up)

BARBELL LUNGE
20kgs 10 reps each side, 2 sets
22.5kgs 10 reps each side

SLDL
30kgs 10 reps
35kgs 10 reps, 2 sets

HIP ABDUCTION
20kgs 10 reps
30kgs 10 reps, 2 sets (ouch!)

LYING HAMSTRING CURL
20kgs 15 reps, 3 sets

Forgot...
SIDE BENDS
10kgs 10 reps
12.5kgs 10 reps, 2 sets

SIDE CRUNCHES
15 reps, 3 sets

WHAT ELSE CAN I DO FOR OBLIQUES?? HANGING LEG RAISES HURT SO THAT'S A NO-NO...

7.30pm
1 hour’s Kickboxing training with Fitness Practice

Food was ok, I had the day off so was loving the fact I could eat Sweet Potato as I could manage it before 5pm!

07.30 4 egg whites, ½ yolk, 30g extra light soft cheese
10.00 3 Healthy Living Sausages
WORKOUT
12.30 100g lean mince, onion, mushroom, garlic
14.00 small sweet potato with 125g tuna, tsp light mayonnaise (as a treat)
18.00 100g chicken breast, 50g salad, 25g mushrooms
18.30 swig Baileys (just couldn’t help myself)
KICKBOXING
20.30 125g Healthy Living Cottage Cheese

ORIGINAL: flick161
it's my damn butt I can't do anything with!

sure you're exaggerating Flick, but I find the only exercise that makes the glutes hurt is lunges, maybe go a bit heavier/deeper with them, how about some squats?

ORIGINAL: flick161

18.30 swig Baileys (just couldn’t help myself)

you aswell!

Just needed something sweet, it was all that was in the house!

I do Squats on my Quads day on Saturday. I'm sure my legs will become more defined/less flabby, it just takes time and I suck at patience...

oops not paying attention....sounds like a big ish gym you're training @ Flick?

My training program looks like this overall:
MONDAY Hamstrings (Abs)
TUESDAY OFF
WEDNESDAY Shoulders & Triceps
THURSDAY Kickboxing
FRIDAY Back & Biceps
SATURDAY Kickboxing + Quads (Abs)
SUNDAY Chest (Abs)

Then I do 30mins cardio everyday except Tues, Thurs, and Sat when I'm off and have kickboxing (cardio) anyway

But I'm currently running behind this schedule due to last week...

I train at Cheetah's Gym in Brighton. It's a BB gym over 3 floors. Very old style but I love it. And it's cheap!

similar weights split to me, Im just too old to cope with all the cardio
Know of Cheetah, friend called eddie who uses it or used to...
3 floors, I'll hafta move to brighton..not sure I could afford a house over there tho!

ORIGINAL: Medusa


18.30 swig Baileys (just couldn’t help myself)

you aswell!



lmao at this too - we're all at it. So much for "motivational" journals huh

Flick do you find that if you miss a session you have to put it back on track, or can you just carry on and count it as missed?
I only ask as I found it to become more of a strain if I'm constantly stressing trying to make up for missed sessions. Perhaps it's more important for you as you're prepping for a comp?

I just say it's missed. What else can you do? Then I just move everything forward a day. Hence chest being on the wrong day!
Not worth worrying about lady, life's too short, even if you aree preparing for a comp (in my humble opinion...)

I always carry on as normal, but then I train every other day so the day of the week for each workout is never the same.
Wondering if it would be practical for me to get over to cheetah's Flick, dont spose its anywhere near the train station?

I walk from Hove station down, did it today, takes about 15mins straight down to the sea...

YESTERDAY

Diet went to pot slightly as I had a few sweeties in the evening when I went to teh cinema. Saw Rocky Balboa, good film!

Training was as follows:
LAT PULL DOWNS
25kgs 10 reps
35kgs 10 reps
40kgs 10 reps (yay!)

BENT OVER DB ROW
12.5kgs 10 reps each hand
15kgs 10 reps each hand
12.5kgs 8 reps each hand

HYPEREXTENSIONS
10 reps, 3 sets

PULL DOWNS TO CHEST whilst lying on bench
32kgs 10 reps
40kgs 10 reps, 2 sets
(quite liked these)

Didn't do any Biceps as I was utterly shattered, will do them Sunday with Chest

STAIR CLIMBER
12 mins, Fat Burn Plus mode

CYCLE
20mins Fat Burn mode

Again not a great morning, still had teh munchies and feeling v.tired so had 3 chocolates and 6 Pringles when I got up.
Other than that food's been fine but I'll be having a few glasses of white wine spritzer when I go out tonight.

Training went as follows:
10.30am Kickboxing 1 hour

1.30pm
LEG EXTENSIONS
25kgs 10 reps
30kgs 10 reps, 2 sets
35kgs 10 reps (yay!)

LEG PRESS
40kgs 20 reps, 5 sets
(quite like this method, it really burns my legs out so they can't even do another rep on the last set)

LEG ADDUCTION
25kgs 10 reps each side
35kgs 10 reps each side
(just for a break before Squats)

SQUATS
30kgs 10 reps, 2 sets
35kgs 10 reps

Not a huge workout, not too heavy but I will be needing a FULL rest day v.soon. Tuesdays don't really count cos I'm still out and about and I really need a whole evening in to recharge my batteries...
Just had scoop of whey isolate in 200ml skimmed milk post workout

Going out in fancy dress tonight but right now I'm going home for a kip!

Things not going well in private life... As a result, I drank and ate too much Sat night and then didn't train yesterday.
Today I'm too tired to train. Hope to get back on it on Wednesday.
Watch this space...