JOURNEY TO 1st PLACE LADIES PHYSIQUE IN 2010 pics on p.188

Last weigh in was 10 days ago. I've gained a pouns since then.
Not meeting up with Karen til at least the end of the month. Will put it off til my mindset's right, I'm not chucking good money down the drain on PT AND doughnuts!

Today I learnt why I shouldn't go to M&S Foodcourt... Cos it's all so yummy!

Kickboxing tomorrow, and I really really want to go. Want to try my new Red belt moves....

Also got an email from Colin A. who used to organize my Strongwoman comps who was very supportive. Thanks for taking the time to email Colin, that was really sweet . I'll get back on it soon and do SDF proud I promise! I'll also email next week when I'm in a better frame of mind.

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Did Kickboxing on Saturday -felt soooo unfit!

Proceeded to then be out and about from 2pm til 4am on Saturday/Sunday, then midday til midnight on Sunday itself. By the end of it I'd eaten so much crap and drank such an array of drinks my stomach was actually in pain.

I think I needed to get it out of my system. Where I go from here who knows... I'll keep you all posted

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Still no exercise but I ate the following:

07.30 50g Porridge oats, 1 scoop Whey Protein, 250ml skimmed milk
11.30 100g chicken with onion
14.00 Marks & Spencer Count on us wrap with Blue cheese n Balsamic Vegetables
18.30 2 slices of ryvita with Stilton
20.30 100g chicken, 30g thin egg noodles, 1/2 onion, tbs Schezan sauce

It's not great but it's not overeating either...

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mmmm that m&s wrap sounds yummy!!

Bet you enjoyed the weekend though didn't ya? Well I sure hope you did anyhow, good to let off some steam.

Diet is looking more like normal again, although don't wanna see you losing too much of your hard work with not eating enough! But still, there's no crap in there either so that's great.

I'll be fine, I've just decided to not stress myself out by wondering what I am and am not doing exercise wise. Am currently on track to go to the gym tonight but still trying to catch up on sleep and excesses of weekend!

Dressing up as builders this weekend for mate's birthday!

Hopefully will have a nice Hamstring workout to post tomorrow...

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Finally something to report!

Achievement 1) I went to the gym last night!

Achievement 2) I went out last night to a bar and didn't drink!

Howevrer I did have Chinese takeaway before I went out but it was Valentine's Day and I was nursing my broken heart
Friend did comment last night on how muscular my arms are looking...

Workout
Leg Extensions
25kgs 10 reps
30kgs 10 reps
35kgs 10 reps
35kgs 10 reps

Leg Press
30kgs 20 reps, 4 sets

Squat
30kgs 20 reps, 3 sets

Lunges
20kgs 20 reps, 3 sets

Hamstring curls
25kgs 20 reps, 2 sets

Leg Abduction
35kgs 10 reps each leg, 2 sets

Step Up's
20kgs 10 reps each leg

Was so done in by this point. I read an IFBB's programme recently who takes this circuit type approach to her legs and trains them twice a week as she finds it quite hard to get any definition. I feel my legs are very strong and muscular but will need to be more defined when I undertake a cutting programme so I think this might be the way to go. Any comments?

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ORIGINAL: flick161
I read an IFBB's programme recently who takes this circuit type approach to her legs and trains them twice a week as she finds it quite hard to get any definition. I feel my legs are very strong and muscular but will need to be more defined when I undertake a cutting programme so I think this might be the way to go. Any comments?

hmm, well I'd say defintion is really down to body fat levels, maybe she found her legs responded better to more frequent training & so she had more muscle to define?
There's only one way to find out.......

Indeed there is. I just feel that I need to give my legs more of a cardio hammering, with some resistance to keep muscle definition. Then when I cut, hopefully I'll end up with nice chiselled legs...

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the thought of squats twice a week is just too much tho! (well for me anyway)
Guess you'd lower the volume a bit though?

All I can say is my legs got alot bigger when I switched from training them twice a week to once a week, but that was about 10 years ago and I've not experimented much since...lol talk about stuck in a rut

Please do it so I can find out what happens without having to suffer it myself

I'm gonna stick with twice a week on teh above routine. May change lunges for SLDL once a week as I did find Squats followed by Lunges quite hard going. Will do progress photos tonight and keep you posted!

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ORIGINAL: flick161
Squats followed by Lunges quite hard going.

indeedy! I find a couple sets of leg curls (seated in my case) makes the lunges go alot better, feel more stable, can use more weight

ORIGINAL: Medusa

Please do it so I can find out what happens without having to suffer it myself

lol - please do Flick! I'd be really interested to see how you'd get on with different approaches as more definition of the legs is something I really want to work towards.

Good workout too last night.

Weigh in 9st 8lbs unsurprising so not really that upset, plus I forgot and ate a huge meal before I went for weigh-in!!!

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Trained hard on Saturday, did Kickboxing followed by gym. Not getting stressed out about weight gain at the moment. I realised bottom line is I dont' have enough muscle (whether I shed the pounds or not) to compete so I just need to focus on getting to teh gym and lifting for now and will worry about the cutting part later...

SATURDAY
10.30-11.30 Kickboxing.
Was quite a circuit based session really with probably about 40 press-up's and sit-ups through the session!

12.30-1.30
BB Bench Press
20kgs 10 reps
30kgs 10 reps
32.5kgs 6 reps (maxed out)
30kgs 4 reps

Incline BB Bench Press
20kgs 10 reps, 3 sets

Pec Dec
19kgs 10 reps, 3 sets

Cable Cross-overs
15kgs each side, 10 reps, 3 sets

Side Bends
12.5kgs, 10 reps, 3 sets

Then went out dressed as a builder and danced so much I couldn't move for the whole of yesterday!

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Nice benching!

And what is it with you and dressing up - I'm thinking this is a regular occurence?

Since my break up it's been a Saturday night occurence to get me through the week. Basically it gives me something to fucs on and have all eyes on me on nights out!

My bodybuilding tan came in handy, I used it on Sat night to get some colour on my legs!
Pics to follow....

So far I've done:
School boy
Sailor
Cowgirl
Builder

Not got anything for the next few weeks, but something fetish-y could be amusing and my mate also has a fantastic Dorothy form Wizard of Oz outfit that she'll lend me...

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Finally trained! Have been binging like there's no tomorrow though. Worked really hard tonight:

Hammer Press
15kgs 10 reps
20kgs 10 reps, 2 sets

Shoulder Press
15kgs 10 reps, 2 sets
20kgs 10 reps

Front Raises
6.5kgs each side 10 reps, 3 sets

Side Raises
5kgs each side 10 reps, 3 sets

Tricep Push downs
25kgs 10 reps
30kgs 10 reps, 2 sets

Ball Pike
3 sets, 10 reps

Incline Sit ups
10 reps, 3 sets

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I just had the grimmest lunch ever... Cold sweet potato with tuna... Should have stuck to lean mince bleurghhhh!

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hiya flick!!!


good workout pace on your journal: U GO GAL!!

One q for you tho: why dont you follow a set diet???

Ankzzzz, perhaps read the previous few pages...

I was following a set diet and was ontrack to compete at NABBA SouthEast in Toned Figure but had a relationship break up 3 weeks ago and have been bingeing ever since...

So now I'm trying to be realistic, gain some muscle and focus on my workouts rather tahn my weight then begin contest prep (and cutting) in June...

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