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audiolush -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jun. 26 2007 20:49:47)
Good on you, Keep up the good work! [:D]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jun. 27 2007 22:36:31)
Cheers Audio![:D] Not a bad day all in all....nothing special really. Just work and trained, moooched roung the Trafford Centre after work and had something to eat. Back n Shoulders today Lat Pull Down Wide Handle Grip 8 - 12 reps 1x 5 plates, 2 x 6, 1 x 7 T Bar Rows 8 - 12 reps 1 x 20kg, 1x25kg, 2x30kg Standing Single Arm Rows on the cables 12 reps 1 x 5 plates, 1x6, 2x7 Rope Rows again on cables 12 reps 1x5 plates, 1x6, 1x7 Shoulders DB Press 8 - 12 reps 1 x 20lb 2 x 25lb Upright Rows on cables 12 reps 1 x 6 plates, 1x7, 1x8 Giant Set Side Laterals, Front Laterals (both with 5 kg plates) and rear delts on reverse PD (3 plates) 3 sets of 10 reps each. Starting with a different excercise each set. Finished off woth 2 sets Seated shoulder press. 10 reps 40kg. 10 mins incline cardio pre WO 30 mins post WO Not the most exciting day but hey....not a bummer either. Building any mucle seem academic at the moment as I won't be able to train for at least 6 weeks in 3 weeks time which is going to be a bugger. I hope I don't turn into Mrs Lardy ar*e pmsl.....hide the ice-cream.

kitty -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jun. 28 2007 11:42:49)
Have I missed something? Why the break from training that's due?

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jun. 28 2007 23:44:19)
Am getting rid of my kangeroo pocket hun! Actually it's thanks to Rags that I've made the final step. I've wanted it done for years and I know NO amount of excercise/training will get rid of it. I went up to 92kg when I was pregnant....I was bloody HUGE. So on July 18th I'm booked in to be nipped n tucked! Am absolutely cacking myself to be honest and am dreading 6 weeks no training AND no Kung Fu[:@][:(]. I don't do nothing well lol. But while I still can for these next 2 weeks am still pounding away the weights lol! I was going to do a light quads today as I go on a 4 day course tomorrow that is going to be very intense but it didn't quite go to plan....am cr@p at doing light legs lmfao I had a client in before I trained for an hours treatment so I figured that was a good enough warm up. Leg Extentions 1 x 12 (4 plates) 1x12 (5) 2x10 (6) Leg Press Close Middle 12 x 100kg 12 x 120kg 12 x 140 x 2 sets Plus the bloody concrete block that Paul has planted on top of the press lol Squat Machine 12x20kg 12x30kg 12 x 40kb x 2 sets Dumbell Leg Extensions 12 x 25lb 12 x 30lb 12 x 35lb 12 x 40lb Then finished off with 30mins incline treadmill followed by another 30 min treatment. Well that will be me for this week. I've just about packed my bags to scoot over to the other side of the Pennines for my happy clappy course. I hope you all have a dapper weekend! XXX[:D]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 3 2007 22:42:56)
Well I survived my 'happy clappy' course and I have to say 'WOW' what a weekend. It was 4 days of VERY intense training to become a No Hands Massage licensed practitioner which I now am!!!!!![:D][:D][:D] The 4 days were exhausting and exhilerating and I met some fantastic people and I was able to take my bodywork to a totally new level so I'm buzzing![:)][:)][:)] After such a tough few days I decided not to train in the gym today but I did do 3 treatments and 90 mins Kung Fu......so much for a rest for a day lol. I did eat quite alot of cr@p over the weekend but we were at a hotel and food sources were limited and I figured that I'd burn off alot of it. I didn't over eat and managed not to eat just cr@p but I know I didn't drink anywhere near as much as I should have done. Never mind back on track for the next 2 weeks.

Ragdoll -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 3 2007 23:53:22)
Have you got a date for surgery? If so you have to get your mind into gear for clean eating as much as possible to keep your fat levels from rocketing. Get everything you may need to keep you going so that you don't need to go out and get it. Get every single piece of crap out of the house so that you don't get tempted. If you get prepared it will be a walk in the park. I went to the gym and just hung out after the first week to keep my mind in sync.

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 4 2007 22:58:26)
Hey there Honey! Yeah it's on the 18th of this month....so 2 weeks from today I'll have been done! Thanks for the tips food wise. I will deffo make sure that we don't have anything in....don't that we do anyway really but I'll make doubly sure. I am such a cr@p ill person so I'm hoping not to feel as bad as I think I am but I also know I will have to take it easy so that I heal. How long was it before you were comfortably up and about? Were stairs a problem at all at any time? I'm worried that I'll be stuck upstairs for a couple of days because that's where the loo is lol. I'll have to practise going up and down them on me bum lol. I'm sooooooooo excited and soooooooooooooooo nervous all at the same time and I'm dreading not being able to train or do my Win Chun or my wonderful massages[:@][:@][:@] Any more tips you can give me would be greatly appreciated and a big thankyou again to you Rags because I think if I hadn't met you I wouldn't be doing this right now[:D][:D][:D]\|So Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Trained Chest and arms today. Bench Press 3 sets 8 - 12 reps 10g x 1 , 20kg x 2 Incline Bench Machine 4 sets 8 - 12 20g, 30kg, 40kg x 2 Flys(20lb) ss with BB Pullovers(30lb) 3 sets, 12 reps each Cable Cross Overs 4 plates 3 x 12 Bi's & Tri's Giants Set x 4 each time starting and finishing with a different excercise. 12 reps All on the cables. Standing bi curls (30lb) Push Downs Rope (50lb) Push Downs EZ bar wide grip (40lb) Standing lateral cable curls (40lb) Seated overhead rope pulls 12 x 20lb 12 x 30lb 12 x 30lb Cross Chest Single Bi Curls on Cables 12 x 30lb 12 x 30lb 40 mins Incline treadmill It was a really good session and I'm really enjoying training with the lass that I am at the moment. We seem to work really well together and it's great for both of us to have someone there to spot and push each other. When I've had my 2 weeks off I'll be in the gym anyway as Paul has bloody jury service so I'll be there to spot for her and push her....and be really jealous lmfao! xx

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 6 2007 22:30:06)
What mad couple of days! I've put an offer on my treatments and boy am I being taken up on it lol! I'm doing half hour NO HANDS massages for a bloody tenner and an hour for 15 quid for gym members and my Kung Fu buddies. I wanted to get as much massaging done before I have to have time off after the op to perfect the approach. And I've still beeen training as well AND doing the Kung Fu. I was shattered last night. I've got 4 1/2 hours of treatments tomorrow and my smallest client is about 16 bloody stone so it's going to be a cracking workout that's for sure! Thursday Legs We did a warm up on vertical leg press with 20kg. 2 sets of 40 - 20 close and 20 wide. Tri Set Standing Calf Raises on the Wheelbarrow 80kg 3 x 10 Calves on the leg press 130kg3 x 15 Leg Press 130kg 3 x 12 close middle 3x 12 wide 3 x 12 close top Squat Machine 15 x 20kg warm up 12 x 40kg 12 x 80kg 12 x 100kg I wish I could squat without the machine but my legs are a funny shape...my tibia is proportionately very long in comparison to my fib meaning that even though I have long legs (too long for my bloody body) my knees are very low down. So I can find people with much shorter legs than me but my knees will be lower than theirs. I can't free squat down without serious danger of either tipping backwards, over compensating and bending too far forwards putting way too much strain on my lower back or tippy toeing! There is no way I'm risking puttin my back out just for the sake of my ego that's for sure! Standing Leg Curls (single) 2 x 10 1 plate 1 x 10 2 plates Superset SLDL with DB 12 x 30lb DB 12 x 35lb DB 12 x 40lb DB DB Leg Extensions 12 x 30lb 12 x 35lb 12 x 40lb 40 mins incline treadmill Fri Back & Shoulders Lat Pull Downs with the handle at the end bar thingy 15 x 60lbs warm up 12 x 75 12 x 80 12 x 80 Superset 3 sets Straight Arm Lat Pulldowns 12 x 40lb Kneeling Underhand Pulldowns 12 x 60lb DB Press 12 x 20lb DB's 12 x 20lb DB's 10 x 25lb DB's Triset - 3 sets starting with a different excercise each time. Eah 10 reps Side Laterals with 5 kg plates Fronts with a 15kg plates Reverse pec deck 45lb (3 plates) 45 Mins incline treadmill. I have to apologise for the mix of 'lbs' and 'kg' but that's just the way it is at our place and I'm crap at maths. I was really chuffed with the DB shoulder press with the 25's, just a shame that I'll have to start all over again in a couple of months.....ah well the consolation is I will have a real belly button lmfao![:D][;)]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 9 2007 23:05:40)
Well had a not very restful Saturday this weekend. I didn't train but I did do nearly 3.5 hours of treatments between 10.30 and 3. I was a wee bit pooped when I'd finished. They were all blokes and they went up in weight as the bloody day went on ending with a friend at 18stone[:-] Did Chest and Arms today. Pretty much the same as last week really. Incline on Isolateral Bench Press machine thingy 12 x 20kg 12 x 40kg 10 x 50kg 10 x 50kg Flat Benchwarm up just with bar 12 x 10kg 12 x 15kg 12 x 20kg Decline Chest Press 12 x 3 plates 10 x 4 10 x 4 Cables Cross Overs 12 x 4 plates 12 x 4 plates 10 x 4 plates Did the usual superset for Bi's n Tris and we managed to do the 4 sets in juts over 15 mins.....we were bloody knackered. Tri Push Downs on Machine 12 x 10 plates 12 x 11 plates 12 x 11 Finished of with Hammer Curls (standing) 10 x 10kg for 3 sets. Only did 20 mins treadmill then had a 10 min break and did a back treatment for half an hour. All in all not a bad one again. I'm so going to miss all this as of next week. I never thought I'd say that ffs. I can't believe how much I enjoy the weights and how my strength has improved. I'm never gonna lift mega weights but it's certainly soooooooooooooooo much better than when I started. Ah well......just think of my new belly button![:D][:D][:D]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 9 2007 23:30:41)
Do I mention that I've just taken a peanut Butter Banana bread out of the oven and it smells bloody divine!

kitty -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 10 2007 9:40:27)
quote: ORIGINAL: ElfinTan Do I mention that I've just taken a peanut Butter Banana bread out of the oven and it smells bloody divine! Save a piece for me please[8D][;)][:D] Sounds like you're really getting into the weights now. We'll get you on that stage if it's the last thing we do[;)]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 10 2007 21:21:21)
Will do hun! The only way I'm getting on stage is to sweep up![8D][8D][8D] But you're right I'm really getting into the weights now and I'm sure gonna miss em. Did Hams and Gluteybottoms today. 15 min warm up incline TM Triset - all 10 - 12 reps Seated Calve Raises, 5 plates, 6 plates, 7 plates, 8 plates (12lb plates Hyper Extensions 5kg, 10kg, 15kg, 20kg (well actually a 45lb DB as we couldn't hold the 20kg plate lmfao) Dead Lifts close stance 10kg, 20kg, 30kg, 40kg SS SLDL with DB wide stance 30lb DB's, 35lb DB's, 40lb DB'sx 2 all 12 reps with Hamstring Extensions 4 sets 12 reps Alternated the starting excercise. These Hamstring Extensions are awesome when done right. My sadistic other half introduced me to them. Involves. Getting a backed seat (we use the seat on the isolateral shoulder press) You kneel on the seat and tuck you feet inbetween the back and the seat (back and seat need to be close enough to anchor you in. Spotter stands just over your head height away from you if you were horizontal and you wedge a pole firmly into the floor and their foot 9so the pole doesn't slip. Then you go forwards until straight (flying) keeping your shoulder height above your hip height. Then you pull back through your hams. I think there is a clip on youtube of Paul doing these as they are a bugger to explain. Did 30 mins incline cardio Am totally jiggered.....so much so that I've not gone to Kung Fu tonight![:@][:@][:@]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 10 2007 21:27:43)
Here they are! Like I said easier to show than explain![:D][:D][:D] http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn2m4benIqI

kitty -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 10 2007 21:35:47)
Hey just caught up about the surgery. Good luck with that. I'm beginning to think I may need some myself[&:] Great video[:)]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 10 2007 21:50:55)
Cheers! Counting the days down now! Vidz were done for guest spot prep and comp earlier this year! It certainly helped to keep me sain and gave us both something to do together, It made me feel really involved with Paul's training and part of his prep and it certainly had a p[ositive effect on us keeping it together during that time. You know how bad it can get and BB is such a selfish sport.....but it's what he does and he does it pretty well too[;)] Oh Yeah YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY my avatar is here....it's only taken me 3 bloody days to work out how to put it up ffs![8\|][8\|]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 14 2007 20:50:33)
Well training on Thurs (quick back n shoulders) and Quads on Friday went pretty well. Especially Friday's sesh. It was pretty much the same as last weeks (ish). Weight wise was the same which has given me my goal when I come back to train after my op. I have PB's now to aim for and hopefully exceed. Having the op round the corner has really pushed me to see what I can do and to stop faffing around really. I wanted to be in the best poss shape in that short space of time so that hopefully it will help me recover that wee bit quicker. I had my pre op on Thursday and had some questions answered but my head is sooooooooooooooo up my jacksy. I am really cacking it. TBH the timing hasn't been the best and I've got 'other' stuff going on too which is not helping matters any and I'm feeling very anxious. Had too dreams about waking up from the anastaetic last night lol. I've wanted this for so long now and now that it's nearly here I feel sick.[:'(] Enough of that bloody winging anyway lol. Goals when able to return with vengance (whoever that is!) Train to regain lost muscle mass. Take a serious look at diet and tweak where needed to loose some BF. Buy a bikini and not look a complete tw@t in it! (not had one of these since I was a teenager ffs) Overall I am happy with my shape as it is now but I need to cut down on BF to get some more maintainable definition. Looks like me and the treadmill are gonna be great friends lmfao. I'm gonna get Paul to take some pics.....including the jelly belly kagaroo pouch so that I can see where I am at now so that I know what I'm aiming to get back and hopefully improve on. And then we'll see what happens![;)]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 16 2007 22:25:55)
Ah Well.... One training session down and one more to go tomorrow. I decided just to carry on as normal this week to keep me in some form of insanity. So it was chest and arms as per for a Monday. My training partner has fallen off the planet today so I was on my lonesome so I got Paul to spot me. Chest Isolateral Incline Bench 12 x 30kg 12 x 40kg 10 x 50kg Flat Bench 12 x 10kg 12 x 15kg 8 x 20kg Decline Chest press Machine 12 x 3 plates 10 x 4 10 x 4 Cable Cross Overs 12 x 3plates 12 x 4 10 x 4 I decided just to do 3 supersets for Bi's n Tri's 'Jesus' Bicep Curls (the ones to the back of ya ears.) 12 x 4 plates 12 x 4 plates 10 x 5 plates 10 x 5 plate With Skull Crusher Thingies. 12 x 25lb DB 12 x 30lb 12 x 35lb 12 x 35lb Concetrated Curls & Kick Backs on the cables - single arm - 4 sets Bi's 10 x 3plates Tri's 10 x 2 plates Tri Push Down Machine with Standing Bi Curls - 4 sets Tri's 10 x 10 plates Bi's 10 x 20lb DB's. I did 40 mins incline cardio this morning at about 11 when I got to the gym & did and hour after my workout. Well like I said one down and one to go until I get my new belly button. I spoke to my sister yesterday and she wondered if they could put it somewhere else just to be different. We decided that maybe I could have one like a 'Cindy Crawford' mole just over my lip!!!! Interesting....would certainly be a conversation starter thats for sure![:D][:D][:D]

kitty -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 16 2007 22:30:08)
PMSL, try the middle of your forehead then you can walk pretending to be a cyclops[:D] or maybe swap it round with a nipple....that'll confuse Paul[8D]

ElfinTan -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 16 2007 22:33:17)
Confuse... Or amuse lmfaooooooo!!!! I've told him he's not allowed to make me laugh as it could get messy....not a bloody chance!

Welshy -> RE: It's Just a Ride! (Jul. 16 2007 22:38:31)
What a lovely cheery Journal... a pleasure to read ! [:D] Best of luck with the surgery [:)]

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