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    Quote Originally Posted by sassy69 View Post
    The goal since I started this thread was to compete in a show here in AZ in November - NPC Western Regional show - mid Nov. If I'm really on my prep, there's also the Phx Europa in Oct, but that could be pushing it.

    One interesting note is that I'm starting to not be as excited about the WPD category, because all I'm seeing is more & more jacked looks at the pro level. After all the negativity around FBB, and I really mean it was enough negativity circa 2010 when WPD started, that I got really depressed about it, I"m not so sure I'm going to stay as excited about it as I would've otherwise. But I'll hold my opinions until I get on stage again. At the moment I'm doing it for my own purposes. Anything beyond that, I can probably take or leave right now.

    And that's not to say I don't respect the current competitors, but having been watching and occasionally receiving so much negativity for a look that this is already trending towards, its sort of the same shit all over again and bullshit / hypocrisy about what WPD is supposed to be.

    JMHO. And God knows, I'm getting old. I got nuttin to prove except that your body & your attitude don't need to reflect your chronological age.
    ^^^^^You are definitely not alone in your feelings. Lil Mama (Beni) just did the Europa Dallas Pro and looked fantastic...within the criteria for WP (imho) and placed 12th. The lady who won, Yasha, clearly (perhaps without the extreme conditioning) screamed "bodybuilder" to me. I do support FBB and think is kicks rocks that it is essentially being quashed. I do not support the trend that WP is taking and that the judges seem to be allowing it become a reboot to FBB. Bigger, harder, extreme all over again.

    I am with you on doing it for you! While I am not competing this year, I am training just as hard, if not even more so...because I love it! I love being strong, I love being healthy and I love challenging my body. So maybe next year... when I get it in my head to give it a go again...

    *Chuckle* It seems to me there are only a handful of gyms in this whole country that have the most complete collections of machines & equipment a bodybuilder wants/needs/lusts after! We (in our tribe of lifters) are always saying if we could just gather pieces of equipment together into one place...always always the bane of the bodybuilder.

    Yup...I journal for me. I share entries from my actual physical journal for fun. And yay for modifications, you can do rather than sit on the sideline! Great work!

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    Quote Originally Posted by curvygirl View Post
    ^^^^^You are definitely not alone in your feelings. Lil Mama (Beni) just did the Europa Dallas Pro and looked fantastic...within the criteria for WP (imho) and placed 12th. The lady who won, Yasha, clearly (perhaps without the extreme conditioning) screamed "bodybuilder" to me. I do support FBB and think is kicks rocks that it is essentially being quashed. I do not support the trend that WP is taking and that the judges seem to be allowing it become a reboot to FBB. Bigger, harder, extreme all over again.

    I am with you on doing it for you! While I am not competing this year, I am training just as hard, if not even more so...because I love it! I love being strong, I love being healthy and I love challenging my body. So maybe next year... when I get it in my head to give it a go again...

    *Chuckle* It seems to me there are only a handful of gyms in this whole country that have the most complete collections of machines & equipment a bodybuilder wants/needs/lusts after! We (in our tribe of lifters) are always saying if we could just gather pieces of equipment together into one place...always always the bane of the bodybuilder.

    Yup...I journal for me. I share entries from my actual physical journal for fun. And yay for modifications, you can do rather than sit on the sideline! Great work!
    It's not really like we were expecting anything else from women's competition... maybe I'm just getting older. I still love seeing what the competitors bring to the stage - I know so many of those girls work so hard and have really, really refined their bodies. Who knows .. maybe there will be a little less negativity around the whole look if it is packaged as WPD and not FBB and it will have a more positive association. That would be great! But ... eh .. dunno. I often wish I would've been born 10 years later than I was as I'm always just a little too far ahead of things when they finally hit and become "cool", while I've become passe'.

    But either way, the biggest thing I won't accept is that I should just live with having a body I don't especially like or am not comfortable in, and certainly not one that has perpetual aches & pains that keep me from being the vibrant person I want to be! I can tell I'm getting the urge to show up in the gym all jacked & lifting the big weights, but that mindset also fades pretty quickly when I consider the end result which is pretty much nothing positive in terms of people outside "the industry" looking at me.

    Based on very recent changes at work, it is also becoming apparent that it is time to explore some new opportunities in my professional life as well. That is actually pretty motivating! There's really nothing more invigorating than looking great to feel great, and then go unleash that on a new opportunity that will rock some company's world!
    Last edited by sassy69; 06-25-2015 at 12:03 AM.
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    6/23/15 - Tues

    AM: 30 min stairmaster

    PM: 40 min HIIT arc trainer
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    6/25/15 - Wed

    AM: 30 min stairmaster

    PM: Legs
    10 min arc trainer wu
    leg ext: 45/20 55/20 65/20 x 2
    squats: 95/20 115/20 135/15 155/15 135/20
    walking lunges: 20 lb/20 steps there/ 20 back x 3
    lying leg curls: 45/15 55/15 45/20 x 2
    RDLs: 95/15 x 2 115/20 x 3
    step-ups: 20/side x 3
    "The only way you can hurt the body is not use it. Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late."
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    Keep plugging away Jill.
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    ​Thx!
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    6/25/15 - Thurs

    AM: 30 min stairmaster

    PM: <mow the lawn in 100 degree heat ...>
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    6/26/15- TGIFnF!

    AM: 30 min stairmaster

    PM: BACK ATTACK!
    7 min arc trainer wu
    shoulder wu: DB external rotation: 10/30 x 3

    BB row (supinated): 85/15 x 2 85/20 x 2
    lat pull down (supinated, small straight grip): 70/20 x 2 60/20
    HS high row: 35 per side/20 x 3
    TRX row (bent legs): 20 x 3
    lat pulldown (wide grip): 70/20 80/20 90/15 100/15
    cable pullover (wide grip --- similar to Dickersons, head down): 40/15 50/15 x 3

    Cardio: 30 min treadmill (angle 6.0, speed 2.9-3.0) + 10 min arc trainer
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    6/27/15 - Sat

    Afternoon training: HAMMMMMMMMMZ!

    5 min step mill wu
    giant:
    - lying leg curl: 45/15 55/15 x 2
    - adductor: 50/20 x 3
    -standing kickback: 75/15 x 3
    SLDL: bar/15 95/15 115/15 135/10 x 3 95/15 x 2
    DB pullthrough: 80/20 x 5 (experimenting w/ stuff)
    cable pullthru: 80/15 x 3 (sort of awkward)
    super:
    - lower ab:20 x 3
    - alt side plank: 60 sec / side x 3
    hanging abs: 20 15 x 2
    Last edited by sassy69; 06-27-2015 at 09:19 PM.
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    6/28/15 - Sunday

    Sooooo beat from the last 2 days of training, continued keto diet and the heat. No gym today, but outdoor activities in 110 degree weather included:

    1) cleaning out my pool after a wind / dust storm last nite - I pulled nearly a 3 gallon bucket full of wet leaves out of the trap.

    2) cleaning up all the branches that fell from my front yard tree.

    3) Hit the driving range for the first time literally in years w/ some borrowed woods from the pro shop. Considering how long it's been since I've worked on my swing, I'd say 1/3 good & consistent, 1/3 bad, 1/3 eh. The best part was finding some consistency again. But holy crap, the heat just sucked the life out of me.
    Last edited by sassy69; 06-28-2015 at 11:20 PM.
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    6/29/15 - Monday

    Its really interesting from my 45 min or so swinging a club on Sunday - both my forearms and wrists are sore! Not in a bad way, but really telling about how much I use them & probably how tight they are in general. Aside from the heat, I think I'm going to hit the driving range more often!

    AM: 30 min stairmaster

    PM: chest
    10 min stepmill wu ... BEFORE we finally got the gym to turn up the A/C ... holy eff... I'm surprised no one has passed out from overheating yet.
    couple minutes shoulder wu

    super:
    - cable fly: 25/20 x 3
    - smith machine pushup: 20 x 3
    flatbench DB fly (legs up):15/15 x 3
    incline machine press: 80/20 x 2 60/20 x 2
    incline HS chest press: 25/25 x 3
    BOSU iso-plank w/ alt cross-over knee: 20 x 3
    BOSU iso-plank w/ alt hip flexion: 20 x 3
    assisted dips: -120/15 x 2

    45 min SS treadmill (angle 10, speed 2.7)
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    I like the driving range but will have to take up golf someday.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ibarramedia View Post
    I like the driving range but will have to take up golf someday.
    I grew up w/ the game as my dad's obsession, but I've never been a regular player. The driving range was something to do, and my mom keeps threatening to buy me a set of clubs now that she's into (it's a retirement thing apparently).

    I'm not against it at all - great way to meet people and get out. However I life in Phoenix and I don't relish the thought of 3 hours wandering around on open fairways in 115 degree heat. I'd be burnt crispy, passed out from dehydration and then have skin cancer to plan for. Maybe more this fall.
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    6/30/15 - Tues

    AM ... dammit didn't do AM cardio because I didn't actually fall asleep until after 5 am

    PM: shoulders / triceps / abs
    shoulder wu
    seated BB behind the head press: 40/20 50/20 x 3
    reverse fly: 30/15 x 3
    inverted grip cable face pulls 40/20 x 3
    neutral grip machine press: 50/20 x 4
    ezbar pronated grip tri cable press: 70/20 x 4
    ezbar supinated grip tri cable ext: 50/20 x 4
    super:
    - lower ab crunches: 20 x 3
    - BOSU plank alt hip flexion: 30 x 3

    30 min arc trainer
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    7/1/15 - Hump Day!

    Another ass kicking HAM DAY! And who has mentally already left for the holiday?

    AM: 40 min stairmaster (started the sauna suit a few days ago to dump some fluff)

    PM: HAMMMMMMM ATTACK

    10 min arc trainer wu
    adductor: 60/15 x 4
    BB squat: 125/15 x 5
    upright (machine) leg press: 150/30 x 2 190/30 x 2
    RDL: 75/15 x 2 95/20 x 2 (Def could've gone heavier - less time to get the "Feel" of it w/ a trainer in tow)
    super:
    - lying leg curl: 40/20 x 5
    - plate loaded leg ext: 45/20 x 5

    40 min treadmill (angle 10, speed 2.7)
    "The only way you can hurt the body is not use it. Inactivity is the killer and, remember, it's never too late."
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