GirlyMuscle's Hangout

[debbiebramwell]

omg look at what I just found!! lol I will read it thru my long cardio sessions this week!!

[SallyAnne]

with a good squeeze at the top. So it makes you pull wierd faces right. I like to do calves in the 15+rep range

Right...and then you hop around afterwards saying "OW OW OW OW!"

[Sledge]

Yep thems the ones

[magsmalone]

Ahhh...springrolls, Shrimp Curry, buttercream coconut cake and a bottle of Pinot Noir. That was yummy!

Sis wants to watch the Pens game (hockey play offs) and I am really not into that so I decided to bring my very full tummy home and go to bed early. Tomorow is chest day.

ok now you are making my mouth water!

[GirlyMuscle]

No cheats til next Saturday.

Today was biceps/triceps. And posing practice. And Tanning. And one hour of cardio.

I'm at that point where something is really sore somewhere on my body. And I have a stiff neck that's running down into my lower traps.

Food for the say was good. Typical Dave diet day.

[axioma]

The sore neck is going around. Xiomara is suffering from exact same thing. try to get some good deep tissue work if you can, then follow up every couple of weeks with maintenance massage. Depending on where you are, I know it can be pricey, but look for a school.

[GirlyMuscle]

Thanks, Axioma. My son has magic hands. He can always find the knots and stuff. He really should be a massuese (sp?).

Today was legs. Low back is super achey since the deadlift day. So instead of regular squats I used the Power Squat machine.

Power Squats
warm up and acclimation
1x6@270
2x6@320

SLDL
2x6@185

Seated leg curl
1x6@165
1x4@180

Leg Raises
2 x 15@ bw

Incline crunches
2x12@bw

40 min walk to gym by way of the post office
30 min walk home

Meal 1 2 eggs, 4 whites
Meal 2 1.5 scoop whey, 1TB Mac Nut Oil
Meal 3 5 oz chicken breast, 2 oz guacamole


Got a call for a second job interview. Fingers crossed!

[freebirdmac]

Good luck with the job!

[GirlyMuscle]

I need help.

I know my rotator cuffs are messed up. Some days I can do overhead presses and I'm fine other days I can't even warm up. Miltary presses are in plan for tomorrow. I would like an alternate idea just in case it turns into a day where I can lift overhead. Front raises? Arnold presses?

[Ninja Loco]

Remember Leave1? Klaus? Both built great delts without overhead presses.

[SallyAnne]

How did you mess up your shoulders?

[magsmalone]

I need help.

I know my rotator cuffs are messed up. Some days I can do overhead presses and I'm fine other days I can't even warm up. Miltary presses are in plan for tomorrow. I would like an alternate idea just in case it turns into a day where I can lift overhead. Front raises? Arnold presses?

Have you tried using the smith machine for seated front shoulder press? It seems to be easier on my shoulders and helps me push up more weight without joint pain.

[GirlyMuscle]

I think it's just from 10 years of lifting. Started years ago actually but if I lay off heavy stuff it seems to get better but once it flares up it takes months to go away. I've never had a doctor look at it. I just work around it.

So ironically, absolutely no shoulder pain this week. I was able to get a PR of 100lbs (45kg) on the Military press for 6 reps. It was a good workout.

I got a job. In fact, I have two. The main job is as a personal trainer at Planet Fitness. They're giving me the opportunity of a lifetime (for me) to get a PT career going. I'll be scheduled 6 hours a day M-F. During that time I introduce people to training, teach them the equipment, set up basic programs. I do that for $9 an hour. Outside of my scheduled hours I am allowed to PT any client wanting my one on one services. I can charge what I want and the gym takes no cut. And there's no quota. I dont even have to train people if I don't want to. (which of course I do). The biggest reason I never tried training is I don't like that pressure of having a quota to meet. If I train it's because I want to help people and make money, not make money first and at all costs. I hate that sales pressure stuff. So there's no pressure and no quotas.

The second job is serving at Applebees again. I'm only going to do it on Friday and Saturdays for as long as I can tolerate it and need to. Once I start to build a clientele, I'll back out of waitressing.

And I got my car out of storage!!! Wow, that makes me feel so much better! Gotta top off the hydrolic fluid so I can drop the top on the Princess!

[GirlyMuscle]

Have you tried using the smith machine for seated front shoulder press? It seems to be easier on my shoulders and helps me push up more weight without joint pain.

I used to that a long time ago. I didn't even think about that. On days I'm having trouble I'll give that a whirl. Thanks!

[Sledge]

Was looking at the website of Planet Fitness. Where Miss G Muscle is working now and found this little piece of information.


"Pizza Nights (the first Monday of every month) We go through 3000 pizzas. That's 24000 slices per year!"