Sunnyday's Training Journal

[Sunnyday]

Yeah chicks in yoga pants get all kinds of special treatment

[Sunnyday]

Just got in from a full day of gardening. I need to feed my fam and then put the kids to bed. Pics coming.

[Sunnyday]

Pics of my weekend projects posted here...

http://forums.rxmuscle.com/showthrea...&p=2131853#top



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[Sunnyday]

Monday 5/2 bench-only

First thing this am:
40 seated arm circles in each direction
25 elbow curls
3x20 kneeling ankle squeeze
30 supine foot rotation in each direction per foot
30 supine point/flex per foot
20 cat-and-camels at fast pace
20 McKenzie press-ups at fast pace
full BW squat with 30 sec hold at bottom

Crazy day today. My youngest had a field trip to the Turkey Hill ice cream plant and was bounding with excitement. Parent-teacher-special ed conference for my autistic kid in the mid-morning. Exterminator coming in the early afternoon. It wasn't much but at least I got SOMETHING done.

Warmup at gym:
10 frog stretches with a few reps internal rotation to each side
10 prying pushups
20 arm crossovers (10/side)
20 over & back banded stretch
20 band pull-aparts
20 kettlebell halos (10 each direction with 20#)

Bench press: (each rep paused 2 sec, press to lockout, reset shoulders at top, repeat)
bar x 5
65 x 5
85 x 5
105 x 5
115 x 3
125 x 3 - felt light, decided to bump up the weight
3 x 128 x 3 - PR of sorts - highest weight to date for 2-sec paused triples!

And that was all she wrote.

[baby muscle]

Just got in from a full day of gardening. I need to feed my fam and then put the kids to bed. Pics coming.

Yep, it's that time of year! I only have 2 raised beds and then some mixed non-raised. I pulled 4 ticks off last night and a spider crawled out of my hair today in an office.

[Sunnyday]

Yep, it's that time of year! I only have 2 raised beds and then some mixed non-raised. I pulled 4 ticks off last night and a spider crawled out of my hair today in an office.

You gardening badass, you!! <3
I am a wimp, would've freaked after the first tick and the spider crawling out of the hair would have done me in. I coat myself in bug spray and then garden with a can of Raid beside me, just in case. I think the creepy crawlers sense it cuz I have never had to use it.

[baby muscle]

You gardening badass, you!! <3
I am a wimp, would've freaked after the first tick and the spider crawling out of the hair would have done me in. I coat myself in bug spray and then garden with a can of Raid beside me, just in case. I think the creepy crawlers sense it cuz I have never had to use it.

Not sure about the badassery.

More likely, I sense that I am looked at as a little bit loony by my neighbors. I have limited full sun and space for vineous vegetables in my backyard, (living in a city) so I am using a portion of space near my sidewalks for zucchini and cucumber beds. We converted the grassy sod by digging it out and planting veggies mixed w/ tall flowers so it "beautifies". Next year we are getting chickens. Almost every block in my neighborhood seems to have a family with a chicken coop. Completely legal here in the "south". I figure, since many folks don't even mow around here more than once a month, I can do whatever i want with my yard.

[Sunnyday]

Not sure about the badassery.

More likely, I sense that I am looked at as a little bit loony by my neighbors. I have limited full sun and space for vineous vegetables in my backyard, (living in a city) so I am using a portion of space near my sidewalks for zucchini and cucumber beds. We converted the grassy sod by digging it out and planting veggies mixed w/ tall flowers so it "beautifies". Next year we are getting chickens. Almost every block in my neighborhood seems to have a family with a chicken coop. Completely legal here in the "south". I figure, since many folks don't even mow around here more than once a month, I can do whatever i want with my yard.

I hear you on the limited space. We don't have much here and even though he grew up on a farm, my hubby is not as adventurous as I am. Yeah, between my "look" and the sad fact that I can out-lift every male in my development AND now the flowers and veggies in every corner of the yard, our neighbors are convinced I'm looney tunes. They won't know what hit them in the fall when I start planting fruit trees in the front yard! I've read that columnar apple trees make a great natural privacy fence. Hee hee.

I'm excited for you with trying chickens! I have several friends who have them. My grandparents kept them in a relatively small yard and when we visited them it was fun for me and my sister to collect the eggs.

[baby muscle]

I hear you on the limited space. We don't have much here and even though he grew up on a farm, my hubby is not as adventurous as I am. Yeah, between my "look" and the sad fact that I can out-lift every male in my development AND now the flowers and veggies in every corner of the yard, our neighbors are convinced I'm looney tunes. They won't know what hit them in the fall when I start planting fruit trees in the front yard! I've read that columnar apple trees make a great natural privacy fence. Hee hee.

I'm excited for you with trying chickens! I have several friends who have them. My grandparents kept them in a relatively small yard and when we visited them it was fun for me and my sister to collect the eggs.

Yes! I know this well! I have to look into those apple trees. My sister just planted a couple, along with peach trees. I used to have black walnut, which was astringent but tasty... lost now through disease and divorce, haha.

My sister also has 10 chickens and manages to collect about a half dozen eggs a day. Of course, they live waaay out in hicksville (and I don't mean NY). I figure, a dozen or so hens should get me my target of 8-10 eggs per day, which is what we need around here for our daily consumption.

[baby muscle]

Garden Web says the columnars branch, which is fine by me. I'm excited about these too. Looks likes you can grow them in a large fiberglass pot. And about 12 feet high is not bad in ground. I saw they are prone to webworm but I'm not sure if I'd have an issue with spraying 2-4 trees. I'd probably do it, judiciously and peel apples.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussi...olumnar-apples

[Sunnyday]

Garden Web says the columnars branch, which is fine by me. I'm excited about these too. Looks likes you can grow them in a large fiberglass pot. And about 12 feet high is not bad in ground. I saw they are prone to webworm but I'm not sure if I'd have an issue with spraying 2-4 trees. I'd probably do it, judiciously and peel apples.

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussi...olumnar-apples

I read the Garden Web info. There have been some recent new crosses that are more disease resistant, don't branch as much, and only get about 8 feet tall. I'm not afraid to spray if needed but yeah I'd prefer to keep them organic if I can.

[Sunnyday]

Tuesday 5/3 lower body stuff

At home first thing:
40 seated arm circles in each direction
25 elbow curls
3x20 kneeling ankle squeezes
30 supine foot circles each direction per foot
30 supine foot point/flex per foot
20 cat-and-camels at fast pace
20 McKenzie press-ups at fast pace
full BW squat with 30 sec hold at bottom

At gym warmup:
10 frog stretches with a few reps internal rotation to each side
20 hip side-to-side (10/side)
20 hip airplanes (10/side)
20 reverse lunge to knee hug (10/side)
20 kettlebell halos (10 each direction with 20#)

Squats:
bar x 5
95 x 5
115 x 5
4 x 135 x 3 - first set was shaky and iffy on depth but after I got some confidence the next 2 sets were solid

Sumo deads:
135 x 1
155 x 1
175 x 1
8 x 192 x 1 with just over 45 sec between singles, and it felt EASY!

Glute circuit (no rest between sides/exercises):
30 reps side lying clam ss 30 reps side lying abduction
30 reps single leg glute bridge ss 30 reps hip extension on elbows
30 reps single leg swing ss 30 reps fire hydrant

Unilateral standing calf raise:
3 x 5 wih 5-sec hold at top each rep

[Sunnyday]

Wednesday 5/4 upper body this n that

First thing this am:
20 cat-and-camels at fast pace
20 McKenzie pushups at fast pace
full BW squat with 30 sec hold at bottom
40 seated arm circles in each direction
25 elbow curls
3x20 kneeling ankle squeeze
20 supine foot rotation in each direction per foot
20 supine point/flex per foot

Warmup at gym:
10 frog stretches with a few reps internal rotation to each side
10 prying pushups
20 arm crossovers (10/side)
20 over & back banded stretch
20 band pull-aparts
20 kettlebell halos (10 each direction with 20#)

Bench press: (each rep paused 2 sec, press to lockout, reset shoulders at top, repeat)
bar x 5
65 x 5
85 x 5
105 x 5
115 x 4
3 x 120 x 4

Chins:
had planned 5x5 with 17.5 lbs and decided to spice things up
3 x +20# x 5 - PR and happy dance all around the gym between sets LOL

Dips:
3 x BW x 12

Leaning DB lateral raise:
3 x 25 x 10/side

Reverse DB fly leaning on incline bench:
3 x 15s x 12

[Sunnyday]

Off day from training today. Administrative home stuff required my attention. Then I attempted to play dog groomer and give my (large) poodle a haircut.

[Shizzo]

Off day from training today. Administrative home stuff required my attention. Then I attempted to play dog groomer and give my (large) poodle a haircut.

Attempted? How did it turn out?