It's 8:00 and I'm finally sitting down for dinner. I've got my laptop on one TV tray, and my food on another...we live high class out here in Mebane. I am tired, but not as tired as usual. I was able to sleep in until 6:45 this morning since Brian was working for me. Getting up at 4:30 this morning would have been comical. I was exhausted yesterday...every time we bowed our heads to pray at church it was like the biggest tease. Pretty sure I almost drooled once. And when you sit on the second row sleeping is not an option. Next week I might have to make my way to the back with the elderly folk. They sleep like champs back there and no one says anything...like after a certain age its expected that you sleep through at least half of the sermon....and rock Velcro shoes....
The weekend was good, but very short. I took Saturday completely off and then did 35 minutes of light cardio on Sunday. I felt recovered and ready to roll today. It was a mentally tough day though. I started second guessing myself on a couple of aspects of my diet plan, and I was so frustrated by the end of the day. There are a couple of things I am going to change, and in the end I've got to be confident that I know my body. But the fact is, despite hours and hours in the gym, the diet will make or break you on stage. Weak moment, just a weak moment.
Today I had shoulders, core, and biceps. I mixed up my shoulder routine a little and found that my shoulders were definitely more tired by the end. No barbell work, and a bigger range of motion on my shoulder press and font/lateral raises. I wanted to curse by the end....sign of a good workout. A couple of near-death experiences, a few grunts, and my time in the gym is complete.
Workout:
DB shoulder press 3 x 10
Arnold press 3 x 10
High rope row 3 x 10
Lateral raises/front raises 3 x 8
Full decline sit-ups 3 x 12
Pilates heel touch 3 x 30
Alternating DB curls 3 x 10 each
Underhand bicep pull-downs 3 x 10
Alternating incline curls to failure 2x
Gonna spend quite a bit of time crunching some numbers tonight....and then to bed at a decent hour. Tomorrow will be a full day.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Guest Appearance
Sometimes life just has other plans...
After I finished teaching my ZUMBA class last night, I walked out completely drenched in sweat, tired, but looking forward to a relaxing night and a solid 8+ hours of sleep and not much to do today. Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. I'm standing in my kitchen recounting my day to my husband when I look down and Brian was calling. I immediately thought he was calling to remind me something to do at the gym on Monday or see if he left something at work. No, not quite. He was at the hospital because his wife had to have an emergency appendectomy. Seriously, whats the deal with the appendix anyway? Ranks up there with the gallbladder. Anyway, that meant I needed to be ready to roll with clients at 6 am.....my anxiety level rose simply because all I wanted to do was sleep. But needless to say, everything went smoothly and I was glad that he knew he could depend on me at the last minute. I don't normally work Fridays, so I got a lot of "what are you doing here?" looks. Funny, some didn't look too excited to see me....no worries, I don't take it personal...I'm tough, I get it. There was a joke for awhile among the clients that Fridays were "Meredith-free-Fridays"....and some have just eliminated the first part of my name entirely and call me "deth". Not quite sure how I feel about that one yet....but I guess I've been called worse...
I thought for sure this entire week of busyness and sleep deprivation would effect my workout today. I am happy to say that I got through it and even increased weight in a couple of lifts. I just tried not to think about it too much....just had to keep moving. Went to 45's on DB bench press....left shoulder almost gave out once and about took a dumbbell to the face. As long as I completed the set, I could deal with the black eye. I did notice that my right wrist was seriously bothering me today. I broke it when I was 8 so its always been weaker. Yeah, I was walking on the railing of our deck pretending that I was at the Olympics on a balance beam....well, lets just say that I didn't even make the Special Olympics that day. I fell about 6 feet into the yard like Humpty-Dumpty and screamed like a little girl. That was my last attempt at gymnastics. So, I'm not quite sure if that break has something to do with any pain I experience now, but perhaps it doesn't matter. Unless my wrists breaks again, I probably won't slow down....who am I kidding?!
Workout:
Flat DB bench press 4 x 8
Incline DB press 4 x 8
DB flys 3 x 10
Declined push-ups 2 x failure
SUMO squats 4 x 10
Single leg sled-drives on pull-up machine 3 x 10 each
Hamstring curls on machine 3 x 10
Hamstring pull-backs 3 x 10
I finally get to rest for a bit. I got the Christmas music blasting...the scent of Pinesol burning my nostrils...my cat shedding hair under the tree like he's in Egypt.....typical Friday at the Falcon house. I just might have to hit up the coffee maker and take it to the face like a champ. Have a wonderful weekend folks and be ready to roll Monday!
After I finished teaching my ZUMBA class last night, I walked out completely drenched in sweat, tired, but looking forward to a relaxing night and a solid 8+ hours of sleep and not much to do today. Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. I'm standing in my kitchen recounting my day to my husband when I look down and Brian was calling. I immediately thought he was calling to remind me something to do at the gym on Monday or see if he left something at work. No, not quite. He was at the hospital because his wife had to have an emergency appendectomy. Seriously, whats the deal with the appendix anyway? Ranks up there with the gallbladder. Anyway, that meant I needed to be ready to roll with clients at 6 am.....my anxiety level rose simply because all I wanted to do was sleep. But needless to say, everything went smoothly and I was glad that he knew he could depend on me at the last minute. I don't normally work Fridays, so I got a lot of "what are you doing here?" looks. Funny, some didn't look too excited to see me....no worries, I don't take it personal...I'm tough, I get it. There was a joke for awhile among the clients that Fridays were "Meredith-free-Fridays"....and some have just eliminated the first part of my name entirely and call me "deth". Not quite sure how I feel about that one yet....but I guess I've been called worse...
I thought for sure this entire week of busyness and sleep deprivation would effect my workout today. I am happy to say that I got through it and even increased weight in a couple of lifts. I just tried not to think about it too much....just had to keep moving. Went to 45's on DB bench press....left shoulder almost gave out once and about took a dumbbell to the face. As long as I completed the set, I could deal with the black eye. I did notice that my right wrist was seriously bothering me today. I broke it when I was 8 so its always been weaker. Yeah, I was walking on the railing of our deck pretending that I was at the Olympics on a balance beam....well, lets just say that I didn't even make the Special Olympics that day. I fell about 6 feet into the yard like Humpty-Dumpty and screamed like a little girl. That was my last attempt at gymnastics. So, I'm not quite sure if that break has something to do with any pain I experience now, but perhaps it doesn't matter. Unless my wrists breaks again, I probably won't slow down....who am I kidding?!
Workout:
Flat DB bench press 4 x 8
Incline DB press 4 x 8
DB flys 3 x 10
Declined push-ups 2 x failure
SUMO squats 4 x 10
Single leg sled-drives on pull-up machine 3 x 10 each
Hamstring curls on machine 3 x 10
Hamstring pull-backs 3 x 10
I finally get to rest for a bit. I got the Christmas music blasting...the scent of Pinesol burning my nostrils...my cat shedding hair under the tree like he's in Egypt.....typical Friday at the Falcon house. I just might have to hit up the coffee maker and take it to the face like a champ. Have a wonderful weekend folks and be ready to roll Monday!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)