Here comes a mid-afternoon blog.
I have a few extra minutes before my afternoon clients so I figured a little word-vomit would be great. Plus, tonight will begin the Christmas-undecorating-adventure, so there will be little time for anything else. I dread taking everything down. Honestly, it will be a bigger mess before it gets better, and I have a lot of decorations...its giving me anxiety just thinking about it.
I just finished my workout...back and biceps, then finished with 20 minutes of jump rope. I'm not great at jumping rope, and it sort of bothers my head bobbing up and down like a 2 year old on speed. Probably a totally inappropriate metaphor. Anyway, I made it through and then got on the foam roller for a few minutes. Workout felt good, and I've really tried to focus on my tempo lately,...just making sure I keep the eccentric movement slow and controlled. Everything feels pretty heavy, and perhaps this week its due to lack of sleep and a little wine on our new years trip. Umm...yes, I can answer that question myself...its totally due to both of those things. Want crappy workouts? Just increase your alcohol intake and don't sleep much...that will pretty much do the trick.
Speaking of,...I'm exhausted today. I didn't sleep well last night and its just been a long week. I'm nearly falling asleep right now. Ridiculous. Don't underestimate my ability to fall asleep while sitting straight up. I've mastered that art form.
Ok, time to get back on track. A few more hours to go and then home to take down everything that should have been taken down last week. I heard its bad luck to leave your decorations up through New Years Day. Well dang. That explains the last 12 years of my life....ha, just kidding :)
Have a great day peeps!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Redemption
Its been a long week so far and its only Tuesday.
Honestly, it was one of those days that I get home and just scream at the top of my lungs. My cat probably peed himself when I did it. Ha...wouldn't be the first time. But I needed it. It was just one of those days when, by 6pm, the smallest thing could have sent me into "a fit" as my grandma would say. And what a fit it would be...
Part of the issue was my workout yesterday. I hate having a bad workout. I don't mind when its hard, or I'm sucking wind, or if everything hurts....that's life, move on. But I had several factors that created one perfect storm. I felt nauseous from the beginning (not sure if it was the creatine I took), my heartrate was already in the 80s before starting, I was mentally distracted, and simply could not maintain the mind-muscle connection on several of my lifts. By the end I was pissed. I just wanted to hit the shower and go on with my day. And on top of that, it was the first official workout of the new year...what a downer. If that is a reflection of the year, I might as well lay face-down on the treadmill and set that bad boy on speed 12. Rough start to say the least...
So today I needed a redemption workout. I hit shoulders, triceps, and finished with sprints. It was a great second day workout and even though my heartrate was 200 on the sprints, it felt ok and I was pleased with the entire workout. And thank you Zimm for always encouraging me through it!
I really want my delts to pop this year, so I've got to bust it on shoulder routines. I toyed with a couple of different training splits for the next 12 weeks, and after consulting with a few friends who are pro-bodybuilders, I decided to keep it a 5-day split and only hitting legs once a week. That way, I can focus on bringing my upper body in proportion with my legs. If it looks like I could squat a house, it needs to look like I can press a house as well. So that's the plan for now. Started creatine cycle yesterday, weight is at 132,...so we'll see where that number creeps to. But given that I'm not bumping up my calories tremendously, it may not move. Eh, I'm fine either way.
Ugh, already 8:20 and I need to get a move on. One of my new year's resolutions was to read more. And by "more" I mean more than ridiculous facebook status updates. Sooo...that means I need to actually get in bed before 9 so that I have more than 3 minutes to read. Otherwise, I will open the book, read 1/2 a page, and then fall asleep. I never make it through an entire chapter. Which explains my GPA through high school. So here I go...
I'll leave you with a few pictures from New Year's:
Honestly, it was one of those days that I get home and just scream at the top of my lungs. My cat probably peed himself when I did it. Ha...wouldn't be the first time. But I needed it. It was just one of those days when, by 6pm, the smallest thing could have sent me into "a fit" as my grandma would say. And what a fit it would be...
Part of the issue was my workout yesterday. I hate having a bad workout. I don't mind when its hard, or I'm sucking wind, or if everything hurts....that's life, move on. But I had several factors that created one perfect storm. I felt nauseous from the beginning (not sure if it was the creatine I took), my heartrate was already in the 80s before starting, I was mentally distracted, and simply could not maintain the mind-muscle connection on several of my lifts. By the end I was pissed. I just wanted to hit the shower and go on with my day. And on top of that, it was the first official workout of the new year...what a downer. If that is a reflection of the year, I might as well lay face-down on the treadmill and set that bad boy on speed 12. Rough start to say the least...
So today I needed a redemption workout. I hit shoulders, triceps, and finished with sprints. It was a great second day workout and even though my heartrate was 200 on the sprints, it felt ok and I was pleased with the entire workout. And thank you Zimm for always encouraging me through it!
I really want my delts to pop this year, so I've got to bust it on shoulder routines. I toyed with a couple of different training splits for the next 12 weeks, and after consulting with a few friends who are pro-bodybuilders, I decided to keep it a 5-day split and only hitting legs once a week. That way, I can focus on bringing my upper body in proportion with my legs. If it looks like I could squat a house, it needs to look like I can press a house as well. So that's the plan for now. Started creatine cycle yesterday, weight is at 132,...so we'll see where that number creeps to. But given that I'm not bumping up my calories tremendously, it may not move. Eh, I'm fine either way.
Ugh, already 8:20 and I need to get a move on. One of my new year's resolutions was to read more. And by "more" I mean more than ridiculous facebook status updates. Sooo...that means I need to actually get in bed before 9 so that I have more than 3 minutes to read. Otherwise, I will open the book, read 1/2 a page, and then fall asleep. I never make it through an entire chapter. Which explains my GPA through high school. So here I go...
I'll leave you with a few pictures from New Year's:
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