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Friday's Workout: So I ended up doing 4 sets of 10 reps of:Squats at 85lbsIncline DB Bench Press at 20lbs each handDB Romanian Deadlift at 35lbs each hand (that grip failing towards the end)Lat Pulldown at 50lbsCrunches on a swiss ball Sunday's Workout:Did 5 sets:Lunges 20reps at 15lbs each handBench Press 10reps of 50lbsSkater squats x 10 reps each leg, practicing these for ultimate practice so I can improveBent over db row 10reps x 20lbs each handL Lateral/Front Raise 20reps x 5lbs each hand Also check out my blog for more life updates about what's going on.

Workout: Squat 45x8 65x5 85x5 115x5 135x4 130x5 with struggles of course 130x5 Bench Press 45x5 80x3 75x5 75x5 Deadlift 115x5 135x5 135 x 10s holds x 3 sets BF: High fiber oatmeal, 1 cup greek yogurt, one rice cake Lunch: 3 egg whites, 1 tortilla, lettuce, half a roma tomato, turkey slice, pepperjack cheese Dinner: Chicken breast, 1oz whole wheat spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, carrots Snacks: Banana oatmeal muffin, cinnamon swirl protein w/ cashew milk, apple w/ 1tbsp peanut butter, 1oz almonds

Tournament is done! Went to eat out at Cici's afterwards. I would say I do not have to follow my macros today because I spent a lot of energy. LSU Wrath though, so many girls that are tall with lots of endurance. It was such a struggle trying to keep up on defense, but I did it. Back on the grind tomorrow with working out and eating. Just taking a break today to relax and stretch out my body. So tired!

Decided to take my workout easy today after my warmup sets. Squatting 95 felt very hard, so I decided to squat 115lbs today. Also, I had no spot and that makes me not want to lift heavy because I use a makeshift squat rack off the smith machine and there are no bars to prevent me from falling and dropping the weight. Squats 45x8 65x5 95x5 115x5 115x5 115x5 Press 50x5 50x5 50x5 These felt a little easier, so I am making progress. Still have not gotten the chance to visit play it again sports to attempt to buy some fractional weights. Deadlift 95x5 115x5 Round Robin this Sunday. It's from 8AM-4PM. Going to be cold and very long day. Looking forward to playing, and hopefully it won't be as cold as the weatherman says it'll be.

Thank you for the advice Alanna. I have been to a running shoe store to size for running shoes, but I have not for cleats yet. I have been doing a mixed grip since 115 pounds I think. I have been doing holds on my pull up bar for as long as I can, and also static holds for time after I complete my lifting sets. I can probably deadlift more, but I really want to increase my grip strength to make deadlifting comfortable. Right now, the slipping really messes with my concentration and makes it really uncomfortable for me.

Running a 5K tonight for UTD Homecoming, so I'm pushing my workout till tomorrow. It's super cold right now. I'll tell you guys my time later tonight by editing this post. TIME: 34:30. Most horrible thing happened in the middle, my zip-up in front sports bra decided to let go of itself, so I had to walk to a safe place to put it back together and continue running. Wasted around 5-8 minutes I would say. Meals for yesterday: Meal 1: 1/2 top ramen nissin chicken flavor, 3oz chicken breast, romaine lettuce, white cheddar rice cake Meal 2: Tried making a protein mugcake...ended up overcooking it and it became dry. 1 scoop protein, 1 egg white, 1tbsp cocoa powder, 2 tbsp cashew milk Meal 3: hot dog with mac n cheese with grilled onions on it, buttered popcorn rice cake, 8oz chocolate milk from bolthouse farms Snack 1: bin bin rice cracker, 2 grasshopper fudge mint cookies Snack 2: carb blanace tortilla, 2.5 oz chicken breast, 1.2oz deli fresh honey turkey breast, 1 slice pepperjack cheese, 2 leaves lettuce Meals today so far: Meal 1: 2 buttered popcorn rice cakes, 2 slices 45 cal bread, 3 egg whites, 1 egg, 1 slice pepperjack, 2 slices romaine lettuce Meal 2: attempted the mugcake again and it succeeded, 1 scoop protein, 1 egg white, 1tbsp cocoa powder, 2 tbsp cashew milk, probably won't make that again, just so dry in the middle There is no more chicken in the fridge or eggs, but I'm stuck at home waiting for Fedex to come and can't go shopping. I already missed their delivery attempt yesterday, so I have to wait today. I HATE FEDEX. Stayed at home all day, and they said they couldn't deliver because I wasn't home. I even gave up grocery shopping to wait. This is ridiculous. I told them to deliver it to a Fedex office so I can just pick it up.

Thanks guys! I think I shall add static holds after my workout or do a dumbbell farmer's walk. My gym does not allow chalk. I might also add heavy dumbbell rows but I know that I can only grip around 35lbs with those. I'll try these things during tomorrow's workout.

Ok! I will accompany my lifts with grip exercises from now on. Thank you for the help!

Should I try it with the weight I am at or decrease a little to learn the grip? Thank you for the help btw

What is a hook grip?

Hi, I've just hit 135lbs on deadlifts recently. I'm having this problem with the bar not slipping down my fingers. I'm using a mixed (left underhand, right overhand) grip. My left hand is doing fine, but my right hand is slipping towards my fingertips. Is there any way to fix this problem? I also think I have sweaty hands. Also, should I keep doing 135lbs, but give my arms enough time to recover before doing another rep? I'm doing Starting Strength, 1 set of 5 reps. They problem says increase the weight, but I already cannot grip 135lbs, how can I grip 140lbs? Thank you!

Workout for today: Squat 45x5 85x5 105x5 130x5 130x5 130x5 Bench 45x8 80x5 80x4 80x3 Deadlift 95x5 125x5 135x5 Had major grip problems. Could not do more than 2 reps at a time without the bar slipping out. I don't think I'll be able to deadlift more than this due to grip problems. Meals: Meal 1: 1 slice of leftover medium pizza, carb balance tortilla, 1 egg with 2 egg whites, pepperjack cheese, white cheddar rice cake Meal 2: 4oz chicken breast, 1/2 cup brown rice, lettuce, mixed vegetables, Snack 1: 1tbsp hummus on sara lee 45 cal bread Meal 3: chicken breast, mixed vegetables, 1/2 cup brown rice Stress eating: 1/4 cup ice cream, a rice cracker packet, some jalapeno kettle cooked chips Post workout: Whey protein + 1/2 cup cashew milk Snack 2: Apple with 1tbsp peanut butter

Meal 1: 4 egg whites, 45 cal bread, carb balance tortilla, 2 crunchiest fish sticks, 3 leaves of lettuce, white cheddar rice cake Meal 2: 96/4 lean ground beef, lettuce buns, pepperjack cheese, fiber one with 1/4 cup cashew milk Meal 3: Lettuce bun, 3oz 96/4 lean beef (and that's it. All out of beef), fat free cheddar cheese, 45 cal bread Snack 1: 6 Pizza rolls Snack 2: cashew milk with whey protein Snack 3: someone decided to order pizza, and I didn't want to not have a slice so had a slice. Took off all the cheese. Cheeseless green bellpepper and ham pizza

Meal 1: Pepperjack cheese, 0.8oz honey smoked turkey breast, 2 slices of 45cal sara lee bread, 2 egg whites Meal 2: 4oz of 96/4 lean ground beef, two slices of tomato, some leaves of lettuce, and a slice of pepperjack cheese (made myself a little lettuce burger here- having an obsession with pepperjack cheese) Meal 3: homemade potato wedges baked, 4oz 96/4 ground beef, more lettuce and tomato Snack 1: 15g popped ranch flavored rice cakes, a white cheddar rice cake, asian rice cracker (1 packet) Snack 2: Gala apple with 1tbsp peanut butter Snack 3: Fiber one cereal with 1/2 cup cashew milk Snack 4: the Cinnamon swirl whey protein with water Macros met, also glute workout. The weekend is for rest in terms of working out.

I can't just ditch my ultimate club haha. I tried going to a rugby practice one, but I was scared I would reinjure my back. My university has a relatively new club, and apparently they're doing really good. I've watched the guys play before, and last year they were unbeatable. I totally understand how intimidating the gym can be. My university gym is full of guys that do like 5-10 sets of squats in the power rack, and it can be very scary to go to them and ask to work between sets or maybe tell me when they're done using it. And it's scary for sure, but I got to understand that a lot of people at the gym do tend to mind their own business. And the people that aren't minding their own business aren't seriously working out. There's a group of girls that I've seen that gossip and text and social media and just crowd around a group of machines. It can be very nerve-wrecking sometimes. I know a system that works for me with planning my day/week/month is using Google calendar. I'm a real stickler to schedules and I can move things around easily and create repeatables like classes and practice times. It's super helpful, so maybe it could help you. And for tracking my workout, I used to use a notebook, but it was just too bulky to bring a notebook with me to the gym. I use RepCount on my iPhone now, and it's totally free (no affiliation, I'm just stating what I use hehe). There's some other apps too, but this one is simple and you can put in custom workouts along with adding your own exercises, so you aren't limited to the exercises that the app has already.

Workout of the day: I have not worked out in the evening for so long, and I can really tell the differences from working out fasted to working out with food inside me. Dang that energy boost was immense! Squats Warmed up a bit more than usual today because it was colder 45x10 65x5 85x5 125x5 125x5 125x5 <- new PR for 5RM, felt awesome, did it myself. Grunted through the last rep, but I did it. Overhead Press Still the most horrible thing in the world for me 10lb dumbbells in each hand x10 reps <- tried something different this time thinking warming up my shoulders could help 50x5 50x5 50x5 Got all my reps, but struggled. I REALLY need to get those fractional plates. Deadlift 95x5 125x5 Was going to stick with this, and then felt like I had so much energy left so why not. 130x5 Swear I could've gone higher, but I'll get 135 next time. 135...hmmm 135...Is that possibly maybe a 45lb plate on each side? I think it is! Meals: (not so great, but the macros were met) I know it's not good to do this but I was just so busy and I made sure to have my multivitamin though because of the lack of greens in my diet today. Had a morning lab so I did not eat until 12 Meal 1: Yaki udon from a Chinese place nearby (did not finish and only ate half) - I overestimated my calories for this to make sure I didn't go over. Meal 2: A spoon of peanut butter with a cup of plain greek yogurt with a serving of fiber one bran cereal (not the most delicious, but it gets things done) Meal 3: Water with two scoops of whey protein

Yes that's awesome! I know my meals aren't super healthy, but I really try to add in vegetables and stuff. And it's super not perfect. Like one day I'd be super great with my meals, and the next, I'll be like so busy that I just get chinese to-go and then have to make up for protein later in the day with two scoops of whey protein. It's a work in progress. And it's awesome that you've tried ultimate so long ago. I don't even think I knew ultimate existed until I saw a commercial on television like 5 years ago. I wish you the best with your journey

Wow, rugby sounds awesome! As I was reading that, I was like green and orange? Sounds like my university, then I saw Rotterdam, NL. Sounds super intense though. I'm not an expert, but I tend to eat slow digesting carbs like 2-3 hours before a hard workout. Mostly of the time, I workout in the morning fasted though. Post-workout, I usually have a protein shake and then either breakfast/dinner. Definitely trying different things and seeing what works and what doesn't is a great idea. We're all in this together!

Went throwing in the sun today for 30 minutes, working on long hucks. Can almost huck half a soccer field. Forehand throwing is so tiring, I really like backhand because it can generate so much energy by faking the flick and stepping into the backhand. Ate too much Chipotle today, so my macros are over. But on the bright side, I worked a lot of it off by going to practice. We did a lot of scrimmaging tonight for like an hour. Lots of running, lots of tiredness. Apparently, my ankle weights were 2.5lb each so it would not make a different. So unfortunately, I will stick with the same weight for OHP but try to get 6 reps instead of 5. I have to go to Play It Again sports eventually, hopefully this Saturday. Also my cleats having been giving me a lot of blisters. Does anyone know a special remedy for this, or will I have to buy new cleats or new socks. I dunno, and if so, what cleats and what socks do y'all recommend? I am in extreme need of opinions because blisters are bringing me down in a lot of tournaments. I cannot run because I have blisters even though I have so much energy left, and I can go longer than that. I know I can, but each step just hurts so much in my big toe and the ball of my foot. So decent day: stretching is done, dishes are good, macros are over, and I even did throwing. Working out tomorrow night instead of morning because I have morning class.

Thank you! And yes! I am in so much need of fractional plates, especially for my upper body lifts. I will go find my 1lb ankle weights tomorrow so I can use them during Friday's lifts, especially OHP. If I need an even smaller increase in weight, then I'll go to Home Depot and make the DIY chains.

November 4, 2014 Checking in after completion of today’s goals: Again, another successful day. Did not have to work out today, but I did eat properly and also cleaned all the dishes and pans at night. My meals felt really great, and I had a lot of energy the whole day. Meals were (November 4, 2014) 1: Fiber one cereal with a half cup of cashew milk (unsweetened), scrambled eggs (one whole and 2 egg whites), some ground beef in that, and topped with one slide of sara lee’s 45 calorie whole wheat bread 2: Nissin top ramen chicken flavor (half packet..I know it’s not the best but the fridge is very empty and needs restocking), a cup of mixed vegetables, 4oz chicken breast, and a few leaves of romaine lettuce 3: Boil-in-bag brown rice, 4oz chicken breast, 2 slices of low sodium turkey bacon, and a serving of green beans 4: Carb balance fajita tortilla, 2 “crunchiest†fish sticks, lettuce, hellman’s with olive oil (half a tbs), 1/8 cup fat free cheddar cheese 5: Half an orange with 1tbsp with peanut butter (intended on eating an apple, but the boyfriend gave me half his orange. Lesson of the day: everything tastes good with peanut butter) Macros: 43f, 113p, 146c, 40 fiber Felt great the whole day, and felt like these were very nutrient dense meals, and very few calories were wasted. I have to say I’m not perfect so I did have like 3 tater tots from Sonic’s, and a bite of the Sonic cheeseburger my boyfriend ate, and also had 3 strawberry wafers (7 for a serving) as a craving curber. Felt good though, I don’t feel guilty for eating those things. Practice was cancelled today, so instead we were instructed to do these home hiit workouts. This included 3 rounds of 3 minutes of AMRAP of 5 burpees, 10 squats, 15 crunches. 2 minutes rest in between each round of 3 minutes. Felt like it was too easy compared to sprints we usually do. The crunches allow for a lot of rest time. Excited for practice on Thursday, hopefully the fields will be dry by then. _____________________________________________ November 5, 2014 Workout: Squat 45x5 65x5 Usually would do 85x5 but someone was using the 5lbs, so I went up to 95x5 120x5 120x5 120x5 These 120lbsx5 sets were done without any assistance. The last time I did this I needed a little push near the 5th rep of the 2nd and 3rd set. So, next time, I will be increasing the weight to 125lbs. Bench Press 45x8 Attempted 80lbs, but knew I wouldn’t be able to finish it after the 3rd rep 75x5 75x5 75x5 Had a spot, but I was able to finish without assistance. Woo! The grind was intense during those last reps though. I am really in need of fractional plates. In the meantime, I’ll bring the 1lb ankle weights that I have at home and will use that. Just gotta find them...somewhere. Deadlift 65x5 95x5 120x5 Woo! Finally deadlifting more than my body weight. PS. I know this is a long check-in, but I didn’t want to post yesterday’s meals last night since I feel like I posted in my challenge topic way too much already, so I’m trying to compress it and post a little less. Meals so far: (Will edit when the day finishes) Meal 1: ½ cup Naked Blue Machine to pair with my whey protein powder post-workout (Yes, I workout fasted) Meal 2 (after class): 1 egg with 3 egg whites, 2 slices of sara lee’s 45cal whole wheat bread, a few leaves of lettuce, ¼ of a tomato Meal 2: 1 cup brown rice, 4oz chicken breast, green beans Snacks: 4 slices of beef bimbap, apple with 1tbsp of peanut butter

Thanks for the tags! I LOVE ultimate! The community is great, and everyone has great sportsmanship and really supportive. I think I'll go check out Rangers. Thanks girl! Also rooting you on as well!

Hi Jill, I've also had difficulty keeping up with challenges. I feel that this is more doable and I like that it's over the span of six weeks. It feels a lot better than a year. I love how your goals are easily trackable and are not tremendously over the top. My goal is also to strength train 3x a week. We're in this together!

I hope my lifts can even get better! I really like that I'm tracking little victories now. Before, they just happened and whenever they didn't happen, it just never occurred to me that I was letting myself down. My grip strength will be tested in the upcoming week's deadlifts, so we'll see.