chelsea_mae

Sooooo I was silly and rushed last Friday during my workout...kinda hurt my back, nothing terrible, I just took time off. Been doing bodyweight, low impact style circuits. I'm going to lift tomorrow though...correctly

Updates--> Saturday: Lifted! Did workout A! Sunday: Off day Monday (Today): was suppose to be a Workout B day, but I went with a friend to a free yoga class at a new studio in town and it was amazing! Will definitely be going back. Practicing with an instructor is so nice when you get constructive feedback and adjustments. I love practicing at home, but it's nice to have someone else remind you about posture and positions.

yeahhh, I make that too! I call it salsa soup...it's salsa, chicken, bell peppers, onions, zucchini, carrots-cooked in a crockpot. Delicious. I can eat on a big batch of that for a whole week.

Boots are totally the centerpiece! I love my leather Patagonias...but I really had to break them in. And they're heavy and hot in warm weather but so warm and dry! I also will hike in supportive tennis shoes if it's not too rough.

This is my 2nd NF Challenge, 1st with the Adventurers Stay Consistent: 1. Continue lifting 3x a week, nonconsecutive In the last challenge sometimes I wouldn’t follow the actual plan, I would just do whatever I felt like doing. But I want to progress and lift more...so I need to watch the reps and sets to increase the weight. I actually need to follow the schedule...it’s not enough to just check off that I picked up stuff for 40 minutes if that time wasn’t being used effectively. The Plan: Workout A: Front Squats Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 60lbs) Overhead Press (strict) Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 45lbs) Power Cleans Warm up + 5 x 3 (starting @ 65lbs) Core: Planks 5 sets of 30 sec holds Workout B: Front Squats Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 60lbs) Overhead Press Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 45lbs) Sumo Deadlifts Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 70lbs) Bodyweight Push ups 3 sets to fail I’m not opposed to lifting more or adding an extra...but the absolute minimum is 3 times. 2. Continue with increasing veggies! 4 servings a day, minimum. It usually looks like 1 serving in my breakfast smoothie (spinach, banana, protein powder, chia seeds, fruit, almond milk). Another serving at lunch (usually salad or steamed veggies). And then two servings in the evening or another snack. My thought is that if I’m focusing more on eating veggies then I won’t be focusing on what I’m not eating. The Plan: Continue to stockpile and be prepared! 3. Active Rest! I don’t if it’s from lifting or from not stretching properly afterwards but my sore is tight (not in the good way) in the, I use to bend over and touch my toes fairly easily but now it’s hard, my hamstrings are really tight...I want to loosen up again! The Plan: Ensure that I’m really cooling down after lifting for a minimum of 10 minutes. Spend 1 hours a week doing yoga...break up in anyway I want (30 minutes here, 15 there…but totally 1 hour every week). Life Goal: my room has always been a wreck. I’m utterly disorganized….so I want to spend 10 minutes a days cleaning/straightening/organizing my room. I will not be able to get all under control in 10 minutes...but I want to work on it piece by piece. So this challenge is very similar to my first one but with more attention to detail.

Whoops, I'm actually moving this to the Adventurers Challenge thread

Stay Consistent: 1. Continue lifting 3x a week, nonconsecutive In the last challenge sometimes I wouldn’t follow the actual plan, I would just do whatever I felt like doing. But I want to progress and lift more...so I need to watch the reps and sets to increase the weight. I actually need to follow the schedule...it’s not enough to just check off that I picked up stuff for 40 minutes if that time wasn’t being used effectively. The Plan: Workout A: Front Squats Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 60lbs) Overhead Press (strict) Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 45lbs) Power Cleans Warm up + 5 x 3 (starting @ 65lbs) Core: Planks 5 sets of 30 sec holds Workout B: Front Squats Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 60lbs) Overhead Press Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 45lbs) Sumo Deadlifts Warm up + 3 x 5 (starting @ 70lbs) Bodyweight Push ups 3 sets to fail I’m not opposed to lifting more or adding an extra...but the absolute minimum is 3 times. 2. Continue with increasing veggies! 4 servings a day, minimum. It usually looks like 1 serving in my breakfast smoothie (spinach, banana, protein powder, chia seeds, fruit, almond milk). Another serving at lunch (usually salad or steamed veggies). And then two servings in the evening or another snack. My thought is that if I’m focusing more on eating veggies then I won’t be focusing on what I’m not eating. The Plan: Continue to stockpile and be prepared! 3. Active Rest! I don’t if it’s from lifting or from not stretching properly afterwards but my sore is tight (not in the good way) in the, I use to bend over and touch my toes fairly easily but now it’s hard, my hamstrings are really tight...I want to loosen up again! The Plan: Ensure that I’m really cooling down after lifting for a minimum of 10 minutes. Spend 1 hours a week doing yoga...break up in anyway I want (30 minutes here, 15 there…but totally 1 hour every week). Life Goal: my room has always been a wreck. I’m utterly disorganized….so I want to spend 10 minutes a days cleaning/straightening/organizing my room. I will not be able to get all under control in 10 minutes...but I want to work on it piece by piece. So this challenge is very similar to my first one but with more attention to detail.

I ran into this thread while searching for posts about the "bear complex"...but I can totally relate. I only have one girl friend who lifts but she's been lifting for three times as long as me. She's a good 20lbs lighter and a beast. She also has free student access to incredible weight rooms and I have my second hand barbell set that's like lifting cans compared to her. It sucked for the longest time when we talked about weights because I was so jealous and bitter about my situation vs hers... But then I started feeling happy for her and I forced myself to say the things I knew were true (mainly compliments I didn't want to vocalize). I also try to make a conscious effort to analyze where my thoughts come from...if jealousy, what are the actual grounds? Insecurities reek havoc on what should be reasonable thinking.

Bahahahah!! Were they denim?

That's some epic sewing skills!

I hate jeans, ones with a little stretch are usually nice on the hips...they've got to be flexible, stiff cotton shouldn't be tight!

Ohhh! Gotcha,if it's got underwire then yeah! Sometimes I wear those reusable stick on cups if I need more to fill a cup lol I can't sew but I hope it works!

^^^ THIS <3

Some areas have free or sliding scale counselors...for some reason they're all over my county so hopefully you can find something of quality that's affordable! if I didn't have free services through my university I would have never gone

And it's not an issue tightening the straps would fix?