Taddea Zhaan: planking, not just for ships

[Jord]

Tuesday Cals: 2372 (maintenance)
Wednesday Cals: 2100

 

I still have to test trap bar DL on Saturday. It's not as important to me but I still don't want to be majorly cutting this week, so I'm thinking 2100 cals till Sunday. This will prove challenging tonight because we are going to the bar for horror movie trivia. Plan is to have soup for lunch and try to fill up on that. I'm making ground turkey sloppy joes for dinner with roasted cauliflower. Mr T said the plan is to just order appetizer at the bar. After I post this I'll start entering shit into MFP and make a solid plan.

 

 

Wednesday Workout: 

 

 

DEADLIFT TEST! First test at 200# went up pretty well. He asked me if I wanted to do 210 and I wasn't that confident so we went for 205# and I got that. YAY 10# deadlift PR! I stopped there because it was pretty slow and I don't want to hurt myself or pass out for a BB club PR. Coach agreed form was breaking down at 205#, so we good. 

 

Cardio: 20 min elliptical 

Side Planks: up to 15 seconds per side and I don't need as much help from my right arm getting my weaker side into position than I did two weeks ago, almost none! 

 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

when does the PR party even end?!

[Jord]

15 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

when does the PR party even end?!

 

hahahah thank you.

pretty much now, until however long my next program lasts. 

[.TIFF]

 

Grats!  Nice work, and smart to not push past what you feel is healthy/safe   As someone that has, it's a bad plan...

[Emerald_Dragonfly]

Well done, PR Queen!

[Jord]

Weekend report.

 

 

Ate too much salt but calories were at/below maintenance. Did the trap bar test on Saturday, 220#. Watched 5 episodes of Stranger Things with Mr T and my sister. Sunday I went for a 60 min hike/adventure. Then I met up with an old friend I haven't seen in a while and a few others and we played arcade games at Chuck E Cheese for our birthdays. I had a blast!

 

Cardio report: 

Date	Earned	Minutes	Notes
Wed, Oct 18	$1.67	20	elliptical
Fri, Oct 20	$3.08	37	treadmill
Sat, Oct 21	$4.58	55	hike/walk
Wed, Oct 25	$1.67	20	elliptical
Sat, Oct 28	$1.67	20	elliptical
Sun, Oct 29	$5.00	60	hike

Zero Week	$9.33
Week 1	$8.33
Week 2	$0.00
Week 3	$0.00
Week 4	$0.00
Total Earned	$17.67

 

Leaving for a conference on Wednesday. Not sure if I'll get to the gym today but my body wouldn't mind the break. There will be a hotel gym so I can always do a few light sessions while I'm there. 

 

On 10/26/2017 at 9:57 AM, TiffanyD said:

 

Grats!  Nice work, and smart to not push past what you feel is healthy/safe   As someone that has, it's a bad plan...

 

20 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

Well done, PR Queen!

 

[Emerald_Dragonfly]

 

How is the conference going? 

[RedStone]

HEY! Remember that time it was YOUR BIRTHDAY and you didn't tell anyone???? REDSTONE KNOWS ALLLLLLL

 

 

 

 

 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

hope you had a great birthday weekend!!

[Jord]

On 11/2/2017 at 7:54 PM, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

 

 

How is the conference going? 

 

It feels weirdly like I've been gone from  the forum for a month instead of a week. I don't know what it is about work travel that feels like a time suck. 

 

I also gained 3#. But I guess after eating salty restaurant food for 4 days, that is to be expected? 

 

On 11/4/2017 at 10:00 PM, RedStone said:

HEY! Remember that time it was YOUR BIRTHDAY and you didn't tell anyone???? REDSTONE KNOWS ALLLLLLL

 

 

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

hope you had a great birthday weekend!!

 

It's true, I had a birthday! It was fun and I'm officially feeling like an old lady!

 

[freck]

Welcome back and Happy Birthday~

 

[JustCallMeAmber]

Happy belated birthday!

 

[Jord]

This challenge is kind of all over the place but I'm working on getting back on track this week. Unfortunately I'm not currently doing daily side planks because they are aggravating a shoulder problem. They are however still in my program 1x week. But cardio and calories are on the table. Additionally I need a sugar detox from my week down south, so I'm doing no desserts until turkey day. Which for those of you from outside the country is in two weeks, Nov 23. Calories also need to trend back down to 2,000. 

 

Monday Calories: 2,224

 

New program, who dis? 

 

 

Monday BB Club

 

Squat

Set 1: 65 lb × 3

Set 2: 95 lb × 2

Set 3: 115 lb × 5

Set 4: 115 lb × 5

Set 5: 115 lb × 5

(I thought I was going to die, so depth might have been a bit off. I'll reign it in for volume squats on Saturday and then be ready for full depth heavy AF squats next Monday.)

 

Bench Press

Set 1: 65 lb × 5

Set 2: 65 lb × 5

Set 3: 65 lb × 5

Set 4: 65 lb × 5

(easy peasy, I did make a point to point out to him that his squats nearly crushed me like a crippled pancake and while bench was easy. He asked me if they "were crippling like you couldn't do the reps or crippling like extraordinarily difficult?" >_> When I said I nearly failed the last rep of every squat set, I think there was that coaching glint in his eye. )

 

Bulgarian Split Squat

Set 1: 17.5 lb × 5

Set 2: 17.5 lb × 5

 

Skullcrushers DB

Set 1: 12.5 lb × 5

Set 2: 12.5 lb × 5

 

Sorinex Leg Curl

Set 1: 4 reps

Set 2: 4 reps

Set 3: 4 reps

 

Farmers Walk

Set 1: 88 lb × 2

Notes: 30 yards

 

Elliptical: 15 min

 

20 hours ago, ixaera said:

Welcome back and Happy Birthday~

 

 

17 hours ago, JustCallMeAmber said:

Happy belated birthday!

 

 

Thank you!!!!!!! 

[CourtnieMarie]

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

I'll reign it in for volume squats on Saturday and then be ready for full depth heavy AF squats next Monday.

[Urgan]

2 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

Squat

Set 1: 65 lb × 3

Set 2: 95 lb × 2

Set 3: 115 lb × 5

Set 4: 115 lb × 5

Set 5: 115 lb × 5

(I thought I was going to die, so depth might have been a bit off. I'll reign it in for volume squats on Saturday and then be ready for full depth heavy AF squats next Monday.)

 

Bench Press

Set 1: 65 lb × 5

Set 2: 65 lb × 5

Set 3: 65 lb × 5

Set 4: 65 lb × 5

(easy peasy, I did make a point to point out to him that his squats nearly crushed me like a crippled pancake and while bench was easy. He asked me if they "were crippling like you couldn't do the reps or crippling like extraordinarily difficult?" >_> When I said I nearly failed the last rep of every squat set, I think there was that coaching glint in his eye. )

 

Like this?

[Vibrantella]

Belated happy birthday!

[Jord]

Back from the dead AGAIN! 

 

I woke up Thursday morning with my right trap muscle seized up and in a spasm all the way up my neck. By Friday it was too painful to swallow. I went to urgent care. They gave me what turned out to be a wimpy drug and I had to go back Saturday for something stronger.

 

 

The muscle appears to finally have released after much narcotics and heating pads.

 

 

But now my upper back is amazingly sore from being seized up for so long. It is still  uncomfortable to swallow, but not too bad. 

 

I think it's improving rapidly at this point, but the plan is no exercise until Saturday. 

 

[Mike Wazowski]

A whole week of no exercise???!?

 

Best of luck surviving that torture.

[Vibrantella]

The like is for the narcotics and the improvement, but ouch!!!   

[CourtnieMarie]

aw, man TZ. it seemed like you had caught a break there for a while with no injuries! i hope it heals up soon. focus on other things this week to keep your mind of the tempting barbell  

[Jord]

With no exericse, what is a lady to do with herself? Cook and watch Netflix of course. 

 

 

I made this and you need to make it too. My pictures will never do the flavor justice, so just check it out: https://brooklynsupper.com/lamb-meatballs-in-tomato-sauce/  (I made mine with beef and added minced garlic. Served with peas and couscous)

 

We had already started Mist on Netlifx, which we are both enjoying. But decided we needed a comedy to alternate with, so we started Love and it's hilarious. Highly recommend if you need a low pressure weeknight show to add to the mix. 

 

 

On 11/13/2017 at 9:34 AM, MikeWazowski said:

A whole week of no exercise???!?

 

Best of luck surviving that torture.

 

the horror! whatever will I do with myself? 

 

On 11/13/2017 at 9:36 AM, Vibrantella said:

The like is for the narcotics and the improvement, but ouch!!!   

 

3 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

aw, man TZ. it seemed like you had caught a break there for a while with no injuries! i hope it heals up soon. focus on other things this week to keep your mind of the tempting barbell  

 

Thanks! It's feeling a lot better today. Some discomfort while swallowing and trap tightness, but a major improvement. Which is good because I love love love eating. 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

that all sounds lovely. and i just pinned those delicious looking meatballs for later

[JustCallMeAmber]

Yum! I haven't made meatballs in a long time. Sounds like a good weekend project!

[Jord]

20 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

that all sounds lovely. and i just pinned those delicious looking meatballs for later

 

19 hours ago, JustCallMeAmber said:

Yum! I haven't made meatballs in a long time. Sounds like a good weekend project!

 

yes, meatballs for everyone! you get a meatball, you get a meatball, everyone gets a meatball!

[Urgan]

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

 

yes, meatballs for everyone! you get a meatball, you get a meatball, everyone gets a meatball!

 

I'm gonna need two, actually. Cuz. Squats and deads and whatnot.