Mir's hulkish log

[Morrigainz]

So yeah. It'd be nice to have somewhere to log all my workouts consistently. I need to figure out what to do with all the various bits of information I already have on Facebook/Google docs/NF blog/previous challenge threads. Hrmz.

Also I've been thinking about a bucket list, and it's sort of a battle to do some of these things, so what better place? I'll likely add to this as I think of things.

Things that Mir wants to do

Lift ALL the heavy things

personal training certification

CCW permit

learn some form of martial art

play my flute in a band again

run a half marathon

[Morrigainz]

8.1.12 workout

box squat (slightly above parallel, next time maybe try with military press chair thing which is below parallel?)

1x5 45

1x6 65

1x5 85

1x5 95

1x5 105

1x2 115

2x12 125

pullups

1 terrible awful attempt - arms only made it to about 90 degrees but were smoked from pushups the day before

2x5 negatives

calf raises

1x10 125

1x10 135

1x10 145

1x10 165

squats - just wanted to try to see how it felt

1x1 125

felt AWFUL

flutter kicks for ab work

2x20 each side.

[Morrigainz]

8.4.12 workout

box squat (with military press chair thing)

1x5 45

2x12 95

maybe could have gone heavier, maybe not...next time I think I will try it.

pullups

1 attempt - pathetic

5x1 negatives

GHR

1x10

2x10 w/ 10 lb plate

calf raises (on standy machine thing)

3x10 105

lat pulldown

1x4 40

1x4 60

1x2 70

Wasn't feeling it. But at least I did something instead of nothing! I'd like to take some progress pics tomorrow morning but I'm super disorganized...so...maybe I won't

[Morrigainz]

8.6.12 workout

box squat

1x5 45

1x5 95

12x1 115

1 min rest in between

pullups

1 attempt (video in challenge log)

negatives 12x1 ~9 sec each

1 min rest in between

flutter kick things

2x20 each leg (up and down)

2x10 each leg (side to side)

1x20 each leg (side to side, faster)

OHP

1x5 45

1x3 55

1x1 60

1x0 65 (maybe arms tired from pullups??? this was sad)

1x10 45 (in the middle of resting from deads)

DL

1x5 45

1x4 95

1x3 135

1x1 155

1x5 165 PR BABY WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Pat G]

*From the commentators box*

Good to seee a battle log started.

The flag has been raised!

And we're off with a cracking DL PR.

[Morrigainz]

Haha thanks Pat

[Morrigainz]

Okay so I guess I kind of suck at logging workouts. Um.

8.9.12 workout

Anyway here are some highlights from today's workout...

50/50 squat test @70 lbs

thought I got 26, rewatching the video I think it was 25

then I came back for 10 more

then a progression but I don't remember what

1x1 135

1x1 145

1x0 155 d'oh

pullups

1 attempt

some bodyweight rows

DLs

1x5 45

some at 95

1?x1 135

1x1 155

uhhh I don't remember...

1x2 170

1x0 205 (thought I would give it the old college try)

[Morrigainz]

HEY LOOK WHAT I FOUND!

*brushes the dust off her old log*

Today

2 miles in 22:16, total workout 24:00 (treadmill)

[Morrigainz]

Yesterday

nothing, unless tromping around getting my graduation stuff and being stressed out counts as exercise

Today

Walked just over a mile at lunch with hubby - 23ish minutes.

[Morrigainz]

Sooooooooooooooooo running once a week: not so much cutting it. Time to step up my game.

Today

30 mins on the treadmill - 2.55 miles. Woo.

[Morrigainz]

So I've done a bit of walking. And a bit of cleaning. But good lord I don't think it's really been like 2 weeks since I ran. Maybe it was.

Anyway.

Today.

2 miles on the treadmill in 21:23. Woot.

[Morrigainz]

I suck at keeping this. Argh.

 

Maybe I should go back to spreadsheeting it.

[Morrigainz]

So I definitely suck at keeping this But I don't feel up to doing a challenge right now, and I wanted to have a place to keep myself updated and still sort-of on the forums, even though I'm sort of on a break.

 

I've decided that today is the day I get back to the gym, and I'm really intimidated by it. Not gonna psych myself out though.

 

I'm not sure if my new meds are helping; I stayed home from work on Monday and yesterday I woke up in such an anxious state that I took some ativan before even getting out of bed. I spent the morning anxious (until the ativan kicked in) and then sleepy. So sleepy that I took a nap under my desk at lunch - really. I have a picture of my view. I'm pretty sure no one saw me - at least I hope they didn't. At any rate, I haven't been on the new antidepressant for a month yet, plus I was not good at taking it on vacation, so I'm sticking it out for a bit longer.

 

Other stuff: I still feel really disorganized at home, and I'm still having trouble concentrating/being productive at work. I'm trying, but I have several issues I've run into that require my boss' assistance, and I haven't mustered up the gumption to stand up, walk 10 feet to his office, and ask him.

 

Wine trip: after the incident on the canoe trip, I told everyone that I just couldn't come anymore, and so instead Mr. Mir and I will be going ourselves later in October. He doesn't like the wine stuff, but he does like spending time with his wife (yay!) and I guess he didn't like the thought of me going alone.

 

Vacation: was amazing. Berlin was very heavy. Lots to think about with WW2 and Berlin Wall stuff. Their Victory Column still has bullet holes in it. Pretty crazy. We both liked Amsterdam better - both because of the atmosphere and the architecture. Berlin was like another big European city, but Amsterdam was very different with all the canals and the gables and hundreds of bikes EVERYWHERE. We were not ready to come home and we are already tossing around ideas for our next big vacation.

 

So that's what's up with Mir

[weirdquark]

Have you been to Rome? It has many layers and is really interesting if you can get a good tour guide. (I use my Italian Renaissance professor roommate but this is not an option for everyone.)

[Morrigainz]

Have not yet been to Rome, but it's definitely on the list. We are talking about perhaps Japan for next year.

 

So! I finally went. My extremities feel like noodles, and my stomach is so big and floppy it feels like a sentient being. Buuut I went to the gym. Yay!

 

Today's workout - finally. About time I got my ass back in the gym.

.47 mile run: 4:40

squats
1x10 bw
1x5 45
1x10 65
1x10 60
1x10 55

1 pull up attempt

bench
1x5 45
1x10 55
1x10 50
1x10 45

1 pull up attempt

10 hanging knee raises

for shits and giggles

2x1 squats @ 135, messy but I got 'em up

.47 mile run 5:04
 

[Morrigainz]

today:

 

.47 mile run 4:50 (had to wait for stoplight, otherwise would have been closer to yesterday's time)

OHP
1x5 45

push press
1x10 65 (had to rerack after 6, my eyes were bigger than my arms)
1x10 60
1x10 55 (arms soooo smoked after this)

skwat
1x10 bw

DEADLIFTS YAY I LOVE DEADLIFTS
1x5 45
1x3 95
1x10 135 (these were *just* hard enough, I was dizzy after)
1x10 130 (almost 2x5, getting tired)
1x10 125 (grip slipping/failing here)

.47 mile run of death: 5:06

actual death. yes i am a zombie now.

braaaaaaains

[Morrigainz]

This week started out not so good. Missed work Monday. Experiencing a great amount of anxiety. Took ativan first thing yesterday and today and seem to be handling life much better. Finally talked to boss about issues and he was very understanding - he's going to let me telecommute when I have one of those days. And here's hoping that it will be a temporary solution and I can be back to my normal, wacky, somewhat well-adjusted self before too long.

 

Yesterday's workout:

 

.47 mile run 4:35

squat
1x10 bw
1x5 45
1x10 75 (felt just about heavy enough)
1x10 70
1x10 65
2x1 135 (to prove I can)

bench
1x5 45
1x10 65 (felt too light)
1x10 60
1x10 55

1 pull up attempt

10 hanging bent-leg raises

.47 mile run 4:45

 

Then I looked at my workout log from the last time I did 10s - bench and DLs are about spot on, but last time I started squats at 115. So, not sure what I should do with those, because I also feel like I'm losing tension in the hole. So. Yeah.

[weirdquark]

Yay for your boss being understanding! ADA does say employers are required to make reasonable accommodations for disabilities and I would think anxiety does count for that sort of thing so good for him for following through without having to jump through hoops.

 

Ugh squats and losing tension in the hole. I'm waffling about mine-- I've raised the safeties so I can't go below parallel and it really helps me feel the tension in my hamstrings. But I don't know if it's better for me to built up strength from below that instead. I'm thinking I'll at least keep things the way they are for one full cycle of what I'm doing and then think about switching though.

[Morrigainz]

Yes; I'm incredibly relieved. So now I just have to make sure my recently-upgraded-to-Windows-7 machine can still connect through VPN and I will be all set. I kind of knew he was going to be ok about it (especially when he was so cool when I got food poisoning after my vacation) but there's still that anxiety about even talking to someone.

 

Ugh squats indeed. KW told me that maybe I should go a little faster and that will help - I will give that a try. But yeah it was definitely a little frustrating.

 

Thanks for the reply I guess I don't reply to many battle logs myself but it's nice to not be completely talking to myself in here

[CourtnieMarie]

Oh, don't worry. I'm creeping

[weirdquark]

Yeah, I'm hanging out in a battle log and not doing a challenge myself. There are enough of them that things get lost unless you remember to sub on things, which I often don't.

[Pat G]

Battle logs ftw, mine is all that kept me on the boards for the last few months before this challenge

[chairohkey]

Hello.

[Morrigainz]

Oh, don't worry. I'm creeping

Oh! Hello there! Creep away

 

Yeah, I'm hanging out in a battle log and not doing a challenge myself. There are enough of them that things get lost unless you remember to sub on things, which I often don't.

Agreed. And I just need a kind of NF break right now. Trying to be more productive at work and actually live in reality instead of on NF. It's a strange and startling change, although I'm still not as productive as I would like

 

Battle logs ftw, mine is all that kept me on the boards for the last few months before this challenge

 

Agreed! I have noticed that you kind of fell off the face of the Earth for a while.

Hello.

Herro.

 

 

So, I didn't work out yesterday - wasn't feeling so hot. Made myself go today even though I didn't feel like it.

 

.47 mile run 4:22

OHP (for warmup)

1x5 45

1x1 65

push press

1x3 65

1x10 70 (okay, was actually 3, 3, 4 - ugh so hard)

1x10 65 (arms smoked so was actually 6, 3.5)

1x10 60 9,1 (arms totally dead)

2x10 air squats

DLs

1x5 45

1x3 135

1x10 145 (was very slow, almost more like 10x1)

1x10 140 (faster, but not anywhere near TNG)

1x10 135 oooffff dead

.47 mile run 4:45

I almost didn't make it, folks. I wanted to die right there on the sidewalk.

 

I'm hoping to get back to 4x/week next week. I was pretty sore after my 2 days in a row last week, but not too sore this week, which I will take as a win!

[MasterOfCows]

MIR!!  I been looking errrywhere for you.  I came back from my "break" was like where did everyone go?  SO MANY NEW PEOPLE!  Which is awesome, but I just don't know where to start.

 

And WQ is in battle logs as well... must look in battle logs more often.

 

I'm sorry your still having some not so good days.  Things will get better!  And yay for back at gym, and awesome boss!

*hugs*