CM continues

[Jord]

On 5/7/2016 at 9:21 PM, Rookiebeotch said:

 

Just silently TL;DR them all like I do. 

 

I've been MIA all weekend, so this is basically gonna be me today. Sorry ya'll but that's just the way it's gonna be.  

[CourtnieMarie]

 

 

this is supposed to be a gif of the dragon on gringotts that my friend made but it's not working

[CourtnieMarie]

On 5/4/2016 at 3:43 PM, Gainsdalf the Whey said:

Too many people post in your thread, makes it hard to catch up when I'm late every challenge. Make them go away.

 

On 5/4/2016 at 4:28 PM, SpecialSundae said:

/me waves.

 

OHLO!

 

On 5/7/2016 at 9:21 PM, Rookiebeotch said:

 

Just silently TL;DR them all like I do. 

 

23 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

I've been MIA all weekend, so this is basically gonna be me today. Sorry ya'll but that's just the way it's gonna be.  

 

haha no worries folks! i was away since Thursday so no posting happened and y'all have nothing to catch up on! the things i do to make nerds happy.

 

W0D4 - Wednesday

 

 

dl

5x65#

5x95#

5x120#

5x135#

5x155# - rep PR!

 

romanian dl

3x8x115#

a lot heavier feeling than I anticipated

 

butterfly sit ups

3x12

 

and at work with the coworkers:

1min half pidgeon pose each side

two 1min planks

45s side planks

1min lunge holds each side

 

cals 1,550

CHO/FAT/PRO = 108/58/151

 

Thursday through Sunday

 

Harry potter world madness! I tried the butterbeers (cold one is definitely better than frozen and they only have hot ones in the winter ) I had Cornish pasties and fizzing wizbees and clotted cream ice cream (twice, ‘cause damnnnn) and black sausage (which might have been blood sausage but not sure since I’ve never tried it before). Walked 39.41 miles over the four days and actually got one workout in!

 

OHP

5x30#

6x40#

6x50#

5x60#

 

Bent over DB rows

10x60#

12x60#

11x60#

 

Incline pushups

12, 11, 11

 

The fitness center at the hotel was pretty amazing and was basically a Jack Lalanne museum. They were even playing his workout shows and supplied similar chairs so you can follow along.

 

It was super fun and I didn’t track food and I’m sure I gained a million pounds but I haven’t weighed myself yet – why do that to myself?! I got back on track yesterday and will hope for a semi-okay weigh in on Saturday.

[Max Power]

Whooo! Harry Potter funland!  I want to eat everything you listed up there, it sounds pretty amazing  to me. 

 

It's always great when you walk into a hotel gym and it turns out to be a nice gym.  That one sounds pretty sweet.  And now that you mention it, I feel like a Jack Lalaine museum should be a gym. 

 

P.S. I'm following. 

 

P.P.S Hello!

 

 

 

[raptron]

It looked super fun! Glad you guys had a blast.  

[Jord]

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

and at work with the coworkers:

1min half pidgeon pose each side

two 1min planks

45s side planks

1min lunge holds each side

 

Thursday through Sunday

 

OHP

5x30#

6x40#

6x50#

5x60#

 

Bent over DB rows

10x60#

12x60#

11x60#

 

Incline pushups

12, 11, 11

 

 

I'm always wary of putting my hands directly on the ground, either at work or the gym. Like when I see people bust out push-ups in the middle of the freeweight area on the floor I'm like, ew, bacteria? So are you doing planks on the floor at work? You are braver than me!

 

Have you done barbell rows yet? I'm curious because i still do DB rows and I am hesitant to start barbell for two reasons: 1) more form to learn to protect my back and 2) more fighting for barbell access. 

 

Last question. Do you do incline pushups off a bench?

[CourtnieMarie]

10 minutes ago, Max Power said:

Whooo! Harry Potter funland!  I want to eat everything you listed up there, it sounds pretty amazing  to me. 

 

It's always great when you walk into a hotel gym and it turns out to be a nice gym.  That one sounds pretty sweet.  And now that you mention it, I feel like a Jack Lalaine museum should be a gym. 

 

P.S. I'm following. 

 

P.P.S Hello!

 

 

 

 

ohHAIIII!! missed you  the food was pretty wonderful and included many more things

 

and ya, this gym was pretty nuts. the below pic is just the free weights area. there were a million cardio and weight machines too! can you spot Jack on the TV with the chairs set up?!

 

 

3 minutes ago, raptron said:

It looked super fun! Glad you guys had a blast.  

 

yessss it was! thanks

 

2 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

I'm always wary of putting my hands directly on the ground, either at work or the gym. Like when I see people bust out push-ups in the middle of the freeweight area on the floor I'm like, ew, bacteria? So are you doing planks on the floor at work? You are braver than me!

 

Have you done barbell rows yet? I'm curious because i still do DB rows and I am hesitant to start barbell for two reasons: 1) more form to learn to protect my back and 2) more fighting for barbell access. 

 

Last question. Do you do incline pushups off a bench?

 

nope i just put my hands right on the ground haha! it builds up my immune system? i'm really good about washing my hands constantly though. our work floor is carpeted but probably still full of bacteria.

 

i actually usually do barbell rows but they only had curl bars at the hotel gym. i was a little weird with the first few DB rows b/c i tend to go past what the typical ROM should be (and the ends of the DBs hit my boobs). i dont usually have an issue with barbell access at my gym, but i go at 5am. and i check myself out in the mirror sideways to make sure my back is flat!

 

and yep! i usually do pushups on a bench. the hotel gym workout was on one of Jack's chairs

[CourtnieMarie]

W1D2 – Monday

 

no workout since we got home at 2am. My feet/calves were super swollen yesterday from all the walking and the flight but are feeling better today. Compression socks or legging are supposed to help that right? I should get some before Europe trip.

 

I did partake in the at-work things.

 

all for 1 min:

3 planks

sitting forward fold

wall sit

downward dog

butterfly sitting forward fold

 

totally forgot to do mobility last night. Was doing weekly food prep: chicken sausage/egg casserole; salsa chicken thighs; and a big batch of green smoothie. First time making a veggie prominent smoothie and it’s actually not bad.

 

*lifting 0/5

*mobility 0/30

 

*cals 1,266/9,600

CHO/FAT/PRO = 92/49/124

[CourtnieMarie]

3 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

 

this is supposed to be a gif of the dragon on gringotts that my friend made but it's not working

 

 

IT'S WORKING!

[Hermione Gainser]

So jealous of HP fun!  And the food..... nomnomnom.  

 

That gif is amazing! I love it! 

 

Count me in the gross people who just put my hands on the floor!  I do at the gym and at work. I always wash my after my workout and it's so gross how the soapy water is actually a blackish color.  But it's nice to see because 1. yay for clean hands. 2. good reminder to ALWAYS wash my hands.  

[Rookiebeotch]

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

... and a big batch of green smoothie. First time making a veggie prominent smoothie and it’s actually not bad.

 

 

 

 

 

Don't let superman drink that

[miss_marissa]

1 hour ago, Hermione Gainser said:

So jealous of HP fun!  And the food..... nomnomnom.  

 

That gif is amazing! I love it! 

 

Count me in the gross people who just put my hands on the floor!  I do at the gym and at work. I always wash my after my workout and it's so gross how the soapy water is actually a blackish color.  But it's nice to see because 1. yay for clean hands. 2. good reminder to ALWAYS wash my hands.  

Me too re: washing my hands. I think it's the actual bars that are typically dirty/greasy though, not necessarily the floor.

 

 

Glad you had fun at HP!!! So awesome  

[CourtnieMarie]

1 hour ago, Hermione Gainser said:

So jealous of HP fun!  And the food..... nomnomnom.  

 

That gif is amazing! I love it! 

 

Count me in the gross people who just put my hands on the floor!  I do at the gym and at work. I always wash my after my workout and it's so gross how the soapy water is actually a blackish color.  But it's nice to see because 1. yay for clean hands. 2. good reminder to ALWAYS wash my hands.  

 

1 minute ago, miss_marissa said:

Me too re: washing my hands. I think it's the actual bars that are typically dirty/greasy though, not necessarily the floor.

 

 

Glad you had fun at HP!!! So awesome  

 

i love that my friend made that gif! she did it using a burst of photos on her iphone.

 

yup, gross people checking in! oh well. i ain't dead yet.

 

1 hour ago, Rookiebeotch said:

 

Don't let superman drink that

 

right? it is prettttty green. spinach, celery, and romaine i think were the main greens. i had just bought everything fresh though so my first sip was uncomfortably warm. definitely better cold.

[raptron]

Yeah, man, I am super gross. Sometimes I forget to wash my hands after the gym and eat. #incomingstaphinfection 

[CourtnieMarie]

[CourtnieMarie]

W1D3 – Tuesday

 

Goblet squats

5x50#

5x65#

 

Front squats

3x85#

3x100#

4x115#

 

Bulgarian split squats

2x10x65#

these were unfortunate. halfway through the second leg of the second set I fell to my knee and had to have the SO come over and take the weight off the bar. combo of tired, feet/calf soreness, and lack of calories on Monday probably didn’t help.

 

lying leg raises

3x10x5#

 

plank

30s

 

side planks

30s each

 

throughout work day:

3 planks @ 1min

2 chair poses @ 1min

side planks @ 45s each

lunge holds @ 1min each

 

got in mobility while cooking dinner and doing laundry.

 

*lifting 1/5

*mobility 8/30

 

*cals 1,668 (2,934/9,600)

CHO/FAT/PRO = 100/82/141

 

slept in with the SO this morning to celebrate our 6 year anniversary haha! It feels weird that we’re not doing anything specific but we just got back from Florida and neither one of us is really in the mood to go out to eat or anything like that. we’ll be spending a nice day in boston together on Saturday doing a coffee tour and we’ll bring a couple weighted backpacks to ruck around after

[Jord]

The most impressive thing is that you got back up from the bulgarian split squats and kept on with the rest of your workout. That takes some serious grit! :

 

Also +1 for rucking love. 

[CourtnieMarie]

6 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

The most impressive thing is that you got back up from the bulgarian split squats and kept on with the rest of your workout. That takes some serious grit! :

 

Also +1 for rucking love. 

haha! i really just finished the leg that i had been halfway through and then abzzzz. but you know what, you're right because as i was kneeling there, unable to get up it was pretty demoralizing almost to the point of tears. so yay! thanks! i did it! 

 

yes! i need to catch up on your thread but you're doing rucking goodness this challenge right?? i'll be using an old backpack for now but hopefully will like it enough to invest in a good rucksack.

[Jord]

40 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

yes! i need to catch up on your thread but you're doing rucking goodness this challenge right?? i'll be using an old backpack for now but hopefully will like it enough to invest in a good rucksack.

 

Ditto. The BF had an old backpack that I can use. There isn't much in the way of shoulder strap padding. So it will probably only do me for lightweight rucking. I'm planning to take it for a whirl on Friday. It has basically been raining/storming all week and will be both today and Thursday. 

[raptron]

Awww, yay for workout perseverance but boo that it happened! Mwahahaha, the rucking begins!!!! 

[miss_marissa]

Yay for perseverance!!! congratulations on your anniversary!!

[CourtnieMarie]

1 hour ago, raptron said:

Awww, yay for workout perseverance but boo that it happened! Mwahahaha, the rucking begins!!!! 

 

58 minutes ago, miss_marissa said:

Yay for perseverance!!! congratulations on your anniversary!!

thanks ladies!

[MasterOfCows]

Yay!  6 yeariversary!  Congrats

 

And I wouldn't be scared of the weigh in -- remember that almost 40 miles of walking you did?

[SevenofSeven]

Happy Anniversary!

 

Goblett Squats, Front Squats AND Bulgarian Torture Squats. My legs gave out just reading that! Awesome that you finished your workout too! 

[CourtnieMarie]

18 hours ago, MasterOfCows said:

Yay!  6 yeariversary!  Congrats

 

And I wouldn't be scared of the weigh in -- remember that almost 40 miles of walking you did?

thank ya! and i'm not scared persay - i just don't want to risk the number on the scale putting me in a bad mood haha

 

you're right i diiiiid walk a lot and i probably ate the same amount as usual.. BUT all the liquid calories. i bet a butterbeer is 500 at least and then many boozy beverages. i did often sub out any juices in a mixed drink for soda water and created some great concoctions. it got me funny looks from the bartenders, but they were good! and plenty sweet with things like triple sec, etc. in it. my friends said i should start a drink blog where i tell people what to order when traveling to different places! hahaha

 

11 hours ago, SevenofSeven said:

Happy Anniversary!

 

Goblett Squats, Front Squats AND Bulgarian Torture Squats. My legs gave out just reading that! Awesome that you finished your workout too! 

 

thank youuu! can't believe it's been 6 years. hahaha you're right that i was doing a bunch of squatting. not a ton of sets per each though so it's usually fine! just a poor combo with other life things