Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Hey there, fellow warriors! This challenge cycle is the last of my cut for a bit - even though I am not at my goal weight, I am much closer, and I think that my mind and body need a break. My plan was to make it to T-giving week, and this challenge cycle will bring me there. I have been struggling with the weights, I think because of the cut, so that is getting folded into my goals, too. So...the goals: 1. Eat within 100 calories of my daily goal each day. Zero Week (Oct 23 - Oct 29) - 1,780 daily Week 1 (Oct 30 - Nov 5) - 1,780 daily Week 2 (Nov 6 - Nov 12) - 1,780 daily - on vacation, but sticking to calorie goals! Week 3 (Nov 13 - Nov 19) - 1,780 daily Week 4 (Nov 20 - Nov 26) - 1,880 daily (T-giving is a "track but don't count toward average/goal" day) As in the past, the pass/fail of this goal will rely on the challenge average, but I am trying to target my min/max closer to the goal. 2. Lift every time (not a real issue), FOLLOW THE PROGRAM! If I am too weak (#foreverweak) to do all 5 or whatever, split the set in half, but do ALL required reps - there is no excuse for this, the weights feel heavy, but there are no PRs scheduled for this cycle (unless rep PRs, which may or may not happen), so I have lifted all of these weights before. If I have to do 5 sets of 1, then do 5 sets of 1. I will NOT allow myself to just say, "well, I got two, the cut is making me weak" and stop. Nope, nope, nope. That's not what this warrior is about. Vacation week - if gym is available, go lift. If not, do BW stuff. IF only BW stuff, repeat the lifting of this week during week 3 (it's the heaviest week of the cycle, so important!) 3. Accessories & cardio. Make progress with these. I know that isn't really measurable, but circumstances are dictating this, to some extent. I'll say "do at least two accessories per training session", but leave the hiit finishers up in the air for now - if I don't post about them, feel free to harass. So there you have it. Ending of the cut, lifting when weak, do my damned accessories. 12 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
Volki Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Good luck! Following again 2 Quote Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: So there you have it. Ending of the cut, lifting when weak, do my damned accessories. The end of the cut cometh! Gainz are in your future! 5X5 that feel like clouds! Roasted chickens abound!!! 5 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Urgan Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 HERE~ Eat all a moderate amount of the things, lift all the things! 3 Quote Level 13 Shape-shifting Warrior Monk STR:45 | DEX:18 | STA:10 | CON:37 | WIS:37 | CHA:27 The stronger the body the more it obeys, the weaker the body the more it commands. -- Siegmund Klein Battle Log : MFP : Instagram : Challenges - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Link to comment
ixaera Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Joining the ranks of your cheerleading squad~ (Typo'd squat... ) 2 Quote Link to comment
Alaysia Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Lift, lift! I love your goals! Also joining your cheer section! 1 Quote "The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for." -Oscar Wilde Battle Log My Character Profile Previous Challenges: 1 ~ Current Challenge Link to comment
CJ the (soon-to-be) Mighty Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Good luck with your challenge! 1 Quote "Destiny is important, see, but people go wrong when they think it controls them. It's the other way around." - Terry Pratchett Lift: 1 of 24 Eat Right: 1 of 42 Stay Sane: 1 of 42 Link to comment
AugustaAdaByron Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Following and cheering! 1 Quote Level "I have no clue" Warrior Current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Jord Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 So much lifting, so much fitness, so much GOODNESS. 3 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Blueberries Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Following for all the things! 1 Quote Workout Log | Current Challenge: Blueberries and the Quest for 101 Ways to Eat Eggs Last Challenge: Blueberries 102 Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 On 10/23/2016 at 10:54 AM, ~RedStone~ said: The end of the cut cometh! Gainz are in your future! 5X5 that feel like clouds! Roasted chickens abound!!! That gif is mesmerizing. And for some strange reason, now I want pizza... On 10/23/2016 at 0:42 PM, Urgan said: HERE~ Eat all a moderate amount of the things, lift all the things! Moderate...hmmm...yes....I've heard talk of this mythical beast called moderation - I will hunt it down and tame it. On 10/23/2016 at 2:55 PM, ixaera said: Joining the ranks of your cheerleading squad~ (Typo'd squat... ) I typo squat ALL THE TIME! On 10/23/2016 at 5:23 PM, Alaysia said: Lift, lift! I love your goals! Also joining your cheer section! I'm working hard, girl. This cut, though....#weak. 20 hours ago, CJ the (soon-to-be) Mighty said: Good luck with your challenge! Thanks! 11 hours ago, AugustaAdaByron said: Following and cheering! Thank you!!! 10 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said: So much lifting, so much fitness, so much GOODNESS. Awww...thanks! 9 hours ago, Blueberries said: Following for all the things! Y A Y ! Glad to see you here!!! 3 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
ArgSki77 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I missed the last challenge...following along this time! 1 Quote Level 12 Ranger - Instagram | MFP Challenges 2016: First - Second - Third - Fourth - Fifth - Sixth - Seventh 2017: Eighth - Ninth - Tenth - Eleventh - Twelfth Respawn 2017 - CH1 Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Today's training session was...trying. I may need to re-think my lifting goal. #WEAK. #EffThisCut OHP 2 x 5 at 45 1 x 5 at 85 - felt good, felt strong 1 x 3 at 100, then fail. okay, no big, didn't feel bad, the bar just wouldn't go up. 1 x 1 at 100, then fail. okay. 1 x 1 at 100. Finally got all five in. Good. 1 x 1 at 105 then fail. Crap. 1 x 1 at 105 then fail. Double crap. 1 x F A I L at 105. Triple crap. 1 x fail at 105. worse word than crap. 1 x fail at 105 - because I am a stubborn, stubborn woman. OBVI this is not happening, just stop. 1 x FAIL at 95 - the worst word you can think of as an adjective preceding the second worst word you can think of. Move on, Em_D, move on. Curlz (not even like whoa, just like get them done, child) 3 x 10 at 20 (elbows tucked, felt better, although I felt the muscles working) DB Bench (feet up), weight per side 3 x 10 at 25 - last two were a might fight. (effing really???) I had not racked my weights (what, it's my gym!). I refused to end my OHP day on such a hard fail (cuz I still love it, even after it let me down today), so I went ahead and pressed 1 x 1 at 95. Success. That was very much all that I had left, though. So yeah. The cut is impacting me, and I am not a magical special snowflake, I may need to take a look at my OHP (at least, maybe at everything). BUT I ENDED WITH A SUCCESS. 5 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
miss_marissa Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Here for support? Have you thought about changing programs? It could be that the cut is affecting you with the high intensity stuff? Maybe a higher rep, more hypertrophy program would benefit you right now? 6 Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 10 minutes ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Curlz (not even like whoa, just like get them done, child) 3 x 10 at 20 (elbows tucked, felt better, although I felt the muscles working) Yeah... more isolated, but ends up feeling a helluva lot heavier since less is being recruited... good and bad in it's own right!!! 2 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 28 minutes ago, miss_marissa said: Here for support? Have you thought about changing programs? It could be that the cut is affecting you with the high intensity stuff? Maybe a higher rep, more hypertrophy program would benefit you right now? Maybe. I really want to give 5/3/1 until the end of the year, though. If I have to switch, I'll never know if it's the cut or the program. 4 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
wildross Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 I for the Palace of Gainz Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 Quote Warriors don't count reps and sets. They count tons. My psychologist weighs 45 pounds, has an iron soul and sits on the end of a bar Tally Sheet for 2019 Encouragement for older members: Chronologically Blessed Group; Encouragement for newbie lifters: When we were weaker Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Maybe. I really want to give 5/3/1 until the end of the year, though. If I have to switch, I'll never know if it's the cut or the program. And I really want to offer some ideas... but I think the best one would be to follow your instincts. you're getting close, it'll all be over soon.... *hums about dancing pizzas 3 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Just think of the lovely feeling when the cut is done and strength floods in! 2 Quote Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, SpecialSundae said: Just think of the lovely feeling when the cut is done and strength floods in! I have actual dreams about that! 6 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
Jord Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: I have actual dreams about that! Gainz dreams are the best dreams. 5 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: I have actual dreams about that! Last week I had pushup dreams. I fell asleep and dreamt about doing pushups. There is no justice in this world. 8 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
AugustaAdaByron Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 A couple of months ago I had a weightlifting dream. I was doing snatches and c&js in my dream. Morpheus' world is just weird. 4 Quote Level "I have no clue" Warrior Current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Blueberries Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 Lifting while cutting suuuuuuuuucks. Sorry, friend. 2 Quote Workout Log | Current Challenge: Blueberries and the Quest for 101 Ways to Eat Eggs Last Challenge: Blueberries 102 Link to comment
miss_marissa Posted October 25, 2016 Report Share Posted October 25, 2016 15 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: Maybe. I really want to give 5/3/1 until the end of the year, though. If I have to switch, I'll never know if it's the cut or the program. Makes total sense 1 Quote Current Challenge # 39 | #38 | #37 | #36 | #35 |#34 | #33 | #32 | #31 | #30 | #29 | #28 | #27 | #26 | #25 | # 24 | #23 | #22 | #21 | #20 | #19 | #18 | #17 | #16 | #15 | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9| #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
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