"No one ever drowned in sweat." -Author Unknown

Sunday, October 21, 2012

{Take your pain out on the gym}

Well, it's what I'm going to do tomorrow anyway. It will be a two workout type of day since I missed the last workout of last week; my shoulder and abs workout. So, tomorrow will be a leg day AND shoulder/abs day. I should be nice and tired and sore come Tuesday.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

{Back on track}

Today is day 3 of the 3rd week in my LiveFit workout. I feel really bloated and bulky! I'm also not feeling well (possibly all this working is putting a strain on my body?). I will still workout today, I'm just really not feeling it. I'm tired. Ha, I'm also extremely sore from the last 2 workouts. Yes, this is a blog of complaints. Oh well. I'm sure I'll feel better after I workout. And Friday morning. I'll feel better Friday morning once I get off work and have a full 4 days off. Yay. :)

***Update***
I definitely feel much better after working out. I did get pretty annoyed at the gym though. I must find a new gym to workout at. The one I go to is so busy during the time I can go (unless I get less sleep and go earlier). It seemed as though every bench I needed was taken!!! Grr. Also, as I was working out in another area since all the benches were taken, I smelled funk. Not unusual at a gym, right? You only hope and pray it's not you!! Haha! It could have been the woman sitting behind me with her legs spread eagle, the guy to my right doing handstands, or it could have just been me. Yuck. I really hope not. Gym funk is the worst. Funny thing I noticed also while doing decline flys... My boobs quivered!!!

Sunday, October 14, 2012

{Bad week}

This past week was pretty horrible with working out. I missed yesterday as well from sleeping pretty much all day. I'm trying to not beat myself up over it too much and just start this 3rd week over again on Monday. I was getting dressed last night to go out (which I ended up not doing) and felt so horrible putting on the different outfits. I just want to feel good about myself again.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

{Back and Biceps Day}

I most definitely did NOT want to get up this morning to work out. I only got about 5 hours of sleep. I HATE switching schedules! I normally don't have a hard time on day shifts but I am this time around. Anyway, so yesterday should have been my back and biceps day but I got even less sleep the night before. Instead of working out after work and risk not being able to sleep, I decided to skip yesterday and get back on it this morning. So, instead of having Saturday and Sunday off I have Tues and Sunday off this week. Next week will be easier (should be anyway) since I truly am only working 4 days and have a full 4 days off. I'm looking forward to my new schedule so I won't have to work any overtime. Anyway, so here's the workout I did today:

BACK/BICEPS

Hammer Strength Lat Pull
3 sets of 10 reps
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown
3 sets of 10 reps
Alternate Option:
Pullup
Seated Narrow Grip Cable Rows
3 sets of 10 reps
T-Bar Row
3 sets of 10 reps
Alternate Option:
Bent-Over Barbell Row
Back Extensions
3 sets of 10 reps
Barbell Curl
3 sets of 10 reps
Incline Dumbbell Curl
3 sets of 10 reps
Alternate Hammer Curl
3 sets of 10 reps

On another note, my legs and butt are EXTREMELY sore from Monday's leg workout. Like it hurts to even sit down. Yesterday was pretty horrible as far as pain went. I'm hoping that today's workout will have worked out some of that pain. We'll see!

Saturday, October 6, 2012

{Rough week}

Today was a rough week for doing what needed to be done. Working 5 days in a row, 1/2 day off for a concert (ok, technically 24 hours but it feels like only 1/2 a day), two night overtime shifts, another 1/2 day off and now back to 7 days in a row. I'm plum tired. The concert got me off schedule with my workouts. I did do a my leg workout yesterday before work and today should have been shoulder and abs. It did not happen however. I feel like I had little time. I made myself wake-up at 1:45 p.m. even though my body did NOT want to. I did lounge around for a little bit and then had dinner with a friend. Now, it's pretty much time for bed so I can start this next work week at 3:45 a.m. Oh well, I've been doing well otherwise and I won't give up. I'll just get back into the swing of things tomorrow morning. Besides, if I do feel like quitting, all I have to do is look in the mirror. *blah*

Friday, October 5, 2012

{I don't wanna...}

Ugh. I seriously do NOT want to workout today. I had the last 2 days off and it wasn't supposed to be like that. :( Two days ago was for a concert. I worked nights the night before and got up with just enough time to get ready for the concert (Chevelle BTW rocks!). Yesterday was crappy because I didn't sleep well AT ALL and had to work a night shift. Blah. PLUS, it's freezing cold AND we got snow last night! Oct 5?! Really, Colorado? *sigh* I will go though but I won't like it. ;) Where's my motivation?!

Motivation found at Pinterest ;)

Monday, October 1, 2012

{Week 1 down, on to Week 2}

I successfully completed week 1 and began Week 2 today. It was a chest and tri's type of day. I already know I'm going to be incredible sore. It hurt to lift my arm to change the radio station! It's a good kind of hurt though. I was not really feeling this workout today. Working nights always makes it incredibly hard to WANT to work out, especially since I never get enough sleep. Today I got slightly less than 4 hours and a short nap later before waking up to work out. What made it better though was getting my stuff in from bodybuilding.com: