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Eh...still have to write up my hike log from Friday. Gypsy and I had a good hike. We nearly always do.
My upper back was killing me yesterday. Didn't leave me wanting to stay still to type for long. I really kicked ass with my upper body training this past week ... and it caught up with me. Normally I only choose one or two lifts to attempt to bring up. But since I was curious about what combining the 5-Tetra and Kre-Alkalyn would do to me...I pushed hard (for me) and paid for it with some serious DOMS. Quite honestly having a loaded backpack on all day Friday really irritated the hellz outta my traps, lats and delts. My buddy was pretty surprized at my progress and he pointed out a few things to help me with lifting technique, especially for my rear delts which I have been fighting with. He also pointed out that my deads need to be moved to a rack soon. I'm in agreement with him on that one for a couple reasons...the biggest being it's time for me to get cautious with my lower back. I've brought my hams 'up to snuff' so to speak and that was my major goal with adding Romanian deads. Today I'm taking a day off from my Romanian dead lift work. Rissa has been in a show, "Dead Man's Party" at Six Flags New England and I have tickets to go see her performance. I was just going to bring my digital camera and get a few moments of vid clip...but yesterday I decided to invest in an inexpensive little digital video cam and get the whole show so I can burn a disk for each of her brothers and send it to them. It's tough on my kids being spread out all over the states when something like this comes along and they are not able to be with each other. Josh will be back in NE for Thanksgiving...but by then Six Flags will be closed for the season. October 31rst is the last day of "Fright Fest." So...Tomorrow Gypsy and I are going back to Bigelow Hollow to hike a few miles and I'll finally be back at the YMCA on Tuesday...and I'll get to see how things go with my pause-squats.
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10-29-2006, 04:22 PM
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Happy Halloween from Ms Misery
My daughter in character/costume for "Dead Man's Party" at Six Flag's New England's Fright Fest:
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10-29-2006, 07:08 PM
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Aw sweet! Reminds me of when I used to work for Disney! Hope she has a lot of fun!
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10-31-2006, 01:53 PM
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Tuesday - Full body day - week 8
Gypsy and I put in about 4 miles yesterday at Bigelow Hollow. It was a bit windy at times...but not too bad. Daylight savings time sucks. We were out of the woods by 2:30 and it was getting dark on the way home.
 Finally! I got back to the Y today! Squats (pause) set 1 - 12r/100# set 2 - 12r/100# Single-leg extentions set 1 - 8r-4r/35# set 2 - 8r-4r/35# *My buddy gave me a tip about using one leg at a time and turning my toe in to take the pressure off my knee. It worked. I went light and slow for these. Machine calf extentions 2 sets 12r/165# *Up 25# Lat/rows - machine #5 8r-4r/70# Lat/rows - machine #17 12r/70# Rear delt machine Pull 12r/40# Push 12r/40# Incline DB bench 12r/20# Incline DB flyes 12r/15# Alt. DB curls 12r/20# Alt. DB incline curls 8r-4r/15# Triceps - machine #7 12r/70# *inner setting Triceps - machine #16 12r/45# *Up 5# Machine abs 2 sets 12r/40# *yeah...I did abs. 
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Thursday - full body day
Trained at home tonight...so I went light on a few things.
Plate hypers - 12r/10# BB good mornings - 12r/ 60# Squats set 1 - 12r/60# set 2 - 12r/60# Seated BB calf raises set 1 - 12r/60# set 2 - 12r/60# Standing BB calf raises set 1 - 12r/60# set 2 - 12r'60# Close-grip/reverse lat pull downs - 12r/70# Face pulls - 12r/50# *decided to drop back 10# since I have a long drive ahead of me tomorrow. Bent-over DB rear delt raises - 12r/15# Side-lying DB raises - 12r/10# DB bench - 12r/24# *Up 2.5# DB incline flyes - 12r/15# Alt. DB curls - 12r/24# *Up 2.5# Alt incline curls - 12r/15# Triceps rope press - 12r/40# Overhead extensions - 12r/30# No abs today.
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11-07-2006, 10:36 AM
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Tuesday's training:
Hack squats set 1 - 12r/60# set 2 - 12r/60# Dead lifts set 1 - 12r/60# set 2 - 12r/60# Standing barbell calf-raises set 1 - 12r/60# set 2 - 12r/60# Seated barbell calf-raises set 1 - 12r/60# set 2 - 12r/60# Bent-over bar bell rows 12r/60# Bent-over single arm DB rows 12r/24# Bent-over rear delt raises 12r/15# Side lying DB rear delt raises 12r/8# Incline DB bench 12r/24# Incline DB flyes 12r/15# DB concentration curls 12r/24# DB incline curls 6r/15# - 6r/10# DB kick-backs 12r/24# DB over-head extensions 12r/24# That's it...felt like crud...still do, so I'm off to take some cold meds and go back to sleep.
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Alrighty...still feeling a bit stressed immune wise, so I took it real easy today:
Romanian dead lifts set 1 - 12r/56# set 2 - 12r/56# SLDL set 1 - 12r/56# set 2 - 12r/56# BB good mornings* set 1 - 12r/56# set 2 - 12r/56# *My lower back was bothering me from the damp weather...figured these would help a bit...what I didn't count on was my 'trigger-points' on my upper back acting up! I was mega-nauseated when I got done...but I did them anyhow. Fibro is not winning a round with this lady!  Lower back feels better now...so there fibro...take that!  I win! 
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Okay folks! ...We will probably not have snow this winter in my area because....
I bought my snow shoes today!  http://www.tubbssnowshoes.com/produc...Series=Venture Gotta love when EMS has a sale!
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Aight...start of week 10! My last week...all weights pretty much kept low.
(Trained at home since I still have a sore throat and sinus pressure.) BB good mornings 12r/56# Hypers 12r/bw Pause squats set 1 - 12r/56# set 2 - 12r/56# Calves Forgot them!  Bent over DB rows 12r/24# Bent over single arm DB rows 12r/24# Seated DB press 12r/15# Incline db front raise 12r/8# DB bench 12r/15# DB incline flyes 12r/10# Concentration curls 12r/15# Alt. db incline curls 12r/10# Close-grip bench 12r/27# DB extensions 12r/15# Abs 2s-15r/bodyweight v-ups
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AM yoga - 25 minutes
Last training day! Medium intensity-lower weights and mostly upper body work. (Still feeling 'off'...dang it.) BB good mornings 12r/27# Hypers 12r/bodyweight Bent-over BB row 12r/27# Single arm b/o row 12r/24# Bent-over rear delt raise 12r/24# Chest to incline rear delt raise 12r/10# DB bench 12r/15# Incline flyes 12r/10# Alt DB curls 12r/15# Spider curls 12r/10# CG bench 12r/27# Lying DB extensions 12r/24# No abs...did them during my yoga routine.
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Today's Cardio:
cardio 1: 30 minutes Budokon.* *I haven't been faithful about my yoga stretches...and boy o' boy did I ever notice! cardio 2a: 10 minutes jumping rope.* Dayumit! I double braced my knee and that's all I could tolerate! I'm so disgusted about this...  cardio 2b: Heavy bag work.* *No problems here...guess this is going to have to be my HIIT cardio. My body just won't tolerate much else and the recumbent bike...well I consider that a bit lame.  I just plain like a more body movement than you get with the bike.
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A couple more days and my break will be over!
Today I went out and bought an 8 pound medicine ball and a new handle for my cable/machine training. The V shaped double handle for lat pull downs and rows and such. My third training day is going to be just a little bit different as I will be adding in some sport specific training to help with my agility for backpacking in the coming year. I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to change up my second day. Normally it's an upper body day or a second full body day if I'm feeling recovered enough from my first full body day of the week. Bit of a learning curve coming up for me...so I'll be playing it by how my body responds to the change in training.
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Tuesday - full body day
 Back to the gym! Aight...I've come to a rather major decision over the past couple of days. After Christmas, probably starting in the first week of January I'm going to start a treatment protocol for my fibromyalgia. I've known about it for over 4 years. But back when I first learned about it I didn't feel they had the glitches worked out of it. I've since learned that they have indeed done so. Only problem is: I will get sicker before I get better. But if the treatment goes well...I'm may finally have put my fibro into what will basically be a remission. Something that will benefit me in the long run. So, I am going to start my new training program. I'm going to take it easy this month and keep many of my major lifts on the lighter side. I need to go into this treatment with the least amount of stress possible. My training and journaling may get very sporadic for a while after I start. I have also decided to end my cutting phase a bit early and bring my caloric intake back up a bit. Anyhow...here is how today went: Back extensions 12r/120# Hyper extensions 12r/10# *Machine assist chins 12r/70% close grip *Machine assist dips 8r/70% outter setting *I have not used this machine in at least 7 years. I asked if one of the girls on duty could help me out. I ended up with three of them helping and chatting with me. It was fun. Squats set 1 12r/95# set 2 12r/95# **I normally do my squats after my lower back work...but the rack was in use today. Machine calf raises set 1 12r/160# set 2 12rr/160# Seated DB press 12r/20# Incline DB raise 12r/8# DB bench 12r/20# Incline DB flyes 12r/15# Alt. DB curls 12r/20# Incline DB curls 5r/15# 7r/10# Machine #07 triceps 12r/70# inner setting Machine #16 triceps 12r/40#
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Oh boy! Sore today! Very sore!
Welcome! - The Trustees of Reservations) A pic of me on the summit of Peaked Mountain Monday...yep, in my 'hunter' orange too!
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She's having a great time. This was her second year with Six Flags New England. 
