Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Some weeks be like...

As a late Christmas gift to Paige, we hit the slopes. My first time back on ski's in what seems like a hundred years. Thanks to my dear friend and longtime client, Frank Sharp, he stayed in my head all day "it's just like riding a bike"...until you have two glasses of wine and say f#*$k it this weather  sucks. Whereby Frank explained afterwards that I come from California and was spoiled lol! So glad nothing is truly wrong with me ha! I still got it along with those black diamonds;)

Yet another snow storm coupled with a day of ice stalled the beginning of the work-out week.  I felt as though I was running through mud, training was the toughest week on our conditioning program. Finally after years of wishing to move to the next rack of weights...I flat dumb bell pressed the 65's for 10 reps + 2 with help from Hubby.  I even used a 70lb dumb bell for lying overhead tricep extension...which has eluded me for as long as I can remember.  

As for my weight, things seem to be moving in the right direction.  Cardio has been approx. 45 min. a day/6 days a week....I see a 7th on my horizon, I'm going to ignore that for now and pretend it's all a bad dream.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Where has the time gone?

I overheard someone in the gym talking about a powerlifting meet, so I promptly came back to the studio and started doing research...come to find out I was ranked #4 in the country under 100% Raw Federation for year 2010 open bench press.  What a dumbass (thanks Teresa).

Last year I decided to add Bikram yoga to my weekly routine...low and behold my squat and bench started to increase even better than 2010. Focus, meditate, be still.  It has been a goal of mine to hold the state record in bench press and since Hubby is back to dieting for a show I'll be cutting back my calories anyway, so I'm finding my way back.  The goal is to beat the American Record in June under the AAU Federation for bench press.  My weight will definitely be a struggle to get back down, 46 is not on my side along with the slow decline of  my diminishing hormone levels.  This will be toughest struggle to date