Post by tara007 on Aug 14, 2009 21:43:35 GMT -5
Hi there everyone! I'm new here and I may be the only female here with a journal, but you guys know what you're doing and I"m looking forward to learning a lot!!
A little background on me: I'm 29 years old and I'm a middle school band director. When I first started training, I did the stupid girl thing...2-3 hours of cardio every day and super high reps/low calories..I was 105# 3 years ago at 5'7. I started working with an online trainer and leaned a lot and gained a lot of muscle.
I've been slacking on my diet though and I"m now sitting around 160#
I joined a new gym and met a trainer there who I REALLY like. He really knows what he's doing and I've decided to take the plunge and commit to a competition this spring. I've decided to go into bodybuilding instead of taking the figure route. I don't like the way the figure judging is heading and the bikini stuff..don't even get me started!!!
My trainer is the one who told me about this website. I've posted on bodybuilding. com for years, but it's getting to be overridden with girls wanting to "tone" and lose 20# this month.
I have 31 weeks until my competition. I've already started working on posing, b/c I know that can make or break you on stage. Right now, we're still trying to build a little muscle and fix some imbalances, especially trying to build up my hamstrings and shoulders
For my diet, I'm going to try to stick to 1600 on rest days and 2000 on workout days for now. I want to be slowly leaning out right now. I don't want to cut too many calories too soon...that's always my tendency and then I end up totally going to town on some bread or almond butter!
Today was leg day..I'll just list my highest weights
VSQUAT MACHINE: 120#
BB SLDL: 155#
LEG EXTENSIONS: 90#
1 LEG CURLS: 70#
LEG PRESS: 360#
I did 20 min. light treadmill walking and streching afterwards. I'm really interested in trying the dog crapp strectching that I read about on here..I need to work on my flexibility. I got a lot of joint/tendon soreness b/c I never stretch enough.
My diet wasn't the greatest today. I tend to depend too much on whey
1: whey, blueberries, spinach, chia seeds, fish oils
preworkout: whey, oatmeal
postworkout: coffee/skim milk/whey
2: brown rice tortilla, egg whites, shredded cheese, lettuce/onion
3: whey, applesauce, spinach, peanut butter, fish oils
4: chicken, lettuce, olive oil
5: whey, flax seeds, fish oils
I always toss around what to do with diet...I think I'm going to try doing starchy carbs only after workouts and limit myself to one serving of fruit, then stick with veggies, protein and fats the rest of the day
Any comments or tips are welcome!!!
A little background on me: I'm 29 years old and I'm a middle school band director. When I first started training, I did the stupid girl thing...2-3 hours of cardio every day and super high reps/low calories..I was 105# 3 years ago at 5'7. I started working with an online trainer and leaned a lot and gained a lot of muscle.
I've been slacking on my diet though and I"m now sitting around 160#
I joined a new gym and met a trainer there who I REALLY like. He really knows what he's doing and I've decided to take the plunge and commit to a competition this spring. I've decided to go into bodybuilding instead of taking the figure route. I don't like the way the figure judging is heading and the bikini stuff..don't even get me started!!!
My trainer is the one who told me about this website. I've posted on bodybuilding. com for years, but it's getting to be overridden with girls wanting to "tone" and lose 20# this month.
I have 31 weeks until my competition. I've already started working on posing, b/c I know that can make or break you on stage. Right now, we're still trying to build a little muscle and fix some imbalances, especially trying to build up my hamstrings and shoulders
For my diet, I'm going to try to stick to 1600 on rest days and 2000 on workout days for now. I want to be slowly leaning out right now. I don't want to cut too many calories too soon...that's always my tendency and then I end up totally going to town on some bread or almond butter!
Today was leg day..I'll just list my highest weights
VSQUAT MACHINE: 120#
BB SLDL: 155#
LEG EXTENSIONS: 90#
1 LEG CURLS: 70#
LEG PRESS: 360#
I did 20 min. light treadmill walking and streching afterwards. I'm really interested in trying the dog crapp strectching that I read about on here..I need to work on my flexibility. I got a lot of joint/tendon soreness b/c I never stretch enough.
My diet wasn't the greatest today. I tend to depend too much on whey
1: whey, blueberries, spinach, chia seeds, fish oils
preworkout: whey, oatmeal
postworkout: coffee/skim milk/whey
2: brown rice tortilla, egg whites, shredded cheese, lettuce/onion
3: whey, applesauce, spinach, peanut butter, fish oils
4: chicken, lettuce, olive oil
5: whey, flax seeds, fish oils
I always toss around what to do with diet...I think I'm going to try doing starchy carbs only after workouts and limit myself to one serving of fruit, then stick with veggies, protein and fats the rest of the day
Any comments or tips are welcome!!!