Nothing but the treadmill

Normally I am not a fan of the treadmill, but due to the stair climber being taken and wanting to add variety, I decided to give it a go.  Warm up: Treadmill: 10 minutes, no incline, slow speed Workout: Treadmill: 20 minutes total. I did interval training, 3 minutes running speed at 5.5, no inclineContinue reading “Nothing but the treadmill”

Monday Week 11

So today, I did two core lifts instead of one because Wednesday morning I have a hair appointment and wouldn’t be able to make into the gym in the morning, so I doubled up. I did the shoulder press & bench press core lifts. Barbell bench press: 3 x 5,3,1 75% of 90% of 1RM:Continue reading “Monday Week 11”

Squats/Bench/Cardio

I got lucky today because I forgot my running shoes at home when I arrived at the gym, and that meant no interval training on the treadmill today! haha      Barbell back squat: 3 x 5   65% of 90% of 1-RM: 120 lb 75% of 90% of 1-RM: 140 lb 85% of 90%Continue reading “Squats/Bench/Cardio”

Powerlifting Cycle 2 — Heavy loaded Squats

Week 5/ Day 4 Today’s lift was focused on squats and quad assistance work. I did heavy lifting on my squats, and noticed some improvements — so happy! I also did some ab work and cardio (changed up the cardio). I will leave a like at the bottom to my Instagram page; which will haveContinue reading “Powerlifting Cycle 2 — Heavy loaded Squats”

Powerlifting Cycle Two— Week 5

Day Three- Chest day Eh, so today’s lifting was bench press aka chest day. I had some good improvements with my reps, but fell short in my lifting when it got heavier (close to my 1 rep max), so I am going to probably start lifting bench twice a week starting Monday, because my benchContinue reading “Powerlifting Cycle Two— Week 5”