Seeking Some Duct Tape

**'rin** · December 27, 2019, 02:12 PM

Yesterday I walked a bit for day 48

Working boxing day always pisses me off. To me as a kid it was as important a holiday as Christmas (my Gramma on mom's side was Canadian, we would go to her sister's house for Christmas leftovers potluck and dessert and I would see my distant cousins). And w the roots of it it annoys me that it is a day ppl in service industry get shit on...just wtf. Huge sales right after big shopping season? Recipe for pissed off customers trying to do questionable exchanges. It is just assanine. (No, I cannot give you the difference between what you paid for the sweater for your son and today's price...bc your son has already returned that sweater at another branch and gotten the full value you paid on a gift card...yes, I can stand here getting shouted at while it takes 10 mins for a mgr to show up bc he's being shouted at elsewhere.) Yesterday involved some bad angry/tired food choices.

Today, Face the Day was perfect + some further stretches. Game face back on.

Day 49

**CODawn** · December 27, 2019, 02:50 PM

Dealing with the public sucks.

**HellYeah** · December 27, 2019, 07:02 PM

**'rin** · December 28, 2019, 02:50 PM

Thanks CODawn and HellYeah

legs

Squats
6@45, 5@65, 4@75, 3@95 - start over fkn goblets/small bar to bench - I am cheating depth, need to reset self here
Good mornings
12@65, 10@75, 8@85, 6@95 +/=
Calves (zerchers)
24@55, 20@65, 16@75, 12@85 +

Iron Bar for leg tendons

1 round battle rope/ball bounce/battle rope. 1 ball/rope/ball

Day 50

**Rainbow Dragon** · December 28, 2019, 06:38 PM

Congratulations on surviving Boxing Day, 'rin! (I don't even go near any kind of shopping establishment on December 26. My hat is off to you for having the strength of character to survive working in such a nightmare.)

**'rin** · December 29, 2019, 02:39 PM

Thanks Rainbow Dragon

I am splitting my upper body days up a bit bc I realize I liked iron born style back/biceps & chest/shoulders/triceps days.

Bent row
12@45, 6@55+, 5@65, 4@75, 3@85 =
Barbell shrug
12@45, 10@65, 8@95=, 6@105+
Zottmans
6@10, 5@12.5, 4@15, 3@17.5=
Alt Hammers
12@10+ 10@12.5 8@15 6@17.5=
Trx rows
12, 10, 8, 6
Scapula shrugs
10, 10, 10cat cows
Hyperextensions
10, 10, 10
Day 51

**'rin** · December 30, 2019, 03:10 PM

Today possibly included more exercises then necessary but I was just in the mood to wreck myself.

Incline bench
12@20+, 10@25, 8@35, 6@40=
Bar skull crushers (superset)
10@20, 10@20, 8@20, 8@20 up rep
Cable triceps down
12@10+, 10@15, 8@20, 6@25=
Triceps press machine
12@30, 10@50, 6@70 (-weight+rep),6@70=
Pec fly machine
12@10, 10@15, 8@20, 6@25 +
Face pulls
12@22.5, 10@27.5, 8@32.5, 6@37.5 =
Elbow clicks
12@2.5, 10@5+, 8@5, 6@7.5 =
Lateral raise superset
12@2.5, 10@5, 8@5, 6@7.6 =
I ended w chest and shoulders light and it was actually really hard at that point.

Day 52

Last week was a shit show, lol. 55% on track w meals, under 30 miles walked, just a fkn debacle all around. And sleep.... average was 7 but rly it was 5 or 9.

**wjs** · December 30, 2019, 03:28 PM

Last week was also most likely among the top five worst weeks of the year for your profession, so remember to take that into account.

**'rin** · December 30, 2019, 04:33 PM

Yeah wjs ... that's why I am not memorializing it in a weekly digest, so I don't have to look at it later LOL

**'rin** · December 31, 2019, 12:33 PM

Thankfully I can move my arms today. Triceps are beginning, finally it seems, to accept training with just normal doms not torturing me for any effort.

Finished punches for arms of steel but I had given up on taps awhile ago >.>

That and my stretching was all today bc woke up a bit late.

Day 53

**'rin** · January 1, 2020, 01:52 PM

Both new plans look super cool but...sticking w my Jan "injury prevention" plan.

Bright and Beautiful- love this as a "just get moving" workout. Triceps decided they are indeed miserable so I did lv1 + 4 extra sets of top row.

Power Up - day 1

Back and Core - day 1

Since these are both "add ons" I am adding them to each other + keeping up w lifts 3-4 days a week

Day 54

**'rin** · January 2, 2020, 03:35 PM

Making a separate food log in kitchen. I need some outside accountability to break some bad habits and a public journal is cheaper then a nutritionist >.> but, I realize that not everyone is interested in food minutiae or won't be triggered etc by it so I am putting it separately. Stronger not Smaller. I really am sick of diet culture and this idea that women should be fragile/delicate looking. Health wise I need to be a bit lighter or a lot more muscular but, that should work itself out eventually if I keep up w gym and can stop eating like an asshole.

Anyway.

Was feeling meh today so leg day was light.
3 sets
10 goblets to bench w 20lb bell
10 hip thrusts 35lb bell
25 calf raises (no weight)

Power up day 2
Walker w ec
Back and core day 2

Day 55

**CODawn** · January 2, 2020, 04:42 PM

I agree with what you said about the diet culture and how women "should" look. And, I am also eating like an asshole. We ordered pizza last night...using the vacation excuse.

**Amirsh** · January 2, 2020, 07:19 PM

You should eat to feel better, to nourish yourself. And you should post whatever helps you.
Happy New Year

**sleep_twitch** · January 2, 2020, 07:30 PM

It's kind of you to think of others who might be triggered by food discussions

I don't mind it too much, as long as no calorie counts / macros are mentioned (but when I know somebody will post those regularly, I just scroll past it) or someone wants to sell me that "gluten free is the answer to the world's health problems" LOL, but I know that there are people recovering from eating disorders / diet culture sh*t in general who get triggered more easily.

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