Go Becky Go
This is not a weight loss blog, it's my blog and I talk about whatever I want including weight loss and food and boys and running and drinking and lots of pictures of myself. I have little to no filter when it comes to the things I say, I am kinda opinionated, so sometimes I'm awkward, but I'm pretty awesome.
Height: 5'1"
HW: 174 lbs
LW: 142 lbs (Sept/2011)
CW: 172.4 lbs (3/11/13)
Goal: to run fast and be healthy.
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Family bike ride.
I know what you are thinking, where are the bikes?
Nine’s riding is getting better, but this trail is full of fast serious...
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130 squats today!
In a dress no less.
Cause I’m that bad ass.
HAVE YOU DONE YOUR SQUATS TODAY?
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So yea, I’m officially a multisport athlete!
Endured 2 hours and 9 minutes of running and biking to earn this gorgeous piece of hardware. Words...
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Aiming for a PR of 45 min for today’s 10k!!
Am I cyclist yet? Holy crap.
Went cycling for just over 30 minutes, went about 5.5 miles. My neighbor fixed the bike, it’s not the best bike and only has two gears, but it’s better than nothing. And everywhere around my house there are hills. On the way back to my house, there’s these two HUGE hills. But I didn’t get off my bike! My legs were shaking when I was almost to the top but I didn’t give up.
My neighbor says if I like biking and want to keep going after trying with this bike, he’ll give me his wife’s old bike so I can have something else to ride. They said they’ll turn me into a bike addict yet! All I need now is a helmet and better bike shorts and I’ll be set! Glad I have something else to do! :)
I think it’s just the lighting, but my face seems thinner. I dunno.
Anyway. Ran two miles today. My calves have been so sore. I was
Really good the first mile but then the second mile my calves were like “kill me now!” So who knows what’s going on there. Did it in 24:45.
Gonna start to try to go to bed significantly earlier than I normally do. Like, in bed lights out by ten. I have to run at 6 but have everything prepped for work and workouts before I go. This is gonna be hard but so nice.
I don’t think this picture accurately shows how much I am sweating. I keep feeling sweat drip onto my neck from my hair, and I keep wanting to look up to see if the roof is leaking but then I remember its just me sweating.
Full body lifting followed by some time on the dreadmill.
Today’s dreadmill workout:
15 minutes easy
10x30 seconds steep hill sprint intervals
15 minutes easy.
DEAD. Plus I hate the treadmill I really want to just stick to running outside but there was a stupid “blizzard warning”.
A BLIZZARD WARNING. LESS THAN TWO HOURS AGO IT WAS ALMOST 70 DEGREES OUT.
The tomfoolery that is Colorado…
Did the incline this Easter evening with my 9 year old nephew!
It was his first time and he held up so well, didn’t start complaining until we were almost at the bottom!
Unfortunately we started at like 5:30 almost 6, and with how slow I am the night caught up to us and the only reason we made it was thanks to my flashlight app on my iPhone.
But we did it! And thus concludes no excuses week, I did everything except for I missed one lifting workout that I needed to do today but Easter things caught up to me.
Final exercise count:
Runs: 6+ 1 hike
Lifting: 2 sessions
Cycling: 1 time
Swimming: not really, went to the hot tub once though!
I give myself an A- for the week. It was practically perfect.
Also, isn’t my nephew just adorable?
Not quite “before midnight” but considering I got back from the gym at like 11:30, had my post gym snack/dinner, cut up and got all my food prepared for tomorrow, plus brushed/rinsed/flossed/washed my face, not too shabby.
Oh fun fact (not fun for me): I was so tired brushing my teeth that I wasn’t paying attention and realized I BRUSHED WITH THE WRONG TOOTHBRUSH. My sister recently switched to a toothbrush EXACTLY like mine, only difference is mine is pink and hers is purple, so I didn’t really think about it until after I finished brushing my teeth. I re-brushed with my toothbrush and super rinsed my mouth. Gross. Need a new place for my toothbrush!
Okay good night tumblr!
I went to 5:30 am spin class this morning!
Observe the back sweat smiley face on my shirt. I know. Awesome, right?
Good workout.
Worked out at the gym!
Without being too specific, I did:
Squats: highest weight I lifted was 83.5 lbs
Deadlifts: highest I lifted was 111 lbs!! :)
Push-ups
Lat pulldowns
Russian twists
Crunches
And some capoeira stuff
100 capoeira kicks
5 handstands
10 queda de rins
Oh and two miles on the elliptical.
And that’s it! Spent some time in the sauna and now it’s time to go home!
Yeah I’m not good at that. Maybe it’s because I’m just getting back into running so everything still hurts, but it was hard. And I didn’t do it as well as I was supposed to.
Schedule called for a 45 minute tempo run.
I tried to time it well but I’m not good with going by time I go by mileage, so I just turned around a little bit before the 2 mile mark so by the time I’d finish I’d be just under 4 miles. Well I hit 45 minutes at like a bit past mile 3, so I still had a ways to go and I think around that point was when I got to my peak speed when I was supposed to do it at about the 30 minute mark.
The way Hal Higdon said to do it was
A tempo run is a continuous run with a buildup in the middle to near race pace. (Notice I said “near” race pace. You don’t want to go faster than your 10-K race pace.) In this program, tempo runs are scheduled for every other Wednesday, alternating with interval training on the track. A tempo run of 30 to 40 minutes would begin with 10-15 minutes easy running, build to 10-20 minutes near the middle, then 5-10 minutes easy toward the end. The pace buildup should be gradual, not sudden, with peak speed coming about two-thirds into the workout and only for a few minutes.
Yeah I don’t know. It was all off. My calves were hurting and weren’t feeling warmed up until the third mile (I should’ve known, that always happens to me). So yeah.
Don’t judge my times. I’m working on this. Plus I walked the last like 5 minutes to get to the car and forgot to turn off the garmin when i got in the car.
Any tips on how to do this better? Or is it just one of those keep trying til you get it right things?
Hey look who decided to finally run today! Yep! It was me! And I did the whole run with no walk breaks! First time in months!
I have made some decisions in regards to running so I’m going to try to get myself ready for it.
Went out on my regular trail for a 5k, it was beautiful out, did it in 38:32, which for me is pretty good!
Love running!
And! I even lifted at the gym before this!
Finished my third session with Trainer Matt! Aka first workout of the year done.
Lifting my phone is now difficult.
He made me do FOUR sets of 12 of everything. I almost died. He laughed at me at the end of the workout when he fist bumped me saying good job, because instead of extending my arm for the bump I had to step forward lol.
The workout: (and he made me do 4 seconds down 2 seconds up for each exercise as usual torture, and also decreased rest time to 30 seconds between sets)
Goblet squat: 10-15-15-15 lbs
Push-ups: 4th set I only did 10, I kept hitting failure trying to come back up
Lunges: OMG my legs were shaking the whole time. Never have had bodyweight lunges hurt so much.
Pull-ups (assisted): compensating weight was at 165, which if I supposedly weigh about that much then I wasn’t lifting much at all. It was just sooo hard
We didn’t do any official core work today, he said he figured I was tortured enough today.
This is my last day with him for a couple of weeks, until I could save up for more sessions. I really love working with him. He’s teaching me a lot, and keeps me pushing so hard. It’s such a difference from working by myself. Meanwhile I’m following the plan he’s given me. He’s having me do heart rate based cardio, slowly upping the time I spend at a low-ish hr (based off my resting heart rate of 62, he’s having me stay between 143-150 bpm).
Tonight, going to run at Jack Quinn’s! During the day for once! :) Hope everyone has a good first day of the year!
Another session with Trainer Matt today.
He killed me again. Did more or less the same exercises that we did last time, only change was instead of pull-ups because the assisted machine was taken, we did lat pull downs, and the ab stuff was different. And it killed me. Once again, no exercise that I wasn’t familiar with yet somehow now I can’t even fully straighten my arms without assistance because I’m so sore.
3x12 of the following, with a REALLY SLOW 4-2 count during each:
Squats (bw, he isn’t letting me use counterweight anymore said its getting too easy for me)
Deadlifts (35 lbs)
Push-ups (modified)
Lat pulldown (55 lbs)
Core stuff (no breaks between sets, 3 sets):
12 Crunches (2-4 count)
50 Russian twists (he corrected my form on these and holy hell I almost died)
And then stretching involved tons of foam rolling. Also, my by myself warmup included 6 minutes of stairs at level 5, and then like 5 minutes on the treadmill at 3.5 mph with incline at 2.0 or 3.0 don’t remember.
Cardio at the gym today!
Took me all day to get here, but I did it!
10 minutes on the stairs at level 6, and 20 minutes on an easy sustainable pace on the spin bike. Felt nice!
Also, in the sauna right now with the bodybuilders that all train together. Wow they are all so attractive. And it’s not like, young guys. It’s like old guys, and this one girl. Love it.
By my trainer Matt.
It was my first “official” session with him. I learned why it is the people in The Biggest Loser cry all the time in workouts. I almost cried when I was finishing up pull-ups.
I don’t know how he does it (well I do, but whatever), but wow that workout today killed me.
And every exercise we did I had done before. He didn’t have me do anything weird, just the basics.
I don’t remember exactly everything, because he killed me, but this is what I remember:
(And every exercise he would have me do a 4 count on the way down and 2 counts on the way up, which is why my weights were super low but I still felt like dying.)
-2 sets of 12 bodyweight-ish squats (had a 2.5 lb counterweight with my arms extended, it super helps with my depth on my squats)
-2 sets of 12 deadlifts @ 35 lbs
-3x12 push-ups (I hit failure midway through the last set but I kept going)
-3x12 assisted pull-ups, with a lot of compensating weight. This was rough after push-ups
-3 sets of doing 30 seconds plank/30 seconds bridge
Nothing new. Just the basics. Loved this workout. So much.
On Thursday I had gone up to him to ask about a difference in leg press machines, said that what will really be good is squats and deadlifts, and then asked me if I wanted a free session so he could check out my form on them, since I said my flexibility with squats suck.
He. Was. Awesome. He’s a USA weightlifting coach and was all about me getting a good lift. I did my first pretty good squat ever! They killed me! And he helped me perfect my deadlift. Sold. There was a special for 3 sessions and I got it. I didn’t want to pass it up. So..yeah.
Yesterday was good.
I stayed within my calories, I worked out. I did everything pretty well.
I went to the gym really late to avoid the crowds, and I kinda had fun working out by myself. Lately I’ve had a friend that’s been working out with me which is nice, but I don’t like working under someone else’s time constrictions and strength issues. She’s a beginner, and she’s been pretty open to all the lifting stuff I’ve had her do, though I took her to her first leg day with me earlier this week and she said she couldn’t squat. I offered her an alternative squat exercise so she can practice and she refused to do it, that was frustrating. I already have to force myself to do squats and it was annoying to try convincing her to try them.
Anyway, yesterday I was by myself and I loved it.
I rearranged my workouts for three times a week because 4 times a week at this time is not doable for me with school.
Since I want to work on my running but not long distance, I’ve sort of decided to try Hal Higdon’s intermediate 5k plan as well.
Yesterday’s workout:
Assisted pull-ups: 8-8-5 1/2 @ 125 lb compensation
Cable row: 8-12-12 @ 60-50-50
Lat Pulldown: 15-15-12 @ 60 lbs
DB Rows: 3x10 @ 15 lbs
Assisted Dips: 3x12 @ 140 lbs compensation
OH Tricep Extensions: 15-12-10 @ 12.5-17.5-17.5 lbs
DB Curls: 3x12 @ 10 lbs
And then part of my stretching I did:
Plank: 2x1 minute
Side Plank: 30 seconds/side
For the running today, I did 5x400 on the treadmill. That was SO HARD. I sweat so much as you can tell by the picture. In total the distance was 1.75 miles in 24:31. Not bad.
I love working out. I love going to the gym. I’m starting to realize I’m a bit of a loner when it comes to lifting. I’m hoping I can keep up with all the goodness.
OH! ALSO! I took all my vitamins yesterday and the day before. Be proud. Because I hate taking them. I take vitamin C, calcium with vitamin D because of my birth control, and fish oil which isn’t so bad because mine is peppermint flavored.
