My video diet....beyond what I have done before

[AthenaStrong]

Turkey burgers are best cold!

Made a whole bunch yesterday and realized they taste better cold than hot. I boil them with peppers and onions and wrap them in foil.

Sunday training
will add in aerobics on the weekends next week....
delts, triceps, abs

dumbell presses (up to 35 pound dumbells)
lateral raises
rear lateral raises
decline close grip press
decline extensions
one arm extension
kickbacks
hanging leg raises
slings
cable crunches
hyperextensions

My focus is to keep my strength up as I burn fat and increase my overall conditioning. Training is fine--but I am dialing in on REALLY improvng my lower body over the next 7 weeks.

Athena

 

[Debu]

What are slings?

 

[AthenaStrong]

What are slings.....

Slings are the straps that you hold on to while doing hanging leg raises. In the ads the original ones were called ab originals. The best exercise(in my opinion) for your abs are hanging leg raises--holding on to an overhead bar with your hands--that can be too much on your hands sometimes--especially for ladies-so for an alternate or a variation they use straps.

Hitting the cardio this morning. Feeling good and starting to see more veins.

Athena

 

[muskles]

AthenaStrong.. good stuff!!

and motivational, too

i know you said you're doing what works for you, but i'm just curious why you're eating 4 meals/day instead of 6? also, what supplements do you use?

 

[AthenaStrong]

Four meals for me

I like to train on an empty stomach in the morning and for my late afternoon training I like to feel like my food is digested I think that when we read about all the six meal a day ladies we need to remember the AMOUNTS of food they eat at each meal --if they are cutting --really isn't that much.

For instance--I could NEVER eat just 4 ounces of chicken--I guess I could split it more but i like to feel like I am having a real meal

Supplements:
I take CLA, antioxidents, glucosamine and the protein powder in my shake. I am thinking about adding flax seed oil to my shake but have never done this before and would like to learn more about that. I am starting to count cals/carbs/protein tomorrow I will post my diet later tonight.

I have never been a skinny girl trying to gain muscle.....being lean has been more important--even when I was competing in bodybuilding!
I love love love being strong. I also love seeing my abs......it is worth all the work. And the feeling of being able to control SOMETHING in this vast universe--even if it merely what you are eating and how you are feeling......is reassuring.

Scale is the same as it was Friday--so I am glad I am starting to record EVERYTHING. I will know why the scale is moving when I have a week's worth of meals recorded. I am going to take a couple of days of super low carbs and see how I feel. Not too low--just enough to jump start the scale and to get in the groove.

Athena

 

[SteelWeaver]

This is cool - I'm glad you're doing this - it's great to see the minutiae that we're always asking for but which people seldom wish to/have time to post

I'm tall too - 5'11 - currently around 160 lbs - no clue about body fat - maybe 14-16% (??? I HOPE! considering all the work I'm putting into this) anyway - I can REALLY relate to your comments about control - isn't it just fucking awesome having this incredible confidence in your ability to CHANGE the shape/size/strength of your body!? It's a huge thrill for me - and I think it's become more of a thrill since I started cutting, because that's when you really start SEEING the fruits of your labours.

I wouldn't worry too much about the scale - damn - I've been weighing myself WAY too often, and all it really tells you is how much water you're carrying! lol

Anyway - keep it up, and don't stop posting - isn't it great that you can log it all here? This is such a cool forum.

Looking forward to more! Oh, and congrats on what you've achieved thus far.

 

[AthenaStrong]

Leg day and too much protein

The WORST is when I eat something that doesn't sit right (like turkey burgers for breakfast and I have to train. My training--which is the ultimate highlight of my afternoon--becomes something that I want to cut short. I train anyway--and deal with it.

I think besides my absolute focus on abdominal definition--I would like to improve my legs over the next six weeks. I have whittled myself down over the years--and that is good but my butt and legs are more slim than CUT these days.
Anyway my leg workout has all the factors to shock my body when I do the whole thing
I tend to let the one thing i fear become the machine that is just TOO busy with other people to work on. The one machine I have been avoiding is the one I HAVE to do. I know the truth-- Hack squats put fear in me. The gym did not have one for a long time so I got out of the groove of doing them. I did them fo ryears--and now I wonder my why legs are lacking...hmmmm....And now it is quite humbling. What was that quote by Emerson.....
"Do the thing you fear the most, and death of fear is certain"

Athena