Tuesday Menu

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M1 Myoplex

M2 1 cup CC

1 Med. Apple

M3 6oz Steak

Salad

1/2 Cup Brown Rice

M4 6oz Tuna

Banana

M5 6oz Ground Sirloin

Small Wheat Tortilla

1/2 Cup Tomato sauce

misc. Veggies

M6 1 Cup CC

Del

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Hi Kels! Good morning to you too!!! My comments in line

below....

> Good Morning All My BFL Buds,

>

> Did lower body this a.m. Was doing Rep#6 of 12X2 with 35 lb BDs.

Usually my

> last six are howlers but they weren't this morning. It was

somewhat of a

> strain but I don't feel I hit 10 for the first time. I guess I

should

> add 2 or 3 more reps to that set for a while before increasing the

> weight...what do ya think?

**I usually rep out on that last set before I add weight. Just

because it says " 12 reps " for set 6 doesn't mean you stop at 12, it

just means that's the number you should be shooting for to hit level

10. Sometimes it's only 9 reps, sometimes it's 13 or 14 reps. Once

you hit 13-14 reps, then up the weight.

I changed exercises last week (since it was W5 of this challenge) and

I'm still getting a feel for how much weight I should be throwing

around for these exercises. For example, yesterday's LBW I hit set 5

of regular DB squats, then was repping out on sumo squats for set 6

and I didn't hit a 10 until I got to 24 reps. Sheesh! Talk about

seriously needing to pile the weight on next workout. Same thing

with lunges... got to 23 reps before I hit a 10. Gotta pile lots

more weight on there too. But, if you are just feeling a level 9 by

the time to finish up the last few reps, then just keep going until

you hit a 10. If you keep going for a loooong time like I did, then

the weight needs to be upped.

> The calf machine is another story. Still barely getting in 24 reps

at 50

> lbs. Whew does that burn and cramp my calves.

**Same here... I almost fall over by the time I finish calves.

Owowowowowowow. Thank god my ab exercises for LBW involve falling to

the floor immediately.

> Switched to floor crunches from bent knee raises today...new

burning. I

> figure if I'm gonna do Ab Boot Camp the last four weeks I better

try and work

> my abs all around so I don't cough up a rib or something.

**I'm doing the same thing, mixing things up for now, and planning on

doing Ab Boot Camp for the last 4 weeks! What week are you on

again? I'm on W6, so I'll be starting ABC on 3March. Oy, I remember

that killed me the last time I did it, but man did it ever pull those

abs in (of course there's still flab on top of them, but as that

melts, that 6 pack is gonna look awesome).

Here's my menu for today:

M1: Starbucks vanilla latte (my 2nd day in a row, I think I need to

go to a support group for this, hello my name is and I am a

latte-aholic)(yeah yeah no protein here I know, my bad)

M2: 2/3 c. cottage cheese mixed with 1/3 c. oatmeal, sprinkle of

Splenda & cinnamon (sounds nasty, actually is my version of Power

Oatmeal which I can't stand)

M3: 3 oz. salmon, 1 c. carrots (no carb, that latte had enough to

count for 2 meals)

M4: Labrada Lean Body bar

M5: rotisserie chicken, salad, tater

M6: 1 sc PP, glutamine, Betagen

Jen B. (wordy today, like that's something new)