Re: my 'progress'- starting week 2-thoughts? ladies....weights, how much ?

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Hi ,

I started really low in my upper body workouts. My lower body has

always been good and I do well there.

For upper body, I was starting my set of 12 with 5 lb weights... and

working up to like 15 as a max... now I am up up to 25 to 30 as my

max... part of the problem for me is actually getting the weights

up, say for the shoulder press etc.. if I can get the weight UP to

the starting position thats the hardest part... you will be fine.. I

think you are doing the right thing by using lower weights and

concentrating on form etc.. BUT... dont get complacent... that was

part of the problem I had, for a long time I started at 5 lbs on my

upper body and only went up to 20, like I was afraid to do 25

because I thought I couldnt do it... I was wrong... for a long time

I stayed with the same weights and was comfortable with that, I

didnt want to recognize the fact that i could do more if I tried

harder, a couple of weeks I tried harder and I impressed myself. You

obviously dont want to hurt yourself, etc... but dont forget to push

yourself and work through it.. it CAN be done.

I found this out with my lower body as well, as I said, my lower

body has always been a lot stronger than my upper body. One example

though is like the standing calf raises... I was doing say starting

at 70 through 110 or so and I was comfortable doing them... well..

over the past couple of workouts I started pushing myself, this

morning I did 255 for 12 reps and wanted to go higher! A lot of this

is mental, when you tell yourself you cant do it, your body doesnt

want to do it. But if you bring a positive attitude and tell

yourself you CAN do it, your more likely to do it.

If you want to chat, you can find me on yahoo as AdviceEtc or email

me at legalcat@...

> ok, so last week was my get into the groove get aquainted with the

> program, get my bearings. this week, i decided if i was gonna do

this

> i am gonna do it in a really big way. today was lbwo, so i dropped

my

> already non existent weights down to nothing in some cases and

really

> concentrated on doing the exercises in proper form, and

contracting

> those muscles, concentrating on each movement.....and well, that

was

> suicide, just so you know, i am really wimpy and i am gonna die.

nice

> knowing you all.......my legs feel like rubber, i added my first

> session of ab boot camp and i can barely move now only half an

hour

> later...so by tomorrow, i should be permanently crippled.

> it's pittiful that i am so weak, ugh! i went to no weights in some

> cases and nothing over 10lbs....someone tell me you too started so

> low and were able to work your way up? i am so weak and wimpy....

> gotta go

> tracyg