Happy Monday! It was nice to take a little bloggy picture break yesterday. Don’t worry, I ate healthy 😀
Today started Stage 7 of New Rule of Lifting. The final cut. Each day will be different for the next 2 weeks.
- Barbell squat: 1 set of 8 at 45 pounds (warmup), 1 set of 8 at 65 pounds, 1 set of 8 at 85 pounds
- Static lunge with rear foot elevated: 2 sets of 15 with 25 pound plate, 2 sets of 15 with no weight
- Push ups: 4 sets of 15 (man style!)
- Romanian deadlifts: 4 sets of 15 at 65 pounds
- Bent over barbell row: 4 sets of 15 with 20 pound weights
This was a kickazz workout! Holy cow! I reduced the weights to start with because of the higher reps, but had to drop the plate (not literally 😉 ) on the last 2 sets of lunges. Plus, the rest was 30 seconds between sets, so I was breathing hard for this workout. Raise your hand if you think I am going to feel this tomorrow!! I had better feel 60 push ups!
Gorgeous day outside. Came home to some pumpkin Cream of Wheat topped with cranberry sauce and a sprinkle of toasted pecans:
Slow work day in the morning, so I took advantage and cleaned the bird feeders and put out a suet cake. Someone else decided they wanted to investigate….
Lunch time! Egg salad along with half a grapefruit.
I haven’t had grapefruit in forever, but they were on sale. You know how I love a bargain!
We couldn’t resist playing some hooky this afternoon and going for a bike ride! You can’t let a 65 degree day in November pass you by without spending some of it outdoors. Did 15 miles. My back started to hurt a little bit when we stopped on a hill and had to start going up again. It twinged a little for most of the ride, and then the last 1/4 of the route was misery! I don’t know what I did to it, but it sure hurts. Hope it will be better tomorrow. It was a bummer to end the ride on that note. Maybe there is another bike ride somewhere before winter?? 😕
I soothed myself with a post ride snack:
Dinner was quick because I didn’t feel like doing much. Clam strips, broccoli, applesauce, and a few pieces of pan fried sweet potatoes that John cooked up.
Tonight is finishing up work (due to the hooky bike ride!) and then MNF – Go Broncos!! I’ll be joined by these 2 (one of whom won’t be watching the game 😛 )
Question: Do you have bird feeders?
It was the same temperature here today!! I was actually pretty bummed because I was supposed to work the evening shift today, but I switched for the day shift. So I was stuck in the office all day 🙁 My boss put the weather network on the TV as a tease I think…every time I passed it I saw the sun icon and 16 C 😛
Stage 7. is. brutal. I thought I was going to miss doing the program until I did that stage. Ouch 😛
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Sorry about your back! Hope it is just temporary, maybe a carry over from your heavy lifting this morning. Yumm on your snackie! I’ve been saving 100 calories to have walnuts and 6 chocolate chips on my low days!
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Ahahaha, I love the squirrel. I’m sorry about your back! Which part is it–upper or lower? I hope you feel better soon and it’s just one of those random things :/ Your post ride snack looks really tasty, though. We have bird feeders in Michigan (my dad even has bird houses for bluebirds and he like, stalks them). But I don’t have any in AZ!
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Nice that you were able to get out in the good weather! But Lori – 60 man push ups?!? Not only am I in awe over that feat, but the fact that you also did other upper body weights!!! Dang, girl…you are the workout queen!!!
P.S. Seeing your grapefruit reminds me of the three I still have in my fridge – I’m going to try them with some of the variations suggested to me in my comments and see if I like it any better.
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No bird feeders for me. Hope your back is better and that it’s nothing serious going on.
that pic of the cat on his lap is just PRECIOUS!!
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Ouch! Hope your back is better today.
Yes, I just put the feeders out on the weekend (in the 60’s here too!)
suet feeder, nigerseed feeder, sunflower seeds (no shells) and peanuts (no shells)
My friend’s husband made me a suet feeder out of a food container that the woodpeckers eat from upside down so the starlings and squirrels can’t get at it. I’ll post a pic later on to show you. They’re very simple to make and are inexpensive. He buys the containers at the dollar store.
I love feeding the birds and going birdwatching. 😀
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are you SORESORESORE?
Romanian deadlifts kill me EVERY time.
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No bird feeders – I live in an apartment building. Love your cat though – and your pretzel/chocolate snack 🙂
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No bird feeder for me. I like birds, I just don’t really have anywhere to put one.
Stage 7 was my favorite for some reason.
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Your kitty is too CUTE! Love! We have a bird feeder but it’s more of a squirrel feeder.
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