I feel like the Energizer bunny this week. I don't know why but I'm the complete opposite of how I was a week ago. I've had killer workouts all week, slept well, haven't been starving (by competition standards anyway), and have managed to keep both physically strong and mentally focused. I just hope I can keep it like this from here on out! Twenty-one days to go...
Today I woke up and had my usual favourite start-to-my-weekend workout with a bicep & tricep routine followed by spin class with my favourite instructor who was subbing again. My spin membership ran out today so I'm going to take a break from spin for the next 5 weeks so I can focus on lower body weight days. I can't do both on the same day so spinning always seems to ruin my weight training schedule. It was so wonderfully quiet when I arrived at 7:30 this morning. Even the old-man usuals weren't there! Thus, I got in a nice hour+ distraction-free routine that consisted of the following:
-DB bicep curls standing on the bosu
-Tricep overhead extensions (rope on cable)
-Bicep curls (dual cables)
-Weighted tricep bench dips on a bosu
-DB hammer curls, 1-legged on the bosu
-Tricep pushups on a medicine ball
-Incline side-to-side crunches (to kill time as I finished a bit early)
Spin class was especially awesome today due to my increased energy level and the great music being played. Today she had a lot more heavy metal type music as well as some Eminem and Nickelback, artists that always make me work harder! Speaking of which, on my last leg day which was Tuesday (legs are due again tomorrow) I decided to use my iPhone for music while I worked out. Now, I know I've said how I hate wearing it because the wires are always in the way but it's not so bad for a leg workout. Well, let me tell you, best leg sesh I've had in a long time! I had my Pandora on the Eminem station and didn't have to skip over a song the whole time! And better yet...no one bothered me!!! I think I'm going to have to break it out again for tomorrow's workout.
The only minor changes I've made in my diet this week have been a) adding in an extra Calcium vitamin in the morning because I noticed that my multi does not include calcium and I'm definitely not getting enough in my diet due to it's restriction on most dairy products and b) as of today I have switched over to an all-natural whey protein as opposed to my favourite Syntrax varieties. I bought the About Time peanut butter flavour at PNC and it's not that bad. One scoop has 103 calories, 25 g protein and no carbs or fat. Since I refused to buy into the whole CSF-recommended Isagenix line, my coach advised that I at least go for an all-natural variety to avoid bloating pre-contest and it supposedly absorbs into your system better. I figure it can't hurt to try, at least for the next 5 weeks anyway. The stuff sure is pricey though! I swear if I added-up all that I have spent on CSF, supplements, groceries, stage outfit & accessories, tanning, show and organization registrations, and posing classes (am I missing anything?) I think I might have a heart attack. No wonder I make a decent living, am exceptionally good at saving my pennies, yet am still always broke!
Anyway, just a nice quiet Saturday here. Typical afternoon of chores, dog walking and relaxing (well, trying to add that word into my vocabulary anyway LOL). Tomorrow is St. Patty's Day and I am so happy to not be going out. After the fiasco that was last year (still trying to permanently bury that memory deep into my subconscious), I have no intention of stepping foot in the Old Port tomorrow. I'll wake, have a nice breakfast, massacre my legs, and then hit up my last scheduled posing class. For all of you that are going out to celebrate though, have a splendid time, don't get too drunk, and please please please don't all show up at World's at 5:00 pm on Monday trying to burn off all that Guinness.
Earlier in the week I thought a good blog post title at this stage in the game would be "Resisting Panic" but I just feel so much better now and want to get to stage-day ASAP! I dunno, I feel pretty ready at this point. Maybe I have my head in the clouds but I'm not coming down. This girls is on fire...
Today I woke up and had my usual favourite start-to-my-weekend workout with a bicep & tricep routine followed by spin class with my favourite instructor who was subbing again. My spin membership ran out today so I'm going to take a break from spin for the next 5 weeks so I can focus on lower body weight days. I can't do both on the same day so spinning always seems to ruin my weight training schedule. It was so wonderfully quiet when I arrived at 7:30 this morning. Even the old-man usuals weren't there! Thus, I got in a nice hour+ distraction-free routine that consisted of the following:
-DB bicep curls standing on the bosu
-Tricep overhead extensions (rope on cable)
-Bicep curls (dual cables)
-Weighted tricep bench dips on a bosu
-DB hammer curls, 1-legged on the bosu
-Tricep pushups on a medicine ball
-Incline side-to-side crunches (to kill time as I finished a bit early)
Spin class was especially awesome today due to my increased energy level and the great music being played. Today she had a lot more heavy metal type music as well as some Eminem and Nickelback, artists that always make me work harder! Speaking of which, on my last leg day which was Tuesday (legs are due again tomorrow) I decided to use my iPhone for music while I worked out. Now, I know I've said how I hate wearing it because the wires are always in the way but it's not so bad for a leg workout. Well, let me tell you, best leg sesh I've had in a long time! I had my Pandora on the Eminem station and didn't have to skip over a song the whole time! And better yet...no one bothered me!!! I think I'm going to have to break it out again for tomorrow's workout.
The only minor changes I've made in my diet this week have been a) adding in an extra Calcium vitamin in the morning because I noticed that my multi does not include calcium and I'm definitely not getting enough in my diet due to it's restriction on most dairy products and b) as of today I have switched over to an all-natural whey protein as opposed to my favourite Syntrax varieties. I bought the About Time peanut butter flavour at PNC and it's not that bad. One scoop has 103 calories, 25 g protein and no carbs or fat. Since I refused to buy into the whole CSF-recommended Isagenix line, my coach advised that I at least go for an all-natural variety to avoid bloating pre-contest and it supposedly absorbs into your system better. I figure it can't hurt to try, at least for the next 5 weeks anyway. The stuff sure is pricey though! I swear if I added-up all that I have spent on CSF, supplements, groceries, stage outfit & accessories, tanning, show and organization registrations, and posing classes (am I missing anything?) I think I might have a heart attack. No wonder I make a decent living, am exceptionally good at saving my pennies, yet am still always broke!
Anyway, just a nice quiet Saturday here. Typical afternoon of chores, dog walking and relaxing (well, trying to add that word into my vocabulary anyway LOL). Tomorrow is St. Patty's Day and I am so happy to not be going out. After the fiasco that was last year (still trying to permanently bury that memory deep into my subconscious), I have no intention of stepping foot in the Old Port tomorrow. I'll wake, have a nice breakfast, massacre my legs, and then hit up my last scheduled posing class. For all of you that are going out to celebrate though, have a splendid time, don't get too drunk, and please please please don't all show up at World's at 5:00 pm on Monday trying to burn off all that Guinness.
Earlier in the week I thought a good blog post title at this stage in the game would be "Resisting Panic" but I just feel so much better now and want to get to stage-day ASAP! I dunno, I feel pretty ready at this point. Maybe I have my head in the clouds but I'm not coming down. This girls is on fire...
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