I am a Brit living in Louisiana, I met my now husband in July 1998 playing text adventures online. In Sept 2002 I moved to the States to get married. I am a gamer, a geek, a pet (furry and scaley) lover, a book lover (fantasy and sci-fi) and just lately a health nut.Workouts Week of Feb 23
Posted by Morkai on March 1, 2009
Monday: Jiu-Jitsu – 60 mins
Tuesday: Jiu-Jitsu – 90 mins
Wednesday: Circuit Training
Repeat circuit 5 times
- 5 x Barbell Cleans – 65lbs
- 10 x Pushups
- 15 x Barbell Squats – 75lbs
Thursday: No training – should have been a seminar but I was exhausted and decided not to spend 40 bucks on a 3 hour seminar that would have gone in one ear and out the other..
Friday: No Training
Wednesday was a killer, my legs and glutes are still sore today 
It looked such a simple and innocent circuit on the board. I did good squats too, our squat rack is one you have to step into, the safety bars at knee height go in a full square around you. This is actually cool as you can step back while doing squats and make sure your butt touches the bar at the back, I managed that on all 75 squats
The pushups were supposed to be ring pushups (feet on a box, hands holding rings (like gymnasts use, we have them hanging from a pullup bar) that are level with the box) but last time I tried those I screwed my shoulder up for several weeks so I decided to work on doing normal pushups instead. The ring variation takes incredible upper body strength to hold the rings steady while you lower your body to them. I just don’t have that yet. One day though On a good note I did actually do some of the pushups on my toes, I can’t get down very far but hey it’s a start
The cleans were just tough, the two guys I was working with had to do it with 45lb plates so we compromised and used a 35 and a 10, I just stripped off the 35’s on my turn and put them back off when finished, I’m sure that burned a few extra calories on its own I did try with the full 45lbs, I could lift it.. no way I was gonna clean it though.
2 days missed training was a pain but I was also moving peoples offices at work and friday especially I was on my feet all day, moving and crawling under desks and up and down stairs like a yoyo, both days were exhausting.
