Crybabies
I worked shoulders so hard tonight that it was hard to lift my arms to make our post workout green smoothies! I am so proud of my dear husband. He has gotten so motivated and is really working out hard. And he is pushing me even harder, which is great! It seems to have finally sunk in with him that the scale DOESN’T MATTER! He used to weigh himself every day, and would fret if he gained a pound. Telling him that if you add muscle, the scale will go up but you will be tighter, toned and muscular, fell on deaf ears. Now he is gaining muscle without worrying about his weight—finally!!!!!
Now I don’t know what he weighs and I don’t know if he does either. The gym we used to go to had one of those doctor’s scales (with the little slide bar) right at the front entrance. You couldn’t keep him (or anyone else) off that stupid thing. It seemed that people were drawn there like a moth to a flame. Not me. He had to make me get on it. I couldn’t care less what a scale says. All it measures is the pull of gravity. It doesn’t know if gravity is pulling on fat, muscle, bone, or heavy cross-trainer shoes.
Pivotal has scales somewhere, but they are the small kind that looks like a bathroom scale. So now he doesn’t jump on it every day. And he is making such great progress! I have never forced him into being totally raw like I am, but he has gravitated more and more to it, and now is really into it. And it shows! He is very, very lean. His little love handles are totally gone, and he has definitely put on muscle. I am completely biased and have always thought he was totally hot anyway, but he is definitely getting hotter! 
But I digress….back to the shoulder workout. I will outline the whole thing in a minute, but have to tell you about ‘crybabies’. A couple BIG guys at the gym were telling me about a great delt developer which is basically an isometric (meaning static, or just holding a weight in one position) exercise. You stand up with a heavy dumbbell in each hand, and then with arms straight, lift the bells out to the side just about 1/3 of the way up to shoulder level—and hold them in that position for 30 seconds. That may be the longest 30 seconds ever! We did 3 of those to burn out at the end of the workout. I know why they call them ‘crybabies’. We were crying for the 30 seconds to be over with!
Tonight’s Shoulder Blast:
- Warmup on recumbent bike
- Hammer Strength press, 4 sets, 1 warmup, 3 working sets. I got 45’s on my last two sets, for 10 & 8 reps. Yay!
- Smith Machine front presses, 3 sets, 50-60-&60 lbs. with the last set dropping to 50 for a burnout
- Superset of lateral dumbbell raises and Overhead ‘pulses’, 3 sets with 15 lb bells. The pulses are a limited range of motion press that really keeps the pressure on the lateral deltoid
- Arnold presses, 3 sets, 20 lb bells
- Superset front raises with a 25 lb plate and upright rows with 40-lb bar, 3 sets, 10 reps both exercises.
- ‘Crybabies’ 3 sets with 25 lb bells. Ouch!
Simple post workout smoothie tonight was spinach, banana, kiwi, pineapple, L-glutamine, & Sun Warrior Vanilla Protein.
I made a heavenly superfood smoothie for lunch today. I believe this would be served as breakfast in Nirvana! 1 & 1/2 Tbs Spirulina (of course!), 1 young Thai coconut flesh and water, 2 bananas, 1 tbs carob, 1 tbs raw cacao, 1/2 tsp Cordyceps, 1/2 tsp Blue Green algae, 2 droppers of vanilla liquid stevia–blend until a creamy concoction of pure bliss!
My breakfast green smoothie was awesome as well—-mango-strawberry! Yum! With dandelion & laciniato kale, & fresh aloe vera.
I can definitely tell I have dropped some bodyfat. I can see it in my lower back, particularly. I have seriously cut back on nuts and fats. I am not in full precontest deprivation mode yet, and I may not go too drastic. I am feeling my way through. If I feel I need to drastically change before the contest then I will change my diet even more. The contest is April 11th, so I am about 3 weeks out now. I have upped the cardio a lot too.
I hope you have an awesome day. Make it a great day! You can choose to be happy, no matter what, and you will attract good things. Make a difference in someone’s life today. Ask yourself, “How can I make a difference today?” and it will change your focus completely, and new opportunities will open for you.
Be Defiant!
Christy
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