emhsieh-UPS

I'm not sure where to put this but I want to put it somewhere in the world besides in my brain, where it is sure to be forgotten.

I can do 6 chin-ups inarowallthewaydown
AND 5 pull-ups!

LIFE MAX YAYAYAYAYAY!

see what I did there? # of Ys and # of As ;)

Can I have yo Number?

|\|um83r5 highlight:

• 142lbs pre-workout
• Trapbar DL 215lbs x 10
• 140lbs post-workout

Stopping by to say HI

Hello! Friends?

Just a quick memo for myself:
It was not my day for cleaning yesterday. Was scheduled to do 3x5 @ 105, 110, 115 and completely failed at 110. 105 was a strugs too. Everything just felt off and non-explosive.
BUT! New trap-bar deadlift progress! 3x8-8-14 @ 170, 180, 190! I wanted to do more reps but the trainer made me stop :/ He's holding back on me! But I'm excited for next week's deadlifts and possibly breaking 200!

Also, EXCITED FOR THE EASTCOAST ALUMNI ROADTRIP WOOOOOO!!!!!!

Renewed!

It was my last week at Boyles... but I signed on for the spring! Thanks for the suggestion Annalisa! It's gonna be an in-season twice a week program from next week to June 1st. yay group discounts!

Monday & Wednesday lifts were okay, I feel like I've stopped improving. This might be because I haven't exercised on the other days of the week due to my increase of life organizational activities (eg. cleaning the house, moving soon! & coursera online class about business strats)

I'm too lazy to post the workouts but this "Renewed!" post has been in the drafts since Tuesday so yeah. I'm continuing to the spring season of Boyles! Oh yeah, and reffing should start up soon. Check out my journal of that adventure at gottarefemall.wordpress.com


:) ,
Emhsieh


ps. Food: too good to be true. Mom's daily dinner's are soon to be a thing of the past :(

Overcooked

I have made such amazing never-before-seen-in-Emhsieh progress with Boyles' winter program that I might continue w their spring session after a few helpful nudges (Annalisa). But we'll see. I'm about 80% sure that I'll keep boyles-ing after next week (the last week!).

Wed 3/6 Boyles

Thurs 3/7 Bike hill plus program

Wednesday at the gym:

Roll, knee exercises, jumps, dynamic warmup etc.

Warmup circuit:
3 x 6 2-feet hurdle jumps, stick last landing

2 x 5 each leg wall ball on ground sprint start, drive w front leg & drive hips to thrust ball forward

Lift:

3 x 5 snatches (55,55,60)

2 x 10 single leg step in-line cable lift (inside leg on tall step, lift cable while exploding off inside leg in 1 motion)

2 x 15sec spiderman stretch

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3 x 10-10-14 bench WITH CHAINS (30# chains + 2.5# each side) 

3 x 6-9-6 RFE split squat (80, 80, 80#)

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3 x 10 TRX row

3 x Turf (100m?) farmers carry (70, 80, 70#)

3 x 8 lateral lunges (35#)

Conditioning:

5 x 150m shuttles (25m x 6) :28 :29 :31 :33 :31 ...I think were my times. not sure

Thursday at the office gym:

All the treadmills were taken again so I biked "Hill Plus"

The program was diff from last time, dunno why.

10min warmup

Get to 10miles biked (at about 33min)

Cooldown

Max HR ~182 (says bike machine)

sweat sweat sweat.

Took another meta picture (me taking a pic of me taking a pic of me taking a pic of....i should really make a never-ending gif of it):

Lunch Friday, Dinner Wednesday, Dinner Thursday

O hey there!

Chuggin' along.

I've still got this nasty chest cold thing, but I'm not letting it hold me back, if i can help it.

Last Thursday and today, I went to dance class. We're doing a dance called Kote-ba, which involves a lot of jumping and being light on the feet, as well as squatting and being low to the ground, so it's a really great workout. I'll be going back on Thurs.

I had to be re-evaluated at PT because I was AWOL for like 2 months because I'm so freaking tired of being in therapy. He says I'm doing really well though, and I only have to come once/week now. Thank goodness.

Over the weekend, I went swimming with my boifrand because he's learning how to swim and has to practice outside of class. This weekend, we're gonna swim and go to the gym, because he wants to learn how to lift and stuff.

ALSO, I'm sooperjuiced because he might play rugby in the fall. I'm so fuckin excited. He'd be a perfect hooker, with his lil stocky self. He has a number of friends on the team at Smith (including Meesh's cousin who thinks she's the coolest person ever) and they're all really encouraging him to join the team.

So yeah, good things all around :D

Sprint to the finish!

It's the second to last week at Boyles! I'm really gonna miss it, but probably won't sign up again because it's expensive (although way cheaper than xfit gyms) and hard to fit in the schedule.

Monday 3/4
(the only day of the year that is a command. "March Forth!" - said the researcher testing my brain for 8 hrs yesterday)

warmup:

10 min rolling + resistance band knee exercises

leg swings + lunges + sldl stretches 

dynamic warm up & calisthenics 

warmup circuit:

3 x 6 each single leg lateral hurdle jumps, stick the landing

2 x 5 each leg wall ball side throws with lateral jump back

2 x 5 each leg med ball overhead throws with step

lift:

3 x 3 cleans (100, 105, 110#)

2 x 10 dynamic in-line chop (30-32 R)

2 x 10 abs rolling on ball

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3 x 6-10-6 trap bar deadlift (185x6, 185x10, 190x6)

3 x 4 pull-ups (3+1wHelp, 3+2wHelp, 1+1+1+1)

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3 x 10-10-21 pushups

3 x 6 single leg squats (15#)

2 x 10 cable overhead pressout (18.5-19R)

conditioning:

slideboards: 30sec on, 15sec off

dinner and lunch today: love my mom!

Black bean cha sau pork, chinese cabbage w bokchoy w carrots, taro w  soybeans corn celery and five-spice tofu,  pickled da-tou-cai, avocado, oranges, mixed rice w sweet potatoes. I'm spoiled.