Showing posts with label supplements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supplements. Show all posts

December 7, 2014

Lipo-Morph Weeks 3 & 4

Lipo-Morph

Week 3

 Monday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1328 and 2 caps post-meal @ 2000
Tuesday - 2 caps post-meal @ 2002
Wednesday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1330
Thursday - 2 caps post-meal @ 2000
Friday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1522 and 2 caps post-meal @ 2129
Saturday - none (ate twice though)
Sunday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1631

Week 4

Monday - 2 caps post-meal @ 2002
Tuesday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1226 and 2 caps post-meal @ 2226
Wednesday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1809
Thursday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1639
Friday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1445
Saturday - 2 caps post-meal @ 0935 and 2 caps post-meal @ 1501
Sunday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1613

Week 3 saw no "cooling" after some meals and week 4 was hit and miss with it.

Body Statistics

Week 3: 10% bodyfat at 121.4 pounds
Week 4: 10.5% bodyfat at 118 pounds

Re girths, gained back everything that had been lost from week one to two over week three, and little change from week three to four.

Training

Have NOT been happy with training over the last two weeks. Week 3 was "allowing" an "easy" week, so resistance training knew would be less, but still wanted at LEAST TWO days and only got in one. Thursday of week 3 got quite sick and it persisted - trained Monday of week 4, but was a huge effort and even running the days until Friday was painfully completed (running better than nothing, so forced that at least). Body DEFINITELY NEEDS RESISTANCE TRAINING

Week 3

Monday – OFF
Tuesday – HIIT Run
Wednesday - 20-min Run + Full-Body
Thursday – HIIT Run
Friday - 20-min Run
Saturday - HIIT Run
Sunday – OFF

Week 4

Monday – HIIT Run + Full-Body
Tuesday – 30-min Run
Wednesday - HIIT Run
Thursday – HIIT Run
Friday - HIIT Run + Full-Body
Saturday - 20-min Run
Sunday – OFF

Nutrition

All over the place. Was away or traveling most of week 3. Week 4 not had the best week. And been quite sick since Thursday of week 3, so meals dependent on how nauseous felt.


November 22, 2014

Lipo-Morph Week 2

Lipo-Morph

Monday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1319
Tuesday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1426
Wednesday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1440
Thursday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1352 and 2 caps post-meal @ 2033
Friday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1339
Saturday - 2 caps post-meal @ 1134 and 2 caps post-meal @ 1552
Sunday - 2 caps post-meal in the morning (to be).

The cooling in mouth after dosing each time is not as prominent as it was in week 1.

Body Statistics 

 Today: 9.8% bodyfat at 113.8 pounds.

To give an idea re change in girths, last Saturday to today was -1 cm in chest and hips, with no change in waist. FEEL much better though – although more to do with the fact that I have run EVERY single morning this week (and that makes ALL the difference).


Training 

Monday – 20-min Run + Shoulders/Hamstrings
Tuesday – HIIT Run + Arms/Abs
Wednesday - 20-min Run
Thursday – HIIT Run + Full-Body
Friday - HIIT Run + Shoulders/Arms/Abs
Saturday - 20-min Run
Sunday – OFF

Sunday will be my first day off ALL training in 10 days (and will be spent driving 10-12 hours).


Nutrition

Meals Monday through Wednesday were good.
Thursday saw a “cheat” meal [after impromptu rollerskating for 90 minutes in the evening], making for THREE meals (and more Lipo-Morph post-third).
Friday was good.
Today is two meals, with my second a “cheat”.
Sunday will be one meal, albeit "good".

May 30, 2014


ARRIVED HOME TODAY TO FIND THIS :)

Honoured and proud to be part of the BarnDad Nutrition family!

WellBella Magazine, June 2014

June 5, 2013


INTERVIEWS WITH ROSIE

ShreddedRevolution Interview

Thank you to Andy for the opportunity to be interviewed. Share to Inspire!
Image courtesy of Tony Mitchell
To read my interview please see: ShreddedRevolution Interview: Rosie Chee


June 1, 2013


ROSIE CHEE FITNESS NEWSLETTER :: THE CHANGE EDITION

My recent vacation was much needed and made me realize more than ever how important it is to RESET myself. In order to do that I have to CHANGE aspects and facets of my life and self, to ensure that I can make the best possible progress towards my goals and dreams, and ultimately, my future.

This month in the 'Training' section, I have introduced the TRX and given a sample TRX training session that you can add into your training programme.

In this month's 'Nutrition' section I have made several suggestions on what you can do to change your eating habits and get on track for better health.

Check out the June 2013 edition HERE

May 1, 2013


ROSIE CHEE FITNESS NEWSLETTER :: THE PUSH HARDER EDITION

Not only is May my birthday month, but it is also the month I am getting back into training again (the past few months have seen maybe twice a week training at best) and really focusing on getting my health AND fitness in order...When you wake up you WAKE UP and this is my time. Plus, it's getting into the nicer weather and is time for everyone to PUSH HARDER than ever towards the achievement of their goals and dreams!

This month in the 'Training' section, I have given several tips to increase the intensity of your training.

In this month's 'Nutrition' section I have outlined a couple of ways on how to adjust your diet for the warmer weather.

Check out the May 2013 edition HERE

February 1, 2013

Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter :: February 2013


THE APPRECIATION EDITION

Yesterday was the inaugural Member Appreciation Day for the Anytime Fitness clubs that I am a part of. It was amazing seeing the interaction between staff and members, everyone knowing that everything they do is appreciated by someone. Not only did it create community, but made you stop and take a moment just to remember to APPRECIATE everything that you have.
This month in the 'Training' section, I have outlined a brief high intensity training session that you can do in ~30 minutes.
In this month's 'Nutrition' section I have posted the Dutch Almond Butter Cake recipe that appeared in the December 2012 issue of FitnessX Magazine.
Check out the February 2013 edition HERE.

January 20, 2013

2013 | Day 20: NOT YET FINISHED


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

NOT YET FINISHED

Sometimes you can feel like everything is wrong, even if it is not. You can feel such a terrible ache and loneliness in your soul, even if you do not know why and know you are not alone. You can experience such a sense of loss, even if your life has not suffered tragedy. Sometimes what helps you sleep are the tears that fall, even if you don’t know why they are falling, or why they are so boundless in your soul. 

Sometimes what helps you get through the day is knowing that it will all work out, even if you don’t know why you are thinking such thoughts, because your life seems to be moving in the right direction. Sometimes what helps you smile is the smile of another and the touch of their soul against your own, even if you do not understand how they could have come to be so significant to you.

Sometimes you can feel like it could all end and it wouldn’t matter, even as you know deep down that such a mindset is unacceptable and holds no real truth. Sometimes we feel like this and there is not yet rhyme or reason, even as we might come to see it in retrospect, or come clean with ourselves and allow our soul to let go of what we have been holding onto or trying to control, or simply just to let it be and see what happens.

God knows your heart, what is going on with you, and He cares, but He lets it happen to see if we can see for ourselves, and just to give that gentle whisper of encouragement that we are strong enough to keep on going, that He is walking there alongside us, that our journey is far from over, because He is not yet done with us, using us in this world to make a difference and shine a light of hope for others, bringing Him glory, and in the midst of it, finding our true heart and self.

© 2013 Rosie Chee


TRAINING

Back on track this last week. Changed my training schedule up to allow for what has been going on, since it was not working trying to do what I was before...AND my body has changed yet AGAIN, making what used to work for me NOT after the last couple of months...As it has seemed to happen almost every year - finding something new to get it going again and continue making progress...

New training split looks like this:
Monday - HIIT + Shoulders/Hamstrings (40-50 min)
Tuesday - Day OFF
Wednesday - HIIT + Arms/Abs (40-50 min)
Thursday - Cardio 20 min
Friday - HIIT + Shoulders/Arms/Abs (30-40 min)
Saturday - Cardio 20 min + Full-Body (50-60 min)
Sunday - Cardio 20 min

So a shorter and longer resistance session, with a couple of the "usual". My body has responded to this pretty well so far, so going to stay at this until at least the end of February.

Also, just experimenting re post-weights cardio, adding in 20 minutes on the treadmill, albeit not running (since this kills my knees and lower legs - no more running on the treadmill for me!), but WALKING on an incline of 10-15 at a pace of 3-3.5 miles per hour. It may not seem like much, but my legs definitely feel it the next day, more than from an HIIT run. I have done this since Wednesday, experimenting re incline and pace, on and off in each session, and I will likely continue to keep manipulating this every time I do it. Going to give it a try for a month and see what happens.

This week re training:

Monday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 24 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Shoulders/Hamstrings (30 sec recovery between supersets):
SuperSet A -
1. Behind-the-neck BB MIlitary Press 5 x 10, 9, 8, 7, 6
2. Skip 5 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet B -
3. BB Military Press5 x 10, 9, 8, 7, 6
4. Skip 5 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet C -
5. DB Lateral Raises 5 x 12
6. Skip 5 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet D -
7. DB Stiff-Legged Deadlifts (DB to touch ground) 5 x 10
8. Skip 5 x 100 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Tuesday

Day OFF

Wednesday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 24 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Arms/Abs (30 sec recovery between trisets):
TriSet A -
1. Close-Grip BB Bicep Curls 4 x 6
2. Dips 4 x 6
3. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
TriSet B -
4. Alternate Incline DB Bicep Curls 4 x 20
5. V-Bar Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 6
6. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
TriSet C -
7. Single-Arm Cable Bicep Curls 4 x 10 per side
8. Push-Ups (hands on single medicine ball under chest, feet on floor) 4 x 6
9. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions

Post-Weights Cardio - Treadmill:
a. 3 x 2 min @ Incline 10 at 3 miles/hour - 2 min @ Incline 10 at 3.5 miles/hour
b. 2 x 2 min @ Incline 15 at 3 miles/hour - 2 min @ Incline 10 at 3 miles/hour

Stretch 20 min

Thursday

Run 3 miles

Stretch 25 min

Friday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 24 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Shoulders/Arms/Abs (30 sec recovery between quadsets):
QuadSet A -
1. Behind-the-neck BB Military Press 3 x 6
2. BB Military Press 3 x 6
3. Alternate Single-Arm Plate Lateral Raises 3 x 20
4. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions
QuadSet B -
5. Close-Grip BB Bicep Curls 3 x 6
6. Dips 3 x 6
7. Alternate DB Hammer Bicep Curls 3 x 20
8. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions
QuadSet C -
9. Weighted DB Crunches (on bench, knees at 90 degrees) 3 x 10
10. Reverse Curls (on bench) 3 x 10
11. Pikes (on bench) 3 x 10
12. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions

Post-Weights Cardio - Treadmill:
a. 10 min @ Incline 10 at 3 miles/hour
b. 10 min @ Incline 15 at 3 miles/hour

Stretch 20 min

Saturday

Run 3 miles

Stretch 20 min

Weights (30 sec recovery between supersets and trisets):
SuperSet A -
1. Hanging Gorilla Knee-Ups 4 x 10, 8, 6, 4
2. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet B -
3. Hanging Straight-Leg Raises (toes to touch bar) 4 x 8
4. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet C -
5. Straight-Leg Raises (on Dips' bars - hips to 90 degrees) 4 x 8
6. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet D -
7. Swissball Jackknives 4 x 10
8. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
TriSet A -
9. Push-Ups (hands on kettlebells, feet on floor) 3 x 8
10. Mountainclimbers 3 x 20
11. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions
TriSet B -
12. Single-Arm DB Row 3 x 8 per side
13. Side-to-side BOSHU Ball Touches 3 x 30
14. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
TriSet C -
15. TRX XY 3 x 8
16. Plate Lateral Raises straight to Plate Hammer Raises 3 x 8
17. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions
TriSet D -
18.Alternate DB Hammer Bicep Curls 3 x 16
19. Dips 3 x 6
20. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions

Post-Weights Cardio - Treadmill:
20 min @ Incline 10 at 3 miles/hr

Sunday

Run 3 miles

Stretch 20 min

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Have been having trouble going TO sleep, not falling asleep until between 0000-0130 usually, but then sleeping DEEPLY for a few hours. Days after resistance training have slept a little more and had more difficulty getting up.

Mood: Have been on and off, but making a real effort to keep a smile in my heart. Has been a little easier during the latter part of the week, especially as I allow myself to be human and make mistakes, and adapt more than I ever have.

Energy: I have been ok until the evening, going to be early, because I have felt too exhausted to do much else.

Stress: High.

Concentration: Had to work really hard at this the first half of the week, but then it was "mind over matter", and as my body started responding re training, have had more since.

Body Composition: 9.5% bodyfat (at 117.6 pounds) - down 0.7% bodyfat from last week (where I actually got up to 10.2% - close to the highest I have been in ~2 years!). Pleased that being back on track re training (and eating window re nutrition) has made all the difference.

Quality of Training: Has been different - not really used to the day on/day off re resistance training, but my body seems to be needing the longer recovery time, so it is getting it. As always, adapting as I listen to my body - my body can no longer be treated like a machine and the better I listen to it, the better my results will be.

Joints: My left shoulder has been giving me quite a few issues, hurting more OUT of training than IN, but doing ok. Right shoulder has been painful, especially with the Behind-the-neck BB Military Presses back in my training programme, but nothing UNmanageable. Left wrist has been playing up more of late as well. Hips, particularly left, have been stiff and at times painful to move. Knees are bearing.

Nutrition: Back on my 16-hour fast/8-hour eating window, which, along with training on track again, has made all the difference. ONE day a week I am allowing myself to extend my eating window to 12 or 16 hours, and that I consider a "cheat" (since it is outside of what works best). Struggling still to get in my galleon of water a day, but doing better at it.

Supplements: Have a few of my "staples" back, but primarily using Erase, MuscleGel Shots, RecoverPRO, Shred Matrix, and Vitamin C.

Overall Sense of Feeling: I am still learning. I am working on maintaining positivity, on casting out the feelings and emotions that suddenly arise that have no sense of belonging in where I am now. My life is truly blessed and I am focusing on those blessings and not letting myself forget what gives me joy. I have struggled, and still struggle, but I am done trying to figure out some things and are just letting them go, even if it has to be on a daily basis. I am back to being on track to being ME again.

January 1, 2013

Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter :: January 2013


THE GOALS EDITION

It's New Year, the time when most start making "New Year's Resolutions"...the time to decide what you want to do with your life, determine the direction it is heading, and to give voice (if you have not already) to that you desire to accomplish over the next 365 days.

In this month's 'Training' section, I have given a few ideas on things you can challenge yourself to do in 2013.

In this month's 'Nutrition' section, I have outlined several tips on how to enjoy the holiday eating without doing too much damage.

Check out the January 2013 edition HERE.

December 30, 2012

2012 | Day 365: YOU ARE...


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOU ARE...

Sometimes it takes us a long time to realize that we actually are IMPORTANT to the world. Sometimes it takes us a long time to understand that we WORTHY of the blessings we have been given in this life. Sometimes it takes us a long time to awaken to the reality of what we MEAN to others.

You are more VALUABLE than you think. You are more PRECIOUS than you believe. You mean more to someone than you might ever KNOW. Just because you do not know does not make it any LESS true.

You are NOT alone in this life. There are people here who love you and want to walk WITH you. There are people who want to see you SMILE. There are people who want to give your dreams a chance of SUCCESS. There are people who believe IN you beyond anything you might ever fathom.

You are an ASSET to this world. You are a DIAMOND in the rough. You are a WONDER waiting to be uncovered. You are PERFECT in your imperfectness. You are flawed and your flaws make you BEAUTIFUL.

When you know all this life OPENS up in a million different ways. It holds far more POSSIBILITIES. It brings NEW meaning to the old. It births new BELIEF in potential for greatness. It creates a glow in your heart and surrounds your soul with LIGHT.

The light in your soul reflects in the world AROUND you. It seeps from you out into the universe and helps create a new kaleidoscope of MAGNIFICENCE. LET it happen…

© 2012 Rosie Chee



TRAINING

The last six weeks have not been the best as far as training. The start of December - ironically about the same time this year as last year, I had a week off because my body was screaming for it (not from injury though, which was ok), but it has been hell trying to get back into it. Training - when I have done it - has been different to my usual, and only 2-3 days a week compared to my 5-6 days. I know that things have to change and they will. Given that my body had not had a TRUE week off - or time off, if I am honest with myself - training (especially resistance training) since I started back training the second week in January this year, I'd say it's done pretty well to last the 11 months it did without breaking. All that aside, the month before my training was a little haphazard, I was doing the LEAST amount re intensity and volume that I have done all year, and it was a month that I MAINTAINED 8% bodyfat during, which is quite something!

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Been doing far more of this lately than I have all year. The week before I had my week off training I ran out of/stopped all supplements except Vitamin C and saw a huge decline in energy, fatigued all the time, just getting home from work and passing out from ~2030 on, which is very unlike me.

Mood: The month prior to my week off I was pretty happy - some might almost say I was becoming relaxed and comfortable, which might be close to being true. I WAS a lot happier, even though work and personal events were pretty stressful.

Energy: Not been the best - combination of lack of stimulants and lack of training and too MUCH sleep.

Stress: Has been VERY high of late.

Concentration: A lot has been going on, and even when you give your body a break, your mind can NEVER take one - it's been a long and busy month, and that is not going to change heading into the new year.

Body Composition: Currently 119.8 pounds at 10.3% bodyfat - the HIGHEST body composition I have been in ~2 years. Until the week of Thanksgiving (19 November), I had MAINTAINED 8% bodyfat, and after my week without supplements (26 November to 2 December) had climbed to 9% bodyfat, to 9.6% bodyat after my week off (3-9 December), maintaining that for two weeks before gaining to where I am now. I feel so uncomfortable with myself right now, like I am inhabiting a stranger's body, and I am not proud of it. My body has actually changed in several ways over the last month, noticing a few "firsts" in it early this week, which was enough of a shock to determine to get back to where I was last month  - I feel like I "let myself go", something that is disgusting and UNacceptable to me. Having maintained 8% bodyfat for a month, I KNOW I CAN do it, and my body is going to HURT as I push it back there!

Quality of Training: Training - when it HAS been done - has been ok. Less volume (usually only 20-30 minutes) than usual, and much less cardio (20 minutes ~2 times a week, if that) than even HALF of my Maintenance training, but I'll get back there again. The week off (which has slowly become several weeks of "break"

Joints: Both shoulders, more left than right (although they have their days - right hurt more than left for the majority until recently) for the most part, and for the last couple of days lifting my left arm is AGONY. Left wrist has been having a few issues and range of motion has become limited there again. Some of the pain and issues re joints might be contributed to not having a break from training for so long (although the pain has been MORE over the last few weeks than when I WAS training) and lack of Erase (which always seems to make my joints so much BETTER).

Nutrition: A little worse than usual - definitely have noticed my appetite through the roof since my week off training, which indicates that perhaps some of the products I was using DID have some appetite suppression (or maybe that's just my training that used to do that too - many possibilities). My 16-hour fast/8-hour eating window has not been in effect as "strict" as I would usually enforce either - some from changes in schedule re training and work, etc., and I definitely notice how that affects me. One of the biggest changes re nutrition over the last few weeks, and one not intentional either, has been the fact that I have been barely drinking half a galleon of water a day - usually I make sure I have a galleon (if not more), but for some reason, it has been an effort TO drink, which is weird.

Supplements: Have not used anything but Vitamin C since 3 December really. Although I DID start using Alphamine when I "started back" training 10 December. Not notice much from it really - that said, NOTHING has been as it usually would be for me either. Have noticed re midsection the difference in NOT having both 7-KE and Erase (not drinking enough water, in conjunction of the lack re Erase, has not helped my body). My body has been "detoxed" of supplements adequately by now (although my nutrition would not have helped detox it in general), and it's more than ready to start back again (with everything else re usual for me in training, nutrition, schedule, etc.) next week!

Overall Sense of Feeling: There have been a lot of changes over the last month. Things have not been the best since 19 November, although there have been some wonderful moments and memories amongst the busyness and stress. We are ALL human and yes, it happens, but KICKING myself awake now and NOT allowing any more backward movement - that time is no longer welcome in my life! 2012 draws to a close on what can be seen as a "low" note re physique and some psychological, but on a "high" note in the way my life is unfolding. So, here's to the LAST day of being in this place, ready to start being ME again!

December 1, 2012

Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter :: December 2012


THE BARE ESSENTIALS EDITION

Too many people get caught up in the "hype" or the next "best thing"...There IS a reason why the BASICS work, why certain things ARE recommended, and why through time, no matter what else evolves or comes out, they are turned to time and again, included in WITH the "latest and greatest".

In this month's 'Training' section, I have made a few notes on getting back to BASICS re exercises that should form the core of your training programme and from which everything else can be created around.

In this month's 'Nutrition' section, I have given a few tips on how to set up a nutrition plan without having to get all complicated about it.

Check out this edition of the Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter HERE.

November 11, 2012

2012 | Day 316: THE POWER OF YOUR SOUL


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE POWER OF YOUR SOUL

There is GREAT POWER in your soul. There is FAR MORE than you could ever possibly imagine hidden down in the depths of your soul. There is MAGIC WAITING to be released into the world and create the most wondrous experiences. There is such capacity FOR LOVE that we are so often not aware of until someone awakens in us the secret desire for it.

Even when a soul has suffered the greatest tragedies and been through the most terrible destruction, it has the power to pick itself UP and see the BEAUTY in life, that they are still ALIVE and have LEARNT so much, know the extent to which they can fall and not let themselves be completely destroyed, still having FORGIVENESS in their heart to let go and KEEP GOING.

There is MORE POWER in your soul than you can ever dream of. There are more DREAMS in your soul than you will ever know of, just waiting for the right time, the right moment, the right person to creep inside your heart and bring about their discovery. There is so much POTENTIAL in your soul, that when you have been through what you have and known what you do, loved the ones who brought your world crashing down around you, and then found your soul carried gently in the arms of one who seeks to protect you, you allow it to be RELEASED, given room to GROW and BLOSSOM.

ALWAYS be grateful, thankful for the people in your life, especially those of the past who have taught you so much and caused so much pain, for withOUT that your soul would never have been opened to the WONDER that is WAITING for you, the FREEDOM of the life you were MEANT to live and love, and the one who you now find walking BESIDE you.

© 2012 Rosie Chee



TRAINING

Monday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 32 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Shoulders/Hamstrings (30 sec recovery between supersets):
SuperSet A -
1. Single-Arm DB Lateral Raises 4 x 15, 12, 12, 12 per side
2. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions
SuperSet B -
3. DB Hammer Raises 4 x 12, 10, 10, 10
4. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions
SuperSet C -
5. TRX XY 4 x 10, 8, 8, 8
6. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions
SuperSet D -
7. TRX Leg Curls 4 x 15
8. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Tuesday

Session 1

Arms/Abs (30 sec recovery between trisets):
TriSet A -
1. Close-Grip BB Bicep Curls 4 x 6
2. Dips 4 x 6
3. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions
TriSet B -
4. Alternate Incline DB Hammer Curls 4 x 12, 12, 10, 10 per side
5. Rope Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 6
6. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions
TriSet C -
7. DB Zottoman Curls 4 x 15
8. Overhead Rope Tricep Extensions 4 x 12
9. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions
TriSet D -
10. Weighted DB Crunches (on bench, knees at 90 degrees) 4 x 15
11. Pikes (on bench) 4 x 15
12. Skip 4 x 150 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Session 2 (courtesy of Blake Donaldson)

HVT (45 sec on/15 sec rest):
4 rounds of -
a. Wall Throws (squat with medicine ball)
b. Push-Ups
c. Jump Squats
d. Plank (no flexion in elbows)
e. DB Hammer Bicep Curl to Shoulder Press

Wednesday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 28 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Stretch 20 min

Thursday

Skip x 1,000 revolutions

Full-Body (30 sec recovery between quadsets):
QuadSet A -
1. Swissball Wall Crunches (feet on wall, knees at 90 degrees) 2 x 30
2. Swissball Crunches (270 degrees to 180 degrees) 2 x 20
3. Swissball Double-Leg Raises 2 x 10
4. Skip 2 x 150 revolutions
QuadSet B -
5. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 21s
6. Rope Tricep Push-Downs 2 x 10
7. Alternate DB Hammer Bicep Curls 2 x 20
8. Skip 2 x 150 revolutions
QuadSet C -
9. Plate Lateral Raises 2 x 20
10. Plate Hammer Raises 2 x 10
11. Rear Flyes 2 x 10
12. Skip 2 x 150 revolutions
QuadSet D -
13. TRX Rows 2 x 10
14. TRX Push-Ups 2 x 10
15. TRX Leg Curls 2 x 20
16. Skip 2 x 150 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Friday

Session 1

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 32 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Shoulders/Arms/Abs (30 sec recovery between quadsets):
QuadSet A -
1. Rear Flyes 3 x 10
2. DB Arnold Press 3 x 10
3. Alternate DB Lateral Raises 3 x 10 per side
4. Skip 3 x 150 revolutions
QuadSet B -
5. DB Incline Bicep Curls 3 x 10
6. DB Hammer Curls 3 x 10
7. Alternate DB Hammer Bicep Curls 3 x 10 per side
8. Skip 3 x 150 revolutions
QuadSet C -
9. Rope Crunches 3 x 10
10. Hanging Straight-Leg Raises (toes to touch bar) 3 x 10
11. Bicycle 3 x 10 per side
12. Skip 3 x 150 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Session 2 (courtesy of Matt Hoeft)

HIT (little recovery between exercises):
SuperSet A -
1. Side-to-side BOSHU Ball Jumps x 3
2. Single-Arm DB Bent Over Rows x 3
SuperSet B -
3. Side-to-side BOSHU Ball Jumps x 3
4. Walking Lunges (with catch medicine ball, twist, and throw) x 3
SuperSet C -
5. Medicine Ball Slams (on BOSHU Ball)
6. Walking Lunges (with catch medicine ball, twist, and throw)
SuperSet D -
7. Burpees x 2
8. Walking Lunges (with catch medicine ball, twist, and throw) x 2

Stretch 5 min

Saturday

Run 3 miles

Stretch 20 min

Sunday

Day OFF

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Late nights and only sleeping a few hours, but had some of the deepest and most peaceful sleep I've had in a long time during the latter half of this week.

Mood: Ups and downs, as usual, but NOT letting anything take away my joy or smile!

Energy: Light-headedness has continued a lot this week, occurring at the most random of times, which is a little concerning but not too much. Have had high energy for the most part.

Stress: I have been able to relax a lot more than I ever cold - it's a wonderful feeling

Concentration: Week has not been as busy, even though it has, and concentration has been high.

Body Composition: 8% bodyfat - maintained for the third week in a row! Loving it and showing that I CAN, despite eating chocolate cake every night and not really sticking to the Lean Gains very well this week re 16-hour fast/8-hour feeding window (only a few days at this, the rest more the other way around)! Also 106.4 pounds - the lightest I have been in a while. Girths are changing ever so slightly, and I can see the peak and separation in my biceps better than ever, which is great.

Quality of Training: Shoulders have been suffering, but wrists have been ok. Training has continued to be less than Maintenance, but different, and so far it has continued to allow me to make progress, which has been interesting, and I shall continue on with this for a while longer.

Joints: Shoulders still painful, alternating between left and right re intensity of pain many days.

Nutrition: Not the best, but have felt ok this week.

Supplements: Started back on Erase and Alpha-2 again on Tuesday.

Overall Sense of Feeling: I am HAPPY! God has Blessed me in a way I never thought He would. My soul is so very relaxed and I have a sense of peace that others have commented on the difference and gradual changes that have been seen in me over the last few weeks. It has been something not seen in a lifetime, but very welcome, and I plan on holding onto it as long as possible!

November 1, 2012

Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter :: November 2012


THE PLATEAU EDITION

I see many people busting it in the gym day in and out, but then they suddenly come to a standstill, wondering why they are no longer seeing results like they were at the start, unsure of what to do, since what they have been doing WAS working. Plateaus are normal in [life and] training, but you do NOT have to allow them to last. If you know what to do, you can make them shorter, pushing on to achieve your goals.

In this month's 'Training' section, I have made a few notes on how to change it up to kickstart your progress again.

In this month's 'Nutrition' section, I have given a few tips on how you can manipulate your diet for continued results.

Check out this edition of the Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter HERE.

October 21, 2012

2012 | Day 290: THE YOU HIDDEN INSIDE


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE YOU HIDDEN INSIDE

There is a you the world sees and another hidden deep down in the recesses of your soul - a you that rare few ever get to see and experience, because you trust few and do not like to let others close enough to allow any vulnerability, that you precious and protected, those allowed to glimpse and know it privileged indeed.

We hide ourselves away for many reasons. No one is the same and no one’s reason is the same. Sometimes we just do not know how to express or show what it is we are, struggling to find a way to others’ understanding. Sometimes we have been traumatized by past experiences, retreating because we never want to go through that again. Sometimes we use it as a defence mechanism, designed to keep people away because we are unsure how they would react to the reality of you. Sometimes it is just years of conditioning and we do not even know the reason, only now consciously aware that we do it.

Whether you do it because you are unsure how to express who you are or are scared to let the world peer inside your soul, opening up and allowing yourself the freedom to just be you without care, random and all-over-the-place as you might be, is not a bad thing. We should all feel free to be who we are, and if we do not, then we should reconsider where we are standing in life and who we are surrounded by, for those who accept and love you as you are have no issues with seeing you.

It takes time to realize that it’s ok to be you - as you are, no masks, no false smiles, no pretending to always be fine, no being “normal” as the world defines normal. It can be a shock to realize that there are those out there who might have glimpsed a small part of your soul and love it and want more, viewing you in completely different light than you see yourself, accepting the beauty and the monster that are part of you. It might amaze you to realize that there is someone out there who will love the you hidden from all but a few, desiring to know and see more than you allow.

Have no fear in letting your soul out. Life is a risk that we all take - if you always play it safe you will never know the exhilaration of flying, and if you never give life’s challenges and gambles a chance, you lose out on what could become the greatest and most precious things in your life.

© 2012 Rosie Chee



TRAINING

Monday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 32 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Shoulders/Hamstrings (30 sec recovery between supersets):
SuperSet A -
1. Single-Arm DB Lateral Raises 4 x 12 per side
2. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet B -
3. DB Hammer Raises 4 x 10
4. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet C -
5. TRX XY 4 x 8
6. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
SuperSet D -
7. TRX Leg Curls 4 x 12
8. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Tuesday

Skip x 1,000 revolutions

Arms/Abs (30 sec recovery between trisets):
TriSet A -
1. Close-Grip BB Bicep Curls 4 x 5
2. Dips 4 x 5
3. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
TriSet B -
4. Alternate Incline DB Hammer Curls 4 x 10 per side
5. Rope Tricep Push-Downs 4 x 5
6. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
TriSet C -
7. DB Zottoman Curls 4 x 12
8. Overhead Rope Tricep Extensions 4 x 10
9. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions
TriSet D -
10. Weighted DB Crunches (on bench, knees at 90 degrees) 4 x 15
11. Pikes (on bench) 4 x 10
12. Skip 4 x 100 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Wednesday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 24 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Stretch 20 min

Thursday

Skip x 300 revolutions

Full-Body (30 sec recovery between quadsets):
QuadSet A -
1. Swissball Wall Crunches (feet on wall, knees at 90 degrees) 2 x 25
2. Swissball Crunches (270 degrees to 180 degrees) 2 x 15
3. Swissball Double-Leg Raises 2 x 10
4. Skip 2 x 100 revolutions
QuadSet B -
5. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 21s
6. Rope Tricep Push-Downs 2 x 8
7. Alternate DB Hammer Bicep Curls 2 x 20
8. Skip 2 x 100 revolutions
QuadSet C -
9. Plate Lateral Raises 2 x 20
10. Plate Hammer Raises 2 x 8
11. Rear Flyes 2 x 15
12. Skip 2 x 100 revolutions
QuadSet D -
13. TRX Rows 2 x 10
14. TRX Push-Ups 2 x 8
15. TRX Leg Curls 2 x 20
16. Skip 2 x 100 revolutions

Stretch 20 min

Friday

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 28 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

Stretch 10 min

Shoulders/Arms/Abs (30 sec recovery between quadsets):
QuadSet A -
1. Rear Flyes 3 x 10
2. DB Arnold Press 3 x 10
3. Alternate DB Lateral Raises 3 x 10 per side
4. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions
QuadSet B -
5. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 3 x 10
6. DB Hammer Curls 3 x 10
7. Alternate DB Hammer Bicep Curls 3 x 10 per side
8. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions
QuadSet C -
9. Rope Crunches 3 x 10
10. Hanging Straight-Leg Raises (toes to touch bar) 3 x 10
11. Bicycle 3 x 10 per side
12. Skip 3 x 100 revolutions

Stretch 10 min

Saturday

Hiking and Free-Climbing
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Sunday

Day OFF

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Not been sleeping for long at all this week, waking after 2-3 hours most days, actually allowing the luxury of staying in bed and going back to sleep for another 2-3 hours on the weekend (which is nice, given that I don't do it often - and my body needs the recovery).

Mood: I've been happy this week. I am allowing myself to open up, and in doing so, having life open up before me, irony in the blessings and opportunities that have become, but appreciative and grateful for the smile and joy they give my heart.

Energy: On and off. After eating in the mornings this week I have suddenly been very light-headed, having to hold onto things as I walk around work, feeling like I was going to collapse or topple over. Then suddenly having bursts of bouncing around like an excitable puppy or a child at Christmas. Definitely confirming that I feel far better when training (or doing any exercise in general) on an empty stomach ("first thing"), although energy often rollercoasters later in the day.

Concentration: This has been a week of taking control, setting my "house" in order, and it's been a full-on task, but so very rewarding.

Body Composition: 8.1% bodyfat - so lost 0.2% bodyfat, and back to being at a body composition I am comfortable at. Surprised a little, because my training has not even come close to Maintenance and my nutrition has been far from "right", AND it has been the blue moon when I have drunk (earlier this week). That said, my shoulders HAVE been in a lot of pain this week, and as I discovered the last time, it seems that the pain stresses and takes more out of my body than one might think, helping re leaning, even if unintentional. Re girths, when I get leaner (like this) they become symmetrical re bust/hips, legs and arms, and my delts/arms are maintaining muscle as I lean out, which is great.

Quality of Training: HIIT Runs have been good, despite the sharp, stabbing pain in my shoulders every time I run...Resistance training has been a small battle, facials alternating between a smile/laugh to agony/pain as I enjoy it, my shoulders (and wrists) not considering me their best friend as I push them through when it might be better to give them time off. Have changed some of the way my resistance sessions are being done though, and this week did NO Behind-the-neck BB Military Presses, to help my delts re recovery (hoping), adjusting exercises for minimal aggravation to my shoulders (if possible), so that I can continue training without a break...Saturday's training was hiking (something I used to do all the time when I was at home, but have not done in the entire time I have been in the US - I have not done much of what I used to do back home since I have been here, but that is CHANGING!) and free-climbing, which was a blast, not realizing until it was mentioned that there was no pain in my shoulders (another bonus)...

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Joints: The start of the week saw me barely able to lift my left arm, during training having to push it up with my right hand for any exercises that required higher lifting movement or such starting positions. Shoulders alternated on and off re intensity of pain and degree of range of motion throughout the week, but by the end of it, feeling like there are no issues with them. Left wrist has been experiencing pain and limited load ability, but not as bad as last week.

Supplements: Shred Matrix arrived earlier this week for me to start back on, and finished current of Alpha-T2 yesterday.

Overall Sense of Feeling: AWESOME! I am HAPPY! My soul, although in turmoil, has found stillness, the rare peace I get when I have faith that everything will be ok, accepting of life and making the moves to change all that I can, to allow me to grow more and become better, as He intends, no longer hiding inside the deep recesses of my soul, tentatively opening up to let the world see more of the complexity that is me.

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October 7, 2012

2012 | Day 276: MAINTAIN YOUR JOY


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

MAINTAIN YOUR JOY

We are all not long for this world, so why NOT take JOY in it while you still have the chance. No matter how you are, no matter what your circumstances, there is always going to be someone better off than you, but there is also always going to be someone with much less than you.

When you find yourself in the depths of despair, your happy gone, LOOK around you. There is so much to live FOR. There are so many BLESSINGS waiting to be accepted. There are so many opportunities BOUNDLESS in your path. There is so much to SMILE about.

Life is GOOD. GOD is good. You are still alive to take PLEASURE in the world. You are still breathing to be able to make a DIFFERENCE. That difference might not be in your own life, but in that of ANOTHER who is struggling.

Stop hiding your smile and light up the world with it. You have no idea how many people think your smile is BEAUTIFUL. You have no idea how many people are ENCOURAGED by your smile. You have no idea how many people find that the world is a BRIGHTER place when you smile.

FIND your JOY and hold it CLOSE to your heart. Hold it close, so that when you feel heaviness in your soul it is right there for you to take comfort in, to remind you of all that you have and are and can be. Instead of letting yourself become a dark cloud MAINTAIN your joy and watch how your perspective CHANGES.

© 2012 Rosie Chee


TRAINING

Monday: HIIT Run

Tuesday: Arms/Abs

Wednesday: HIIT Run

Thursday: Full-Body

Friday: HIIT Run

Saturday: Run 3 miles

Sunday: [Charity] Run 5 km

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Up and down this week, often struggling to barely get 1-1.5 hours and other times, like when I "allowed" myself to go to bed almost immediately within an hour of getting home from work on Thursday, I was out like a light.

Mood: Has been up and down this week, mostly because I have been sick, and for the latter part of the week, barely had a voice. But thank God for those precious and rare friends who TRULY know you and when you NEED a reality KICK to the gut, so no more allowing how my body feels to show on my face, putting on that smile because when you're someone who leads, you affect everyone else around you.

Energy: Has been pretty low this week.

Concentration: Up and down with the pain and energy.

Body Composition: 8.5% bodyfat - so gained some bodyfat this week, which is no surprise given that my eating has continued with the same pattern re last week and training has virtually been non-existent.

Quality of Training: I have actually LISTENED to my body this week. Monday, because my left shoulder was in so much pain during and after my HIIT, I decided to "postpone" that resistance training session to Wednesday (and push the rest of the week back), but come Wednesday and my shoulders were BOTH in so much pain that I just did HIIT and left it at that, proceeding to have Friday off from the weights, as well as Saturday because of it. Tuesday I just pushed through it, since it was all I did, but right anterior delt/biceps tendon was SCREAMING throughout, making for a lot of pain endured the rest of the day. Thursday actually felt ok until the final quadset. And today is not really "training", but I'm still going to get out there and just run that 5 km as FAST as I can.

Joints: CONSTANT PAIN in both shoulders - even when I am STILL. Left wrist playing up more as the week progressed.

Nutrition: Continued re the 8-hour fast/12-hour feeding window, sometime that window going out to ~16 hours - have been excessively hungry this week, despite having what I truly consider to be a "Week OFF" training. AND I need to drink at least another 1.5-2 litres of water a day - yesterday was the FIRST time this week I was "able" to.

Supplements: Last day with current bottle of Shred Matrix today, and able to start back on Alpha-T2 and Erase this week.

Overall Sense of Feeling: So, not the best of weeks, and certainly not the week I'd planned on, but definitely some good in there, and if I do not look at the "fitness" aspect of it, the majority of the amalgamation was decent. Letting go of something you have held onto for so very long can be emotionally exhausting, which hasn't helped and probably contributed to some of my physical fatigue (along with my nutrition, lack of training, and joint issues), but it can also give you FREEDOM. Some dreams give us life for a time, when we need that life, and then they become a beautiful memory that gives us the power to keep ON living, having found the strength and learned the lessons that it was intended to teach us. NEVER regret a love that you could not have, even if you had it, because it creates in you so much more than you might have ever imagined and blesses you. Know WHEN to let go and give yourself permission to move ON.

October 1, 2012

Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter :: October 2012


THE NO EXCUSES EDITION

I see too many people desire but never be prepared to FOLLOW THROUGH on that desire, making every excuse possible on why they are not or think they cannot achieve their dreams. Because excuses they ARE - if you TRULY want something you do EVERYthing possible to get it, period! And NOTHING is "impossible" for those who BELIEVE!

This month in the 'Training' section, I have given several simple tips to ensure that you do NOT have to skip your training, regardless of what is going on in your life.

In this month's 'Nutrition' section, I have made some notes on how you can ALWAYS get results with your diet.

Check out this edition of the Rosie Chee Fitness Newsletter HERE.

September 30, 2012

2012 | Day 269: THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS

If you want something you go AFTER it. You give it EVERYTHING to make it happen. You strive your utmost to make your dream a REALITY. Risks are WORTH it because you believe in your heart that what you want has no greater value than the sacrifices you make to achieve it. Focus NEVER wavers because seeing your dream manifest before you means more to you than anything else in this world ever possibly could. Constantly learning and GROWING and creating yourself, you become what you need to be to see your dream come to fruition, to see it more than mere ideas or fantasy, because your life depends on it. It’s NEVER too late to start living a dream, and it’s never too late to TRY for one, because withOUT dreams our lives would be empty and meaningless.

Dreams make us HUMAN. They make us BELIEVE. They give us HOPE that there IS something MORE out there for us. They give us FAITH that we CAN make anything HAPPEN if our DRIVE is STRONG enough. They allow us to hold ON to something we should NEVER let go of, the CHILD inside every one of us that we once were and never stopped being, who looked at the world with eyes of WONDER, knowing that ANYthing is POSSIBLE and NOTHING is UNrealistic for those who DREAM, if only they OPENED their hearts and minds to SEE.

Open your heart to BELIEVE. Let your inner child FREE. Explore the world with eyes of PERCEPTION and POSSIBILITY. If you want something with all your soul then never let it go and do all in your power to make it HAPPEN. Let the people you cannot ever bear to live without know how much they MEAN. Live the life of your DREAMS.

© 2012 Rosie Chee


TRAINING

Monday: HIIT Run + Shoulders/Hamstrings

Tuesday: Arms/Abs

Wednesday: HIIT Run

Thursday: Full-Body + Post-Weights Cardio 20 min

Friday: HIIT Run + Shoulders/Arms/Abs

Saturday: Run 3 miles

Sunday: Day OFF

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Has been fairly good for the most part - regardless of what time I go to sleep at night, been consistent in getting up between 0430-0500 Monday through Saturday. Today I didn't get up until just after 1200, but only because I went to bed ~0330 and allowed my body to "catch up" on the sleep it has NOT been getting throughout the week.

Mood: Ups and downs this week. At the end of the week crashed hard - a long time in coming after the last 8-9 months - and now it's just getting through as I pull myself out of the wreck.

Energy: Was high all week until Friday morning - during training when I emotionally crashed, my body crashed with it and I just had nothing left in me.

Concentration: I've tried really hard this week, which has been frustrating in some areas, seeing nothing for the effort. At the same time, a lot has been going on and NOT being there has NOT been an option!

Body Composition: 8.1% bodyfat - lost 0.3% over the last week, simply from getting back into training (since EVERY day except Wednesday has been terrible re nutrition), even though I was not even at 75% of Maintenance training. The definition in my delts and arms has been coming out more and more as the week progressed (the "bad" eating just brought them out MORE, even if I felt it "softened" the rest of me for a bit) - I definitely have the most muscle mass in them both that I have ever had, which is nice and brings a sense of satisfaction, since I have worked so hard to "bring them up" and struggled so much with issues re pain and injury to them.

Quality of Training: Training has been ok. A lot of pain, especially during my Friday resistance session, in BOTH my delt/biceps' tendons, and just pushing through it, because physical pain is preferable to other pain. Have done a little more running as well this week re cardio (back to HIIT sprinting OUTSIDE), which has made a difference. The cooler weather has also been much better for me and I can actually BREATHE when I'm running outside, instead of feeling like I am suffocating. Back to no less than MAINTENANCE training next week!

Joints: A lot of pain in both my anterior delt/biceps' tendons AND my wrists. My left wrist has been in more pain than my right, but I am noticing it is in CONSTANT pain, and even something like DRIVING aggravates it to the point where I don't want to be doing much of it.

Nutrition: Has been TERRIBLE. Appetite has been much higher than usual this week - aside from yesterday, when I literally had none and did not want to eat for most of the day (which indicated something seriously wrong) - and have NOT followed the 16-hour fast/8-hour feeding window for any day except Wednesday, more along the lines of a 12-16 hour feeding window and 8-12 hour fast. Hasn't seemed to affect my progress too much though, which was a little surprising. I also haven't been drinking my usual 4.5 litres of water a day either, barely getting in ~3 litres, which has made a small difference in how I feel.

Supplements: Although not a supplement per se, I have been using NO Infuse several times a day (pre-training, post-post-training shower, and pre-bed), and I believe that it's the factor having the primary difference re my delt (and bicep) development, allowing me to work through the pain and still get results.

Overall Sense of Feeling: A lot of good things have happened this week amongst the crash, and I am truly grateful for those few special people in my life who have made all the difference during this time. There are going to be quite a few changes going on from the start of October - positive and motivating - and I am looking forward to them. LIFE OPENS UP WHEN YOU DO IT'S TRUE! IT'S TIME TO REALLY MAKE THINGS HAPPEN! IT'S TIME TO START LIVING THE LIFE OF MY DREAMS!!!

September 22, 2012

2012 | Day 261: YOUR 100%


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOUR 100%

Your 100% today is not the same as it was yesterday, nor is it the same as what it will be tomorrow. That’s ok. We change on a daily basis and what we are capable of, the intensity at which we are about to operate at, the effort that we are able to ask of our body, changes too. That does NOT mean that just because you cannot do what you did yesterday that you are NOT giving your 100% TODAY.

Life goes up and down and so do we. We have good days and bad days, days when we can take on the world and days where we only want to hide from the world, days where nothing can stop us and days where a single push could topple us over. We’re only human and it’s OK to be human.

As long as you enter each day with the attitude and determination to make that day as BEST as you can and give your 100%, then you will be ok. No matter what your 100% is on any given day, GIVE it, regardless of how you feel it is compared to time past or what you think it should be. As long as you give your 100% you are doing your best, and that is the mark of a CHAMPION.

© 2012 Rosie Chee


TRAINING

Have actually NOT had a day OFF training since Sunday 2 September (after updating on 9 September I went and did Shoulders/Hamstrings later that night), since I was preparing for the Iron Asylum photoshoot Saturday 8 September and then the one for the World Physique Magazine Swimsuit issue Sunday 16 September. That said, this last week I have made an EASY/deload week, since I haven't had a week OFF training since I started back [after tearing my right rotator cuff/biceps' tendons] on Monday 10 January this year - although I DO consider this a week OFF, I still did two days of resistance training, albeit the first primarily TRX training re Shoulders/Hamstrings and the second as much bodyweight exercises as possible with some weights re Arms/Abs, for shorter than usual training times, no post-weights cardio, and only a run six days (tomorrow will be a complete day OFF ALL training). Because both my shoulders and wrists have been giving me issues over the last few weeks, I'm hoping that the time "off" will have helped them recover, and I know in times past in coming back from an "easy"/"week off" my progress has been faster. On Monday it will be back to my USUAL training, with Sundays my weekly scheduled day OFF.

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Sleeping patterns have been fairly consistent - getting up between 0300-0500 and going to bed between 1000-1300. If my body is feeling more exhausted, my "sleep-in" on a Saturday or Sunday may be 0600.

Mood: This has been up and down over the last couple of weeks due to several events and experiences, but fairly good for the most part, and I know that things can only get BETTER, even if some things are in "limbo" and are "unknown" right now.

Energy: My energy has been up and down. Feeling it wane and suddenly DROP like I'm "crashing" around 1300-1500 most days, and I've just felt like sleeping, but pushing through.

Body Composition: 8.4% bodyfat - I was 8.3% bodyfat 8 September and ~8.1% 16 September, so small fluctuations over the last couple of weeks. I'm ok at this body composition, although I notice the difference in muscle hardness from not having done resistance training this week. and have to MAINTAIN this or LOWER for myself. Deltoids and arms have the most muscle mass that they have ever had, looking the most defined and vascular that they ever had, despite the higher body composition, and even when my waist down has been affected by slight water retention, etc. from "bad" nutritional habits over the last week, they just looked BETTER after each "bad" eating.

Joints: Both shoulders and wrists have been hurting quite a lot of late - just yesterday, even standing doing nothing my right shoulder was throbbing with a sharp pain - so trying to minimize the pain and discomfort level. Have been strapping my wrists, especially since my left wrist has become a little weaker and causing a lot of pain during resistance training.

Quality of Training: See notes above under "Training".

Nutrition: This has been fairly normal - although for the last week or so been CRAVING chocolate and sushi like there's no other food in the world, which is a little odd.

Supplements: Ran out of AnaBeta 15 September and Recompadrol 18 September, as well as been without RecoverPRO since 14 September, so been with the bare basics of Alpha-T2, Erase, Shred Matrix, and Vitamin C for a bit. I have also not been using a preworkout since running out of Assault a couple of months ago, finding it ok, although noticing the difference it has made to my training. Because of my body I have become a little reliant on some supplements, almost like some people are reliant on their medication, and with a few specific products I definitely notice the difference - and it's not a good difference - in the way my body feels and operates when I do NOT have them.

Other Notes: Life has been busy, hectic, and stressful, but full of many moments of opportunity and wonder, memories being created that will last a lifetime. I'm growing more as I live, learning every single day, doing what I can to ensure constant progress and making what difference I can. The next few months have a lot of changes coming, but I am ready for it, welcoming them with acceptance and an open soul.

September 9, 2012

2012 | Day 248: YOUR TIME


MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

YOUR TIME

Be CAREFUL WHO you spend your TIME WITH. Make sure that those you SURROUND yourself with are going to ENRICH your life, working TOGETHER for a MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL purpose.

Your time is VALUABLE so don’t waste it on those who seek only to use you or drain you dry of your resources and energy. Don’t allow them access into your life to see how much they can take and leave you bleeding.

Once spent, you can NEVER get a second back, so spend it WISELY. Yes, we all make mistakes, but don’t look at them as regrets; instead LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES to make you BETTER as an individual, so that you can BLESS the lives of all those who you touch consciously AND unconsciously.

Your time is valuable, but so is that of everyone ELSE, so ensure that when you spend time with another it is not wasted in frivolous pursuits; instead for something greater than the both of you, that can lead onto higher things that will benefit and inspire OTHERS.

If you find yourself “wasting” time take a moment, a deep breath, and re-evaluate the situation. If you can, extricate yourself from it as soon as possible, and if not, try and turn it around so that your time IS being spent with PURPOSE.

© 2012 Rosie Chee

TRAINING

Monday - am: Arms/Abs + Post-Weights Cardio 20 min; pm: HIIT Run 12 min + Shoulders/Hamstrings

Tuesday - am: Full-Body + Post-Weights Cardio 20 min

Wednesday - am: HIIT 10 min + Shoulders/Arms/Abs + Post-Weights Cardio 20 min

Thursday - am: Cardio 20 min; pm: Run 3 miles

Friday - am: HIIT 10 min + Shoulders/Arms/Abs + Post-Weights Cardio 20 min; pm: Run 3 miles

Saturday - Run 3 miles

Sunday - Day OFF

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Was a little better this week. Back to getting up at 0430 for the most part.

Energy: This has been up and down all week. Been crashing daily around 1200-1400, so a little earlier than in weeks past.

Joints: Little issues with shoulders, but nothing that can't be ignored.

Body Composition: 8.3% bodyfat - back to being "comfortable" in my own skin, but still wanting to be leaner for myself.

Training: Still under Maintenance - highly stressful week and it was a little on and off/as I could do it, but I made sure to get what was important done. Next week is another week that is going to be interesting to make "fit", but I will do it - aiming to make it slightly ABOVE MAintenance.

Nutrition: Was not the best last week, but still managed to lose 0.1% bodyfat a day, and withOUT even being at Maintenance training, which I was relieved at, but also not going to chance again re training. Dieting does NOT work for me - as shown re effective fat loss this week with only TWO days of "good" eating (at the START of the week too).

Supplements: Last day of UR Spray and Erase today.

Other Notes: Another photoshoot this weekend - for the swimsuit issue of World Physique Magazine, so going to be nice being on the beach again.