The Female Terminator Chronicles: REVOLUTION (2010)

[Rosie Chee]

Day 14

1045 - HIT (no recovery between rounds):
2 rounds of -
1. Skip 1 min
2. Box - Straight Punches 1 min
3. Skip 1 min
4. Box - Uppercuts 1 min
5. Skip 1 min
6. Box - Hooks 1 min
7. Skip 1 min
8. Box - Pitter-patter 1 min
9. Skip 1 min
10. Plank 1 min

1110 - Gazelle 20 min.

1132 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It ain't about how hard you get hit, it's about how hard you get hit and keep moving forward...That's what winners do." - Rocky Balboa, Rocky Balboa​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0755 (waking at 0652), so nearly 8 hours sleep. Took some time to get to sleep, but not as much time as the last few nights have seen. Sleep deep and effective.

Mental Alertness/Focus: STRESSING!

Energy: Aggressive.

Motivation: "If you want to go through the battle to get to where you want to get, who's got the right to stop you?" - Rocky Balboa, Rocky Balboa

Mood/Aggression: Between pain and pleasure...

Stress: So stressed that I almost sent myself into shock this morning before training (I've been told that the stress I pile on myself is my worst flaw)...

Libido: Definitely needing a release.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: HIT was good (decided to do this instead of Day 3 today; it won't make a difference and could be good). Should have done 40 minutes HIT, but finished up on the Gazelle...

Recovery: Feeling a little in legs...Left medial leg under tibia feeling it a bit when skipping...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs and shoulders...Vascularity high most of the day...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Fine.

Appetite: It's getting easier and easier to be clean and good re diet...Still thirsty as...

Overall Sense of Feeling: The rest of the update says it all...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 15

0930 - HIIT Skip:
a. 4 min skip
b. 32 x 20 sec effort/10 sec effort
c. 1 x 1 min effort

0958 - Arms (3 min recovery between supersets):
Superset -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 10 x 18, 16, 12, 12, 12, 10, 8, 8, 8, 6
2. Dips 10 x 8

1035 - Gazelle 20 min.

1159 - Stretch 20 min.

1700 - Gazelle 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive, and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done." - Vince Lombardi​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0245-0642, so nearly 4 hours sleep. Deep. Dark.

Mental Alertness/Focus: Not wanting to do too much today.

Energy: Pushing it during training (hence why it was a little less volume, albeit still almost the same duration)...Exhausted pm, and fell asleep for ~30 minutes at 1620...

Motivation: I can, must and WILL do this!

Mood/Aggression: Bit blah, due to having no energy and feeling like falling over every time I stand up.

Stress: Maybe this is contributing some to my fatigue?

Libido: EXPLOSIVE and definitely contributing some to my fatigue, causing me to want to sleep afterwards.

Endurance: Good.

Strength: Good

Quality of Training: HIIT Skip was good. Left medial lower leg under tibia is still giving me issues, and have been limping around since finishing HIIT...Resistance training was fine...Rest of cardio has been turning the machine on and just letting it run...

Recovery: Hamstrings are feeling it after Wednesday (definitely stretched them out right)...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs and arms...Vascularity was fiiiine...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: I'm losing ONLY the bodyfat (which is good).

Appetite: Only eating now because I HAVE to (wonder how long THAT will last).

Overall Sense of Feeling: Working on it.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 16 - Day 7 of Shred Ultra/Cordygen5, Day 14 of Bulletproof

1016 - Gazelle 40 min.

1103 - Full-Body (1 min recovery between sets/supersets):
1. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts 2 x 20
2. Lat Pull-Downs (in squat position) 2 x 20
3. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB) 2 x 20
Superset A -
4. BB Military Press 2 x 10
5. Lateral Raises 2 x 10
Superset B -
6. Dips 2 x 10
7. Incline Dips 2 x 10
Superset C -
8. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 10
9. Zottoman Curls 2 x 10
Superset D -
10. Crunches (hips at 90 degrees, legs fully extended, hands to touch feet at top of crunch) 2 x 50
11. Plank 2 x 1 min

1139 - Gazelle 20 min.

1201 - Stretch 23 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I found power in accepting the truth of who I am. It may not be a truth that any other can accept, but I cannot live any other way. How would it be to live a lie every minute of your life? I don't think I could do it." - Lady Dela, The Two Pearls of Wisdom (Alison Goodman)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0000-0732 (waking at 0315 and 0441), so ~7.5 hours sleep. Needed it too...Woke with a VERY sore stomach, pains right up to my chest...Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Top of the line...Just spent a little over 5 hours going over and editing a manuscript (funny, you can read something so many times and still find something to change or a brief fault EVERY time!)...

Energy: Because of the pains in my stomach this morning I didn't really want to be training, so I waited a while until they had subsided enough for me to actually be able to stand without wanting to curl up on the floor in the foetal position...Energy was ok...Shattered afterwards, though...

Motivation: There. There. And there!

Mood/Aggression: Calm.

Stress: Let's see how much we can pile on shall we (seems to be what this chapter is all about).

Libido: Toned down a notch after yesterday's raging animal.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: As it should be for this session, which is NOT about strength.

Quality of Training: Cardio was all fine. Definitely getting used to the Gazelle for longer periods of time, even though it is still my least preferred mode of cardio...Resistance training was fine, with hammering heart and tight chest...

Recovery: Talk about Lower Body DOMS! I woke with hamstrings aching. After the Gazelle glutes and adductors were aching. All day Legs have been one big bruise...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump pretty high...Vascularity high as well...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Looking the best so far this year and only going to get a whole lot BETTER!

Appetite: The clean diet is getting easier and easier...Also to note that I haven't been having ANY protein shakes; ALL of my meals have been SOLID FOOD (which has a better leaning effect for me)...And thirsty as hell, as always (got to stop drinking so much)...

Overall Sense of Feeling: These days I am doing what I love most in the world, so I'm doing ok, despite the stress and other niggles getting in there...Just gotta keep pluckin' along!

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 17

1840 - HIIT Skip:
a. 4 min skip
b. 32 x 20 sec effort/10 sec effort
c. 1 x 1 min effort

1906 - Back/Chest (3 min recovery between supersets):
Superset -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 7 x 10, 10, 8, 6, 6, 6, 6
2. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB) 7 x 10

1935 - Gazelle 20 min.

1955 - Stretch 23 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Sometimes...One must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics between survivors and victims. Letting go of what was, to survive what is." - Jericho, Darkfever (Karen Marie Moning)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0737 (waking at 0511), so ~6.5 hours sleep. Aching on waking. Deep dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Even though my body has felt like sh*ite, my mind has been ALIVE. Started not too long after waking going over my manuscript again, with 8 hours flying by just like that (amazing how you never notice when you're doing something you love!)

Energy: Had pains continuing in my stomach, on and off throughout the day, with nausea as well...Training was MUCH later today, because of the way my body was feeling (and because I didn't want to leave my writing until I'd got through it at least once). Not a lot of energy for training when I did it, either (despite taking a scoop of White Flood pre)...

Motivation: "Anything can happen in life." - Byron, Dark Symphony (Christine Feehan)

Mood/Aggression: Calm. Relaxed.

Stress: Haven't let it worry me today. Lost myself in another world.

Libido: Not noticed it.

Endurance: Fine.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: HIIT was ok...Resistance training wasn't the best. White Flood exacerbated the nausea I'd been feeling most of the day and I felt like being sick after the second superset. Lay down on the floor in the foetal position between supersets. Stopped after only seven supersets, despite cussing myself and trying to push it to complete at LEAST 10 supersets and not be a baby...Post-weights cardio was slow and more recovery than anything, as I did NOT want to be doing it...

Recovery: Training over the last week is catching up on me...While Bulletproof may give me reasonable sleep it does NOT eliminate DOMS (NOTHING compares to IGF-2 with that and I always compare every Growth Hormone booster I use to it, which may not be fair on the products, but....shrug)...Body is VERY sore, which has contributed to me being able to focus on something else and leave it until late today...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump strong, despite low volume...Vascularity high...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Seeing top 2-4 abs withOUT contracting them...Legs looking good (get those hamstrings better!)

Appetite: Kind of being forgetting to eat I got so lost in my work, and not wanting to eat when I do...Need to drink more today...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Stepping stones...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 18

Today is this week's Day OFF...And boy have I been looking forward to it!

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Nothing in the world is permanent and we are foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we are still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it." - William Somerset Maughan​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0100-0705 (waking at 0642), so ~6 hours sleep. Took me a little while to get to sleep last night; mind ticking over at the speed of sound...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Definitely there...Doing more of what I love...

Energy: Doesn't matter. Just going to enjoy NOT having to do anything...

Motivation: I'm going to make my own 'luck'!

Mood/Aggression: Calm still holding.

Stress: Still there...And letting me know it needs releasing...

Libido: Stress has contributed to my body being in a constantly responsive state, regardless of whether my head's in it or not.

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: Lower body still achy, but not as bad as yesterday...

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...Vascularity normal...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: 114.2lb at 10% bodyfat...I haven't been losing weight OR size very fast, but what I HAVE lost is VERY noticeable. Definitely seeing the extra muscle mass that I have gained over the last few months in my back, shoulders, and legs; especially when I'm leaning out and girths are barely changing...

Appetite: NEED to have a higher calorie/carbohydrate day today. Body NOT feeling like it, though (so I will be forcing it in a meal later on)...Got to keep drinking...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Fine...Just to note that yesterday I started dosing Shred Ultra at 2 caps for my second dose; and I've also been dosing RPM with my first dose of NeoVar Recomped ~60 minutes pre-training, instead of first thing and 30-40 minutes pre-training respectively...

 

[WarcraftJJS]

I'm here for the 2010 Rosie.

 

[Rosie Chee]

I'm here for the 2010 Rosie.

Awesome :1244:

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 19

1214 - HIIT Skip:
a. 4 min skip
b. 32 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 1 x 1 min effort
d. 4 min skip

1344 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. BB Military Press 12 x 15, 15, 15, 12, 12, 12, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 15
3. Bent Over Rear Raises 4 x 12

1424 - Gazelle 20 min.

1446 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination. Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth." - Napoleon Hill​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0230-1059, waking a lot on and off, so nearly 8.5 hours sleep. Went to bed quite late, later than I would normally; I believe that it is in some part to a few of the supplements that I am using...Sleep, when there, was deep...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Definitely there...

Energy: Fine, today...

Motivation: "You were born an original. Don't die a copy." - John Mason

Mood/Aggression: It's early yet. But was pretty good during training and even now...Night is going to be spent going over manuscripts yet again, so going to be calm and even...

Stress: My wisdom teeth started coming up early this morning before I went to bed...They only do that when I am under the most severe stress...

Libido: As with mood, it's still early. But I've no doubt that it will rear its head later on...

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Same weight as last week for BB Military Press and was able to get out more reps each set for more overall volume.

Quality of Training: HIIT was great...Resistance training was just as good...Again, post-weights Gazelle counted as 'pm cardio', since I trained so late...

Recovery: Fine.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in lower legs and shoulders...Vascularity decent...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Not seeing any of the excess of yesterday...

Appetite: Shovelled the carbohydrates and calories in last night. However, unlike usual, when I would have been able to eat the full 250g of chips, the whole large pizza, a full 1kg tub of ice-cream, 250g of chocolate, muffins, and keep on going through anything else that might have been in the house, I was only able to eat the 250g of chips and barely half a pizza. Strange...Thirst clawing away at me...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Losing myself in my passion...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 20

1403 - Gazelle 40 min.

1446 - Hamstrings/Abs (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts 5 x 20
2. Crunches (hips at 90 degrees, legs fully extended, hands to touch feet at top of crunch) 5 x 20

1511 - Gazelle 42 min.

1612 - Stretch 23 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Do you ever wonder if what you look at is the same thing everyone else is seeing?" - Leslie, Ink Exchange (Melissa Marr)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0300-1118 (waking at 0917), so ~8.25 hours sleep. Sleeping hours have been disrupted once again, but at least I am getting my sleep in, all at once, instead of in 2-3 hour sleep periods. Dreaming, some...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Didn't really get it until ~2200. Until then I was dizzy, lightheaded, and not into it. Even so, spent 8-9 hours going over my manuscript yet again...

Energy: Didn't really have any, despite all the deliberate carbohydrates that I have had over the last three days...

Motivation: "Belief is a powerful thing. If you believe you can..." - Niall, Ink Exchange (Melissa Marr)

Mood/Aggression: Swinging a little today...

Stress: High. Wisdom teeth affecting me more later on in the day...

Libido: High.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Hamstrings/Abs' day is NOT about strength.

Quality of Training: Did longer cardio than would usually; just got myself into the drift and kept going...Resistance training was definitely shorter than usual, but got the stretch in my hamstrings that I need and want...

Recovery: Fine.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs...Vascularity picking up during second half of post-weights cardio...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Holding a bit of water (which is to be expected after all the carbohydrates that I have been having).

Appetite: Have had higher carbohydrates than "allowed" the last few days, because my mental alertness and energy has been severely lacking (even more so)...Still drinking heaps, finishing a galleon of water within 5-6 hours of getting up...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I have been having a lot of trouble breathing over the last few days, a tight feeling in my chest and my throat feeling like it's closing off. Hoping it will pass quickly...

 

[Bnatural]

going to get the tooth checked out?
hope you start feeling better, i had a wisdom tooth issue months back and wasnt able to sleep without irritating.
good to see other aspects are going well though

 

[rantorcha]

I gotta tell ya, I don't remember every seeing anyone's journal that included the stuff you do like, mood/aggression and libido. Not that I'm complaining...it's very cool!!

And, please don't take offense, but if that's a picture of you in your avatar....well done! lol

Good luck with the food and teeth issues.

 

[Rosie Chee]

going to get the tooth checked out?
hope you start feeling better, i had a wisdom tooth issue months back and wasnt able to sleep without irritating.
good to see other aspects are going well though

No, not going to get them checked out. They go up and down based on my stress levels and are only a pain in the ass when up.

I gotta tell ya, I don't remember every seeing anyone's journal that included the stuff you do like, mood/aggression and libido. Not that I'm complaining...it's very cool!!

Everything that I make comments on are an effect of one of the products that I use (as I mentioned in post #1).

 

[Bnatural]

interesting, maybe its something with the nerves touching your tooth. Mine started like that before. Either way, hopefully it doesn't hinder workouts. Keep going at it!

 

[Rosie Chee]

interesting, maybe its something with the nerves touching your tooth. Mine started like that before. Either way, hopefully it doesn't hinder workouts. Keep going at it!

WHAT is something to do with the nerves touching my tooth? The wisdom teeth coming up during times of stress? Because that's a fairly common thing, even not for me.

 

[Bnatural]

The tooth growing in , and the root could be causing issues. I'm not a dentist, but its what happened to me, as it grew in it put pressure on my tooth (because the wisdom tooth was coming in at an angle) and the root was touching the nerve. Fun extraction process. It woulda cost less if I went in when I felt pain though (end result was $600 out of pocket)

 

[Rosie Chee]

The tooth growing in , and the root could be causing issues. I'm not a dentist, but its what happened to me, as it grew in it put pressure on my tooth (because the wisdom tooth was coming in at an angle) and the root was touching the nerve. Fun extraction process. It woulda cost less if I went in when I felt pain though (end result was $600 out of pocket)

I see...Well, I'm going to leave it be for the meantime...It'll go back down in a few days...Until the next time I get over-mega stressed...

 

[Bnatural]

maybe some somnidren will keep the stress down (minor pimpage).

Can I ask what may be causing the stress?

 

[Rosie Chee]

maybe some somnidren will keep the stress down (minor pimpage).

Can I ask what may be causing the stress?

No, didn't sleep well on the sample I used.

I'm always stressed. But have been more than usual. Lots of things. Mostly work and spending almost every waking minute doing it. As well as other issues on top of that.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 21

Didn't plan on having a day off, but by the time I eventually got up, and because of how I was feeling, it became one.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "No one can continue without hope." - Gregori, Dark Curse (Christine Feehan)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0700-0730 and ~0900-1530 (waking at 1200 and 1500), so ~7 hours sleep. Couldn't get to sleep until later again, MUCH later than usual...Sleeping patterns are all screwed up again...

Mental Alertness/Focus: HAVING to focus. Head needed to be in an 'on' place, and trying to force it, when was having trouble concentrating...

Energy: Not a lot...

Motivation: Struggling to find it...

Mood/Aggression: Stressed...

Stress: Wisdom teeth causing lower face to swell a little...

Libido: High.

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: Feeling hamstrings a little from yesterday.

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...Vascularity normal...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Still holding a little water.

Appetite: Still craving the carbohydrates...Definitely needed to drink more today...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Stressed to the absolute max!

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 22

1339 - HIIT Skip:
a. 4 min skip
b. 32 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 1 x 1 min effort
d. 4 min skip

1408 - Stretch 21 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Belief makes anything possible." - Iolair, Miriam?s Talisman (Elenor Gill)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0130-0955 (waking at 0358, 0900, and 0930), so ~8.3 hours sleep. Sleep frustrated and woke feeling like absolute SH*TE...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Almost every waking minute is spent trying to force myself to concentrate, because work has been full on and it's something that's NEEDED to be done. Head has been pounding and lightheaded and not in a good place...

Energy: Not felt like doing anything at all, but making sure that I at least did HIIT...

Motivation: The stress is affecting me. The stress and the fatigue. It's been some months now, since had a week off resistance training, and have decided to let myself have this week 'off', so long as I get in at least five days of at least 20 minutes of cardio...

Mood/Aggression: Stressed, stressed, stressed...

Stress: Have I mentioned HOW stressed I am?!

Libido: Needing that release.

Endurance: Fine.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: HIIT could feel how tired and shattered I was, but pushed on, determined to get it DONE.

Recovery: Shattered.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in legs...Vascularity normal...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Not good at all; all the high carbohydrates from the last few days have been causing water retention and bloating (not helped by the stress and less than usual water consumption).

Appetite: Shovelling in the carbohydrates when up. It's like my appetite has been UNLEASHED...Needing to have more water, though...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Haven't had much time to do anything...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 23

1409 - Gazelle 30 min.

1453 - Stretch 22 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Success comes from not what God has given you, but from what you do with it." - Teacher, Gladiator​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0330-1017 (waking at 0730), so ~6.75 hours sleep. No dreams...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Still forcing the focus; my head NEEDS to BE there!

Energy: Had none.

Motivation: SEARCHING...

Mood/Aggression: Getting REALLY frustrated with myself.

Stress: Well past the warning signs now...

Libido: UNbelievably high.

Endurance: Ok.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: 'Recovery' session (not that I had much TO recover from).

Recovery: Smashed.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump minimal...Vascularity normal...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs.

Body Composition and Look: HATING IT!

Appetite: More carbohydrates and not enough water...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Wondering WHY I am feeling as shattered as I am. Probably a mixture of stress and all those carbohydrates and fcuked up sleeping patterns...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 24

1609 - HIIT Skip:
a. 4 min skip
b. 32 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 1 x 1 min effort

1633 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You can start out with the best intentions in the world; but somehow one day turns into another and before you know it...You haven?t done half the things you set out to do." - Lexie, Second Sons Trilogy Book II: Eye of the Labyrinth (Jennifer Fallon)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~1100-1417, so ~3.25 hours sleep. Man, not sure what happened last night; just couldn't go to sleep even after went to bed, so just stayed up watching movies. And come morning, still not tired. And when slept, didn't sleep for long. And when woke felt ok for about an hour and then crashed bad...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Not really there or wanting to do anything. Welcoming the NOT having to do anything much today...

Energy: SHATTERED...Passed out on the couch from ~1930-2124, adding nearly another 2 hours sleep...

Motivation: I am NOT going to be one of those people who never does what they wanted or intended to do. Every day is going to be one more step in the direction of reaching the stars and achieving my dreams!!!

Mood/Aggression: Too stressed and shattered to feel much else except irritation.

Stress: The sign is blaring red danger!

Libido: None.

Endurance: Ok.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: Working for it during HIIT, and glad when it was over.

Recovery: Lack of sleep and fcuked up sleeping patterns when I DO sleep, definitely NOT helping anything.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump low in legs...Vascularity average...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Feeling like I would if I had a "that time of the month". Certainly VERY uncomfortable and feeling like I'm holding far too much water and NOT liking it!

Appetite: Forced myself to be good. So what if my body has needed the extra calories and carbohydrates over the last week; I am NOT going to let it continue and ruin my progress (as the week off training and bad week of eating may have slowed it a little as it is)...Haven't been drinking enough and NEED to be...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I feel like I have been run over by a bus!

RPN Notes: The Flawless Skin Couture Intensive Dermal Restoration Therapy has definitely made a difference over the last 3 weeks of use. The lines and wrinkles that I had around my eyes have decreased noticeably. There are less lines, and those that are there are mostly faint, with only 1-2 deeper ones around each eye. This stuff definitely works!

MST Notes: Started using Shred Ultra at 3/3 from today.

 

[rantorcha]

Sounds like you are really struggling the last few days. But I am here to say...Hang in there! We are all behind you, pulling for you. I am SURE you will get it together soon.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Sounds like you are really struggling the last few days. But I am here to say...Hang in there! We are all behind you, pulling for you. I am SURE you will get it together soon.

I've been highly stressed and trying to get 48 hours into every 24 hours with work and sleeping and everything, so yeah...Maybe I just need a bit more than a week's break. But we'll see...I WILL get where I want when I want, so not too worried about that...Each bump in the road is just another obstacle to be conquered and another test of faith, is all...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 25

Following in the pattern of the last few weeks and having today as this week's day off (and allowing myself another day to try and pull myself together again)...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You cannot save others until you first save yourself." - Brother Jeremiah, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0230-1156 (waking at 0955 and 1030), so ~9.3 hours sleep. Again, took me a long time to get to sleep...Sleep deep but broken and disturbed...Some interesting things going on...Waking and whole body aching and feeling too shattered to even want to move...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Still not in a place where I want to be focused on anything. Not even being mindless and watching movies is appealing...

Energy: I don't feel like I have anything...

Motivation: "If you want something really bad, only you have the power to make it happen." - Michelle Levesque

Mood/Aggression: Classic withdrawal.

Stress: One huge one down...What's left is still excruciating...

Libido: High am pre-sleeping...

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: For someone who has done virtually NO exercise for the last week I sure am EXHAUSTED.

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...Vascularity normal...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs.

Body Composition and Look: Still sitting at 10% bodyfat; the last week hasn't done too much damage, but it certainly hasn't helped progress.

Appetite: Not wanting to be eating anymore...Need to drink more...MORE...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Breathing is hard again...Been getting chills, although not sure what THAT could be from...Need to KICK myself...HARD...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 26

1759 - HIT (no recovery between rounds):
2 rounds of -
1. Skip 1 min
2. Box - Straight Punches 1 min
3. Skip 1 min
4. Box - Uppercuts 1 min
5. Skip 1 min
6. Box - Hooks 1 min
7. Skip 1 min
8. Box - Pitter-patter 1 min
9. Skip 1 min
10. Plank 1 min

1824 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Dream a better dream; then work to make it real." - Max, The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0415-1541 (waking at 1230 and 1536), so ~11.25 hours sleep. What is WITH all the sleeping???!!! Woke several times (more than can remember), each time with a massive headache and not wanting to move at all. Dreaming strangely. Woke with the hugest of migraines, head feeling like it was going to BURST...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Migraine has been so bad that taking all my effort to even concentrate today...

Energy: Have none. I feel so flat and exhausted and not like I could do much right now...

Motivation: "When we make our dreams a reality, reality becomes a dream." - Max, The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl

Mood/Aggression: Up and down, up and down...

Stress: One more thing on top on another...

Libido: The way I'm feeling, not a chance...

Endurance: Fine.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: Even though I felt like the dead walking I WANTED to train. Do SOMEthing. Not let this week be like last week. Every jump I made when skipping just caused my head to hurt, pounding like it was going to explode. Managed as best I could for 20 minutes and called it a day.

Recovery: SHATTERED (and not sure WHY).

Pump and Vascularity: Small pump in my shoulders...Vascularity just average...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs...Noticing the difference with no resistance training for a week...

Body Composition and Look: This morning there were deep grooves in my upper abs. Looking better, even though last week was bad re training and nutrition.

Appetite: Having - and needing - to be good...

Overall Sense of Feeling: A little confused as to why my body is feeling the way it is. The inability to work up the motivation to train. The lack of energy and the endless migraines and lightheadedness. The weird sleeping patterns and sleeping so much.

Other Notes: Today I used the last of my RPM, so going to be without it for a while...Also, have decided that, as I do with my Day Off, I am going to have my HIT day whenever I feel that it is necessary to insert between days 1 to 5, and just continue on with them consecutively after either a Day Off or HIT day.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 27

Another day OFF...NOT liking how this week has started out...But I can guarantee that it will NOT end like it started, and be nothing like last week!

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Sometimes when you catch someone unaware at just the right time and in just the right light, you can catch sight of what they will be." - Mattie, A Northern Light (Jennifer Donnelly)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0500-1427 (waking at 1230), so nearly 9.5 hours sleep. Deep. Dreaming, strange and wonderful dreams, and not wanting to wake from them, drawing inspiration...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Migraine hasn't been as bad today as it was the last few days; little more manageable. But still a long way to go...

Energy: Still woke feeling like sh*t, but with a little more than I have had...

Motivation: "You never fail if you know you did your best." - John Wooden...I AM going to do my BEST!

Mood/Aggression: Neither here nor there...

Stress: I am not helping...

Libido: Nope...

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: Not sore today...A small start in the right direction...

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...No vascularity...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs.

Body Composition and Look: Holding water and not feeling very comfortable.

Appetite: The bottomless pit. The endless vacuum...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Starting to come out of my funk. Good. About fcuking time!

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 28

1440 - HIIT Gazelle:
a. 4 min
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min

1505 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. BB Military Press 12 x 15, 15, 12, 12, 10, 10, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 20
3. Bent Over Rear Raises 4 x 12

1545 - Gazelle 20 min.

1610 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "This is a broken world. Nothing in it is fair...But it's when you stop expecting that it will be, that miraculously you are given the strength to survive, the grace to forgive, and enough love that you can carry on fighting. It's the knowledge that one day this fight will be over, and that everything will be put right, and that all the pain and sadness will be so utterly forgotten. It will be as if it never was." - Anna van Homrigh, The Star Locket (Natalie Jane Prior)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0400-1230 (waking at 0500), so ~8.5 hours sleep. Fell asleep on the couch well before I was planning on it, and quite a bit before I have been usually when get up as late as what I did yesterday...Deep sleep...Some dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: NO migraine today! Thank God for small miracles.

Energy: Had more energy today. Didn't feel like I was the walking dead, which is so refreshing...

Motivation: "All stories must begin at some time and with someone." - Cordelia, This is all: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn (Aiden Chambers)

Mood/Aggression: Fine. Calm. Normal - if I can ever be 'normal'...

Stress: Some stress. Less than yesterday...

Libido: Possibly...

Endurance: Good.

Strength: Better in some areas and not in others.

Quality of Training: My skipping rope broke 48 seconds into HIIT Skip, so I had to improvise and ended up doing HIIT on the Gazelle. Was different, but ok...Resistance training was good. Right anterior delts hurting during BB Military Press, and pushing through for more afterwards...Post-weights gazelle was good...

Recovery: Fine.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in hamstrings during HIIT and in anterior delts from fourth set of BB Military Presses...Vascularity normal...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs.

Body Composition and Look: So far from where I want to be. Feel like the last 10 days has set me back a bit, and that may be, but not going to let it continue.

Appetite: Only what I've had to today...Thirst back...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Starting to feel 'normal' again. Migraine gone. Wisdom teeth have gone back down. Sleeping still screwed up, but can manipulate that. Not crashing as bad as I was. Mental clarity and energy returning. This is good.

 

[crader]

Awesome! Now one month to go..lets do this!

 

[Rosie Chee]

Awesome! Now one month to go..lets do this!

Thanks Yes, lets!

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 29

2009 - Gazelle 40 min.

2055 - Hamstrings/Abs (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (BB to ground) 8 x 20
2. Glute-Ham Raises (on ground) 4 x 15
3. BB Good Mornings 4 x 10
4. Crunches (hips at 90 degrees, legs fully extended, hands to touch feet at top of crunch) 2 x 50

2148 - Gazelle 20 min.

2211 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You have to make a decision what you want to be in life. If you want something special then you have to sacrifice a lot. I get the most satisfaction out of things not everybody experiences." - Arnold Schwarzenegger​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0000-0200 and ~0600-1800 (waking at 1630), so ~15 hours sleep. Passed out on the couch at ~0000, waking at 0200. Took my dose of Bulletproof at 0204 - since fell asleep before could take it - and was bouncing around like a bunny for hours afterwards, talking a mile a minute and driving my husband insane and causing him to want to pull what hair he has out...Didn't even notice when I fell asleep. But it was deep; I was out for the count...There were a few dreams there, not wanting to wake and get up...Didn't get up until ~1830...

Mental Alertness/Focus: A small migraine on waking. I think that my migraines on waking are caused by the fact that I often get quite hot when I sleep - despite having the fan going - and if I sleep for too long, do not (obviously) drink anything, so from lack of hydration...Once up, fine and dandy...

Energy: Definitely had energy once up...

Motivation: "When somebody says you can't do something, you fight back; you prove them wrong." - Coach, One Tree Hill

Mood/Aggression: For the amount of time I've been awake - good...

Stress: Hasn't had enough time to catch up with me yet today...

Libido: YES...Good training has a habit of doing that...

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Hamstrings' sessions are NOT about strength.

Quality of Training: Cardio was fine; sweating a bit more than have been lately...Resistance training was good. Focused. Time passed quickly...So thirsty; drank 4 litres of water during my training period of ~2.5 hours!

Recovery: Maybe the extra long sleep was me recovering from yesterday's resistance session, since it was the first one after a week's break?

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in hamstrings...Vascularity nothing special and almost non-existent...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs.

Body Composition and Look: Still feeling soft and out of shape. But it shouldn't take long - less than 2 weeks - to get back there.

Appetite: Fine...Thirsty as. Consumed over 5 litres in the first 4 hours of getting up (and the day hasn't ended yet)!

Overall Sense of Feeling: Now that I am feeling better and not as shattered, I am good. It's time to hunker down and really dig it in.

Muscle Pharm Notes: Since using Bulletproof, like last night, there are a few things to note (and that fit a pattern I have found with other Growth Hormone boosters that I have used over the last few months), such as dosing pre-bed - either 30 minutes as recommended, or an hour - or just before bed, makes NO difference, and just WAKES ME UP. Which is interesting. This means that generally on the days that I actually dose Bulletproof I get little sleep, albeit deep. On the days that I do not I sleep for AGES. It took about a week for Bulletproof to kick in re normalizing sleeping patterns, and having the last 10 days off it - due to no resistance training - was NOT ideal. Nevertheless, I am going to continue with it - still half a tub left (should have kept using 5 on/2 off when taking my break from training)...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 30 - Day 21 of Shred Ultra/Cordygen5, Day 28 of Bulletproof

1004 - HIIT Gazelle:
a. 4 min
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min

1025 - Arms (3 min recovery between supersets):
Superset -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 10 x 20, 17, 13, 11, 9, 8, 8, 8, 7, 6
2. Dips 10 x 8

1106 - Gazelle 20 min.

1130 - Stretch 28 min.

1705 - Gazelle 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Fear is in the mind. Like pain, it can be controlled. If I face it it cannot master me." - The Master, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Nightmares​

Sleep - Time and Quality: I have not slept since waking yesterday...

Mental Alertness/Focus: My mental focus started waning at ~0600, but forced myself to stay up and awake because I wanted to train in the morning, so that I can get back into a regular sleeping pattern and schedule - which I so desperately NEED. Head has been foggy and out of it most of the day, including during training, and tried sleeping, but couldn't...

Energy: Have had none since ~0600, even though I trained...Spent the bulk of the afternoon cuddled up on the couch with the cat, feeling nauseous...

Motivation: "You won't know until you try." - Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Surprise

Mood/Aggression: Calm. Blank.

Stress: Feeling it again.

Libido: There...And there...

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Ok.

Quality of Training: Considering I felt like passing out throughout most of my training, it was an achievement...During resistance training in recovery periods I was lying on the floor, heart feeling like it was going to burst out of my chest! Also felt really nauseous and like I wanted to be sick. Odd...

Recovery: Feeling my hamstrings from yesterday, especially on the gazelle.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in arms...Vascularity strong today; pretty...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs.

Body Composition and Look: Getting there...

Appetite: Not really in the mood for eating...2 galleons of water down so far today...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Feeling the all-nighter, but knowing that it's going to be worth it!

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 31

1829 - Gazelle 20 min.

1855 - Full-Body (1 min recovery between sets/supersets):
1. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts 2 x 20
2. Lat Pull-Downs (in squat position) 2 x 20
3. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB) 2 x 20
Superset A -
4. BB Military Press 2 x 10
5. Lateral Raises 2 x 10
Superset B -
6. Dips 2 x 10
7. Incline Dips 2 x 10
Superset C -
8. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 10
9. Plank 2 x 1 min
Superset D -
10. Bicycles 2 x 50
11. Knee-Ins (on floor) 2 x 25

1934 - Gazelle 20 min.

2202 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "A man can persuade himself to the necessity of anything, if he has the will to." - Yugi, The Ascendancy Veil (Chris Wooding)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0600-1612 (waking at 1430), so just over 10 hours sleep. Deep. Once I was gone I was gone. And all with good reason - 36 hours awake can do that to you. Dreaming a little, but not much...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Not the best, even since waking. Lightheaded and not wanting to think, and in all honesty, just wanting to close my eyes and go back to sleep...

Energy: None. But I forced myself to train - got to, to keep it going...

Motivation: It was there, whispering to me as much as the sweet temptation NOT to train was, winning out over the latter.

Mood/Aggression: Tired.

Stress: I know it's there. I feel too shattered to care much right now, though.

Libido: It could be aroused.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Full-Body sessions are not about strength, and it achieved what it was meant to.

Quality of Training: Same as yesterday, feeling like I was going to pass out or collapse or something during training today...Pre-weights cardio was a blur, not wanting to be doing it, and concentrating on when it would be over...Resistance training was an effort, making sure I was completely focused during each set, eventually lying on the ground to catch my breath and my bearings towards the later supersets. So tempted to go lighter or do less reps or be easier on myself, with the justified excuse that I am fatigued, but that won't fly...Didn't even want to do post-weights cardio, so barely with it by the end...

Recovery: DOMS has been given a NEW meaning, especially with the PAIN in my hamstrings lingering.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump good...Vascularity ok...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: 112.6 lb at 9.5% bodyfat...Can tell re leaning in back...Feeling tighter, but still a little soft and as if holding water (which is not surprising considering the 10 litres I drank yesterday, and the 5 litres I've drunk since waking)...

Appetite: I want to eat and yet I don't...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Been 'cold' a lot of the day. Chills, and then feeling on fire...Sigh...

Other Notes: My current bottle of NeoVar Recomped runs out today, so I will be without creatine until my new one gets here - which could be about a week (better not be any longer).

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 32

Today is this week's Day OFF...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Success belongs to those too small to carry what they believe in, but too stubborn to leave it behind." - The Word for Today (Bob & Debbie Gas)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0400-1530 (waking at 0843 and 1415), so ~11.5 hours sleep. Fell asleep after eating almost non-stop with sugar and carbohydrates (NOT good, but needed) not long into the start of a movie. Woke up groggy and really not with it at 0843, so went downstairs to bed...Sleep deep. Dreaming some...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Migraine starting in and not feeling so great - probably from all the food...

Energy: Glad that it's my Day Off...

Motivation: Like Christine said, to get into competition shape one generally needs to diet, and so I must (she says with a sigh)...10 weeks until my first show...5 weeks until the Arnold...I week until my first 2010 photoshoot...

Mood/Aggression: Eh, ok...

Stress: Days like this I feel it heavier than usual...I've been told that I don't let it bother me as much when I have more sex (interesting)...

Libido: Sure.

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: SERIOUS DOMS. Especially in hamstrings.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump good...Vascularity ok...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: My body is very different to how it was the last time I was 9.5% bodyfat. I have more muscle mass, and girths are bigger - +1.5 inches in shoulders, +2 inches in chest, + 1 inch in waist, +2 inches in hips, + 2.5 inches in legs (1cm below gluteal fold). I KNOW. BIG DIFFERENCE.

Appetite: Today is the day my body 'catches up' on the rest of the week (well, before the rest of the week)...Need to drink more water - a few days of 5-10 litres of water daily, and then the huge 400+g of carbohydrates this morning and then again tonight, makes me not want to drink much today...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Got to be positive. Steps. Small ones. DISCIPLINE.

 

[crader]

LOL thats right!! You must diet, after all every one of those girls you will compete against wants it as bad as you. Therefore never let them beat you in the kitchen!!!!

 

[Rosie Chee]

LOL thats right!! You must diet, after all every one of those girls you will compete against wants it as bad as you. Therefore never let them beat you in the kitchen!!!!

No. Got to do EVERYTHING possible to get what I want. It's all in the SMALL details.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 33

1837 - HIIT Gazelle:
a. 4 min
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min

1859 - Shoulders (1 min recovery between sets):
1. BB Military Press 12 x 15, 15, 12, 12, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8, 8, 8, 8
2. Lateral Raises 4 x 15
3. Bent Over Rear Raises 4 x 12

1936 - Gazelle 36 min.

2015 - Stretch 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "To dream is to awaken the soul, it is to set free the mind and spirit and sail away on a journey of hope! To dream is to build castles out of clouds and realities out of wishes! It is to give meaning to the word 'belief'. To dream is to hear music in the silence of thought! To dream is to abandon the fear of limitation, to unlearn scepticism and doubt, and boldly embrace each day as a miraculous adventure! To dream is to see beyond the horizon and to know that we are capable of anything our hearts desire!" - Claire Jensen ​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0500-1652 (waking at 1615), so ~11.75 hours sleep. WTF is up with THAT?! No Bulletproof dose last night, which could explain it - I always sleep ages on the days I DON'T use it (figures)...Deep. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: There, but head wishing I was somewhere else...

Energy: Fine.

Motivation: I don't know where it is today. I feel like I am standing STILL. And it bothers me and it doesn't bother me, if that makes any sense. I have all the reason to be motivated in the world - the first being a week away - and yet...

Mood/Aggression: Moody.

Stress: It's there all right, the little black cloud on one shoulder...

Libido: Maybe later.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: Was blah. Not wanting to be there, but doing it anyway...I'm going to start running again tomorrow - haven't done that in just over a month - and hopefully it will shock my body some and kickstart the results process again...

Recovery: Hamstrings are SUFFERING. They are tight as, in a way I've never felt before (not good).

Pump and Vascularity: Pump not a lot; only a little in anterior delts...Vascularity didn't really notice...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Days like today and I just hate what I see.

Appetite: Not wanting to eat, but wanting to (I know, today is the day for feeling like this)...Not really wanting to drink, either, but forcing myself to (need at LEAST a galleon of water DAILY)...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Focus on the future, what I want and the road there.

 

[John Smeton]

looking good Rosie

how do you stretch for 20 minutes? is it a full body stretch?

 

[Rosie Chee]

looking good Rosie

how do you stretch for 20 minutes? is it a full body stretch?

Cheers, John. It's just a habit I've had ever since my cycling days. Mostly legs and core; I actually need to work more on my upper body. But cover what I do that day.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 34

1520- HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min jogging

1536 - Arms (3 min recovery between Superset A, 1 min recovery between rest of supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 6 x 18, 14, 11, 9, 7, 7
2. Dips 6 x 8
Superset B -
3. EZ-Bar Biceps Curls 4 x 10
4. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB under chest) 4 x 8
Superset C -
5. Incline DB Bicep Curls 4 x 8
6. DB French Press 4 x 8
Superset D -
7. Alternate DB Hammer Curls 2 x 20
8. Dips 2 x 8

1635 - Spin Bike:
20 min @ 40.7 km/hr

1756 - Stretch 23 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The past is something you learn from, not something you dwell upon." - Sean Scott ​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0500-1323 (waking at 0700, 0800, and 1305), so ~8.25 hours sleep. NOT planning on falling asleep, but it happening, and not having my Bulletproof before (sigh)...Sleep was deep, and didn't want to be woken at either 0700 or 0800 and went easily straight back to sleep...Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: There.

Energy: A few lightheaded spells, but otherwise ok...Running took something out of me...

Motivation: I would hate myself and beat myself up so badly if I did NOT do all that I could to get where I want! So, it's back to being me, and attention to the small details (as well as the big) and anal and one-track mind and complete FOCUS...

Mood/Aggression: Better.

Stress: Trying to think of OTHER things...

Libido: It's possible.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Fine.

Quality of Training: Yes, so decided on doing HIIT Run today, instead of 20-40 minutes cardio...HIIT Run was ok. First two efforts I was like a little rocket. After that I started fading, and the last two efforts were pitiful, albeit still going as fast as I could for them both. Was shattered after only eight efforts, so let it go only having done 12 minutes and not the 20-minute minimum...Resistance session was good. Different being back in the gym to training downstairs in the basement (although I get good sessions done there). Able to do slightly more in the gym, since I don't have that huge a selection of dumbbells at home, and enjoyed it...Spin Bike was ok. Been a while since I cycled as well, but body handled that better than the running...

Recovery: Hamstrings feeling slightly better (man, taking so LONG to recover!)

Pump and Vascularity: Pump from the first superset...Vascularity started coming into play a little later in my resistance session, and when it did knots in lower arms and hands, and seeing through biceps, although not deep blue like when I am more golden...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Can only get better...Right...

Appetite: Normal...Drinking again...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Ok.

 

[crader]

good session!

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 35

1621 - HIIT Gazelle:
a. 4 min
b. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min
d. 8 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
e. 4 min

1643 - Stretch 20 min.

1709 - Hamstrings/Abs (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts (BB to floor) 4 x 20
2. BB Romanian Deadlifts 4 x 10
3. Glute-Ham Raises (on floor) 4 x 20
4. BB Good Mornings 4 x 10
5. Abs 2 x [a. weighted crunches (knees at 90 degree flexion) x 15, b. reverse curls (on floor) x 10, c. bicycle x 30]

1755 - Gazelle 20 min.

2322 - Gazelle 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength." - Arnold Schwarzenegger​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0500-1402 (waking at 0700), so ~9 hours sleep. Deep. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Got to be even MORE there.

Energy: Good.

Motivation: I need to be how I was back in my cycling days. NOTHING was done - and I mean NOTHING - if it was not going to help me achieve my goals (ah, the one-track-mindedness and discipline)...

Mood/Aggression: Hmmm...

Stress: Still trying to think of other things (or this can get so bad)...Got told that I do it to myself, get myself so worked up, that I cause my own spikes in cortisol (probably true), and it needs to STOP...

Libido: Body is responsive...

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Hamstrings' day is NOT about strength, but the STRETCH.

Quality of Training: Definitely got to get AWAY from the Gazelle - use it only for pm cardio sessions...HIIT was ok...Resistance session was good...Pm cardio passed quickly...

Recovery: My body hurts in places it has not hurt in a LONG time - DEFINTIELY need to keep with the running! I can feel my core so tight and sore. And my arms...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump not really...Vascularity was more noticeable after post-training shower than actually when training...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Feel like I am holding a lot of water...Nowhere near the condition I SHOULD be in by now (and got to stop thinking about where I should be and would be if the last two weeks hadn't happened)...

Appetite: Fine...Water consumption normal...

Overall Sense of Feeling: I am getting very used to my body, and in tune with it. I am becoming more and more sensitive to changes in blood sugar and insulin levels (something I need to control more). It's a learning curve, with a few revelations I wish weren't so, but are definitely for the better.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 36

1721 - Gazelle 40 min.

1806 - Full-Body (1 min recovery between sets):
1. Stiff-Legged BB Deadlifts 2 x 20
2. BB Bent Over Rows 2 x 20
3. Flat BB Bench Press 2 x 20
4. BB Military Press 2 x 20
5. Incline Dips 2 x 20
6. EZ-Bar Bicep Curls 2 x 20
7. Weighted Crunches 2 x 20
8. Reverse Curls (on floor) 2 x 20
9. Bicycles 2 x 20
10. Plank 1 min

1854 - Gazelle 20 min.

1917 - Stretch 23 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "If you want something really bad, only you have the power to make it happen." - Michelle Levesque ​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0800-1528 (waking at 1128), so nearly 7.5 hours sleep. Last night was quite the wide-awake and brightness. Dosed Bulletprooof at 0657, so didn't take as long to fall asleep this time once went to bed...Sleep deep. Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Yes.

Energy: Top of the line.

Motivation: Definitely there. I have my focus and everything else back.

Mood/Aggression: Fine. Calm. Although a little annoyed.

Stress: REALLY working to put this out of my mind, even though it's beating at me...

Libido: Easily aroused.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Full-Body sessions are not about strength.

Quality of Training: Gazelle was all good - albeit I don't think it is intense enough to pass as cardio for me; got to be running or skipping or cycling (my body, although used to this, responds very well re fat loss when I cycle, and I can always maintain >80% HRmax)...Resistance training was good. High pump and burning...Post-weights cardio fine...

Recovery: Hamstrings are back to normal (no doubt I'll feel them in a few days)...Rest of body seems ok, the soreness from yesterday gone...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump got high during resistance training, especially from BB Bent Over Rows, gradually spreading all over - except to legs...Vascularity strengthened after Incline Dips, and faded during the ab work...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Still feel quite heavy in the pit of my stomach, like I am holding water, but noticing that I'm starting to look slightly leaner...

Appetite: High in the early hours of the morning...Water intake good...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Definitely need to control my insulin levels better...A slight swelling of my neck glands. I know what is causing it...

Other Notes: I have three days of Corgygen5 left. After that I will give a review on Shred Ultra/Cordygen5...I will also stop using Bulletproof when I am finished with Cordygen5...From Tuesday I will be starting my competition preparation stack: Amphetalin, IGF-2, and Sustain Alpha (along with my basics, of course).

RPN Notes: I used the last of my tub of Flawless Stretchmark and Scar Treatment Cream a few days ago, so have not been using that on my body...Used the last of the tub of Majestic Mineral Mudd I'd been using yesterday. Started a new tub today. Different colour and texture to the Majestic Mineral Mudd in my last tub - this one is a darker almost slate colour flecked with something else, whereas the one before was a light brown; and the new tub mixture is wet, whereas in the one before it was merely damp...Got most of the tub of Flawless Skin Couture Intensive Dermal Restoration Therapy left; this goes very slowly, especially as I am only using it on my face...Lines and wrinkles around my eyes have continued to diminish and disappear, right eye more than left, but they're going, so that's all that matters.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 37

1702 - HIIT Gazelle:
a. 4 min
b. 24 x 20 sec effort/10 sec easy
c. 4 min

1724 - Back/Chest (1 min recovery between supersets):
Superset A -
1. Close-Grip Pull-Ups 4 x 12, 8, 7, 6
2. Push-Ups (feet on floor, hands on DB) 4 x 10
Superset B -
3. BB Bent Over Rows 4 x 10
4. Flat BB Bench Press 4 x 6
Superset C -
4. Lat Pull-Down 4 x 10, 8, 7, 6
5. Incline BB Bench Press 4 x 6, 6, 8, 8

1811 - Gazelle 20 min.

1835 - Stretch 20 min.

2314 - Gazelle 20 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "The odd thing about scars is that they get hurt. But when they heal, the area around the wounds gets stronger." - Meg, Northern Lights​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~1000-1510, so nearly 5.25 hours sleep. getting back into training and getting back into usual sleeping lengths. Good. Now to get back into a better sleeping pattern...Deep...Dreaming...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Yes.

Energy: Great.

Motivation: Laura Harris. Ava Cowan. Monica Brant-Peckham.

Mood/Aggression: Calm.

Stress: I am putting it aside and focusing on other things...

Libido: Hell yeah!

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: Good.

Quality of Training: Cardio was fine. Definitely looking forward to running again...Resistance session was fine. Really stretching it out across chest insertions...

Recovery: Slowly getting there...

Pump and Vascularity: Pump yes...Vascularity started popping knots in arms...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: I am pretty close to what I was when I came over to the US - which is something, and far too long in coming - I should never have let myself get OUT of shape, but that's in the past and no point dwelling on it now...Got to be in competition shape by the Arnold, and then just keep improving on it for competition in April...

Appetite: Diet over the last 2-3 weeks - starting with my week 'off' - has been different, with 150-200g of carbohydrates daily, as opposed to a mere 60-80g/day. I have found that the extra carbohydrates over the last week has helped me function better and also helped re energy. Calories have never been 1200-1300 calories daily - more like 1800-2300 on LOWER calorie days, and progress has been reasonable; going TOO low re calories would just make me like the walking dead (and we don't want that)...The extra carbohydrates has also helped me not be as ravenous this week, and appetite has been more controlled...Water intake today fine...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Better.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 38

1708 - HIT (no recovery between rounds):
2 rounds of -
1. Gazelle 1 min
2. Box - Straight Punches 1 min
3. Gazelle 1 min
4. Box - Uppercuts 1 min
5. Gazelle 1 min
6. Box - Hooks 1 min
7. Gazelle 1 min
8. Box - Pitter-patter 1 min
9. Gazelle 1 min
10. Plank 1 min

1734 - Stretch 22 min.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Nothing in this world just happens." - Zed, Legend of the Seeker: Fury (Season 2, Episode 6)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: ~0900-1500 (waking at 1155), so ~6 hours sleep. Good, deep sleep. Still not falling asleep until 4-5 hours AFTER dosing Bulletproof, though...Dreaming vaguely...

Mental Alertness/Focus: Top of the line to you, guvnor...

Energy: Pretty damn good. Especially during HIT. Great stuff.

Motivation: Definitely top stakes!

Mood/Aggression: Good. Calm-ish.

Stress: Have let it subside a little over the last few days in trying to ignore it. It's still there, but not beating at me so much TODAY...

Libido: Probably later.

Endurance: Excellent.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: Fixed my skipping rope, only to have it break on me not 30 seconds into the first minute, so improvised and used the Gazelle in its place. Definitely good. Faltering during the boxing almost didn't happen, and a couple of sways in the last set of hooks were the only giveaway that it occurred...

Recovery: GREAT.

Pump and Vascularity: Pump in shoulders...Vascularity pretty awesome...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: 111.8lb at 9.3% bodyfat. Given the last 2-3 weeks, progress had been ok...By the end of next week I will be back to the shape I was in when I came to the US...

Appetite: Took me barely 10 minutes to eat a whole pizza...Hydration ok...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Positive.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Day 39 - Day 30 of Cordygen5, Day 37 of Bulletproof

This week's Day OFF...

QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Life's too short for ifs and maybes." - Captain Malcolm Reynolds, Firefly: Heart of Gold (Season 1, Episode 13)​

Sleep - Time and Quality: None. Haven't been to sleep yet, even though I've had my Bulletproof dose (way back at 0343)...

Mental Alertness/Focus: There.

Energy: Ok, but whether I have it or not is irrelevant, since it's my day OFF.

Motivation: I believe in myself!

Mood/Aggression: Been up and down...Raging...Calm...Laughing...

Stress: There. Trying to work around it, filling my time with writing, reading, and tv shows...

Libido: Early in the morning.

Endurance: N/A.

Strength: N/A.

Quality of Training: N/A.

Recovery: No aches or pains today, which is nice.

Pump and Vascularity: No pump...Vascularity ok...

Muscle Hardness/Density: Legs, shoulders, and arms.

Body Composition and Look: Ok.

Appetite: Normal...Water intake excessive...

Overall Sense of Feeling: Tomorrow starts my competition preparation stack.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Review of Millennium Sport Technologies' Shred Ultra

What is it?

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc166/Millennium_1/SHRED-ULTRA-Tech-Sheet-2.jpg

* Highly thermogenic
* Highly adaptagenic
* Maximize fat burning
* Maximize adrenal protection
* Smooth, clean energy
* No crash and no jitters
* Minimize cortisol levels
* Mood enhancing
* Appetite suppression

For write-up see Millennium Sport Technologies - Shred Ultra

Please bear in mind that I used Shred Ultra (or it lasted) until Day 21 of this stack.


Thermogenesis: 9/10. The days that I was using Shred Ultra I definitely got warmer am and was sweating more than usual during training, which was unusual.

Body Composition: 7/10. Pre and post-Shred Ultra indicate that I lost bodyfat. Pre: body mass - 53kg, body composition - 10.9% BF. Post: body mass - 52.36kgkg (-0.64kg/1.4lb), body composition - 10.0% BF (-0.9% BF). I lost a total of 0.54kg (i.e. 1.184lb) of BF and also 0.095728kg (i.e. 0.2106lb) of lean body mass (LBM). Although the final body statistics (i.e. body mass and body composition) indicate that I LOST LBM, the LBM that I lost was minimal and predominantly in the form of food and water weight. My girths did NOT change by much, losing only 1.5 cm (i.e. 0.6 inches) from both my waist and hips, with everything else staying pretty much the same.

Testosterone Levels: N/A. Although I would have liked to see the changes in my Testosterone (total and free) levels from pre to post-Shred Ultra, I did not have bloods done.

Adrenal Protection: N/A. I crashed bad and had a very hard time of it around Day 12, and not really coming back to myself until Day 24 - could be contributed to the fact that I haven't had a week off training for 16 weeks prior.

Energy: 7/10. I crashed bad and had a very hard time of it around Day 12, and not really coming back to myself until Day 24. Could be contributed to the fact that I haven't had a week off training for 16 weeks prior and the heavy stress I was under. Was great pre and post those days, though...Energy throughout the day was fine, even and clean. There were no crashes - just days of extreme tiredness...

Cortisol Levels: N/A. Although I would have liked to see the changes in my cortisol levels from pre to post-Shred Ultra, I did not have bloods done. My stress however, was VERY high over the first 2 weeks of use, with me trying to manage it more from week 3...my wisdom teeth came up on Day 11 - indicating high stress, and stayed for about a week, probably from the high stress and pressure I was under...

Mood: 5/10. The first 2.5 weeks I was so stressed that my mood thought of little else.

Appetite Suppression: 8/10. My appetite was up and down. The first two weeks were the best re appetite. Diet was difficult, but I managed - for 2 weeks. After that I had to increase my calories and carbohydrates - I DON'T do well on low carbohydrate nutrition plans, and I went up to 150-200g of carbohydrates daily, as opposed to the 60-80g/day I did for 6/7 days each of the first 2 weeks.

Overall: 7.2/10. Given the fact that I was so stressed over the first 2 weeks of use and so fatigued I could barely do any training the last week of use, I did ok re fat loss.

Would I use it again? Yes. If I was stacking it with another thermogenic/fat burner.

Would I recommend? That would depend on the goal of the individual asking.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Review of Millennium Sport Technologies' Cordygen5

What is it?

http://store.anabolicminds.com/photos/15691/Cordygen5-New_large.jpeg

* Maximize Oxygen Utilization 40%!
* Increase ATP 30%!
* Massive Aerobic & Anaerobic Endurance!
* Enhance Aerobic & Anaerobic Recovery!
* Great Strength Increases!
* Increase Training Intensity!
* Decrease Fatigue!
* Increase Testosterone!
* Ability to Pack Large Volume Training into Short Periods!
* Supports Healthy Immune Function!

For write-up see Millennium Sport Technologies - Cordygen5


Oxygen Utilization: N/A. I was actually rather breathless for the majority of my training sessions, often lying on the floor between sets during resistance training. However, wasn't wearing a gas analyzer during my training sessions, so cannot give a 'measurement' here. Note that training also usually STARTED ~2 hours post-Cordygen5 dose.

Endurance/Stamina: 7/10. My training sessions over the last month have been structured differently than usual, with cardio then resistance training then post-weights cardio and then stretching, as opposed to stretching BEFORE resistance training and NOT doing post-weights cardio, with a few pm cardio sessions chucked in there as well. My endurance is already very high, but I've been managing ok considering my stress and fatigue levels.

Recovery: 5/10. During resistance training my recovery is as it has always been, sticking to 1 minute recovery periods (and up to 3 minutes between supersets that include Close-Grip Pull-Ups)...As far as recovery, it has not been the greatest. DOMS has been experienced regularly, particularly in Legs - a place I would never usually get DOMS, and considering that I only do Hamstring work, should have not got any in my quads. Hamstrings was the most painful DOMS though, and last several days starting ~72 hours after each Hamstrings' session...Sleep was ok the first 2 weeks and then got so screwed up from there...

Training Intensity: 7/10. Training intensity has been as hard as I can do it each session, as I always do. Cardio has been different, using mostly skipping instead of running (since it wasn't safe to run out on the ice), and intensity has been good. Got better over the first week and beyond.

Energy: 7/10. I crashed bad and had a very hard time of it around Day 12, and not really coming back to myself until Day 24. Could be contributed to the fact that I haven't had a week off training for 16 weeks prior and the heavy stress I was under. Was great pre and post those days, though...

Testosterone Levels: N/A. Although I would have liked to see the changes in my Testosterone (total and free) levels from pre to post-Cordygen5, I did not have bloods done.

Immune Function: 7/10. Was fine the first 10 days and then my wisdom teeth came up on Day 11 - indicating high stress, and stayed for about a week, probably from the high stress and pressure I was under. Started experiencing chills on and off for the last couple of weeks - could be due to me gong outside in barely more than a t-shirt a few times, as well as losing bodyfat. Towards the end I got more in tune with it and started becoming more and more sensitive to changes in blood sugar and insulin levels.

Overall: 7/10. This product was used for endurance/stamina effects, so that is what I am going to primarily base my 'overall' on. Training volume has been increased during weeks 1-2 and week 4 than what it would normally be, and I've done well, considering everything.

Would I use it again? Yes. I would actually be interested in seeing how my sprinting speed endurance went when I was using Cordygen5.

Would I recommend? Yes. For the endurance athlete or individual who trains both aerobically and anaerobically in the 'same' session, Cordygen5 is definitely a product that would benefit them.

 

[Rosie Chee]

Review of Millennium Sport Technologies' Shred Ultra/Cordygen5 Stack

Millennium Sport Technologies started me off in 2010. This is my experience...


Shred Ultra/Cordygen5 Stack​

Body Composition: 7/10. Pre and post-Shred Ultra indicate that I lost bodyfat. Pre: body mass - 53kg, body composition - 10.9% BF. Post: body mass - 50.82kgkg (-2.18kg/4.8lb), body composition - 9.3% BF (-1.6% BF). I lost a total of 1.05kg (i.e. 2.35lb) of BF and also 1.13kg (i.e. 2.49lb) of lean body mass (LBM). Although the final body statistics (i.e. body mass and body composition) indicate that I LOST LBM, the LBM that I lost was probably predominantly in the form of food and water weight...Girths changed a bit, with the most changes occurring in the last week - which, coincidentally was when I was not using Shred Matrix and increased my calories and carbohydrate intake (from 60-80 g/day to 150-200g/day 6/7 days/week) and was the most calm. Overall the changes in girths were -1 cm (i.e. -0.4 inches) in shoulders, -2 cm (i.e. -0.8 inches) in chest, -3 cm (i.e. -1.2 inches) in waist, -3.5 cm (i.e. -1.4 inches) in hips, and -1 cm (i.e. -0.3 inches) in thighs (1 cm below gluteal fold). Girths are still bigger than what they were the last time I was 9.3% bodyfat, so I have gained muscle mass over the last 6 months, just randomly, and I gained then even from a year before that..The pre and post pictures give a better indicator re fat loss (pre on left, post on right), especially re legs definition.

Endurance: 7/10. My endurance is usually pretty high, but was better during the first 2 weeks of the stack (coincidentally when the most stressed, or stress manifesting the most).

Strength: 7/10. Strength progressed as it should re natural progression.

Stack Overall: 7/10. My goals for this stack were to a) Get back to 8% bodyfat, b) Build my speed endurance back up, and c) Improve my strength. I didn't get to 8% bodyfat, but, given the the last couple of weeks my results were ok. I ran ONCE in the entire time that I used this stack, so I can't know what my speed endurance was re sprinting. My strength improved as I would expect it to progress.

Would I use this stack again? Maybe. With other products to make a greater stack.

Would I recommend this stack? Yes...Although both products target different goals, I would definitely recommend Cordygen5, but have used more effective fat burners/thermogenics than Shred Ultra...

 

[Rosie Chee]

Competition Preparation Begins

COMPETITION

My first competition is in just under 9 weeks, so it's time to start prepping for it.

I want to come in at 7% bodyfat - or as low as I can go; if I can go lower, great, and if not I'll go as low as I can - for competition. I'm starting now at 9.3%, so I have plenty of time to do this slowly and thoroughly.


DIET

The last 4 weeks have seen me start with a lower calorie/lower carbohydrate diet for the first 2 weeks and then move to a higher calorie and much higher carbohydrate diet. I have found - as I have mentioned - that the weeks where I used higher calories and carbohydrates are when I saw the most progress, so I am going to stick with them (I always knew that I didn't do well on lower calories and carbohydrates, but there's no harm in trying it to see what happened). So, back to calorie/carbohydrate cycling method, with lower carbohydrate days 150-200g of carbohydrates/day and one day a week where I have as many grams of carbohydrates as I like - usually >400g. Calories will probably not go lower than 2,300 calories/day - and 2,300 calories is a LOW calorie day, and definitely easily exceed 4,300 calories on a higher calorie day.


SUPPLEMENTS

In alphabetical order -

* BC+EAA: 10.5g twice daily.

* BLACK CATS: 1-2 caps first thing and 1-2 caps 6-8 hours later if I feel like it.

* Bio-Mend: 2 caps post-breakfast.

* IGF-2: 2 caps first thing, 2 caps 40 min pre-training, and 2 caps pre-bed (training days); and 3 caps first thing and 3 caps pre-bed (non-training days).

* Lipotrophin-PM: 2 caps first thing and 2 caps pre-bed.

* MyoFusion: 1 scoop once daily if required (I have been eating whole food meals and not using protein shakes for the majority of the last 4 weeks and don't mind keeping it this way).

* NeoVar Recomped: 2 caps 40 min pre-training, 2 caps immediately post-gym/cardio, and 4 caps pre-bed (training days); and 2 caps 15-20 min pre-breakfast, 2 caps 15-20 min pre-lunch, and 4 caps pre-bed (non-training days).

* Sustain Alpha Liqua-Vade: 5ml first thing and 5ml ~12 hours later.


TRAINING

Day 1: HIIT Cardio + Stretch 20-30 min + Shoulders

Day 2: 20-40 min Cardio + Stretch 20-30 min + Hamstrings/Abs

Day 3: HIIT Cardio + Stretch 20-30 min + Arms

Day 4: 20-40 min Cardio + Stretch 20-30 min + Full-Body

Day 5: HIIT Cardio + Stretch 20-30 min + Back/Chest

Day 6: HIT Cardio + Stretch 20-30 min

I take ONE Day OFF ALL training per week (and is also coincidentally the day that I have the HIGHEST calories/carbohydrate intake), and take it whenever my body requires it - the last 4 weeks this has been taken consistently on a Monday, so that trend may continue. Once taken, I continue the days consecutively from before I took it. Three days will also include 20 minutes of pm/pre-bed cardio and on any given day I will do 20-30 minutes of cardio post-resistance training if I feel like it.​