March Weights and Fitness challenge thread

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Qeth said:
108.8 BSP to date.
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Whoops, meant TO DATE, not for the day.

Round 2.

300 light reps for 3 BSP.
144 medium reps for 2.88 BSP.
52 heavy reps for 2.16 BSP.

8.04 BSP for this workout.

116.84 to date.
 
I did an arm/shoulder/ab workout at the gym tonight.

Light reps - 317 = 3.17
Medium reps - 176 = 3.52
Heavy reps - 46 = 1.84

Current total BSPs: 46.01
 
Qeth said:
116.84 to date.
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1030 light reps for 10.3 BSP.
96 medium reps for 1.92 BSP.

12.22 BSP for the day.

129.06 to date.

I've been doing too many heavy sets lately, I feel the bulk in my shoulders and the weight on the scale. I'm making an effort to do more light and mid reps, with the occasional burst of heavy, or longer burst of a bunch of medium sets.

I've been able to up my plyometrics, 390 light reps today with the aid of a brace. Slowly been pushing my slightly sprained ankle to see if it can handle it. Braced up, it was fine.

 
Ahhhh, gotta love squats :thumbup:

Light reps - 113 = 1.13
Medium reps - 37 = 0.74
Heavy reps - 26 = 1.04
Very heavy reps - 1 = 0.06

Current total BSPs: 48.98
 
Qeth said:
I've been doing too many heavy sets lately, I feel the bulk in my shoulders and the weight on the scale. I'm making an effort to do more light and mid reps, with the occasional burst of heavy, or longer burst of a bunch of medium sets.

Slowly been pushing my slightly sprained ankle to see if it can handle it. Braced up, it was fine.
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Heck, I'd love to have your problem of bulking too easily :o It sounds like your ankle's coming along, though. Is your ankle the reason you've not been posting in the MYB thread this month?
 
Trout Tamer said:
Heck, I'd love to have your problem of bulking too easily :o It sounds like your ankle's coming along, though. Is your ankle the reason you've not been posting in the MYB thread this month?
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Heh, I wouldn't say easy to bulk up, more like my shoulders and arms don't look as cut as they used to be. "Swoll", according to the kids' lingo these days. I've put on a few of lbs too, which isn't huge in the scheme of things, but I'm trying to keep my walking weight at a specific weight to stay in my weight class to compete in BJJ. Between removing 50 miles of MYB/month and doing heavier sets more often, it's logical why I'm not as shredded.

End of January:



Yesterday:



I sprained my ankle end of the January challenge, couldn't finish that month's. I was 2 runs away, and had 3 runs scheduled when I sprained it. I'll be skipping MYB for the meantime, and will be putting extra effort in this challenge.
 
Qeth said:
129.06 to date.
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More plyometrics, general calisthenics, and some kettlebell sets. Ankle is not quite ready for back to back plyometric days.

1118 light reps for 11.18 BSP.
48 medium reps for 0.96 BSP.

12.14 BSP for the day.

141.2 BSP to date.
 
Qeth said:
I sprained my ankle end of the January challenge, couldn't finish that month's. I was 2 runs away, and had 3 runs scheduled when I sprained it. I'll be skipping MYB for the meantime, and will be putting extra effort in this challenge.
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You're right, looking at your pics, you've softened a bit in the abs and your arms and shoulders look larger. For appearance reasons, you look good, but for function reasons (maintaining BJJ weight class) I can see why you don't want to add mass, whether it be muscle mass, water retention, or fat. To keep up with cardio/endurance exercise, do you have access to a pool? I swam a whole lot when my leg was injured.
 
I did a brief upper body workout tonight.

Light reps - 298 = 2.98
Medium reps - 36 = 0.72
Heavy reps - 5 = 0.2

Current total BSPs: 53.88

I'm pretty stoked to have reached 50 so quickly. Work's going to pick up in hours soon, so I don't know if I'll hit 100 BSPs, but that's my hope. A realistic goal for this month is 75, along with the 50 on MYB. Fun times!
 
LeeBower said:
486 medium reps this morning.. 9.7 + 35 = 44.7 ttd trying to hit the advanced level this month :) I just need to find a way to log more miles in the MYB thread..
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I'm right there with you, Lee! Looking at my numbers on the two challenges, it's clear to me I put a lot more time into lifting than cardio exercise. The only way to change that for me is to prioritize moving my butt more than I currently do, which is the very basis of MYB anyways :thumbup:
 
190 light reps this am.

29 + 1.9 = 30.9 BSPs to date.

Reps are a lot faster than miles - I've really got to work to hit 50 on the MYB challenge. Here, if I don't screw up my routine, it's pretty much a given.
 
Trout Tamer said:
You're right, looking at your pics, you've softened a bit in the abs and your arms and shoulders look larger. For appearance reasons, you look good, but for function reasons (maintaining BJJ weight class) I can see why you don't want to add mass, whether it be muscle mass, water retention, or fat. To keep up with cardio/endurance exercise, do you have access to a pool? I swam a whole lot when my leg was injured.
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No, unfortunately. I will have to do light plyometrics with a brace and while on soft ground like grass/ turf, and do a lot more light rep circuits to keep my cardio up.
 
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