Exorcising Demons With ID! Days 151 to 200
Day 151
One hundred and Fifty days!
Another chance to restart the page and begin at this point to take it to 200 days of Exorcising Demons with ID!
Today was the last day of week 7 in LIIFT 4, taking it all over the body with full-body HIIT. It was a great workout that I got through in a sweaty mess.
Later on in the day, I will do the twenty-third day of my beginner splits training. The hits keep on coming!
Day 152
An excellent transition into resting up for the final days of school is best for me on these increasingly hot summer days before the summer break.
I’ve done all I can do mentally and physically to prepare for my boys being home. I look forward to it and all the new things I’ll be doing to stay in shape since the amount of walking I’d prefer to be doing won’t be done daily. Weights will still be lifted, and so will my butt.
Day 153
A heavily reserved day reflects how time does slip through your hands like sand.
Day 154
Week eight of LIIFT 4 has reared its muscle head again for the second time for me to perform the movements I do love to be doing.
Shread week is in full effect for the second and last time, beginning with chest and back, using the heaviest weights I’m accustomed to, for now, to keep my form. I cannot wait until I’ve completed my guided workouts with LIIFT 4 and move on to something that incorporates dynamic movements.
Load up; let’s get moving!
Day 155
Today’s legs got what they deserved, as good ass whooping.
Day 156
Aside from performing my splits training, my calf feels as if it were kicked in the nuts if it had a pair.
Jumping was out of the question for butt kicks, but all of the good parts for lengthening out the pain there were done with ease. Tomorrow will be my 30th day as a beginner; next, I will do intermediate to be that bitch.
Day 157
Day three of week eight in LIIFT 4 crept slowly into the day with two quad sets that I burned through with ease. Shoulders and arms are easy to do, even more so without video guidance. I can get it done faster at my own pace while checking my form and questioning my life choices.
This first day of summer vacation is off to a good start.
Day 158
On this last day of LIIFT 4, the routine was a full-body hit and I missed it.
I put that time into more resting with my calf still hurting due to some sort of sprain. I am thankful that I am mobile but damn it smarts.
Tomorrow I begin the intermediate portion of splits training. The movements do more good than harm. More rolling and massaging are in order.
Day 159
Since I am officially done with LIIFT 4, I can now begin my own weightlifting routine and I cannot be any more excited. With the pain still in my leg, hamstring/calf region, I can’t jump as effectively but I can so tiny hops to keep it engaged.
The other exercises I will incorporate will need to be done with alternative movements until I have fully recovered.
I’ve kept the same rest days that I was on for LIIFT 4, this is the first day and tomorrow will be the last.
Day 160
The last rest day began with splits training, leaving me feeling very refreshed from the workout overall.
I also managed to assemble my 3-in-1 grill, just in time for the suffocating heat I long for the most this time of the year.
Tomorrow begins my self-tracked weight lifting routine. I am so excited!
Day 161
On the first day of training on my own, there were some bumps along the way, but I got through my first full-body workout with weights! I am thankful that I have access to various weight sizes in plates, barbells, and dumbbells that can be adjusted to optimal comfort. My only issue is finding the room. If I had a choice, I’d work out outside but living with a hoarder makes casual free movement very challenging, inside and out. Maintaining my goal to get what I want regarding my physical health is a high priority, and I do it no matter what.
I ended my routine with a short ride on the exercise bike at high intensity to have it all come full circle.
Tomorrow, I have the choice of selecting a routine that fits the time and space. Since it’s the weekend, it’s limitless!
Day 162
Fun day ahead, I am cooking and pumping my upper body with iron!
I completed new movements with the equipment I had never used to get my biceps and triceps in tiptop shape as they’ve always been in. To sustain the condition, they’re in since I’m being honest.
The bike got a twenty-minute workout on it to get to the right amount of profuse sweating that I am about.
Tomorrow is a “rest” day, with continued splits stretching!
Day 163
Today was star-spangled bananas with the rest that I got from the weekend routine, ending the night at the beach to watch the fireworks that I had zero interest in seeing but wanted my kids to experience the spectacle.
There are some things I had no idea about when going to the beach at night. One, it’s fucking cold, and that’s it. That’s the one thing I learned. The ache in my calf was helped by marching through the sand.
Tomorrow resumes our typical broadcast.
Day 164
This new weights workout routine has been going great so far. I’m doing movements I’ve never done before, and the challenge is more than welcomed after 16 weeks of the same boring things.
Today I wanted to do an ab routine that also worked my shoulders and tore them the fuck up. With my new toy, an adjustable kettlebell, I lifted 17.6 above my head while doing sit-ups. I could only do that in the first set, but damn, it was tough.
Tomorrow I’ll be selecting something new to mix up what I want to do next to prevent injuring myself.
Day 165
Very happy that today is the last day for weights this week and that I get to take a well-needed rest to roll and recover.
Today I worked on my chest, and all my movements were new so that I could use my barbell and bench. When I bought the bench, I seriously had no idea what to do with it. The most important thing I needed to do was to have me sit on it while I did single curls and supported rows, like in the advertising screenshots. It stores away flat and is a space saver, but it’s lightweight and unsuitable for supporting your upper back to do hip thrusts. In almost everything you do, there must be some compromise included.
A new routine has entered the chat, here to aid in toning, burn the fat in my legs, and show off the muscles my quads are genuinely made of. I love doing new things to keep me moving since those daily walks to and from my sons’ school is on pause.
Day 166
Rest is the best!
Aside from only performing splits training, I had a physically restful day.
Mentally I went through the gauntlet of the family life cycle from the cradle to family dysfunctionality to therapy. I am so glad I did not get married because if I did, I would have probably murdered to get out of it. Now I am full of the knowledge to make an educated decision in selecting a partner for life. Or not.
One more day of rest until I hit up those weights again!
Day 167
Perfect day to get the rest I need before I start weights on Saturday.
No splits training, just getting that ass up, face down!
Day 168
Today is the 2nd week of on-my-own weight training, and I could not love it enough. It is exponentially more rewarding when I can put the time in without visual or verbal instruction but putting all my focus into form and pace.
I tackled “V-Taper” movements that all felt good to do, and I look forward to increasing my base weights to gain muscle and burn more fat. In the meantime, I had lost enough weight to fit into my sauna suit when I bought it; it was too tight to wear or move around freely. Now it can be utilized as the best tool in my collection and accelerate shedding pounds while doing twenty minutes of anaerobic exercise on my stationary bike.
Splits training continues to be challenging in the best ways imagined.
Day 169
Sunday, fun day!
Yesterday I underestimated how much I sweat in general, and I was soaked from my body crying. Today I prepared myself for the wave of funk by wearing only the top half of my sauna suit for Stronglifts 5×5, one of the best types of AMRAP for lifting weights. Although it restricted me to five sets, I could have increased the sets and the reps performed. Now that I know I can do that, I will do more weighted AMRAPs in the future.
I added the bottom half of the sauna suit for the stationary bike, and it was completely worth it. The time and pace I am going now will continue until I am ready to step it up without overdoing it.
Tomorrow is the day of my annual check-up and to show off to my doctor what I’ve worked hard for for the past 160+ days of exorcising my demons!
Day 170
I couldn’t welcome a rest day more than today.
All things green on the health front will continue with my usual pain and gain.
Day 171
Stretching for the splits is not an easy task, and I am thankful that the pain in my leg is finally gone, and I can perform all the movements efficiently. Halfway through the intermediate phase, I’ll do the splits in due time.
Both hands cupped glutes as they were put through seven exercises to leave this onion ass for you to cry over. Upping my weight to near 50-pounds was the ticket to make me feel the burn in all the right places. None of it was easy, and that’s the way I like it.
Tomorrow is my final day of the week for lifting and rest from splittin’!
Day 172
Today couldn’t be any stressful enough.
Well, every day is stressful. Normalizing a routine during summer break is taxing on my psyche and what I aim to do now that I have more time at home. Kids only want to have fun at your expense, especially if you’re their primary caretaker. I try to do it all, but my battery runs out like the rest.
Today I did weighted chest exercises that left my shoulders aching. The soreness from yesterday’s dumbbell push-ups has my pumpkins showing, an achievement that has taken a long time. Performing three sets of push-ups had me close to tears after pushing a 50-pound barbell weight in the close-grip and decline positions. All of it was completed in a decent amount of time. However, I was short on time to get twenty minutes on the bike to end the workout.
As my mood is trending, I think I will add one more day of weights to make up for the “me” time I lost today. Once I form a habit, there better be a damn good reason not to do it to completion anymore. Today was no exception.
Day 173
Thankfully my “get it done” demeanor winded down to “get some rest” after the soreness in my shoulders got real. I stretched and was free to begin and complete some tasks.
The further I go into my splits training, the more I see progress in the exercises. Hamstrings are impressive muscles and should be stretched as much as possible. I am glad I took this on and will continue doing them for as long as I’m physically mobile.
Day 174
My last rest day until I begin it all again with weights for the new week.
This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions. I could blame the heat, but that’s inane. I am responsible for my feelings, no matter how much others around me influence them and my actions. I am on a path, not set in stone but a path that concludes to a better mental and physical destiny.
Let’s see what tomorrow brings!
Day 175
Abdominal work is coming in hot!
The variation of weighted ab exercises are great lessons in keeping your form and focusing on what areas need toning the most. After carrying two full-term piglets, I have a sheet of fat covering my abdominal muscles. It doesn’t bother me that the fat hides it, but I am having fun trying to erase my fupa once and for all. I don’t think I’m fanatical about it. Still, I’m learning how to get rid of it the sane way with high-intensity interval workouts that leave me questioning how humans tolerate the madness of physical fitness.
I am considering joining a gym to enhance my full-body endurance further. This will all be in the very distant future.
Day 176
On day two of weights, I thought it was time for a slower-paced strong lift set that would not knock the wind out of me but make me sweat all the same.
An essential five repetitions and set of squats, curls, and deadlifts were perfect for keeping moving and gauging where my weight threshold is and can go after my rest day.
Day 177
Today was a welcoming day of rest!
It was also a day off from doing splits training, but the madness of being home during the summer with two walking boat horns for boys makes rest a thing accessible only in dreams.
I’ll make that up tomorrow with my third day lifting my troubles away.
Day 178
Training with a sauna suit is one of the best things I could ever do. Since I’m jiggly in the right places, I have the right to make them tight. An extreme back workout was what I needed today, with the kids outside soaking in the sun and having fun with the sprinklers.
Day 179
Last day of my lifting week, I chose a violent upper body mix with rows, curls, and tricep kickbacks that makes it all worth the sweat to make my dream body come true.
My mind has been on the fritz. Creating thoughts that don’t juxtapose with my current life and it makes me anxious. My remedy in the past was to succumb to the evils before me, but I’ve got a better idea.
Rest and focus.
Day 180
This day of rest doesn’t come with the usual comforts of being a lazy fuck. Inner turmoil creates monsters with emotionless faces.
Day 181
A day of rest isn’t complete until I’ve spread my legs until it’s maddeningly uncomfortable.
I have six more days until I go on to the advanced training of the splits, and I see the results. It’s interesting to know that regular movements don’t increase your flexibility or mobility. You’ve got to push yourself and take those big thick, thirsty muscles to the point of no return. Just make sure that when you’re up, you don’t get stuck.
Day 182
On one of the hottest days so far, I decided that today I capsize my thighs and make it an all-lower body workout. I squatted, bridged my glutes, and deadlifted my heart out for a peach-shaped ass. I would have followed up on an average day with the stationary bike, but I didn’t feel like imagining a bear chasing me to burn calories. It’s too damn hot.
Day 183
Today is fun to get some ab work done on the floor with weights. Okay, I’ll admit, this was hard to get through. My issue is the tuck crunches while holding 15-pound weights; I can easily control that size but at the angle and in proper form. I powered through it as always and made it through soaking wet as usual.
Tomorrow is my much-needed break from it all, and I will spend time catching up with friends.
Day 184
There is nothing better than cooling off in the rain.
Day 185
If you know me, you don’t have to pay for tickets to my gun show!
I’m not seriously looking to make myself more prominent, and I won’t ever go that far. My arms and all of their extensions need to be moved in all sorts of places, so pesky joint pain doesn’t sneak up on me and make things difficult. So I put those noodles to work and lifted the fuck out of weights today that I finished like a champ.
Day 186
I couldn’t decide what I wanted to do today, so I went with a full-body workout with only the barbell, bringing myself closer to lifting 50-pounds! It was only stronglifts, so five exercises with five sets and five reps. It was a fantastic set that I am excited to do again whenever I choose!
Today was also the final day of my intermediate course in splits training. Onward to advanced!
Day 187
On this hot and dark day, I rested. Rested! I slept for 3 hours! Feels good to feel 15 again and sleep in the afternoon for doing the bare minimum.
Day 188
On my Spirit Journey Formation Anniversary and rest day, I woke up to stretch and eat ice cream cake.
Day 189
Another week, another chance to make some gains in the places where I need it the most. I have worked my upper body consistently to get it to the slim frame I once had years ago. I can fit in the tops I couldn’t before and feel confident in improving them even more.
Now my focus is shifted to my lower body and transforming these sausage legs into chicken wings or whatever the gym rats call it. I have the means; I need to get it in my way of doing things.
Day 190
No weights were done today; I had other gains in mind.
Day 191
A restful pause to sort my priorities isn’t what I want to do, but it is what I need.
Day 192
Over the past few days, I’ve been steadily increasing my barbell weight to work on my legs more, and it’s been great so far. I did get a bruise on my pelvis from the bar pushing 60-pounds, but that’s what happens when you want that onion butt to show out.
Today I’m hitting up the five by five again; it works out the entire body; quadriceps, glutes, chest, triceps, shoulders, calves, lower back, hamstrings, biceps, and forearms — all with a single barbell topping at 50 pounds. I know I can curl at least forty-eight pounds, but sixty pounds will wreck me. This is not the time to be bold and get an injury for being extra.
I already do that with my words and get rejected by the opposite sex just the same. I’d rather lift instead.
Day 193
I made this last wieghtlifting day a challenge! With eight, the most movements I’ve done in a long time since going on my flow. It was mostly upper body and biceps with two leg movements to begin to focus on my abs and legs.
Splits training is going as good as it can get; these hamstrings need so much tender loving care that it’s downright crazy. I will admit that I haven’t been good on them and massaged them out in a long time, which I’m too embarrassed to admit. All of that can be rectified with the foam roller that I named Zach. Hey, it’s the only way he’s getting this ass for now.
Day 194
Today began day one of plank training!
Let’s face it; planks are meh. But it’s what builds a strong core if anything. It’s another one of that beginner, intermediate, and advanced things, so this will take a while.
I am thankful for the rest from the weights; doing the splits helps my overall flexibility and mobility and gives me the energy to start the day. Plus, it makes me sweat up a storm and the good kind of burn.
Day 195
Good day to be the laziest fuck I have ever been in a long time and take the rest my body needs. I had plans today, but the warm darkness forsook them behind my eyelids.
Planks were done, and so were some squats. This new jam I’m on is whack if I’m being honest. You can “do squats,” but there is so much more to them. The search is still on for something more functional and intense.
Day 196
Getting those abs in shape today with six movements was a challenge. Practicing leg lifts with 5-pound ankle weights was an eye-opening experience.
I hope this hurts tomorrow.
Day 197
Damn, I’m hurting today.
Oh well, nothing my upper body can’t take with today’s routine. The addition of the core and leg work I’ve been doing is shaping up to be a habit I do not intend to break, and I know I need more time to recover with tools that lengthen and ease muscle aches. The way of it all is to do more stretching, not to be sore, and that’s so counterproductive when all you want to do is rest.
Nothing can stop me now that I’ve got this part of my daily routine together.
Day 198
Fucking planks.
After so many years of doing them on my knees, I’ve gotten up the nerve to do them all on my toes, hopefully progressing to doing pushups on my toes too. It was all a core thing from the beginning.
I also found a better and more productive challenge that began today and ends in ninety-nine days. That’s well into November and a few months before my next doctor’s visit. If I keep up this pace, perfect my diet, and increase my water intake, I will finally be that MiLF you are afraid to approach.
Day 199
Today is shoulders, and I’m letting these pumpkins know I’m not here to play! As big as I am, I don’t insist on defining my shoulders to the point where I have permanent pads like I’m a working girl from the 80s. I regulate them to an intermediate regime that does some work. I’m keeping them cut enough to make my one spaghetti string top look cool.
Day 200
Two-Hundred Days!
Wow, I am amazed at this level of commitment that I have put into myself for a very long time. It doesn’t make me money, but it has made me fulfill my goal of being physically more fit than before baring children.
I wish my enthusiastic attitude flowed throughout this day, but it was tampered with when I accidentally reset the v-taper workout I had set today. I had a great lineup of focused movements, which was all erased by a hand slip. Either way, work was done begrudgingly, and I broke out in a tired sweat.
Rest is in order, for the weekend will have none.