Miss Mighty Mouse

I miss speed skating. 

Wooooo PRs I’m so tired.  Let me just eat all the turkey burgers and take a nap. 

Someone come make me turkey burgers.

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Workout for February 7

I did the 12kg bench! Except I could only do one set.. I was feeling a little tired overall apparently and had difficulty with 9kg afterwards. Next time I’m going to try 10s again and then next Thursday I’ll move up again. I also did 12kg on Bulgarian Split Squats for the first time! Yayayaya. :) 

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The Mouse has arms! Little ones, but they’re working. :)

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lgoulet Tracked a Workout for 1,474 pts Today

Goblet Squat (dumbbell):

6 kg x 5 reps (+33 pts)
6 kg x 5 reps (+33 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+34 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+34 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+34 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+34 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+34 pts)
First two sets were a mistake, haha. Whatevs, move up next time!

Stiff-Legged Dumbbell Deadlift:

9 kg x 5 reps (+45 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+45 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+45 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+45 pts)
9 kg x 5 reps (+45 pts)
Move up next time!

Leg Extensions:

25 kg x 10 reps (+14 pts)
25 kg x 10 reps (+14 pts)

One-Arm Dumbbell Row:

8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+37 pts)
Move up next time!

Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press:

6 kg x 5 reps (+56 pts)
6 kg x 5 reps (+56 pts)
6 kg x 5 reps (+56 pts)
6 kg x 5 reps (+56 pts)
6 kg x 5 reps (+56 pts)
Not completely comfortable yet, same weight next time.

Lat Pulldown:

20 kg x 10 reps (+20 pts)
20 kg x 10 reps (+20 pts)
20 kg x 10 reps (+20 pts)

Dumbbell Bench Press:

8 kg x 5 reps (+43 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+43 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+43 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+43 pts)
8 kg x 5 reps (+43 pts)
Move up next time!

Front Dumbbell Raise:

4 kg x 8 reps (+20 pts)
4 kg x 8 reps (+20 pts)
4 kg x 8 reps (+20 pts)

Today was the first day I took a photo of my back like this and saw muscle, not winged shoulders.

Woo!

SUNS OUT* GUNS OUT!

(*actual appearance of sun not guaranteed; this is northeast England)

Did I hear a GUNSHOT?

Happy Gunshow Thursday from London, England! I move up to school on Saturday and am joining the gym straight away! Cannot wait to get back into lifting and a solid routine!! Nerdy? Maybe. But eating right and exercising is my thang and it’s been too long.

Body Image

Do you ever look back at photos of yourself and wonder how you ever thought of yourself a certain way?

This was taken a couple years ago, at the beginning of my first year at my current school. After a crazy year of going from being a girlfriend to single, a figure skater to slightly more of a couch potato, bottomless pit to conscious vegetarian.

My first year of university was a bad one. I had never felt like something was so wrong with myself, and changed probably quite drastically. I didn’t experience the freshman fifteen, I got the freshman negative three. I’ve always been a little insecure about how I look, but that year was one of the worst ones.

This photo was one of the first few where I was REALLY happy again, even if I didn’t love how I looked. But as I was flipping through some old photos today, I noticed things I had previously seen in a totally different way.

Where I saw too-big hips, I now see pretty skinny legs… Sure I hardly had muscle mass, but I was nowhere near the awkwardly large girl that I felt. It still surprises me that I can buy things in the sizes I do and have them fit, even though it’s been a long, long time since I was bigger than I am.

I dunno, I’m hoping this is the beginning of closing the disconnect between how I see myself and how I really look.

Bringing cannons to the gun show…

Feeling good, time for yoga.

Hydration nudge.

Need moar red and white in my wardrobe.

GO CANADA GO!

:D