Crafty Girl

Saturday we put most of the garden in. We planted
20 tomato plants of varying types
16 jalapeños
2 purple bell peppers
2 rows of beans (wax beans, green beans, and an heirloom variety called Black Valentine)
1 hill of watermelon (3 plants)
3 hills of pumpkins (Snack Jack hull-less variety)
12 cabbages (9 green, 3 red)
Of course, I didn’t check the weather. Luckily, Bill’s dad called and told us that it was supposed to get down to 25 that night. Bill covered everything up in the early evening but it look like we still lost about 30% of the tomatoes. We did put the garden in about 2 weeks early, but it has been so warm!

Last year we planted a lot more variety of things, but less of each. For instance, we only planted 9 tomato plants which didn’t really produce enough at any one time to make a canner full of tomatoes. The cauliflower never produced and while the broccoli did, it took up a lot of space for what amounted to one meal of broccoli for each plant. This year I would have liked to plant some brussels sprouts, but we didn’t get around to starting anything from seed (due to having a new baby) and the none of the nurseries had any this year. I hope the pumpkins produce. They have quite a long growing season and I would have normally started them indoors, but I’m crossing my fingers because they do OK in colder weather.

I guess there is a possibility my gym might remain open. Some new owners are looking at it and they don’t want it to be closed for a single day. If something doesn’t happen in the next two days, I’ve found a new gym. They offered me a GREAT deal…$125 for 17 months. It’s not even the gym that called me and told me the Sweat Shop was going out of business. I just walked in and asked what kind of deal would they make me. I hate having things up in the air though!

Lunch
TT warmup
Specific Warmup

BB Bench Press 8×75, 6,2×75, 6,2×75
BB Romanian Deadlift 3×8x75

Oops. The next 2 exercises were not part of today’s plan. I realized that I hadn’t done any back work and look at my sheet only to realize I was doing the wrong exercises.
DB Split Squat 1×8x25
DB Incline Press 1×8x25

Reverse Grip Seated Row 3×8x60
Swiss Ball Leg Curl 3×15

TT Core Workout A

Yesterday I got a voice mail from some other gym saying my gym was going out of business and they would be honoring my contract. I purchased a year long membership 10 weeks ago. This new gym is at least a mile farther away and my coworkers did not purchase a whole year. Rather they paid by the month. So I’m stuck at a gym not of my choosing for the next 42 fricken weeks and my partners may choose another gym.

BB Squat 3×8x70
Assisted Chins 1×8x88 lbs assist 2×8x94 lbs assist.

Had to take 2 breaks to finish the first set of chins, so I upped the assistance

DB Split Squat 3×8x25
DB Incline Press 3×8x25

I’m losing track of what week I’m on! Good thing I have this blog to keep track

Yesterday I didn’t have much time to post…but 15 negative chins! Woot. My entire upper body was pretty sore including my abs.

Lunch
2.9 mile jog. Which totally sucked the whole way. I took several walking breaks on the second half.

Turbulence Training Week 5 Day 3
Saturday

Workout A
BB Squats 3×8x65
Negative Chins 3×5

DB Split Squats 3×8x22
DB Incline Bench Press 3×8x22

Sunday
HIIT

Outside 12 30/90 Intervals followed by a 20 min jog

Today Turbulence Training Week 6 Day 1
BB Bench press 3×8x70
BB Romanian Deadlift 3×8x70

Seated Row 3X8X60
Ball Leg Curl 3X15

TT Core workout B

Yesterday
Morning
TT Core workout A. I held the planks for 50, then 40 seconds and the side planks for 45 seconds. That is really hard to do when you have a cat that wants some attention rubbing all up in your face.

Lunch
TT Bodyweight warmup
Bench 65lbs
Romanian Deadlift 70lbs
Underhand Seated Row 50, 60, 60
Ball Leg Curls 15 (OUCH)

Today
My hamstrings are kiling me today. My forearms are a little achy too. I hope my grip keeps up with the rest of my strength gains.

Lunch
Outside Sprint Intervals
10 30/90 Intervals + 10 min jogging (have to get back to the office don’t you know)

We planted a spicy lettuce mix, a sweet lettuce mix and some basil Tuesday evening. I finally got the pumkin seeds and will be starting them indoors this weekend. We buy a huge box of spring mix every week, so this should be a nice money saver.

Now I just need one of those salad spinners to wash everything. Last year I rinsed the greens several times, but we still ended up with sand in our food a couple of times.

Morning
15 min static stretching

Lunch
The Hill

The hill is probably a little over a 3 mile run. The first half is slightly uphill and then there is a big hill, then a slightly uphill run through a nice field and then down the big hill and back to the office. It’s a pretty tough run for me. Took 3 walking breaks of about a minute.

So, I had planned to move my ab workouts to the evening so I could study for a Microsoft certification. There is a reason I have exercised in the morning for the past 10 years and that is because I turn into a pumpkin at night. Even lunchtime is not as good as the morning for me, but still…way better than nights. Case in point, today I had to attend an 11:30 meeting (that ran over till 12:15) and a 1:00 teleconference. I barely had time to eat lunch. Why does work always have to get in the way of my life?

Morning
TT Core training Phase 1 Workout B