CyclePower Pups: the new, combined thread

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OK, since we decided in the last thread to combine the two groups, I wanted to make sure we had a thread containing both group names. Of course anyone can play...you don't have to be a former cyclepup or powerpup.

I'm on my easy week, back down to week 3. I won't tell ya what my last exhaustion test was...only that I was sorely disappointed (I was 10+ lower than I thought I would be based on my previous test, and, no, I did not think that I could do 100)!

Grits, have you tried your 100 yet?

[OakLeaf]

Well here's my plan.

Finish out Week 5, Column 2 for the third time - so far this time I'm finally hitting the minimums (even going over by just a couple).

Next week, Week 6, Column 1, and consider that a rest week. Maybe it's not enough rest? Find out when I get there. My delts have been pretty sore ever since my first pass through Week 5 (it did resolve between weeks this time though), and I'm also having a lot of forearm fatigue toward the end of each day's program, but it doesn't seem to be enough to get them sore and build muscle. Maybe I need to add some wrist extensions - I've been slacking off on forearm work for the last, oh, year.

After next week, then an exhaustion test - my first one - just out of curiosity.

I did finally have a "Holy Cr*p" moment, but it wasn't about the number of pups I'm doing. I was leaning over the back of the sofa looking at my computer, with my upper body propped on my hands. I reached over to scratch an itch on the back of my arm and touched this rock. "Holy cr*p, that's my triceps!"

Not sure if they're as big as they used to be when I rode a Harley though now THAT thing took some muscle!

[SadieKate]

[SadieKate]

My left shoulder has now completely gone haywire and it's aching as I sit here. It was doing OK until I tossing and turned all night. So I will be going back to Column 1/Week 1/Day 1 and finding some kind of low stress position.

[katluvr]

I have totally fallen off teh PUPs wagon...just like my diet!
So I will start again on Monday...not sure wehre I will start. (Oh yeah, starting my diet again on Monday, too)

I am doing EXCELLENT w/ my 1/2 marathon training program...but can't seem to do anything else!

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SK, I want you to know that I haven't done a headstand in at least a week. Just been too busy squeezing in after work but before dark funness that is of higher priority than inversions. But I do like to be inverted.

I'm not sure if my arms look any different, but they are most definitely smaller! (WTF?) I put some arm warmers on this morning for the first part of my run and they would not stay up. I almost chucked them into the maples...

I'm liking this easy pup week!

Oh! And kat, training for a half mary is worthy of your attention, especially if it's your first half. You can always start back on the pups later. Or just do whatever you feel like to give your lower half a li'l break.