New workout plan + online health coaching!

Hey guys!

These last few weeks have been so stressful and like clockwork I got sick so it at least gave me some time to write and plan! First off, I got a car! A new Chevy Cruze ☺️ I’m so thankful I was able to do this. I worked my butt off all year in order to save for it and now my monthly payments aren’t too bad. I did it all myself, no parental help. They aren’t in the best place financially right now so they haven’t been able to help me with much. That is ok though! I’m thankful they haven’t helped me in any way financially, it has taught me how to be cautious with my money and independent financially.

On another note! I am almost done my shortcut to shred program on bodybuilding.com so I had to make a new one for myself! This is quite an advanced program as right now I am really aiming to get my body fat % low and gain some more muscle. As always if you decide to follow this plan take caution and consult a physician! 🙂

Quick overview: This is just my week 1. I am going to see how it goes and tweak as needed. After that I will be following the same routine for 2 weeks at a time before switching it up. I get bored easily
– 2 sprint workouts a week. This will be right when I wake up. There isn’t a set day just because of my work schedule but at the beginning of the week I can see when I have time to get my sprint workout in and then my weights in later on. I will be doing 5-10 100m sprints. I haven’t done this in a long time so I need to see where my body is currently before setting a total sprinting program.
– 5 day split. Shoulders/abs, glutes/hamstrings, Back/biceps, quads/calves, chest/triceps.
– Each weight training set will be done using time under tension principles. For the first few weeks I will be finishing each set with an eccentric time under tension rep (bicep curls – on the lowering go slow for 10 seconds really squeezing the muscle) and each muscle group will be finished with a dropset.
– In between sets I will be doing 30 seconds of jump rope, box jump, switch lunges etc to get my heart rate up and speed fat loss.

Day 1: Shoulders/abs
1. Barbell shoulder press 5×10
2. Front to side dumbbell raise 4×12
3. Cable rear delt fly 4×12
4. Upright dumbbell row 5×10
5. Dumbbell shoulder press – Dropset
6. Reverse Crunches 3×15
7. Plank 5 to failure
8. Cable Crunch (time under tension) 4×10
9. Russian Twist 5×20

Day 2: Glutes/Hamstrings
1. Romanian Deadlift 5×10
2. Leg curls 5×10
3. Sumo deficit squat 4×12
4. Sideways leg press (got from Heidi Somers, who got from Paige Hathaway) 3×15 each leg
5. Cable kickback 3×10
6. Leg Curl – Dropset

Day 3: Back/Biceps
1. Assisted Pull-up – 5×8
2. Dumbbell Pull-over 3×12
3. One-arm Dumbbell row 4×8
4. Hyperextension 5×8
5. Alternating bicep curl 3×8
6. Cable bicep curl with bar 3×10
7. Outer bicep curl 3×12

Day 4: Quads/Calves
1. Back Squats – 5×10
2. Front Squats – 3×8 (I haven’t done these before :o)
3. Single leg Squats – 4×8
4. Leg Press – 5×10
5. Calf raise on leg press – 6×10 (2 with feet forward, pointed out and pointed in)
6. Leg extension – Dropset
7. Dumbbell Walking lunge – failure
8. Foam roll like your life depends on it….

Day 5: Chest/Triceps
1. Bench Press 5×10 (dumbbell or bar, depends how strong I am that day or how much pre-set I took! 😉 )
2. Cable Chest press 4×12
3. Push-ups 4 sets to failure
4. Incline dumbbell flyes – dropset
5. Cable triceps extension – 4×10
6. Dumbbell Tricep Kickback – 3×12
5. Bench dips – 4 sets to failure

There you have it! As you can see I will really be putting my muscles under some serious torture. Hopefully I will be seeing results quickly with this plan.

My nutrition will be changing through this as well. I am splitting my macronutrients up into 45% carbs, 30% protein and 25% fats. If I am not seeing changes in my core I will have to change this. Obviously I will be sticking to whole foods, not IIFYM style here ;).

You might be wondering why I am pushing myself so hard for the next few weeks, and it’s because I am going to be doing the NO LIMITS 6 week challenge on bodybuilding.com. You can sign up here. You will have to make a bodyspace account to join but believe me it is worth it! Everyone on that site is so motivational and there is also a bodygroup specifically for everyone doing the challenge! Follow my journey and my workouts here to support me and so I can support you! 🙂

Another note of some exciting news. I have an opportunity to start online health and wellness coaching! More news on that will be coming soon. In the meantime, I recently started a fitness instagram so follow me @skittlebitzfit

Hope you all have an amazing start to your week! If you would like to contact me about any questions whatsoever feel free to comment below or email me at davisapril17@gmail.com

Your fellow human,
April

Week 1: Review and onto week 2!!

Hey everyone!

Wishing you a happy Monday from Canada where this weekend we *gasp* reached 15 DEGREES CELSIUS BABY! I cannot describe how glorious it was. Of course this happens after I buy a new winter coat. Pssh.

So Week 1 is all finished and I’ve since begun Week 2. I’m so thrilled with how I have been feeling. So much more energy and feeling stronger already. Thanks so much Lisa!

Day 8: Workout 6 Full body!
Scores:
1. 10 total – 10lbs
2. 7 – these KILLED my butt
3. 4 rounds – 10 lbs
4. 5 rounds – did not elevate
5. 9 – 10 lbs
6. 7 – 10 lbs
7. 12 – Ok I just need to share this, last time I did this move (March 12) I got 10. I DID 2 MORE GUYS! To some it may not sound like a lot. To me. This. Is. Progress. YAHOO!! Moving on..
8. 13 – Beware. These look easy. Lisa even says so herself, then BAM. You can’t stand up when that 30 seconds is over.
9. 10 – The key here is to keep your knees together. I literally almost only had 9 then i was like ok April 3 seconds you can do this!!!
10. 6 – the hardest part about these were trying to remember what leg I did last *facepalm*
11. 7
12. 4 – I’m really starting to get the hang of tricep push-ups! Feeling proud 🙂 🙂

Note:
I also did Workout 5 today, my weekend was filled with work and sleep. Definitely a killer combo!

Food:
I was so busy this weekend I literally did not track a single thing. I’m starting to think that is good though. My goal for this week is to include at least 2 green smoothies a day. I’ll try to post as many pictures as I can!

Another note:
I will post progress pictures every 2 weeks. Stay tuned for next Monday’s two week progress!

Have a lovely evening my beautiful peaches!

Your fellow human,
April

Day 4: Ab babies

Happy Friday!

I’d say it was happy for me, but as any of you know by reading other posts. I work all weekend. Usually 5-9 hours Friday night, 10-16 hours on Saturday and 8 hours Sunday morning. The life of a broke dietetics student eh.

Workout: WHY LISA WHY! Those mountain climbers are SERIOUS. My poor little ab babies couldn’t even gear up enough strength to get me out of bed this morning.

1. 10
2. 8
3. 11
4. 9 no tri’s
5. 15 dumbbell 10 lbs
6. 5 each side – girl pushups
7. 8 – on the table
8. 7
9. 9
10 3.5
11. 7
12. 7

Food:
10 rice crackers
1 tbsp flax seeds
1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
1 tbsp sunflower seeds
2 tbsp hemp protein
0.5 cup pineapple
1 cup rice milk
1 cup choco rice milk
1/2 cup buckwheat groats
4 cups romaine
2 bananas
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1.5 cups sweet potato
3 stalks celery
1/3 cucumber
1/4 cup hummus
1/2 cup black beans
1/2 serving black bean pasta
1/2 cup tomato sauce
Few shreds of daiya cheese
2 rice cakes
1/4 avocado

Calories from fruits and veg – 37.8%

Summary: Ratio’s were great! It’s SO HARD to get in all those fruits and veg though. I am determined to do it and have it become as easy as pie!

Side note: I went grocery shopping last night
– 2 sweet potatoes
– 4 bulk beets
– 1 bag of mushrooms (NEXT REINTRODUCTION YAHOO!)
– 1 container of organic roma tomatoes
– bunch of bananas
– bag of frozen cherries
Total: 22.00 (the cherries and sweet potatoes are the most expensive, but I love them. So it’s worth it)

Have a lovely day everyone!

Your fellow human,
April

Day 3: Stringbean arms

Hello again!

Day 3 it is. This workout here was brutal for my poor little stringbean arms and abs. I may have stringbeans but every day they are getting stronger and bigger! She said to do burpees. I did not do burpees. I skipped again.

Here are my scores:
1. 5
2. 9 with 10 lb weight
3. 4
4. 2
5. 33
6. 13 – girl pushups (I told you. Stringbeans.)
7. 5 – no weight
8. 5 – no weight
9. 6 – overhead tricep
10. 3 (she’s nuts for putting this on here)
11. 4
12. 4 – 10 lb each hand

Needless to say my arms, chest and abs are dying today. I know these numbers don’t look huge but this is MY PERSONAL FITNESS JOURNEY. I will not lie and say I did better than I did because I want to see PROGRESS.
Food:
1 cup Frozen berries
1 tbsp hemp protein
1 tbsp carob powder
1 cup pineapple
3 lettuce leaves
3 celery stalks
1/3 cucumber
0.5 cup black beans
2 bananas
1 cup sweet potato
1 cup brown rice flour
0.25 cup blueberries
1 tbsp flax seeds
1 cup rice milk
2 rice cakes
0.5 avocado
0.5 cup chickpeas

Carbs – 378.11     74%
Protein – 60.1g    12%
Fats – 32.42 g       14%
Calories – 1965.8

% calories from fruit and veg: 39.83% – I did a bit better! This is going to be tougher than I thought. But I sure will feel healthy 🙂

Not too much else went on today, I did buy a Nutribullet though. So that’s exciting. Review to come!

Your fellow human,
April