Hannah\’s Blog

Great numbers again in my PUMP class on Monday night.  The little cardio routine we do on the ‘the step’ is going great, it’s a lot of fun and they are enjoying it!

Training was hard today, it was shoulders, chest and arms.  I only completed shoulders and arms as had ‘run out of gas’ for chest.  But the main body parts were completed at least.  My back (even today is still a little sore from Saturday’s workout).  The disappointing news was that I have lost half a pound (fat).  So got to work on my calorie intake this week, can’t afford to drop!

I researched at the weekend and found Nicole Pitcher-Scott dvd (resident UK IFBB Pro).  She has just made a dvd following her 12 week run up to last years Olympia.  will watch that tonight.

Legs tomorrow, looking forward to training them as missed them last week.

My weeks training has gone very well and my weight has gone up.  I am sore from last nights training session - shoulders, back and chest and arms are sore too.

My posing session went well this morning.  My front open hand double biceps, side chest,  abs and thigh and side tricep pose are coming along and weren’t as awkward as last week.

I researched all the federations finals this week on dvd.  Now I need to see what suits I will need and then  order them from the states and make the decision whether I stone them myself or have them stoned there.   Decision to be made this week and hopefully a decision with the federations I am going to compete in.

I am waiting to hear from Simon if my training split is going to stay the same for this week.  Changes to my diet is that I am going to try and increase my MCT oil to 2 tablespoons a day and to also start taking some extra calories in with help of UDOS OIL.

Had a very good week training lots of clients.  Looking forward to my PUMP class tomorrow evening and weigh day on Tuesday!

After today’s great workout I took home a dvd I had ordered for the gym.  Monica Brant’s ’secret of beauty’.  Just what I needed to watch with my post workout meal.  It was made in 2001 before ‘Figure’ was introduced and she is a fitness competitor in this dvd (she moved onto Figure after) and is a great role model, she works extremely hard and is very organised with her work and workouts.  In the dvd she is involved in fitness photo shoots, some good workout scenes  and posing practice in Golds Gym, Venice Beach (that is on my wish list to visit).  It was very inspiring and will be great motivation.  Her physique is great and she has fantastic abs.  I think the ladies  will like it in the gym. 

Ok, I didn’t train Legs on Thursday as planned.  I had extra sleep to grow. No, I am not lazy or less committed but what’s the point in killing myself when it is one of the best workouts of my week.  So I had planned to train them at the weekend when I have time to focus and eat and rest.  Then the plan changed again, I had to rethink what’s my focus - shoulders!  So shoulders, back and chest it was.   I trained today after getting fired up and focused with the help of my video at home and then the dvd of PUMPING IRON 2  at the gym and of course my new supplement stack.  I am starting tomorrow on Universal Animal Pak (see below)

INFORMATION (C/O Animal.co.uk) 

Nature, in all her ingenuity, has designed the human body as the ultimate performance machine. Fact is, since the dawn of mankind, our bodies have changed very little. When it comes to feeding our muscles, we still need the nutrients we get from our diets. But when it comes time to grow our muscles in a freakish way, we need the right combination and mega-doses of essential amino acids, carbs, vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids (EFAs). Only Animal Pak has what you need. You’re the kind of primal beast who trains with Animal intensity. You need plenty of the above, plus that little something extra only Animal Pak provides. That’s why we’ve also loaded the Animal Pak with performance optimizers such as PAK, IGF colostrum, nucleotides, lipotropics, L-arginine, Protogen A, eleuthero, and the like. In every pak, you’re blasted with a dizzying array of over 55 key ingredients which are delivered in the right amounts at the right time, every time. 

I am looking forward to starting that tomorrow, but the best is yet to come……………

ANIMAL PUMP -  my new pre-workout friend!  Read on and decide for yourself…….

Information (c/o Animal.co.uk)

There’s no feeling like it anywhere… The “pump”. It’s the sensation that has the dedicated among us coming back to the gym day after day, year after year. Yeah, admit it–it’s an addiction. But the pump is much more than a feeling, a fleeting rush… The pump is essential in our sport, for it signals the start of new muscle growth. With each pump-inducing rep, nutrient-rich blood floods the working muscle cells, engorging them. This process of “cell volumization” kick starts the anabolic process. Enter Animal Pump.Built on the proven foundation of creatine, Animal Pump is no passing fancy. It’s a no bull, high octane performance supplement designed to help you blast through plateaus and preconceived limitations. Utilizing a unique, advanced matrix of the most cutting-edge forms of creatine, we created Animal Pump for the serious lifter–for traditional creatine non-responders and for those who hate the dreaded creatine “bloat”.In addition to a full daily dose of creatine (patented and proven forms including MCC, CEE and TCM), you also get: (1) a fusion of a swelling NO Blast Complex; (2) a shocking Energy Rush Complex; (3) a special antioxidant blend needed for NO products; and (4) potent cell volumizers, all wrapped up in a special nutrient transport complex. From top to bottom, Animal Pump is complete and comprehensive–you get everything you need, precisely dosed in a single convenient “pack”.

 What a workout!  Simon took me through my training today.  I was focused, having been practising posing with Helen earlier and looking through all the 2007 federation finals and knowing in my head how I want my body to change and with the help of PUMPING IRON 3 (no, that will be my next dvd for sure when I become a pro - with myself in it to inspire women out there to have and keep the perfect physique)…..  Back to my training, we started on seated dumbell shoulder presses with 10kg up to 15 kg for 8 reps (3 sets).  Onto standing barbell military shoulder presses, long reps and standing dumbell lateral raises with my new practised technique.  I was starting to quite literally get a pump and an energy rush (at times I can be very sensitive to caffeine - much to the annoyance of my coach!)  I did upright rows and superset with dumbell shrugs for my traps.  Back was next, I performed wide grip chins and then was straight into clap push ups to failure, to full press ups to failure into 3/4 push ups, twice through, (now literally pumped up everywhere!)  We did 2 sets and then it was into really close grip pulldowns into free dips ( my triceps were by now so pumped it was crazy!).  Seated Row followed with stirrup attachments for creating width and depth and then into quite a high incline for me chest press on the smith. THE END…………. A great workout and I really enjoyed my new pre-workout ANIMAL PUMP.  My body has no choice but to grow!!!