Hello All!
I have been busy! Trying to find a job and may be making some progress! I hope! I’ve put in many resume’s and one place I applied at ended up being a job placement service. I am working with them now in trying to find work. They sent me several tests to do and i did GREAT on the Microsoft & Excel….The Excel shocked me as i’ve done so little with it! I didn’t do so great on data entry or typing but I haven’t ever done data entry and typing I had some issues with hitting a wrong button and having to restart, also i never learned proper typing, so i’ll have work to do on that! From what I understand they do have tutorials that can help me with my weaknesses. They are sending some more stuff for me to do and a video to watch & then we go from there!!
The possibility of being a temp is out of my comfort zone but i have to trust God on this and who knows maybe i’ll love it and thrive!?
If anything it’s the first honest lead on anything thus far. I haven’t had any interviews at all lately and it’s weird. I’ve never ever in my life had a tough time finding a job! Shoot I even applied at Sears out of desperation for doing merchandising but never even heard from them! Weird!!
Me not working is causing some tough financial times in our family amongst other trials coming at us from out of the blue. We are really taking a hard hit and praying for provision continually as things have hit the insurmountable level. All we can do is what we have been and trust God! Shoot Jim has even tried to sell his best guitar and nothing….It’s not like we aren’t trying! It doesn’t make a lot of sense, but i know there’s a purpose! It sure makes you thankful for the little things though!
Anyway enough of that!
Rehab Report!
Everything is coming along GREAT just in the past week and a half! I had consulted with a friend of mine and Jim’s who’s an athletic trainer for a university. I have followed his tweaks he gave me as well as doing foam rolling and am seeing GREAT a response from all of it! I was actually able to do full dead lifts from the floor instead of the rack, and am finally able to do supported calf raises on my bad foot. I still have pain in working this foot/toe but the fact remains that things are progressing!!
Training-
JULY 18th, 2011
Back/Bi’s
Had to work out alone this week as Jim was traveling.
Pull-Ups-Unassisted WG
7/6
Cable Lat PD
70 x 12
90 x 10
90 x 10
HS ISO Row
90 x 12
90 x 10
90 x 9
T-Bar Row
45 x 10
45 x 8
45 x 8
EZ Bar Curl
40 x 10
40 x 6
30 x 10
Bi’s were weak today! 
Standing DB Curl-Alt/Sup.
15′s x 10
15′s x 9
12.5′s x 10
TUESDAY JULY 19th, 2011
Cardio~ 40 minutes-Precor Crossramp Elliptical
WEDNESDAY JULY 20th, 2011
Chest/Tri’s
HS ISO Incline Press
50 x 13
70 x 10
90 x 5
90 x 4
DB Flyes -Incline
20′s x 12-Wide
22.5 ‘s x 10 Wide It may be small but it’s a new PR! 
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22.5′s x 10 Normal
HS ISO WIDE Chest
50 x 12
70 x 12
90 x 12
Cable Rope PD
50 x 12
70 x 8 + 2 more as pause reps
60 x 10
Apparently not a good week for my arms, lol!
Close Grip Bench Press
45 x 10 x 3
Weighted Bench Dips
35 x 10
35 x 9
35 x 9
Roman Chair-Abs
12/10/10
Cardio~ 10 mins intense on AMT Trainer-That thing kills me…It rocks!!!
THURSDAY JULY 21st, 2011
Cardio~40 mins- I divided it up this way since I was bored and wanted to work my push off on my toe:
10 Minutes AMT Trainer/ 15 minutes treadmill @ varying inclines/15 minutes precor crossramp elliptical
FRIDAY JULY 22nd, 2011
DELTS
I realized at this session that I really need Jim with me to spot me so I can push harder! Had to change it up since I didn’t have him.
DB Press
20′s x 15
20′s x 10
25′s x 10
25′s x 10
DB Side Raises
15′s x 10
15′s x 8
12,5′s x 10
Upright Rows
50 x 12
60 x 10
60 x 6
Rear Delt on Pec Dec
50 x 12
50 x 11
50 x 10
DB Front Raises
12.5′s x 10
12.5′s x 10
Fronts were spent, form wasn’t the best.
Roman Chair-Abs
10/10/10
Cardio~ 10 minutes precor elliptical
SUNDAY JULY 24th, 2011
LEGS
Power Squat Machine
50 x 12 back
50 x 12 front
50 x 12 back
50 x 12 front
Was more observant today as I slowed my tempo. I noticed my good leg is taking the majority of the workload. because of this I chose not to increase weight and we decided to get back to some unilateral work. This is a MUST at this point!
Leg Press-Unilateral
75 x 12/12
75 x 12/12
75 x 12/12
I cannot even tell you how hard the right side is to crank out. The left is easy and I could go beyond those 12 reps with that leg but am really trying to bring my right back up to match.It was really grueling and painful to grind out, but a must as I rehab!
Leg Extensions-Unilateral
30 x 10/10
30 x 8/8
30 x 6/6
This has a cam that really makes the extensions tougher at the bottom! It’s very humbling but I know listening to my body & working smart will pay off as I rehab and regain strength on that side!
Glute Isolator
50 x 12/12
50 x 10/10
50 x 9/9
Blood sugar issues again! Grrr…..Jim got me a ABB Maxx Recovery & had me rest a bit- It eventually helped!
Stiff Leg Deads
Jim just wanted me to do the Oly bar just to stretch out well we were both in for quite the surprise!
45(bar) x 12
I was hitting my tops of my feet so he added weight…
95 x 12-still going strong so he replaced the 25′s with 45′s fully expecting to continue stiff legs-I missed that, that was the expectation so….ended up doing full deads off the floor.
135 x 8
135 x 8
135 x 5
We were both in shock, Him even more than me! No pain in my foot either!! I ended up more sore than i’ve been in forever and am still pretty sore today as I type this up!
Lying Leg Curl
10 x 6 lift off
10 x 6 lift off
Was too fried, so Jim had me stop.
MONDAY JULY 25th, 2011
Cardio~ 25 minutes elliptical/15 recumbent bike
Had to get it in before legs got too sore!!
