pinky's pink journal

[kinkymisspinky]

my back has been giving me lots of trouble and its been virtually impossible for me to train. i was seeing a pilates woman but was unhappy with the advice she was giving me - stop lifting :( recently i’ve been seeing a level 3 chek practitioner. had a two hour assessment with him where he watched me front squat, squat, deadlift, lunge and some other exercises, he also spent ages measuring my flexibility and looking at my posture.

he identified three main areas of concern:
1. i was dropped on my head at thai boxing a few years ago which knocked my first vertabrae out of alignment, its causing my whole spine to twist;
2. my pelvis is slightly tucked under (not helped by my tight hams);
3. my diet is not great - he’s into metabolic typing and i’ve been eating the wrong things for my metabolic type.

he also pointed out that being on the contraceptive pill isn’t helping my lifting/back at all because it makes the joints softer or something.

he’s given me a stretching routine (every day), two exercises routines (which i alternate on mon, weds and fri) and a relaxation program (tues and thurs).

[kinkymisspinky]

stretching routine:
1. left side glide
2. mckenzie push up
3. sciatic mobilizations (super gay)
4. foam roll thoracic spine
5. pec minor
6. rectus abdominals
7. right obliques
8. waiters bow
9. lunge stretch
10. internal hip rotators
11. calves
12. left side glide
13. mckenzie pushup

routine A:
1. supine hip ext back on ball with belt
2. wall angels
3. prone cobra
4. lower abs

routine B:
1. touch toe drill with pole
2. upper body russian twist - right
3. upper body russian twist - left
4. oblique abs
5. 4 point tummy vacuum

program C:
1. breathing squats (i think he gave me these because i was upset about not squatting. i’m still upset because i have to do 50-100 reps with a 4-0-4 tempo)
2. alternating leg drops
3. energy push

[kinkymisspinky]

apparently i am a fast oxidizer which means i need to eat a lot of protein and fat but cut my carbs. i’m supposed to be eating lots of red meat, dark meat poultry, oily fish and full fat dairy. my veg and fruit options are quite limited. very few carbs are suitable for me - amaranth and spelt are okay, i can eat kamut, oats and quinoa with caution, everything else must be avoided. everything has to be organic. i can only drink water from a bottle or purified by reverse osmosis. no microwaving.

its been quite a novelty for me to eat bacon and eggs for breakfast and to use full fat dairy but i’m scared of getting fat so my diet will look roughly like this:

breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, fruit and 4 tbsp yoghurt
snack: small handful nuts or nut butter, celery/fruit
lunch: meat or fish, steamed/raw veggies
snack: glass of milk, 3 oats cakes or slice of spelt bread (will be baking this myself), fruit
dinner: meat or fish, steamed veggies

[PikeKing]

lol hes definately a cheky!

1. supine hip ext back on ball with belt? Belt around thighs?
2. wall angels - horrible, suprisingly hard
4. lower abs - what are you doing here?

[kinkymisspinky]

lol hes definately a cheky!

1. supine hip ext back on ball with belt? Belt around thighs?
2. wall angels - horrible, suprisingly hard
4. lower abs - what are you doing here?

1. belt/band is around my knees. i'll be using the monster mini band to start with.
2. lol - these are supersetted with supine hip ext.
4. put a blood pressure gauge thingy (which i have to buy. grr.) under lower back, pump it up to 60mmHg then apply another 30, breathe in and out while trying not to affect the dial. this was easy for me so i'll be lifting alternate legs too.

[Sam]

Your diet looks pretty appealing actually, i wish i could have meat, fish , eggs and vegies in the same day, those are way up there in my favourite food list.

It's a shame the portions would be real small for you though :(

[kinkymisspinky]

Your diet looks pretty appealing actually, i wish i could have meat, fish , eggs and vegies in the same day, those are way up there in my favourite food list.

It's a shame the portions would be real small for you though :(

it is quite yummy. i've been scoffing bacon, sausage and egg fried in butter for breakfast, steak and steamed veggies for dinner, cheese and oat cakes for snacks. according to metabolic typing i'm supposed to eat high protein and high fat foods. unfortunately my waistline doesn't agree with this :(

the portion sizes are not that much of a problem, i've found that i've been feeling full on quite small portions.

i'm missing my tropical fruit and veggies. i've started eating apples again which i've never particularly liked. i'm also wondering how i'll cope without rice.

[GoldenArrow]

Why listen to the guy about diet then, how has he convinced you to totally change your diet overnight?

[Robert]

Get well soon pinky meister.

[kinkymisspinky]

Why listen to the guy about diet then, how has he convinced you to totally change your diet overnight?

he convinced me by charging £95 a hour. i've already spent over £500 on this and will have to see him again to be reassessed and have a new program in four weeks (another £500). if i'm spending that kind of money i'm going to follow his advice properly.

we'll see how it goes... its not exactly an overnight change - i'm managed to sneak in some forbidden food last night when i got in from work. also, i'm supposed to be experimenting with the foods i'm allowed to eat to see what works best for me. i think the i won't be able to resist rice for long and i'll end up eating organic brown rice.

[kinkymisspinky]

Get well soon pinky meister.

thanks, rob. i can't wait to start training again. i miss squatting :(

[PikeKing]

i'm in to minds about metabolic typing

i have seen it help people with medical condtions and injuries, send cancer into remission and other very impressive stuff

but then i have not seen anything to back up the concept other than whats been written by william wilcott, the guy who wrote the original book on it, and other people who are into it

plus mel siff slated it

i think you should try it out, see what happens

[kinkymisspinky]

the gayness has started in earnest :(

monday 10th...

mobility:
1. left side glide x10 (1-0-1)
2. mckenzie push up x10 (3-1-3)
3.sciatic mobilizations x10 each side (2-0-2)
4. foam roll thoracic spine x3 (6s each vertabrae)
5. pec minor x3R, x3L, x3R (5s contract, 5s relax)
6. rectus abdominals x3 (20s)
7. right obliques x3 (5s contract, 5s relax)
8. waiters bow x3 (20s)
9. lunge stretch x2L (20s)
10. internal hip rotators -haven’t done these yet, can’t remember how to and no illustrations in book.
11. calves x3L (5s contract, 5s relax)
12. left side glide x10 (1-0-1)
13. mckenzie pushup x10 (3-1-3)

program A:

1. supine hip ext back on ball with belt 2x12 (2-2-2) supersetted with wall angels
2. wall angels 2x10 (2-4-2)
3. prone cobra x6 (30s/15s)
4. lower abs 2x10 (60+30mmHg)

40mins hills on crosstrainer.

i don’t like it one little bit.
its boring. plus the abdominal stretch makes me feel sick.
i was supposed to start this week doing two sets of everything on program A except prone cobra. he’s given me rep ranges to work in and i’m supposed to do the exercises to one rep short of being able to do it with good form. i really don’t see how anyone other than the elderly and infirm could ‘fail’ on these exercises. its pants. i want to lift.

[kinkymisspinky]

tuesday 11th...

mobility routine as above

program C:

1. breathing squats x100 (4-0-4)
2. alternating leg drops x20 each side
3. energy push x20

40mins hills on crosstrainer.

weds 12th

mobility program

routine B:

touch toe drill with pole 2x3 (1-0-1)
upper body russian twist 2x16 (2-0-2)
oblique abs 2x16 (2-0-2)
4 point tummy vacuum 2x10 (10s/10s)

[kinkymisspinky]

thurs 13th

mobility and program C

i’m bored of the diet now.
i want to eat fruits and veggies.
the only veg i’m supposed to eat are celery (yuck), fresh beans (ok), cauliflower (yuck), mushrooms (yuck) and spinach (ok). i’m only supposed to eat unripe apples and pears (what’s the point? its like eating raw potatoes).
i’m not supposed to be eating carbs and i can’t stomach eating meat for between meal snacks i’ve been eating nuts/PB or cheese but have to eat quite a bit to feel full so i’ve gained some weight since i’ve been on this diet. i am not happy. as of today i’m doing a modified version of this diet by restricting nuts/nut butter and full fat dairy. next time i go shopping i’m going to pick up loads of different types of fruit and veg but no cauliflower, mushrooms and celery.
i’m also going to add one or two portions of carbs, if i feel like it.
will continue eating organic/drinking clean water, no microwaving etc.


bored of the gay exercises too but will stick with it.