120/80 is considered the norm. Most athletes are probably in the 105-115 / 60-70 range. The 100 isn’t terribly low, but 50 is pretty low. Dehydration can make it drop a little bit, but some people just have really low blood pressure all the time. My sister is the same way ( 100/55 ).
Thanks for the info! I think this is the lowest my BP has ever been.
Got up this morning for lifts:
-squats 1x8 @115, 2x8 @135- this was still at least 50 pounds below my 6-rep max but it felt fairly hard since I haven’t done squats in ages. My PT wanted me to start at more like 90 but I couldn’t bring myself to go that low.
-lunges 2x8 each side w/35’s
-incline press 1x8 @55, 2x8 @65
-pullups 1x10, 2x8
-RR 2x8 each side w/30
-good mornings 2x15 w/25 plate
-elliptical for 30 min.
Quads are feeling a little spent.
5.5 hrs of work, had a bath for my quads and maybe will do a circuit tonight including ankle stuff.
I am tempted to post my diet again but I think I am too scared of what clemson might say :eek:
I somehow scratched the back of my throat so I am drinking tea by the boatload.
went to power yoga this morning for 80 min. which was REALLY intense, then walked home for 30 min.
Besides ankle stuff which doesn’t count, thats it… it’s my off day 
walked half an hour to the gym, then lifts:
-10 min. core circuit
-bench 1x6 @85, 1x6 @90 (NEW PR) 2x6 @85
-dips 4x10 1/4 fast
-squats 1x8 @135, 2x8 @155 (no ankle pain, so I can keep building up to where I was yay)
-lunges 2x10 each side w/35’s
-DB bench 4x8 w/35’s
-tri’s 1x12 w/25, 3x12 w/30
-ankle strengthening- the ones I was doing today really work the stabilizers of the whole leg, I can feel the burn!
-20 min. on the elliptical up and down hills, then I felt kind of sick so I walked half an hour home.
I’m adding flax seed oil to my diet, we’ll see what happens. I haven’t added the ZMA yet. Other than that I’ve got only a multivitamin and a calcium supp.
look at my awesomre tree picture 
What can I say girl… I’m blown away… seriously.
Take spring break off or any break off and come down to CHILE… please 
awaha blush :o
Had a 4.5 hour workout marathon today… oh lord
-walked for an hour and a half this morning (about 4.5 miles, this was unplanned… don’t ask)
then lifts in the evening:
-shrugs 4x12 w/35’s
-pullups 1x10, 2x8
-cable row 1x8 @60, 2x8 @70
-bi’s 2x strip set- I’m still using the same weight that I did when I started, but today for the first weight I did 14 before I stripped it down, and when I started I could do about 5
-75 min. yoga
-60 min. pilates
During the yoga I got in a really good mood because a few days ago a former national team runner (I don’t know WHICH nat’l team) came up to me and asked me to tell her what I do for workouts because she wanted to know how I got so fit, strong and flexible. So that made me feel awesome and I told her what I did and she was in the class watching me. It sort of made me realize how much I’ve improved over the past couple months, enough that even my appearance has changed, so I was all warm and fuzzy until the middle of pilates when I started to wilt and watched the clock until the freakin class was over.
doing a half hour or so circuit before icing and stretching for sleep… who says walking is really exercise?!
after yesterday’s 5-hour madness i made myself take it easy today…
I couldn’t get up the motivation or the energy to do max cleans and squats, I honestly felt like it would have been pointless, so I went out and played field hockey for a while, did some stadium stair stuff, hurdle drills, and a few 40’s.
I’ve also decided that I might as well face what I think has been affecting me on and off for a long time but especially lately to some degree (HOWEVER SMALL):
ANOREXIA ATHLETICA
This disorder is most often recognized in competitive athletes, but it can affect anyone with a preoccupation with weight and/or diet. Anorexia Athletica goes hand in hand with Anorexia Nervosa and Compulsive Exercising.
Warning signs of Anorexia Athletica:
–>Exercising beyond the requirements for good health
–>Obsessive dieting; fear of certain foods
–>Compulsive or obsessive exercising; overtraining
Individual won’t eat with teammates, tries to hide dieting
–>Stealing time from work, school, and relationships to exercise
Focusing on challenge and forgetting that physical activity can be fun
Defining self-worth in terms of performance
Rarely or never being satisfied with athletic achievements
–>Always pushing on to the next challenge
–>Justifying excessive behaviour by defining self as an athlete or insisting that their behaviour is healthy
–>Desire to keep losing more poinds despite already low body weight
Mood swings; angry outbursts
–>Mentrual periods stop
Health Consequences:
Loss of bone density and osteoporosis; stress fractures
Digestive problems and ulcers
–>Slowed heart rate and low blood pressure
Dehydration and possible kidney problems
–>Dry hair and skin; hair loss
I don’t think I’ve lost a particularly large amount of weight, I eat very clean, and my desire to improve my performance often comes in conflict with this. I guess it’s lucky that i can recognize it for what it is even though I can’t always control it.
Anyway, I’m trying very hard to do better with the eating, probably anxiousness about leaving home has brought on this latest round of it. I figure if I am still making strength gains then what does it matter if my bf is down? It can’t be that bad.
It’s good ur addressing this now - I was thinking if u draw up a diet plan - and stick to it as u would ur training it might appeal to ur sense of discipline -
ie u do certain things in training u don’t enjoy - do the same in ur diet. Theres so much info on here for a minimum but performance enhancing diet.
Keep a plan on paper and something in ur head - a motto like - 'food makes me strong / food makes me faster ’
not like mine - ‘when is the next mealtime / can I have some more’
thanks gloop 
There’s nothing wrong with your motto!
TODAY:
-worked for a very long six hours
-tempo run… oh god. I’m sure I’ve posted my favorite tempo before, the 5-4-3-2-1 thing. I knew I couldn’t go out and do that today and I needed to make it a quick, 15 minute thing before dinner, so I modified to jog 4, sprint 2, jog 3, sprint 1, jog 2, sprint 1, jog 3.
I was really alarmed at how hard it felt 
But the good news is that my ankle didn’t hurt AT ALL and in fact still feels excellent.
then LIFTS:
-bench 2x8 @85, 2x8 @90 (PR)
-dips 1x20 (ties PR), 2x12
-shoulder press 1x8 w/25’s, 3x8 w/20’s (this felt a lot harder than usual)
-pushups 3x4 w/4-4-4 tempo
-good mornings 3x12 w/25 plate
-DB bench 2x8 w/30’s, 2x8 w/35’s
-abs and bench jumps in between sets when I got bored
-elliptical for 15 min. of hills. This felt awesome and was kind of fun, but I didn’t let myself stay on the thing until the gym closed. Small steps…
To my great delight, 2 guys came up to me during my workout and asked me how I got my abs “like that” I explained about yoga and esp. pilates, and said that big volume of crunches won’t get you anywhere. I don’t work my abs like crazy to get a six-pack, I just do more effective things, the dynamic stuff. I also pointed out that if your diet isn’t clean, you can do all the abs you want but your muscles will stay hidden.
decided to be smart today for several reasons- I had really bad, broken sleep last night, my hamstring is bothering me, and I have had a headache all day.
more to the point, I learned this morning that my grandfather is dying… he has been deteriorating for a long time and he doesn’t know any of us anymore, and this latest blood infection probably means the time has come. So I am rushing out to OH in the morning, my computer has a virus, I’m leaving for school in two weeks… generally my stress level is through the roof. So I am taking my own advice to gloop which was to play it safe during emotional times to guard against injuries.
Today was going to be max cleans and squats but if I do anything I’ll go for a long run to organize my thoughts, and maybe when I’m done everything will make sense again.
Ur own counsel is often the best - take care breathe deep and tread water.
In ohio- my grandfather seems to be doing better… A couple days ago it seemed that he was on his deathbed, but I suppose when you are 94 everything seems that way.
I am doing the best I can with training- I have a place to lift and I can run on a track if I need to so I have been doing lifts and some tempo. My endurance for tempo runs has plummeted- it could be a slight iron deficiency, who knows. I really want to just be healthy again- joint deformity fixed, ankle rehabbed, and nutrition under control. sigh
I am really bored here.
long walk
shrugs, RR, bi’s, pullups
speed intervals for 20 min + 2 min. of CD
desperate to get home
HOME at last…
I won’t recount every workout I did while I was away, but some of the highlights included a new PR in bench (2x6 @95) and I got back up to 185 for squats which is where I was before my ankle injury. I also managed some speed intervals without pain.
Nice as it was not to be working all week, I am so glad to be back where there is a nice gym and healthy food.
power yoga for 80 minutes then a 30 min. walk home
I slept really well but had a really awful dream so I had this lingering uneasy feeling and didn’t eat anything until I got home around 1.
starting to have more nightmares… i leave for school a week from tommorow.
had a massage this morning: quads, hamstrings, and back.
then- played basketball for a while… I haven’t played in ages but my masseur took me out to breakfast and then wanted to play before lifting with me so I agreed. then lifts:
-bench 1x8 @85, 2x4 @95, 1x6 @85
-tri’s 4x12 w/30
-dips 3x12 fast
-DB bench 4x8 w/35’s
-good mornings 1x15 w/25
Had physical therapy this morning, possibly for the last time since the only thing hurting lately is my bank account.
then:
-10 min. core circuit
-cable row 2x8 @65, 2x8 @70
-shrugs 1x12 w/30’s, 3x12 w/35’s
-pullups 3x10
-bi’s 2x strip
-short run up and down hills (short as in… 10 minutes)
-half hour walk
Things are going well I guess, I haven’t had much to say lately about my workouts. The summer is winding down and I have left a lot of college prep for the last minute and I feel like all I want to do is go away somewhere and sleep in every morning and be able to get up without having any responsibilities for a week. I almost regret working all summer because I don’t feel like I really got much rest and I am going back to school still not over my burnout from HS.
With any luck at all my performance won’t stagnate as well.