I would first like to start out by apologizing for my lack of blogging this week. I must admit that my blogging has been going just about as well as my workout. It has just been really hard to find the time to squeeze in that hour workout this week. I didn’t do the workout on Sunday because I had to work at both of my jobs plus I had a ton of school work. By the time I got home and got all my school work done I was exhausted and just went to bed. Monday I did the workout for the day, plus the workout I should have done on Sunday.
Both workouts went fairly well. I exceeded what I accomplished last week with in each workout of the arms DVD by 1 or 3 reps, except for that over under pushup. For the life of me I just can’t get the hang of it. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions as to how to take on this exercise? I also switched from the pull-up bar to the bands. Even though I can now do a pull-up, I find the bands to be more convenient and they don’t exhaust me in the way that the pull-up bar was. I also felt a huge difference in the workout I was getting – I think this was because I could get more reps in with the bands.
The plyometric video went well; I always enjoy the plyometric video. I really like the exercise (sorry blanking on the name) that incorporates the stool. I get a really good rhythm when doing it and I can really feel the exercise targeting the right areas. An exercise that I’m not that fond of in the plyometric video is the runner position jump – the one where you’re at runner’s position and squat and turn 3 times and on the 4th time you jump – hate this exercise . I feel like I’m getting absolutely nothing out of it! Towards the end of the plyometric video I was getting fairly worn out but I finished it.
At first I thought doing 2 DVD’s in one day was a great idea and thought maybe I will do this more often, when I don’t have time. I most certainly wasn’t thinking that when I woke up on Tuesday morning. I was extremely sore, especially my abs. Another question, is it normal that I’m still getting kind of sore from the workouts? Or should that have only last during week one?
So back to my laundry list of excuses, Tuesday I was sore and just didn’t feel like doing it and by Wednesday I was so out of sync with any routine that was starting to form I again just got busy and didn’t do it or even think about it - I actually went out to watch the Yankees game.
I will say that the diet hasn’t gone as far south as the work has. I will admit I haven't been following the diet as of late, but I have been making fairly good decisions about food and drinks except for last night. Last night, I had a few gin and tonics, which by the way is one of the worst alcoholic drinks according to “Eat This not That.” And the gin and tonics only lead to more bad decisions – bar food; which might just be one of my favorite kinds of food. I’ll spare you the details you can imagine how it ended.
I've decide that the past few day didn't count! That wasn’t my real turn – the dice just slipped out of my hand. I want a do over.
I’m going to finish up strong this week - bring on the yoga tonight!
Good Luck getting back on track. Even if you don't feel like it, keep pushing play!
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