Morning!
Linda: Ouch! Be careful and be nice to your body today. The workouts sounds cool- kettlebells are my post STS summer project. I'm excited about it but figure one thing at a time.
Teddy: I did parts of BM2 today too!
I did BM2 double upper body premix- wondered why it was 72 minutes long and saw it included the step warm up which I skipped and abs, which I did Wednesday so I did B&G abs instead. I think B&G abs are my new favorite. Anyway, I made myself rest for a minute between rounds and think I had better form- lesson learned. I sometimes try to keep up with the pace in the workouts and that's kind of dumb, especially when I am consistently trying to up my weights.
BM2 Double Upper Body Premix
Each exercise twice through
Double arm rows- 22.5s / 21.25s
- Didn't use ball after first few- it gets in the way
Pull overs on ball- 30#
Rear flyes on ball- 8s / 7s
Decline pushups on ball- shins
Wide pushups- toes
-Last time I did this I had to go to knees for the last two but not today!
Chest flyes on bench- 20s
Overhead Press on ball / bench- 15s
Shoulder circles on ball- 6s
Lateral raises on ball / standing- 6s
Hammer curls standing- 16.25s
Incline curls on ball- 13.25s / 15s
- This is the first time I could do 15s- woo hoo!
Concentration curls on ball- 15s
- First time I got all the way through (and TWICE) using 15s
Single Leg Dips on DBs
French Press- 15#
Kickbacks- 8s / 7s
- I had been pushing myself to go heavier on these but really wanted to work on full range of motion and squeezing at the top- I will continue to inch this up, though.
I'm enjoying doing these upper body premixes- I pulled it from one of Debbie's old rotations. But I have to say that I love the one from 4DS- my favorite so far. I am not crazy about the CTX weight work- I like the basic moves but it goes so fast and has too many reps for my goals right now. This next week I do upper body premixes from MM and 4DS again (yay!).
Oh and Sonya and someone else posted the protein pancake recipe with cottage cheese that you put in the blender- holy night, it was AWESOME! Thank you for posting! I'm a happy well fed girl this morning.
Too much coffee makes me chatty, can you tell? LOL. Later.