Today was the first workout of workout B. And I discovered that about 9:30 am is not a bad time to go the gym... not as many people as last time, much less intimidating
So here's the breakdown:
Warm-up - 5 minutes on the eliptical to warm up my still very sore legs from Monday
Deadlifts - warm up set with a 20lb preset bar
2x15 with 30lb bar.
These weren't bad, actually when I was done my legs felt better than when I'd walked in! I could probably do a little higher of a weight, but my legs were so sore I figured I'd be a bit conservative. Also... I think my lower back might be weak.. cuzI felt it there almost more than I felt it in my legs. Is that normal?
Superset of DB shoulder press/wide grip lat pulldown -
1x15 with 10lb DB for shoulder press
1x15 of 45lbs for lat pulldowns.
Both of these sets felt pretty easy so I tried to up the weight a bit. I tried 15lb for shoulder presses but it was too big a jump.. I found 12.5lb DB and used those, that set felt pretty good. I added a 5lb thing to the lat pulldowns and it made it more challenging but I think I can go higher next time.
So the 2nd sets of these were 1x15 of 12.5lbs for presses, 1x15 of 50lbs for pulldowns
Superset of Lunges and Ball crunches -
1x12 of lunges, alternating legs, with 10lb dbs in each hand. These were rough because my legs were still pretty still. I was quite wobbly and I could tell my form wasn't very good. I used just BW for the 2nd set of 1x15.
Ball crunches I felt were pretty easy, so I did 1x15 with BW and added a 5lb plate for the 2nd set of 15... still easy. Next time I will have to use a heavier plate.
I think I need to start putting my food intake in this log as well. Yesterday was a very hectic day so I didn't eat as well I could have. Here's yesterday's food:
Breakfast - the breakfast burrito recipe in the NROL4W book
Snack - apple danish (told ya I was bad..)
Lunch - Broccoli and potato soup from Healthy Choice
Snack - Yogurt (Yoqlait, or however you spell that, light, lemon pie flavor)
Dinner - meatball and mozz lean pocket (was really crunched for time! Had 5 min to eat)
After class snack - banana and whole wheat english muffin
Latenight snack (~9:30 or 10pm) Dannon light vanilla yogurt with a scoop of vanilla protein powder.
I have no idea how many calories that is... I'd have to figure it out later. Today I will be better. My Breakfast was 2 eggs overeasy with whole wheat toast and orange juice (my favorite breakfast ever! I could eat it every day
) And I'm about to go have a shake. (And take a much-needd shower)