Stage 1, B2
Feb.13, 2008
15 min intervals on treadmill
stretching
Deadlift: 95lbs, 2/15
Dumbbell shoulder press: 15lbs DB, 2/15
Lat pulldown: 90lbs, 2/15
Lunge:12lbs DB, 2/15
Ball crunch - 2/15 (I tried one of the variations, arms over my head, holding a 12lb weight).
Re: Swiss Ball Crunch, I don't know what it is about the ball crunches, but I might substitute again for next week. I feel I need more of a workout than I'm getting with this particular exercise. I do pilates 3x/week which has really helped in strengthening my core.
Other than that, I really like the program so far. I went up in my weights and was especially impressed with my deadlifts this week because I'm getting more flexible in the degrees I'm bending and stronger with lifting. My form felt great. My goal is to do my bodyweight for the deadlifts someday. I couldn't go up in the DB shoulder press yet, the weights go from 15 to 20 and I couldn't do 2 sets at 20lbs. Even after two weeks on the program, I feel stronger.
It's A3 tomorrow morning, 2/12. WOO HOO!!!!
Jules
