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I started Fat-Loss II today. Wow. And just for good measure, OMFG this was a workout!

But first, an explanation. I should have had one more workout for FL-I but I couldn't get it in. I worked out last Wednesday and thought maybe I could go in early Thursday morning but I didn't have time. And then that afternoon at noon I left for a 4 day trip to Spain (pictures linked from my blog). So since I am supposed to take a week off between FL-1 and 2, I decided to just skip the last one instead of coming back after 5 days, workout 1 day and then take another week off. I will actually miss almost another week next week because I'm going to Budapest for a few days but I'll just stop and continue where I left off.

But back to today's workout. It was much harder than I thought it would be. I was a little disappointed in the weights because they were lower than I thought they should have been. For instance, last week I did 3 sets of 10 of back squats at 165 lbs. But today on front squats I could only do 115. I expected to reduce the weight but not by that much. And then I did DB push-presses last week at 50lbs each hand for a total of 100lbs (granted they were very hard but I did them). But today on BB push-presses I only did 85lbs and it was sooo hard. And I'm completely wiped out tonight....but I don't mind

Here is today's workout with 60 seconds rest between exercises and about 90 seconds rest between supersets.

Front squat 3 x 12 @ 115
Wide-grip cable seated row 3 x 12 @ 100

Supine hip extension with leg curl 3 x 12 (this was harder than I thought)
Barbell push press 3 x 12 @ 85

Dynamic lunge 3 x 12 @ 85, 95, 95
Upper body Russian twist 3 x 12


So like I said, this really wiped me out. At the end of the second set up BB push-presses I was breathing the same way as I do after I finish running 2 miles. Stay tuned because workout B (which I will do on Friday) looks pretty tough!