[allenkt]

So today was the first day of workout B for FL-II and all I could think of was, "Alwyn, why do you hate me so?" But seriously this was an intense workout! I had to increase my rest periods between supersets to almost 3 minutes and I also found myself having to rest briefly before switching legs on the Bulgarian split squat/OH press. Here was my workout:

Snatch-grip deadlift 3 x 12 @ 165 (this was quite difficult)
T-push-up 3 x 12 @ 15, 10, 10

Bulgarian split squat w/overhead press 3 x 12 @ 30, 20, 20 (10lbs each hand)
Underhand-grip lat pulldown 3 x 12 @ 80

Romanian deadlift/bent-over row 3 x 12 @ 95, 85, 85
Lower body Russian twist 3 x 12

The deadlift really wore me out so I had to switch to 10lb DB's for the t-push-ups. And even that was hard

Then the split squats/OH presses......OMG, whose idea was that?? I'll admit it was relatively easy on my legs but my shoulders felt like they were on fire. And I started out with 20lb DB's thinking it would be easy and quickly realized there was no way I could do 24 reps with that weight. So I switched to 15lb DB's and then went down to 10lbs for the last 2 sets. I'll try and keep it at 15lbs next week though because 10lbs was almost too light. 12lbs would have been ideal I think. But I couldn't leave my arms at my sides after that exercise because they were too sore. So I just kind of rested them on the chin-up bar and tried like crazy to catch my breath. I really thought I could do more weight though so we'll see how it goes next Wednesday.

But all-in-all it was a heck of a workout. I had sweat dripping off my forehead into my eyes and think my pulse stayed high almost the whole time. This is going to be a fun 4 weeks....