I'm glad I'm doing the higher step, too. I noticed my stability was
horrible with the higher step, so I know that using the higher step will only improve my core.
I weighed in yesterday; same weight, .5% body fat loss. That's a loss of .74 pounds of fat & .74 pounds of fat. YEAH - smaller me!
I'm having a hard time reconciling myself to the pounds number, though. Decades of brainwashing are hard to undo.
Last workout of phase I today. I don't think I'm goign to do the special workouts; I need the week off more than I need the indications of progress. All I have to do is look at my workout logs to see progress.
deadlift: 3x8 @
100 pounds!!!! I hit triple digits!
shoulder press: 2x8 @20e; 1x6 @20e Repeat of last time...
lat pulldown: 3x8 @50lbs. These are awesome. I
love feeling my lats work.
lunges: 1x8 @30e; 2x8 @25e. My legs are still recovering from my workout on Wednesday, with the high stepups. I could definitely feel it & opted for slightly lower weights just to make sure I maintained my # of reps and my form. It was still a pretty damn hard challenge.
swiss ball crunches: 3x15. The last few of that last set are always so much harder than I feel like they should be...
bike: 8 35-second high-intensity intervals with 85-second rest...