Wednesday, May 7th:
4 mile walk with a friend.
She is very into fitness and eating right like me so she is a great support system. Its hard to find people who can relate to you or think you aren't nuts! We have been friends since we were 10, so she is dear to me. We went out for dinner afterwards to Granite City and got our usual salads. Dressing on the side of course
Today: Stage 2 B4 - Last one!
deadlift: 2x10,
105, 105
Bulgarian Split Squat: 2x10,
35, 35
Pull over: 2x10, 20 lb db's
Reverse lunge from box: 2x10,
20 lb db's
Dumbbell prone Cuban snatch: 2x10, 8's standing. I feel like I should be able to do more weight? These are still hard for me - I guess I have shoulder weakness.
Crunch: 2x15,
20 20
Reverse Crunch: 2x15 - incline
Lateral Flexion: hanna 3 2x
Prone Cobra: 2x60
Intervals: 1 min. "400m" pace, 1 min jog x5 with 5 min. warm up and cool down
I don't call this one HIIT because to me, HIIT is all out effort for 20-30 seconds. My pace for the 1 minute is not my all out sprint.
Today felt great! I attribute it to just walking yesterday instead of running which I think gave me more energy to use today.
I am having an internal struggle: I am scheduled to start Stage 3 on Saturday. Problem is, we have a nice little Saturday planned. Bed Bath and Beyond and maybe Home Deopt - I don't know if there will be enough time
Actually, we are having people over for BBQ/yard games/good times. This means I have to get the house clean and cook and do all that stuff you have to do when you have people over limiting my time and resources.
How horrible would it be if I waited to start Stage 3 until Tuesday when I have more time and energy to devote to it? It takes me a while to start new lifts and I worry that I will rush through it. This will be my only "day off" since I started at the end of February. Anyone have any thoughts?