Stage 1, workout B1
Deadlifts 50 lbs 2/15
dumbbell shoulder press 10lb 2/15
wide grip lat pulldown 40lb 1/15, 1/9, 30lb 1/6
lunge bodyweight 2/15
reverse crunch instead of swissball crunch, incline 7, 2/8
This morning I was rushing around a bit. I need to get up earlier... normally I get up with my kids but I just end up rushing around to get my food for the day packed before we leave and then I get no quality time with them. So from now on I'll get up at 7am on workout days to get all my non-kid stuff done before they wake up.
Deadlifts were interesting since I wanted to start with the bar but didn't want to just have the bar sitting on nothing. My hubby found me some 2 1/2 lb plates to put on the bar, so that worked out ok. I really like deadlifts and squats. Probably because I'm a pretty efficient person and exercises like that seem so efficient, working so many muscles at once.
Shoulder presses were great. The first set went really easy, second set I was wobbly a little toward the end but I think maybe next time I might increase the weight.
The lat pulldowns I did kind of weird - I did a set at 40, then decided to decrease to 30. did 6 reps of that, but then that was too easy so I put it back up to 40 for the rest of the set.
Lunges... how I hate thee. Nuff said.
There was a class in the aerobics room this morning (didn't want to walk across the class to get a swiss ball) so I did reverse incline crunches instead. Those felt really good, though I do feel like I should be doing more since I'm not also trying to keep myself stable. I'll have to check into the class scheduline, maybe next time we'll try to get into there before the class starts and steal a swiss ball. They weren't using them, so I'll have to ask and see if that's OK.
Overall, workout went well. My legs are wobbly, so that's good.
The coolest thing about it is that I'm now working out with my husband. While my hubby has worked out off & on, he's never been consistent with it. We bought him NROL and I was kind of expecting to be the one who read the book and kinda showed him stuff. But to my surprise he devoured the book. We've been together 6 years and he never liked reading books - I have NEVER seen him take to a book like this. And now he's talking to me about things that Schuler says, etc. For instance, last week on Thursday when we went in, he did squats and I think he did 100 lb squats. But he hates squats, and 100 lbs was really overdoing it for him. But then over the weekend, he read in the book where Schuler was talking about how he used to just do squats with the bar, and got good results, etc. so this time he did them just with the bar too and was really happy with it. He told me that he's excited about having an actual workout plan that he can stick to.
Anyways, he's also getting on board with the way we eat, etc. This makes it a lot easier for me. I was doing OK on my own, but with him being conscious about calories and whatnot it makes it that much easier for me. And I'm really glad that he's finally figuring out that having strong legs is just as attractive as biceps, etc.
Anyway, so the workout itself was good but I think I'm most happy and excited about how he's being with it. He used to kind of think "I know how to work out" and all that but he's really coming to terms and being honest with himself that maybe the arbitrary way he's been doing it over the years just doesn't work and that's exciting
