Thursday, February 15, 2007

Chest, Shoulders, Triceps and ARX

I'm in a hard spot. I don't wanna work out!!!! Arrrgghhhh on that, because I am almost 2/3 of the way through the 90 days, and I can't quit now! I have to keep going- just to test the program and see just what it can do. I have to give it a chance. I have to give ME a chance. But I just DON'T feel like working out anymore!!!! I don't want to eat clean anymore! (Like I've been eating all that clean anyway...) I just don't want to have to THINK about food anymore!!! Arrrgggghhh on this feeling!

So I kept putting off the workout all day. I did do FIVE loads of laundry today though, while the kids were in school. Between all the loads and all the cycles... and putting everything away- it took the entire time the kids were in school, believe it or not! But I could've gotten the workout in during that time- since the machines were doing all the washing/drying work... but I kept finding other things to do instead. Then tonight rolls around and my guilt kicks in to override my "I don't wanna work out" feelings. So after the kids were in bed... I finally buckled down and put the DVD in. Now I'm glad I did, though I see that my reps aren't any better than last week. I think I am READY for a recovery week again- and this third week of each round is always ROUGH. It was like that last month, too. First week of the round is so-so, the second week is ROCKIN'... and then I'm feeling draggy again the third week. Recovery week, hurry up and get here!!!

Anyway- here are the numbers, for what they're worth:
Slo-mo 3-in-1 pushups: started out on toes, did 4 wide, 1 regular, then dropped down to knees and did 3 reg, 4 narrow. And then cranked out 8 more on the bonus, on my knees. These are HARD!
In & out shoulder flys: 16/5lb Doing okay- just not quite confident about going up to 8lbs though
Chair dips: 15 straight leg (I had 22 last week- drats, man!)
Plange pushups: 12 on knees
Pike presses: 10 (no pushup stands)
Side Tri rise: 15 left/14 right
Floor flys: 8 each side, 1st 6 on toes, the rest on knees
Scarecrows: 15/5 lb
Overhead Tri extensions: 11/8lb tough, but 5 lbs isn't enough
Two-twitch speed pushups: on knees; 4/3/4/3/4 felt good that I was able to add another set of quick ones this time- but NO WAY could I have done that last set of slow ones! Nice to see improvement on this one.
Y-presses: 15/8lb tough!
Lying Tricep extensions: 10/8lb (probably could've backed off down to 5lbs and gotten better form and more reps though; the last 2 was not with the best form)
Side-to-side pushups: 14 on knees
Pour flys: 12/5lb
Side-leaning tricep extensions: 9l/8 lb; 16r/5 lb (had to drop the weight to finish- triceps feeling beat today!)
One-arm pushups: 8 on knees, not too low this time
Weighted circles: 10 ea/5lbs; 5 ea/5lbs- ouch!
Throw the bomb: 15r/5lb; 15l/5lb
Clap or Plyo pushups: 12- just did max reg. pushups on my knees this time- didn't even try to get hands off the ground.
Slo-mo throws: 12/5lb
Front-to-back tricep ext.: 15r/8lb; 12l/8lb (man, triceps not feeling very strong today)
One-arm balance pushups: only 4 on toes; my elbows were collapsing on the side balance parts! OOF, I was feeling it!!
Fly-row presses: 14/5lbs (form getting better, smoother)
Dumbbell cross-body blows: 15ea/5lbs

And then ARX:
In & out: 25, arms up
Seated bicycle: 20/20 (still hard to pedal backwards)
Crunchy frog: 23
Wide leg sit-ups: 25
Fifer scissors: 13
Hip rock raise: 20 (seems like if I bonk on Fifer, I do better on these. If I do well on Fifers, I bonk on these!)
Pulse ups: 25
Roll-up V combo: 12 (not doing well on these today)
Oblique V-ups: 12/9
Leg Climb: 12/12
Mason kayak twist: 40

.... and then collapse. Whew! Like I said... this third week has been ROUGH!

2 comments:

Jeanne Tuthill said...

Ugh...I hear ya and I'm not even attempting the kinds of stuff you are doing! Keep on truckin' - YOU ROCK! We all have our "off days" (as you well know I had one the other day! LOL) but you did it!...you pushed play! You go, girl!

-Jeanne

P.S. I did Burn it Up again last night and it went 10X better than the night before last! I guess I did need to tone it down a bit for a night to allow for a bit of recovery!!!

TuxBaby said...

Thanks Jeanne! YOU rock, too!

I think some days it's best to just listen to your body. Especially in the beginning when things are still quite new and adjusting to the "strange" workouts. Keep up the hard work!

~TuxBaby