Sculpt 3-4

Feeling the burn today!!! I just finished up with P90 Sculpt 3/4... and it was the first time to do THAT one in a loooong time! I'm a bit discouraged that I am SO far back again with my pushups. But it's understandable, and I have no one to blame but my own self on that. I didn't do ANY on my toes, nor did I do the decline pushups at the start of the workout. I did everything from my knees, and just did as many as I could. There is LOTS of room for improvement until I get back to where I used to be at one time... but it will just take time. I'll have to be patient. (ugh on that patience!)

But I am happy that I could do the lunges and squats and it wasn't so bad. MUCH better than I was, the very first time I was doing P90 years ago... so even with the months of inactivity, I really hadn't lost that much of my legs. I just lost alot of my chest and shoulders. But my biceps are okay, my triceps are okay, my back is okay, & my legs and calves are okay. So that part is VERY good to discover! I just need to build up my chest and shoulders some more- and those were always my weakest points anyway.

I was excited that even with the inactivity... my back can still handle 15-lbs for the lawnmower and heavy pants moves. Yay for that- because that was where I left off before!

So it's all good. :-)

Had a bad dinner last night, with pizza and cookies and Christmas goodies at a friend's house. But today, it's a protein bar for breakfast, plus coffee. I will try to keep on bumping up the water intake (I'm pretty thirsty this morning from last night's pizza) and eating healthier things.

Not a squat of change in the scale, but I'm feeling like my waist is shrinking. I just don't feel like it's as mushy when I'm sitting down, and it's alot less jiggly when I'm standing up. So that's good. Unfortunately, I didn't measure in December, so I can't really compare. But I will start measuring a bit now- just to keep a point for monitoring. I haven't tried on my jeans again yet. It's still been nothing but sweats for the past few days! :-P

Now I'm off to the shower...

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Okay, I wanted to add some numbers, as far as I can remember them... just so I will have something to compare later, plus it will help guide me the next time I do another resistance workout- so I won't be so "lost" as to which dumbbells to pick up with each move!

Biceps moves- good with 10's, but could probably bump up to 15's. 10's still good with the 21.
Presses- 10's good for now.
Shoulder moves- 5's, but will work towards using 8's. I would be totally excited if I can get to 10's for these one day!
Triceps moves- grabbed 8's and they worked well. I know I'm NOT ready for 10's!
Back moves- 15's were okay, could bump up to 20's to see next time.
Upward row- used 8's... just on the edge of being too light, but not quite ready to bump up to 10's yet. Will repeat 8's next time and see.

Pushups- on knees, doing maybe 10 or so wide, 20 or so regular, and only 4-5 military. Definitely need more work on the military! Will try some on toes next time.
Squats- did fine. Skipped one set of squats between the lunges sets- (round 4) but hopefully will be able to knock them all out next time. Definitely feeling the leg burn!

I am trying to do reps anywhere from 8-15. I want to build muscle, so if I can reach 8 reps, I'm doing okay. If I can't get to 8, then the weight is too heavy and I'll back off. But once I am at 8 reps, I shoot for 15 reps. If I can get to 15 without feeling any burn... then the weight is too light, and I will bump it up next time, and go back to shooting for 8 reps again. Hopefully I will be able to keep on increasing the weight this way, slowly and surely.