Monday, November 23, 2009

Chest and Back -- Day 9

Today I was back to the first workout of the program.  I'd love to say it was easier the second time around, but it wasn't.  Despite feeling stronger, my push-ups were worse that before!

Well, maybe that isn't completely fair.  Last time I did all of them from my knees.  This time I focused on doing all the push-ups in the first round in true push-up form.  My reps were exactly 1/2 what they were the first time, and I wasn't able to achieve the depth demonstrated on the DVD.  The second round I ended up doing them all from my knees, but maintaining the same number of reps ... the depth was inconsistent.

For the chin-ups, I am still using the "red" band, but positioned myself further back and worked on making sure that my chin was well above my hands on each rep.

There are a few exercises in this workout that use weights and I am happy to say that I was able to use the same weight as before while maintaining the same number of reps.  In addition, I have already ear-marked one exercise for more weight next time around.

I can tell this workout gets to me.  After my workout I had to quickly shower and dress for a meeting.  Putting my eyeliner on with shaky hands was quite an experience!  After two tries I decided today I would go without ... I thought that better than having a squiggly lines all over my eyelids!

Tomorrow is the dreaded Plyometrics.  I am going to try DESPERATELY to get through the entire workout in one session.  Wish me luck!

Day 9 down, 82 to go.

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