Day 2
Success! Having past that first day, AND staying motivated through the second? This is shaping up to look awfully sweet. The overall mood for the day has been nothing short of anxious, wanting to rip into some iron and throw it around until my arms gave out.
Breakfast was a myth this morning, having to suck down a detour bar while thinking about a steaming 6 egg and green pepper omelet. *sigh* Anywho, I threw in some vitamins on my way out the door. I still have a quarter bottle of GNC vits left, though I threw some cash at a stack pack at Max Muscle and you know how it is - something shiny, something new, had to have it! The unfortunate nature of being in a confined area for two hours, with a 1.5 hour meeting on both ends KILLS when your crawling out of your skin antsy. Thankfully it ended right on time!
Gym, how I love thee so. I can’t wait to take a couple snap shots of the gym I go to, if for no other reason than for everyone to laugh in hysteria. It’s a hole in the wall, and usually pretty empty - which are two things I LOVE about it, but it has like 1/3 of the equipment you might find in a GLOBO Gym America Corp. *smirk* The foot wasn’t feeling quite as bad as I imagined it would, so I threw an extra half mile on it for the aerobic portion of the workout.
1.5 miles
Shoulder Press
Dips
Curls
Lying Tricep skullcrushers (DB)
Shoulder Raises
Abs (Aerobic Ball)
Bent Over Rows
Nearly all of my exercised fit a 12/10/8/6 or 10/8/8/6 rep sequence. Next week these numbers will hit more of a mean, and on the third week, these numbers will drop considerably. Again, that is only for the third week. The idea here is as stated, I work on getting my endurance up, keep it building, then tax my peak strength. In doing so, my lowest weights for the 12 rep sets increase and the 3 interval system starts over. I’m not a certified personal trainer, this may or may not work for everyone - it works for me.
More bodies continue to join in the competition here at work, and today I think I may have enlisted my first REAL competitor. He’s been out for a while, but he’s got the potential of a small atom bomb. I love it. This is the sort of competition that will help you decide whether or not you should stay late at work and hit the weights or go home and take the day off. My motivation continues to build! WHoo!!
