Cardio and Abs Today…Nope
I am off of work today-yeah!- and I had planned to take it easy, take a day off of the gym, do laundry, and lay around. But while putting on some sweats I caught a look at myself in the mirror. And, I felt so proud of myself and got a little pumped up and I am now getting ready to go to the gym for a little cardio and some abs. I am still blown away by my lower abdominal area–an area that has never been flat is steadily flattening out (it’s flat when I stand up and I’ll take it! LOL!). My upper abs have stopped pooching outward when I crunch or bend over. The quads are becoming more pronounced. My biceps have a small peak after I work them. I no longer look at my body as something to fix, but rather a work in progress. It is exciting to find new excercises and positions that really target different muscle groups.
I even got the nerve to finally try the SP250. I used 12 oz. of water and just 1/2 a scoop of SP. I have only had 6 oz of water and around 1/4 of the SP and I already feel something. It’s been around 10 minutes that I’ve been nursing this drink. Since it’s my first time, I am following the instructions and had a small meal–1/2 banana and two protein pancakes. So, I am going to leave in around 15 minutes and see how it goes. I’ll be sure to log my results. I have heard so much about SP that I think I was a little scared to try it, but l’m really curious about. I have had the canister in my car for weeks!
Alright, have managed to drink all of my SP while writing this blog, and I am going to go to the gym. It is alot later than I normally go, so I will probably park several blocks away for an additional warm-up and to give the supplement time to work.
Post SP Workout: Instead of cardio I ended up doing chest, shoulders, and threw some one-legged standing squats and regular squats at the end. Then ran for 2 miles @ 6.3 mph. Once I got to the gym I couldn’t imagine staying on one machine, I just had to move! The workout went something like this:
SS1: bb press w/ wrist rotation (40#), 3×15; db flye+press (15#), 3×15, 12, 10
SS2: tricep push up to stand; seated shoulder press w/ one leg up, 3×12, 10, 10
SS3: tricep dips, 3×8; squat to one armed shoulder press (25#) 3:12, 8, 8
SS4: cable triceps with rope attachment, 3 sets of the following reps (30#x15, 40#x10, 50#x10; straight to overhead press 50#x10); overhead crunch (15#x20+)
SS5: one-legged squats and regular squats until it burned, didn’t count
Cardio: 15 minutes @ 6.3 mph (2 miles)
It’s hard to say whether or not it was the SP b/c I only did 1/2 a dose. I will prbably do 1/2 scoop for the weekend and then going to 3/4 scoop for a few weeks, and then a full scoop. I’ll take it slow and make sure there aren’t any adverse affects.
Once I got home I was famished. I made a realy good egg-white omelet with onions, red peppers, and spinach. It was beautiful and so good! I imagine that I will be eating again soon, too.
February 22, 2008 at 1:08 pm
i figured out the secret to a better body a long time ago. get rid of the couch and keep lot’s of mirrors around.
the couch only contributes to a bad body. when audrey was diagnosed with cancer, she was so embarrassed about the couch her parents bought us a new one. we’ve had it for 3 weeks, I only sat on it for the first time on wednesday. couches are a bad habit. get rid of it.
mirrors make you work. if there is something bad in the mirror, you will have to work to fix it, or it will always be there. if there is somethimg promising in the mirror, then you will work to improve it. if there is something good, you will work to keep it.