Day 57 - Chest and Back + Ab Rippa X

Week 9 has started and I felt pretty damn good. I felt like beast flavored awesome with awesome sprinkles on top. OK maybe that's a bit much but it felt pretty damned good to get back into working out today after my infant induced hiatus. Chest and back was the same it always is but I made some pretty decent gains over last time that I did this workout. I'm up in reps and/or weight on every exercises and holding steady at 165 lbs. I stopped actually keeping track of my calories a few days ago and I'm holding steady at my current weight. I continue to check my weight everyday and if my weight starts to balloon again I'll go back to calorie tracking.

Day 38 - Back and Biceps

My biceps are done right now but my back feels OK. I managed a few gains on this iteration of the workout but nothing crazy. Mostly just an extra 10 pounds on the sets or a few extra reps. I did 22 pull-ups the first set and was down to maxing out at 6 by the end so I'd say I'm pretty smoked. My arms are still pretty weak compared to my back but they did improve a bit. Looking forward to seeing what happens next week when I do this workout.

Ab ripper X sucked as always but it is getting more fluid at least. I tried to get 30 reps on all the things that asked for 25 up until obliques. Those are still pretty tough for me.

I'm getting pretty tired of Tony's filibustering. Now that I know all the moves and my cardio is improved enough that I'm not panting on the floor after each set I find myself wishing Tony would shut up and get on with it. Next week I may have to make use of the fast forward button. Yoga is tomorrow but I'm just gonna run instead.

Day 30 - Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps

Lordy! I get the whole muscle confusion concept. I was getting pretty damn good at doing the chest and back workout and then I did this workout. It handed me my ass pretty efficiently. My shoulders and triceps are smoked and I'm actually missing keys as I type this blog. Y presses and slow motion push ups are the devil. Somehow even the push-ups kicked my butt. I'd done this workout before but I haven't done it since I got my dumbbells. The free weights are key, bands just don't do the job. At no point did I ever use dumbbells larger than 20 pounders but every time I felt the burn. I still gotta take a few one second mid-set breaks but I hit every rep on Ab Ripper X. I even did a few extra reps on some sets.

And one for the Airborne Ranger in the Sky. Have a good memorial day.