Today’s legs and back workout for week3 of the program went really well. Yesterday’s Yoga X session really got me loose and ready for legs and back. Throughout the entire legs and back workout I have been able to see improvement from the week prior. I have been able to see increased repetitions with all my pull ups. One of my main goals has been to make sure I complete each exercise with good form not worrying about getting a certain number. Whenever I start to see my form going bad or that I start to cheat, I decide to call it a wrap. Thus far I have been able to stay consistent.
Another goal I had set was to try and increase the amount of weight I use for things like the calf raise squats, step back lunges, and alternating lunges. In the previous two weeks, I did not use a lot of weight with these exercises as I tried to focus on correctly performing each workout. In the past two weeks, I used either 15 or 20 pound dumbbells for the squat and lunge exercises. Today, since I felt confident and loose I decided to use the 25 Ib. dumbbells to increase the overall intensity of the workout and that it did. When performing the exercise with the new weight I was able to match the amount of reps I previously did with 15 and 20 Ib. dumbbells.
Ab Ripper X has been going really well for me all week long. I still cannot completely match Tony and the gang but I continuously see improvement each time I perform Ab Ripper X. The most significant improvement to probably note is that I am able to complete all 40 reps with the mason twists. Today I was even able to do some of the bonus reps before submitting to the burn. Tomorrow I will complete Kenpo X then most likely perform the stretch for day 7 before entering the recovery week.
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