Week 2: Shoulder & Arms

I am now in week 2 day 3, Shoulders and Arms followed by ab ripper X. Today’s exercises went really well, I was able to either at least match my previous numbers from week 1 or surpass them. I have been able to really get in the swing of things; I did not take as many breaks as I did when I previously started the program last week. I do not want to make it seem as though I breezed through the exercises because the truth is that I have not. My entire body is still soar which did cause some difficulty but even so, I feel as though my body is ready to meet the challenge. Moreover, in my mind I have set a goal to be able to either match or surpass the individuals on the dvd. I am the type of person that once I have set a goal I do everything in my power to achieve it and so far I have seem small improvements from week 1 to week 2. This may have been an extra rep in a few exercises but it is all progress.

For some small details, shoulders and arms consist of eight cycles where you repeat the exercises you did for the first cycle in the second cycle. For instance, cycle 1 and cycle 2consists of alternating shoulder presses, in and out bicep curls and two arm tricep kickbacks. The only difference is that Tony asks that you increase the intensity from cycle 1 to 2. Thus far, I have been using 30 pound weights for presses, 25s for the curls and 15s for the kickbacks. My goal is to increase each by 5 pounds comfortably by the time phase 2 comes around. Ab Ripper X, like Tony says, “I hate it, but I love it”. Next up…Yoga!