Monday, October 17, 2011
Starting week three on a high (points)
This morning was the upper body workout I have been looking forward to since Wednesday. If you don't recall I decided that it was time to add a bit of weight to some of the exercises for this mornings workout. Turns out that adding the weight was a great idea, I hit every high point that I was shooting for this week. On some of the high points I didn't finish all twelve reps before I had a muscle failure but hey that is what Bill Phillips says is a high point, the point where there is no way you could do one more rep. I am going to keep the weights that I used this week the same for my workout on Friday and see if I can't get more if not all of the 12 reps completed on some of the high points in each of the exercises. I figure this will be a good goal and keep me on track for these next few workouts. I have to first get to all 12 reps on the high points I didn't get to that number to then I have to get to the point that the 12 reps are no longer giving me an intensity level of 10. Once I get there it is time to add more weight and just continue gaining strength and muscle mass. I expect that I will be feeling this morning's workout tomorrow as my biceps and triceps are both weak now and it was a bit of a chore keeping my arm up long enough to finish getting ready this morning. I have planned my menu out for the week and already have today and Tuesday packed and ready to go. I plan on getting the rest prepped and packed up tonight or tomorrow then I will be in the same good shape for this week as I have been the first two weeks. It was nice to put the X through the next workout this morning and seeing that day 15 is done. I already have a goal for my run tomorrow and will be pushing myself to complete it so I can know there is progress there as well. Wednesday's lower body workout also is going to be a new one with added weight so I hope that I finish it feeling as good about that workout as I did about this one. Keep an eye out tomorrow to see if I made it to my cardio goal during tomorrow's run. I am starving since my muscles seem to want to eat right now so I am off to have some scrambled egg whites and a apple for my first meal.
Labels:
body for life,
fitness,
nutrition,
upper body workout,
Weight training
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