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Monday, May 7, 2012

Never thought I would say this

I am not looking forward to Yoga X next week, not because I have gotten tired of yoga or anything like that but for the next two weeks like today Yoga is going to come after legs and back. Let me start by telling you about yesterday, as I am sure you have gathered by now it was legs and back day, it changed now that I am in week four from Friday to Sunday. I did it in the afternoon once my daughter was down for a nap so by the time I did it I had already ate twice, had a protein bar, and mowed the lawn. When I got started  I was feeling good and ready to go. Most of the workout went well except I was having an issue trying to balance with some of the one leg moves so I don't know what that was all about but it didn't affect the workout too much. On the back exercises, I did the same or more reps on most of the pull ups but on one or two of the exercises I didn't get as many unassisted pull ups in as I did the time before sand I don't really know what to thank for that but I do know I am going to be working harder next time. The leg moves went well and I have decided that next week I am going to focus on getting lower in the lunges and keeping the for as best I can. The tip of the day for legs and back is quality over quantity so that is the route I will be taking next week. I used the weights again just like I did last week for the tow iso lunges and wall squats, I know Tony says not to use weights for the three way lunges but I think I am going to give it a shot next week and see how it goes. I also plan on holding one of the five lb weights while doing the groucho walk. If I was hurting by the end of the workout this week I am sure it will be nothing compared to next. On top of that I will be doing Yoga X rather than Bob Harper Yoga next week which means I will be putting more work into my legs the day after that intensified leg workout but I will get though it. Like I said today was yoga and I went with Bob Harper DVD as it was his turn, I got a really good workout this week with it and when I was done I had some time for the Yoga Ab workout as well so I went for it. During the ab workout I tried to move up to some of the more advanced moves where I could and really felt it today. I am still a little upset that I can't to the boat crunches without putting my arms behind me but  I will just keep working on my ab strength until I can. I am guessing that if I can get through the first rep I should be able to use that momentum to do the rest of the exercise, the only problem is by the time you get to those crunches you have been holding your abs in a contracted state one way or another for about 8 minutes so they are pretty darn tired by that time. When I started Ab Ripper X I never thought I would get through all the moves and now I am doing most of them with weights so I am sure the boat crunches will come. Tomorrow is a rest day and if I feel so inclined I might go on a short run just to keep my cardio in line but I don't know about that yet. One last thing, today I started a new protein flavor of the elite gourmet that I use, it is chocolate peanut butter and so far it has been my favorite one so if anyone is looking for a good flavor I would go with this one. Dymitize makes it and you can get it at a reasonable price at muscleandstrength.com. Until next time

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