That was good to see

It looks like the last three weeks of this hybrid program has really paid off for me. Yesterday was cardio x and ab ripper x and today was shoulders and arms. I could tell yesterday that I still was not 100% back to myself since I was feeling pretty beat about 2/3 the way through the DVD and that has never happened before. I am guessing that it had to do with not being back to my normal nutrition and eating plan yet but that has since changed. Yesterday was a great day in the way of nutrition I got just about all my calories in for the day had my 40/40/20 split pretty close and didn't miss any meals or snacks. When I did ab ripper x I decided I wanted to make it a bit harder and rather than try and do the moves with less help I decided to do them with more weights. Here is how it went down, I held a 5 lb weight in each hand during in and outs, bicycles, and crunchy frogs which started the burn in my abs. I then held one of the five pound weights while doing the v-up roll ups, the wide leg sit ups, and mason twists. The only exercises I didn't get to hold weights on was the heels to heaven, wide leg ups, and the side v-ups and that is because none of those exercises really have a way to hold weights with. I did pretty good and was able to get to 25 on almost all of the exercises even with the weights so   that is a will in my book. I woke up today excited to get my workout done since it was shoulders and arms. A lot of the moves are the same from two DVD's that I was doing last week so I figured that keeping the shoulder and bicep resistance the same would work just fine. As it turns out I was incorrect about that. I got a good workout this morning and I am feeling it but throughout the entire DVD I felt like I could be getting more of a burn than I was so when I do the workout again next week I will be adding more resistance to the moves and seeing what type of results I get then. I couldn't believe how much easier moves I was doing just a week ago seemed today even though I was using the same resistance. When I look in the mirror I can see my arms and shoulders getting bigger and I am starting to see some ab lines as well. I am almost to the build that I set for a goal by the end of the year, I just have a few more % body fat points to get rid of and some more muscle mass to put on and as long as I keep pushing the way I have been I have no doubt that I will get there by year end. Tomorrow is a day I look forward to, Stretch X and Abs so it won't be too hard of a day and will give my muscles some time to recover before going into legs and back on Sunday. Until then.