For some reason, I was absolutely dreading my workout today. I woke up around 4 and dozed on and off until 4:45. At 4:59, I turned my alarm off and intended to try to get back to sleep. At 5:01, I got up because I heard my text alert going off on my cell phone. It was - my sister sent me a message late last night, and it beeped all night. I found out out later that it kept my husband awake until after midnight. Why he didn't check the message to stop the noise or at least bring the phone in is beyond me. Anyway, thanks to my sister and a new call phone that I didn't know would keep beeping if a message didn't get read, I did my workout.
And as always, I'm glad I did. I totally rocked Legs & Back today (earned 2 Activity Points)!! I did my first set of reverse grip chin ups as unassisted as possible. I got 5 unassisted chin ups in, and 1 assisted pull up, before I ran out of time. I've been trying to figure out a better workout because pull ups is something I really want to focus on and improve. Doing them with the chair, even with it as far out as my legs will reach, I don't always feel it in my back and arms. So I was going to go completely without the chair - just do the pull up, lower, re-grip, pull up, and so on. For chin ups, that is feasible, but for overhand grips, not so much. Well, unassisted wide-grip pull ups are probably a pipe dream for me, but I can do close grip pull ups (1 at a time). I posted on the Beachbody.com message boards about this, and it was suggested that I throw some negatives into the mix (get up with the assist and slowly lower down without). So that is the route I am going to take with the overhand grips. I think I can manage unassisted chin ups now, though. I did a total of 14 unassisted pull ups today, compared to 4 in week 1.
And as usual, I did ARX and Cardio X (229 calories, 2 Activity Points).
banana & cottage cheese [4 pts]
Kashi cereal w/ skim milk [5 pts]
scrambled eggs w/ onion, green pepper & salsa, toast w/ jelly [6 pts]
chicken breast & black beans w/ salsa [4 pts]
Special K snack bar [2 pts]
roasted chicken w/ mixed vegetables, onions & toasted sesame seeds [7 pts]
apple & cottage cheese [4 pts]
Four cups of coffee [1 pt] and 80 ounces of water.
33 points today. 9 weekly and 18 activity points remaining.
And as always, I'm glad I did. I totally rocked Legs & Back today (earned 2 Activity Points)!! I did my first set of reverse grip chin ups as unassisted as possible. I got 5 unassisted chin ups in, and 1 assisted pull up, before I ran out of time. I've been trying to figure out a better workout because pull ups is something I really want to focus on and improve. Doing them with the chair, even with it as far out as my legs will reach, I don't always feel it in my back and arms. So I was going to go completely without the chair - just do the pull up, lower, re-grip, pull up, and so on. For chin ups, that is feasible, but for overhand grips, not so much. Well, unassisted wide-grip pull ups are probably a pipe dream for me, but I can do close grip pull ups (1 at a time). I posted on the Beachbody.com message boards about this, and it was suggested that I throw some negatives into the mix (get up with the assist and slowly lower down without). So that is the route I am going to take with the overhand grips. I think I can manage unassisted chin ups now, though. I did a total of 14 unassisted pull ups today, compared to 4 in week 1.
And as usual, I did ARX and Cardio X (229 calories, 2 Activity Points).
banana & cottage cheese [4 pts]
Kashi cereal w/ skim milk [5 pts]
scrambled eggs w/ onion, green pepper & salsa, toast w/ jelly [6 pts]
chicken breast & black beans w/ salsa [4 pts]
Special K snack bar [2 pts]
roasted chicken w/ mixed vegetables, onions & toasted sesame seeds [7 pts]
apple & cottage cheese [4 pts]
Four cups of coffee [1 pt] and 80 ounces of water.
33 points today. 9 weekly and 18 activity points remaining.
1 comment:
Great job on both the chin-ups and pull-ups! You are kicking ass earning APs too! Keep up the great work! :)
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