Thursday, January 23, 2014

Just started a new 6 day workout plan, Monday-Saturday. The plan is designed to increase muscle definition and trim down the body fat percentage. Currently in the second week of the workout. Soreness is the best/worst feeling ever. It sucks the most after leg days. Every step is a one of agony and tears. But the soreness is the tell-tale sign that the workouts are working. So with every miserably painful step I take, I know that the process is working. Everyday focuses on a different muscle group of the body. Monday-chest, Tuesday-run, Wednesday-Legs, Thursday-back, Friday-run, and Saturday-arms. The Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday workouts have 3-5 exercises. You decide on a target number of reps per exercise that you want to reach and no matter how many sets it takes you must get that number. Rest periods between sets is a maximum of 90 seconds. These short rest periods are especially tough with squats and pull ups. I get down to doing 2-4 reps a set on pull-ups, very painful!! The two run days are honestly the longest workout days. Because they are 6 mile runs!!!! Coming from a background of predominantly only weight lifting, 6 miles is crazy for me. The first day I ran it in 57 minutes and this past Tuesday was a 55 minute run. The toughest part is the overwhelming boredom I get from running. Its basically doing non stop reps of step taking for a billion reps. It just becomes methodical and boring. But the feeling after the run is great! You feel so accomplished and your endorphins are racing throughout your body. Just pure bodily happiness engulfs you. Can't wait to update the process in a week or so.

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