Workouts and Week 2 Results

It is the end of week 2 already, can you believe it? I can't! It seems to be going faster this second time around. Maybe it is because I am now used to the portions I eat, journaling my food and pushing hard at the gym.

I was talking with Matt the other day about goals and he was trying to persuade me to join the Gold's Gym 12-week Challenge. It is a National challenge divided by sex and age group. Typically the winners are the ones who went from fat to flat, and somehow got professional hair, make-up and a spray tan. Michelle and I mocked these photos when we first started this challenge, trying to stick our bellies out as far as possible and refusing to inhale. It's winter so I didn't need to work on being pale as a ghost.


So, after a bit of conversation Matt had worked his magic and convinced me that I stand a chance against a former Gold's Gym trainer, a soccer player who looks like she has leg implants, and I'm sure 100 other 18-29 year old women who don't need to lose any weight. So, not only am I doing the 6-week challenge. I will also be doing the Gold's Gym 12-week challenge. Which I haven't started yet.

Now for this week's results:

Round 2 Starting Stats: Weight: 167.5 Neck: 12.25 Chest: 37.5 Waist 1: 33.75 Waist 2: 30 Hips: 44 Bicep: 12.25 Thigh: 25 Calf: 14

Week 2: Weight: 166.0 Neck: 12.5 Chest: 37 Waist 1: 33 Waist 2: 29.75 Hips: 43.25 Bicep: 12.25 Thigh: 25 Calf: 14

Overall that is a loss of 1.5lbs and 2.25".

A lot of people have been asking me what I do at the gym, so I drew this helpful chart to better explain my time:

Here are a few samples of my workouts this week. Feel free to give them a go. Each week I rotate the type of circuit training I do. Week 1: full body, Week 2: Heavy Weight, Week 3: High-Reps, Week 4: Super Sets.

Wednesday's Workout:
I focused on Delts, Hamstrings and Quads.
Warm-Up - 5 minute run on treadmill
Lateral Raises - 8-10 reps @ 15lbs each arm
Squats - 8-10 reps @ 260lbs
Lying Leg Curls - 8-10 reps @ 70lbs
Repeat 3x.
Military Press - 8-10 reps @ 90lbs
Leg Press - 8-10 reps @ 210lbs
Static Lunges - 8-10 reps each leg with 25lb plate
Repeat 3x.
Then because there is not much variety for Delts I repeated Squats and Leg Curls and added Front Lateral Raises.
15-mins on Arc-Trainer
Jump Rope - 1 minute
Torso Twists - 1 minute
Alternating Side Reaches - 1 minute
Prisoner Squats - 1 minute
Jumping Jacks - 40 secs
Cross Knees to Elbows - 40 secs
Side Lunges - 1 minute
Rest - 30 secs
Push-Ups - 1 minute
Lunges with Knee Lifts - 1 minute
Rest - 10 secs
Dumbbell Bent Over Rows - 1 minute
Dumbbell Squats - 1 minute
Burpees - 45 secs
Rest - 30 secs
Overhead Press - 1 minute
Rest - 10 secs
Alternating Bicep Curls - 1 minute
Mountain Climbers - 45 seconds
Rest - 10 secs
Dumbbell Row in Plank - 1 minute
THE END!

Thursday's Workout was with Matt D:
We focused on upper body and a little kickboxing.
Warm-Up - 20 double-hand swings with a 50lb kettlebell (5 sets)
Pull-Up Test - I've never been able to do a pull-up. It is one of my goals. So we tried it out on the weight-assisted pull-up machine. Wound up that I can do 1 pull-up with 56lbs of assisted weight.
Chest Press on Cable Machine - 15lbs each arm @ 10 reps and 5 sets
In Between each chest press set we did medicine ball torso rotations with 10 rotations each direction.
Then we did some kickboxing on the bag and after the session I jumped on an Arc Trainer for about 15 minutes.

Friday's Workout was another circuit:
I focused on Delts, Back and Biceps and today started a high-rep rotation.
Warm-Up - 6 minute run on treadmill
Front Lateral Raises - 15 reps
Row Machine - 15 reps @ 90lbs
Bicep Cable Curls - 15 reps
Repeat 3x
Side Lateral Raises - 15 reps at 15lbs each arm
Bicep Barbell Curls - 15 reps at 30lb bar
Pull-Down - 15 reps at 90lbs
Repeat 3x
I then went through round 1 again, because I like the cable machines the most for circuits.
Then I spent 30 minutes on the Arc Trainer doing intervals of high intensity and incline.