Hi everyone,
I'm right back from the gym and drying after a good shower.
Perfect timing for a week review.
First thing to go with is what i generally think of the program ... after two weeks, i begin to have a fair view of it, and I stand by my word. It is great. It is well balanced, with loads of different exercises allowing a proper rest between categorized sessions. Motivation is definitely there, which is a good point.
In a bit more details now, a quick walk through the week ...
Monday was upper body push ... that was a good tough one for me as upper body is definitely not my strong point.
I got hit right from the start with the Burpees push-up pyramid. Man, that was so hard at the end that i had to finish on my knees. But i went through all the exercises ... next day, pecs and triceps were sore! :)
Tuesday was burst training and core ... shadow boxing was the main part. I was worried it would be light ... but when you really go for it, shoulders get warm! Great thing here is that i stayed home and did it watching TV. Excellent.
Wednesday was lower body. Another killing one. :) But no major issue. Went ok.
Thursday was a bit disappointing for a burst training. That was agility work out on a cross. Much less challenging to me than the agility ladder. Probably cause it is shorter. Well, i could have added a few rounds for sure, but i did what was on the list and took advantage of a "light session" to get some rest ... Friday was around the corner! :)
Friday was about upper body pull and core.
And the exercise i was dreading pointed its nose ... pull-ups! To make it short, i can't pull a single one! In my past training, I trained to shin ups using the walk the plank method. But like i said, i kind of did not get the best out of it due to a lack of challenge/motivation. I tried once to work out a walk the plank session for pull-ups, but it was too early. I was not stable and pulled a muscle on my back.
So today was not going to be fun!
Anyway, i did not follow the "as many as you can. don't worry if you cannot do many at this point" otherwise i would have done nothing! ha ha!
So i tried a walk the plank ... and it went well. Managed 6 the first set, 5 the second and 4 (roughly controlled!) on the third. And to make it 4 sets, and worth it, i did a set at the pull-up machine ... 85kg, 10 reps. Man, i don't get it! can't be 85kg for real ... why couldn't I do a pull-up then?
Anyway, i was glad about this exercise result and moved on to the rest of the session.
All-in-all, a great one again.
So that's it for this week.
Indeed i don't see great changes yet, but i do feel tougher. That's a feeling indeed, but i believe training is already paying off. I can feel that muscles are under tension, which is a great feeling and prove something is happening.
I hope to see some light variation this week-end while checking up my weight ... I'll let you know about it.
Next week I'm affraid i'll be able to train 3 sessions max, so week 3 will be repeated entirely the week after in order to get the best of it. I'll target the 2 upper body workouts and 1 burst training (or maybe a 10km run).
That means the first 400 challenge will be in 2 weeks time. I think that is actually a good point. :)
Note: again, no editing, so please don't shoot! :)
Cheers,
Seb