Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Total Body Lift


Slowly getting over the travel sluggishness - a full night's sleep always helps. Today's goal is to workout then get back into the kitchen -- as much as I love restaurants and frozen pizza, I'm anxious to refill my fridge with leftovers! 

Today's workout is one I took from Women's Health -- specifically from their 'Big Book of 15 Minute Workouts'. Maybe I'm slow, but none of their lifting sets has ever taken me 15 minutes. Too much weight, perhaps? Or maybe I'm just lazy? Regardless, I have a vague recollection of this particular workout being a hamstring killer, but we'll see how I feel in the morning. This is the 'High School Reunion Workout 1'.

Pre
Energy Level [1-5]: 3
Sore Areas: Upper Back
Yesterday: No Alcohol! Cardio.
Environment: Indoors. HUMID.

Workout
Warmup: Elliptical - 5:00 - .5 mi
Equipment: box, BOSU, stability ball, medicine ball: 15 lb, dumbbells: 8 lb [hex], 12 lb [hex], 15 lb
Work Time: 40:30


GoalActual
Exercise NameReps - Weight [type] Set 1: Reps - Weight [type] Set 2: Reps - Weight [type]
One Leg Dip + Bicep Curl15/leg - 12 lbs15/leg - 12 lbs15/leg - 12 lbs
BOSU 'Crab Walk'15/side [alt]15/side15/side
Back Lunge + Shoulder Press10/side - 15 lbs15/side - 15 lbs13/side - 15 lbs
'Warrior' Row + Tricep Extension15/side [alt] - 12 lbs15/side - 12 lbs12/side - 12 lbs
Plank + Front Raise15/side [alt] - 8 lbs12/side - 8 lbs11/side - 8 lbs
Sumo Squat + Side Crunch15/side - 15 lbs15/side - 14 lbs15/side - 14 lbs
Stability Ball Crunch + Punch10/side [alt] - 8 lbs12/side - 8 lbs10/side - 8 lbs
Time to Complete15:0015:3020:00

Bonus! Ab work:

Minutes Exercise
0:00 - 0:50Straight Arm Plank + Leg Raise
1:00 - 1:50T-Plank, R
2:00 - 2:50Straight Arm Plank
3:00 - 3:50T-Plank, L
4:00 - 4:50Pushups -- 20

Post
Energy Level [1-5]: 4
Stretch Time: 10:00
Total in-Gym Time: 1:05:00

Day After
Sore Level [1-5]:1
Sore Areas: Hamstrings

Comments
Full disclosure -- it may look like I exceeded my goals for those lunges, but I was actually aiming to do 15 on each side because I can't read my own handwriting. So in my brain its a yellow box.

Also: I have no idea how anyone expects to get that done in 15 minutes. They must be using 3 pound weights. Which, from the pictures I'm looking at, is probably true. I also think this workout has too many accessories -- ball, bosu, box, dumbbells AND medicine ball? This is why I don't do Pilates...

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