Friday RTTC - Second post - sorry about the first one!

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Hi Everyone,

Is it possible to catch a cold/virus from someone on

the internet? LOL! I think I caught 's cold

- last night I was all stuffy and my throat is sore -

I'm taking airborne and zicam and hoping that nips it

in the bud before it gets worse. I almost stayed in

bed this morning, but once I got up and moving around

I felt okay so I went with RTTC. This is the hardest

Ripped workout so far - at least for me. It is all

compound exercises which are always killers for me.

Warning: there is NO warm-up on this DVD it goes

straight into the side squat with a rear lunge combo!

So, if you don't like doing that do a warm-up on your

own first!

There are 9 exercises, I believe, each compounded,

I'll try to see if I can remember them and the weights

I used (I didn't have my notebook handy, but I went

with 3's, 5's and 8's):

Side Squat/Rear Lunge - I started with 8's and dropped

to 5's when it seemed to be going on forever. I also

felt that I had a greater range of motion with the 5's

and often times with just body weight so I get more

sore with no weights sometimes.

Chest Press/w/ hip raise - Not bad after the

squats/lunges - I stuck with 8's as I've been getting

a good burn in my chest with 8's - again I think it is

the range of motion

Spiders and Push-up - body weight. I did okay on the

spiders, but they pre-fatigued my arms so I did the

push-ups on my knees

Plie Squats w/ Upright rows - think I went with 5's

here b/c my shoulders are kinda week.

Bent Knee Deadlifts w/ rows - Used 8's here

Straight leg deadlifts w/ biceps - 5's

Side Squats off the step w/ lateral raises and a knee

up thrown in for good measure - I started w/ 5's then

dropped to 3's my shoulders are weak! I was very

anaerobic doing this one - it was almost like an

interval!

Step ups onto the step w/ overhead press - I think I

used 5's for this - but maybe 8's - it wasn't as scary

as the side squats. Then, she does a front raise with

a squat at the end of this series

Triceps - tricep push-ups (one modifier uses weights

for a french press - I did one set of each for

variety) then a tricep kick back on all 4's w/

opposite leg from arm extended - extended arm doing

tricep kick backs. I liked this! I used 10's for the

French Press (actually 2 5's) and 3's for the

kickbacks. My triceps are talkin' to me.

Abs/Back - some planks and crunches - nothing new here

althoug some of the plank variations were difficult

and something to work towards.

I'm not sure if this is the exact order, but it is

close!

Definately a burner!

Last night I did manage to get a second light cardio

workout in - I did the 20 minute bonus from the Shape

Toning DVD - it is very much a mini Prevention's Walk

Your Way Slim - short combos w/ different intensity

options shown. I liked it! I followed up with the 20

minute pilates/yoga section of the Shape Cardio DVD.

Also good, but not as relaxing as I hoped.

Hope everyone has a good day! I hope to keep fighting

off this cold/virus thing. I feel all hot and sweaty

now and not in a good " just worked out " way....hmm..

need more airborne!

Take care!

Donna

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