Friday - Ripped to the Core

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Hi!

I made it through Ripped to the Core this morning.

Yikes. This one is tough, but it may be my favorite

of the series b/c I like all the functional moves.

Anyway, here's how it went:

Lunges/Squats - 8's - thought about using 5's so I can

go deeper into the range of motion. I may do that

next time. I think going heavier for me would

sacrifice form and range of motion due to the number

of reps.

Chest Press - 10's

Spiders/Push-ups - did one set of push-ups on my

knees, the other two sets on toes. May use the coffee

table as a prop next time to get in more full body

push-ups

Deadlifts & Biceps - used 8's. That fatigued my

biceps due to the number of reps, but for the

deadlifts I probably could have gone heavier

Plies and Upright Rows - Used 8's and 5's - my

shoulders burned really bad on the 8's so I had to

drop to 5's.

Deadlift and Row - used 8's but did the row on one leg

(balance challenge as shown by two of the

backgrounders) I may up this to 10's next time and

may skipt he balance for variety

Squat/Lateral Raise - used a 6 inch step here and

started with 5's and quickly dropped to3's - my

shoulders were really fatigued. I may play with this

for next time. My lower body doesn't feel challenged

with the 3's but my shoulders, at least today, were

too tired to use anything heavier. I may up the step

height next week and stick with the lighter weights.

Step-ups and Overhead Press - used a 6 inch step here

and 5's. I *may* be able to go to 8's not sure though

Triceps - did the tricep push-ups on my knees and then

used 3's and 5's (for only one set) for the tricep

kickbacks.

Overall, I felt challenged - for almost every exercise

I was fatigued almost to the point of failure using

the weights I chose, so I guess that is good.

Overall, this week went by pretty well - here's my

re-cap:

Sat - Turbo Jam Total Body Blast

Sunday - Rest (Travel)

Monday - Ripped

Tuesday - Kari 's Fitness Formula

Wed - Slim & Lean

Thurs - Sharon Mann Hi/Lo and Pilates combos

Friday - RTTC

I added in stretching on my own every day.

The only downside to my week was poor eating. Didn't

do well with travel over the weekend and then towards

week's end here, I was getting stressed out about some

things so I was engaging in comfort eating. I really

need to clean up my diet for next week so I can have

good results all around.

Take care - tomorrow is a rest day!!!

Donna

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