All Pump Xtreme - Back, biceps, and triceps

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This morning I did APX again – back, biceps, and triceps - with the

thought that my DOMS from Mon may be worse tomorrow so I wanted to

get another strength workout in before then, lol. That logic sort of

worked, though I could already feel my triceps from my chest work

yesterday. And I can feel my lower abs as well. One of of the

exercises I subbed in were pike ins on the swiss ball. I think

that's what did it, not to mention I haven't done those in ages!

Whether it was the best plan or not, I'm glad to have this one done

already, and I added some extra cardio on today as well.

The exercises in this split go like this:

Warm up

Back:

Partial pull ups using a bar across 12 risers on each side! I was

able to replicate this, but am not strong enough (or light enough,

lol) to do even partial pull ups like this yet. I followed the

modifier, but I'm thinking I should have done lat pulldowns instead.

Back rows that switch from both hands to one handed with same weight –

Amy uses a heavy barbell and lifts one end in a t-bar fashion, but I

used a heavy dumbbell since it was easier to grab.

Incline rear delt flye

Biceps:

Incline Hammer Curls, with some forearm raises at the end of each set

Internal/external curls with band – these really made my biceps burn!

Can't remember the 3rd exercise, but I'm pretty sure there was one,

lol.

Triceps:

Triceps push-ups (on knees) on step with 2 risers

Tri Kickbacks

Triceps side overhead extension with band

Stretch

This one clocks in at 42 minutes total, but the strength work

finishes right around 35 minutes before the stretching begins.

Again, I liked this one a lot, though I would have liked one more

exercise per body part to make it a little longer, I think! I

suspect I won't be saying that about the legs workout on Thursday, as

that one is about 60 minutes, lol.

I wanted to do some extra cardio today, so I grabbed Kathy 's

FlipTrak workout, thinking it might be a nice 30 min tmill workout.

The video is for Kathy's manual tmill, but to my surprise Kathy does

not lead the workout! The instructor is Kim King and while she's not

terrible she was rather cheerleader-like for my taste, without being

very motivating. Plus, the music isn't good and she doesn't really

cue very well for you to speed up for the fast intervals. So I only

watched it for about 10-12 minutes, then I shut it off and previewed

Cathe's Muscle Max instead. I had selected the manual program on the

tmill since I thought the FlipTrak video would be telling me what to

do, so I just changed the speed and incline on my own, and ended up

with 35 minutes of cardio.

I may attempt Kickbox Xtreme (a shorter pre-mix) tomorrow, but I

haven't quite decided yet. I guess I'll see how sore I am tomorrow

and decide then! Wish me luck!

Sara