My husband wanted to go to the gym with me on Tuesday. He likes to lift weights. I haven't lifted in ages and once he started explaining his routine, I thought, well if we're going to do this then I want to do the Jamie Eason LiveFit workout that I've been wanting to try. He's actually been doing it with me and pushing me to go heavier then I normally would - I appreciate him doing that!
You do every exercise 3 times with 12 reps and one minute rest. Here is what I've been doing -
Day 1 (Chest/Triceps):
1) Wide Push-ups (12 regular; 6 reg, 6 knees; 12 knees)
2) Dumbbell Bench Press (20lbs - 12, 12, 12) - and I needed his help on the last few of these (those push-ups wore my arms out!!)
3) Flat Bench Cable Flyes - cable machine was full, so we used hand weights (10lbs - 12; 12lbs - 12, 12)
4) Narrow Push-ups - OH NO! (12 knees, 12 knees, 10 knees - and none of them were pretty, my arms were shaking so bad even with only being on my knees)
5) Standing Dumbbell Tricep Extension (15lbs - 12, 12, 12)
6) Tricep Pushdown (20lbs -12; 30lbs - 12, 12)
My arms were so sore that I could barely wash my hair when we got home. I had to laugh, I can't remember the last time my body has been this sore. I'm so happy to have a workout buddy too! I've missed having someone to laugh with while working out. We actually went back for more today...with my sore arms and all!
Day 2 (Back/Biceps):
Chris started with pull-ups (not on the plan); I just stood there and watched him - ha, ha.
1) Wide Grip Lat Pulldown (30lbs - 12; 40lbs - 12; 45lbs - 12)
2) One Arm Dumbbell Row (17.5lbs - 12; 20lbs - 12, 12)
3) Seated Cable Row (30lbs - 12; 35lbs - 12, 12)
4) Underhand Cable Pulldown (40lbs - 12, 12, 12) - my favorite one!
5) Alternating Dumbbell Curl (15lbs - 12, 12, 12) - these were extremely tough for me
6) One Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl (10lbs - 12, 12, 12) - my arms were so weak, I tried the 12lbs, but quickly switched to the 10's.
7) Standing Bicep Cable Curl (20lbs - 12, 12, 12)
And then Chris wanted to do back extensions which weren't on here; however I did them with him...3 sets of 12.
That's it. Two days down. I feel awesome!! We've been helping each other with eating well too. In fact, we met up with friends for dinner last night and before going we looked at the menu online. The 'healthiest' thing I could find was their fish tacos followed by chicken or steak faijitas (even better then their salads). I ended up getting the fish tacos (they were good, but so salty) and Chris got the chicken faijitas. No dessert.
I've been doing okay with my miles. I was supposed to run 3 miles on Tuesday, but didn't get it in. I have gotten my walks with Tabitha in though. Tomorrow I plan on getting a 4 mile run in the morning before Turkey day!! I'm behind on my Pile on the Miles challenge by a 5k (the one I missed on Saturday). I'll have to get a run in on Friday and Saturday to catch up...good thing I was ahead on miles. I thought I might slip up a little when Chris came home. Still a week and a half to go to reach my goals! The LiveFit trainer says to avoid cardio during Phase 1, so I might not run, but we'll see. I want to make this challenge. It'll all really depend on how my body feels.


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