Where's the Beach?

Pyramid Workouts Today I managed to get myself out of bed for another morning workout. It was easier since Jason was already getting up at 5 am for swim. Today's workout was kind of tough though. I started with the warm up from Shock Cardio HiiT Pyramid , did Pyramid Upper/Lower (sans DVD), and finished with the HIIT. Since the Pyramid Upper/Lower workout was pyramid up only (12, 10, 8), I went up with my starting weight. This was a very good decision for me as I pushed myself to near failure for most exercises. The premise of the pyramid up is that you start with the lightest weight for 12 reps, increase weight for 10 reps, heaviest weight for 8 reps. Here are the exercises I did. Lower body only had one superset, upper was all supersets with one tri-set. Quads - Squats into Plie Squats Quads - Leg Press Chest - Chest Flye into Chest Press Back - Dumbbell Pullover into Double-Arm Rows Quads - Leg Press (again) Quads - Static Lunges Shoulders - Rear Delt Fly into Lateral Raise i...

Wowzers Workout This morning I woke up before the alarm went off. I seriously think I am traumatized from the alarm incident yesterday! I wasn't sure if I'd be able to pull of my morning workout because my legs are incredibly sore from Monday's weights. I decided to at least do the warm up and see how they felt afterward. I figured that if nothing else, I would just do cardio. I did the warm up from Low Impact Circuit (LIC), weights, then the Cardio Premix from LIC. Once I got moving, my quads loosened up, and I was able to crank out the workout. Today was supersets of 3 sets of 8 reps: SS#1 Quads - Static Lunges Hamstrings - Stiff Leg Dead Lifts SS#2 Shoulders - Arnold Press Biceps - Alternating Bicep Curls SS#3 Back - DB Pullover Chest - Incline DB Flyes I did reward my hard work with an Epsom salt bath after work. I used to do that frequently when I was dancing, especially near performance time. I should bring this back into my routine. I have decided that of all th...