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Super Sore & Loving Soup

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...

Fourth on Friday

Well I set a personal record for morning workouts done in a row! Today marked my fourth morning workout. I started with Low Impact Circuit Cardio Only Premix. That's one of the things I love most about Cathe's DVDs, the premixes. So many options! Today was Day 3 of Week 5 of the Total-Body Training rotation. I did 2 sets of 12 reps: Shoulders - Upright Rows Quads - Step Ups (using 12" step) Chest - Decline Dumbbell Press Back - Underhand Grip Rows Triceps - Overhead Extension Calves - Dumbbell Raises Tomorrow will be my rest day. This may be the first Saturday rest day...ever. I will be getting up rather early to head out of town to meet up with my mom and sister for lunch before going to the horse races . I am not even a gambler. It's all about the people watching (and beer drinking, I won't lie). Not sure if we'll be staying the night at my sister's or heading back home after the races. We typically don't stay for the last race to try to beat the ...