Workout day 3

     I was unable to get up on Friday early enough to exercise. I did the workout last night instead. I was able to complete the workout at 45 sec stations! WOOOO! It was much harder than I anticipated. I lost track of how many of each station I did. But oh well.
     My legs are getting stronger, I notice that they don't feel like Jell-o afterwards. I still need to work on my core strength. I flake out during the plank rows. I was able to do more push ups this time, I was able to count those because I do so few :/
     If it doesn't rain today I was going to attempt to do pyramids for my cardio today. I plan to use push ups, squats and some form of abs for the pyramid. A pyramid is where you do 1 rep of each exercise then the next set do 2, then 3 and so on until you reach 10 reps then work your way down. to make it more cardio-ish I am going to do 25 yard sprints after each set.  So it would look something like: 

• 1 push up
• 1 squat
• run 25 yards
• 2 push ups
• 2 squats
• run 25 yards

And so on. So my goal for today is to do a pyramid top of 5, since my push up number is so low. If I feel I can do more than that I will, but the goal is 5! I can do it!

Day 4

The day after the workout my shoulders feel very sore as well as my sides and back. My groin feels strained a little but stretching it helps. I went to the baseball feel do do my cardio and threw and hit in batting practice. But by the time I got up to hit I was exhausted and could hit much, but whatever.
Tomorrow! I have to wake up earlier so i can get my workout in. I'll be traveling home with some friends on Friday. I am going to try and up the time on the work intervals this time to 45 sec instead of 30. This way  i can get more reps and total work into my workout with only adding about 5 minutes to my total time. It should be crazy! AHHHH! I just found another Spartacus workout which has a similar premise but different exercises. I plan to do that when I can get through this workout better.
I  am down to 195 after starting this week. I am not totally sure what I started as so I cannot really give a pounds lost number. Well that's all for today, until tomorrow! woooooo!

Day 3 results and thoughts

My stats for the second workout :

1. Goblet squat 12 reps with 30 lbs for every round

2. Mountain climbers 20-25 reps each round

3. Single arm dumbell swing 10 reps each arm 15 lbs each round

4. T-pushup 6 reps first round 4 reps second round and 4 on knees last round; no weight

5. Split jump ~15 reps each time

6. Dumbell rows 15 reps first and second round with 15 lbs, 11 reps with 10 final round

7. Dumbell side lunge and touch 10-12 reps with 15 lbs all three rounds

8. Plank rows 8 reps with 15 lbs weight each round

9. Dumbell lunges with rotation10 reps with 15 lbs weight all 3 rounds

10. Shoulder press 10 reps with 15 lbs weight first 2 rounds, 10 lbs for final round

I feel good! I was able to complete the entire workout while actually feeling like I did some work. Decreasing  the weight in some exercises seemed to help. I notice that with decreased weight I was able to increase reps. I'm got a little better at the planks, but notice another weak link in my body. My shoulders seem to not be able to do much. So I will be paying greater attention to them.
My arms and legs were a little sore from running yesterday, but I think after some training I won't have much of a problem with that. I don't get why my arms are sore, they didn't hurt yesterday. I will run again tomorrow to keep my exercise streak. 3 days and counting! WOOOO!

Day 2

     The day after, my legs and back are very sore. I was expecting more total soreness but I assume it's my inability to hold planks while rowing. If I have the time I will run intervals do some pushup and planks. Not too much otherwise I will be too sore the next day for spartacus.

     As for a nutrition plan, I am loosely following the men's health belly off diet. I eat the dinners it tells to but for lunch I have leftovers from previous dinners. I eat a snack every 2-3 hours, which is what the plan tells you to do. I may not have exactly what it prescribes but it usually consists a protein source and a fruit.

     I'm dreading and looking forward to the next spartacus day. I downloaded a customizable interval timer, so I will try that out. I also want to try and do better endurance wise and get more all around reps. Should be fun!

Day 1 results and thoughts

My stats for the first workout :

1. Goblet squat 11 reps with 30 lbs for first 2 rounds last one was with 15lbs

2. Mountain climbers 14-18 reps each round

3. Single arm dumbell swing 10 reps each arm 20 lbs first 2 rounds 15 lbs for last

4. T-pushup 5 reps 5lbs weight each tone

5. Split jump ~20 reps each time

6. Dumbell rows 11 reps with 15 lbs weight for all rounds

7.  Dumbell side lunge and touch 10 reps with 20 weight first round then 15 lbs for final 2

8.  Plank rows 8 reps with 15 lbs weight each round

9.  Dumbell lunges with rotation 8 reps with 20 lbs weight all 3 rounds

10. Shoulder press 10 reps with 15 lbs weight first 2 rounds, 10 lbs for final round

I have a lot of trouble with the planks, I plan to do them on off days. It prevented me from having a much better workout. Other than that just the speed of the workout kind of prevents me from working harder. But that will come with time. Also I only did 30 sec for each station rather than the full minute. I feel this will help me in the long run to get used to the program.