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Monday, May 11, 2009

Back to Work!

I'm back to a steady regimen as of today. I've reduced my calories back down to 1200 to 1400, although I'm still not low carb again. Today I started back to Day 1 of the Making the Cut circuit training, and as I expected: I'm out of shape in a NASTY way.

Here we go, boys & girls. I'm going to start posting food as well. So today we had:

B: 1 packet weight control oatmeal, 1 banana
S: 1 oz peanuts (pre-workout)
L: 2 slices whole wheat bread, 2 tbsp fresh pb, 2 tbsp sugar free jam
D: Big 100 Crispy Apple Pie bar
S: 1/2 cup ice cream, 1 banana
Calories: 1411

If you followed my postings before you might recognize these circuits. :)

Circuit 1
Dumbbell Presses on Body Ball, 20 reps (10 per arm)
Dumbbell Flys on Body Ball w/Crunches, 1/2 weight of press, 15 reps
Squats, 50 reps fast (no added weight)
Sprint @ 9mph, 1 min

Circuit 2
Plank, 10 secs
Close-Grip Push-ups, 5 reps
Side Planks w/Inner Thigh Raise, 10 reps
Flip Back to Plank, 5 secs
Close-Grip Push-ups, 5 reps
Side Planks w/Inner Thigh Raise, 10 reps
Flip Back to Plank, 5 secs
Burpies, Straight from Plank, 10 reps
Sumo Squats, 50 reps
Sprint @ 9mph, 1 min

Circuit 3
Frog Push-ups, 20 reps
Squat Thrusts, 20 reps
Static Squat, 30 secs
W Shoulder Press w/Leg Extension, 10 reps each leg
Jump Rope, 1 min

Circuit 4
Bench Dips, 20 reps
Rope Tricep Presses, Until failure (as it turns out: 13 @ 40lbs)
Static Lunges w/Lateral Shoulder Raise, 10 reps w/each leg forward
Mountain Climbers, 1 min
Boat Pose, 30 secs

Circuit 5
Jump Rope, 1 min
Bicycle Crunches, 50 reps
Extended Plank, 30 secs

35 minutes, calories burned: 271

Hopefully getting back in shape enough where the workouts aren't kicking my butt anymore won't take too long! Whew.

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