OK boys & girls, here we go... Day 2...

Circuit 1
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns (pyramid weight) - 20 reps @ 80lbs, 12 reps @ 70lbs, 8 reps @ 60lbs
Dumbbell Row - 15 reps
Lunges50 reps, alternating (25 per leg)
Hill run, incline 10, 8mph - 1 min

Circuit 2
Low Dumbbell Rows - 15 reps
Seated Hamstring Curls - 15 reps
Step-ups - 40 reps, alternating (20 per leg), Jillian's are a bit different, you step up with one foot, then the next, then back down with one foot, then the next
Hill run, incline 10, 8mph, 1 min

Circuit 3
Crab Walk - 10 steps forward, Yeahh, mine weren't that fast :)
Reverse Plank - 5 leg lifts on each leg (10 total), same as video except add the leg lifts
Crab Walk, 10 steps backward
Reverse Plank, 5 leg lifts on each leg (10 total)
Supermans - 20 reps, then hold midpoint 20 secs
Reverse Crunches - 25 reps
Mountain Climbers - 1 min (as with yesterday I had to split it into two sets of 30 seconds)

Circuit 4
Pendulum Lunges w/Hammer Curls - 10 reps on each leg (20 total), now this one I had problem with. The girl in the video isn't going down far enough, either. With curling the dumbbells I kept losing my balance each time I'd switch back to the original position. In the end I think I did 10 total, I lost count. 20lb dumbbells.
Hammer Curls - Reps to bicep failure, 20lb dumbbells, 20 total reps
Static Lunges w/Reverse Cable Fly - 10 reps with each leg forward (20 total), like the video except as you go down, you stretch a resistance band with your hands
Hill run, incline 10, 8mph 1 min

Circuit 5
One-Leg Pelvic Thrusts - 15 reps per leg (30 total), normal pelvic thrust but with leg high in the air
Toe Touch Crunches - 25 reps, just like normal cruch but with legs in the air
Mountain Climbers - 1 min (as with yesterday I had to split it into two sets of 30 seconds)

When the circuits were over I ran 15 minutes @ 6mph (1.5 miles), making total calories burned ~600.

Day 3 is tomorrow, but with a reprieve of sorts... DAY OFF! :P I'll be running 5k instead.

Now for eating today, as I said I think I got it all worked out:

B: 3/4 Kellogg's Complete w/1 cup fat free milk, 1 piece of whole wheat toast w/1 tbsp natural peanut butter, 1 pear
L: 6oz steak, 2 cups lettuce, 1 tomato, 1 tbsp hidden valley ranch light, 1 slice whole wheat bread, 1 apple
Pre-workout: protein shake
Post-workout: protein shake
S: EAS Carb Control Chocolate Peanut Butter bar, 6oz Yoplait Light Boston Cream Pie
D: 6oz pork chop, 2 cups lettuce, 1 tomato, 1oz grated cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup green beans, 1 slice whole wheat bread, 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 1 orange

Total calories eaten: 2120. BAM! :P

Wow. :)

I finished Day 1's workout from Making the Cut, and I am SORE! People in that gym probably thought I was nuts, didn't know what I was doing, or both. Especially the people on the treadmills... they're going on with whatever they're doing, the guy to my right is walking, guy to my left is jogging, and then I walk up, crank the treadmill to 9mph, then leave after 60 seconds. I can just HEAR the thoughts going through their minds!

So anyway, I posted this before but I'll repeat it with notes. The notes will basically tell you either how much weight I used, or if I couldn't do the exercise:

Circuit 1
Dumbbell presses on body ball 20 reps (10 on each arm)
Dumbbell flys on body ball with crunches, half weight of dumbbell press, 15 reps - same as video except do a crunch as you pull the dumbbells up
Squats, 50 fast (no added weight) - I was moving at least twice as fast as the girl at the beginning of the video, maybe faster
One minute sprint @ 9mph

Circuit 2
Plank (hold for 10 seconds) - a little different from the kind I'm used to, which you lean on your forearms rather than hands
Close-grip pushups (5 reps) - no rude comments on the video, guys, heh... although the announcer does sound a bit like George Takei
Side planks with inner thigh raise (10 reps) - had a balance problem with this one but I managed. Unlike the video, my arm was straight up toward the ceiling
Flip back into plank & hold for 5 seconds
Close-grip pushups (5 reps)
Side planks with inner thigh raise (10 reps)
Flip back into plank & hold for 5 seconds
Burpies (I was supposed to do 50 reps) - oh geez, well I did this wrong, I only did 10 reps. Whooooops.
One minute sprint @ 9mph

Circuit 3
Frog push-ups (20 reps) - they're #3 in the video
Squat thrusts (20 reps, then hold static squat for 30 secs) - should have looked for a video BEFORE going to the gym because I was totally confused. I did them wrong (didn't stand up), but did 20 reps. Didn't hold for 30 secs either. Learning experience here. :P
W Shoulder Presses with leg extension (10 reps on each leg) - can't find a video for this one, hold your leg out in front of you and each rep, you extend it... while lifting dumbbells to your sides simultaneously. As you might have guessed I had a balance problem with this one too. 15lb dumbbells, wimp that I am.
Jump rope for 1 minute

Circuit 4
Bench dips (20 reps)
Rope tricep presses (perform until muscle failure) - 50lbs, 20 reps
Static lunges with lateral shoulder raise (10 reps with each leg forward) - As you lunge, extend dumbbells out to the side. 10lb dumbbells, wimpy
Mountain climbers (as any reps as you can for 1 minute) - I did 30, then had to rest for 10 secs, then did 30 more
Boat pose (hold for 30 seconds)

Circuit 5
Jump rope 1 minute
Bicycle crunches (50 reps)
Extended plank (hold for 30 seconds)

That was that. A couple things I need to do though:

- Don't forget the heart rate strap! I don't have a # for calories burned.
- It's HARD to do a circuit with machines across the room from each other

I will say this though: I sweat more than I've ever sweat in the gym. Usually I wipe down the equipment, but this time I had to clean the floor too. Also, I gotta work on balance.

Another problem I'm having that I sort of expected is filling in all my calories. I need to spread them across the day more, because as it stands I'll have to eat 1000 calories at dinner, and I doubt that's healthy. :)

I got back from my workout earlier to find that the Tahoe Rim Trail hikes that I missed last summer have been posted. Awesome! So I went and signed up for #2 on 4/12, #8 on 4/19, and #5 on 5/3 (the numbers are if you do them all sequentially which actually makes the hikes harder).

So now it's almost time to go home, and I'm pondering life, exercise, and the 5k I signed up for. Yeah, the 5k. You know, the one that's on 4/13?

So TRT #2 is 19 miles long, at an average of 10% grade. Am I going to make myself sorry? I suppose the plus side to all of this is it should be a 4500 calorie burn for the two days!

I finished my workout. The chin-ups weren't as good as the same time last week, but I'm in a new atmosphere now.

* Neutral Grip Chin-Up, 5 sets @ 5RM (why do they put an RM on body weight is what I wanna know), but I didn't do 5 sets of 5. :) Sets: 5 2 1 1 1

* Side Lying Lateral Raise, 15lb dumbbell, 20RM, reps until failure, Sets: 20 20 20

* Snatch-Grip Deadlift on Box (A REAL BOX! heh), 145lbs, 6-8RM, 3 sets, Sets: 8 8 8

35 minutes weights
25 min jog after @ 6mph, 2.5 miles
Total calories burned: 562