I thought I was going to be able to jog today, but my boss had me working on a computer all day. I quote: "You need to do what you have to do to get this computer ready by the end of the day. Like, don't work out. I realize you have to eat, but don't work out."

By the time I got the opportunity to jog, it was too late in the day. I would have come back at 4 and left at 4:30. So I didn't. I suppose it was for the best, my legs were still burning from Monday & Tuesday.

Back at it tomorrow!

You know after yesterday's workout, I felt like I'd done some work, but didn't really feel like I had gotten anything out of it if you know what I mean. I did enjoy a lot of the new exercises (especially the ones at the crossover station, that's just a cooool machine).

So this morning when I woke up, I could barely move. I'm not sure if it was the wood choppers, the leg extensions, or just a combination of all of them but I tell you... yeow! I hadn't felt this sore since when I first started working out! So you think it's doing something? :)

Alright, it is now DAY 9.

Circuit 1
Wide-Grip Lat Pulldowns, 1-3 reps, drop weight by 1/3, then 6-8 more - 3 @ 120lbs, 8 @ 80lbs
Medium Underhand-Grip Pulldowns - 15 @ 100lbs, then hold midpoint until failure (as it turns out, 30 secs)
Seated Hamstring Curls - 15 reps @ 120lbs
Jumping Lunges - 10 reps each leg
Hill Run - 1 min, incline 12, 8.5 mph

Circuit 2
Terry Pulls, on one knee @ crossover station, pull weights across chest, pyramid weight. Again I screwed up the pyramid. :P - 20 @ 40lbs, 12 @ 30lbs, 8 @ 40lbs
Standing Lat Pulldowns - whooops, forgot to do this one
Back Kicks w/Shoulder Press, I had balance issues with this one - 10 reps each leg @ 5lbs
Hill Run - 1 min, incline 12, 8.5mph

Circuit 3
Seated Cable Rows, 1-3, drop 1/3, then 6-8 more - 3 @ 120lbs, 8 @ 80lbs
Step-ups, 40 reps alternating (20 per leg)
Butt Kicks, a very LITERAL name. You jump up and kick your own butt, and it kicks your butt - 1 min

Circuit 4
Incline Bicep Curls, 10 reps per arm - 20 @ 20lbs
Pike Crunches, this one was weird, roll forward & back on a ball - 25 reps
Seated Hamstring Curls, one leg at a time, 10 per leg - 20 total @ 60lbs
Butt Kicks - 1 min

Circuit 5
Supermans - hold midpoint for 1 min
Boat Pose - hold pose for 30 secs
Reverse Plank - hold 1 min
Jump Rope - 1 min

45 minutes total + 5 minutes on treadmill @ 4.5mph due to them cleaning the bathroom in the middle of the day, 358 calories burned

Day 10 off! I'll be jogging and testing out the Forerunner 101 I got.

Day 8!!! Ahem...

Circuit 1
Scorpion Pushups, on the way down move one leg up towards the opposite shoulder, 10 reps per leg (20 total)
Dumbbell Flys on Body Ball w/Crunches, 25lb dumbbells, 10 reps
Leg Extensions, pyramid up with weight (messed up here, I pyramidded DOWN for the 2nd set, then back up for the 3rd), 20 @ 80lbs, 12 @ 70lbs, 8 @ 80lbs SORE CITY
Jump Squats, reps to failure, 20 total (normally more but AAAAUGH the paiiiin)

Circuit 2
Decline Dumbbell Presses, 35lb dumbbells, 20 reps
V Cable Flys, never used this machine before but it was way cool, 10 @ 30lbs, 5 @ 25lbs
Squat Thrusts, 20 reps
Side Lunges (alternating), 10 reps per leg (20 total)

Circuit 3
Close-Grip Pushups, performed to failure... SPEAKING of pushups. Yeah, I was fatigued from earlier so I did a whopping 10!
Plank-ups, to failure... alright get into pushup position, then one arm at a time, move to plank position, then alternate pushup/plank/pushup/plank that way. 10 reps.
Jump Squats, to failure, 20 reps
One-Leg Squats, more balance problems but I did it, 10 reps per leg (20 total)
Jumping Jacks, 1 minute

Circuit 4
Military Shoulder Press, 30lb dumbbells, 8 reps
Wood Choppers, do one side of body, then switch. 15@ 30lbs, 15 @ 60lbs
Knee Tuck Jumps, not a balance issue but just not able to jump high enough, 10 reps
Static Lunges w/Lateral Shoulder Raise, 15lb dumbbells, 10 reps each leg
Reverse Crunches, 5 reps
Hanging Abs with a Twist, this was interesting, hang like doing a pullup, then lift your legs out straight in front of you... then twist back and forth. 10 reps each side (20 total)

Circuit 5
30-second sprints (5 over 5 minutes), 30 secs on, 30 secs off, 5 sprints @ 12mph

45 minutes total, 323 calories burned.

Oh man, I gotta share this one. The past few days I've been worried (as I always am) that I'd gained some weight because in the evenings, my belt's been feeling tight. It's like I've been bloated or something, and in the mornings my weight has been the same.

So I took a close look at my belt and noticed the reason it was feeling tight: I've been using the next notch in the belt and didn't realize it! So I measured myself and sure enough, I'm an inch smaller around the belly button, making it 36". So it looks like the new program's working!

Now watch that jinx the whole thing.