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Week Ten - Changing It Up

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Week ten came and went before I even knew it. This is a good thing since my life has been so crazy with my infant son being sick. Seems like he is on the mend again so life can get back on track. I started off this week with a run outside that was close to two miles. It felt great, as always, to be outside for a run and start my week off right. On Monday for my workout I decided to change it up a little and do a combination of upper body and lower body workout based on a circuit I found in the November 2009 issue of Women’s Health Magazine. Here it is, I have made notes where I modified an exercise.

The instructions said to do 12 reps of each exercise and complete the circuit three times except for the plank.

• Pushups - I did angled pushups on a bar because my right wrist gives me trouble when I do traditional pushups
• Dumbbell Chest Press on ball
• Crunches on ball
• Plank - this should be for 60 seconds but I could only do it for 30 seconds the first time and then 20 seconds the last two times
• Dumbbell Front Raises
• Dumbbell Side Raises
• Dumbbell Bicep Curls
• Walking Lunges
• Squats with Dumbbells
• Box Jumps - there is nothing listed about the size of the box and I don’t normally do these so I started with a small box

This was a great workout and a great way to change things up for me. I felt the workout challenge me during the front and side raises because I rarely do those exercises when doing my upper body. I also felt the challenge over time with the box jumps. My rear was sore the next day from those and the walking lunges. I know I pushed myself during this workout and it felt great. I plan to do this circuit once a week.

The rest of my week went well. However I have not been writing down what I eat and I know I would feel better about things if I added this back into my daily routine. So the plan this week is to increase my cardio workouts to at least 35-40 minutes rather than 20-25 and start recording my food.

Hope you had a great week and some great workouts. Share them with me if you would like.

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