Yesterday was plyometrics. It was also my second anniversary! :] Hubby and I both brought it with plyo before going out for some delicious hibachi for dinner. Om nom nom. I really did not feeling like doing plyo, though. I just wanted to relax and enjoy a quiet day with Jake. Plus, we had to workout earlier so that we could go out to dinner and I don't particularly like afternoon workouts. But we both did it anyways! I was excited to wear my sweet new heart rate monitor (thanks, Josh!)... I discovered that I stay somewhere between 175 and 187 BPM during plyo. And I peaked at 191! That is some intense cardio right there! I felt super good once it was over :D It was encouraging to see in numbers how hard I push it during plyo. Something about looking at my wrist and seeing those numbers motivated me to keep it up and push harder at times. It was good. Dinner was good, too! Pretty healthy, I do believe. I had shrimp, scallops, veggies and rice! I know the rice wasn't too healthy (white rice, eesh) but I didn't eat all of it. I felt pretty good about my dinner-out choices :]
Today was back & biceps and the ab ripper! Man, I seriously brought it hard tonight!! I did every single bicep/forearm set with 10lbs, which is really good for me! There are a few moves that I usually do with 5lbs because they're rough, but I pushed myself really hard tonight and did everything with ten. Also, I increased my resistance band on the modified pull ups from 30lbs to 50lbs! I know I need to keep upping that weight so I can finally do real legit pull ups, so increasing it by 20lbs in one shot was great for me. My arms were quivering and felt like jello by the end of the workout but I'm so proud of myself! Honestly, I didn't know I could bring it this hard with my arms. It feel so good to know how hard I worked and stuck it all out! I didn't even cut out reps at all. I still did 12-15 reps on all the bicep/forearm moves and 12-18 reps on the modified pull ups. It burrrrned. It burned so good. I brought it hard with the ab ripper tonight, too! I did all the fifer scissors, hip rock 'n raise and heels to heaven moves. That one-two-three lineup HURTS. It's so great at hitting the lower abs, which I love. But I've really got to psyche myself out to get through those because it really does hurt a lot.
Tomorrow is yoga. Now that I've decided to pass on warrior three, I don't dread yoga quite as much. I still dislike it a lot, but I'm getting better at it and I do love the stretching portion of the workout. I've heard you can burn like 800 calories on that routine! Nuts! I don't think I burn that much but I do work up a good sweat. I'm going to do my best and bring it during yoga tomorrow!
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