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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

My Latest Killer Workouts

Lately I have been doing these killer workouts from bodybuilding.com.  They aren't meant to make you huge to be a body builder, just good hard workouts that will kick your butt.  Basically I do 4-6 exercises per day (4x per week) and I do 3 sets of 8-12, I am suppose to keep the weight at a point where that is all I can do, not a rep more.  So far so good, I have done pretty well and paid the price the next day each time with being sore and tired.  I am pretty excited about it overall, but can't help but realize that my numbers are SO much lower than what I did in college.  Now for me, I graduated college 7 years ago, its so insane to think that by the way, because I remember it so clearly.  During college I loved the gym, a lot of my friends came from hanging out the gym and I had a fabulous workout partner that would not allow me to quit, skip or anything else, it was GREAT!  My 1 rep maximum's were fantastic too, my bench was around 180 in my junior year, which was definitely my best year as far as lifting went!  Now I am struggling at around 80 pounds, now granted I am not just doing 1 rep, I am trying to do between 24 and 36 of them but still its quite the jump.  So I have decided one of my goals is to get a 1 rep max of at least 150 back.  I would like to do this by the end of the year, so hopefully these workouts that really push you hard on the weights will help.
If you want to see what I am doing here is the link: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/womans_lean_sexy_bible.htm
As of right now I am just eating healthy and not following their nutrition program.  I am also not doing their version of cardio, but mostly because I enjoy classes at my gym and playing volleyball for most of my cardio.
My other "fitness" goals are: to be able to run a half marathon, to lose weight (i'll spare you the number) and of course to get my lifting numbers up!

On a complete side note, yesterday I was lifting (calf raises to be specific) and picked up 40lb dumbbells, and the guy working out near me was like are you sure you can lift those? It's always a nice feeling to show a guy you can lift nice and heavy weights! 

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