Unfortunately, I wasn't well at the weekend, do did not do my planned workout. I did, however, walk 3 or 4 miles each day with the dog.



Week 2, Work Out #3

Warm-up:
Walking lunge with upper body twist x 5 each leg
Lateral lunge with opposite-hand reach and touch x 5 each side
Ball bridge/Russian twist x 5 each side
Inchworm x 5
T-push-up x 5 each side - 2 each side


Break-in WO A:

Squat 2 x 15
2 x 15 x 22lb (10kg) (dumbells)

Supersets
Static Lunge 2 x 15*
2 x 15 x 17.6lb (8kg) dumbbells
Two-point dumbbell row with elbow out 2 x 15*
2 x 15 x 17.6lb (8kg) dumbbells

Supersets
Push-up 2 x 15
1 x 15 bench push ups 1 x 15 half push-up on knees
Swiss Ball Crunch 2 x 20
2 x 20

* each leg/arm


I couldn't find the barbell in the gym today ... think that it might have been taken to use in the circuits class they sometimes have on a Monday, so used dumbbells instead.

This made the squats feel a lot easier to me, but that's because I'm more used to using dumbbells.

Also used the dumbbells as dane suggested for my lunges ... much better balance-wise.

Also tried doing the press-ups using a bench ... I was able to push out 15 in increments of 5 with a small rest in between. Did the last 15 on my knnes though as my shoulder was beginning to complain.

Pleased also that I was able to increase the weight on the dumbbell rows to 8kg