Day 77: Sore Abs

I find it interesting that my abs are taking so much longer to recuperate after every workout, compared to the other muscles in my body. I am sure it is because they had never been subjected to the grueling type of workout they are seeing now, but even then I work out other body parts just as hard. But I love the DOMS, because I am positive I will be seeing results with David Grisaffi's book.

Today I ripped through my HIIT no problem. 4 cycles is getting to be too easy and "my treadmill", the only one I like to use at the gym only goes up to 10mph. I might need to find a treadmill that can go even faster. After my HIIT I blasted my quads and worked out my legs with my normal circuit. The fun part came with my ab workout and then 30 minutes of steady state on the stationary bike and on the stairmaster.

Good start to the week, Ill use this momentum to carry me through the rest of the week.

Day 76: Too Much Work

Today was the first time in a while, that work overwhelmed me to the point that I did not get to make a trip out to the gym. Any day other than Sunday and I would have been fine, but on Sundays my gym closes at 6PM, as opposed to the usual 10PM. I will have to make up for it with tomorrow's workout.

Hope you all had a good weekend.

Day 75: Water Down the Trachea... FUN!

Had a good day at the gym today, which was followed by a rather funny incident. After a good four cycles of HIIT at 4mph, 8mph, 9mph, and 10mph (1min, 1min, 1min, 2min x4), I worked out my chest today, and finished up with the core workout I began last week. The circuit training really kicked my butt last week, and I was finally able to shake off the last of the soreness my abs were feeling.

I did some steady state cardio right after, and then headed over to rent a couple of video games for the nephews who are coming over today. While there, I was drinking some water and it went down my trachea! I immediately coughed it out, but the cough my abdominal area hurt so bad, I could not catch my breath. My body kept coughing and I kept trying to gasp for air, but because of the bad soreness in the abs, I could not catch my breath. It felt like this went on for ever, but it was probably just for about 10 seconds. Kept laughing about it after a while.

Day 74: 4th of July

Gym was closed today and I decided to take the day off today. Woo!

Day 73

Quick post today. I worked out my legs today and did some hybrid-cardio. Gym is going to be closed tomorrow due to the 4th of July, so I guess Ill just get a few good miles in, because the Shredder+ Team is leaving me behind.

Day 72: Running with the Shredders

As Shredders, much of what we are about, is accountability. And what better way to be accountable when it comes to cardio/running, than with the Nike+ Sportband. As I mentioned yesterday, this little gadget is a lot of fun, and makes running, which we all know can be boring, a much more pleasant and rewarding exercise.

Regarding my workout today, I am loving David Grisaffi's 6 Weeks to 6-Pack Abs. The exercises are very demanding and they get me sweating and feeling the burn right away. The fact that they workout the core and do not simply focus on the superficial muscles, makes it well worth the time I invest in his workout, because I know it will help prevent injuries and make all of my workouts easier.

I did HIIT today, worked out the chest, then did my core/ab workout, and followed that with some steady state cardio (running).

I am having trouble synching my phone to the PC so I will post the picture tomorrow.

Day 71: Nike+ Rocks!

I had a very busy day at work today. In fact, the last two days have been extremely busy and today I did not get to hit the gym. I did however, run over to Finishline to buy a Nike+ SportBand, and wow, this thing is cool.

I was so excited I bought this, I got home after work, plugged it in, downloaded the software, got it up and running, waited for it to charge, and then went out for a jog at 10 at night. Ran 3.75 miles and then called it quits.

I think its going to be fun to participate with the others Shredders in the Fat 2 Phat IV challenge.

Goodnight.