And th-th-th-thaaaat’s all, folks!<\/p>\n
This week wasn’t too different from last week – except a little less grueling.\u00a0 There was only one “Punisher” set and 2 drop sets in the three workouts.\u00a0 This was\u00a0fine with me, however… not sure I could have hacked anything more intense.<\/p>\n
It was a good program, but I’m glad it’s over – the volume of the Level A workouts was pretty high, and I’m definitely ready for a rest.<\/p>\n
There were pros and cons to this workout.\u00a0 Probably the biggest negative for me, personally, was having to do this with my husband.\u00a0 Now, I loooove John, and we actually work out well together, but\u00a0having him as my workout partner meant I had to\u00a0train in the evening… which is my LEAST favorite time to lift.\u00a0\u00a0Now that we’re done, I’m looking forward to returning to my\u00a0midmorning workouts.\u00a0 I’ll still go to the gym w\/John in the evenings, of course, but only to do light cardio and ab work.<\/p>\n
I LIKE training alone, when the gym is nearly empty.\u00a0 So sue me. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
On the pro side, this workout put plyometrics back on the menu, and piqued my interest in alternate forms of cardio.\u00a0 While our outdoor activities will be curtailed for the winter, we’ll be mixing it up\u00a0again in the spring.\u00a0 One bit of good news on that front: there’s a new Gold’s Gym going up only 6 blocks from our house… it will have a lap pool, basketball courts and racquetball – so we signed on the dotted line!\u00a0 Since we’re early birds, we were able to lock in a rate of $19\/month for full use of the facility – once it’s finished (there’s a smaller unit already open, which we’re using for cardio, since it’s sooo close).<\/p>\n
Yes, that’s two gym memberships – lol.\u00a0 But our\u00a0other gym\u00a0membership is cheap too – and since it’s 24 hours, it’s “open” on holidays.\u00a0 So – Gold’s notwithstanding, we’re planning on sticking around.<\/p>\n
But I digress… the other “plus” is that this workout was a good kick in the rear w\/respect to manipulating rest periods.\u00a0 I’d fallen out of the habit of timing my rests, and had pretty much forgotten what 60 second rest periods feel like.\u00a0 My stopwatch is going with me to the gym from now on. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
All things considered, a good change up.\u00a0 I could see myself doing this again, albeit with a few (relatively minor) modifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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