Pain

I am in pain today, and it sucks cause it was supposed to be the second workout of stage 7. My lower back still hurts, and to top it off my hamstrings and front of my shoulders are sore. I will be able to rest until Monday so hopefully it's all good then.

Don't really know what's going on with my back. About once a year I aggravate something and for the next few days it hurts to bend over, and then it hurts if I sit down for a long period of time then get up.

Stage 7 : Workout 1

So I finished stage 5 on Monday. Since I am taking two weeks off (going away on vacation) I figured to just jump right into stage 7. First day of stage 7 tonight and all I can say is, crazy! There was literally sweat falling off my face by the end. I was so excited to be back to barbell squats (haven't done them since stage 1). I was excited cause I did 85lbs! In stage 1 I accomplished 65lbs, so I am assuming I have more muscle (I am estimating that the bar weighs 45lbs). And I think I could maybe next time go up to 95, maybe 100!

Log:
squats 2~(75/8)(85/8)
s.lunge.r.f.e 4~(10/12LR)(10/10)(5/10)(5/10) ... jeez don't even think I can do 20 regular elevated lunges.
push-up 4~(16/16/15/20) ... of course elevated.
b.r.deadlift 4~(40/20)(40/20)(50/20)(50/20) ... surprised I could do this high, could feeeel it.
d.b-o.row 4~(10/20)(10/16)(10/17)(10/16) ... harder than I thought they would be.

When I came home I could already feel some soreness. Can't wait for tomorrow...

Workout A : 1 : Stage 5

d.b. snatch 4~(20/4)(20/4)(25/4)(20/4)xLR
d.b. s.l. rom. deadlift 4~(10/4)(10/4)(15/4)(15/4)xLR
barbell bent over row 4~(20/4)(30/4)(30/4)(30/4)
d.b. s.h. overhead squat 4~(5_10/4)(10_20/4)(10_20/4)(10_20/4)xLR
d.b. incline b.p. 4~(15/4)(20/4)(20/4)(25/4) ... using the third notch incline.
plank 3~(40/35)(30)(60/25) ... 190 seconds total, nowhere near the 360 goal but probably my best.
reverse woodchop 3~(30/4)(40/4)(40/4)
BW Matrix (x2)

So I did end up finishing Stage 4. Did all eight workouts, still find my weakest spots with having the determination to finish the whole time for the planks and prone cobras. I am very excited for stage 7. I have decided to skip stage 6 and maybe return to it after stage 7.

Stage 4 has begun!

Yesterday: Part B
Deadlift 3~(40/8)(40/8)(40/8)
Bulgarian Split Squat 3~ (BW/8)(BW/8)(BW/8)
Underhand-grip Lat Pulldown 3~ (70/8)(75/8)(75/8)
Reverse Lunge from box w/forward reach 3~ (10/8)(10/8)(10/8)
Dumbell Prone Cuban Snatch 3~ (10/7)(10/7)(10/6)
Swiss-Ball Crunch/Reverse Crunch 2/2~ (8/8)(8/8)
Lateral Flexion 2~ 8/8
Prone Cobra 1~ 43 ... short on time again.
Finished with 15 min HIIT.

Last Friday: Part A
Front Squat/Push Press 3~(20/8)(30/8)(30/8)
Step-Up 3~ (10/8)(15/9)(15/8) ... usually I did them on a step but today I did them on a bench, crazy!
Dumbell One-point Row 3~ (10/8)(10/8)(10/8)
Static Lunge, rear foot elevated 2~ (10/8)(10/8)
Pushup 2~ 9/8 ... still doing these on an incline.
Plank 1~ (20) ... short on time.
Russian Twist on Stability Ball 2~ (20/8)(20/8)

Workout B : 4 : Stage 3

Yesterday:
barbell romanian... 3~(35/6)(35/6)(35/6)
partial s.l. squat 3~(BW/6)(BW/6)(BW/6)xLR
wide-grip lat. pulldown 3~(70/6)(70/6)(70/6)
back extension 3~(10/6)(10/6)(01/6)
YTWL 3~(3/6)(3/6)(3/6) ... finally did all parts right!
swiss-ball crunch/hipflexion/lateralflexion 3~(6each)
Prone Cobra 3~(40/0/0) ... ran out of time once again.
>finished with HIIT elliptical

I am loving...

the weather outside today! I think I spent about 2 hours just lounging in it, it was great to be out in the sun just relaxing.

Lately

I have been really sucky about posting my workouts here. Probably because I just had 3 exams so am finally at a breathing point. And every time I had available after classes I still managed to do the workouts. I am now one workout away from stage 4! Sorry to keep this short I will try to log more, as I do this more for myself to be able to look back on.