Showing posts with label workouts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label workouts. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2015

It's the end of January

So how are the resolutions going??  January has been a fairly successful month with some healthy eating, and a accelerated workout schedule.  How close am I to my goal of hiking the Barr trail? Still frightfully distant I am afraid.  I am gonna need to kick it up to get there by May.

However my little weight workout has been manageable.  I performed this activity 12 times this month - which is about 3 times a week not 4 like I intended.  However, the week I was away I did not do it once so I guess it was four the other weeks of the month. 

I am getting fairly proficient so it is time to bump it up to something harder - more reps., more sets and new exercises.  I will keep the lunges the same as I am taking those slow so as to not hurt my knees as suggested by Jackie.
My new routine will be:

16 stationary lunges each leg with 5 lb weight
16 stationary lunges each leg with bicep curls -5 lb

bicep curls 15 reps each arm - 2 sets 8lb
overhead triceps 15 reps - 2 sets 8 lb
sit ups with 8lb weights - 8 reps - 3 sets
sit up with twist - 8 reps - 2 sets
bench press - 15 reps - 3 sets - 10 lb

My new exercises will be
single leg dumbbell row - 15 reps - 2 sets - 8 lb
squat to overhead press 15 reps - 2 sets 5 lb
I will set a goal again of 4 times a week - hope I can manage! How are your New Years resolutions shaping up?  Let me know!