My Monday Madness Cherry...

...It was popped, and yes, it was wonderful! I originally created an Upper Body workout for Monday including a sprint at the end, and I made some adjustments as I saw fit. It was as follows:

 

Instead of doing the chest exercises and then the bicep ones separately I decided to alternate between the two, ei: wide push-ups and then wide open bicep curl (I don't know the "technical" name to a lot of these things, I just know how to do them). I listened to my body so at first I was doing them with no break between each exercise. Meaning right after push-ups I did biceps (Super sets). As it became tougher I did the two exercises and then took a 20 sec break, then did the next set of chest and bicep. My arms were shaking. I felt so weak towards the end, but I kept at it. Granted, towards the last two sets I was doing the push-ups on my knees... Point is, I did it dammit! ARGH!

Oh, it didn't end there... As my arms felt like they were going to explode I proceeded to my sprints. Originally they were 10 with 30 sec break between each, but after doing the first I realized a 30 sec break was way too long. The point isn't to be completely rested! Those sprints really finished me off. At my last one I caught myself saying out loud, "Make this one good. Make this one good. Good!" Boom! And it was... although I felt slow as heck. haha. Again... Point is, I did it!

I love how it feels to have a weight in my hand. I love seeing my veins slowly start to fill up, and then bulge as I peak the workout. It's empowering. I love feeling like I just can't do anymore... and then I do.

This is what I LOVE to do.

It's Only the Beginning!

I have a PERFECT baby boy. His name is David Matthew and he was born 12-01-09. He is my absolute pride and joy, he makes me smile whenever I look at him... I can't say the same thing about all the parts of my body since he was born. I use to be a total GYM RAT. Then... I got pregnant, SURPRISE! So, yes, my body changed drastically! Thankfully my previous training obsession paid off and I bounced back to my almost regular self rather quickly. Seeing how well my body has done, and how much I love health and fitness I have decided that I will train to be in a figure competition. Crazy? Noooo.... Difficult? Maybe... Impossible? Heck no! Inspiration from other new moms who have accomplished it and the motivation from friends that know me well have led me here.

Whether it leads to something else or not, I want to do a figure competition or two just for that sense of self-fulfillment. I think many if not all of us have that little list, be it on paper or in our heads, of the things we would like to do before we die. Well... this is one of mine.

Let the sweat drip and muscles rip into perfection.