Day 3

Howdy!

Just getting home from the gym! Day 3 was short and pretty easy to get through. It took me about 45 minutes to get through the entire thing. I was working out with a friend and we were waiting for each other so if you’re doing the workout solo then it should take about 30 minutes.

The workout for day 3 required that you do the following exercises: leg press, leg extensions, wide stance barbell squat, seated leg curl, standing calf raises and seated calf raises.

I did everything in full except for the barbell squats. I’ve never in my life done squats with a barbell so I automatically was a little put off when I saw this on the workout plan. My second problem with the squats is that I have had lower back problems for about 10 years. In the exercise description it says that if you have back problems that you might want to consider doing an alternate exercise. Despite having no idea of what I was doing and knowing that I should probably not be doing them because of my pre-existing back problems I decided to try them out anyway. I attempted and completed a set of 12 reps. I didn’t really feel comfortable doing them or feel like I was doing them properly so I quit after the first set and opted to do more leg presses.

I think the most difficult part of the workout for me was the seated calf raises. OMG. By the time I got to those I was really considering skipping the last set just so I could make the pain stop!! Lol. But I went through it and completed them anyway. I really think the problem is that I'm just weak. I'm hoping that when I go back through this workout next week that I’ll be able to really handle it.

I'm still super motivated and looking forward to each workout. I think I'm going to be disappointed when I have to rest for 3 days. Lol. I can’t believe that I'm even saying that. That’s so unlike me. Tomorrow is abs and shoulders day. That means that I’ll have worked my body into total soreness!! I’ll definitely need to make an appointment for a massage this weekend!! Well, it’s time for me to go over day 4’s workout plan!!