Well, I didn’t burn out so badly that I didn’t do the routines – I did them – Monday and Tuesday both – I just did not do them very well.  I did not “bring it,” as you are supposed to for these workout.  I think it probably had something to do with the food I ate over the weekend (out of town again, people always take you out to restaurant dinners when you visit them!) and the fact that I got home around midnight on Sunday/Monday night so I was tiiiiired.  On Core I skipped a bunch of the moves and was way tired before even nearing the end, and with Cardio I just got through it as fast as I could and skipped the Dreya Rolls again.

Today, however, I am pleased to announce, was a different story.  I woke up feeling fine and even though I skipped breakfast, I definitely “brought it” for the workouts today.  I started with Ab Ripper first, and for the first time since I started, I actually got to 25 reps on every single move (well, besides the last one, where you do 40 reps)!  I was very happy and proud, and it didn’t burn as much as before.  That’s a good thing right?

And then I did Shoulders and Arms and consistently did more reps than I did last week, and used a higher weight on a couple of moves than I did last week too.    Overall, today was a good day!  Now need to get geared up for the loooooong Yoga video tomorrow

I decided that maybe the reason I hated Ab Ripper so much last week was because it was after a workout, and after a cooldown, so you are all tuckered out and ready to be done and go shower – and then there’s still 349 moves left to do!  So today, I decided to do Ab Rupper X before I did Shoulders and Arms, and yes, this worked out much better.  I did way more reps than I did last time and I defintiely worked harder than I did last time on Abs.

As for Shoulders and Arms, I did pretty good and more reps overall than I did last time.  I’m thinking if I keep doing the same amount of reps or more I will just go buy some higher weights instead of going for more reps…we will see.

The weight lifting ones don’t make me as tired and sweaty as the cardio workouts, of course, but they are still work, and I get shaky sometimes.  I am doing good on time still with waking up earlier to fit these in.  Woke up at 730 today, started at 8, done with everything by 930.

I was very, very grateful that today wasn’t going to be too strenuous or use my glutes or leg muslces much (as they are still sore from yesterday), and this was all well and good until I remembered I had to do the 15-minute Ab Ripper X after I finished Shoulders and Arms.

Shoulders and Arms is a fun workout, I like it. My lowest reps were the Deep Swimmer’s Press and the Lying Down Tricep Extensions…while my highest were, well, all the ones where I used my smaller barbells Tony is a little goofy in this video, but I like it, it’s much better than other types of hosts where they are all serious and domineering. I did the bonus round, because these weight lifting videos don’t really work you as hard as the cardio videos, so they don’t leave you as burnt out towards the end. Tricep Rises are about the hardest ones for me to do, and there is no way I could do the shoulder flies with a heavier weight (yet).

But, moving on to Ab Ripper, my review would probably be a string of expletives if I had written it right after. That workout sucks. Honestly. And it’s weird because for me it doesn’t hurt my stomach as much as it makes my legs burn. Holding my legs up in the air is crazy hard, and like the girl in the video on the last move, they shake a lot. However, the redeeming factor of this workout is that it’s only 15 minutes long (including cooldown/stretch), and Tony repeatedly tells you it’s ok to do less reps than them (I probably averaged about 18-20 instead of 25) and take breaks if you need to (which I will probably have to do for the first few times). Luckily, you only do this routine twice a week, on the days when you do weights.

Today I slept in, started at noon, was done by 120.