ripper workout week 2

first week of the ripper workout is in the books! i successfully completed 3 days of working out, 2 days of interval training, and NO bitching or moaning about having to workout (which, is a BIG step for me!)...

my observation on the first week. each set seemed to take just under 2 minutes consistently. ranking the exercises from hardest to easiest for this week was:
squats
calf raises
curls
crunchesrows
shoulder press
dumbbell press

this program does a really good job of spacing out the different exercises so that you're not too overwhelmed. the main reason the squats are SO hard is that you "roll" down a wall with the use a resistance ball... so that isolates your quads and will make those puppies cry for days!!! the big surprise was the more you focus on just moving your arms during the resistance band curls, the harder/better it gets! and it always seems funny that you're ONLY working with 20lbs of resistance. i think the key is to only move the body part you're working out... which at first read sounds really stupid, but think of what pilates teaches you about focusing on a certain muscle and breathing.

but it's a good pain! so how am i feeling after week 1 of the 12 week ripper workout? great, and STILL looking forward to working out!

week 2 preview:

looks like this week will incorporate a little more yoga/pilates with a combination push-up/side staff pose... lets see what i mean... we'll ask paco for help on this one:

(look it up people!)

...a little more isolation on the abs with a resistance ball crunch! and a little lat and a lot of shoulder action finally rounding off the workout with some leg work!

the exercises include: crunches, lat pull down, squat press, hamstring lift, shoulder press, yoga-type push-up...

next workout will be thursday evening (8/21). next update MAY be a quickie this weekend (lets hope it's not the ONLY "quickie this weekend" hahaha. OH, such a sad, sad life!), but definitely will be at the end of the second week (thursday 8/28. last workout being tuesday 8/26).tonight, it's off to CMU's stadium to do some running!overall status: enjoying the workout... running is a little rough, but i have some ideas to make it better! my diet needs a kick in the ass though!!!
have a great week everyone!