Workout two in the bag..

Our 2nd workout went well, still not too intense.....mainly since we're only doing one set per exercise this week. Next week we'll be doing 2 sets per exercise, with 3 sets the following week. The 4th week we'll add weights and maybe additional exercises after that.

Marion's quads and glutes were a little sore from Monday's workout, not sure if from the lunges or the Squat Chops, but either way perfect start for our program. She was able work the muscles she wanted to with no weight and just one set! She'll soon adapt, but slowly, which will allow her to stay with the program the initial soreness, as well as strengthen the muscles (slightly), and increase her muscular endurance. As the week progress, her strength and endurance will go up and she be fully ready to add weights by the 4th week.

Today, we changed out the medicine ball for weights on the Squat Chops. I used 25lbs and Marion used 10lb (same as the medicine ball). We also changed our ab routine slightly, neither of us felt as we had work our abs after Monday's routine, so I've changed our ab flex exercise to what I like to call the beetle crunch (on your back with legs and arms in the air, with your chin forward, and head level, reach and try to touch your toes, holding the crunch for 1 second). The alligator push ups were a bit easier to do (less awkward), although still physically taxing. Not looking forward to doing 2 or 3 sets of those, but I'm sure they'll get easier every workout.

In my next post, I'll show examples of the Beatle Crunch, Alligator push ups and Squat Chops. Until our next work out, Just keep getting it done!