Week nine, Workout #25

This week starts with a measurement as we are 2/3 the way through the program. I was looking forward to Monday as I felt like I had made some big strides in the past few weeks. Strength feels great, clothes fit better, etc.

While we did not do a Tabata for baseline strength measurements we did pull out the measuring tape. Below are the stats after 8 weeks of workouts.

The body stats after eight weeks in Inches(Format start to 4weeks to 8 weeks):

Chest - 49 5/8" to 47 1/8" to 46"
Waist - 47 1/4" to 45 1/8" to 42 1/4"
Arms - (R) 16 1/2" to 15 5/8" to 15" (L) 16 1/2" to 15 1/2" to 15"
Calves - (R) 18 1/4" to 17 7/8" to 18 3/4" (L) 18 3/4" to 18" to 18"
Quads - No significant change other than getting rock hard!

Highlights: 5 inches in my waist, 3.5 inches in my chest, 1.5 inch in each arm.

For the Monday workout we did our normal active warm up; running, skips, high knees, butt kickers, karioka, over/unders, etc. Once warmed up we moved to the football field and did liners. But we did these by only using side shuffles. Standing on the 50 yard line I would side shuffle to the 45 to my left then back to the other 45 on my right to the 40 on my left to the other 40 on my right to the 35 and 35 to the 30 and 30 and finish back at the 50 yard line. Then we dropped and did push ups. 1 minute recovery and then we did that again!

The second part of workout was at the stadium stairs. We began by running up and down the stairs. Then between up and downs we added one of the following; push ups, dips, and single leg squats with an elevated rear foot. Thereafter we did side squats while going up the stairs. With one leg on the upper stair and the other on the lower I would do a squat, side step up one stair and do another squat, side step up for another. We did 3 sets for each direction or 6 sets total. We finished up with some elevated leg and body crunches!

Good fast workout.

Until next time.

T