WEEK TWO - DAY 3

Week 2 of my Star Max Elite training with Kevin.  I woke up feeling pretty good and looking forward to the workout.  The day flew by and before I knew it the clock said 6:15pm and I hadn't changed for my workout yet.  Truth is, as much as I had been looking forward to this workout all day, I probably would have convinced myself that I was "too busy" and kept working if I didn't have a trainer waiting for me.  Kevin was waiting though, so I ran into the locker room and by the time I hit the basketball court they had already started with the warm-up.....

Sprints: 6 x baseline to baseline
Dynamic stretching: knee hugs, butt kicks, Frankensteins baseline to baseline and broken up by sprints.


I had to cut the warm-up a little short because I was late and they had already started.  I felt alot better going baseline to baseline than I did in Week One though, so that was already a boost.  Kevin waived me over and I jumped right in....


Dumbbell Squat: 20lbs x 20 reps
Standing Dumbbell Triceps Extension: 20lbs x 20 reps
Dumbbell Push up & Row:  20lbs x 20 reps (counting push ups as reps)
Lying Twists: 40 reps 
Alternating V-Ups:  40 reps 
Acceleration Wall Drill-Run: 2 x 20 secs


Now I have to say that this was probably the slowest wall drill you have ever seen.  Kevin kept saying "faster.....run" and I was like "I am running!!".  Gonna have to work on those.


Backpedal: 5 x baseline to baseline
Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 20lbs x 20 reps (slow on the negatives)
Dumbbell Bicep Curls: 20lbs x 20 reps
Walking Lunges: 20lbs sideline to sideline
Russian Twists: 20lbs x 40 reps
Farmer's Run: 20lbs - 5 x baseline to baseline


When I first tried this Farmer's Run exercise last week, I couldn't even run back and forth once.  This time around I was able to run 5 times baseline to baseline; only resting for a few seconds after my 3rd and 4th sets.  Kevin thought I was done after my 4th set and the little fat boy on my shoulder was screaming to stop but I sucked it up and knocked out the last set.  Stopping after 4 would have only been cheating myself.  Plus we had a 3 minute break after my 5th set;)


After the 3 minute break, we ran through another circuit to finish up....

Dumbbell Squat: 20lbs x 20 reps

Standing Dumbbell Triceps Extension: 20lbs x 20 reps

Dumbbell Push up & Row:  20lbs x 20 reps (counting push ups as reps)

Lying Twists: 40 reps 

Alternating V-Ups:  40 reps 

Standing Dumbbell Shoulder Press: 20lbs x 20 reps (slow on the negatives)

Dumbbell Bicep Curls: 20lbs x 20 reps

Walking Lunges: 20lbs sideline to sideline

Suicides: 2 x baseline to baseline

This was a good workout.  I felt much better going through the circuit and didn't feel as winded in between exercises.  I also weighed in this morning and saw that with only a week under my belt, I've already lost 4lbs!!!  One week in and I can definitely feel the difference.  Okay, time to eat again....