Monday Workout

I'm sitting outside right now, March 19th in Vermont, and it's 66 degrees out with a high of 75 today.  Not the norm for Vermont weather in March, but I LOVE it!  Seeing the sun the past couple days and feeling the warm breeze instantly makes me happy.

I had a great workout this morning, felt focused, determined, and motivated, and took advantage of the nice weather.  Today's workout was chest, abs, and intervals.  Here's a recap....

Chest

1)  Flat bench press (I don't do this very often, usually incline dumbbell presses first).  After a couple warm up sets I did 115lbs for 5 sets of 8-10 reps (8 on the last one), with a spotter assisting the last couple reps.  The last 2 sets I did drop sets.

2)  Incline Dumbbell (DB) Flyes- 5 sets of 12 reps with 25 lb DB's.

3)  Walk over push-ups on a short step (one hand on the step, one hand on the floor)- 1 set of 14 reps followed by 3 more sets of 12.

Abs

1a) Bosu crunches with heels on a bench- 4 sets of 50 reps
1b) Decline leg raises on a bench- 4 sets of 50 reps

I decided to superset these exercises today, one right after the other followed by a 60 second rest for 4 total sets.

Intervals

So in spite of the warm weather, I decided to run sprints for my intervals outside.  Not only will this help me burn up the fat on my body, but it will also help me sculpt my glutes and hamstrings.  I always think of those sprinters with great glutes when it starts to get hard.  This was a nice change of pace today, being outside and using my body differently.  I'm sure I will feel the effects of this workout tomorrow :)

Less than 6 weeks until stage time...let's DO THIS!!