Day One

Got started today. I got home from work about 2:00, and made an immediate priority of getting started. The workout itself (Chest & Back + Ab Riper X) was about 1:10. But mixing my muscle milkshake, changing clothes, getting set up in general... all in, was about 2 hours. I suspect that the additional time will decrease as I become more familiar with everything, but the time commitment is definitely big. I'm almost as intimidated by the time as I am the workout itself.

I drank half of my milkshake before the workout, and the other half after.

Chest & Back is the lengthier part of the total day's workout. I didn't look closely enough, but somewhere about 40 minutes. I found a lot of downtime in the workout, primarily because of my inability to complete many reps of exercises the trainers were doing so many more of. They tell you this will happen and to expect it. They also make a great point..... If you could do it all, you wouldn't be watching the video, you'd be making it. But showing up and pushing play every day is how one gets there. I did that today.

Interestingly, my arms feel like they got more of a workout than my chest and back. I also experienced downtime and frustration from not knowing the moves. I suppose this goes along with the first day... but still left me a bit frustrated. This was especially true on Ab ripper X. I am going to have Kelly observe me in the coming days to help understand that it is I'm supposed to be doing.

So, I feel like I got a good workout, and am excited to be officially started. But I feel like the workout can be better, and will be. I do feel "worked out", but I think the day's biggest accomplishment was getting started.

Today's Reps (each is done twice):

Standard Push Ups: 26/16

Wide Front Pull Ups: 6/5

Military Push Ups: 13/6

Reverse Grip Chin Ups: 9/6

Wide Fly Push Ups: 15/12

Closed Grip Overhand Pull Ups: 4/3

Decline Push Ups: 8/5

Heavy Pants: 11/8 (using green resistance band, represents 40# weight)

Diamond Push Ups: 8/6 (with questionable form)

Lawnmowers: 10/15 & 10/10 (left & right), green bands

Dive Bomber Push-Ups: 7/7 (again, I think my form was questionable!)

Back Flys: 7/6, green bands. Definitely questionable form. I had a hard time understanding how the bands were supposed to be.

Tomorrow: Plyometrics (jump training)