Week 3: Legs

This is going to be quick, as I have little time today.

I had a cheat meal (the first one of the year) on Saturday. The reason being, I attended a wedding. I still managed to eat plenty of protein and vegetables, but the cheat part was the fettucine alfredo for my starches. Oh dear goodness, was it delicious. I guess since I am 7-8 months away from competition, and seeing as it was a wedding, I could allow myself some indulgence. I did not go over my total caloric intake for the day, though. I did a lot of walking, standing, and ridiculous dancing. And I avoided the cake.

Saturday and Sunday were technically rest days, I did no weight training. Saturday was yoga with the buddies, though. We only have 15 more minutes to complete on the P90X DVD. I have noticed that all of us are getting stronger as the weeks pass, and we delve into the more difficult poses. Sunday, I slept. Boy, did I need the rest. It was hardly rest though because there was so much to do still, like get hair cuts for everyone and drive around doing things. Ugh.

Friday I did my Leg day with Kaeden as a wonderful assistant. The kid's daycare at the gym closes at 2 on Fridays, apparently (?!). Even with his 45-50 pounds of boy, the workouts are beginning to get easy, so Week 4 I will push the numbers up a few notches. I also added a new routine which I love.. Single Leg Deadlifts. I used a weighted tool kit for the resistance, because it's hard to dead-lift a squirmy child. Oh boy, did that kick my ass (in a good way). I can lift heavier weight for it though. And when I was through with all of the sets, I noticed instant results. Much curvier in the back, to put it nicely.

{Note: "Barbell," in this case, was Kaeden instead of an Olympic bar + weights}

Wide stance barbell squats 50x10, 50x10, 50x10
Walking barbell lunge 50x10, 50x10, 50x10
Single-leg deadlift 20x20, 20x20, 20x20
Seated calf raise (w/Kaeden) 50x20, 50x20, 50x20
Standing calf raise 3-20
Lying hip abductions 3-20
Hip thrusts 50x10, 50x10, 50x10
Glute bridges 3-20