I can't believe I didn't make any entry yesterday. I wanted to! I really do! *sheepish grin*

Anyhoo, today I start my second week of Power 90. I'm doing well so far, Alhamdulillah, despite PMS, water retention (I've been looking like a freaking water buffalo these past 2 weeks) and psychotic mood swings. I get up at 6:15 for subuh, change into my cool exercise gear and just work out. The feeling afterwards is exhilarating. WHOOOOO! I'm HIGH on endorphins BABY!

I realised that I've not *announced* my workout routine (heh). It's simple. 6 days a week. 3 days cardio alternating with 3 days sculpt (weight training). I start the routine with sculpt and this time round I start on Friday. My rest day is Thursday. Why Friday, you ask ... Why not start on Monday, you ponder ... why do you always do crazy things like sniff your food before you eat it, you enquire ....

I've got a good reason for that and .....

I don't have to divulge it ... heh!

So today I did 30 mins of weight training. I've only got a pair of 2 kg dumb bells (yes, sissy I know, I'm getting more this weekend, k?).

P90 starts with warm-ups (those are VERY important, everyone). Then we get down and dirty with pushups, followed by a series of weight training, working on various muscle groups (are you asleep yet?). Wheeeee, this is fun! I get to talk about anything I want and get away with it!

I think I'm improving quite a bit with the pushups (girly ones though). The 2 kg weights are getting too easy for me (darnit, I need heavier weights!). I always do 15 reps of every exercise and I don't succumb to failure (for the weight-training-idiots, "lifting till failure" means doing as many reps as you can until you can't lift anymore). Anyhoo .... I can feel my muscles getting more defined (YAY!!!). Physically I feel alot stronger too. Alhamdulillah ...

Today I went a step further. At lunchtime, I went to the gym at work with my room mates S & W. I cycled for 20 mins (set on Interval training) and did inclined sit-ups (15, YAY!). I don't want to push myself too hard. Afterall, tomorrow I'd be doing cardio and abs with Tony. Cardio with Tony is another thing altogether. The workouts are so ridiculously simple, even an 80 year old can do it. But how hard you want to work it depends on the intensity. Simply said, no pain no gain, baby.

Well .... I'll talk more about cardio tomorrow .... Wheeee, we're having some fun!

Mistress J ... out!

Jewel mused @ 6:05 PM | | Permalink

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