This week has been by far the hardest training week yet. It is always a hard week when coming off a transition week (rest week), however all I can say is WOW! I think my coach said the words " SHOCK AND AWE" and I was more thinking along the lines of him trying to kill me...lol! So my new program is still kinda normal 6 days a week with more HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and 3 lift days - the interval training is now much more difficult timing in at 61 minutes plus core training afterwards. Wednesday is now leg day and today is Sunday and this is the first time I could talk about leg day - lol - yep it was that bad! I am not going to sugar coat this at all - TERRIBLE - it was mental. My trainer said sorry a few times, I think he felt bad for me- lol. SO here is a little picture of this workout - starts with 3 sets of 40 walking lunges 45lbs dumb bells each hand ), can you picture how this feels? We take 30-45 sec breaks between in set and stretch - it is timed so try that and see how your heart rate has no chance of recovering in 30 seconds and then on to the next set. Then Hack Squats, One legged leg press, Leg curls, Glute machine/bench step-ups, then kneeling leg curl and the hip abductor/adductor machine. Seriously this workout the entire time was so mental - I talked to myself the entire 90 minutes - ya it was that long - I had to push myself so hard. Your legs are done after the lunges yet you still go on to the next. When we went to the smith machine to do the Hack squats ( our gym is not equipped with a hack machine ) my legs actually gave out - I dropped right to the floor- it was insane. My mind had the weight and I was good but my legs gave out. I rested for a second got up and said " ok lets get this done", and on I went. This by far was the hardest I have worked ever I think - wow - I wonder if I will be saying this every 6 weeks, lol!
It was a tough week and talk about sore, I had to have ice cold showers to try and help with the pain. It is hard to stay focused and happy when something like that is happening. This is why I waiting until today to post this, if I had posted this Wednesday night, I may have had to put a 18+ rating on it - haha! Tomorrow is Monday, a new week and here it is - I SURVIVED - and I will continue to push hard and get stronger. Your mind is a amazing tool and your body can handle incredible things :)
Stay focused everyone!
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