Showing posts with label dumbbells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dumbbells. Show all posts

Friday, August 17, 2012

Dumbbell Upper Body Workout and LovingFit Sharper Abs in a Month Challenge

5 minute dynamic warm up

LovingFit Sharper Abs Challenge in a Month (modified into 10 min AMPRAP) - Set the timer to 5 sec off/ 1 min for 10 Rounds (ended up 10:50)
10 minute AMPRAP:
1 min plank
1 min leg raises
1 min diagonal knee raises
1 min rest (1 time only)

3 Rounds:
10 dumbbell press up (12lbs)
10 dumbbell front shoulder raise (8lbs)
10 dumbbell skull crushers (8lbs)
10 dumbbell shoulder lateral raise (shoulder fly) (8lbs)
10 dumbbell bent over rows (15 lbs)

Time 17:17

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

P90X Lean Phase 1: Day 3 - Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X

I got up a couple of times last night because I reminded myself to wake up earlier today to do the next P90X workout: Shoulders & Arms, Ab Ripper X. Since this workout will go a little longer than 1 hour, I need to get up at 5 am at the latest. It might not such a good idea for me to "set my own body alarm" clock cause I tend to get up waaay to early (woke up at 3 am, then 4 am then a little bit before 5 am). Again I woke up even before my cellphone alarm went off.
Anyway, did I tell you that weight lifting is my least favorite workout? I don't have any dumbbells nor resistance bands, so I just used my 2 water bottles filled with water as my weight. For some part of the workout sequence, those 2 water bottles were enough, but for some might be not enough. I didn't break that much sweat as I did with other cardio workouts and I found this weight lifting exercise to be a little slow for me. Maybe because I didn't enjoy it as much.

After the Shoulders & Arms done, I was debating whether I continued to the Abs or just do the Abs later tonight after I got back from work. Since tonight is the premier event of LOST final season, I decided to do the Abs. Surprisingly, doing Abs right after another workout was quite challenging. I couldn't complete some of the sequence (Fifer scissors, Oblique V Ups, reverse bicycle) as I felt out of energy and was feeling super hungry. But I still could complete Mason twist throughout the bonus round.