I’m doing Quads and Hamstrings today and have a renewed vigor to get the body of my dreams. I’m a member of the MichelleBerger and BFFM4Women Yahoo groups and it’s just so inspirational for me to read about other women’s journeys to getting fit. I Am Not Alone! I am not the only wife and mother that sometimes feels like I have too much on my plate to take care of me. I am not the only mother that wants her children to grow up fit and healthy and avoid our nation’s epidemic of obesity and related illnesses. I am not the only woman who wants to be healthy and muscular and not “skinny-fat”. I am not the only woman that sometimes loses steam and motivation and needs a pick-me-up to keep going. I Am Not Alone!

So I’m going to expand on my original workout plan because I can push just a little harder today for ME. I originally had 10 minutes of cardio, but I got 17 minutes in. I originally had 2 exercises for each body part so I added a 3rd on the Quads but ran out of time on the Hams.

CARDIO- 17 minutes at 65% MHR

Weights (30sec rest between sets, 22minutes total on weights)
QUADS
Barbell Squat
w/up: 15xbodyweight
Set 1: 12x9#BodyBar
Set 2: 10x12#BodyBar
Set 3: 8x15#BodyBar

Bodyweight Lunges
Set 1: 5xbodyweight (man, these are hard)
Set 2: 5xbodyweight
Set 3: 5xbodyweight

Leg Press
Set 1: 12x0# (sled only, what's it weigh?...45, 50#?)
Set 2: 10x10#added to sled
Set 3: 8x20#added to sled

HAMSTRINGS
Barbell Good Mornings
Set 1: 12x9#BodyBar (seemed easy)
Set 2: 10x12#BodyBar (seemed easy)
Set 3: 8x15#BodyBar (still seemed too easy)

Barbell Stiff-Legged Deadlift
Set 1: 12x9#BodyBar (seemed easy)
Set 2: 10x12#BodyBar (seemed easy)
Set 3: 8x15#BodyBar (seemed too easy)

I treated myself to a Cookies and Cream protein shake from the bar at the club before I headed back to work. I hadn't been getting my protein in like I should for the past week so I am using this to give me a boost.

Tomorrow is Shoulders and Calves