Back-to-Back Workouts!

Friends.  I was so excited about having back-to-back workout at work days, I completely forgot to post!!! Oops.  (I also blame my brother who magically appeared in town at 5pm and requested our presence at dinner.  Of course, we obliged...getting us home full and happy and ready for bed.)

See, Wednesday was a "snow" day.  To be clear, there was snow...but it didn't stick at all and mostly rained.  Best kind of snow day in my book!  Because of this, the Wednesday work work-out was postponed to Thursday.  And--because we are hard core--the Friday workout was still on.  Whewee.

On Thursday, our fearless leader put together a mostly strength-based set of exercises.  Additionally, we deviated from our typically 12 minutes of fun (50 seconds on, 10 second rest, through the list of exercises two times).  This was closer to 24 minutes (I don't have the actual numbers) and she called it a pyramid.  Each rest was 15 seconds (it felt like an eternity--it was SO GREAT!) but the exercise intervals increase over time (15 seconds, 30 seconds, etc...) up to 90 seconds.  Then came back down.  We ended up going through the list 4 times!  But, some were only 15 second sets.  No big deal, right?  RIGHT??!!?  Here is the list:

1) Burpees;
2) Biceps Curl into Bent-Over Row into Triceps Kickback (I used 10 lb DBs);
3) Split Romanian Squats (one foot back and resting on step--I used the 18 lb bar);
4) DB Chest Fly into Chest Press (10 lb DBs);
5) Good Mornings (with the 18 lb bar); and
6) Weighted Step-Ups (again with the 18 lb bar)

Boy was I sore today--in a GREAT way!  In particular, my pectorals and hamstrings--in case you were wondering.  One of the other ladies mentioned her butt being "so tight" today.  We remarked that most women want this to happen...  :)

Today, our fearless leader had planned a mostly cardio set to not work the same muscles back-to-back, but she ended up taking the day off.  Unbeknownst to us, she had made a list and left it for us.  But before we knew that one of the other girls ("tight butt") had made a workout.  When she found out, she compared and found they were pretty similar.  So, today we had a GUEST INSTRUCTOR!!!!  She did WONDERFUL!  We certainly missed our fearless leader, but did really well!  Here is the list:

1) Walking Pushup, 10 Mountain Climbers, High Jump;
2) Squat into Side Leg Raise (alternating legs);
3) Sprawl, DB Upright Rows (10 lb DBs);
4) 5 Low Jacks, 5 In and Outs;
5) Around the Worlds (10 lb DBs); and
6) Box Jump, Push-Up (on the step)

So, yeah...  I'm worked out nice and good.  :D