Ha ha, yep, when all else fails I turn to Fitness.

As you can probably guess, I don’t have much to talk about this week. Did you know that when you’re in “left brain mode” for extended periods of time it’s difficult to switch gears to the ride side of the brain?

Hey- I’m no doctor, but I think it’s true.

I read it in a magazine and those never lie.

I feel like I’ve been in analytical mode all week and my creative side has been sadly neglected. How sad! It makes my blog mad too.

Anyway, I’m about to switch back to my old program this week. The lady that puts them together is on vacation until next month, so I’m hoping she will make me a new one I can start using mid-December. Until then, though, it’s back to the old one.

I thought I’d post the one I’ve been doing incase any of you guys are looking to switch up your routine too. This one is a lot of machines, which is different from my last one.

Legs
I generally do one set of 15 and one set of 12 with a higher weight. Remember to make those muscles work!
1. Close Squats & Side Leg Lifts- You can do these at home too!
2. Inner Thigh Lifts- I use the cable machine for this one
3.Leg Extension- I don’t know if that’s the correct name of the machine. I hope so!
4. Outer Thigh Machine
5. Leg Curl Machine

Back
1.Rotary Upper Back Machine- I usually do one arm at a time, one set of 12 and another of 9 with higher weight.
2. Reverse Grip Chinning- I loathe and love this exercise. It’s done on the chin-dip machine. It’s basically like doing a pull-up. I do 2 sets of 7 with the lowest weight I can stand. My goal is to do a freaking pull-up on my own without the weight to help. This exercise also works the biceps.
3. Crap! I forgot the name of the machine! It’s for your lower back and is like a backwards crunch.... hmm- I’m so technical huh?

Triceps
1. Tricep Extension Machine- I do a set of 12 and a set of 9 w/ a higher weight
2. Bench Dips- You can do these at home!  2 sets of 15

Abs Day One
Sadly, I totally suck at these. I only do these about once a week and do the Day Two abs only once too. What a loser, huh? You could alternate between Day One and Day Two every day and I bet you’d have a nice core. ha- I need to take my own stupid advice!
1.Declined Sit-Ups w/ weights and twisting (as you come up from the sit up twist to one side and alternate)
2. Reverse Crunches- These are the ones where you lie on the floor or a bench and bring your legs up instead of your upper body. These are hard!
3. Cable Crunches- I LOVE these. They’re done on the cable machine

Chest
1. Chest Press Machine- I do a set of 12 and one of 9 with increased weight
2.Cable Crossover- This is done with the cable machine. I started out with one set of 15 and a set of 12, but I’ve since increased the weight so now I just do two sets of 6.
3. Pullover- This is done with a free weight and a bench.

Shoulders
1. Deltoid Machine- one set of 12, one of 9 with higher weight
2.Shoulder Press- done with free weights. I really like this one. I do two sets of 12.

Biceps
1. Concentration Curl- done with a free weight.
2. Bicep Curl Machine

Abs Day Two
All of these can be done at home
1. Crunches
2.Reverse Crunches
3.Knee-Elbow Twist
4.Combine 1 & 2- oh my gosh these are so hard!
5. Oblique Crunch

So that’s it. You know I’m at the bottom of the barrel when I have to post this crap. It’s good, though, so go do it dang it!

Have a good weekend!