As this is the month of love - I've decided to love my arms. As far as I know, no one loves their arms and I spend most of the year trying to cover mine up - but I don't want to anymore. So, I'm choosing today to get the arms I've always wanted - the arms I love.
The Challenge:
I love POPSUGAR workouts. They are quick, and for me - they are hard and I feel like I've accomplished something when I'm done. So here is the challenge: Jenny Sugar suggests using between 3 and 8lb weights - I'm using 5lb.
Day 1: My. Arms. Hurt. I should have done this after we put L to bed... now I have to carry her around for 3 more hours. Hello Ergo Baby!
Day 2: Today is a rest day. My arms feel mildly jelly like but I wouldn't say they are sore.
Day 3: So my mom arms make the bicep curls pretty easy. The first round of the workout was pretty smooth sailing until the Bent-Over Reverse Fly (y'ouch). The second round was more difficult and the third round was a lot tougher! Arms are sore - we'll see how the rest of the day goes.
Day 4: Rest Day: I feel pretty good - no soreness today.
Day 5: Today we upped the rep count from 8 to 10. Those two extra reps on each round totally make a difference. The first round was no big but I seriously struggled through the last set and the last 3 reps on of the last Bent Over Reverse Fly was T O U G H.
Day 6: Rest Day: Not sore today!
Day 7: Overall, not too terrible - but those Reverse Fly's are killer. Week 2 starts tomorrow! Update: whilst watching Superbowl commercials, I realize that my triceps are feeling the wrath of the kickback.
Day 8: Rest Day: Feeling a hint of tricep soreness. Tomorrow, we kick it up two more reps.
Day 9: Yikes. 12 reps is tough. Today, instead of challenging while L is napping - I challenged while she watched. Her smiles and giggles pushed me through that last set!
Day 10: Rest Day: All good - no soreness
Day 11: Today was tough. I'm not sure why... I did the same number of reps as Day 9... and I'm definitely stronger than I was on Day 1 but I struggled through this one.
Day 12: Rest Day: Feeling fine on this beautiful Friday
Day 13: Reps up to 14.. Mother trucker this is hard. Starting to notice a change in the way my arms look and feel!
Day 14: Resting with my valentines
Day 15: Week 3! Finally! Not as tough as Day 13.. but set numero 3 was especially difficult. Today, I'm also starting the Fitness Republic Summer Abs Challenge - post to follow in 30 days.
Day 16: Rest Day - feeling pretty good...
Day 17: Rep count up to 15 - max reps for this challenge. 15 is definitely harder than 8. 4 more days left in the challenge!
ENTER GASTRO-SAURUS - 6 days off.
Day 18: So I should be done with the challenge today... but I'm not. We'll count my six under the weather days as Day 18
Day 19: It was definitely tough. I thought that taking 6 days off would make today EXTREMELY tough and it was hard, but I must be getting stronger because it was about as hard as Day 17.
Day 20: I wasn't as sore today as I anticipated... We'll see how tomorrow goes.
Day 21: In all honesty, I took today as a rest day... oops. I did work out but I didn't do the arm challenge or the ab challenge (post to come once I've completed that challenge). So I finally completed this challenge on Friday, February 26! Woo!
Overall: I 100% see a difference in my arms! They are certainly not where I want them to be, but we are getting closer! Most importantly, I feel much more confident in sleeveless shirts and I AM stronger! I plan to continue this work out.. I may make some changes to rep count, sets, and weight but I think this is a pretty good arm workout for a beginning exerciser! I say - DO IT!
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