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Livin the gym life

Okay so I didn't wake up super early yesterday but I still went to the gym after work and it was great. And you know what? Surprisingly my arms aren't a whole lot of mush. Because after lifting weights yesterday and chillen on the stationary bike, my arms were just slowly moving to my side and did not want to lift again.

Yesterday was all about the biceps and triceps
5 sets of 10
- Bicep curl: 10 lb dumb bell
- teapot dips: 10 lb DB (3 sets), 7.5 lb (2 sets)
- tricep dips: 10 lb Db
- bicep curl: 12.5 lb db (1 set)

Machines
- biceps curl: 15 lb (2 sets), 20 lb (3 sets)
- tricep extension: 40 lb (1 set), 30 lb (4 sets)

+ 10 minutes on the stationary bike

Using a 10 lb dumb bell for my dips instead of 7.5 was HARD.
Some woman was using the dumb bells I needed and instead of waiting or rushing her workout I decided to murder my arms and try for the 10 lb.. I mean it was only 2.5 lb difference but holy shit what a difference it made!! I'm almost contemplating continuing with 10 lb dumb bells and doing less reps... or would I bulk? I don't even know.

Lunch break I also did a 60 minute walk / jog and it was exhilarating. I doubt I should be doing that much cardio today especially since tomorrow I'm going to walk to dinner (roughly 70 minutes) and then walk home after - it's a buffet. So I do not want to feel guilty. Which I already do...

So I brought my Hip Hop Abs DVD to work today. I'm going to work on Ab Sculpt - and I've decided to keep doing this workout every 3 days because I don't really work out my abdomen like I should. Before I forget, this morning I also did 200 abdomen assisted crunches - I wanted to do more but my abs were burning. It's been a week since I did some sort of abdomen / core session. As for what I've been eating, that will be for my next blog. Stay tuned!

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