Girl Look At My Body

Original photo by jmcclare Photography

I work out.

OK, I know, but it's still funny.  I especially love the M&M's commercial with Mrs. Brown and Red.

So, I've stopped doing the P90X videos.  They are great, but I didn't feel like buying all the equipment I needed to make the workouts count.

Plus, I have a gym membership that I pay for every month that I need to use.

Also, I got some new gym clothes.  I'm most stoked on my new shoes.  They are Asic's 2013 LA Marathon special edition.  They are GREEN, not in the environmental sense, either.  They compliment the Asic Tri Noosas I already own very well.

Working out is what I did this afternoon.  I did 15 minutes of cardio on the stairmill to warm up.  I love that thing because no matter how "in shape" I'm feeling that day, I'll get a good sweat going in 15 minutes.

Once I was warmed up, I went over to the stretching area to do just that and some abs.  I did a few of the P90X exercises from Ab Ripper X:  Crunchy Frogs, Seated Bicycle (frontwards and backwards), Wide Leg/Cross Leg sit ups, Plank with hip-dips, and Mason Twists.

From there I took a look at what machines were open and decided on back and biceps for my workout today.  I started with wide-grip lat pull-downs using a universal machine.  I did three sets of eight reps using the pin in the 120lb setting.  From there I went to a free weight machine to do seated overhand rows.  I had a 45lb plate and a 35lb plate on each arm.  The machine makes you use each arm individually, so you can't cheat and compensate for a weaker side.  I did three sets of eight reps each.

From there I went to another rowing machine to do underhand seated rows.  This time the machine I used had universal type weights with pins.  I put the pin into the 60lb plate setting on each side.  Again, like the other rowing machine, this machine makes you do each arm individually.  I did three sets of eight reps.  My back was feeling pretty exhausted and my arms were starting to get pumped at this point, so I switched to bicep curls before I completely fatigued.  I started with 55lb on an easy-curl bar and did three sets of eight reps.  Then, I moved over to 20lb dumbbells and did three sets of eight reps each of hammer curls.  I barely made the final eight reps.  My forearms were so pumped at this point it was hard to pick up my water bottle and take a drink.

That was it.  All in all, it took me an hour to do everything.  It was a good pump and calorie burn.

Clayton's Back and Biceps workout for 3/13/13:

• 15 min warm up
• Stretch
• 6 different core/ab exercises of 25 reps each 

3 sets of eight reps each of the following:
Choose a weight that will make the last set hard to achieve eight reps.

• Wide-grip lat pull downs
• Overhand seated rows
• Underhand seated rows
• Bicep curls with easy curl bar
• Hammer curls with dumbbells

Have a good day and happy working out!