Yet Another Awesome New Beginning!!!

HAPPY MONDAY PALS!!!  A little while back I had mentioned Suz & I were planning to hit it together on the program she has been staging through for ages but she double checked with the author of it & he changed our minds, stating the month long segments really must be run in order so we would not be doing the same things at all. Right about the same time an awesome couple, who she had met through a now defunct fitness forum, contacted her about a fitness site they have launched that, knowing what an awesomely inspirational iron grinding sweetheart she is, they were hoping she would be interested in joining. She forwarded the link to me last week, while I was kicking back from Helgas & working crazy side job hours, & I gave it a solid once over agreeing it looks VERY thorough, organized & awesome! The founding couple have both been at it a few years & have proven their theories both personally as well as through MANY folks they have trained so once she gets home from visiting family in NM Suz & I are going to tear into that program together instead!

Like SOOO many programs, it is structured in 12 week segments which will bring us within 2 weeks of her birthday, and the goal date for my 40LB challenge! We have decided this is week zero since she is still traveling until Tuesday night plus the way the program is structured you have initial homework you MUST get through before you can tear into it, ensuring your mindset, focus & dedication are where they need to be first.

I began reading the program info this weekend, setup my profile & posted up my intro this AM & have begun my homework but all 12 weeks worth of workouts are included with the info so I am also using this week to find my baselines as this will be the first time I have ever followed a workout routine entirely of someone elses making! If you’re interested in checking it out it is located at:

http://ficx.me/

The first week’s routine goes:

Mon; chest, shoulders, upper back, BIs & TRIs

Tues; HIIT

Wed; LEG DAY!

Thur; Endurance cardio

Fri; Repeat Monday

Sat; HIIT, Abs & lower back

What made today so different, besides having laid out of the gym for a week, was that in this weeks routine you are to run the entire program as (2) 12 rep sets warmup per station all the way through without rest then repeat (2) more sets of every station without rest at a weight that produces absolute failure by 12 reps per set each time even if the last couple of reps require SLIGHT rest & an OMG grind to complete. As I have recently REALLY been enjoying the pyramid style of sets I got greedy & the last 2 or 3 reps of set 3 & the last 3 or 4 reps of set 4 were OMG grinders producing a sweatfest of epic proportion! The pic below cannot do it justice as there was sweat dripping off my elbows & I was STILL sweating like an old Clydesdale an hour AFTER my shower so it definitely got the old furnace cranking again!

Rock on pals!!! We are only 18 days from PCB2 & counting them down!!!