I was much more sore from that past workout than I ever imagined that I would be.  On some days last week, I questioned where I could even walk, not to mentioned that I felt totally depleted and without energy.  Starting to work out is never easy, but this was much, much harder than I imagined.

What makes it even more difficult is the fact that I am trying to lose 20 to 40 pounds be the end of the year.  So that makes it that much more complex of a scenario.

If you want to read about my first official start to my cheap workout series, read Cheap Workout Sunday Report 1.

And now on with the workout:

• Bench:
  • 45 lbs –   basically the bar for 10 reps (my warmup)
  • 135 lbs – 1st real set for 10 reps (years ago, this was my warmup set… disappointing…)
  • 185 lbs –  2nd real set for 7 reps (an improvement from the past week, but still pretty weak)
  • 205 lbs –  3rd real set for 2 rep (The 2nd rep was nearly missed, but I got it this week.)
  • 165 lbs – warm down set (10 reps, easier this time than last week.)
• Curls
  • 45 lbs – bar basically, warmup for 10 reps
  • 75 lbs – 1st set for 10 reps
  • 95 lbs – 2nd set for 4 reps (heavier than I thought it would be).
• Row
  • 75 lbs – set of 10 reps
  • 95 lbs – set of 10 reps (easy, but harder than last week)
• Sissy Squats
  • 2 set of no weight for 10 reps each.  I think I might be going to deep because I hurt a little directly after doing these.
• Goals:
  • Lose 20 to 40 lbs by the end of the year (only down 2 pounds from the last Sunday report.  Progress, but slow progress…).
  • Be able to bench press 250 lbs by the end of the year (I’d be happy if I could get 225 by the EOY). – 205 was heavier than I imagined.
  • Be able to curl 95 lbs for 10 reps by the end of the year. (This week only 4, but next week might be better).

Well this last workout should be pretty hard on my too.  I got new rep goals, but I head to try pretty hard to accomplish them!

Hopefully, this will become easier with time!

Bests,

Don