Week 3

Monday: Jari Love's Get Ripped! To the Core. I did 6 exercises, through the squat with lateral raise off the step and narrow squat with ant raise. I skipped the pushups. I used 3# weights on all exercises except Chest press (no hip raise), bent leg dead lift and bicep curl, and stiff leg dead lift with lateral rows where I used 5# weights. I stopped after exercise 6 because I started feeling sick. Later in the day I had a migraine that was accompanied by a sick stomach, so I wonder if it was related to this feeling ill after #6. I took my pulse at this point and it was 176 (44). I was going pretty hard. RPE 7-8.
Tuesday: Hip Hop Abs - 30 minute Fat Burning Cardio Workout. Heart rate 1/2 way through was 136 (34). RPE 4. (I don't find this routine difficult. It is very targeted at those abs, though and I enjoy it.)
Wednesday: Jari Love's Get Ripped! To the Core. I did 7 exercises, through the step ups with overhead press. I skipped the pushups. I used 3# weights on all exercises except Chest press (no hip raise), bent leg dead lift and bicep curl, and stiff leg dead lift with lateral rows where I used 5# weights. RPE 7-8.
Thursday: Hip Hop Abs - 30 minute Fat Burning Cardio Workout. RPE 3-4. I took out some hand weights, ones that slip onto the hand like a glove, and plan to try adding that to the workout on Saturday. Maybe that will increase the RPE.
Friday: Through the night I was fighting a cold. Since I needed the extra sleep and my body probably didn't need the extra work, I skipped the workout today.
Saturday: I am feeling much better so I did Jari Love's Get Ripped! To the Core. I did only 4 exercises, through the wide squats with upright rows. I skipped the pushups. I used 3# weights on all exercises except Chest press (no hip raise) and bent leg dead lift and bicep curl where I used 5# weights. RPE 7-8. I was feeling extremely tired this morning and couldn't get past the fourth exercise. (It is now Sunday, the next day, and I am feeling extremely sore in those lower muscles. I must have really given it more effort for those few exercises than usual.)

Well.... not a completely full week, but I did keep trying.