So I lied...

The next post will actually be the new picture. This update is actually about Day 1: Sculpt 1-2.

What should I start this entry with? Decisions, decisions. Oh, I know...PUSH-UPS. So, yeah, push-ups. I hate them! So, of course, Power 90 is chock full of them. This morning I had to do between 8-15 regular push-ups, 8-15 wide-stance push-ups, and a 7-7-7 (7 wide-stance, 7 close-stance, and 7 regular). Thankfully, I knew to expect that (thanks to the FANTABULOUS community at the TBB website) and bought the Perfect Push-Up last week at Target (the Target website says that they don't don't sell it in stores, but it's a lie. They also had an adjustable/speed weight that I wanted for almost 1/3 the price of its sister site Amazon). It improved my form a little, and my wrists didn't hurt NEARLY as much as they usually do when I do push-ups. However, by the end of the workout, my shoulders were killing me. I wish I could say that I made it to failure within the 8 to 15 reps, but it was actually earlier. Oh, I DID 15 push-ups, but my form stopped being good around number 5. Seriously, push-ups are the bane of my workout existence. If I didn't exercise at 5:00 AM when I'm fresh, I'd probably say screw 'em.


Other stuff...I can't tell the difference between the "Heavy Pants" and the "Back Flys." kbanny answered that question on the TBB message boards with this response: "While doing "Heavy Pants" your wrists should be inward and your elbows in as well as above the back. Back flys or Bent-over rows as they are typically called, are usually thumbs in and hands at the upper ab/lower chest level while your elbows are out just like a wide pushup." Either way, it still feels the exact same to me. As for everything else, I'll let Leela from Exercise Video Reviews tell you:

"5 minutes of stretching
Three circuits. No rest breaks during circuit
circuit 1: (8-15 of everything)
15 pushups. down hold. up hold.
"heavy pants." Stand in weight lifting stance used in video. One leg in front of other, knees bent. Hold two dumbbells at your sides, and then pull up explosively as if putting on a pair of pants. Works back.
shoulder presses with a twist.
bicep curls
one arm tricep work. Stand in weight lifting stance (do this for all the standing work) and lift a d umbbell in one arm so your arm is straight up next to your ear. Bring dumbbell down to opposite shoulder blade as if scratching your back with it. If this bugs you, do kickbacks.
4 sets of this: lunge left leg. pause. lunge again with right leg. pause. Turn around. lunge left leg. pause. lunge right leg. (I use weights)
STRETCH for 30 seconds ( legs, shoulders, chest)
Circuit 2:
wide pushups. 15. down hold. up hold.
back exercise is like heavy pants, but slightly different. Make back flat and then lift dumbbells outward. A back flye, maybe?
swimmers press. Hold dumbbells in a bicep curl position. Then corkscrew them around when you lift so that at the top of the movement, the palms are facing outward.
wide bicep curls
two arm kickbacks with a pause at top of movement

3 sets of this. lunge left. squat 3 times. lunge right. turn around. lung left. squate 3 times, lunge right.
STRETCH for 30 seconds
Circuit 3:
7 wide pushups. 7 tricep pushups (hands close together, elbows tucked
in). 7 standard. same rhythm as before.
One arm dumbbell row for back, with twist at top, as if trying to start
a chainsaw or gas lawnmower by pulling the string thing.
lateral raises
7-7-7 for biceps. 7 bringing halfway up. 7 starting at halfway, going
all the way up. 7 full range of motion
tricep dips off a chair.
8 squats. feet shoulder width apart.
8 wider squats.
8 plies, at bottom of squat, press knees back with hands.
Stretch."

Wow. That is A LOT of hyphens and parentheses. And I swear, the next update really will be the new picture.