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My 4-Week Workout Journal Update: Days 11-14

January 16, 2011 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Here is a catch up post from the workouts I’ve done for the past 4 days. I got behind because of the NFL playoff games but I did manage to keep my journey going. I still haven’t gotten used to lunges, although I don’t really know if that ever happens? I detest them while I’m [...]

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Arm Exercises for Women to Create Sleek, Sexy Arms

December 28, 2010 By Melinda F 1 Comment

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There really aren’t any “special” arm exercises for women and only women. Women can do the same arm exercises as men and vice versa. The trick is to make sure that you’re doing exercises that work your biceps, triceps and your shoulders. Neglecting muscle groups can put you at risk for injury. If you’re strength [...]

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06/16: Women’s Leg Workout – NEW!

June 16, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Today I did a new leg workout and I can already tell it was a good one because my legs are feeling like Jell-O! I did a couple of new leg exercises that I haven’t ever tried before and I really like them. I also set a personal best for squats which I’m kinda proud [...]

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3/23: Arm Workout and Cardio

March 23, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Today was arm workout day and since I didn’t do any cardio yesterday like I said I was going to, I did some cardio afterwards as well. I did the same arm workout I did last week. The workout involves doing a warm up set or two, then doing just 1 straight set until failure [...]

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3/16 Workout: Chest, Abs & Cardio

March 16, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

For today’s workout I continued working on the new workout plan I started and today was chest and abs day. I also followed it up with a cardio workout on the treadmill. Chest Workout Incline Dumbbell Press Warm-up: 2 sets x 12 reps, 10# dumbbells 1 set x 10 reps, 20# dumbbells (will be increasing [...]

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1/17 Workout: Legs, Abs & Cardio

January 17, 2010 By Melinda F 1 Comment

Walking to burn 600 calories

On a happy note, I’m so glad the Vikes won their playoff game today! But…wanna know what’s sad? My hamstrings were STILL hurting from the HIIT workout I did the other day. As a result, I decided to still do legs today but I used a light amount of weight and did a higher number [...]

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1/14 Workout: Chest & Triceps

January 14, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Triceps

I started a new workout program this week and today was chest and triceps day. I love chest day and today’s workout was much better than my last chest workout. Actually…I guess I shouldn’t say it was “much better” but it was a lot more fun because I used the bench and barbell this time. [...]

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1/12 Workout: Back, Biceps & High-Intensity Interval Training

January 12, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

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I got a really great workout in today despite the fact that I’m fighting a nasty cold. If I would’ve known I was going to cough so much after the fact, I definitely wouldn’t have done any cardio. But I’m already done with it now and it feels good to get a great workout in! [...]

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5/11 Workout: Back & Abs

May 11, 2009 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

My abs were burning yesterday from the ab workout I did on Saturday. They felt better today so I decided to do another ab workout. I’m planning on doing ab workouts 3 times per week. In addition to abs, I also did back today. I’m so happy to be back to a normal (for me) [...]

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5/9 Workout: Chest & Abs

May 9, 2009 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Okay, so I have to admit that I am sick of the BodyForLife program. I’m not a fan of the upper/lower/cardio splits so I have decided to go back to my old way of doing things and that is to do cardio at least 3 days per week and then have a 5 or 6-day [...]

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4/15 BodyForLife Workout: Upper Body

April 15, 2009 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Wow. I loved this workout! It made my upper back a bit sore and that hasn’t happened for quite some time! This is my first strength training workout that I have done for the BodyForLife program. This was a pretty long workout, I think it took me about an hour to complete. I didn’t really [...]

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My Daily Workout: Back, Biceps & Cardio

April 4, 2009 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

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Today I decided to try a new back and biceps workout that I found in one of my old Oxygen Fitness Magazines. It’s actually a part of one of their total-body workout plans. I have yet to decide if I’ll follow along with the rest, but the back/biceps workout caught my eye and I decided [...]

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My Daily Workout: Chest, Back & Cardio

April 2, 2009 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

For today’s workout, I did chest and back exercises and then finished with some cardio. It was a quicker day than I had anticipated but my kidlets were NOT cooperating so I had to cut my lifting routine a bit short because I wanted to make sure I got my cardio in. Flat Bench Press [...]

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Lower Back Exercise: Barbell Good Mornings

March 23, 2009 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

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The barbell good morning is my favorite lower back exercise ever. You need to be really careful when you do these. If you’re a beginner I would definitely start out with dumbbells and not going for the 35lb+ barbell. For this post, I’m going to assume you’re using a barbell. It’s very easy to do [...]

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Women’s Upper Body Workout

December 25, 2008 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia In case you’re wondering about a workout split to try, an upper body/lower body split is a great one to consider. Do upper body twice per week and lower body twice per week. Try to complete 12-15 reps for each exercise. If you can’t do at least 12 reps, decrease the weight [...]

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