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Women’s Chest and Back Workout

January 24, 2011 By Melinda F 1 Comment

Last week I mentioned that I was getting bored with my previous workout so I began a new one. I love it. If I don’t enjoy a workout I’ll just quit – which is not okay – so I decided I’d look for something new and I’m really glad I did. Today I did a [...]

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6/15: Women’s Chest Workout – NEW!

June 16, 2010 By Melinda F 3 Comments

This is the best chest workout I’ve done in a very long time. My chest is already feeling quite tired and I’m sure it’ll be sore tomorrow. This is a new workout although the exercises aren’t new to me at all the repetitions are a bit different from other chest workouts I’ve done. If you [...]

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5/17: Chest & Biceps Workout

May 17, 2010 By Melinda F 2 Comments

Today I did the same chest and biceps workout that I’ve been doing for the last couple weeks. I kept the weight the same again for everything, but I think I’ll be increasing it on some moves for my next workout. We had all four of our kids this past week so I haven’t uploaded [...]

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4/18: Women’s Chest Workout and Cardio

April 18, 2010 By Melinda F 1 Comment

Today was chest day for me so I did a chest workout followed by a somewhat short cardio workout. If you’re a regular blog reader here, you probably know by now that I am a fan of doing cardio workouts immediately following my strength training workouts. I have found them to be very effective and [...]

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3/24: Chest Workout and Ebook News!

March 24, 2010 By Melinda F 2 Comments

Decline bench press

Today was chest day and the workout was short and sweet so this blog post won’t be real long either! It’s nice to have quick workouts sometimes. It’s a nice change. When I did my last chest workout I also did an abs workout and cardio but I skipped them both this time. I’m not [...]

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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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3/9 Workout: Chest and Back

March 9, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Incline Dual Arm Row

Today’s workout pissed me off. I don’t know why but the past 3 weeks I’ve been flat benching 85# and it feels as if it’s getting harder each week. Shouldn’t that be the opposite?? Usually that happens to be the case, but not as of late. I feel like I’m stuck at 85 pounds. Today [...]

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3/2 Workout: Chest & Back

March 2, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Barbell Bench Press

Today’s chest and back workout felt pretty tough. I’m not sure if it was because I did legs Sunday instead of Saturday and lost an extra day of rest, or if it was because we started a little later than normal. It was probably a combination of both, but I really struggled with my flat [...]

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2/21 & 2/23 Workouts: Cardio, Chest and Back

February 23, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Chest Workout - bench press

I feel like it’s been too long since I’ve written a post here. That’s probably mostly because I forgot to post my cardio workout from Sunday. (the one I swear I almost died from!) It was pretty crazy and I was so happy when I was done, but my body felt weird for a good [...]

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2/18 Workout: Chest, Triceps, HIIT & Steady State Cardio

February 18, 2010 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Today was chest and triceps day again. Oh how I love chest day! It always makes me feel strong. I lifted heavy today because I’m still working my way back up to benching 100 pounds. I did 4 sets of 85 pounds, which you can see in more detail below. I also did another 60 [...]

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2/11 Workout: Chest, Triceps & 600 Calories Worth of Cardio

February 11, 2010 By Melinda F 1 Comment

Today’s workout was a little tough. I’ve had some kind of stomach flu since Tuesday night and some horrible abdominal cramping to go along with it. Today has been quite a bit better, but I still haven’t been eating as much as I normally would on a workout day. For this reason, I felt weak [...]

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1/28 Workout: Chest, Triceps & Cardio

January 28, 2010 By Melinda F 3 Comments

Skull Crushers (or lying triceps extension) Triceps Exercise

Today I got a kick ass workout in! A couple days ago, I felt so fatigued during my workout and I was getting upset because I couldn’t lift what I normally do. It seemed to take a lot more effort. I checked with My Fitness Pal and SparkPeople to calculate the calories I should be [...]

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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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My Daily Workout: Chest, Legs, Abs & Cardio

March 31, 2009 By Melinda F Leave a Comment

Today marks my first day of working out since I got my hip tattoo. I kind of jumbled around a little bit to see what I could do without causing myself too much pain. Here’s the workout I did: Walk @ 4 MPH for 10 minutes Flat Bench Press

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