Week 1! No, week 2! No, wait...

So theoretically I am done 2 weeks' worth of my 7 Weeks to Fitness (hereafter known as 7WTF - hee hee!) projects...but I am only done week 1 of the programs. How is this possible, you ask?

Well, the programs work like this: you do 5 sets of each exercise, with a prescribed number of reps in each set. In the last set, you go to total failure but they give you a minimum number of reps to bang out before you're allowed to fail. For example, yesterday's push up protocol looked like this:

Set 1: 10 reps
Set 2: 12 reps
Set 3: 8 reps
Set 4: 8 reps
Set 5: to failure but minimum of 12
(60 seconds' rest between each set)

Here's the thing: if you max out before you hit the minimum in the last set, you have to repeat that day. And that's why, after two weeks, I finished week one of the program yesterday. I'm not sure if it's because I'm doing three of the programs all at once or if the programs' intensity increases too quickly...but I'm going with the latter because increasing the total load of a workout by 15% every day doesn't jive with what I know about exercise program design! I also like that option better because it makes me feel like less of a pussy. Ha!

And speaking of being a pussy, I think it's important to note here that I've changed the way I'm doing the squat program: instead of doing 135lbs I'm doing 95lbs, but I'm being picky about doing perfect, arse-to-floor squats. It is way freakin' harder than doing 135's with my hips going down to knee-height!

Interesting results so far; I definitely feel stronger and am seeing big changes in my strength on this program. My gimpy-ass right shoulder is stabilizing too, and moving better than it has in a long while. Hell yes!

 The one thing that I don't like about this program? I'm freakin' bored. The problem, of course, is that there's too much cool stuff out there to work on and try out and experiment with! Apparently I have a bad case of ADD when it comes to designing my own exercise programs, and I think that's why I really need to see this program through, at least until the six weeks are up. Should be interesting to see how far into the program I get! Ha, do you think that could be why it's a 6-week program called 7WTF and advertised as 6 to 10 weeks' worth of programming? Hmmm...

Look out, week 2! I've got your number!

And, because next weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving, I'd be terribly remiss in my duties if I didn't show you my....

Pumpkin Mousse Cheesecake!