There's no point on hiding the scale tomorrow if RawrGirl is getting on it Friday. The whole point was to actually see what an average week of weight loss and body fluctuations looked like...just ironically, RawrGirl isn't losing this week (unless a miracle happens over the next 48 hours.) But no worries, the scale will be gone Friday not to return until February 9th. It's just ridiculously ironic that this is the week that RawrGirl doesn't lose weight (the first time since September).
So whether it's water retention, or hormones, or her first plateau, RawrGirl tried to think realistically what would cause said plateau and did realize that she has done the same exercise routine for quite a while now. September was 2 sets of 12 reps with no cardio, then around October, she upped it 3 sets of 12 reps with no cardio, and then for November, she added the Shred's three 2-minute cardio bursts...and hasn't changed anything since. So 2.5 months of the same routine. So today, RawrGirl did a little internet surfing, and it seems the body adjusts to a workout after about 60 days.
So...again the irony is thick that she had the scale the week of her "body-adjusted-to-the-routine-plateau", but no matter, RawrGirl has spent the last several hours researching new exercises she can do with the equipment she already has.
LOWER BODY
Thigh: Resisted Mountain Climbers (resisted = pulley contraption attached to each ankle) Replaced: Lunges
Butt: High Steps and Rear Leg Raise with ankle weights / Replaced: squats
Adductor and Abductor: Side leg raises and inner thigh leg raises with ankle weights / Replaced: pulley contraption
Spirals/Arabesque: now with ankle weights (which RawrGirl bought yesterday originally just to improve this figure skating move, but obviously came in handy to revamp workout)
UPPER BODY
Chest: Push-ups on toes (regardless of how little reps) / Replaced: 3 sets of 12 push ups on knees
Shoulders: Straight arm side raises / Replaced: Bent arm side raises
Biceps: Slower, individual curls / Replaced: Simultaneous curls
Triceps: Triceps dips / Replaced: Overhead Triceps raises
Upper Back: Latt pull-over / Replaced: Pulley Contraption
Mid Back: Dumbbel bent-over rows / Replaced: Pulley Contraption
CARDIO
Skaters over length of long stepper bench / Replaced: Normal Skaters
Side jumps with stepper bench / Replaced: Jumping Jacks
30 Seconds Plyometric Squat (squat, jump, land in squat) / Replaced: Normal Skaters
30 Seconds Explosive Lunge (start in lunge, jump and switch legs in air, land in alternate leg lunge) / Replaced: Jumping Jacks
So...new routine starts tomorrow as RawrGirl worked out before she did all this research. Hopefully this new routine helps RawrGirl's workout burnout, because she had been looking forward to cutting back a bit when she hit goal/maintenance, not make it harder.
