Week 3 - Legs and Back with Ab Ripper X

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Well, the Hogs did not look good last night, so I will speak of that no more. Legs and back is one of my least favorite workouts. I used to love legs (never been a big fan of pull ups – I have these long arms), but I’m starting to realize that I liked legs because I was strong and I didn’t work them out hard enough. I had a few leg workouts in college that almost made me sick, but all three legs and back workouts have pushed me very close to “calling the dinosaurs” as the kids say. Today was a little better, but not much. The hard part of all of these workouts is that there is no rest. You just continue to abuse your body for an hour. The one leg wall sits are about the end of me. Then going to the chair pose stuff, oh my. I feel like I’m getting stronger on the pull ups, but I still have to use a chair. I don’t like that too much, but watcha gonna do?
As for the ab ripper x portion of the day: I’m getting a whole lot stronger in the core area. I’m pretty close to hanging with them the entire time and matching rep for rep. My stability in the balancing portions is much improved. I have a little discomfort in my lower back (I wouldn’t call it pain) when doing some of the exercises, but it hasn’t gotten worse, so I’m not too worried about it. One more Kempo and WEEK 3 IS DONE!