Friday, already? I guess we better live each day to the fullest because they sure go quickly!!! Or is it me?! Another beautiful day today. I was telling a friend of mine the other day how much I have come to love summer. Fall used to be my favorite season, but I think I have changed my mind! Now if we could just get out and use that pool some more. . .

I realized today that I have been kind of a slacker in reporting my workouts. So, to update: Wednesday was lower body day. I was doing back barbell squats first thing, but the trainer here in Spokane, after seeing my form, thought that I needed to build up my glutes first. See, when your quads are stronger than the glutes, they just naturally take over while doing squats. This is not what we want to happen, so I am taking a break from squats and doing leg presses and hip abductors instead. On the leg press, I warmed up and did 15 reps. Then I did 3 sets of 12. My highest weight was 330 lbs. I did these with the traditional feet placement. Then I did 3 sets of 12 with my feet close together with the same weight amounts. Unfortunately, both hip abductor machines are down, so I skipped that and headed over to do barbell deadlifts. I did a warm-up set of 15 and 3 sets of 12. I'm not lifting a lot of weight on these, just trying to get my form down. I think my highest was 80 lbs. plus the 45 lb. bar. Next was the lying leg curl, and I also did 3 sets of 12. I really need to get better at these because at 55 lbs. I am struggling with form. Then I grabbed the tall step-up and did 3 sets of db step-ups at 12 reps on each leg per set! I got up to 20 lb. db's in each hand, and this also is an aerobic workout!! Finally, I did standing calf-raises, same sets and reps, my highest weight being 165 lbs. Then my normal ab work. Boy, I hope I didn't bore you too much! It will be fun for me to look at later though and to track my progress!!!!

Yesterday was HIIT and I actually went to the gym to do it to get out of the house. Today I believe is chest and triceps. Just when I've got it down, I get a new plan this weekend!!!! Oh well, the change will be good for me and my muscles!
I think Brennen and I will head to Randy's softball game tonight. We have only been to one of the 8 or so this season. It is a lot of work chasing after him (Brennen, not Randy!!!) and watching out for foul balls, etc. . .Plus, it keeps him up past his bedtime and he gets filthy!!!! However, he does have fun and Randy probably wants to show him off!! Well, I hope everyone has a great day. I will check in tomorrow and hopefully I'll have decent news to share with my bodyfat. I'm getting it tested at 9 a.m.!!! This keeps me honest!!!

XOXO