Day 3: Denver SHOULDERS (and ARMS) the load!

I was so tired last night, that I was falling asleep during the Ranger game and the election results. I didn't want to move at all. Luckily I got myself out of bed and I did the Shoulders and Arms routine. I like this routine, as it is one you can power through. I like some of the later version as I hate going back and doing an exercise again. Although I did feel that there was some progress made from one exercise to the next.

I agree with Dallas as far as the Switch-Flip Kickbacks. I think the biggest problem for us is that we are using these big bulky hand weights, which makes it difficult to do the move correctly. It's possible, but definitely challenging. It also makes me feel very weak, as I can barely do 15 pounds comfortably. I tried 20 pounds, but it was not a pretty sight.

My first time around I used the bands. When I switched to weights at the end, I realized how much more I was getting out of it (or how much my guessing was off as to what the bands equaled in weight!). Since I've been doing this for a while, I am better at using weights like 25 pounds for most of the bicep exercises. But the straight arm ones were definitely 15!

As for Ab Ripper- The pause button is key for sure, and don't feel bad about it. The Bicycles are annoying because Tony can't count! I'm always done with the backwards bicycles when he is counting 19. I know he's wrong, not me! I hate the Pfieffer Scissors as well, but I have learned a trick. You have to "clench your opposite buttocks" when you are holding the pose. This was like a revelation for me as I dreaded doing them. I still do, but I can get through without resting my legs (mostly!). I actually learned this during the Yoga section when Tony suggests this in one of the Yoga Belly Seven exercises (of course I didn't pick this up until day 75 of my first time through if that tells you anything about my powers of observation or lack thereof!)

Here are the exercises: (They are three exercises in a row, and then repeat and move on to the next set of three)

Alternating Shoulder Presses
In & Out Bicep Curls
Two-Arm Tricep Kickbacks

Deep Swimmers Presses (Hard, very hard, but fun!)
Full Supination Concentration Curls
Chair Dips (I do these with one leg up and switching every 5. I did 40)

Upright Rows
Static Arm Curls (If you pick the wrong weight on this one, you are screwed!)
Flip-Grip Twist Tricep Kickbacks (As difficult as they are to say!)

Seated Two-Angle Shoulder Flys (I don't think I am doing these right and never have. Either that or I am such a weakling I can't do any with even a little weight!)
Crouching Cohen Curls (The trick here is to pick a good weight. It's hard with the bulky switch weights)
Lying-Down Tricep Extensions

Bonus Round:
In & Out Straight Arm Curls (Another emasculating exercise that you can't do with a decent weight!)
Congdon Curls
Side Tri-Rises (I don't see why these are hard. I do 25 each. I really think I am doing it correctly. Maybe it's because the guys in the video have muscles or something?)

Kind of rushed today, I'll check in tomorrow!

Bring it!