I got up this morning did Cathe’s IMAX 2 as my penance for the extra cookies yesterday.

I lowered the step because I wanted to WORK, but not that hard.  The thing is hard enough without making it harder with a higher step.  Plus, one of the last times I did IMAX 2 with the risers I stumbled over myself and fell right on my ass.  I didn’t want to hurt myself and derail all of the hard work I’ve been putting in so far.  So I just kept it low, but still did my best.  A nice little burner and throw back to the old school.  I always pull out IMAX 2 when I need some burning cardio and don’t have time for a learning curve.  I can really do the whole thing w/o looking at the TV.

I waited a few hours, got some carbs into my system and then completely CRUSHED Chest and Back!  I mean I can actually see pecs.  Yes they are still covered by a small layer of fat, and I just finished so that’s more the post workout pump, but I’ll take it.

I’m almost sad to see this one disappear for a while, I won’t be seeing it again in the rotation until week 9.  But as I look back on my progress so far I can see that I’ve upped my reps, sometimes by half, on almost all of the push up styles.  Today I even did them one one knee with the other leg straight.  In order to keep myself from leaning to the side with the knee down, I had to remember to pull my abs and glutes in which will help me graduate to big girl push ups.

I couldn’t even think about Ab Ripper X after I was done.  Once again I found myself laughing out loud at how hard I was working on last set of dive bombers at the end.  All I wanted to do after that was stretch and relax.

Today I’m off to the movies and will make sure to bring a protein bar with me so as not to be tempted by popcorn and candy.  I’ve already done my penance this week.  I’m done sinning.  Back to righteous eating.