You Asked...

A couple of people asked me what I've been doing to lose the weight. They clearly think I lost more than I actually did, but I'll take the compliment just the same. I gave pretty generic answers, you know - 'exercise, eat less...' so I decided to start posting my exercise routines. I don't know the name of all of the exercises, so I'll do my best to describe the ones that I don't know the name of.

I just switched from 8 pound weights to 10 pound weights and I do 12 reps each. Today I did


Upper Body

- 3 sets bicep curls (1 full, 1 half up and 1 half down)
- tricep extensions
- tricep isometric lift
- rotator cuff exercise where you keep your elbows close to your side with your arms at a 90 degree angle and you move your arm back until your arm is lined up with your side and then return it to the starting position
- one arm dumbbell row
- arms at shoulder height at a 90 degree angle, then pull your elbows together
- lateral dumbbell raises
- push ups

Lower Body

- squats
- forward lunges
- backward lunges
- hip abduction exercise where you stand straight and move your foot out to the side a few inches and then back to starting
- inner thigh exercise where you stand and sweep your foot across the front of your body
- 3 sets of leg curls
- 2 sets of dead man lifts

Abdominal

- crunches
- laying on your back you lift your legs and slowly lower them down to about 2 - 3inches from the floor and then lift them back to starting position
- laying on your back bring opposite elbows to knees
- footprints to the sky
- laying on your back with your feet together and in the air, make circles with your feet

So - that's what I did today.