Weekly Post (with Progress Update)

It's been another good week for fitness for me. To recap, I had 2 trapeze lessons this past week (Tues and Friday). I concentrated more on strength training/endurance this week. On Sunday I did my lower body/abdominal strength training session, and today is upper body. I wanted to do my upper body strength training yesterday, but my muscles weren't recovered enough from the trapeze workout on Friday. I did my long run on Saturday, as well as other cardio/yoga throughout the week. My flexibility remains as good as it has ever been. I'm doing hyper splits at home now and am stretching at least 20 minutes per day (probably more).

As for results, I didn't lose much weight this week. I'm down to 117.8 lbs (for a loss of 0.2 lbs). But, I lost 0.5 inch from my waist, giving me a waist measurement of 26.5 inches. So, it looks like I've gained some muscle and lost some fat. Overall, I'm pleased with my progress.

This week I'm going to be going for some major strength training again. I want to build more muscle. I think that this will help me overall with my body's metabolism and it's ability to burn fat, which in turn will help me to lose the remaining weight. Also, I'm going to try to cut down a bit on carbs. I've been eating a lot of Fiber One Honey Clusters cereal this weekend when I discovered a box that is expiring in a few days. But, I figure that's probably not in my best interest. And, after seeing high fructose corn syrup as one of the ingredients, I decided to throw the expiring box of cereal away. So, now that pressure is off.

So, my tentative plan for the week is as follows:
Mon - Upper Body Weights
Tues - Speed Work Treadmill
Wed - Upper Body Weights/Rock Climbing, Abdominal
Thurs- 3.1 mile run 6.5mph
Fri - Trapeze
Sat - Long Run
Sun - ?

And, it goes without saying, I will do stretching every day.

Also, I just purchased Beach Body's P90X system. I might start that on Sunday, depending on when it arrives. It will be interesting to see how that will fit in with my trapeze schedule.