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Rest day after 5 straight days of weights. Turns out this was week 8 of weight focused workouts. 1 week was only 2 workouts being it was the week of my tooth extraction and Thanksgiving.

Hi ladies, Today I changed things a bit, I started with back machine pyramid style using 25, 30 and 45 pound weights on each side but played with the hand positions. Then I did lat pulldowns starting at 55, 60 ended with 70. Then I did barbell bicep curl with straight bar preloaded at 20...

Hi ladies, Today was an 81 minute chest/triceps pyramid style workout. With 1 leg machine and floorwork for abs, legs and glutes with a stretch. I did incline dumbbell chest press and flyes using 12.5, 15 and 20's going up and down the pyramid. Then triceps 1 arm overhead, then fat ends...

Hi ladies, Siobhan, if only, I am trying for muscle definition so far only in my bicep am I seeing some improvement. Today was a 60 minute shoulder/legs with floorwork for abs, legs and glutes with an extra long stretch. I did some exercises using the pyramid method and other just...

Linda, tomorrow should be shorter since it will be shoulders alone with abs and maybe 1 leg machine.

Hi ladies, Today was Back and Biceps and Forearms, pyramid style oh my!! My inner thighs are killing me from yesterday's workout. So I did dumbbell Biceps Curls using 10's and 12.5 ( can't do 8 with the 15 pounds so I did 10's for both middle and heaviest set), but for hammers I did 12.5...

Hi ladies, Glad you are feeling better Siobhan. Nice workouts ladies!! Today I wanted something different so I did a pyramid workout at the gym for chest and triceps. Started with barbell bench press for 12 reps at 55 pounds, then 8 reps at 65 pounds and 4 reps at 75 pounds then went back...

Hubby said that the snow was further south so we didn't get any this time. Snow is pretty. So enjoy.

Hi Linda, No snow that I saw, but I don't get up early. I can ask my hubby once he is out of his procedure, he gets up early.

Hi ladies, Today I stayed home and did Cathe's Rev'd Up Rumble which is 41 minutes. I had on my boxing gloves for most of it. So I renewed my Cathe card. Nice workout Linda! Hello to all who follow. Have a great day!!

Linda, the inner and outer thighs are 2 separate machines, sitting side by side. I don't know where Siobhan is, hummm...?

Hi ladies, Nice workout Linda!! Today was a 70 minute Shoulders and Back workout. Consisting of Arnold Press for 4 sets of 15, 12, 10 and 8, started with 12.5 pound dumbbells ended with 10's. Then I did seated clean and press with 10's for 4 sets of the same as above. Then I did standing...

Hi ladies, Nice combo Linda!! Today was Chest mostly, the rotation has hamstring and glutes but I left those out plus oblique. I did 40 minutes of mostly chest loosely following the rotation. So for the 1st time ever I sat at the incline barbell bench with only the 45 pound barbell and...

www.thefitnessphantom.com Is where I am getting my strength rotations.

Linda, I am following a rotation off a free website so I print off the workout and do some add ons if I don't feel like what is listed is enough.