Day 4: “Incredible Abs” with Cindy Whitmarsh
Weight: 159.5 lbs.
Whew! Today was a little bit harder for me. I am not sure if it was because I was kind of rushed this morning (the bond market closes early today, which means I have to get started on my real job earlier than normal, or maybe because I was on the tired side, having woken up at 5 a.m.
Anyway, today was my first ab workout (I have another tomorrow as well). Honestly, I love love love ab workouts. I don’t know why, as my abs are definitely the most out of shape part of me, but I always feel so good afterwards.
The workout was a 20-minute long intensive session with Cindy Whitmarsh. Now, this lady must know what she is talking about. Her abs were ripped! It’s always nice when doing an ab workout to see your instructor actually has great abs. Otherwise, I think they are just full of it.
But this exercise is a little on the difficult side. Especially being only four days into this program. I did my best, but I admit I didn’t do very well. And, it didn’t help that my dog thought that she was “helping” me by laying on me. I guess that’s just more resistance, right?
So while this exercise was great as far as it really made you work, if you are a beginner, I might try something else. Personally, I am a fan of the “8-Minute Abs” series. (There are also videos for legs, arms, etc.)
For being only 8 minutes, this exercise program will knock your socks off. It’s hard, but not so hard anybody can’t do it. The only drawback of this particular video is they don’t do a warm up. So get that heart rate going before you start!
Tomorrow we hit the abs again. Let’s hope I will be able to stand up straight by then! Wish me luck!
