The Strapless Dress Workout
Ever since my fat day in December I've been silently freaking out about looking good for the wedding. When Boyfiend first proposed I made all sorts of promises to myself about eating well, going to yoga three times a week, lifting three times a week and doing cardio five days a week. I've failed with the specifics, but I have managed to make it to the gym 4-5 times a week. It hasn't done much good though. Probably because it just balances out all of the bacon cheeseburgers and buffalo wings I eat. With two months to go I need to get in gear.
Since my dress is strapless my main concern is my upper body. Even at my thinnest my arms have always been slightly flabby. I don't have batwings or anything, but I'm no Jennifer Aniston. I was reticent to approach the gym manager who does most of the training because he's the antithesis of what I'd picture a personal trainer to look like. He looks like he's got about 50-60 pounds to lose. The other trainer at my gym is the opposite. He's tall and chiseled in that Greek god sort of way. His cheekbones are incredible. He's way too hot for me to work with. So I stuck with the tubby one.
Yesterday we went through my new upper body routine. I had done all of the exercises before, but not in the order he showed me. When we were done I was unimpressed. If they hadn't had the results I wanted before, why would they work now? Today I wasn't even a little bit sore. But now I hurt. Apparently the 'deltoid burnout' combination really did the trick. My shoulders are killing me and my biceps and triceps feel like I did three sets instead of one.
The big question is if I can do this three days a week between now and the big day.
Since my dress is strapless my main concern is my upper body. Even at my thinnest my arms have always been slightly flabby. I don't have batwings or anything, but I'm no Jennifer Aniston. I was reticent to approach the gym manager who does most of the training because he's the antithesis of what I'd picture a personal trainer to look like. He looks like he's got about 50-60 pounds to lose. The other trainer at my gym is the opposite. He's tall and chiseled in that Greek god sort of way. His cheekbones are incredible. He's way too hot for me to work with. So I stuck with the tubby one.
Yesterday we went through my new upper body routine. I had done all of the exercises before, but not in the order he showed me. When we were done I was unimpressed. If they hadn't had the results I wanted before, why would they work now? Today I wasn't even a little bit sore. But now I hurt. Apparently the 'deltoid burnout' combination really did the trick. My shoulders are killing me and my biceps and triceps feel like I did three sets instead of one.
The big question is if I can do this three days a week between now and the big day.
posted by girlfiend at
2:27 PM
3 Comments:
Silently freaking out? Hmmmmm. Then I am telepathic.
lol
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I don't know if I should mention this or not, but usually after upper body workouts, the area that will lose weight is going to be in the area that holds your strapless dress up. Well, nevermind, forget I said anything.
Simply using weights on your upper body won't reduce the size of your upper arms. It will tone the muscle, but unless you reduce the fat, you won't see any of that. You have to lose the fat -- do cardio, moderately reduce calories, and keep doing the weights so that when you lose the fat, you won't just have skinny chicken arms.
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