Gym Style Back, Shoulders & Biceps

The concept of a 3-day split is rather new to me, but it makes sense, so I'm giving it a try. The 3-day split involves working legs on one day, and splitting the upper body over 2 days. Today I did back, shoulders and biceps. Tomorrow I'll do chest and triceps. The idea being that you can work heavier weights if you split your upper body work across 2 days. We'll see. My weights today were pretty wimpy compared with Cathe's, but why should that surprise me? That woman is ripped! I wish I had the kind of muscle definition she does - minus the bulging bicep veins. LOL! Of course, that definition is a combination of strong muscles and low body fat percentage. My main roadblock to muscle definition is the body fat thing. But, if I build more muscle, my body will burn more fat, so I should see a reduction in body fat over time if I keep training with heavy weights. At least that's my theory. And I'm stickin' to it!

My biceps are toast right now. Cathe works your biceps until you're begging for mercy. My back and shoulders don't feel nearly as fatigued, but I probably could have heavied up on the weights there. Since it was my first time doing this workout, I didn't quite know which weights I needed for each exercise. I was using 14-pound dumbbells on the bent-over rows and my main problem was that gripping the weight was hurting my hands. I now understand why Cathe and her crew wear those cute little weight-lifting gloves. I may need to get me some of those, especially if I intend to get a barbell. Otherwise I'll have roughed up, callous-laden hands. Ewwww! This was a very effective workout though, I was feeling the burn and was happy to see some low back exercises included.

Workout: Gym Style - Back, Shoulders & Biceps
Duration: 48:56
Kcal / %Fat: 248 / 58%
Max HR% / Avg HR%: 84% / 68%
Time in Moderate Zone: 17:28