LiveFit Trainer Week 4 & Phase 1 Review

by Mary on January 22, 2012

in Fitness,Weightlifting

I enjoyed week 3 of the LiveFit Trainer program which means I definitely enjoyed week 4′s repeat of those exercises! The reps were lower – 3 sets of 10 reps for exercises – and the weight was higher at 85% of max. I did a better job this week of figuring out the right weight to lift though I still have a few where I need to go higher.

I definitely felt strong this week, if nothing else!

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Obviously that is my strong face. Obviously.

Yes, I’m awkward, times a million.

LiveFit Trainer Week 4

The workouts for the week:

Day 22: Chest/Triceps

  • Wide Pushups – 3 x 10
  • Incline Dumbbell Press – 3 x 10 @ 27.5#
  • Flat Bench Flyes – 3 x 10 @ 9#
  • Decline Flyes – 3 x 10 @ 9#
  • Bench Dips – 3 x 10
  • Lying EZ-Bar Triceps Extension – 3 x 10 @ 30#
  • Dumbbell Triceps Kickback – 3 x 10 @ (forgot to record)
  • Overhead Two Handed Triceps Extension – 3 x 10 @ 22#
  • Cable One Arm Triceps Extension – 3 x 10 @  #

Day 23: Back/Biceps

  • Hammer Strength Lat Pull – 3 x 10 @ 22#
  • Wide Grip Lat Pulldown – 3 x 10 @ 92#
  • Seated Narrow Grip Cable Rows – 3 x 10 @ 92#
  • Bent Over Barbell Row – 3 x 10 @ 35#
  • Back Extensions –  3 x 10
  • Barbell Curl – 3 x 10 @ 35#
  • Incline Dumbbell Curl – 3 x 10 @ 15# each hand
  • Alternate Hammer Curl – 3 x 10 @ 15# each hand

Day 24: Legs

  • Leg Extensions – 3 x 10 @ 51#
  • Wide Stance Barbell Squats – 3 x 10 @ 132#
  • Walking Barbell Lunges – 3 x 10 @ 22#
  • Single-Leg Barbell Deadlift – 3 x 10 @ 11#
  • Lying Leg Curls – 3 x 10 @ 44#
  • Seated Calf Raises – 3 x 10 @ 88#
  • Standing Calf Raises – 3 x 10 @ bodyweight (machine was blocked)

Day 25: Shoulders/Abs

  • Seated Dumbbell Press – 3 x 10 @ 20#
  • Rear-Delt Cable Flyes – 3 x 10 @ 8#
  • Dumbbell Front Raise – 3 x 10 @ 8#
  • Seated Arnold Press – 3 x 10 @ 20#
  • Dumbbell Lateral Raise - 3 x 10 @ 8#
  • Seated Bent-Over Rear Delt Raise - 3 x 10 @ 8#
  • Crunches – 3 x 10
  • Roman Chair Leg Raise – 3 x 10 (skipped this)
  • Oblique Crunches – 3 x 10 (each side)

Day 26: Chest/Triceps

  • Wide Pushups – 3 x 10
  • Incline Dumbbell Press – 3 x 10 @ 27.5#
  • Flat Bench Flyes – 3 x 10 @ 9#
  • Decline Flyes – 3 x 10 @ 9#
  • Bench Dips – 3 x 10
  • Lying EZ-Bar Triceps Extension – 3 x 10 @ 30#
  • Dumbbell Triceps Kickback – 3 x 10 @ (forgot to record)
  • Overhead Two Handed Triceps Extension – 3 x 10 @ 22#
  • Cable One Arm Triceps Extension – 3 x 10 @ #

Day 27 & 28: Rest

Extra cardio this week was limited to just a couple bike rides.

Week 4 Thoughts:

This week I repeated the workouts from last week but I made my split have two chest/tricep days and only worked my legs once. I did this to give my leg extra rest after I pulled the muscle a bit doing lunges last week. It worked out perfectly because I rested and stretched and then had very few problems working out legs this week. Lunges went well!
Working out my chest twice was fun because I saw improvement from the first workout to the last during the week. The second time it didn’t feel as hard, I didn’t have to wait as long, and I wasn’t sore afterwards. This rocked and I even did some extra pushups over the weekend with Kepa (he signed up for Fitocracy and was doing a challenge that involved 20 pushups in a row… which I can do using modified pushups!).
My major complaint about this week is the time commitment. I ended up having a few busier days and that meant I didn’t really have a whole hour to spend at the gym EVERY DAY. I made it work but this program does require a lot of time. I’ve skimmed the rest of the program and unfortunately it only gets worse with some wokrouts being 1.5 hours. Yikes! I’m going to make it work and finish strong but I probably won’t do such a time intensive program again.

LiveFit Trainer Phase 1 Review

I did a short video review about the first phase of the program. Honestly the video was twice as long but somehow it got cut in half. Oh well!

Next week the program adds in planned cardio and I have plans to go on more bike rides so I think overall I’m set up for a very successful week next week.

Related posts:

  1. LiveFit Trainer Week 3
  2. LiveFit Trainer Week 1
  3. LiveFit Trainer Week 2
  4. This Week Will Be…
  5. Birthday Week!

{ 3 comments }

1 Carolina: Ideal Body Weight for Women January 22, 2012 at 11:45 pm

Mary, your blog is very inspiring to people really want to change their life this year! So good luck and keep up the good work! You have a full 12 months to keep trying and be inspired!

2 Mary January 23, 2012 at 5:33 pm

Realized I had comments off for this post. Oops! Sorry!

3 betty January 24, 2012 at 12:07 am

One of the things which can totally ruin once a spotless décolletage is saggy breasts. Though that may be the case, breast lift exercises would help…..

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