Taper Week!

This holiday weekend is kicking off my taper week before my half next weekend! I am excited and a little nervous as I go into this final week of training and resting! The weekend is a good way to kick it off! Spent time at the pool today just chillin with the kids and playing pool games. No real workout...just relaxing. The plan this week is to try to get in an hour run tomorrow, 30 min on Mon and Wed and one interval run for 30 min Tues or Thursday. Weight wise I plan to still lift four days this week, but I am going to go lighter on the legs and no increasing weights this week at all.

I know I have been MIA for a few days! We have had connection issues and just lots of stuff going on this week that has made it hard to get on here...rather than bore you with pages of pictures, I will just say for the most part I have stuck to my usual clean eating. I did indulge in come cupcake toppings at a birthday party last night...kinda made my own sweet trail mix with peanuts, dried fruit, mini m&ms, and those little bity white candy chips! I know it sounds like a lot, but really it was not even a handful and I didn't eat it all...it really was too sweet! My other indulgence this weekend has been some diet soda! Yes, I can feel the bloat from it and I am headed back to my no soda policy as a result...had to test the waters and see if it was just the amount of it I used to drink or was one too much to maintain a somewhat flat tummy...guess what...one was too much!

Workout wise...I finished my week strong on Friday... This was Friday's workout;
seated chest press
Set 1: 30lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 35lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 40lbs 10 reps
Pec Flyes
Set 1: 30lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 35lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 40lbs 12 reps
Incline Press
Set 1: 22lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 22lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 22lbs 12 reps
Cable Cross Over
Set 1: 20lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 20lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 25lbs 12 reps
Seated Rows
Set 1: 70lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 70lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 70lbs 12 reps
Lat Pulls
Set 1: 50lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 50lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 50lbs 12 reps
Back Extensions
Set 1: 40lbs 12 reps
Set 2: 50lbs 12 reps
Set 3: 60lbs 12 reps
Crunches
Set 1: 25 reps
Set 2: 25 reps
Hanging abs
Set 1: 12 reps
Set 2: 12 reps
Set 3: 12 reps

Workout Time: 40 minutes

Still working on my plans for my summer challenge for myself...hope to get it up early this week, so I know what my goals are after this half