Stage 7

I'm starting Stage 7 today - wish me luck!  These workouts look killer: four sets with high reps and not much of a rest period.  I'll have to experiment with finding the right weight for this so I don't flame out in the middle of the workout.

Originally, I was going to do these workouts at home where my husband has an OK setup in the garage, but I've decided to do most of them at the gym instead.  (I have a better energy level earlier in the day.)  It does mean that I'll have to get a good setup with all the DBs and barbells I need and "guard" it because the supersets include up to four exercises.  With the exception of the lat pulldowns and seated rows, I'll be able to do the workouts as planned out.  It's just that my gym gets crazy busy sometimes, especially around the cable stations, so if you give up your spot to go off to do another exercise, you're pretty much hosed. 

i managed 20 reps for 3 sets except the step ups (ugh single leg!), i even jumped rope between sets since my weights are pretty light. but by the 4th set i practically ran out of steam, pouting while doing the last set. so 2 more workouts.

ack hissss. my shoulder started acting up again. not gonna have the chance to finish the very last workout of stage 7 before holidays!!!!

not to mention fridays workout drained me.

Hmmm, how bad is the shoulder?  Can you drop the weights down and still workout? Or do you need to stop completely in order to let it heal? 

My shoulder makes noises at me sometimes so my weights for upper body tend to be lighter, but I can usually continue.

But then mine is usually an achey kind of feeling, because there is still some scar tissue in there and I know that I just have to keep working it. Only you know how yours feels. 

Hi all, I barely get on here (calorie count, that is) anymore but wanted to read up on what you all were doing as far as this stage goes. Just finished workout 1. Yikes! Here's what it ended up being:

70lb squats (no squat rack, gotta lift from the floor)

lunges:
15/20, 12/15, 12/15, 15/15

pushups (regular)
20, 20, 15, 15

deadlift:
70/15, 70/15, 65/20, 65/20

rows:
15/20, 12/20, 10/20 (I was DYING here)/ 15/20

It was intense, dudes.