Strong!

I'm very glad I took the last few weeks to take a step back and focus on form.  The workouts didn't seem very demanding overall, but I could tell I needed the form improvements.  I'm definitely more stabile during the unilateral exercises.  This week, I've started doing three sets of each exercise, so the work has been ramping up.  I definitely feel it.  It feels goooooood!

I'm seriously considering springing for a lightweight Oly bar.  The bar I'm using for overhead squats right now is too short, so I can't get my arms back far enough.  So, I either have to bend my elbows (bad) or hold the bar too far forward (bad) which I can only do with light weights, anyway.  Both ways are bad form and I hate that I am using bad for.  There, I've talked myself into it.  It won't break the bank :)  The one I'm looking at is aluminum and only 15#.  It can handle enough to use 45# plates for lighter, full height deadlifts.  That's a plus for speed deadlifts and the like that call for lighter weights.

Female Body Breakthrough Base B5
1:20
Foam rolling and warm-up
Upper-Body Core Stability Russian Twist - 3x10/25#  (feet off floor)
Prone Cobra - 3x90s
Overhead Squat - 3x10/~15# (A longer bar would be nice!)
Lateral Raise with External Rotation - 3x10/10#ea (dropped back from 15# because form wasn't good)
Single-Leg, Single-Arm Romanian Deadlift - 10/40#, 10/45#, 10/50# (much more stabile, feels strong!)
Split-Stance Cable Single-Arm Lat Pullover - 3x10/12.5# (focus on keeping shoulder down, arm straight)
Bulgarian Split Squat - 3x10/10# each hand (very hard at the end of this program!)
Split-Stance Cable Row - 3x10/50#