Week 2

Last week, I changed up my work out routine, but focused on the same muscle groups.

Monday and Tuesday, I rode my bike a mile. Riding my bike is without a doubt my favorite way to exercise. It takes less effort than running, but still allows me to get my blood pumped and my head clear, which gets me ready for the rest of my workout.

A new exercise that I tried this past week was the reverse crunch. The name of this exercise tells all. You lay on the ground with your knees bent and hands by your side, then you pick up your legs and bring them in toward your core, while keeping your legs bent, then go back to the starting position. While doing reverse crunches, it is important to use your ab muscles to lift your legs.

I am already starting to see a difference in my stomach. It is firmer and flatter. I have not seen much progress with my butt and thighs, though, so that will be my main focus for the next week.

To avoid the late week crash that I experienced with week 1, on Thursday I replaced exercise with a relaxing bubble bath. I think the mistake I made in the first week was exercising hard for five days in a row, so I plan on taking a one day break in the middle of the week and replacing it with Saturday.

Week 2 was fairly successful, so my goal for next week is to work out my butt and thighs more and increase the distance of my bike ride.