The All Upper Body Week

OK, following the incident last week when I fell off my step and sprained my ankle, I am still trying to take it easy on the lower body and cardio. Luckily I can still walk just fine, it’s just any lateral movement or pivoting is painful. It’s also painful to have a 2-year old son who likes to bump into my ankle, step on my feet, climb all over the leg area, etc. Thanks to him I have repeated reminders to rest that ankle. So this week, starting tomorrow, I’m going to begin my Sprained Ankle Upper Body Only Plan. It will alternate upper body workouts with core work, neither of which will require much use of my sad little ankle.

• Monday: Upper Body Weights (Cathe’s Muscle Max upper body premix)
• Tuesday: Core (Ellen Barrett’s Crunch: Pick Your Spot Pilates--Belly section + Cathe’s Muscle Max core only)
• Wednesday: Upper Body Weights (Cathe’s Pyramid Upper Body)
• Thursday: Core (Amy Bento’s Abs & Stretch--1 ab section + 1 stretch)
• Friday: Upper Body Weights (Cathe’s Supersets or Push Pull premix)
• Saturday: Core (Cathe’s Core Max #2 + Total Body Stretching #2)
• Sunday: Stretch, Rest (Cathe’s Stretch Max--1 section)

The rotation is listed along with another upper body week rotation on my Workout Rotation Ideas document.