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Yay!

I didn't put off doing the Ab Ripper X routine - I just jumped right into it a couple of hours after breakfast. It seems like not doing it immediately after another hour-long workout also gave me the stamina to do a lot more of the reps.

Wednesday I didn't do significantly more reps than I did on Monday (which was 174). But this morning I busted out 270. Two hundred seventy! And no cheating! (It's really hard to cheat on this routine).

Granted, I might not have enough juice to repeat this performance after an hour-long workout (like I'm supposed to be doing M-W-F), but cranking this out today makes me feel really good.

As far as muscle recovery and soreness abatement, I received my The Stick yesterday in the mail, and immediately started rolling over some of my muscles. I hit my legs first because they need some tender loving care. Then on a lark I decided to roll over some other areas - my arms, my back, and then my trapeziuses. eses. Traps. =D I found a surprisingly hard knot in my right trap - maybe this has been the cause of all my recent shoulder pain? So I focused on that for a bit longer. I don't think I loosened it up too much, but noticed my trap was experiencing a different kind of hurt after that. Whether or not I triggered a "good" pain remains to be seen. I'm going to be hopeful.

In about a half hour we're going to pick pumpkins with Matthew - I'll be sure to post some pictures from the adventure to my photos site.