CHESTICLES...AND 2 MONTHS UNTIL SHOWTIME!

So, since I took a rest day on Saturday to enjoy my girl time, I got my workout in yesterday for my chest.  This was actually the first time I've done my new program for my chest because I ran out of days due to Memorial Day.  I was not happy with my program.  I didn't feel like I had very many good chest exercises written down.  I got done with my workout early, and just felt unimpressed with myself. 

So, I started looking up chest exercises to incorporate and make myself feel like I'm hitting the maximum amount of muscles in my chest.  I found this article that was just a collage of chest pictures, and MAN!  Some of these women are so impressive!

I NEED TO BE EXACTLY LIKE THIS!  These women are amazing.  I am so amazed at what the female body can do.  I was telling Sheena and Jennifer on Saturday that I think it's going to be hard, after my show is over, to break the routine that I've been following since January (and April for the diet). 

So, yesterday at the gym, one of the exercises that I liked was a barbell decline bench press.  I'm almost positive that I was using the decline bench wrong, but it worked for what I was doing...

I couldn't figure out if my legs are supposed to go over and then under or what!  I felt more comfortable with hanging my knees rest under the first padded part.  After googling pictures, I was definitely doing it wrong.  Haha...I looked like one of those people at the gym.  Grrr...

So, here's my workout that I setup for myself (I should add that this is for chest and a little bit of arms):

A few notes about some of these:

• Ext. Range One Arm Kettlebell Floor Press:  TERRIBLE!  It was so hard to do.  I didn't use nearly enough weight to feel any kind of a difference.  I used a 4 kg kettlebell which is probably my problem, but the angle was awkward.  I might try to adjust these to using a bench instead of the floor. 



• Reverse Grip Plate Curls:  I exchanged these for some standing barbell bicep curls.  The plates at my gym are not just iron.  They have a plastic casing over it which makes it hard to grip and I felt completely stupid doing these.  I had these built into my Monday routine, and so they are definitely coming off of both days. 

More on changing my chest routine to come...I have to announce that today is exactly 2 MONTHS OUT FROM MY SHOW!  I'm so excited and scared at the same time!  Today starts a more plain meal plan in order to start leaning out more. 

I was supposed to go over to my grandpa's house on Sunday night, but I didn't make it over there.  I was exhausted after my softball game (which we lost in the last inning because some jacked dude hit a homerun!)  I hate when that happens!  I wasn't in a good mood because I didn't want to play, but once I got out there, I was better.  My teammates know that I'm training for a competition and so, they don't harp on me too bad for my downer kind of attitude.