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"  It&amp;#039;s week 3, and I&amp;#039;m finally beginning to feel as if I have a handle on my fitness routine. The program requires that I switch things up a bit in my third week, and so for all of my upper body exercises I&amp;#039;m lowering the weights and doing longer repetitions, 15 to 25, until my arms fall off.....at least that&amp;#039;s how they feel! So far I&amp;#039;ve been doing my workouts in the mornings which is perfect for me. The hardest part of it all is actually getting out of bed, but once I&amp;#039;m in the gym, I&amp;#039;m ready to work. At 7:00 a.m. the gym is usually very quiet and I&amp;#039;m able to create a nice workout area all for myself. I also love the fact that I don&amp;#039;t have to wait around for a fitness ball or until someone&amp;#039;s done using the weights that I need. Once I&amp;#039;m finished, I have to exercise, shower, and go straight to work, so time is really important. Performing the longer repetitions really fatigues my muscles and I can see and feel the effect on my upper body. Below are a few photos of the arm exercises that Birnur and I have been doing over the past weeks. By the way, the stability ball is now my new best friend, I&amp;#039;ve discovered that it not only adds more variety and interest to my workout routine but it also helps to strengthen my core. Stay tuned next week   for further updates.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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