Hello all today I will be giving the workouts for the second half of the week and also giving more insight on how exercise relieves stress. According to the American Psychological Association “Exercise forces the body’s physiological systems, all of which are involved in the stress response, to communicate much more closely than usual: The cardiovascular system communicates with the renal system, which communicates with the muscular system. And all of these are controlled by the central and sympathetic nervous systems, which also must communicate with each other. This workout of the body’s communication system may be the true value of exercise; the more sedentary we get, the less efficient our bodies in responding to stress.” (Melnick, 2013) This is yet another reason that exercise relieves stress and why it may be one of the best ways to reduce stress in a lot of people. If your body can communicate better than you can in return handle/deal with stress better. Now for the workouts for the second half of the week:
Thursday Back – Cable Rows- 3 sets of 10 reps
Lateral Pull-downs- 3 sets of 10 reps (In front of head, wide grip)
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Back extensions– 3 sets of 10 reps
Lateral pull-downs– 3 sets of 10 reps (In front of head close grip)
Abs- Crunches– 3 sets of 20 reps, then 20 reps on decline bench
V-ups- 4 sets of 15 reps each side (lay on your side then bend your legs up as well as your torso and squeeze… 1 rep)
Friday Cardio or OFF DAY- I prefer to do cardio on Friday so a 20 min. walk/run or a couple games of basketball or tennis and a mixture of the lifts done earlier in the week(pick workouts that you feel did the most for you or what part of the body you want to work on)
Saturday off day or cardio/mix if Friday was off– See above for example if you took Friday as an off day
Sunday-OFF DAY (Sunday is always my off day no matter what)
Working Out Stress 