New workout routine

So I totally loved doing pilates with Cassey, but I feel that I got a little burnt out and needed to add some more variety into my routine.  Variety is very important in workouts, it helps keep your body guessing and the overload process going.  So I did Jillian Michael's ripped in 30 for a couple of weeks(no I didn't finish it...I know..i suck).  I was kind of on the line about it.  I felt like I wasn't getting as intense of a workout when I was done.  It was pretty intense during the workout but afterward I just didn't have that workout high...and well..it's like a drug and I just gotta have it or I don't feel like my workout was good enough!!

So if you know me or follow my life then you know that I just started going back to school to finish my bachelor's degree(maybe a masters after that but we will see).  I am majoring in Kinesiology and Sports Studies with a concentration in Exercise Science.  I'm so excited to learn more in this field. I feel like it will help me get a more accurate understanding of what's really going on when I'm working out and how to keep myself going strong!  I'm thinking I may add a double major and try doing Sports Management as well because I'd love to work for a team of some sort, but that is a HUGE decision and I'm going to do my classes for at least a year and decide how I think I will handle the work load of a double major(which will also include a business minor).

I've been getting my workouts in very well in between and before my classes so far, thank goodness for such a wonderful rec center at the college(and all of my classes being in that building!).  I totally ran into this female body builder at the gym, she was like 2-3 inches shorter than me and RIPPED!!!  I loved it! She looked great, so that inspired me to start a more vigorous weight lifting routine!  If you want to see the routine I'm following here is the link http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/matt88.htm  There is a lot more in there than just the routine, such as nutrition and supplements, but the beginning routine is there.  Oh nutrition, I battle so much with diet, I have such low will power when it comes to food, especially sweets!! And I have found that with my busy schedule I am running on fumes so I imagine my iron levels are low which is making me crave red meats : /  Anyone else struggle with diet??? I'd love some advice or just to know that I'm not alone in this fight!!!!  Anyway, back to the routine:  I follow it the way it says aside for rest days.  Wednesday and Saturday are my cardio days(maybe some pilates or yoga too)  But mostly cardio just to keep my body fat down(not that it's up!!!  just wanting those muscles to really POP!!)  I'm so excited for this routine, lower body and abs I definitely have added some extra stuff in because my legs are so much stronger than my upper body, but hopefully I will get that upper body rockin!!

So one more little update for you before I sign off...because I've been gone from my blog so long this is getting crazy long!  Just wanted to talk about the fitness test I had to take for one of my classes.  I did a lot better than I thought(I get so nervous when people want to basically rate me on my fitness level, I find I'm behind what I think I am) But I did pretty well.  I found out I had low blood pressure, not too low but a good low.  I need to work on my hand grip a bit, my upper body strength is terrible...oops, but I leg pressed 290 as my max!  So I felt like a boss there!  flexibility was good, so just working on upper body and my cardio needs a little work too but that's alright, if I only had 2 things out of all those that really needed work then I feel successful!  So that's it for me right now!!