I've been consistently up at or before 5:00 in the morning for many months. Today was no different. I pushed through my early morning chores, coffee, Bible study, prayer, and any other tasks that might present themselves before doing the workout. This morning, however, right before the workout I became so sleepy that I actually felt sick. LOL!  I could not even imagine doing the workout. I decided that I needed to go back to bed. I slept for a good solid hour, got up, and was good to go for the workout. 

I know this happened to me because over the past three days, I've pushed my bedtime back. It was only a matter of time before the sleep deficit caught up with me. I've been in bed no earlier than 11:00 pm, which means that I've been getting, at most, six hours of sleep per night. The last two nights it's been more like five and one half hours. I KNOW better! My "sleep number," not the mattress setting, isSEVEN! LOL!  I need seven hours of sleep for optimum performance, I can squeak by on six and one half hours, but feel best at seven. Saturday night, I watched the Stellar Awards, Sunday I watched the Grammy Awards, expecting a decent Whitney Houston Tribute, and last night I watched the BET Honors Award show. This turned out to be three nights of television ending between 11:00 and 11:30 pm. So, this cut into my sleep. NOT TONIGHT! I'm getting my old butt in the bed by 9:30 tonight! LOL! 

Well, once I got back up, I hit the arm and shoulder workout and it went very well. My arm felt pretty good during the workout and I hit all of the workout elements with great form. I went outside for the chin-ups, mixed cardio, and the 2-mile run to end the workout. While outside, the sun came out and shone beautifully! This was more than enough motivation to push through the remainder of the workout. Furthermore, the wind had dried my running course out so that it was in much better condition than it was on yesterday. I hit a really good pace for the 2-mile run and held it, finishing in12:44 (6:22 mile pace). Tomorrow I hit chest and back in the workout that includes125 (5 x 25) each of wide and close grip pull-ups. I'm actually looking forward to that workout. Once I complete this workout, I will be back to the regularly scheduled final two workout of the cycle!

Everyone enjoy the remainder of the day! I think I'm going to get a good head start on my sleep tonight with another light nap! 

Here is what I did today:

3 x 40 DB Curls

3 x 40 Overhead Triceps Extensions

3 x 40 Reverse Flys

5 x 25 Chin-ups

Cardio:

3 x 2.0 min Jump Rope

3 x 50 Jumping Jacks

3 x 50 Windmills

9 x 40 yd Agility Drills

9 x 40 yd Sprints

3 x 40 yd B.J. (Broad Jump) Burpee

2 Mile run (12:44)