Monday - optional day

I took it easy on Monday, with just 30 min on the elliptical (did about 4 miles) and then weight training & core exercises. Weights: one-legged ball squats 3x10 each leg, alternating with bench press 30 lb dumbbells each arm; next abductor on hip cybex machine 3x10 each leg, alternating with military press 3x8 w/25lb each arm (this made me sore!); next eccentric calf exercise (fast up, slow down) 3x15 each leg, alternating with tricep pull-downs with rope 3x12; balance exercise on dyna disk (3x30sec each leg, w/bouncing ball) and something else which I can't remember right now. Then abs: ball crunches, then an exercise from Pilates class - plank position with one foot on ball, drawing knee into chest and back again - 8 on each side (these are hard!). We also did oblique crunches on the ball w/feet braced on baseboard of the wall, V-sits (15), and back extensions on ball (20). Then stretching :).