Holy shit! 7 rounds + 5 chest presses using 15lb weights (I did both arms at the same time). I was confused during the first AMRAP, cycled between 10, 15, & 20lb weights thinking we were trying to intentionally push to failure (rather than measuring progress with the same weights) and got 4 sets in. So overall, this was a big jump forward! I have to walk my dog now and I will be skipping in celebration !! 🎉

Sweating, glasses fogged. Notable moments:

-I am luteal !! Felt so weak 2 days ago but this data has debunked that! What a nice fact to hold onto.

-I never placed my weights down. My grip fatigued sooner than my muscles during this sesh but I kept pushing.

-15 lbs may have been too light? as I could have kept going after the timer stopped.

-My movements were more fluid than the first time. I got into a flow state. Nervous system remained stable.

-My endurance was 🔥. Kept breathing, kept going.

-My stance was wider, squat lower, and hips felt stronger during sumo squats 💘 that was my hardest exercise last time, I love to see progress happening there.

Ruth, the gains are strong !!! 💪🏽 fuck me up with that focus on hypertrophy !! congrats bad b’s, let’s keep going !! And, shoutout to the chicken sausage hot dog (a specific craving) 🌭 and boiled eggs 🥚 I ate before this to power me up 😂😂

Congrats Emily !!!! 150 days is amazing! Your commitment to movement is inspiring 🥳🥳🥳👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I’M A BAD B MUSCLE MAMI !!!!!! Seconding Ruth in training for the revolution! 💪🏽❤️😤

I am getting so much more comfortable withstanding intensity. Letting myself struggle. Pushing through it.

I loooooooove it !!

💯💪🏽💯💪🏽💯

That was really hard. I showed up strictly for the gains future me is looking forward to having. 😏 After making it through, I feel pretty strong & zen.

The nice thing about sticking to a program is getting to remind myself that I’ve already BEEN doing it. Showing up now is just following protocol. 🌚💫

Grateful to do this with the community of bad b muscle mamis 💪🏽💕 sending you all big fist bumps after this one!

Thank you Ruth !! I appreciate the encouragement 🥰💪🏽

3 rounds + 1 set hammer curls

15 lb dumbbells for hammer curls & overhead press

35 lb bala beam for hip thrust

20 lb dumbbell for step up

yay we got it done 😛

Love this and you and your bump !!So inspiring to see you doing this at 31 weeks 🤩💕 makes me feel like we can truly do anything. That baby’s gonna be coming out with muscles 😂💪🏽

Phew 🥵 that’s all I got to say, lol.

Back to say one more comment - I love how at the end you had us tapping and doing a little somatic exercise to calm our nervous systems. These moves were intense even though they were slow, and I didn’t even realize my nervous system got a little worked up until I felt it calm down. Thank you for that! Knowing how to calm myself makes me feel capable of doing more intense things without worrying if it will make me feel dysregulated after. A really cool mindset shift. 100% agree with the ambient music as well, found it really helpful for me to stay dropped into my body as you mentioned at the start, quieted my mental chatter about how much I felt like I couldn’t do this and instead just DID it lol. Clearly I love this one so much I had to write 2 fan mail letters xoxo 💌