June 12, P90X3, Week 5, Day 5- Incinerator.

June 12, P90X3, Week 5, Day 5- Incinerator.

For some reason I thought that this workout was without any equipment. Then I looked at the guide and thought, "Here comes the pain!" And I was right.

Most of the moves are not new, but for some reason, this grouping of moves and Tony's "commentary" brings the old alive. Again, with the knowledge that the routine is only 30 minutes, that, in a way frees the body from being reserved and it is easier to just go for it. The pace was a lot faster than what I am used to when working with weights. So, yes, I had to do some pausing and rewinding. 
 

Pull ups, push ups, curls, variations were nice. The only really new move was Monkey Pump. I was really trying to keep my arms parallel to the floor. I was just using 5kgs in each hand, and I was struggling to keep parallel near the end. Also, I was unable to bring my elbows together before the press. Not sure if my form was off, or if I lost strength due to the weights. I was able to bring my elbows together with the almost same move in the warm up. I need to get stronger.

I was a little wary of using really heavy weights, so I thought I should go a little lighter than my limit. However, this was my limit. I was able to hit the 10th rep on most moves, but on the Arm and Hammer move, I totally failed at 7 reps. So I shook it out and did the last three.

I was very thankful that the burnout wasn't as fast as the, say... "Think Drills". But with a minute left, the sweat was pouring.

This was a good Old School workout with a twist. The total 18 moves + Burnout gave me an even more intense feeling and hotter burn than some of the other P90X/2 workouts in a shorter amount of time. Very happy with that. My arms were like rubber at the end.