2-08-16 HY: T25- Alpha: Lower Focus + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9 & 10 + Splits + TCF.

2-08-16 HY: T25- Alpha: Lower Focus + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9 & 10 + Splits + TCF.

I did the final routine of Alpha today. Or at least the routines that I'm going to do. I am not doing Ab Circuit because I'm doing abs pretty much everyday already so I'm not really planning on using that routine. This is the first time to do this routine in a long time so I was excited to refresh my memory. I was VERY happy that the beginning was that same Run Progression. The past few times I've had to do it, I went through some pretty intense pain in my arches and ankles, but today, I was able to get through it non-stop and go smoothly into the Squat and Lunge progression. I was pretty much nailing the routine until about 10 minutes left and one move just burned me out. I had to take a break just before the first Burnout. After that, I had to take a few more quick breaks. The most killer move that brought the pain was the Calf Hops. That just killed my arches on both feet. I had to take two quick breaks to shake out my foot. I eventually added about two and a half minutes to the main routine for rewinding and starting over again. There were also a couple times I had to watch and learn the move before doing it. But I feel my endurance and foot strength increasing little by little.

After doing Level 10 yesterday and it was easy, I decided to go for two levels, 9 and 10. So that is what I did today. I started with the more difficult one, 9. But it was the most stable and strongest showing with that level ever. So I was very pleased. Level 10 was good as well. But I will say, that my back was burning from holding my arm out in the balance plank. My right side especially in the first round. But after that, the rest of the rounds were relatively easy. But I got a good pump and burn in my core.

The Splits were good, but I couldn't push lower that yesterday. I didn't quite make it as low as yesterday, but I am being cautious. I tried to push it, but my glute started to cramp and so I laid off a bit. I'll have to find out the reason of that cramp and stretch it out so I can get past it. I'm glad to keep it going though. I also added extra glute stretches and Pigeon pose. Flow was on point.

In the end, I torched a good 761kcals. Good solid number for today's workout.