Week 1, Day 3. T25-Alpha: Total Body Circuit + Tai Cheng: w1d3.

Week 1, Day 3. T25-Alpha: Total Body Circuit + Tai Cheng: w1d3.

 

CONFESSION: I am a "Pauser". Or more accurately, a "Rewinder". I rewind the DVD when I miss the beginning of a move, or when I can't keep up. Today, I added about 6 minutes to the 25 minutes. I don't know what it was about this routine, but I just couldn't hang without a few extra seconds of break between moves, especially at the end. I was able to hang with most of the push ups, but with the first round of Spider push ups, I had to take a break in the middle of the set, but the second time around in the Burn Out, I was able to keep it going the whole time.

The very final move, my knee started to wimp out, so I laid back and didn't go for as much range of motion. Overall a great workout. Burned 450kcals with this routine. that is about 80kcals more than the Cardio and Speed 1.0. Probably because of more leg work.

The biggest problem I am facing with these workouts is my floor is so wet with sweat, I squeak and slip around, so I'm constantly trying to wipe up and I get late to start a particular move. Just an excuse, yeah, I know. I should try just laying down a big towel and working out around that.

 

Tai Cheng, again, to the rescue. Great to use this as sort of a cool down and stretch after a rigorous workout. Today was Ward Off. Again, I really like the pace and repetitiveness of the move to get it engrained into my head. I am hoping that Dr. Cheng will start putting together the previous moves so I can remember them. I am starting to forget. I think I will probably review tomorrow if I have time. During the Neural Reboot 1, I found some hotspots on my calf that weren't there in previous days, so I'll probably do a little more foam rolling afterwards before heading off to bed.

 

In total, close to 700kcals torched today with my workout.

 

In the morning, I got up early because I wanted to beat the rain which was forecast for the afternoon, and mow my lawn. So I did the mowing, sweeping, raking, collecting of the grass in about 2.5 hours. a record for me. In the end, the rain never fell, but I'm glad I got it done. It was jungle-like out there!