I was still feeling extremely tired from my work on Sunday, so I decided not to do a morning workout and worked out after work in the late afternoon. I was still BLAAH but I knew I had to work so I pressed PLAY!
According to the schedule, I could choose between Core and Hardcore, so I'm always up for a challenge so I went with the new routine. I won't say I regretted it, but from a pain and grueling point of view, yeah, I regretted it. I maxed out several times during the routine and my core was hard. Worked it from several different angles and felt like it really targeted the right places. I realized how much work I need to do on my core. I'm glad it wasn't any longer that is was. I really enjoyed the rocking back moves. They are fun and inject a playful atmosphere in the midst of the pain that creeps up on you.
I want do
spread the weights from SPS out from now on, so instead of doing the
scheduled weights today, I went with the the cardio. Final time for
this routine of Phase 1 so I really wanted to bang this one out of the
park. But the problem was that I lost count of my sets and I am sure I
did the prescribed number, but when I wasn't sure, I did two extra to
make sure I did the 10 sets. So actually I may have done 12 sets. I'll
never know until I can time travel and check. Got a good sweat and
pump today. Upped the number of push up jacks by 2 over the 10-12 sets.
I challenged my son to a set and I crushed him! LOL! But it served as
motivation for him to workout. He doesn't like losing to me... at
anything!
Flow focus this week is... TRANSITIONS. By transitions, I mean I want to really iron out the movement from one step to the next so the flow actually flows and is not like a stop-and-go feel to it. Perpetual motion is the key work this week. Keep on moving and flow. Worked out well and made good transitions, but I lost my balance a few times which interrupted the flow, of course, so I need to keep working until every flow I do is automatically picture perfect and a pleasure to watch.
I am beginning to get comfortable with the pain of the splits. But, the Straddle to right move is the most painful of all and therefore needs the most work. So I am putting in more time with the right side because it is being the left side by a good 5-7 centimeters. For now, I'm satisfied with my progress. Got a lot of good advice and am very thankful for it. Hopefully that will speed things up, but I have to stay consistent and not shy away from the pain.
Good start to my workout week that officially started on Saturday night, but today is the first scheduled on time workout of Week 4.
Flow focus this week is... TRANSITIONS. By transitions, I mean I want to really iron out the movement from one step to the next so the flow actually flows and is not like a stop-and-go feel to it. Perpetual motion is the key work this week. Keep on moving and flow. Worked out well and made good transitions, but I lost my balance a few times which interrupted the flow, of course, so I need to keep working until every flow I do is automatically picture perfect and a pleasure to watch.
I am beginning to get comfortable with the pain of the splits. But, the Straddle to right move is the most painful of all and therefore needs the most work. So I am putting in more time with the right side because it is being the left side by a good 5-7 centimeters. For now, I'm satisfied with my progress. Got a lot of good advice and am very thankful for it. Hopefully that will speed things up, but I have to stay consistent and not shy away from the pain.
Good start to my workout week that officially started on Saturday night, but today is the first scheduled on time workout of Week 4.
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