W4D4, PiYo: Drench + SPS: Weights 2 + Tai Cheng Flow + Splits.

W4D4, PiYo: Drench + SPS: Weights 2 + Tai Cheng Flow + Splits.

I couldn't really understand how low impact could "drench" me in sweat. I found out rather quickly how. There were about 5 progressions and my butt was dying on the first Leg progression. I almost made it through the second fast bowlers, but I couldn't take the pain in my butt so I had to tap out for a quick stretch but I got back into it quickly. There was a lot of lower body and leg work. The upper body and core came into play over half way through with the PiYo Push Ups. I was sweating up a storm, but didn't get any sprinkler action due to the low impact. This is the longest routine in PiYo so far, a good 48 minutes. I was a little nervous to do a longer routine, but the time went by fast. Awesome workout!

The weights today were really tasking. The program itself is really good, but the way the videos are carried out is extremely shoddy. For example, on the video, Mike Chang says, "Do 3 sets..." but on the work sheet, it calls for only 2 sets. There are a lot of those little discrepancies. So I decided to do 3 sets of everything. It was very tough, but I got an excellent Pump and burn! Felt good.

The flow today was very good. I felt really fluid through most of it. I lost balance a few times because I was over extending. Once I realized the problem, I was able to rectify the situation and the following flows were very stable. Also, my right knee felt a bit gimpy and I had to baby it a bit by changing my stance a bit.

Splits were good. I mainly worked on stretching out the inner thigh and hamstrings. I was doing it while watching a recording of the SOTU so I wasn't focusing on the pain, but rather just dropped into it and sat.

After all was said and done, I burned over 1200kcals today. Huge burn!