Week 1, Day 5, PiYo: Strength-Define: Lower Body + SPS-Cardio and strength +Tai Cheng- Splits Training & Full Flow.

Week 1, Day 5, PiYo: Strength-Define: Lower Body + SPS-Cardio and strength +Tai Cheng- Splits Training & Full Flow.

Happy New Year, Everyone!
BUSY BUSY DAY! Hit the floor running and didn't get home until close to 7pm.  I was changed and ready to go by 7:15pm.

I'm sort of glad these routines are short. I pushed for a wider range of motion on everything today, and several times I felt a cramp coming on in my glute or some other area.  One thing about this routine, It seems that in the Down Dog series, I thought something was odd the first time I did it, but tonight confirms it, She cuts the left side short. When she does the Right side, Chalene goes through the series of moves TWICE, but when she does it on the left side, she only does the series of moves once.  And it is a pretty long series.  So I just rewound the DVD to the beginning of the left side and did it again. If there is one thing that irks me, it is imbalance in a workout routine.  Billy Blanks in Taebo often is unbalanced... TOO often. That is one reason why I don't like his routines as much.  This usually doesn't happen in Beachbody programs, but this is one case where it is a pretty big miss. Or is my DVD defective?  Did anyone else notice that?  But because I pushed it, my legs and lower body got a great workout!

SPS (Six Pack Shortcuts)- Today was what he calls Functional Day so I did a series of 5 moves in supersets for 10 cycles.  The five moves were 1. Body Weight Squats 2. Push Up Jacks 3. Upper Body Prone Raises 4. Jumping Jacks 5. Mountain Climbers. The series was 20 seconds for each move non-stop, then after the 5th move, 90 seconds of rest for a total of 10 cycles.  It was easy the first few times around, but by round 7, I was slowing down and would have to really push to keep it up for the full time. Great workout.

Then I did most of the Neural Reboot, but not enough to post it as having been done. And I did the splits training.  I'm really trying to open up my hips, because they seem extremely restricted. It's going to take a lot of time to get those splits.  The full flow was another successful go around.  Getting more consistent.

In the afternoon, we went shopping and I got a little something for myself. I'll post a pic of what I got, but I used it and at first it was extremely uncomfortable, but then I quickly got the hang of it and LOVED IT!!! I didn't know what I was missing until today. I'm SO glad I made that purchase! I highly recommend one for everyone!!!

Happy New Year, and let's blast 2015!!!