Busy day for housework. The order came down and my daughter and I had to take down the Christmas Tree. I suggested we keep it up until March, but that did not get a positive response. So we were in full de-decorating mode for most of the morning. After lunch, I took my daughter to the park where she could practice her Ripstiking and soccer. Fun 2 hours!!! When I got home, I got into workout mode.
Today, this was a tough workout. I really took advantage of the off day and rested up well. Good thing I did, too!
I was very happy with the way I performed today during PiYo. I almost got all they way through the second progression, but the pair of Tricep Push-ups with the Open-and-Close legs got me. Had to take a break at that point. But I pushed myself as hard as possible to get through. A few times, Chalene would say, "You can go into Child's Pose IF YOU NEED TO." Previously I would go into CP, but not today. I wanted to hold out from taking a break for as long as possible. Really felt the burn today. I was able to do all the sliding tuck moves, but I still couldn't do the push-up the slide to pike position. That is just too tough at this stage for me. Need to strengthen my core a lot more, or do it on a REALLY slippery surface.
SPS Phase 2 is more concentrated workouts now, focusing on one area of the body at a time. Today, was upper body with a variation of superset moves. I kept the weights at the same level as P1 just to see if P2 would be any tougher. It was. So I was glad I kept the weights the same. Really struggled on the last several reps of the final set. Burned out at the end. But got an awesome pump.
I did several flows tonight and balance was good. Only on big brain fart at the beginning. My big thing is skipping after the first brush knee to the move after the second brush knee. Then I catch myself and have to start over again. But I was able to get the flow fast and smooth and got my fastest time yet, at 38 seconds. That is probably my limit before I start to sacrifice form and range of motion. Felt really good tonight.
Splits felt good. I'm maintaining a good height and scoot down a little bit more everyday from the mark. Still painful though. If it weren't painful, I'd probably feel as is I wasn't pushing hard enough.
Great workout today, but really tough. Love blasting into a new week strong!
I was very happy with the way I performed today during PiYo. I almost got all they way through the second progression, but the pair of Tricep Push-ups with the Open-and-Close legs got me. Had to take a break at that point. But I pushed myself as hard as possible to get through. A few times, Chalene would say, "You can go into Child's Pose IF YOU NEED TO." Previously I would go into CP, but not today. I wanted to hold out from taking a break for as long as possible. Really felt the burn today. I was able to do all the sliding tuck moves, but I still couldn't do the push-up the slide to pike position. That is just too tough at this stage for me. Need to strengthen my core a lot more, or do it on a REALLY slippery surface.
SPS Phase 2 is more concentrated workouts now, focusing on one area of the body at a time. Today, was upper body with a variation of superset moves. I kept the weights at the same level as P1 just to see if P2 would be any tougher. It was. So I was glad I kept the weights the same. Really struggled on the last several reps of the final set. Burned out at the end. But got an awesome pump.
I did several flows tonight and balance was good. Only on big brain fart at the beginning. My big thing is skipping after the first brush knee to the move after the second brush knee. Then I catch myself and have to start over again. But I was able to get the flow fast and smooth and got my fastest time yet, at 38 seconds. That is probably my limit before I start to sacrifice form and range of motion. Felt really good tonight.
Splits felt good. I'm maintaining a good height and scoot down a little bit more everyday from the mark. Still painful though. If it weren't painful, I'd probably feel as is I wasn't pushing hard enough.
Great workout today, but really tough. Love blasting into a new week strong!
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