W10D1, P90X3: Cold Start + SPS P3 HEAVY Weights 1 + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.

W10D1, P90X3: Cold Start + SPS P3 HEAVY Weights 1 + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.

Yep, you see it correctly, not PiYo, but P90X3!  I had totally forgotten about this little warm up sequence until today so I dug it out and used it for today's warm up. I had forgotten how good it actually is.  Got a great warm up and a little bit of a burn on the Push Up Lunges.  Good to see Tony again as well.

Third time around for this routine, one to go.  I went for it with the weights. I went with the max weight I could for my dumbbell set, which is 25kgsx2.  The three moves, Weighted Squats, Chest Press, Weighted Dips all were at 25kgs or 50kgs.  Went to almost failure on each of the five sets.  I wrote before that I do the chest press on my balance ball, the thing that stood in my way was actually getting the weights up and into position to do the move.  I guess it was a mental thing, because, in order to speed things up, I use clips to keep the plates on the bar.  There is a chance, if the plates are too heavy and I tip them that the plates could fall off.  So I was afraid that if I picked them up in a Hammer position, the plates might fall off.  Once I secured the plates with the screw lock, I had a lot more confidence to attempt getting the dumbbells up without a spot.  Went to almost failure on each set. Awesome pump!  25kgs on the dips, which are actually bridge dips as opposed to suspended dips.  I wish I had the stands to do suspended dips, though.  One of these days, I'm getting a set like Chalene uses in some of her videos.  Finally, instead of doing all 100 of the leg raises at the end, I split them up in sets of 20. Routine is da bomb!

Went with the Shane Stretch today. That's what I'm going to call it from now on.  I can't do it every day, but when I have the time to do it, most likely about 3 times a week, I'll do it.  On the other days, I'll do my regular splits stretch which is about 8-10 minutes shorter.  The hurdlers Stretch is the one that is killing me now. When I'm in the hurdlers position, I can't hardly stretch forward, and I can't stretch back. That angle on my hip flexors is just too restricted at this time. But this stretch routine allows me to focus on target muscles so I know just how much further I need to go.

Not much to say about the Flow today. It flowed and I had fun with it. I helped bring my heart rate down and the breathing exercises were great to keep me in control of myself.

Great way to blast into week 10, and March!  I'll be here when you get here!