W11D5, Walk + Yoga Shred Challenge, Day 7 + SPS P4:Legs + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.

W11D5, Walk + Yoga Shred Challenge, Day 7 + SPS P4:Legs + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.

Still sore from the weights earlier in the week, I was sort of procrastinating today. Made myself busy with other things. My daughter was supposed to meet some friends at a park, so she asked me to walk her to the park. So we took a walk. When her friends weren't at the park, my daughter thought to go to another park, so we kept walking. Same thing, so we walked to the big park. No friends, so we walked back home. Actually I was walking, my daughter was Ripstiking, so I had to jog-walk to keep up with her.  Ended up walking for almost an hour. It was some lovely father daughter time as well.

When I got home, I was raring to go so I got ready and jumped in right away to the Yoga Shred.  I'm a little off their schedule so day 7 was a recovery day, but I still did it and really stretched out. Great warm up.

Today was leg day. I was glad for that since my upper body was still a touch sore. Mike likes Trisets. The first move was a Triset. Weighted Squats/Weighted lunges/Jumping lunges. 12x12x20 seconds. OMG! Individually, these moves are good, but put them in a triset and they are a TRIAL! I can't believe how winded I was at the end of each set. Thankfully there were only 3 sets.  The next move was a superset, Stiff legged dead lifts with One Legged Balance Toe Touches. That second move brought me back to P90X2.  Although Mike didn't say to, Each of the 4 sets for this move combo, I put my leg in a different position. First, back, like the runner, then ankles close, then leg to the side, and finally, leg out front. Very tough and I almost cramped up several times.  For the dead lifts, again, because of my gimpy back, I used only 7.5kgsx2. The odd thing is that for the most part, my left lower back is feeling the pain, but my right hamstring is really tight. Painfully clear on the dead lifts.  The last move is the timed functional cardio, 20 seconds of Low Wide Squat Jumps, then Stepping Taps, and rest.  That was for 6 sets. I was able to handle this a lot better than the previous day's cardio, but I still got really winded.

I feel my splits are getting better and lower. With the 30 secondx2 time frame, I'm able to get loose better.  I have to consciously tell my muscles to relax and open up.  I can feel my muscles fighting the stretch to spare themselves the stretching pain. So I have to gain control and open up. If I don't, I could end up hurting myself.

The Flow has become very comfortable now. I don't know if it is automatic yet, because once today when trying to increase my speed, I totally went off the rails and had to start over. But aside from that blip, I'm happy with today's Flow, and overall workout.