HY: ChaLEAN Ext.-Burn Circuit 2 + Splits + TCF.
I fully intended to do my workout in the morning today, but my son was sick and my workout area is right outside his door. Plus, I need his door to mount my pull up bar so instead of waking him up, I passed on a morning workout to let him sleep. Luckily, I didn't have a night class today so I could do my workout after work.
Just a regular workout today. But it was far from easy. I decided to stick with the method except for add...ing the pull ups and chin ups. I am still using lighter weights, but it was extremely tough today. On the last half of the routine, I couldn't last to the 12th rep, I had to take a mid-set break at 8 reps, then finish it out. Not actually because of the target muscles, but mainly because of secondary muscles. For example, when doing the lunge and row move, my grip strength was too weak to keep holding my dumbbells for 12 reps. If I did a regular pace, I could have, but Chalene takes a considerably slower pace with her reps in the program. So, I took a break when my forearms gave out. But they recovered quickly after a good shake out. Also, there are a lot of dead lifts in this routine. My back is still not at 100% so I had to reduce the weight on the dead lift row move. I can do more on the row, but not when combined with a dead lift. I stayed safe and went lighter. But for previous ChaLEAN Ext. routines this week, it was the first time for me to use resistance bands around my legs. I never owned the loop bands until I got Tai Cheng. WOW! I never realized how much my outer thigh are worked with those little bands. Great addition to my arsenal. Love when I discover Xprogram tools. Pull ups are getting easier, but my muscle endurance is bad. I start out strong, but quickly degrade. I got an extremely good pump and burn on my biceps today. Recently, I have been actually able to feel the flex and pump in my arm muscle group. Previously, when I would do bicep curls, I wouldn't even feel much even though I got pumped. Now, I'm feeling it a lot. I learning to focus and use the actual target muscles for each particular move. Great workout! Old routine, but a new experience! It is this type of experience that keeps my hybrid fun and interesting, and returning.
I fully intended to do my workout in the morning today, but my son was sick and my workout area is right outside his door. Plus, I need his door to mount my pull up bar so instead of waking him up, I passed on a morning workout to let him sleep. Luckily, I didn't have a night class today so I could do my workout after work.
Just a regular workout today. But it was far from easy. I decided to stick with the method except for add...ing the pull ups and chin ups. I am still using lighter weights, but it was extremely tough today. On the last half of the routine, I couldn't last to the 12th rep, I had to take a mid-set break at 8 reps, then finish it out. Not actually because of the target muscles, but mainly because of secondary muscles. For example, when doing the lunge and row move, my grip strength was too weak to keep holding my dumbbells for 12 reps. If I did a regular pace, I could have, but Chalene takes a considerably slower pace with her reps in the program. So, I took a break when my forearms gave out. But they recovered quickly after a good shake out. Also, there are a lot of dead lifts in this routine. My back is still not at 100% so I had to reduce the weight on the dead lift row move. I can do more on the row, but not when combined with a dead lift. I stayed safe and went lighter. But for previous ChaLEAN Ext. routines this week, it was the first time for me to use resistance bands around my legs. I never owned the loop bands until I got Tai Cheng. WOW! I never realized how much my outer thigh are worked with those little bands. Great addition to my arsenal. Love when I discover Xprogram tools. Pull ups are getting easier, but my muscle endurance is bad. I start out strong, but quickly degrade. I got an extremely good pump and burn on my biceps today. Recently, I have been actually able to feel the flex and pump in my arm muscle group. Previously, when I would do bicep curls, I wouldn't even feel much even though I got pumped. Now, I'm feeling it a lot. I learning to focus and use the actual target muscles for each particular move. Great workout! Old routine, but a new experience! It is this type of experience that keeps my hybrid fun and interesting, and returning.
Splits were good, but my knee is still a bit weird, so I am just worried about maintaining my flexibility right now as opposed to extending it until my knee feels better. I wouldn't want it to buckle in.
The Flow was also good. Again today, only one balance issue. But the reason for that is that I have to be too close to a wall when starting a certain move and today, I was a bit too close and once I started the move, I was already off center and that threw me off balance. I need to watch my positioning, especially in my small area.
In the end, I torched over 730kcals.
The Flow was also good. Again today, only one balance issue. But the reason for that is that I have to be too close to a wall when starting a certain move and today, I was a bit too close and once I started the move, I was already off center and that threw me off balance. I need to watch my positioning, especially in my small area.
In the end, I torched over 730kcals.
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