7-13-15 HY: PiYo-Full Body Circuit + Splits + TCF.

7-13-15 HY: PiYo-Full Body Circuit + Splits + TCF.

Today was back to normal, with my normal morning regime complete with my shake.

I was a bit nervous about today's routine because it gets into the slides and the advanced stuff.  When the clock started, I was a little surprised that it was under 30 minutes.  I would soon be VERY thankful for that fact.  The first section was lower body with the slides.  On both sides I only made it through the first 3 of 4 of lunge variations.  My butt and thigh were just killing me by the time I got to the 2-count bowler lunges. I had to stop and shake it out on both sides.  I was happy that the tap out came at the same point on both sides. It sort of shows me that I am balanced with my strength and endurance.  It would be odd if one side was way stronger or weaker than the other.  The upper body section was also tough, but I did a little better. No pressure on my wrists like yesterday.  I was basically able to keep up with Chalene and crew today.  I wasn't able to do all the push ups with Chalene, but I went back whenever I did tap out and did the whole move again so I almost did 25% more push ups.  The plank section was tough. I really wanted to do the Pike move on my toes.  I was able to do it, but not smoothly. I needed to jerk up and use a little momentum to get all the way up.  Also, I needed two pushes instead of just one smooth and steady pull. I'm getting there, but it's still a long way.  The floor work was "Crampable" I almost came to cramp on the hammy move, but I just made it before crashing down.  All that in under 30 minutes... Actually, it was more like 40 minutes because I added some reps and had to go back a few times after learning the move.  A big reason for me doing PiYo now is my shoulder injury.  It feels a whole lot better, but I'm going to give it another week before I try to bear weight on it.  Trying to keep it loose and stretched.  I need to also continue rumble-rolling it out.

I moved right into the Splits.  For some reason I was tighter than usual for a Monday morning.  I wasn't able to hit my mark until close to the end.  So I wasn't able to push past the mark today.  The Flow was good and solid.  I feel more fluid now, and I am able to do most of the Flow on autopilot.

When I went to work today, my legs, especially my thighs were just screaming out. Climbing stairs to get to my classes was slower and more gingerly than usual. PiYo really thrashed my legs today which is REALLY SCARY because tomorrow is leg day with STRONG LEGS.  But since tomorrow is an evening workout, I hope I'll be stretched, warmed and ready to go.  I was really curious so I check the time and this routine, THANKFULLY, is close to 30 minutes as well.

In the end, I torched a solid 750+kcals.  Going to be early tonight!