7-19-15 HY: ChaLEAN Extreme-Burn Circuit 1 + PiYo-Lower Define + RevAbs-Mercy Abs + Splits + TCF.

7-19-15 HY: ChaLEAN Extreme-Burn Circuit 1 + PiYo-Lower Define + RevAbs-Mercy Abs + Splits + TCF.

Everyone was at home today so it was quite nice and relaxing, and at times, quite active.  The game table is seeing a lot of action recently mainly with ping pong and foosball.  Everyone is playing a lot on breaks from studying. 

Today's workout was a real Potpourri of different programs.  I sort of felt that I needed to get back into weights, so I'm adding ChaLEAN Extreme to the mix with PiYo, so I'm thinking to alternate on certain days and double up on others when I have the time.  Today, I had all sorts of time so I quaded up with some extras, but not real extras since they are expected for now.

Today's weights were mainly focused on legs, shoulders (posterior) and chest.  A lot of good moves and I tried to keep the weights as heavy as possible.  I kept up with Chalene and crew for most of the workout, except for times when I had to switch up my plates on my dumbbells.  I did the routine straight, with no extras like my usual 4 sets of pull ups.  I'm still babying my shoulder for the next few weeks until I'm sure I can start bearing weight with it.  There are a few moves that really kill other muscles as well.  Like the "Lunge with Core Rotation".  Good for the core, but just holding the weight, my biceps were screaming.  Got in a lot of good forearm work just holding heavy weights during squats and lunges. But my chest really felt it with the bench press and chest fly.  I'm still feeling the pump.  I got an exceptional pump and burn today. Something I haven't felt this intensely for a few weeks.  I'M BACK!!!  I need that muscle to burn off some fat.

PiYo was perfect after the weights because it stretched out the muscles that needed stretching out. Even though it was focusing on lower body, my shoulders and chest got a good stretch through the warrior series Chalene took us through.  The perfect short routine after returning to the weights.

I didn't want a killer abs routine, but a really intense one. I love Brett for this simple but intense ab routine.  It was really burning at the end.  I got on that burn and core pump exactly as the body needed.

My splits were a lot better than expected, probably because of the warm up PiYo routine just a bit earlier, but I was able to get much lower and I felt good about it.  The flow was also very solid and fluid.

I wish I could add all the ping pong and foosball I was playing today to my calorie count, because I was playing a lot and moving and squatting a lot. But in the end, that was all in fun for the bonus workout.  So, in the end, I torched 886kcals.  Nice big calorie burn and soreness to start my week.