8-25-15 HY: P90X-Back & Biceps + ChaLEAN Extreme-Extreme Abs + Splits + TCF.

8-25-15 HY: P90X-Back & Biceps + ChaLEAN Extreme-Extreme Abs + Splits + TCF.

Being on vacation is making me a bit lazy.  I've been sleeping late, getting up late (Still getting 7+ hours of sleep), and procrastinating on my workouts.  Still getting them in everyday, but later than is possible.  I'm eating and drinking well.  My wife commented, "Are you loosing weight?" then gesturing around my neck and face.  I wish she gestured around my belly.  But I'm happy because I usually don't eat very well during vacations.  One hurdle is my trip back to the USA in September.  I have to keep up my workouts, drinking and eating well.  But I already know that I'm going to be eating more than normal during my time there, and most likely eating not the best things as well.  So I'll need to stay on top of that.

Today was the usual vacation routine.  I finally got to my workout in the late afternoon.  I needed to get some pull ups in so I went with this routine.  This is the last resistance routine with pull ups.

I decided to not use the assist bands today, but I was prepared for the lower rep count.  My goal was 8 reps over the six moves.  The two back and two bicep circuit was tough.  The first two cycles were okay, but entering the third cycle with the Corn Cob Pull Ups, I had to use the assist with it.  In fact, I have never done more than just a few true Corn Cob Pull Ups.  They are just too tough at the moment.  But from the third cycle on, I needed to slow down a bit and focus on my form. During the Static Arm Curls, I needed to take a break between passes, and on the last set, my left arm faded fast on the static hold.  Just couldn't keep it up the whole time.  I started off with 17kgs for the back moves and 10kgs for the bicep moves.  I was able to keep the 17kgs for all the back moves except for the Seated Bent-Over Back Flys during which I used 12.5kgs.  But for the bicep moves, I kept 10kgs for half the routine, but in the second half, I dropped down to 8.75kgs.  I went back to 10kgs for the Hammer Curls, and started with 10kgs for the final move, the Strip-Set Curls during which I did 5 sets of 8 instead of 4, starting at 10kgs, the dropping 1.25kgs each set to 5kgs.  I really got an awesome pump and burn during this workout.

Since I did Ab Burner on Sunday, Extreme Abs today.  This was my mid-level ab workout.  Since I'm back to the pull up bar, I might use the PLUS abs on Thursday.   But today, was another great CORE BURN!!!

Went right into the Splits and Flow.  I pushed the splits today, and got low, passed my mark.  I'm starting to get up faster, under 10 seconds.  When I started out, it would take me over 10 seconds to stand.  The Flow was also good during all the speeds.  But for some reason, my breathing was a bit shallow during the fast run.  I'm usually in better control than that.  But I may have been a little more tired that I actually felt.

In the end, I torched a solid 950+kcals.  Keeping it going!!!