8-28-15 HY: P90X-Kempo X + 10 Min. Tr.-Abs + Splits + TCF.

8-28-15 HY: P90X-Kempo X + 10 Min. Tr.-Abs + Splits + TCF.

Today, I knew I was going to be staying in all day because of the weather and because there was nothing planned.  During one of my daughter's breaks, we took advantage of a break in the rain and tossed around the old Pig Skin.  It was actually a rubber Nerf football, but it was a lot of fun, and I got a good sweat on from it.  My daughter is becoming a good little quarterback, I must say.  We live on a slope and I was running routes uphill and she was hitting me on those routes.  A lot of fun! I really miss playing pick-up games with friends.  People here just don't play football.  I could probably add 200+kcals to the burn total.

This routine always gets my legs to a near-cramping level.  I guess weighted squats and weighted lunges just work the legs in a different way than all those different kicks do.  Today was no different. Got a great workout. Got a huge sweat on. Burned a ton of calories.  I also was really trying to focus on the flexing of my core during all that twisting on the kicks and punches.  Got a nice core burn from just those moves.  I was thinking that if the burn was hot enough I wouldn't do an ab routine next.  I did get a great burn, but I still felt the need for an additional ab workout.  I was also trying to be very aware of my knee to protect it.  With martial arts workouts like this and TAEBO, I have hurt my knees before just being loose with landing when lunging forward for a jab and twisting for a cross.  I really tried not to over twist my knees today.  Knees felt really good following the workout.  Finally, I really wanted to raise the intensity on each move, so I went full martial arts fighting mode and didn't pull any punches.  I went for each punch and kick inputting as much power into the move as possible all the while being careful not to over extend. Tip of the Day!  Had a lot of sprinkler action... AGAIN!!!

I went right into the ab routine and got an awesome burn.  This routine also really works the shoulders because of all the plank moves right in the middle.  I had to tap out a couple times and revert to Child's Pose, but I got right back into it.

Splits and Flow were sketch perfect.  Had some balance issues during the Flow because my legs were a bit wobbly but I kept it in check.

In the end, I torched just under 800kcals.  Great way to close out the week!