8-30-15 HY: P90X-Upper PLUS + RevAbs-Mercy Abs + Splits + TCF.
There is only one more week before I leave for the USA for about 10 days. I am really looking forward to the trip, but making time for working out and eating good will be, always has been a challenge. There are so many things that I can't get in Japan that I want to have while I'm there. Last year, I solved the workout issue, but the eating was still a puzzle. I'm sort of working out a plan now, what to eat, a...nd when. I'm watching my calorie intake and logging everything, or at least I'm preparing to log everything. ANYWAY...
There is only one more week before I leave for the USA for about 10 days. I am really looking forward to the trip, but making time for working out and eating good will be, always has been a challenge. There are so many things that I can't get in Japan that I want to have while I'm there. Last year, I solved the workout issue, but the eating was still a puzzle. I'm sort of working out a plan now, what to eat, a...nd when. I'm watching my calorie intake and logging everything, or at least I'm preparing to log everything. ANYWAY...
Today was a good day. Had a good breakfast, then out for sushi for lunch with my ladies! Shake for dinner. But before that, WORKOUT!!!
This week will effectively allow me to finish all the P90X routines plus some extras. This will be the week for X+. Started today with Upper Plus. It was a lot more difficult that I remembered. This was my first introduction to the timed sets instead of rep count sets. Four groups of 5 moves each with a 30 second break in between each group. Move 1, a push up variation, 2-a pull up variation, 3-Shoulder\back, 4-Bicep, 5-Triceps. Really tough progression. It was interesting because I expected to do at least 12 reps in the allotted time, but the time changed from 30 seconds to often times, 90 seconds, sometime a minute. The longer periods were killer, I was dying to finish and the finish never seemed to come. I was happy to not use the assist on the pull up variations. The L-Chin up was especially tough. I cheated a bit on range of motion. I went down about 130 degrees instead of 180. With that ROM I could pump out only 10 reps, but I was satisfied. I got an extremely good pump and burn from this routine. One big change, I had to use my daughter's door instead of my son's door to set up my pull up bar because my kids' tutor came. It was okay today, but I wasn't able to as wide as I wanted on some of the switch grip pull ups. Also, it was a little tougher today because I couldn't grunt and groan a loudly as I usually like to when doing weights. BUMMER!!!
The door change is one reason I didn't do the Plus Abs routine. Swinging my knees side to side is difficult if not impossible to get a good range of motion on my daughter's door, so I went with Brett. Still got a super burn on the core. Still feeling the pump hours later.
The splits were a little painful at first, but once I got that initial stretch out of the way, it went well. Pushed low. I also got a good feel during the Flow.
In the end, I torched a solid 780+kcals today! Good way to start off my week!
This week will effectively allow me to finish all the P90X routines plus some extras. This will be the week for X+. Started today with Upper Plus. It was a lot more difficult that I remembered. This was my first introduction to the timed sets instead of rep count sets. Four groups of 5 moves each with a 30 second break in between each group. Move 1, a push up variation, 2-a pull up variation, 3-Shoulder\back, 4-Bicep, 5-Triceps. Really tough progression. It was interesting because I expected to do at least 12 reps in the allotted time, but the time changed from 30 seconds to often times, 90 seconds, sometime a minute. The longer periods were killer, I was dying to finish and the finish never seemed to come. I was happy to not use the assist on the pull up variations. The L-Chin up was especially tough. I cheated a bit on range of motion. I went down about 130 degrees instead of 180. With that ROM I could pump out only 10 reps, but I was satisfied. I got an extremely good pump and burn from this routine. One big change, I had to use my daughter's door instead of my son's door to set up my pull up bar because my kids' tutor came. It was okay today, but I wasn't able to as wide as I wanted on some of the switch grip pull ups. Also, it was a little tougher today because I couldn't grunt and groan a loudly as I usually like to when doing weights. BUMMER!!!
The door change is one reason I didn't do the Plus Abs routine. Swinging my knees side to side is difficult if not impossible to get a good range of motion on my daughter's door, so I went with Brett. Still got a super burn on the core. Still feeling the pump hours later.
The splits were a little painful at first, but once I got that initial stretch out of the way, it went well. Pushed low. I also got a good feel during the Flow.
In the end, I torched a solid 780+kcals today! Good way to start off my week!
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