11-26-15 HY: Body Beast- Build: Chest/Tris + 0-6 Abs- P2: Lvl.2 + Splits + TCF.

11-26-15 HY: Body Beast- Build: Chest/Tris + 0-6 Abs- P2: Lvl.2 + Splits + TCF.
Happy Thanksgiving! This is my Thanksgiving Day workout. I guess it is not that fair because no celebration here. :-( Just a regular day with work, school and business. But I'm thankful for everything! I'm especially thankful for all of you in this group who have supported and encouraged me for these past months. It has been an honor.
Third time around for this routine. I upped the weight on most of the moves a bit, but there was one set of moves that I wasn't able to raise.
Single Set: Dumbbell Chest Press (12/14.5/19.5/17kgs). Being the first move, I was able to move the drop set with not much problem or strain, but I did feel some stress coming on in the final drop set.
Super Set: Incline Dumbbell Fly (12.5/14.5/17kgs) Incline Dumbbell Press (12.5/14.5/22/19.5kgs) I wasn't feeling it on the first move, but I was definitely feeling it on the first Super Set. Came close to failure on the drop set.
Giant Set: Close Grip Press-Partial Chest Fly-Decline Push Up (14.5/15.75/17kgs) This was a strain. I almost didn't go for the 17kgs on the final set, but I figured, I have to try. On the Flies, I had to cheat on the last set by flaring my elbows out to get the weights up on the last few reps.
Single Set: Triceps Extension (7.5/8.75/12/10kgs) First time in a while for me to use the 10kgs on this move. I couldn't get the weight all the way up on the last few reps. But previously, I couldn't even get the weight up, so that is progress.
Super Set: Single Arm Kickback (6.25/7.5/10/8.75kgs) This is the first time for me to do an actual progression in the weights. The previous 2 times, I had to do one weight twice because I couldn't move up. Baby step progress. The second move was the Tricep Push up. Still on my knees. My triceps burn out really fast with this routine. It will be a glorious day when I can do a triceps push up on my toes in this routine. But so far, no joy.
Super Set: Dips on Bench-In and Outs (50 reps each move in a minute). I was happy to still have the stamina to do these moves at the end with an increased rep count. Such a pump and burn today.
Really tried to hold the contraction as long as I could. The odd thing is, when I'm into the routine, my mind loses focus and I forget to contract the core. I have to consciously keep telling myself to contract or else I'll relax. But today, I got the hottest burn so far with level 2. But I feel the foundation is coming along well. One more day before I move on to level 3.
The Splits today were really good. I pushed extra hard, and I fell like I got to the lowest point so far in this journey. Felt really good and painful. Doing the Flow in my regular place was fine. I guess I'll have to find different venues to do the Flow in so I can test myself, truly test myself on the Flow. But today was clean and smooth as usual in this place.
In the end, I torched a round 790kcals. It was good to see my tris bulging through my shirt.