1-24-16 HY: BB- Bulk: Arms + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9 + Splits + TCF.

1-24-16 HY: BB- Bulk: Arms + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9 + Splits + TCF.

This was a weird yet fun day. We actually had snow today, and a lot of it. It was forecast, but I had to see it to believe it. My daughter was SO excited. So, she got me up and we played for over 2 hours in the morning. Snowball fights, lightsaber fights, building snowmen, sledding down a steep road, etc. Just had a little break for breakfast. Then, we went out again in the afternoon and played some snow football and soccer, but our main project was building a fort. I was the brick builder and filling snow provider. That was a workout in itself. We are not really equipped to have snow, so I was playing in my sneakers. My feet were freezing, but as long as I kept moving, I didn't notice it too much. But as the sun started to set, the numbness in my toes became more and more evident. Anyway, we came in and I sat in front of the heater to warm up, but I knew that if I didn't get off my butt, I wouldn't be doing a regular workout today. So, with a sigh, I got up and changed into my workout clothes and started the process of getting mentally ready to workout.

I was glad that it was Arms today because my legs were tired from all that snow play. I kept the weights at the same level, but for this particular routine, I have to add about 15 minutes to account for switching plates on my dumbbells. I don't have single weight dumbbells, so I have to switch out plates to raise and lower the weights. Particularly on the progressive sets is when I lag behind Segi. I felt pretty good at the start, got a super pump right from the start with the Progressive Set Standing Curls. The Force set really pushed me to my limit. But I was determined to not put the dumbbells down until after the fifth set. OUCH!!! The Skull Crushers were actually good this time. On the Drop Set, I was able to kill the heavy weights with minimal elbow flare. But those final two Progressive Sets with the Hammer Curl and Triceps Kickback. I was, again, pushed to the limit. I couldn't handle the first 8 reps. My biceps were just blown. I had to stand and get in a little swing to get the weight up. A much bigger swing on my left. On the second 8 rep set, I only needed to swing on half of the right and 6 on the left. I also had to stand on both sides for the 12 rep set, and I was able to sit most of the time with the 15 rep set. But my left showed its weakness. The kickbacks were okay, but I just hit failure on the very last rep. Barely got it in there. But my arms were majorly pumped and, MAN! did I ever feel the burn. I almost cramped on the weighted crunches as well.

Went right into abs. Did Level 9 for the first time. I was intending to do Level 8 as well, but ended up not doing it because I could barely do 9. The two moves were: 1. One-Legged Swiss Ball Roll Out, 20 seconds on each leg, and Alternating Leg Raises with Arms over head. On a couple of the sets, I wasn't able to last the whole 40 seconds, cutting out early by 2-3 seconds. Only on the roll-outs. But that was a really tough routine. I wasn't able to keep my balance, and engaging the core to stay balanced took a lot more out of me than I had expected. So by the end of the routine, I was just spent and just did Level 9. This will probably be another 2 week ordeal again.

The Splits were a little better and lower than last nights, but still have that weird pain in my hip flexors, like my muscle is getting pinched by the bones or something like that. But I got through it and was able to push some. The Flow was also, as usual, smooth and clean.

In the end, for only the regular workout not the 4hrs of snow play, I torched 640+kcals. If I had my HRM on during the snow play, I would have blasted past 1000kcals for sure. This was the best way to start the week.