1-29-16 HY: T25- Alpha: Cardio + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9 + Splits + TCF.

1-29-16 HY: T25- Alpha: Cardio + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9 + Splits + TCF.

I was hoping to get home from work with enough time to not have to rush during my workout, but ended up staying later than I wanted and ended up having to rush. But then, in the very end, it turns out that I didn't need to rush so I added a lot of extra stretching.

When I got home, I sort of felt like I was starting to catch something so instead of going on in Beta, I went back to the beginning and did Alpha: Cardio. Maybe I should have done Beta: Upper Focus, because Cardio was tough! I thought it would be an easy not too intense routine, but it ended up being very tough. It started off as expected, with just an easy march like move at the beginning of the run progression, but once we hit the Jacks section, I knew something was off. I started to feel a pull in my right lower inner glute, or perhaps my upper inner right hammy. But it was an odd type of feeling that somewhat limited my range of motion a bit. When the jumping got more intense, my arches really started to hurt, and by the 15:30 mark, I forget the move, the more just before the first Burn Out, I had to stop because the pain in my arches was just too much. My endurance wasn't that extended, but it was the pain. So I took about 15 seconds, rewound the DVD, then started the move over and went all the way through the Burn Out. But from that point, I was taking little breaks, especially when the jumping started. The agility move also was bringing the pain, so I had to take another break then. In all, I think I had to take about 5-6 breaks. Again, not because I was tired, but because of the pain in my lower extremities. I think I may need to stick with Alpha for a while to regain my foot and lower body strength so I can get back to doing Straight 25's.

I moved right into Abs. I usually do the one legged roll-out starting on my left leg, but today, I started on my right leg to see if my theory of, "Left leg roll outs are tougher" stand. Well, it doesn't. I guess my core was too weak to do the move and hold it on both sides. Because by the third set, my left side plank was bringing the pain. I had to take momentary breath breaks on the last two sets. But I was able to keep my balance a lot better on both sides this time around. No big fall-outs except for the last second shout out of pain on the final set. The alternating leg raises were also very tough since I'm trying to raise my chest higher now. Still a killer. I'm going to have to do this one for one more week.

Splits were good, but I have to be really careful and watch my leg placement because if I angle my leg a little too inside, my knee feels like it will collapse inward. And I definitely don't want that to happen. The Flow felt smooth and clean. Nice calm way to end the week. I added a lot of glute stretches like the Pigeon and just sat there in the pose trying to control my breathing. I got nice and low. I also did a few other stretches I learned from Tony. Felt a lot better. I also didn't feel like I was catching something post workout. Working out hard is an extremely good treatment for just catching a cold. I have averted colds several times thanks to my workouts!

In the end, I torched a nice 689kcals.