1-4-16 HY: Body Beast- Bulk: Chest + 0-6 Abs- P2: L6&5 + Splits + TCF.

1-4-16 HY: Body Beast- Bulk: Chest + 0-6 Abs- P2: L6&5 + Splits + TCF.

Last day of vacation so I was able to get a good workout in. From tomorrow, things will most likely change because of work taking a big chunk of time away from me. HOW RUDE!!! LOL!

Today starts week 3 of Block 3, the BULK BLOCK! I decided to up my weights just a bit from the first two rounds. Here are the weights:

Super Set: Incline Fly (8.75/10/11.25kgs) & Incline Press (13.25/15.75/22/20.75kgs). Went up 1.25kgs on all the sets except the second move's Drop Set. For the Drop Set, I went up about 2.5kgs. Being the first set, I was fresh and felt I could go even heavier, but I didn't want to burn myself out so quickly. Still felt good, and very pumped already.

Force Set: Chest Press w/ Rotation (18.25kgs). The first 3 sets were fine, but the forth started to give me pause, and the fifth, I almost hit failure by the 3rd rep. It was for the last 2 reps that I had to flare my elbows a bit to get the weights up. WHATEVER IT TAKES!!! But I doubt Segi meant to use bad form.

Progressive Set: Incline Press (14.5/17/19.5/19.5/17/14.5kgs). This was killer! Going up was fine, and the heavy weight coming down was fine with only 8 reps. The last two sets, I was feeling it. I was still trying to focus on my chest and activate my pecs, but finding the just-right-arm-angle in order to activate my pecs is proving more difficult than hoped for. But I got a great burn and pump, especially from the last two sets.

Combo Set: Close-Grip Press to Fly (8.75/10/12/14.5kgs). This is the move that scared me. But I was determined to go up in my weight. I went up 1.25-2kgs. Usually, by this time in the workout, I am burned out, but today, I felt like I got my second wind early, and even with the higher weights, I got through without any break, but I got a HUGE BURN. I feel I was also able to stay in control a little better and focus on the chest a little more. But at the end, I had to really breathe it out. Again, huge pump!

Multi Set: Decline Push-Up (15/12/8reps), Cobra to Airplane (12reps), Russian Twist (30reps). That second wind blew me past this set, and I was able to crush it. But I have trouble hitting my chest with push-ups. I try different hand placement, but it is really hard for me to feel the chest activate.

Additional Set: Band Uppercuts (15/12/8reps w/ Red Band). I moved up from the Brown band to the Red. The extra tension was just enough for me to really activate my chest muscles. I do this extra move just for the extra activation of the chest muscles. Today, I was able to feel it more on the right than on the left. Hopefully I'll be able to balance that out as time goes on. My left is so under privileged. But today's workout was a pumping burning good time.

Moved right to Abs. I did level 6 and 5 again, and I think doing that three days in a row has really given my core the stability it needed. The planks were a lot more stable, and despite the intense burn, I was able to take it a lot better without all the extra groaning and moaning in pain. Very happy about that progress. I remember screaming in pain on the fourth round of level 5 with just a regular low plank on the Swiss Ball. Now, even after round 6, I'm solid as a rock. I think I'm ready to move on, but I'll keep it a weekly thing, and move on to level 7 on Sunday.

Splits went really well, I pushed hard and got low. Did a lot of Flows today as well at different speeds. No problem. Smooth and clean.

In the end, I torched 730+kcals. A little more than expected from an upper body heavy workout.