1-7-16 HY: BB- Bulk: Arms + 0-6 Abs- P2: L7-6 + Splits + TCF.

1-7-16 HY: BB- Bulk: Arms + 0-6 Abs- P2: L7-6 + Splits + TCF.

Busiest day of the week for me and a bit tired, but working out always gives me energy so I was looking forward to today's session.

ARMS!!! Third time mean up the weights. But this time I went higher than usual. In some cases it paid off, in others I had to back off. Here they are:

Progressive Set: Standing Curl (6.25/7.5/10/10/7.5/6.25kgs). I went up 2.5kgs all the way around. If this was later in the workout, I wouldn't have lasted. But this was probably the perfect weight for me, just about to fail coming to the last rep.

Single Set: Tricep Extension (14.5/17/22/19.5kgs). Went up 2.5kgs here, too. The 22's were very tough. I could feel the outer part of the triceps really working with my elbows in.

Force Set: Wide EZ Bar Curl (13.25kgs). Went up only 1.25kgs on this one, because my arms were feeling like rubber and MAJORLY Pumped and Burned out partly. This was my limit. Doing this many reps and sets at this weight brought me to the edge of failure again.

Single Set: Skull Crusher (7.5/10/13.25/12kgs). The Drop Set was tough. I had to lose form a bit to get the weights up. Elbows had to flare out some, and they weren't as close together as the previous extension move.

Progressive Set: Hammer Curl (6.25/8.25/11.25/10/8.25/6.25kgs). The first two sets were fine, but once I hit the heavy weight, my bicep was so burned out and the weight was just too heavy, I had to resort to swinging the weight up with a jerk from my body to get the weight started up. So, on the way down, I lowered the heavy weight by 1.25kgs. With the rest and stretch, I was able to keep for for the first 6, the swung on the last two. It was TOUGH on the last two sets. Needed a couple mid-set breaks. The Left arm felt stronger, but still a lot weaker than the right. On the first heavy weight, I had to swing up on all reps. Then coming down. I had to swing up on about 5 reps. The lighter sets were a little better, but definitely weaker.

Progressive Set: Tricep Kickback (6.25/8.25/10/11.25/8.25/6.25kgs). As you can see, I used the same weights, and I did much better. Going up was good, so coming down, I went back to the 11.25kgs on the heavy weight, and I was able to get it down with not much break. But there was a major Pump and Burn!

Single Set: Weighted Crunch (6.25kgs). I went up a bit, and boy did I feel it. I was on the verge of cramping in the ab section. It was really tough. Upon finished the 30th rep, I was in real pain accompanied by major moaning. That little extra weight made a huge difference. I was so pumped by the end of the routine, my upper arms were stretching my shirt taut. Felt Good!

Moved right into Abs and since I actually had the time today, I did two levels, started with 7, then added 6. I must say, L6 is much more difficult than L7. But with my legs and glutes screaming after yesterday, anything on one leg would be difficult. But I felt like I really nailed the abs today. I will say that I am a little irritated that the trainer doesn't watch the time better and it seems like he doesn't care. I mean, on the first move, the one armed plank, it is supposed to be 20sec./20sec. But since he doesn't watch the time, it ends up being 27sec./13sec. That type of imbalance just irritates me to no end. That is one thing that pushed me away from TAE BO. I loved Billy, but he is so imbalanced. Like one side he does like 20 reps, then we switch and he does only 12 reps because of his clock. That type of thing happened regularly. I can remember it happening only once with ChaLEAN Extreme in Ab Burner, the very last move, 8 reps on the first side, then 6 or less on the other side. I end up not following her count and just doing 8/8 at my pace. Anyone notice that?

In the Splits, there was a moment near the end that I really felt like I broke through a plateau. I suddenly felt like I was getting lower. But when I came back around on the final cycle, I had lost that feeling. Hope I get it more regularly and can push harder. Flow was good and done a several different speeds AND at different angles to try and test my directional orientation. So far, I'm still smooth and clean.

In the end, I torched a solid 630+kcals. PUMP AND BURN!!!