2-09-16 HY: Tennis + TCF + Splits + BB- Bulk: Chest + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9&10 + Splits.

2-09-16 HY: Tennis + TCF + Splits + BB- Bulk: Chest + 0-6 Abs- P2: L9&10 + Splits.

Today was a monster day. Not be choice, but by necessity. Tennis day had to be pushed to Tuesday because we would not have access to the gym on our regular day.  Then, on top of that, I wasn't sure what was on tap for Body Beast, but after tennis, I was really tired. So, I said to myself that if a Leg workout was scheduled, I would only do splits and Flow. Well, it turns out that Chest was up and Legs are after that, so, I went ahead and did it.  It also works because Wednesday will be a late day so I will only have time for shorter workout in the evening.  So in the end, everything works out.

Tennis was... VERY VERY NOT GOOD. I know what the problem was, but my backhand was totally off. Just returning was fine, but when I was going for a winner or specific placement, I would miss hit the ball, or something would go wrong and the ball would go flying out into the next court.  There was also an issue with backlighting that made seeing the ball very tough. Even though I won the match, I am very dissatisfied with my play.

After the match, I took a lot of time to Flow and get centered again.  As always, it was nice to be free with no restrictions or barriers in my way, so no having to adjust my stances.  A few times, I overextended my stance, but a few Flows into the session, I stabilized myself.

My legs were sore and I was tired when I got home, so I wasn't in the best frame of mind to do a resistance workout. But I actually like Bulk: Chest, so that helped my attitude a lot.  As I started the getting ready, my daughter needed to use the computer so, while she was using it, I went ahead and did the splits.  It was a bit tough with sore legs but I was able to get back to my mark. When I finally was able to start my workout,   I decided to keep the weights the same as my previous run. Most of the weights I kept the same, but I did raise the weights on a few moves.  Here are my weights:
Super Set: Incline Fly (8.75/10/12kgs). Incline Press (13.25/15.75/25/22kgs). Move one was good.  The lighter weights gave me the opportunity to try and focus on my chest and activate my pecs a little more.  The second more was good.  But I was at my limit on the Drop Set.  Just barely getting up on the final rep and impossible to got one more in. I went up 3kgs on the Drop set.
Force Set: Chest Press w/ Rotation (19.5kgsX5).  This was my limit.  I can usually hit the first 4 sets then struggle on the 5th, but at this weight, I was beginning the struggle on the 3rd set.  I barely held out to the 5th set.  Definitely couldn't have gone any more.
Progressive Set: Incline Press (14.5/17/19.5/19.5/17/14.5kgs).  Only the first two sets were "easy" but the last four sets, all were struggles from the halfway point.  I could not keep up with Segi's pace either.  He seemed to pick up the pace early on.  I just could not hang.
Combo Set: Close-Grip Press to Fly (7.5/10/12kgs).  This one, I changed a lot from the previous time.  I went down 1.25kgs on the first set, up the same amount on the second, and ended up at the same weight on the final set.  Also, I did only the three sets.  No extra fourth set this time.  I hit my limit so many times already, I was just spent.
EXTRA SET: Band Uppercuts (Green). I did four sets on this rep count was 15-12-10-8. This move is Awesome! I really was able to activate my chest and did a static hold to get the burn.
Multi Set: Decline Push-Up (15/12/8reps), Cobra to Airplane (12reps). Russian Twist (32reps, legs up). If this finishing move was designed to burn me out, well, it lived up to its calling.  I was burned out. Scraping out those last 8 push ups was brutal!  But I was able to keep pace and crush it.
This was a super workout and I felt the pump and BURN!  One of the biggest things that I was very happy with is the fact that after all that heavy weight I did on presses and flies, my hands didn't hurt to the point of needing to give up.  With the heavy weights, I usually have a pain in my hand, specifically, my palms.  But today, I was fine. No overwhelming pain. That is definitely a win!

I was really tired by the end of the main workout, so I was thinking to just do one level.  I did Level 9 and crushed it! I was strong and stable.  Straight through, no rest.  That success energized me enough to motivate me to go on to Level 10, which I also crushed.  So happy to burn it out.

After I finish my workouts, I like to got right into the shower, but today, my daughter beat me to it, so while I was waiting, I stretched out with splits and some extra yoga moves.  While I didn't get any lower that my mark, I was able to settle there.  Hopefully I will see a clear benefit to doing splits twice.  That would motivate me to continue to do so.

So here are the totals.  Another Monster day!

In the end, I Torched 986kcals during Tennis, and then an additional 990kcal during my evening workout.  For a grand total of 1976kcals on the day!!! I will definitely need a mid week recovery day with some yoga a night.  I'll still keep up the stretch though, of course.