No tennis today. Everyone was busy with their own thing. On top of that, my daughter came down with a fever and was out of commission pretty much the whole day. I stayed with her and took care of her until my wife came home. I started my workout in the early evening after my daughter woke up from a nap.
I kind of wanted to keep that full body thing going so I went with a total body routine from Body Beast, one I really like a lot. I want to push myself and really get the blood pumping to fight any potential virus now infesting my home, so I upped most of the weights in the routine, but I kept several at the same level. In the first circuit, I raised the first Squat weight from 7.5kgs to 17kgs. That quickly put a lot of resistance on my legs. Through both sets of the first circuit set, I got a huge cardio effect. I was really breathing hard. Doing 4 moves in succession with no break is brutal. In the 2nd Circuit Set, I upped all the first round weights. Incline Press 12kgs to 17kgs, Bent-Over Row and Reverse Alternating Lunge 12kgs to 14.5kgs. The second round, I only upped the Incline Press from 17kgs to 19.5kgs. The other two moves kept the same weight as last time, 17kgs. Starting off with a heavy weight really changes things up. There is no warm up, it is banging it out right off the bat. That, for me, is a lot tougher. The 3rd Circuit Set, I tried to raise the weight of the 1,1,2 Military Press from 7.5kgs to 10kgs. That was painful. I took a lot of little breaks because 15reps at that weight was too much for me at that point. I also raised the Stiff Leg Dead Lift from 10kgs to 12kgs in the first round. Then the last two moves of the second round, I upped from 12kgs to 14.5kgs. The Russian Twist with 14.5kgs is extremely tough. I think I probably go lighter next time. I kept the Post Delt Raise the same, 4kgs and 5kgs. My shoulders were letting off a subdued scream at that point. In the final Circuit Set, the first two moves, Bicep Curl-up-Hammer Down and Tricep Extension-Kickbacks went from 7.5kgs to 8.75kgs, then 8.75kgs to 10kgs. Then the third move, Calf Raise- Weight at Shoulders went up 7.5kgs to 12kgs, and 12kgs to 14.5kgs. I sure I can go heavier for my calves, but my shoulders hurt a bit. I need some padding on my shoulders. The entire routine just really kept me on my feet and when I could, I took out the break time between moves within a circuit. But today felt really good. Great pump and burn.
I didn't want to start 0-6 Abs Level 14 at the end of a week so I went with Chalean. Her ab routines are always so innocuous, but they creep up on you and rack your world. This was no different. I had to keep telling myself not to bounce on the Swiss Ball. Awesome Burn!
I really pushed on the splits today, and I feel like I'm progressing. The Flow was good, the first time on the left side though. I wasn't paying attention and I lost the Flow. So I had to start over and the next time was great.
In the end, I torched a good 900+kcals. Huge for a resistance workout. HAPPY!
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