Today was a somewhat busy day in that I had a lot of stuff to do, but my whole day shifted because of two events: 1. getting up really late, and 2. My son calling. I'm not sure why I woke up so late, but I just did and that threw off my whole day, so to speak. I finished the big project of the day which was to switch my winter clothes and my summer clothes. I made a mistake in preparing to do that because I usually get all my clothes ready so I can bring an armful of summer clothes downstairs, then bring an armful of winter clothes upstairs. But today, I only got my summer clothes ready, then, without thinking, started bringing then down, then did my winter clothes and brought them all up. That basically doubled my trips up and down the stairs. Nice workout. I was thinking I should have worn my pedometer to at least count my steps. Finished right before lunch so I could eat lunch with my girls. Then they wanted to go out so I tagged along. That took a lot longer than expected and we didn't get home until almost 8pm. I was going to be another late workout. Then, just as I was getting ready to start, my son calls from out of the blue. He usually calls my wife. This is the first time I've actually talked to him in over a week. So we talked for over an hour. By the time we finished, it was way past 9pm. I was considering doing my shorter cardio routine, but decided to stick with the program and do resistance, late or not. I was planning to do a morning workout as well, but with such a late workout today, I'll do a late afternoon workout tomorrow. I don't want to bunch up my workouts because that would leave too much time between tomorrow's workout and the next day's. Is that right reasoning, or doesn't it matter?
Keeping it interesting is the name of the game. So, after finished all the P90X resistance routines, I decided to move to another program. And so my next program is a non-Beachbody program, but I like it a lot as well. It is a program called "Supreme 90 Day" with Tom Holland. You can find it on Amazon.com among other places. I got it several years ago at a sporting goods shop for only $9.95. I couldn't pass that price up so I got it. It was definitely worth the low price. The DVD's themselves aren't as well produced at Beachbody's DVD's, but the program is sound. Also, the names sound similar to P90X's but the methodology is very different. Today, was Chest & Back. Basically 5 sets with 3 rounds each of Super Sets. Then a double Combo Set to finish it out. I didn't want to take the time to dig out my last set of worksheets, so I went with the memory of what I can lift on a particular move. The program did not come with it's own worksheets, so I had to make my own. Below is today's record.
It is interesting because the warm up is mainly for the core, but the routine's target is Chest & Back. Not sure of the reasoning there, but I did it. In the photo, you can see the 5 sets of Super Sets. I also made a big change in the way I do this routine. I sort of did it like Body Beast in that I went up in weight every set with weights and went down in reps. For the non-resistance moves like push-ups and Upper Cuts, I maintained a 15-20 rep count on all three sets. Another thing I did differently was on the "Upper Cuts (Chest)" move in set 4. In the past, I used dumbbells, but I couldn't stop from making it a biceps workout, so I changed it to bands. Then in the Wt. column, I put "G-4"" etc. The "G" stands for Green Band, and the "4"" stands for 4 inches, which means I stood with my feet 4" apart. Then the later two moves are wider apart so as to provide more resistance. Tom Holland uses Dumbbells for this move, but I prefer to use bands because I can hit my chest so much better with the bands. For some reason, if I use dumbbells on this move in particular, I end up doing it as a Curl instead, not working my chest at all. But with the bands... BING BING BING!!! Really nails the lower chest. Also, on the second set, I did the two moves, Dumbbell Bench press and Dumbbell Pull-Over, on a ball instead of on the ground like the DVD has their crew do. On the ball, I got a lot more range of motion. The moves in this routine are very basic, but good moves. I'm happy to start this program. I got a huge burn on each set, and especially the final set. Burn City!!!
It was late, so I didn't want to do a long ab routine so I chose ChaLEAN Extreme's Ab Burner. I really tried to push the iso holds and my abs were buring like the dickens! Seriously major awesome burn. Happily unexpected!
The Splits were good, or should I say at least, getting better with animals in the wild. I was able to hit a good low straddle and side splits. The Flow was also on Par.
In the end, I torched a solid 850+kcals. Great way to start off the new week!
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