Today is a National holiday, but I had to work. And the day off will be moved to next week so I can have the whole week off for a holiday called "Golden Week" here in Japan. But since it was a holiday, I came home a little earlier than usual. Actually, I was planning to take today off because I planned to go out for shopping with my girls and then eat an early dinner, but that didn't work out because my daughter was dead tired from the practice session of her new club, Field Hockey. When she got home she went right to sleep and didn't wake up until past 5pm effectively putting any hope of shopping to rest. So, I decided to go ahead and keep my regular schedule and workout.
I thought Balance + Power was an easy routine, but it was not. The three circuits got progressively difficult and then the bonus round was a killer topper. Rep counts were relatively low, but I was moaning and groaning on the last few reps. All the moves started off easily, but got difficult real quick. And on most of the balance moves, I had trouble keeping my balance and tapped out several times. This also seemed like a total body workout because I got the burn from my feet to my shoulders and arms. All that one-legged balance work is tougher than one might think. But in each circuit, there was one move that particulary wasted me. In the first circuit, it was the "Sphinx to Plank Roll Up". The very first move, "Sphinx to Plank Plyo Bounce" was more fun and easier. But without that bounce, my core was howling. I could only manage 8 reps. In the second circuit, DEFINITELY, "Glute Bridge Roll Out" The first 10 reps were easy, but my hammys started to feel it in the second 10 and I was close to cramping on the last 4 or so reps. Then my hammys felt rather tender for long after. The third circuit, Well, ALL the moves were extreme killers, except the last move. At one point I felt my heart pounding in my chest and my HR had jumped to 180bpm. But went back to normal soon after. In the bonus round, DEFINITELY, the last two moves, "Dumbbell Super Burpee" and "Plank Ball Crunch". Bringing the dumbbells up for the press, three times on each side, maybe more, I had to tap out. I saw using the same weight as Tony was, and I was dying. I barely made the last rep of the final move. Great sweat, Great workout.
I had already gotten a good core workout from a lot of these balance move, but I felt I should dig a little deeper, so I went with Extreme Core Circuit. Man, did I ever feel the burn today. Still used the 1kg hand weights. Nice way to finish off the week.
Right after I finished, my daughter came and started to ask me if I was done. I thought she was going to ask me to play badminton, but I was mistaken. She actually asked me to fix her friend's bike. So, not wanting to let her faith in me down, I went out to take a look. The chain had gotten wedged between the frame and sprocket. So I had to yank and jerk it out. But I fixed it. Hope my daughter was proud.
I got back and did my Splits and Flow. Splits were good, getting low, feeling pain, but not in my knee so it was all in the right places. Then the Flow was right on point. Great way to close out the week.
In the end, I torched 961kcals. Too bad I couldn't hit a grand. Happy Off Day!!
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