Happy Mother's Day to all you Mothers out there. This is the first Mother's Day that we weren't able to celebrate together as a family. Son at school and daughter needing to do school duties. So I took my wife out to eat at a newly re-opened Indian restaurant. Again, we ate till we were very full. But it was delicious. And although I ate till I was very full, if I compare the last time I ate there, I ate about half the amount. Good news that my stomach seems to be getting smaller so I can't eat nearly as much as I used to be able to eat. At the start of my workout today, I didn't feel as heavy as I did on Friday, also, it is a good thing that I wasn't doing cardio.
I have four routines left to finish out X2, and this is the final defined one, meaning the specific focus of the routine is in the name. One thing I'm not really fond of is the fact that the majority of Chest moves are push ups. I wish there were more Chest presses and flies, etc. But anyway, This was a good routine. Another one of the Two Round routines of 11 moves. I improved my Chatterocker Push-up count between rounds. In the first round, I stopped way sooner than I wanted, but I pumped out a few more because I had the time. Second round, I hit my target, plus a few extra reps. Felt good and very winded. I did the strip press 1-3 reverse to what Tony did. I did mine the Body Beast way, Lower weight, medium weight, heavy weight, with decreasing rep count. 15-12-8. The first round was good, I was able to handle all three levels. Second round was a lot tougher. Totally hit failure at the end with the heavy weight and had to get all "Fugly" to get the last rep in. I raised my weights also, all the dumbbells by 1.25kgs. Made a huge difference. Three-Ball Extravaganza is tough, because I don't have three balls. So here is a shot of what I do instead.
It is basically the same idea, balance is a big issue but only vertically. I do the same thing on other moves like Push-Up Side Arm Balance, and 3-Ball Dip. Also, you'll notice that I have a cheapy med ball that squishes. I wish I had a hard one. Maybe someday, I'll put out the bucks for one or two. On the 3-Ball Dip, I did 15reps with both feet on the med ball, and then the set with each leg raised. I was able to double the leg raise sets in the second round. Over all, a good workout. I got a really good burn and pump. But the odd this was that I didn't feel like I was popping out of my shirt, rather, my muscles felt harder. Just a different sensation today. Felt good though. With all the balance work on the foam roller, my forearm is feeling quite sore right now as I type.
I really didn't feel the Jam for X2 Ab Ripper today, so I went with Chalene. I really like this routine because it new, fresh and challenging. Also, it gives my core the same "hard core" sensation that I got from the X2 routine today, not pumped, but hard. My core got the good burn, but no pump, rather a core tightness. I still feel it now a few hours post workout. I think that is a good thing.
The Splits felt really good today. No extra pain anywhere, and I'm hitting and passing the mark a lot sooner than later. And the Flow is right on par. Good to get it done today. Looking forward to my ShakeO for dinner.
In the end, I torched a solid 1179kcals. Good way to start my week.
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