5-10-16 HY: P90X2 - P.A.P. Lower + RevAbs - Mercy Abs + Splits + TCF.

5-10-16 HY: P90X2 - P.A.P. Lower + RevAbs - Mercy Abs + Splits + TCF.

Regular day, today.  Work then workout is the order of the day.  Got home a little later than hoped because of torrential rains.  It was like a monsoon on the road, and when trucks drove by it was a momentary whiteout.  Not fun and rather stressful.  As I started my workout, I was a little tired from the tense drive home, so the workout was the perfect thing to release all that tension.

I had totally forgotten what P.A.P. was, so I was trying to listen.  Right from the beginning I misunderstood or misheard four rounds per Complex for four Complexes.   So when I got through the first Complex, I was thinking, "What! Three More of these!"  I was heaving hard.  But thankfully, I discovered that there were only two complexes of four rounds each.  The moves weren't that difficult, but doing them four times in a row, Man, by the time I hit that fourth round, I was spent.  With that last stability move, "Tony's V" in the first Complex, my butt was really feeling it.  But that Side Plank with Leg raise in the second Complex, OUCH!!!  Actually, only half OUCH!!!  My right leg lift was strong all four rounds, but my left leg raise was drooping little by little every round, and by the fourth round, I could barely get it a few inches off my left foot.  There was no budging that leg up.  It was dead.  But I got a huge burn from today's routine.  I had wanted to get in some lower body work so I was quite satisfied with the workout today.  The only little hitch was that my knee started to act up a little.  I started feeling it in the first Complex with the One Leg Hop, then felt it even more in the second Complex with the Monster Hops.  I had started off with a 2-3 foot jump distance, but at that distance my knee was not going to hold up, so I shortened it to about a foot and a half and went fast.  That was a little better, but there were times when I had to baby my right knee.  The first move of the second Complex is where I saw the most improvement quickly.  In the first round, I was falling off balance every rep almost.  But by the last round, I was stable and steady.  I fell out of balance only a couple times.  Aside from the knee issue, Big pain, Big sweat and BIG BURN!

X2 Ab Ripper didn't pop up and I wasn't going to do abs today because I had done them two days in a row already, but I decided to go ahead and knock something out and went with Brett.  I always get a good burn with Mercy Abs, and today did not disappoint.  I was feeling it right from the first set of crunches.  Man! That was good, and my abs were really contracting today and flexing hard.  I was really focusing on keeping tension up and down and I felt the results.  Basic moves, but incredibly intense!

My right knee felt a little gimpy, so I was careful not to push too hard, but searching for the right angle paid off, and I was able to push lower than expected for today.  FLOWing was hard because of the knee.  Right side was a bit off, but left side was on par. Smooth and clean.

In the end, I torched a sweet 1000+kcals!  Good workout today.