I'M BACK!!! The recovery week was great! I was really able to rest up and allow my body to heal. Plus, the 3-Day Refresh that started off my Recovery Week really gave me a new and energized body. I'll admit, I was a little restless with all that extra energy, but the stores are full, and I'm ready to work hard.
Today was a good day. Went shopping and ran some errands with my wife in the morning. We ate at Subway for lunch and it was delicious! When we got home, we relaxed for a while, and then I got to work.
I was really looking forward to the Push Phase because this is one muscle group at a time and the pump and burn are palpable. Today's menu was Biceps, Legs with Squats and Triceps. I used the previous run through notes as my guide, but some of the weights were a little too heavy, so I will have to adjust them for next time. And I must say, that even though I was only doing 8 reps then the break down on the last 6 moves, I was getting an incredible cardio effect. By the end of those slow sets, I was gasping for air. I wasn't, or at least I wasn't trying to hold my breath, but man, was I winded after most of those moves. The numbers game was still playing in my head for the 4 extra sets of pull/chin ups. I went as fast as I could for as many as I could but to a goal. I did better than last time. The big thing was that again, my forearms were really feeling it today. Chalene warned about not gripping the weights too tight for fear of over gripping, but I needed to really grip the weights or they'd fall right out of my hands. I don't think I had a death grip on them, but enough to not let them fall. But there were a lot of heavy weights, especially for the squats. Only one move forced me to stop before 8 reps, that is the Hammer Biceps move in the last circuit of 3. My biceps were about ready to give out, and they did on 6, but I wanted to get to 8 so I shook out my arms and finished off the set, then, plus the breakdown. The pump really stayed with me for a long time after. My forearms are still feeling it as I type. Also, the very final move, Push Ups, instead of doing regular push ups as Chalene does, I went with Triangle Push Ups so I could keep working my Triceps. That final move blew me away. Then I had the last set of Pull Ups, but I was doing a 5-grip Switch Grip set. The last 2 grips, I had to rest after 4 then eek out a fifth. Super SUPER Pump and Burn today. Getting that After burn effect also.
Ab Burner seemed like the logical choice for abs today so that is what I did. My arms were so spent, I'm glad I could push with Chalene today. I got that long lost burn, but it's BACK!!!
The Splits were really good today. Smooth and clean, I just need to get lower sooner. And I did several extra Flows to cap off the workout.
In the end, I torched a great 1125+kcals. Back to the big Burn!
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