Had an extra long day at work that pushed my departure time back so I was in a time crunch from the start. I needed every second to finish these routines. I did start with the 22 Push Up Challenge which was tough. And I accidentally did 30 reps instead of 22. My brain was off somewhere and I just lost count. But I did the Medicine Ball Alternating Push Up today. One on one off. The one on was very tough and the sweat started to fly and drip. You can see the videos of all my push ups on my facebook page. Today was day 13.
Today ends my second round of the Push Circuit. Next week, I start the Lean Circuit. I was considering doing one more round, but I just ordered the Les Mills Combat and I want to try that program out after I'm done with ChaLEAN Extreme. The big change for today was the Pull Ups. Instead of pumping out a fast set of 12-15reps, I went slow, in keeping with Chalene's methodology. The first set I did 22 slow reps, mixing the numbers on the different grips. The next three variations, Wide Front, Close Front, and Towel, all topped out at 6reps. Doing pull ups slow is a whole new ball game. The first two reps felt really good, I felt strong, the next two were when the pain started to creep in. The last two, I was struggling not to kip and failed at six. Major Burn! Huge cardio affect as well. I was a bit surprised at how out of breath I was. Everything else was the same as the last time. The big changes to the original were also the same as last time. Move 2. I did it Elbow Out. Move 8. I did single arm instead of double arm so I could load up my weights and not worry about my back. But the weird thing was that my when working my right arm and in a Left-foot-forward lunge, my left glute started to cramp. Then visa versa. It seems like I was putting some extra stress on my hip to stabilize so I wouldn't slant my shoulders. So, on the last few reps, I focused on squaring my hips to the floor and that helped so much, no cramping. Huge burn all around. Great workout.
Abs and core were fried with this routine. It keeps raising the intensity on me. Today, I almost cramped out, but I breathed it out and it was good. For pain, the best advice came from Shaun T. He said to exhale forcefully. Simple, but IT WORKS!!!
In the end, I torched 1220+kcals. One reason why I burned so much was that for the first 1/3 plus of the resistance routine, I wasn't using the AC. But once my daughter came home and came up to her boiling hot room, she turned on the AC so I got some relief at the end. I'll do the Splits and TCF tomorrow. Today will be my off day from them.
Happy Weekend!!!
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