6-26-16 HY: ChaLEAN Extreme - Lean Circuit 1 + Ab Burner + Splits + TCF.

6-26-16 HY: ChaLEAN Extreme - Lean Circuit 1 + Ab Burner + Splits + TCF.

Today was a big day.  It was also a beautiful day, so you know what that means, especially after all the rain we've been having, our lawn looked like a jungle.  So it all came down.  Also there was a huge weed growing on our back retaining wall and it is our responsibility to cut it down.  Well, all that yard work took over 4 hours so I was a but tired afterwards.  Then, a little later, I went to have my hair cut.  It was such a relief because my hair was out of control, especially with all the humidity.

As I was going in and getting ready to do my workout, my daughter said, "Daddy, do you want to play with me?"  How could I say no?  So we went out for about an hour and tossed the football around.  My daughter, when she is on, has a really tight spiral.  I was really impressed.  We ran fly routes up hill as well.  What a great workout warm up.  

Anyway, I eventually got to my workout.  Started the Lean Circuit today.  Going back to 12 reps was tough, but I got through it.  I stuck with my weights from the last time, and it was BRUTAL!!!  Mini-breaks all through out the routine.  I added the 4 sets of various pull/chin ups.  This time, again, I am trying the slow pull ups. They really take it out of a guy.  In this circuit, the Breakdown is a separate move, so I'm following the program.  There were times that I thought the weight I had chosen was too light, but by the end, I was just dying.  So the weights were good.  I didn't think that 14.5kgs, 12kgs, and 10kgs would be so tough, but they were. A lot of the moves, I had to switch and take a break.  The target was Bi's and Tris with some lower body thrown in for good measure.

I moved right into the Ab Burner.  And it lived up to its name.  Burned my abs, good!

I was in sort of a time crunch, so I had to hold off on Splits and Flow until later, but they were both good!

At the end of the resistance and ab work, I did the home chores and finally got to the splits and Flow.  As expected, they were good, but on the splits, my knee was feeling it bad.  But I torched a huge 1250kcals.  That's the way to start a week!