7-24-16 HY: Combat 30 - HIIT Kick Start + RevAbs - Mercy Abs + Splits + TCF.

7-24-16 HY: Combat 30 - HIIT Kick Start + RevAbs - Mercy Abs + Splits + TCF.

Busy morning.  I wasn't planning on it, but when I woke up and saw that it was cloudy, I decided to do the long overdue lawn work, mainly cutting the grass.  So, I had a shake and got to it.  I usually go over the lawn twice, first cutting the long and thick grass, rake it up and bag it, then go back over and cut all the patches I might have missed and then clear the lawn.  But, I ran out of nylon string for the week wacker so I was only able to do one pass.  It took only a couple hours this time, but half way through, the sun came out and I started to cook.  So maybe it was a good thing that I ran out of nylon.  I was soaked! So I showered and cooled off.  I ran some errands with my wife in the afternoon and then hit the workout in the early evening.

Week 2 Day 1 of Combat is just a repeat of Week 1.  So, I did a little bit of tweaking to today's routine.  Being able to keep my Pull Up reps up is important to me.  In Combat, I haven't seen much strength training, but only one week in, I'm staying hopeful.  So today, I added a little Pull Up training to the mix.  Between the different Intervals, I inserted one set of Pull Ups.  It was only 12 reps each, but it was good to get some Pull Ups done. I ended up doing only 4 sets each a different position on the bar just for variety.  Anyway, the main routine was a lot better this time around.  I still can't be sure if the sets are time based of rep based, because I still feel that the right side is doing more reps than the left for some reason.  But I was a lot better on sticking with the left and right side this time.  Got a great sweat rolling and raised my heart rate a level.  I didn't feel my upper back this time, just like last Sunday, but I'm interested to see if I'm going to be sore in my upper back like I was last Monday. But I definitely did a lot better today.  More efficient on my Kata and was able to control my breathing better when applying power to the punches, especially the knock out punch.  Still having problems with my balance on some of the kicks, especially the Back Kicks.  The Jumping Kick starts out wobbly but get better once I find the groove.  Good routine today.

I'm feeling a bit soft in my core today, so I went with Mercy Abs.  Perfect to Burn it up. The static contractions and the slow reps are really good.  However, I got a little impatient and didn't give myself any rest between the sets, especially on the last circuit.  It was brutal, but in a good way.  I need to work on keeping my legs straight on the V-Ups.  Still very tough for me.

The Splits were a little more painful than usual today, but that was expected because of the off day yesterday.  But I got to my mark quicker than before and got  past it as well.  I added a few stretches and raised the time in some stretches.  The Flow was good, smooth and clean.

In the end, I torched a solid 820kcals.  About the same number as last week.  Nice to stay consistent.