7-25-16 HY: Combat HIIT 1 Power + Splits + TCF.

7-25-16 HY: Combat HIIT 1 Power + Splits + TCF.

It was a good relaxing morning. Shake for breakfast and got my regular morning workout in.  I was hoping to play tennis, but some family stuff came up so I had to cancel.  Bummer because this was my last chance for a Monday Tennis Day.  Oh well.

I reduced the dumbbell weight by 2.5kgs and went down to 7.5kgs from 10kgs.  Still tough but this time, I was able to complete the weighted sets.  Still killed my shoulders though, especially on those presses.  5 sets of the triple press and squats was very tough.  I was able to make it through the Weighted Interval,  but when it came to the Lower Body Interval, OH MY!!! I had to take breaks.  My legs were dying!  There is one progression that moved from Squats to Jumping Lunges.  I could not hang,  I had to take a breather between the Squats and Lunges.  Quads were BURNING!!!  I was also really dying on the Burpee Interval.  I did pretty well last week, but today, I was just so spent by the middle set that I had to stick with Option 1 and do the single squat.  But for some reason, the last set, the Double-8 set, I caught a second wind, and I did the single high jump, Option 3 for the last 6 reps.  I desperately needed a break after that one.  This was an incredibly intense routine and I needed a little bit of a longer break to allow my heart rate to drop a little before getting on with the next Interval.  Great but brutal routine.

I needed some water and coconut water before going on to the stretch. But it felt really good to to stretch out my burnt legs.  Having stretched just a few hours earlier I was able to open the hips rather well and get low.  I was also able to do a clean and smooth Flow.

In the end, I torched just under 800kcals.  A little more than last week.