8-08-16 HY: Combat HIIT 2 Shock Plyo + 10 Minute Trainer - Abs + Splits + TCF.

8-08-16 HY: Combat HIIT 2 Shock Plyo + 10 Minute Trainer - Abs + Splits + TCF.

It was a good day. Had a good sleep, got to wake up late, relaxed prep, home early.  Got to start my workout early as well, so I was able to get it done... EARLY! I love days like this. Three Cheers for Summer Vacation!!!

Today was a tough routine that I was determined to conquer.  Well, I didn't "CRUSH" it, but I only took one mid-interval break and that wasn't my fault.  Had a computer malfunction again, but got it going a lot quicker than yesterday. But the "Between-Interval-Pull-Ups" are back.  I started after the Burpee Interval and did them every break until I did 4 sets.  But I was able to up the rep count from 12 to 15reps, so I was very happy about that.  That is, except for the final set.  I saved the toughest for last, and I had to do a 10-5rep split.  The Wide-WIDE grip pull ups just wore me out and I failed at 10reps, so I came off the bar, shook out my arms, then hammered out the last 5reps.  I had more energy today than the last time I did this routine so in the final Interval, I was able to do the Dive Bomber Push ups on my toes as opposed to on my knees the last time.  But going back to the beginning, that warm up is brutal.  It  burns out the legs pretty quick, but that forced my body to dig deeper for that second wind.  Which came with the Burpee Interval.  I think a big part of the reason why I had more energy today was two-fold, 1. I got a lot of sleep, and 2. I had a Shake for lunch just before my workout.  Felt good and strong. 

This was a bonus Ab routine today.  I normally do only 3 ab routines a week, but since I have the time during vacation, I'm going to push as much as I can and do abs every chance I get.  This week, I'm going with all Tony routines.  I haven't done 10MT Abs in a long time, so I was glad to have the chance to do it today.  Everything started off well, but then when it moved into the Plank-based moves, OH MAN!!! My shoulders really felt it, especially after the second move.  The last few moves were BRUTAL!  I can still feel it in my shoulders several hours after the workout.  But I tried to keep form and flex hard to active the core.  It burned me out. 

Splits were good, keeping up the micro movements to stretch as many muscles in my inner thighs and hamstrings as possible.  Time to push past this plateau.  The Flow was, as usual, on point.

To close things out, I did a challenge from a Challenge group I'm in through my coach.  The "How many Power Jumps can you do in 1-minute?" Challenge.  I had to put my strap-brace back on for this one.  I went for speed instead of height, but still getting my knees high, but not my body.  I blasted it from the beginning, and had to take a few seconds in the middle to catch my breath, but then went for it in the second half.  Ended up with 101reps.  My knee was feeling it.  I was going to try again tomorrow, but I figure I had better not.

In the end, I torched a satisfying 1040+kcals.   That was a bit of a boost at the end.