8-14-16 HY: Combat HIIT 1 Power + Core Challenge + Splits + TCF.

8-14-16 HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + Combat HIIT 1 Power + Core Challenge + Splits + TCF.

This was an odd day.  Had an appointment from noon until evening and so I had to get my workout done in the morning.  I've never done a morning workout on a Sunday before, so this was a new experience.  I was feeling a little tighter than usual so to start off my workout, I led off with Cold Start, and it served its purpose perfectly.  Got my sweat started, my heart pumping and my body loosened up.  I really like the HIIT Power routine because it uses the weights a little more and it can work my shoulders and legs very well.  The warm up is a nice cardio interval then it gets into the weights.  It is a good thing that the weighted interval comes at the beginning of the routine or I'd never get through it in one shot.  The last move is absolutely brutal with that triple press move.  Thank goodness it is only four reps per set.  The next few intervals are good, but the toughest interval is the Burpee-push up-Squat/jump interval.  That 8-12-16 rep progression seems easy, but it is a killer.  I was so dying after the second set.  I needed a longer break just to catch my breath.  But once I got started on the 16 rep set, I charged it, took a short break at 8 reps, then charged to the end. "Death by Burpee" is the motto of this routine.  I wanted to at least do a short ab routine, but I ended up not having time because of the extra break times that were needed.

It was close to 8pm when I got home and once I was all settled, I started the second half of my workout.  It was a little later than I had wanted, but I was training my son.  I've been giving him tips while he's been at college on how to bulk up and we were going over a body weight routine he does.  I gave him some extra chest and back moves as well which are key tennis muscles.  After he finished, I did my thing.

My coach is running a 1-month long Challenge group and as part of that group shorter challenges are embedded. The most recent challenge is a core challenge so it was perfect for me to tack that on to my daily workout to work my abs.  Basically, it is a circuit of crunches-planks-push ups.  It took me about 18 minutes to complete and it wore me out.  I cold feel my core really working to keep stable.  Before I started, I thought to do two rounds, but NO WAY! Once was enough.

The Splits and Flow were good.  On the splits, it feels as though I'm getting through my present plateau so I'm very happy about that.  I need to keep on pushing though. Flow was on point.  Also, I wanted to see how many calories I burned on just the Splits and Flow (today, plus the Core Challenge).

In the end, I torched over 830kcals in the morning, then just over 200kcals in the evening.  Topped 1000kcals for the day.  Nice way to start my week.