8-22-16 HY: Combat 60 Extreme Cardio Fighter + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Splits + TCF.

8-22-16 HY: Combat 60 Extreme Cardio Fighter + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Splits + TCF.

Kind of a regular vacation day. Got up late, relaxed in the morning, went out with my wife to do some shopping, went out to eat together, came home and relaxed some, then got to my workout in the late afternoon.  Lots of time so I could lean into everything.  I added a lot of time for the stretching and splits.  Also had to roll out some gimpy areas.

Combat 60 is a fun routine that mixes fighting styles which makes it much more interesting.  I was keeping up with the team and their pace, not adding any extra breaks until the 20 minute mark.  At that point, I wasn't too tired, but my throat was getting really parched and I had to take a drink.  Then I had to take a break after the last cardio interval which had a lot of fast moves upper and lower body.  But again, during the last half of the last interval, I needed a few mid-set breaks because I was dying.  Two variations of Push Ups, and two variations of crunches.  In the first set, the Push Ups were done on the knees, but in the second set, on the toes, and my arms were shaking like branches in the wind by that last time around.  But I rewound the DVD and did all the reps.  Even though I take a break, I still rewind and do all the reps, sometimes more.  The Ab moves, also two variations a regular crunch, then a round the knees move with two crunch pulses.  I never get the range of motion in the second set that I get in the first set.  It was a good routine.  Also, instead of using the 1kg weights, I went to the .5kg weights.  I couldn't handle the 1kgs for 60 minutes.  But the weight was just enough to make me fell the flex with every punch and jab.  One day I may go for the 1kgs, but not today.

That last ab move sort of primed me up to do more abs, so I decided to go ahead and do a bonus ab routine just because.  I hadn't done Extreme Core Circuit in a while, so I chose that one.  Plus, I really like that routine.  But today, I tried to stay in the difficult position, and Owwww!  I felt it burn.  Moving on the ball really helps me focus on the whole core all the way around.  Adding more range of motion today just made it burn all the better.

Today, I had the time, and my legs were feeling good, so I added time to several of the positions and I pushed low.  It was a really good session.  I think I hit a new low as well on the straddle and the left side splits.  The right side still needs a lot of work.  But it is getting there.  The Flow also, I added some runs and tried different speeds.  I LOVE VACATION!!!

In the end, after close to 3 hours, I torched a solid 950+ kcals.  Keeping the vacation alive!