8-23-16 HY: Combat 45 Power Kata + Swiss Ball Core + Splits + TCF.

8-23-16 HY: Combat 45 Power Kata + Swiss Ball Core + Splits + TCF.

Today was a good relaxing day.  My wife went out with her friends, so I went out on my own to see a movie.  When I got home, no one was home so I relaxed a little more, then got to my workout.

Today's Combat routine is the final routine in a Triple Combat run, Combat 30, 60, and now 45.  Right off, let me say that I thing that C45 is even more difficult than C60.  There are a lot more high impact jumps and what not  than C60.  C60 only has that Jumping Front Kick, but there the Jumping Side Kick, the Muay Thai Flying Knee, and one other that I can't remember at the moment.  There are also more reps than C60.  I had a good start to the routine, getting through the first two intervals, upper and lower body warm ups, relatively easily, the next two intervals were also fine, but after the fourth interval, I started to feel gassed, so I took a little extra time on the break. When I started the 5th interval, I was totally feeling gassed and my feet felt so sluggish and my movement was extremely muddled.  But I knew if I stopped, I wouldn't finish so I kept on pushing through, and by half way through that interval, I started to catch my second wind.  If I'm correct, that was the Muay Thai interval, and the first set of Flying Knees are what led me to get back into it.  The second set was a lot stronger and I was putting some power into it.  Also, this is the first time for me to do C45 with the 1kg weights.  With the weights, I had to be careful not to over-extend on my punches, but at the same time, get enough range of motion to flex my arms, shoulders and back muscles, especially on those power punches.  So today, form was paramount for me to keep right.  Great routine today!

I will be doing three ab/core days in a row today, so I wanted to do something intense with a lot of reps.  I also wanted to stay on the Swiss Ball so I went with an Indie Trainer and did a YouTube Core Swiss Ball routine.  It was a good routine, that reminded me how brutal plank is on the ball.  But there were also some good strength moves that included core work like Decline Push Ups.  Another great routine!

Splits were good. I added more time to the positions to get deeper and to push harder.  The Flow was smooth and clean.

In the end, I torched 850+kcals.  Completed the trifecta of Combat routines.  Rocked it!