8-25-16 HY: Combat 60 Extreme Cardio Fighter + ChaLEAN Extreme - I've Got Abs + Splits + TCF.

8-25-16 HY: Combat 60 Extreme Cardio Fighter + ChaLEAN Extreme - I've Got Abs + Splits + TCF.

Last day of night classes before my business trip to the US.  But the day was another lazy one, just doing some more organizing and stuff while watching Netflix.  I lost track of time and barely got to my workout just in time to finish the whole thing before I had to go to class.  Had to skip dinner though, but ended up having a shake when I got home.  Nice to have everything done all at once.

Second time around this week for Combat 60.  But the big difference is that I decided to use the 1kg weight during the workout.  Combat 45 went well, so I figure I'd give it a go.  Long story short, I made it through with the 1kgs, but I was really feeling it.  I tried to put as much power into the punches as I could, but I got a tingling sensation just off my thumb when I threw a power punch so I was afraid I might be pulling a nerve or something, so I backed off a bit until the buzz went away.  I was able to make it all the way through until there were only three track remaining.  By that time, my arms were really feeling the weight so I took an extra rest between those intervals.  Needless to say, they were the most cardio intensive tracks so I was pretty winded after each one.  I forget with track, but Rachel talks about "Shredding" the shoulder muscle on a particular variation of the jab, so I started trying to use more shoulder on those jabs, and back played a huge part as well.  I'm really wondering how I'm going to feel tomorrow.  In the last Track, the core and strength track, I made it all the way through with only two extra breaks, on between the first and second sets, and one after the first set of push ups in the second set, just before the circle push ups.  I was also able to get more range of motion on the crunches so I was happy about that.  Over all, had a good workout with a lot of sweat and heavy breathing.

I wanted to go intense on abs but I didn't have the time to do Insane Abs, so I went with Chalene's toughest ab routine (in my estimation).  I had a good warm up in Combat 60 at the end, so the initial moves were good, so I knew I had to push myself more to get the burn.  When the leg lifts started, that's when the burn started coming on.  Weighted obliques brought an intense burn and I bellowed out.  Luckily I was alone so no problem.  This is one of my favorite ab routines because it doesn't use momentum and the slow reps are brutal.  Oh, and the push ups really help to focus on the core.  Often times when I do push ups I only focus on back, chest and arms, but when doing push ups for the core, that is a whole different ball game.  I have to, with purpose of mind, focus on what my core is doing during each rep and make sure I'm activating the target muscles or I'm not doing the correct form.  Great workout!

Splits were especially satisfying today.  Mainly because I made huge strides on my right side splits.  Front leg was straight and I was able to push the lowest so far for that side. JAM ON!!!  The Flow was on point.

In the end, I torched over 1100kcals.  Big day, big burn!