8-26-16 HY: Cycling + Combat 30 Kick Start + Splits + TCF.

8-26-16 HY: Cycling + Combat 30 Kick Start + Splits + TCF.

Well, today was an odd day to say the least, as far as scheduling and my plan went.  I was planning to do a Body Beast routine today, and then Combat 30 tomorrow because of my US trip from Tuesday.  I have an early start on Tuesday so no time for a regular workout, so I am planning to not take my usual Saturday off day, rather, go straight through till Monday, then possibly have two non-regular workout days Tuesday, and a repeat Tuesday in the US (time lag thing).  But things suddenly changed.  The day before, my daughter was almost hit by a car while riding her bike.  She got a few bruises and scrapes, but was okay.  Her bike took a tumble, and a few things got thrown out of wack.  So, I was tasked with riding her bike to the shop where we purchased it to get it fixed.  I could have done it myself, but I don't have the appropriate tools, so I had to ride it into the city, which is about 25km round trip up hill both ways. LOL!  Her bike is also very different from mine, it is a high school prescribed bike so it looks like a woman's bike from the 80's.  So peddling it was a lot more resistance-intense than my recumbent.  Angles are all so different.  Center of gravity was also a lot higher so I had to get used to that.  I must have looked like a beginner cyclist.  Also, it only has 3 gears compared to my 21 gears.  A lot more work up hill and on long slopes.  So it was a matter of riding the bike to the shop, waiting for it to get fixed and tuned up, then riding it back home.  I figure I'd make it part of my workout.  Unfortunately I totally whiffed on wearing my HRM.  I could have kicked myself all the way to Jersey and back.  Anyway,  It was a nice ride, a lot less hot than I expected in the middle of the day with the sun a full strength and no cloud cover.  It had been a very long time since I rode last so it was nice to get out their despite the different ride.  There was a nice gusty wind from all directions so tough and easy sections.  I said it was a 25km round trip distance, but stupid me, I got lost on the way, and tacked on an extra 5km because I missed the turn off and went way past the shop, so had to turn around when I realized my mistake.  It was like I had showered the moment I stopped and got off the bike.  The wind was keeping me from realizing how much I was actually sweating, but it was a lot.  Luckily, I brought a change of clothes so I changed while I waited.  The trip back started off nicely, but then my inner thighs started to have that cramping pulling feeling about 10 minutes in.  I was afraid to push any harder or else if I had a full blown cramp, that would keep me from a lot of other stuff in the days to come, so I backed off.  I was started to push my pace, but quit.  The hills and slopes were tough, and it was right at the time when high school students were heading home, so I was zipping past a bunch of high school kids.  Felt cool! But I came back to earth when I remembered what bike I was riding.  If I had worn my HRM it probably would have shown a nice burn of close to 850-900kcals.

When I got home, I was feeling a lot more tired than I thought I should have.  May the heat affected me more than I thought.  But I got changed and got ready to do my workout.  By this time, I was in a time crunch and had to get my workout down within just over 2 hours.  C30 was perfect for this day.  I don't think I could have handled Body Beast after the ride.  But I figured that 30 minutes would be much easier.  It was... and it wasn't.  The first two tracks were fine, the upper and lower body separate. But once the combinations started, and the progressions started becoming longer, I started to slow down.  I just couldn't keep up with their pace.  The combination of "Upper-Upper-Jab-Round House Kick" I was just a half a second off, and by the end of the set, I was a full rep behind.  It was like that for most of the combinations.  I was really winded and needed an extra break before the last two tracks.  I was very glad, for the first time, that there wasn't any strength track in this routine.  I still used the 1kgs, and I was REALLY feeling it.  Couldn't keep my hands up in guard stance, and during the scissors, and the back and forth jacks, I just let my arms hang.  Just couldn't keep them up.  But I got through the routine in good fashion.

Splits felt really good after the cycling.  And I'm happy to announce that I hit all new lows in all splits today.  I didn't even really need to push that hard to get there, but I had to push hard to stay there.  Flows were right on point.

In the end, but measuring only from the regular workout not including the cycling, I torched a good 886kcals.  So I think I would have had close to 2000kcals toasted today.  Great way to finish off this week.  Happy Weekend, Everyone!