T minus 2 Days and counting before I leave for the US on my business trip through my university. I should be started Week 6 of Combat, but I won't be able to do that program while I'm state side, so I'm going to pick up when I get back. So, for today and Monday, I'm going to do resistance and then I'll take a travel day, a lot of walking, sitting, pulling luggage, etc. Bursts of running, dips in the waiting area, wall squats, etc. Moves that work but don't bring on the sweat too quickly. So today, I went with the above noted routine.
The worksheet didn't look too long, but with all the plate changes, and the extra breaks because I was at failure, added a lot of time to the routine time of 58 minutes. I love Chest Presses, and I nailed the first Single Set. The Super Set started to burn me up. The Decline Fly and Press just really winded me. I kept the same weights on the Fly, but on the Drop Set, I had to go down a touch. The Giant Set was absolutely BRUTAL!!!The Close Grip Press followed by Partial Chest Fly followed by the Decline Push Up. Death by chest workout. I was feeling a MAJOR PUMP! My shirt actually had to stretch around my shoulders and chest. At this point, I was still able to do the Declines on my toes. That information is significant for later. The Single Set for the Triceps was even more brutal. Although I did the same weights as before, my form on the Drop Set was... sad to say, not stellar. I frigged and fragged to get the dumbbells up on the last 3-4 reps in both sets. The Supper Set with the Single Arm Kickbacks followed by Tricep Push Ups, started off okay with the light weight, but it was impossible for me to do them on my toes. I had to go onto my knees. And even then, I just barely made it up. On the 15 rep set, I ended up going only 2/3's down. I couldn't even do a full rep on my knees my triceps were THAT fried. But by the final set, I was able to go all the way down on the first 5 reps, then partially down on the last 3 reps. Then the final Super Set, I had to push like crazy, and go a little over time to get the 50 reps. But on the Dips, I went down only half way. Any lower and I would have just collapsed. In and Outs were good until rep 30, then the burn BURNED! I had to stop at 40 reps and then barely made it within the 60 seconds to the 50th rep. Two hours after the workout, I'm still feeling the burn, and the pump. I'm going to feel this for the next few days FOR SURE!!!
Beast: Abs is a good workout. Abs is something I do regularly so today wasn't as tasking as the resistance was, but I still got a good burn. Every time I do the Russian Twist with the weights, I crack my back. Kind of creepy, but loosens me up, for sure. Today, on the weighted Side Plank, I went with 7.5kgs. Oh Man, that was tough!!! Took a little longer to get through it, but I didn't take any mid set break, fully continuous. Great routine and awesome burn.
Splits went to a new low for ALL Splits. I was so happy with my progress today. I was really able to push it lower than ever before on all fronts. I was also able to really feel the pull in my inner thigh muscle so I was able to stretch it out. One thing about the Build: Chest & Tris routine today, I don't have a bench, so I do the moves on a Swiss Ball. That adds a huge lower body workout that I didn't really realize until today. The Static resistance I put on my lower body to stabilize myself during each rep is a really good workout. It is sort of like that stretch Tony introduces in P90X2, the Neural something something stretch. I think that that had a huge part to play in how much more flexible my legs were today. Just a thought. But I think I was within 4 centimeters on my Right Side Splits, within 10 centimeters on my Straddle Splits and Left Side Splits. Getting there! Goal in sight!!! The Flow was really clean today, and yes, Smooth!
In the end, I torched 1285kcals. Today, I was the BOSS!!! But tomorrow I'm going to be the whimpering baby due to soreness. HA!
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