Starting back up with my workouts after my two week trip to the USA. Going to the US was fine, I was able to exercise by playing Pickle-Ball on my first full day there. It was a bit weird and I was a bit tired, but once I started playing, the Adrenalin started pumping and was into it. But jet lag coming back to Japan is always worse, and this year, it was very different from past years. It was quite normal in the past, waking up at 3am or 4am, feeling really sleepy in the middle of the day. That usually lasted for at least 4-5 days before my body started returning to normal. This time, I was actually able to sleep through the night, almost, for the first two days, then stay up most of the day. The first day, however, I did take a long nap from 6pm to almost 9pm. But I was able to go back to sleep and sleep through. The weirdest thing is that I was feeling light headed and dizzy when I moved quickly. So I would have to turn my head very slowly. This persisted from Wednesday to Sunday, the 18th. I wanted to start my workout schedule on Sunday, but I was still feeling that light headedness, so I opted for holding off one more day. This is the longest break I've taken from working out for several years, and I can't even remember the last 1+ day break I've taken. I was worried about a lot of things, a diminishing of strength and flexibility, to name a couple right off, but my biggest worry was if my dizziness would stay away. With a sudden rush of blood, I didn't know quite how my body would react. I was soon to find out.
So, here we go! I wanted to do a routine that would evenly hit all my muscle groups to start off my week, and I knew I wanted it to be a resistance routine, so I decided on Body Beast's Beast Total Body. Not too many sets per muscle group, but enough to wake it up. As the warm up started, I looked at the time and it was just over a 1 minute warm up. Yes, just ONE MINUTE! So, I stopped the video and did P90X3's Cold Start to get a good stretch and warm up in before pushing my body. I'm glad I did that because I think I might have injured something had I not. The first move was 15 reps of Pull Ups. I was already thinking, "No way! I can't do 15 reps now!". But to my surprise, I was able to do them all in one set. The second set was definitely tougher, but still all in one. The rest of the first circuit set was relatively easy. I was feeling pretty good. The second Circuit Set is where the fatigue started in. I was still thinking to take it easy so I only did 17kgs. That started the blood really pumping, and then the Bent-Over Rows. Segi does them with two hand, but I did them one side at a time. Not sure why I did it that way, but I think it was because I didn't want to pressure my back on the Bent-Over part of the move. I was really winded after the Rows, and I started to get light headed. So I had to take a breather in the middle of the Circuit. I was able to hammer out the last two moves. But I was really out of breath. I didn't go up in weight on anything, in fact, I went down by 2.5kgs on the Rows. That seemed to help some, and I wasn't as winded or light headed. The third Circuit Set was killer. I was thinking I could do 10kgs or even 12kgs on the first move, 1,1,2 Military Presses, but the guys on the video were only using 10lbs and 15lbs, so I figured I had better go with their weight. So I used 7.5kgs. It started off fine, but I started to die really quick. I had to take a break at 10reps, then finish it out. The second set, I went down 1kg and was able to just barely do 15 reps at once. The Post Delt Raise was also a burner with only 4, but I ventured up to 5kgs for the second set and killed it. The last two moves were good, and I was able to go up a little in weight for the second round. The final Circuit Set really burned me out. I ended up having to stick with 8.75kgs for the first move in the second set. The same with the Second move, Triceps Extension Kickbacks. Calf Raises-Weight on Shoulders, I had to cheat, and I let the weights hang. Still got a good burn on the calves, though. The last move took me right up to failure. I was somewhat light headed for most of the routine after the second Circuit Set so I was taking between break all over the place, but I kept mid-set breaks to a minimum. I felt really pumped after this routine which felt really good after such a long break. Could have done without the light headedness though. Here it the worksheet.
I was initially thinking to do an ab routine after the resistance routine, but my abs were already burning from the moves in Total Body, so I figured I had done enough ab work for the day, so I moved right to the Splits. I was really wondering how much I had lost, but to my surprise, again, I hadn't really lost anything. It even felt better than it does after one off day. I hit my mark and passed it. I came really close to a new low. But on my Kosaks, I was really feeling that inner thigh stretch. Felt a good pain there. Side splits were about the same as I had left them, but I got to a new low on he Straddle Splits. I added time to them, until I couldn't take the pain. The Flow was as good as ever, no slips or misses.
In the end, over all, I had a good workout, but I was in need of several short and medium breaks because of my light-headedness, so the workout itself went long, just under 3 hours. I also torched just under 1500kcals. I'd say that was as good a start as any. Hopefully I can do better tomorrow. Less light headedness.
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