Well, today was my first day back of official work. No classes yet, but meeting with other teachers getting plans and schedules ready, etc. Busy, but got a lot done quickly. I got home a lot later than I wanted to so I was put into a bit of a time crunch. Back to the game. But I got the main routines in, I'll take my off day for the stretch today and so I'll have the end part of the workout tomorrow.
Final day of my come back week. That is come back from vacation in case I failed to say why this is my come back week. A lot of blips in today's routine. First Single Set was no problem. But I was really focusing on my form and really tried to copy Segi and I could feel my lower back really working it, but not straining so as to hurt it. Odd feeling, but it let me know that my form was correct. But still didn't use really heavy heavy weights just to be safe. In the next Super Set, I kept the former weight and the first two Pull Up sets, I hammered out straight. But the last set, I couldn't go all the way, So I split the 10reps 7-3. Total failure. It was all I could do not to jerk hang down. In the Giant Set, I upped the weight of several sets. I was happy I could do that. It also helped on time since I didn't need to change plates. My back was so burned out I went down on the Reverse Flies. Set four is a Single Set of Chin Ups. I did 12-8-6 straight previously, but today, I had to come off the bar a few time mid-set. So it was 8/4 - 5/2/1 - 3/2/1. The "/" denotes me coming off the bar. So burned out, I was. The next Single Set focused on Biceps, and I went up in weight on only the medium set. The burn was ON!!! The next Single Set was the Combo Set, the 1, 1, 2 Hammer Curls. My oh my, the Burn was on again, but this time, not only in my biceps, but also in my forearms. Specifically the muscle that is connected to my index fingers. I guess having to stabilize the dumbbell in the hammer position is putting a lot of resistance on that particular muscle. Major burn. By the final biceps set, my biceps were on FIRE!!! Oh man, were they burning. On the Drop set, I had to use a little body English to get the weights up. But I was able to limit it so I didn't use too much momentum. The final set, the move is seemingly easy, but man, does it really burn the back. It was a killer. Great pump and burn on the upper body.
My abs have been sore pretty much all week. The soreness was just starting to dissipate So I figured I was ready to do an ab routine. I didn't want to go too intense, which is why I went with Extreme Core Circuit again. Plus I really like this routine. But I decided to really concentrate on form and keeping my elbows open and hinging at the core. OH MY GOODNESS!!! Another extremely intense burn hit me like a mack truck! I had to back off some in the middle. I never realized how different the affect is when my elbows are open verses closed. HUGE DIFFERENCE!!! But it was a great workout on the core. I needed every stretch Chalene gave us.
That was it for the time, so I ended my workout, So...
In the end, I torched a surprising 969kcals. Great way for me to end my weed. I'm so ready for my off day. Happy Weekend!!!
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