Pretty regular Sunday, went out in the early afternoon to do some errands with my wife. Ate out at a Chinese restaurant which was delicious. Made sure I ordered lots of veges along with the other staples. When I got home, I had to rest some before I got to my workout.
Legs is the routine I have been most worried about because for some reason, my legs have been feeling sore or fatigued since I came back to Japan. I have been consciously avoiding doing Legs... Until today. There was no more avoiding it, it was time to get it done. And frankly, it wasn't that bad, but there were times when I thought I wasn't going to make it. As far as weights go, I, for the most part kept the same weight as the previous time. The only weight I changed was to go up one notch on the second to last move of the routine, Seated Calf Raises. I went up 2.5kgs on both sets over last time. There were a few rep changes in the final Giant set as well, but everything was pretty much the same. The first set was fine. Legs felt strong and ready. The next Super Set took a lot out of me. Those were long sets doing double sets hitting both legs in one round. I really started to feel the burn during that Super Set. After the Super Set, I could feel my hamstrings and glutes starting to cramp. The muscles just sort of started to involuntarily started to contract. I quickly stretched them out and hurried to get to the next Giant Set. This is the Killer Set for sure. The Bulgarian Squat just totally burned out my legs. I had to really battle and stretch to prevent cramping. The Straight Leg Dead Lift started hitting on my back so I kept telling myself to watch my form. During the last heavy set, I sort of used a little momentum to get up, but I made sure to keep my front leg straight. The final Giant Set just burned out my calves on the first move. My rep count was a lot lower than the last time, too. I don't understand how I could have done that many reps in 30 seconds. Guess I'll have to work up to that. I had to write the info for the final Giant Set below because there was no room on the line.
I went right into the core workout. Yes, this is the third time in a row that I've done this one, but for some reason, I really like it, and I just want to do it again and again. SERIOUSLY!!! I have raised the weight in hand, though. Today, I had my 2kg hand weights and I was in pain. Serious burn there. Form was good, ball position also good. That combo equals the BURN! It felt good.
Splits and Flow were as good as can be expected. Kept pushing lower on the splits and the smoothness and cleanlyness of the Flow was beautiful to behold.
In the end, I torched over 1100kcals. Good way to start the week. I'm really curious how sore I'm going to be tomorrow. My biceps were still pretty sore today, so I'm thinking I'll be more sore on Tuesday than tomorrow. We'll see.
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