Weather-wise, it was a miserable day. non-stop rain, chill in the air, you know the type. But on the other hand, it was a GLORIOUS DAY because my daughter, with her high school Field Hockey team won the Prefecture (State) Championship! In April, I watched a field Hockey game for the first time in my life. I wasn't impressed. A lot of new players were playing, not knowing what they were doing. For many of the players, this was their first game as well. And they got beat like a rug. Since then, they have been training hard 4-5 days a week for 3+ hours on weekdays after school, and up to 6 hours a day on the weekends. Well, all their hard work paid off with this win. In the last game, it took a long time before the first point was scored. I was thinking it would be the same today, but, within the first two minutes, my daughter was bringing the ball down and slapped a sharp pass to the center and, BOOM!!! SCORE!!! I was watching, but the video camera was in my pocket. Bummer! It was a very hotly contested game. The final score 5-3. So proud of my daughter and her teammates! Good day!
How the team begins a game.
My daughter the passer on a penalty try, like a corner kick in soccer.
Thanking the supporters after the win.
Final Score! With the Freshmen on the team.
The whole team. Eleven on the field, plus coach and faculty sponsor.
Anyway, when I got home, I relaxed a little, and then got started on my workout. I was a little relieved when I found out Legs was up for today. Chest was a bit sore from the previous workout, I was ready for anything, especially Legs. When I did Chest, I lowered the weights to focus on form. With Legs, I didn't need to do that because I am limited with my weights and I could be lifting more, but I don't have the weights. I only have 50kgs, which is two 25kg dumbbells. I can squat 50kgs without much trouble, so I have to modify to "make the weights feel heavier than they are." to quote Chalene. All the weights were the same as the previous time I did Bulk: Legs on 10/16, except for the Calf Raise. I went up on the sets and weights, I did double sets, and went up to 13.25kgs on the first round (one set on both legs of 50 reps), then 14.5kgs on the second round. I almost, ALMOST failed on the second set on my left leg. It was a great routine. I sweat a lot, and got into a lot of pain. Sitting here a few hours after being done and I'm still feeling it. AFTER BURN!!!
I went up to the most intense (in my opinion) ab routine in ChaLEAN Extreme. The addition of several sets of slow push ups, more weighted sit ups, crunches and oblique work really is a recipe for a long burn, which I got. Still feeling the burn as I type. I really like the combinations and the order of moves in this routine. Definitely a step up.
The Splits and Flow were good. I felt really good after the extended Splits last night. Got to keep it going to reach my goal.
At the very end, I was almost about to finish up, but I remembered I had to do the Spooky Challenge 3., so I went on to do it. I had to modify some of the jumping moves because my legs were aching. Three rounds of that challenge was killer. I am SO glad there weren't 5 rounds.
In the end, I torched a good 1237kcals. Great way to start off my week!
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