11-17-16 HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Shoulders + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Splits + TCF.

11-17-16 HY: Body Beast - Bulk: Shoulders + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Splits + TCF.

I forgot to mention yesterday, Wednesday, that I realized that I usually do a mid-week recovery day on Wednesday, because I started on Monday with the more intense routines, I decided to forego the mid-week recovery day and go straight through.  So regular workout all week.

Today, completes the Bulk Phase once again.  I think I may stay with the Bulk phase for a few more rounds because I want to go through all of them again but with the lighter weights to improve my form and range of motion.

Shoulders today, is a nice, no-back-pressure routine so I was happy about that.  There were no surprises today.  Weights stayed the same as last time, but it was tough due to my break.  I did everything as prescribed, not modifications or alterations to form.  The only different number I put up today was on the last Super Set on the Plank Twist-Twists.  This was the first time for me to hit 40reps on the first set.  Previously I would hit in the high 30's, but today, I pushed it to 40reps.  I was able to keep that number (40) for the second set as well.  But I was heaving.  So out of breath.  Nice little cardio at the end.  But for the shoulder moves, I really tried to activate my targeted shoulders muscles.  Sometimes I couldn't even tell if my shoulders were flexing or not.  But once I noticed that, I had to consciously focus on feeling the target muscle activate.  I wonder if anyone else has that difficulty.  Anyway, I could feel the pump in the shoulders, but even a little more in my upper arms.  I thought that was a bit odd.  I guess I still need to work on my form to fully activate my shoulders as opposed to the peripheral muscles.

I went for it on my Abs today.  But they were really feeling sore today still, especially my upper abs.  I really felt my upper abs on the move where I had to roll back, then forward while lifting one leg.  The slow roll back, MAN!!! could I ever feel those upper abs.  And then it migrated to other abs as well.  That ball ab routine is awesome!

The Splits and Flow were later that evening after my night class, and were right on point.  Flow was much better than yesterday.  Balance was a lot better. Not perfect, but better.  No HRM today.

In the end, I torched just under 800kcals.  But the pump and burn were epic!