11-25-16 HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + Combat HIIT 1 Power + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit.

11-25-16 HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + Combat HIIT 1 Power + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit.

Second of three Friday morning workouts.  Next Friday is the last one until I have to take Friday off and workout on Saturday evening.  So I'm taking advantage of the chance!  I got to sleep a little late last night trying to solve a computer issue so I got up a little later than I wanted to this morning, but I knew is was a shorter routine today so I wasn't too worried. 

This is the second morning of this most recent cold front from the north so I finally got my ceramic heater out and started it up to warm up my room.  But I had to get my body warmed up so again, Cold Start was first, and it was SMASHINGLY successful to its purpose!!!

It has been a while since I did HIIT 1 Power so I was wondering how much I would be sweating.  Boy did I ever find out.  I made it through each progression , but I was so winded after each round, From the third track, I needed more recovery time because I was just so doubled over heaving for air.  The Warm Up track got the sweat film on, but the weighted track got the sweat flowing.  I started with a lighter weight than usual, but it was good to pace myself so I could get through each track.  But on the last set of the Triple Thrust Presses, I went to the heavy weights.  I was dying.  I really wanted to crush the Burpee Track, so I was drinking water and trying not to burn out totally on the early tracks.  The 8-12-16 rep progression is brutal.  I was able to crush each individual set, but I needed some extra time between the 8 and 12, and I needed a lot of extra time between the 12 and 16.  Then I was heaving after the 16 so I took an extra minute to catch my breath.  I am a real stickler for doing equal reps on both sides.  One thing I wish Combat would do is tell us how many reps we will be doing.  On the last track, the core track, we start in high plank then go down to low plank then up again.  I led with the right arm for 8 reps then switched, but they only did 12 reps, so while they went on with the mountain climbers, I finished out 4 more reps to keep both sides even.  Then I rewound the DVD and Started the Mountain Climbers from the beginning.  I had the same issue, even rep count, on the four sets, so I had to take a break between sets to rewind the DVD.  I know now to switch sides at 6 reps so I can keep up on time.  But I added time to the routine.  The Spider Ups were the only set that I died in the middle, so I started from the place I stopped and finished it out.  Such a brutal way to end the routine, and I was sweating like crazy.

I took a little bit of a breather before getting into core.  I wanted to crush it and keep using the 2kg dumbbells so I had to push myself to do it.  I was burned out on my core at the end of the first Crunch progression.  Also, there was a little odd feeling happening.  When I was doing the oblique crunches, the right side was fine, but I felt like my left side was sort of distended.  It felt like the muscle or something was pooching out getting pinched  as I crunched.  It didn't hurt or anything, but it felt weird.  I am so grateful for the breaks Chalene gives us during the routine.  I tried to keep solid form with arms back, but I had to cheat a few times.  But I got a great burn again.

I didn't have time to do the Splits/stretch so I planned to try doing it after work if I got home early enough.  I got home early enough, but my daughter had brought some friends home, so I wasn't able to do my thing.  So, I'll have to do it on Saturday evening.

In the end, I torched over 900kcals.  Great way to close out the week!

Happy Weekend Everyone!