Today was a sort of busy day. Had a late appointment at the Apple Store to have my iPhone replaced, but ended up not getting it replaced because it was out of the insured period, so now I'm thinking of getting a new phone if the problems persist. Did some other errands and came home around 3pm. I Got started on my workout around 4pm. This start time is a lot earlier than usual because I wanted to watch the Australian Open Finals between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Another match for the ages. Anyway...
It was a new routine for me today and several years since I did a Tabata style routine. I was wondering how it would be if the idea of MAX 30 was to not take breaks in order to MAX a person out. But despite the short breaks, it was intense. My calves were feeling a little sore, but not as bad as yesterday. I was considering doing Cold Start as a little warm up and stretch, but I figured I should just see what the routine is like, then next time, if I think it would be beneficial, do it then. The warm up was actually pretty good, but still, not that much of a stretch. But my calves warmed up a lot faster today so I didn't have any big problems. The first two cardio circuits felt good. But once that third circuit started, I knew I was soon to hit the wall. I MAXED OUT at 11:00. The moving Push Ups were already straining my upper body. I pushed as hard as I could to get through the second round, but the Plyo Push Ups just took it out of me. My arms wouldn't even let me start the move. I needed to take a break longer than 10 seconds. But the 20 seconds on and 10 seconds rest is a really interesting style. I pushed myself harder when I saw that there were only 5 seconds left, so with that evidence of pain relief just seconds away, I was able to keep it going and make it to the prescribed break. I held it together for most of the standing circuits, but the ab circuit just wasted me. I was able to keep up for the most part, but with those single leg lift with a punch, I just cramped up and had to put my low leg on the ground with the modifier. Otherwise, I felt really good about this routine. The 3-minute challenge at the end was a killer. I took a lot of little breath breaks to get through it. Several times throughout this routine, I had to watch Shaun T a couple more times to learn a move, so I had to rewind some. I don't remember the name, but my coordination or lack thereof got the better of me and I had to watch a bit to get the move down. But I was sweating like a pig and I got a huge sweat and burn and pump on. Happily, there was no ab routine scheduled for today, so I moved on.
The Splits were good. I found another hamstring angle that needs to be stretched more just by turning my foot in different directions. So, I was moving on with a wider range of stretches. Felt a good pain again. Flows were on point.
In the end, I torched a nice 750+kcals. Keeping it going!
After my workout, I had the nearly heart attack inducing JOY of watching one of my living heroes, Roger Federer, win his record breaking 18th Grand Slam Tournament. Here are just a few shots of that celebration. It was an epic 5-set battle. One for the ages.
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