3-23-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT STRENGTH + Weights: Biceps + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Unlock your Hip Flexors + TCF.

3-23-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT STRENGTH + Weights: Biceps + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Unlock your Hip Flexors + TCF.

Today was the first day of my small vacation so I had a lot of time to burn and spend with my son.  So, after getting up, we watched some tennis together and then we watched the last third of the World Baseball Classic Championship game, USA! USA! USA!  Finally got that monkey off our backs.  After the game, my son and I went out and did a little shopping at the local sporting goods shop.  My son got his driver's license on Tuesday, so he wants to drive everywhere he can before he goes back to college in Tokyo.  He won't be driving there so he wants to get in as much driving as possible before he goes.  When we got back home, we had lunch, then, after a little rest, I started getting ready for today's workout.

I still don't feel totally back yet with regard to my strength so I was a little nervous about today's routine.  I tapped out pretty early last week.  My max out time was 12:26 last week, and I know that it was during the second circuit with all the Push-Ups, so I was skeptical as to how much longer I could go.  Well, I'll cut the suspense and say that my MAX OUT Time was 13:19.  I maxed out one move later that last week on the Plack Jack Push Ups.  Push Ups are weird because I feel strong as I start out doing them, then I hit a wall and they suddenly get really tough and BAM, I'm out.  The first circuit with all the squats and lunges, I'm there for the burn all the way.  The third circuit with the core moves, I'm movin' and grovin' with you all the way.  But that second and fourth circuit, I'm lucky if I can get through the second move without a break.  Today, I couldn't even get through the second move in the second circuit.  And I needed multiple breaks to get through the fourth circuit.  One problem that I was having today that I had had in the past, but it was a little more intense today, was the strain in my forearms from the plank/Push Up position.  For some reason, my forearms got really painful from my wrists up into my forearms.  I had to take a few breaks on some of the push-up variations to shake out my forearms.  I hope to get stronger with these routines.

After the main routine, again, my triceps were feeling the burn, and they were rock hard and pumped.  But my biceps barely felt any strain at all, so, to even that out, I did a round of biceps moves to burn out and pump up my biceps to match the burn and pump in my triceps.   I basically did six moves to failure.  I used three weights, 7.5kgs, 5kgs, and 4kgs.  The first four moves: Bicep Curls, Alternating Outside Hammer Curls, Concentration Curls, and Static Arm Curls, was done with 7.5kg dumbbells.  The fifth move: In to out Curl up Hammer down and the reverse was done with 5kgs, and the final move, Speed Curls, was done with 4kg dumbbells.  Man, did I ever feel the BURN and PUMP!  I can't think of any good bodyweight move that really focuses on the biceps.  The big move, Push-Ups, hits the chest, triceps, some shoulders, but very little biceps.  If there is a "no device" or "no-tool" move that hits the biceps I'd like to know what it is.

I'm not scheduled to do an ab workout today, but I decided to do one because I may not have time tomorrow to do one.  I'm going to be pretty busy tomorrow and time will play a factor in what I do for my workout.  So I pushed it and did my go-to routine.  But I was so fried that instead of using my usual 2kg dumbbells, I only used my 1kg hand weights.  And that was a good workout.  Burn up my abs like nobody's business.  I love that routine!!!

Going into the Unlock your Hip Flexor routine.  I'm getting used to it more now, so things are getting smoother and faster so I'm able to add more reps to each move.  It still takes a little over an hour to get through the whole routine and I'm am really feeling areas in my hip flexors that I never felt before.  Hopefully, my range of motion is increasing.  I will test it out next week to see if there is any progress in my regular splits routine.  I wanted to do the "Unlock your Hamstrings" routine also, but it was cold and I was getting chilly so I put it off for another day.  I am still seeing the huge discrepancy between my left and right side, so I hope I can balance that out as well.  My right side is definitely tighter and feels more pain than my left.  Going in and out of stretches is a really big tell for that fact.  So much more pain on my right when I come out of a "Frog-like" move.  I don't know if one week is enough time for me to see results from any program, but this is all I'm going to give it, so there are only a few more days.  Fingers Crossed!!!  All my Flows were right on point, so very happy with them as well.

In the end, after 170 minutes, I torched a nice 1159kcals.  A lot of sweat and pain went in and out of this workout.  Let's see some results!!!