Sort of a regular day today, for now, but hopefully once we get into April, Monday will turn into a tennis day. Playing with my wife is a lot of fun, but I would like to play and be able to hit out with power as well. That is what I was hoping for since last Monday, but it didn't work out because the gym was being used. So hopefully it will be available from May. So today turned into a regular workout day, a resistance day.
Going into my second round of the Burn Circuit today. I had no plans to increase my weights on any moves because the last time was pretty intense and I got a great burn. So I just decided to wing it and see where that would take me. As for my Pull-Ups, I did the same number as before on three of the four. I added one rep to my Chin-Ups. On the final move, the Extreme Push-Ups which I do at the end after the final set of Pull-Ups, I do as many as I can in the time it takes Chalene and her team to do the three Extreme Push-Ups. I was able to up that number from 20 to 26. I was happy about that, but I'm pushing for at least 40 in that time. Baby Steps. The first four moves were exactly the same as the last time. I was feeling good, so on the next move, Lunge with Core Rotation, I upped the weight a bit from 12kgs to 14.5kgs. Holding the weight in that position for that long is a good workout for the biceps as well. A good static move. Then the rest of the moves were the same except for the last two moves. On the Forward-Lean Lunge with Double Arm Posterior Fly, I upped my weight from 5kgs to 6.25kgs. And on the last move, I upped my weight from 12kgs to 13.25kgs. I started to feel it in my chest, but especially in my left shoulder. I may have to hold off on upping my weights until the shoulder heals. One different thing I did with regard to reps is on the second to last move. The extreme set I did a full three on each leg which means I did 6 flys instead of 4. Slowly but surely I'm getting my strength back. I just hope I can reduce my weight along with the strength increase. One huge thing though is that I was feeling really weak with regard to my grip strength. My forearms just feel so weak. It really hit me on the seventh move, Squat with Side Bend. I was using 17kgs in both hands and I was like, "I can't keep holding these things up!" I was just barely hanging on to them with my monkey fingers. But I didn't stop, I kept it going and I was able to get through without a break. Last time, I felt really weak so I used my wrist straps for support. This time, I wanted to use them again, but I didn't have my wrist pads so I went without. Now, I may not use the straps the next time. Overall, I felt a little stronger today, a little more stable in the moves, but not totally. I lost my balance a few times, but it's getting better.
I went right into Abs and overall, I felt better able to complete each move. But again, those weighted moves just took it all out of me. Giving me the burn I was expecting. Good BURN!!!
I like doing the dynamic splits stretches. I'm hitting the base a lot quicker. So I'm feeling good about the chances of hitting my goal this year. My Flow was good. I started to feel a little pressure in my knee, but no tweak. Omega-3's are doing their job.
In the end, I torched a nice 830+kcals. Pretty good for a resistance day. Keep it going all week!
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