Today was a very slow and relaxing day. I took a long nap yesterday so I went to bed a little later than usual which prompted me to get up later than usual this morning. I just watched some TV, did a little organizing of my DVD/BluRay collection and then my wife wanted to go out for some shopping. So we went out in the afternoon and got home close to 7 pm. So I got a late start on my workout which eventually ended around 9:30 pm. But it was a good day.
Finishing the first round of the Push Circuit today and it was a good workout. Heavy weights today, but still went down from the last time by an average of 2.5kgs. For my extra Pull-Ups sets, it looks like I wrote 22s/6s/6s/6s for the four sets. I have no idea what that means so I'm sort of starting from scratch with these sets of Pull-Ups. But if I compare the rep count to previous days, I'm raising the rep count little by little. The 5-Grip went up one round which is five more than Friday. But the big thing that let me down was my grip strength. Holding onto those heavy weights for that long a period of time for each move, by the last Tri-set and the last set of Pull-Ups, my grip was shot. In each Tri-set there was a Rowing move, I did the three different positions, The last two were as is, but the first set, I did with my elbow out, not just a regular row. Tough move so I was glad to get it early in the routine. In the Burn Circuit, the Bowler's Lunge was introduced. Then, we only used one weight. I used 13.25kgs and I was dying with that weight. Today, the Bowler's Lunge came back and we had to use two weights, I used two 17kg dumbbells so that's a 34kg total. Huge leap from 13.25kgs, but I was able to do it. Previously, on move 8, I did single arm instead of a double arm. But today, I tried with a double arm. I did the single are so I could go heavy and protect my back because leaning over with heavy weight caused a few back spasms at times. But today, I was feeling good, so I went for the double. I didn't bend as low, but I believe it was low enough. I was happy to get that move. I felt the stress and strain in my lower back afterward, but no tweak. The last little tweak was on the final move, Chalene does this move on the floor, but I did it on a Swiss Ball. Main reason is range of motion. If I'm on the ground, since my dumbbells are big, I can't go down very far so the distance of the drop would only be 12-16 inches. But on the ball, I can go all the way down past my head and get that large range of motion in. Finally, I just want to say, "Slow reps ROCK!"
Abs were good. I felt strong and ready to raise the intensity of each move in the next round. I got a good burn on each move from the 3rd or 4th move, but I was able to keep it going all the way to the end. Then, the splits were good and the Flow topped everything off very nicely.
In the end, I torched a good 970kcals. Again, not quite a grand, but it's still a good burn. Good start to the week. Hope to keep it going all week. Now that vacation is over, let's see what can be done.
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