I had a bit of a learning experience at work today. For the first time as Course Head, I had to host a small delegation from a foreign university which came to talk about starting some kind of cooperative relationship. I didn't know any of the protocols or anything like that and the guy who was with me didn't tell me anything. So I had to wing everything. But I learned a lot from this experience. Mostly, I learned what not to do, and what types of things I need to prepare when people come for such a meeting. I was pretty nervous and a bit fidgety. I sweat a lot and was tense through the entire visit. I needed a good workout to get rid of all that nervous tension. Luckily, today is resistance day so I knew I'd get one.
Today was Shoulder Day! With my left shoulder still having pain, I was still worried about upping the weight on the shoulder moves. So, in each of the three Tri-Sets, the first move was the press move. I could feel the pain in the middle of the lift right off in the warm-up set, so I decided not to up the weight for the regular press moves. I kept it at 13.25kgs. But each of the Fly Moves, I raised the weight by 1.25kgs. I was a little nervous on the first rep, but it felt good and I felt strong, so it worked out. I almost hit failure in each of the Breakdown sets in the last two Tri-Sets. I was thinking I could raise the Leg weights to 17kgs, but I tried out the 15.75kgs on the first move and I was wasted. So I kept the lighter weight, but I got an awesome burn and almost cramped up in the last Tri-Set. My biggest success was the Pull-Ups. I was able to raise my reps a bit on the two middle sets while keeping the rep count the same on the first and last sets. It was tempting to not go for full Range of Motion, but I stayed true going all the way down and sat for a breath so as not to get any help from momentum. Shoulders, Hamstrings, and Glutes all burned it off today!
Today was the best round of Extreme Abs thus far. I was able to follow along the whole time. But I will say that there is one move that I don't follow Chalene on because she kind of forgets the balance. The move is the Side Plank. On the right side, she holds the Side plank for almost 30 seconds before doing the slow Hip Raise. Then when she switches to the left side, there is zero hold time. She jumps right into the Hip Raises. So, I don't do the hold. Instead, I used that time to tidy up, drink, and set my towel on the floor. I'm big on the balance thing. But today, I really felt the core activate. And It BURNED!!!
The Splits and Flow were all on point, and I was happy to get them in before sunset.
In the end, I torched just over 1000kcals. I hit a grand to close out my week. Looking forward to my off day. Happy Weekend, everyone!
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