5-18-17 HY: T25 - Alpha: Speed 1.0 + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Splits + TCF.

5-18-17 HY: T25 - Alpha: Speed 1.0 + ChaLEAN Extreme - Extreme Core Circuit + Splits + TCF.

Today would normally be a Pickle-Ball day but my playing partner had a family emergency and suddenly had to return to the UK for a couple weeks from today.  So, no Pickle-Ball until he gets back and recovers from his trip and other things.  So, I get to do some regular Shaun T Cardio!  It has been a while.  I was actually planning to do at least one Shaun T routine a week to keep my arches from getting soft and week again, but it hasn't worked out that way because for the past few weeks since finishing MAX 30, I have been doing Pickle-Ball AND Tennis.  And tennis, sometimes twice a week.  So I am relishing this chance to do a Shaun T.

I remember Speed 1.0 and thought it was going to be easy... IT WASN'T!!!  I actually started off really well.  I was keeping up with the crew's pace and foot speed.  But as the routine went on, I started to feel heavier and heavier.  Then, my mouth started to feel really dry and right around the 8-minute mark, I had to stop to get a drink.  Then, I took a couple more breaks before the end.  By the end, I was extremely winded and I felt really tired.  It was kind of an odd feeling because I usually don't feel "bad" after a workout, but this feeling wasn't good.  Furthermore, my legs were feeling really wasted.  It was an extremely foreign feeling.  I guess the style of movement from Tennis and Pickle-Ball is very different from Shaun T cardio.  This is why I wanted to do at least one Shaun T routine a week, just to keep conditioned.

I didn't like that feeling, so I decided, also since I had the time, to do a bonus Ab routine.  It had been a while since I did the Ball work, so I went with Extreme Core Circuit.  Abs still burned along with Shoulders.  I still used the 2kg hand weights and felt the added resistance.  Felt better some, after that little routine.

Splits and Flow were Good.  I had a nice smooth run with all the stretches and movements.

In the end, I burned just about 700kcals.  Not a huge burn, but it sure felt like a lot more.