Today was a bit odd. I was expecting my wife to want to play tennis like the past couple weeks, but when I asked her, she said she didn't feel like it. So, I had to do a mental U-Turn and prepare for a week-beginning resistance workout. For me, it is a little more complicated than it sounds. But, I finally got to it in mid-evening.
This is the final workout with ChaLEAN Extreme as my primary routine. I'm still debating which program to make my primary program next. For now, P90X and Body Beast are leading the options, but P90X3 is a close second. But for today, let's close it out strong!
The last time I did Lean Circuit 3, I changed up the Pull-Up sequence to fewer reps and between every move. I've maintained that through the last go through of the Lean Circuit, so I'm keeping it for the last routine as well. I did a total of 10 sets. Sets 1-3 were Parallel Grip and each set was 7 reps. Sets 4-6 were Close Grip Pull-Ups, each set was 6 reps. Sets 7-8 were V-Pull-Ups, each set was 3x2 reps. And the final two sets were Chin-Ups, 7 reps, then 10 reps. They all felt really good, and I felt strong with all the variations. I actually wanted to do more reps on the V-Pull-Ups, but my left shoulder didn't allow for it. But it's feeling a lot better.
As for the regular routine, since I was feeling strong, I went up in weight on a few moves. Starting with move #1. Up 2kgs and felt good. That weight was back to the original weight. The next move I raised was move #5. Chalene doesn't actually use weights on this move, but since I've done this move with weights in Body Beast, I went for it here. Last time I used light weights so I tried the Body Beast weight, 7.5kgs. That about killed me. I was so winded afterward, it was no joke. Plus, I use the screw-on type weights and the stopper came loose so I had to be extra careful not to let the weight roll out from under me when going up to Side Plank. Move #6 went up 2kgs. I really had to fight for the last few reps. My front shoulders were SCREAMING at the end of the routine, and they were majorly PUMPED!!! This really felt like a great workout and coupled with the extra Pull-Ups, the intensity was out of this world. I was thinking to add one move, the Band Upper Cuts, but by the time I was finished, I had had enough.
I went right into Abs and I CRUSHED it!!! Again, no breaks and burned out on each move. Lots of breathing it out. But the really brutal part was the Push-Ups. My shoulders were just SCREAMING OUT!!! But even on the last reps, I was failing, but I muscled through. Felt great to complete the routine.
Splits went well and the Flow was smooth and clean. Really happy about today's workout.
In the end, I torched a good 1050+Kcals. Glad to open the week with a Grand burned.
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