Back to a normal schedule and a regular full workout. Nothing out of the ordinary today, got home as usual, around 5:30 pm and relaxed a little with my daughter watching cooking videos. We commented about how fattening some of the recipes were, using a ton of condensed milk and heavy cream. Finally got to my workout.
I'm not going on the regular P90X3 schedule, rather, as I said on Sunday, I'm just picking out the resistance routines and going over them. I haven't decided yet how many rounds, but at least 2. Also, I'm just going with the BeachBody order as listed on the WOWY SUPERGYM list. So today, The Challenge was up. Honestly, I was nervous about this one because of the rapid succession of pull/chin-up sets on the worksheet. I remembered this particular routine being probably the toughest of the bunch. So, in choosing my reps number, I went a little lower than I remember doing last time. I didn't take the time to look up what I did before, but I believe I did 10 on the Ups, and 30 on the Push-Ups. Today, I decided on 7 on the Pull/Chin-Ups and 25 for the Push-Ups.
The first circuit was fine, but it was after the third move that I really started to feel the pump rushing on. From then on, my upper body felt huge. Arms, Chest, Back, Shoulders. It is three hours after finishing the workout as I type this and I am still feeling a huge pump. Thankfully, the Wide Pull-Up was the first variation. Any later and my shoulder would have given me so problems. But I powered through just fine. The Push-Ups were also fine. The second circuit was when it started to get tough with the Push-Ups. The Chin-Ups were still fine, giving me a huge arm pump, but the Military Push-Ups were a problem. I had to take little breaks, as you can see below, to get to my 25 reps. Oh, and for the Push-Ups, I was using my stands, but followed Tony's advice of not going too much lower than 90 degrees at my elbows. But the breaks were done in Plank, I didn't go to my knees or leave Plank. But rather, it was a catch-your-breath break. The third circuit with those Close Grip Pull-Ups was tough, but I managed to stay on the bar all the way through. Thankfully, the Wide Push-Ups were up. They are the easiest, but still, I needed the little breaks at the end. The Final circuit was actually pretty good considering I was fried. The Vaulter Pull-Ups were actually a bit easier, but still, I was brought to the brink of failure. More breaks on the Push-Ups, but I got further into the set than previous Push-Ups. The BURNOUT was tough as well. I decided to go with Parallel Grip (HORN) Pull-Ups and Wide Push Ups. I was happy to get 9 sets of the 1-Pull-up-3-Push Ups. Of which I chose Wide Push-Ups. I was a little worried I wouldn't last the whole time, but I did it. I was extremely pleased with my pump and exhaustion.
I moved right to abs and the routine I chose is tougher than I had originally though. The first round was fine, but I could feel the pressure coming on. The second set, I couldn't complete the first move (V-Ups) straight. I had to tap out at the 8th rep, then finish the set. Then the pain from the last set was intense. The third round was brutal and spicy. But the burn came on pretty quickly and stuck with me all the way through. Core STILL feeling the effects.
The Splits and Flow were also a great way to finish off this workout.
In the end, I torched a good 750+/-kcals. The considerably shorter routines are going to affect my calorie burn, but this is the schedule, so I'm going do it.
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