6-14-17 (Wednesday) HY: P90X2 - Recovery & Mobility + TCF.

6-14-17 (Wednesday) HY: P90X2 - Recovery & Mobility + TCF.

I've wanted to do this routine for a few weeks, but due to my sleeping later than planned, I ended up in a time crunch, so I had to do a shorter routine.  Today, I woke up rested and refreshed... AND SORE.  After The Challenge yesterday, I figured I'd be sore today, but I did not think that my triceps would be the muscles most sore.  Also, I was still pumped, especially in arms and chest.  That sensation is a first for me.  I didn't know what to think about it.  I wonder if this is a turning point for me.  Also, my flexibility seems to have reached a new level.  Just last month or a couple months ago, when I would do my mid-week recovery, and I would do the forward hang to touch the ground, I'd be about 3 inches from the ground.  But after a few minutes of shaking it out and some dynamic and static stretching, I would be able to touch the ground with my fingertips.  Now, I can go straight to my fists and lower right from the first stretch.  I'm really happy about that as well.

Today, my right shoulder was feeling a little gimpy so I was looking forward to the foam roller.  Calves were loaded with hot spots, but I think I got a lot of them to release.  Everything felt really good.  I felt much looser afterward.  But rolling out my triceps when the upper body series began was brutal.  I'm still not sure if the pain was from the soreness or from the hot spots.  I had to back off quite a bit because the pain was too much.  The Frog and Pigeon were good, but I still need to work on opening up my hip flexors.   I'm thinking I'll need to go back to that stretch program.  The Flow was also really smooth.  It was nice because since I was so loose, I was moving very well.

In the end, I burned a modest 250+kcals.  But the best burn of the week!