7-10-17 (Monday) HY: T25 - Gamma: Speed 3.0 + P90X3 - MMX + Splits + TCF + Foam Rolling.

7-10-17 (Monday) HY: T25 - Gamma: Speed 3.0 + P90X3 - MMX + Splits + TCF + Foam Rolling.

TENNIS DAY!!! Is what I was supposed to start off with, but bummer of bummers, it didn't happen today.  I was looking forward to using my new racket again today, but after my class, I open the door to my classroom and there waiting was the other teacher.  He then raised his two fingers and positioned them to for the letter "X".  I knew what that meant, "No Tennis today."  So I went home, relaxed a little, though a little about what cardio routine to do for my workout, but the thought of missing the 2+ hours of tennis and burning the 1000+kcals got me thinking.  I want to burn at least 1000kcals today to keep up with my norm.  So, I thought to do a T25 routine AND a P90X3 cardio routine.  I think my favorite X3 Cardio routine is MMX, so I figured I'd just do that one.  I was also thinking to do an ab routine, but I figured I wait to see how my burn was doing at the end.

I got started with Gamma: Speed 3.0 and the two moves right at the beginning really pounded my calves and arches.  I brought back to my memory the pain of the Shaun T programs.  I actually made it through the first two levels of Round 1, but just before round 3 began, I had to tap out.  That was at about the 17-minute mark.  I made it through Level 3 of Round 1 but the little breaks came a lot after that.  I had to take a few little breaks to watch the move to learn it, then I rewound the video and started over again.  Round 2, Level 1, I had to take a few small breaks because I fell behind on the rep count.  Especially on the "Hop-Hop-Squat" move.  I kept falling behind, but finally, I figured I'd just reduce my range of motion on the Squat some and that did the trick.  I was able to keep up on Level 3.  Probably the main reason was that my glutes were killing me from the Lower Body workout yesterday, and I wasn't able to get up and down as quickly as if I had done an Upper Body workout the previous day.  I was sweating like crazy and the thought of doing another routine after this was only seemed like a pipedream.   I was thinking, "NO WAY!!!"  I got through Speed 3.0 and was feeling really worn, my feet were feeling beat, and I was breathing really heavily.  I thought that there was no way I was going to do another routine.  I was done!  But once I finished the cooldown, another thought entered my mind as I looked at my HRM which showed only 480kcals burned.  I suddenly caught my second wind and I just automatically got the MMX DVD out and started it up.

Since doing Les Mills Combat, I was a little wary about the kickboxing routine because of my knee.  But as MMX progressed, it came back that MMX wasn't a "dancing around" type of routine.  It was a real fight combination and form type of routine.  So I was happy because I had ZERO knee pain that I normally got from the other "Fighting" routines.  I love the combos.  But several of the combos were really complicated, so I had to stop and watch them a few times to learn the steps.   I was doing fine until the sprawls started coming out.  Those killed me!  The multiple Burpee moves in Speed 3.0 got me ready for them though, so I was fast on the up-tick.  But again, by the middle mark, I was sweating even more and I was breathing heavily.  I started to slow down a bit, but each time, I was able to find a third and fourth wind that pushed me on.  There was one move that really slowed me down because it made me dizzy.  The move was a four punch combo, with a scramble sprawl.  I did a few fine, but then I started to get dizzy so I slowed down and just did a few reps.  But from then blood was pumping and was starting gas out again.  The final move is my favorite, but also one of the most complicated moves.  The one with the flying kick, down punch, Sprawl, and four punches back.  I watched the move to learn it and started doing it, but I kept forgetting a piece here and a piece there, so at about 20 seconds in, I restarted the move.  This time, I killed it on both sides.  I was dead after that one.  But I had a great time.  I looked at my HRM and I was already over 1000kcals burned so a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment rushed through me.  With all the twisting and core movement in this routine, I felt that my core already got a great workout so no ab routine today.

When I workout at home, I usually go right into my Splits and Flow after the main routine(s), but today, I was just too sweaty.  If I stayed for my splits and flow, I would have left puddles of sweat all over my floor, so I decided to go and take my shower first.

It was a good decision because I felt a lot better afterward.  Later in the evening, I started my splits and flow with no sweat.  My muscles were still warm, so I was able to still stretch it out really smoothly.  I really wanted to take some time to stretch and foam roll my lower body so I was able to do that.

In the end, I torched a good 1213kcals.  It was a sweaty and Hot experience.  It was a good substitute for my tennis.  I won't be able to play next week either so I have to plan for that.