8-11-17 (Friday) HY: T25 - Alpha: Speed 1.0 + Power 90 - Ab Ripper 200 + Arm Shaper + TCF.

8-11-17 (Friday) HY: T25 - Alpha: Speed 1.0 + Power 90 - Ab Ripper 200 + Arm Shaper + TCF.

I was supposed to play tennis today, but couldn't because of rain.  So, I was able to do a Shaun T routine and get some good cardio in.  Speed 1.0 is the least intense of the three Speed routines in the T25 disk set (I hear there is a new Speed routine On-Demand) because there are stretch moves embedded through out the first 15 minutes.  The first move progression in which we squat hop looking to the left then the middle then the right starts off easy enough, then we have to add the Hook, then add the squat, I usually have trouble keeping pace with the squat added in, but today, I was doing a pretty good job of keeping up.  The other killer move is the Jacks move.  Starting with just the feet going in and out, then progressing to a double in and out and eventually to a full Jumping Jack.  This is the move that really racks my arches.  But I was able to make it all the way through with no modification.  Most of the other moves are easy enough to do, but keeping the intensity high and keeping pace with Shaun T and the team is the challenge.  But my nemesis move in Speed 1.0 is the Low Cross Jacks.  It's a fast move and that progress marker looks like it is moving at a snail's pace.  The move feels much longer than all the other moves.  It also kills my ankles, arches, and calves.  I had to do it twice, in the regular part and then in the Burnout.  But I was happy to make it through both times with no modification.

I was feeling good, but didn't have a lot of time, so I went to my old faithful ab routine to get a quick burn.  Yes, I got my burn.  But it actually came a lot later than it usually does in this routine.  The first 5 moves were relatively fine.  In the past, the burn hits around move three or four.  Today, the burn didn't come until move 6.  But when it came, it came fast and hard.  I had to tap out again around move 8, and then again on move 10.  Major BURN!!!

The Arm Shaper today was a series of 5 moves: Standing Shoulder Flys, Reverse Curl and Side Press, Triceps Kickbacks, Biceps Curl and Front Press, and 90 Degree Raise.  I did three rounds of 10 reps each.  I started out with 4kgs, but went down to 2kgs in the second round, but back up to 3kgs for the third round.  Those straight arm moves are really tough.  I hope I can get stronger so I can do them better soon.

I didn't have much time and I couldn't do my stretch, so I went straight to my Flow series and finished off my workout there.

In the end, I torched around 550kcals.  Not bad for about 90 minutes of work.  But I'm happy that the weekend is now here. Off day, here I come!  Happy Weekend, Everybody!