8-24-17 (Thursday) HY: Insanity - Cardio Recovery + TCF + Walking.

8-24-17 (Thursday) HY: Insanity - Cardio Recovery + TCF + Walking.

I was planning to do a workout yesterday (Wednesday) but I was just so exhausted for some reason that I took yesterday off and basically did nothing.  Today, my wife and I are leaving for Nagasaki for a few days because that is the site of the High School Field Hockey National Tournament that my daughter is playing in as a representative of the Kagoshima team.  We don't leave until noon, so I did a quick workout/recovery workout in the morning.

I chose Insanity - Cardio Recovery because it was a recovery routine, but I knew it wouldn't be easy.  I wanted something I could go through in a short amount of time and still get a burn.  This routine did just that.  I was Pulse Lunges and Squats, and all those different combos just burned out my legs.  Following the workout, my quads were shaking as I was going down the stairs.  I was able to get in a series of Flows at the end.  Another reason why I chose a recovery level routine is because I am nursing a minor injury I suffered on Tuesday.  I mentioned a pain in my right side while doing Pull-Ups, and that has stayed with me.  Wednesday night, I still couldn't raise up on my right side without a lot of pain, so I wanted a routine that would give that area a little relief.  There were some painful moments, but I modified when the pain came.

We left at noon by bullet train because we wanted to attend the opening ceremonies, but as it turns out, only the coach and captains had to go.  So, instead of going directly to the tournament site, we stopped off at an Outlet mall and did some shopping.  My wife wanted to get something there, but I was the one who ended up getting a few things.  We walked about 5km at the mall.  But I guess it was more like a plaza of 150+ shops.  We walked up and down the small streets looking into all the shops we wanted to look at.  All that walking on top of the workout in the morning, I was very tired by the time we got to the hotel early that evening.  Not too much pain, but a few times when stepping down from a high step on my right foot, there was a shooting pain in my right side when I landed.

In the end, I burned just over 300kcals in the morning.  No HRM during the walking, but I would guess it was close to 300kcals or more.  I was really tired so it was nice to get to sleep early.