9-14-17 (Thursday) HY: YAYOG - Novice: Circuit Training + Lower Back Strengthening/Stretch.

9-14-17 (Thursday) HY: YAYOG - Novice: Circuit Training + Lower Back Strengthening/Stretch.

Today, I sort of put myself into a time crunch because I was being lazy all day.  I got started late and so I had to cut out some things, but I got the essentials in.

Today, ends the Novice Phase of YAYOG.  Circuit Training is supposed to be the toughest of all the routines in the Phase.  It was in that it has the longest sustained exercise, through four moves.  It also showed evidence with the amount of calories I burned in less time.  I'll get to that at the end.  Of course, I added to the intensity of the routine by adding two rounds for a total of six rounds.  That was a tough, but doable task.  I definitely felt the burn on ALL the moves in the extra rounds.  But the biggest burn came on the Military Presses (Pike Push-Ups).  I had to let out a groan to failure to keep going.  I was happy that I didn't stop once mid-set.  I gutted out each move taking the burn.  Oh, the four moves were Dynamic Squats, Military Presses (Pike Push-Ups), Fast Swimmers, Cross Mountain Climbers.

I moved right into the Arm Shaper Push-Ups.  Today, I did Standard Push-Ups.  I wanted to pump out a strong set of 40 straight.  But I did a strong set of 36 reps, and the last 4 reps were slow and pitiful, just about to failure on the last one.  I shook out my arms and then pumped out a quick 10 reps to hit 50 reps.

I went right into the strengthening moves for my lower back and then the stretch routine.  I really need to get my lower back stronger to support my lumbar spine. That is where my pain is emanating from.  We'll see how this goes for a few weeks until I don't have the pain anymore.

In the end, I burned a modest 706kcal.  The sustained movement really makes a difference in the calorie burn as opposed to taking quick breaks between moves or even every two moves.