9-21-17 (Thursday) HY: ChaLEAN Extreme - Burn It Off! + Extreme Core Circuit + Arm Shaper + TCF.

9-21-17 (Thursday) HY: ChaLEAN Extreme - Burn It Off! + Extreme Core Circuit + Arm Shaper + TCF.

Two days of true vacation left and today was like yesterday, watching some baseball in the morning, relaxing with some games, then getting to my workout in the early evening.

Since I did resistance yesterday, today was cardio, but I didn't want to do something that would require a lot of jumping, so I went with Chalene's Burn It Off!  There is a minimal amount jumping, but the intensity can be pretty high.  Also, it's been a while since I actually did this routine, so I was looking forward to seeing how I would work it out.  The little jumping that was required with the Jumping Jack progression was a bit sketchy in that I did feel some adverse pressure on my lower back, but no pain.  I tried to keep the pressure as low as possible by keeping my knees soft and flexing the support muscles in my lower back.  I think I did a good job of protecting my back and still give it a little bit of a workout to test it.  There were a series of moves which included the Jumping Jacks that really made my arches ache.  The one legged lunge to basketball shot was one, and another was the football drills at the end.  The Extreme Burpees were kept at Chalene's pace.  The reason why I call them "Extreme" is because I add the Push-Up at the bottom.  The jump knee tuck at the top was just a quick knee raise to get my feet off the ground.  Overall, it was a good workout and I got a good sweat on.

I went back to standard Push-Ups and pumped out a quick 50 reps. I was a bit disappointed that I slowed way down again on the last 3-4 reps. But I guess I should be happy I'm hitting 50.

I moved right into Abs with Chalene.  I didn't have time to do the lower back routine, so I focused on activating my whole core during the moves.  I kept everything flexed and controlled.  I definitely got a good burn in my abs, and worked my lower back as well.

I finished off with a good series of Flows.  I was trying to see how quickly I could get my heart rate down with a flow.  Relatively quickly, but not as fast as Corpse Pose.

In the end, today's workout was only an hour long, but I was able to burn a nice 574kcals.  Heading to the weekend!