I was still sore and tired from the big day of tennis yesterday, and I really didn't feel like doing any crazy insane cardio, so I went with what I thought would be an easier resistance workout. To quote an 80's comedian, "HA HA Very Funny, Mother Father!" What was I thinking??? "Easy" resistance workout???
Before I started, there was one thing that I decided I would do. Since I'm also doing the 30-Day Pull-Up Challenge, I decided to use the step ladder to get up to the top of each Pull/Chin-Up instead of doing the full UP. Regarding the Pull/Chin-Ups, after doing the Week 2 of the 30-day PUC (two days of eccentric, 5 sets of 6 reps) Tony's 3-Count seemed a little fast. I like the 5-7 second count because it prevents me from actually rushing to get the reps in. So I slowed it down and put a lot of tension into the muscles. Great sets, but they wore me out. Also, I did all the Push-Ups on stands when possible. I kept the weights of pretty much every move along with the set rep count. I was happy that the weights I did the last time were still good for me, and not too heavy. The one different thing that I did was do two sets of the Triceps Skyfers. The first set I did on the ladder with one foot up for 5 reps each. When I finished, I figured that my form was awful because my hips didn't go up at all. So I did another full set with my feet on the ground and got my hips as high as I could get them. Overall, it was a good routine, and I still felt strong. Great pump and burn.
I jumped right into the Abs. I wanted to step up the intensity so I went up a level. And MAN was it tough. I had to take a break at least twice during the routine because of the burn. I couldn't take the burn, and had to tap out. But eventually I got it done. I'm going to feel it tomorrow.
I was a little worried about today's Pull-Ups because of the Eccentric Pull-Ups I did in the previous routine. It took me a while to get through the sets of Parallel Grip and Chin-Ups. Biceps were hurting! For some reason, I'm much stronger on the Pull-Ups than the Chin-Ups. I was burning out quick.
Finishing off the workout as usual, with a Flow series.
In the end, I was a little surprised to make sure, but there were no anomalies. I burned only 597kcals. A bit low for such a high voter turnout.
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