11-23-17 (Thursday) HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + Total Synergistics + TCF.
Today is Thanksgiving Eve in the USA and Labor Day in Japan, so, I had the day off. But I had no plan to do anything today so that is pretty much what happened, nothing. My daughter had gone out with her friends so my wife and I were in our "Empty Nest". So, we just relaxed most of the day. We called my parents, watched some TV, talked, snacked (on nuts and small cookies). It was a very relaxing day. Finally, around 5pm, I got off my butt and started getting ready for my workout.
I wanted to do a resistance workout, but since my triceps and shoulders were still pretty sore, I looked for a full body routine that wouldn't focus on any one sore part, so I went back to P90X3. It ended up being the perfect workout because it was total body. But since I was still feeling that soreness, I began with Cold Start to not only warm up, but to loosen up my sore muscles. Worked as advertised! The first move was Push-Ups with Side Arm Balance. Luckily, it wasn't Military or Triceps Push-Ups or it would have been brutal. With my arms wider in the standard position, I was able to avoid a lot of pain. The non-weighted moves early on were fine, but the ones at the end were brutal. The final non-weighted move was the most brutal. Warrior Squat Moon. Again, my Half-Moon was unstable and I couldn't hold the pose steady for a good solid static pose. In and fall out. The first 4 reps were totally fine and easy, but the 5th rep brought on a whole new burn and I couldn't take in after the 6th rep. I had to tap out and shake it out. By then I could only fit one rep before Tony called time. Exactly the same thing on the other side.
As for the weighted moves, I felt good, so on a few moves, I upped the weight from the previous run which was about 4 months ago. Specifically Move #6, #11, and #13. But rep counts were down a bit. I didn't get a huge pump, but I felt it coming. I felt really good on the Chin-Up Circle Crunch. Got the highest rep count on this worksheet. But the Pull-Up followed suit. Maybe my biceps are starting to catch up. That'd be nice. I finished to workout off with a good series of Flows.
In the end, I burned over 750kcals. So I was satisfied!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Push Play Today!!!
Welcome to the new direction for this blog. In it, I will post my experiences and thoughts related to the sport of Pickleball and my efforts to grow Pickleball in the Prefecture of Kagoshima located in the southernmost tip of mainland Japan. I hope to post pictures and videos of the activities and events that are held in Kagoshima. And one day, hopefully, you will come and play some Pickleball with us! Please comment if you visit!
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