Friday, January 26, 2018

1-22-18 (Monday) HY: ChaLEAN Extreme - Push Circuit 3 + A40 Core + TCF + Ab EMS.

1-22-18 (Monday) HY: ChaLEAN Extreme - Push Circuit 3 + A40 Core + TCF + Ab EMS.

This week, I'm sort of back to a "regular" schedule again, so I am able to spread out my resistance days a little better than previous weeks.  Today, I got to do the final routine of the Push Circuit.  Target muscles were Legs, Back and Chest.  It was a pretty straight forward routine.  I pretty much mirrored the previous time with regard to weights except for two moves, 6. Bench Press, and 8. Reverse-Grip Bent-Over Rows.  Both of those moves, I went up to 25kgs from 22kgs.  I was able to handle the Bench Press fine, but the Rows, 25kgs is still a little too heavy.  I felt my form was off and my range of motion was smaller because it was too heavy for me to get all the way up.  Plus, I was also worried about my back.  So, next time, I'll probably go down to 22kgs again.  Then, there are the Pull-Ups.  I got a new toy today, a weight belt for bar work.  I wish I had it when I was doing the OCR Dead Hang challenge last month.  But I'm having fun with it now.  So, I added 10kgs to my pull ups which is why the rep numbers are down.  The first set, 5-Grip, I did only two rounds, down from 5 rounds.  Then, I added 6 reps of Parallel Grip Pull-Ups for a video I made to show my new "Toy".


For the Wide Grip, I got only 4 reps, down from 10. Then Close Front, I got 5 reps, down from 10.  Finally, Towel Pull-Ups, I got 5, down from 7.  I was pretty happy with those numbers.  Overall, it was a good routine.  A few misjudgments on weights, but I'm satisfied.


I felt good, and I wanted to get in some focused Ab work, so I went and did the A40 Core routine.  This time, to equal Ab Ripper 200, I did five rounds, and I was in pain!  The final set was brutal, but I made it through.  I ended the routine with a lovely Flow series.  Later in the evening, I got in my EMS.

In the end, I burned a good 750+kcals.  I'm glad I got that much.  My area is still cold, but I'm now using a heater because I don't like to breath in the cold air when I'm breathing heavy.  I wouldn't want to reactivate my bronchitis.

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