2-05-18 (Monday) HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + CVX + Abs 40 + TCF.

2-05-18 (Monday) HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + CVX + Abs 40　+ TCF.

From February, my schedule changes.  I now have a night class on Monday nights three Mondays a month.  This was my first Monday with a night class.  And it just so happened to be Super Bowl Sunday in the USA so I get the game live Monday morning.  So, instead of doing a workout, I watched the Super Bowl.  Very stressful game, but not for the regular reasons.  Up until this year I could watch the Super Bowl with the same commentary as the live broadcast in the US.  But for some reason, this year, no English commentary.  There were TWO audio channels, but BOTH were Japanese commentary.  For American sports, their commentary is terrible.  So, I didn't really enjoy the game.  And what's worse, I didn't get to do my workout.  I had to leave for work as soon as the game ended, and I didn't get home until after 8 pm.  So, I had to do a quick workout and one not resistance.  So I chose CVX.

I chose this routine because of the weight that it did use. Just a light weight but with tons of reps.  I used a 4 kg dumbbell.  But I started off with Cold Start as my warm up.  Perfect for today.  For the raising and lifting moves, it was fine, but for the static hold like in the Chair to Back Lunge, holding that weight over my head was a burn on my shoulders.  All the circuits were good and the moves were not too difficult, but the balance move in which I had to bring my knee to the weight for the second round was tough.  My glute on the standing leg got that pre-cramping sensation, but I made it through. I started to gas out near the end.  Then, I hit my second wind at the end of the first round of the final circuit.  I killed the Burnout.  I was so happy that I caught that second wind so I could finish strong.

It was getting late, but I wanted to add some abs in there to round out the routine, so I did the Ab40 routine.  Four moves done in 5 sets.  I was originally only going to do 3 sets, but I didn't want to go any less than 200 reps for my abs, so I pushed it to go 5 sets.  To refresh the memory, the four moves were Flutter Kicks, Knees Bent V-Ups, In and Outs, and Reverse Crunches.  Each for 10 reps.  If it doesn't sound that tough, try it.  Rest only 30 seconds between sets.  I started to fail in the third set, and I almost left it there.  But, as I said, I pushed it to go to 5 sets.  Then I finished off with a nice Flow series.

In the end, I burned 707kcals.  Good for a shorter workout.  My breath was taken away several times during the routine, especially during the second round.  But that was the plan.