3-04-18 (Sunday) HY: P90X3 -Accelerator + P90X2 - X2 Ab Ripper + Hip Flexor Stretch + TCF.

3-04-18 (Sunday) HY: P90X3 -Accelerator + P90X2 - X2 Ab Ripper + Hip Flexor Stretch + TCF.

I am taking the month of March off from my tennis club because I'm going to be away for three out of four weeks and me, being the cheapy that I am, I didn't want to pay the monthly club fee for only two sessions.  So today was sort of back to basics with cardio.

Accelerator was a lot tougher than I remember.  Starting off with a pretty quick pace, then turning it up a notch.  I was breathing hard and sweating bullets.  I started off pretty well.  I think I killed it for most of the first half, but I lost it on the move Spin Stops.  That just totally fried my legs and I had to take a little breather after that one.  The next one was Plank Walkers, which wasn't that bad, but I was dying at the end.  And that was the last move before the mid-way break.  Shoulders were SCREAMING!!!  I started off the second half pretty well with the Joel Jumps, but the Plank Circles had to be modified because of space.  I don't have enough room to actually make the turns.  But that was another killer for my shoulders.  Double Trouble Climbers started off fine, but again, I burned out at the end, just able to push myself to the finish line.  But the move that totally fried me was the last move, Donkey Kicks.  I started off and went for about 20 seconds then flamed out.  I took a quick breather, then started the minute again and got to the end.  Total exhaustion!!!

BUT, I wanted to get abs but at a slower pace so I went with X2 Ab Ripper.  I don't even remember the last time I did it, but it was a great routine that fried my abs crispy.  Started off fine, but the move that got me was the Oblique Crunch Roll, about 5 minutes in.  That was a great all-around core burner.  First time to double over in cramping pain.  10 minutes in, Gate Bridge Lift is usually a relatively easy move, but today, BURN BURN BURN!!!  That added lift was the straw the burned me out.  The last move, Balance Bike Crunch, only 20 reps, but I had to take a break after 10 reps, then finish it out.  My abs just couldn't go all the way.  More BURN!!!

I finished out with a good stretch on my hip flexors and also my hamstrings.  The past few days my hamstrings and hip flexors have been really sore, so I took time to stretch them out.  Then I finished out my workout with a good Flow series.

In the end, I burned 828kcals.  I was thinking around two hundred less, so I was happy to top eight hundred.  But I missed my tennis.