Today begins the 5th Round of the Bulk Phase of the Body Beast Program. The color is Neon Pink. The past couple of weeks I was holding steady with one weight, so this week was time to up the weights a little more. So I did just that on 16 out of 21, not including the usually non-weighted Multi-Set. I have been reluctant and nervous to up the Light Sets for fear that the heavier weight would burn me out faster, but I think it actually warmed me up for the heavier sets, so I was happy. One correction that I have to make is the 5th set on the Progressive Set of Incline Presses. I have it down as a repeat of last time's weight 12kgs as a "-" notation, but it was actually raised from 12kgs to 14.5kgs. Everything else was fine. On the last set of that Progressive Set, the light set at 12kgs, there is an "R" in front of the weight. That basically means that I needed an extra rest before starting that set. I went back and did the set rest time twice. I was toast after that middle set so I took an extra breather. This was a good routine and I'm happy with my progress and strengthening. One last additional correction. On the heavy set of the Combo Set, I was a little nervous to go up on the heavy set. But I shouldn't have been. The 12kgs was actually pretty easy because I knocked it out pretty quickly, so I'm adding an "EZ" next to the "-" so I know to go up regardless of my fear. At the end of the workout, I added that extra move, Calf Raises, to keep them strong. I don't want any cramping due to weakness when I play tennis.
The Anabolic Stretch was good. I had to do the wiggle to get the best-loaded stretch, but I got it and the 5 sets of 60-seconds were really hitting the whole chest.
For the Ab routine this round, I chose the toughest routine from ChaLEAN Extreme, "I've Got Abs". It was especially difficult today because there are four sets of Push-Up variations and my chest and shoulders were already on fire from the resistance workout. The first two sets were rough going, really pushing hard to get up, but I must have hurdled that barrier because the last two sets of Push-Ups were pretty stable and strong. I felt stronger at the end than at the beginning.
And luckily, the Flow series was still strong and stable. No forgetting this time.
In the end, I burned a good 704 kcals. Again, not too shabby for a focused Chest workout with Abs.
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