HY: Basketball + 10MT-Total Body 2/Core Cardio/Upper Body + TC-Flow + Splits
Had kind of a housework family day. In the morning I completed a Spring Vacation Project, which was to switch the flooring on my workout/office area. It had gotten big holes and cracks in it and was getting dangerous to walk on because one might trip. So I took the whole morning to clear everything off the flooring, switch it out with a new one, the put everything back. Cleaning everything as I went. I was thinking that that would have been a good workout in itself. I should have worn a HRM. Worked up a good sweat, too. My room now looks and feels like new! Watched a movie with my kids in he early afternoon, then played some basketball with my son. Again, I should have worn a HRM. It was getting late so I came in to start my regular workout.
I had forgotten how intense the 10MT could be. Previously, I had used the easy bands so I guess I was breezing through it. Now, I'm using the second to hardest bands I have and I'm dying. There was no way I was going straight through any of these workouts. In TB2 my shoulders, back, and legs were dying. I barely made it through CC, and my arms got a huge pump and burn with UB. Bi's and Tri's were really feeling it. On several of the moves, I couldn't last to the end of the minutes. WIMP!!! I was really breathing heavy through out, and today I needed to get out the big towel to keep my sweat at bay.
I did a slow flow today to renew that muscle memory for the flow. Felt really good. When all was done, I had burned almost 900kcals with my splits yet to go. I plan to do them later after my bath. It's going to be interesting because the new flooring is very slippery so I wonder if I'll have a good time staying up... or down...
Just finished splits and it was great with the new slippery floor. Easy to inch out and get lower. I think I hit my lowest mark to date, but still hip flexor tightness. Maybe I'll do some foam rolling on them in the days to come. Great workout. If I add all the extras, I torched over 1000kcals today.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
HY: 10 Minute Trainer-Total Body/Lower Body/Abs + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
HY: 10 Minute Trainer-Total Body/Lower Body/Abs + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
Got really busy and wasn't able to post this on Friday when it was done. This was a great workout. Got a great burn in my lower body especially. Abs were rocking in he final phase. Heel is no longer an issue but I still have to be careful. Although it doesn't hurt like before, it still aches when I walk barefoot on hard surfaces.
The splits and flow were good, but my hip flexors are really feeling it now. I don't know if the shape of my hip flexors are preventing my flexibility from improving faster or if I'm just that tight. Recently, I don't feel as much pull my my muscles, per se, but more pain in those hip flexors. If you have any insights, I'd appreciate some comments.
The flow was smooth. I think it is starting to come together. I just wish I was confident enough to stop training and just do it for it. Looking forward to the day off.
Got really busy and wasn't able to post this on Friday when it was done. This was a great workout. Got a great burn in my lower body especially. Abs were rocking in he final phase. Heel is no longer an issue but I still have to be careful. Although it doesn't hurt like before, it still aches when I walk barefoot on hard surfaces.
The splits and flow were good, but my hip flexors are really feeling it now. I don't know if the shape of my hip flexors are preventing my flexibility from improving faster or if I'm just that tight. Recently, I don't feel as much pull my my muscles, per se, but more pain in those hip flexors. If you have any insights, I'd appreciate some comments.
The flow was smooth. I think it is starting to come together. I just wish I was confident enough to stop training and just do it for it. Looking forward to the day off.
Thursday, March 26, 2015
HY: Tennis + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
HY: Tennis + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
I had my Shake in the morning with the full intention of doing a regular workout in the morning before tennis in the afternoon. But for some reason, the time got away from me and I decided to just do my workout after tennis.
My son and I went to a tennis racket event sponsored by one of the local sporting goods stores that allowed us to try all the new models of tennis rackets. We were scheduled for only one hour. I thought we would go and hit a few balls and serves and switch rackets and that was it. I didn't think it would be anything too strenuous. We ended up staying there for close to 2 hours. We drilled for about 30 minutes with a bunch of different rackets, then we had free rally time for over an hour. Just on a whim, I decided to use my HRM and at the end of it, I had 5 blisters on my hands and feet, and had burned almost 1300kcals. I was dead tired. I decided not extra workout was necessary.
After my shower, I did my splits and Flow. Felt good to get back to it and I still kept my mark. Flows were solid, no hiccups! Fun day with a big burn!
I had my Shake in the morning with the full intention of doing a regular workout in the morning before tennis in the afternoon. But for some reason, the time got away from me and I decided to just do my workout after tennis.
My son and I went to a tennis racket event sponsored by one of the local sporting goods stores that allowed us to try all the new models of tennis rackets. We were scheduled for only one hour. I thought we would go and hit a few balls and serves and switch rackets and that was it. I didn't think it would be anything too strenuous. We ended up staying there for close to 2 hours. We drilled for about 30 minutes with a bunch of different rackets, then we had free rally time for over an hour. Just on a whim, I decided to use my HRM and at the end of it, I had 5 blisters on my hands and feet, and had burned almost 1300kcals. I was dead tired. I decided not extra workout was necessary.
After my shower, I did my splits and Flow. Felt good to get back to it and I still kept my mark. Flows were solid, no hiccups! Fun day with a big burn!
HY: P90X2-X2 Yoga + Tai Cheng Flow.
HY: P90X2-X2 Yoga + Tai Cheng Flow.
I was feeling really sore from the previous days weights so I decided I had better take it a little easy today and do a restorative routine. It has been a while, but I really wanted to go back to some Yoga. My routine of choice is X2 Yoga. Challenging and Fun. I got a great stretch, but I have definitely lost some Yoga ability. I was not able to go though the entire "on one leg" sequence. I had to take a lot of breaks and my balance from Half Moon and Twisting Half Moon was just terrible. I kept falling out. I also couldn't hold Crow Pose as long as I used to. But I was able to get the Wrap on both sides, albeit only holding my finger tips, I was able to keep my high shoulder up on both sides. No cramp this time. I was nervous about that. I was also nervous about the Bridge\Wheel pose because of my wrist, but I was careful and it wasn't that bad. A little pain at the start, but I tried to just forget it and in a bit, I wasn't even noticing any pain at all... until I noticed it. Also, throughout the whole session, my back on the right side was pulling tight, so I had to be careful about that also. I'm slowly falling apart, but I doing my best to keep it together.
I also felt that I did enough to open my hips so I didn't do the splits training today, but I did do several solid flows. Felt a lot looser today after the workout. But tomorrow is back to the grind.
My heel is still hurting, but not sharply anymore. I hope it will be totally healed by next week.
I was feeling really sore from the previous days weights so I decided I had better take it a little easy today and do a restorative routine. It has been a while, but I really wanted to go back to some Yoga. My routine of choice is X2 Yoga. Challenging and Fun. I got a great stretch, but I have definitely lost some Yoga ability. I was not able to go though the entire "on one leg" sequence. I had to take a lot of breaks and my balance from Half Moon and Twisting Half Moon was just terrible. I kept falling out. I also couldn't hold Crow Pose as long as I used to. But I was able to get the Wrap on both sides, albeit only holding my finger tips, I was able to keep my high shoulder up on both sides. No cramp this time. I was nervous about that. I was also nervous about the Bridge\Wheel pose because of my wrist, but I was careful and it wasn't that bad. A little pain at the start, but I tried to just forget it and in a bit, I wasn't even noticing any pain at all... until I noticed it. Also, throughout the whole session, my back on the right side was pulling tight, so I had to be careful about that also. I'm slowly falling apart, but I doing my best to keep it together.
I also felt that I did enough to open my hips so I didn't do the splits training today, but I did do several solid flows. Felt a lot looser today after the workout. But tomorrow is back to the grind.
My heel is still hurting, but not sharply anymore. I hope it will be totally healed by next week.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
"HY" 10 Min. Trainer, ONE on ONE-Chest & Back/Plyo Intervals/Friday Night Arms + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
"HY" 10 Min. Trainer, ONE on ONE-Chest & Back/Plyo Intervals/Friday Night Arms + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
Really busy day with a lot of errands run. Got home late and got a late start. Started after 7pm and I had another errand to run later in the evening so I was in a bit of a time crunch.
What can I say, Tony is a genius with his 10 minute routines. Today, I got two upper body routines and I got fried and pumped. I really REALLY Felt the burn in my biceps with the bands. Something that doesn't really happen that much with the heavy weights. So I was glad to feel that burn. It took me a bit longer than just 10 minutes with each routine because I had to watch and learn the move first, but once I got it, I was fine. Some repackaged moves and a lot of new moves so it was interesting. I burned out on each routine. I'm not used to no on-screen time clock or text cues. But once I know the routines better, it will be okay.
Again, combined with the stretch and Flow, I burned off over 850kcals. Thanks, TONY!!!
Really busy day with a lot of errands run. Got home late and got a late start. Started after 7pm and I had another errand to run later in the evening so I was in a bit of a time crunch.
What can I say, Tony is a genius with his 10 minute routines. Today, I got two upper body routines and I got fried and pumped. I really REALLY Felt the burn in my biceps with the bands. Something that doesn't really happen that much with the heavy weights. So I was glad to feel that burn. It took me a bit longer than just 10 minutes with each routine because I had to watch and learn the move first, but once I got it, I was fine. Some repackaged moves and a lot of new moves so it was interesting. I burned out on each routine. I'm not used to no on-screen time clock or text cues. But once I know the routines better, it will be okay.
Again, combined with the stretch and Flow, I burned off over 850kcals. Thanks, TONY!!!
HYBRID (HY) 10 Min. Trainer, ONE on ONE-Lower Body/Upper Body/Cardio Intervals + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
HYBRID (HY) 10 Min. Trainer, ONE on ONE-Lower Body/Upper Body/Cardio Intervals + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
No week or day count from today because I'm not on any one program officially anymore. Rather, I'm back on my hybrid or Beachbody and other programs. Mixing it up and spicing up my life with variety. I was really looking forward to trying this next set of routines.
I got the 10 Minute Trainer program several years ago. Then a couple years ago I was browsing the BB store... and discovered that BB had added a few discs to the 10MT program. These new discs were not available directly through TBB, but only through the BB site. So I had to wait until I went back to the US order them. Finally got to do the first disc today! They were such great routines. I got an awesome burn. I was actually not going to do the lower body, but once I got started, I just had to keep going. Thankfully, I was able to keep off my heel and on my toes, so I didn't really feel any sort of pain in my heel. Or maybe it was the adrenalin that was coursing through my body during my workout. Great Triple 10!! With the Lower and Cardio, it was like two leg workouts.
No week or day count from today because I'm not on any one program officially anymore. Rather, I'm back on my hybrid or Beachbody and other programs. Mixing it up and spicing up my life with variety. I was really looking forward to trying this next set of routines.
I got the 10 Minute Trainer program several years ago. Then a couple years ago I was browsing the BB store... and discovered that BB had added a few discs to the 10MT program. These new discs were not available directly through TBB, but only through the BB site. So I had to wait until I went back to the US order them. Finally got to do the first disc today! They were such great routines. I got an awesome burn. I was actually not going to do the lower body, but once I got started, I just had to keep going. Thankfully, I was able to keep off my heel and on my toes, so I didn't really feel any sort of pain in my heel. Or maybe it was the adrenalin that was coursing through my body during my workout. Great Triple 10!! With the Lower and Cardio, it was like two leg workouts.
Combined with the stretch and the Flow, I burned over 900kcals with this routine. Definitely will do this again. Too tired to do the core. Maybe tomorrow.
W12D6, Yoga Shred Challenge, Day 14 + 10 Min. Trainer: Abs + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
W12D6, Yoga Shred Challenge, Day 14 + 10 Min. Trainer: Abs + Splits + Tai Cheng Flow.
Weird day today. Started off fine, but for some reason, after getting to work, on the walk from my car to my office, a pain in my left heel started to come on. It got really painful the more I walked on it, and wouldn't you know it, this is the day I had to do a lot of extra walking. Kind of hit me from out of left field. It started throbbing on the drive home. I was out of sorts as to what kind of workout to do. Definitely no cardio or lower body work. Finally I decided on what is listed above.
Weird day today. Started off fine, but for some reason, after getting to work, on the walk from my car to my office, a pain in my left heel started to come on. It got really painful the more I walked on it, and wouldn't you know it, this is the day I had to do a lot of extra walking. Kind of hit me from out of left field. It started throbbing on the drive home. I was out of sorts as to what kind of workout to do. Definitely no cardio or lower body work. Finally I decided on what is listed above.
Finished off the 14 day Yoga Shred Challenge. Thankfully it was a restorative routine so no extra pressure on my heel. Got a good stretch and warm up.
I wanted to do the P90X2 Recovery and Mobility routine for the concentrated Foam Rolling, but I didn't have the time, so I went really short with 10 Min. Trainer's Abs routine. Yep, without ab focus, I definitely lost some ab strength, so with the up coming hybrid, I'm focusing on abs.
Splits was tough because there is a lot of pressure on my heels when going down, so I didn't hold the position for as long as I usually do, just an 8-count at the bottom. Legs are still a bit sore so lost some ground, but I'm going to keep pushing.
The Flow was okay, but I had to modify my left back stance to take of the pressure. That slight change threw me off a bit and I was just okay.
Tomorrow is my off day, so I'm going to take advantage of it and really try and rest up so hopefully my heel recovers quickly and I can hit it again from Sunday. Happy for the weekend! I'll be here when ya'll get here!
I wanted to do the P90X2 Recovery and Mobility routine for the concentrated Foam Rolling, but I didn't have the time, so I went really short with 10 Min. Trainer's Abs routine. Yep, without ab focus, I definitely lost some ab strength, so with the up coming hybrid, I'm focusing on abs.
Splits was tough because there is a lot of pressure on my heels when going down, so I didn't hold the position for as long as I usually do, just an 8-count at the bottom. Legs are still a bit sore so lost some ground, but I'm going to keep pushing.
The Flow was okay, but I had to modify my left back stance to take of the pressure. That slight change threw me off a bit and I was just okay.
Tomorrow is my off day, so I'm going to take advantage of it and really try and rest up so hopefully my heel recovers quickly and I can hit it again from Sunday. Happy for the weekend! I'll be here when ya'll get here!
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