#P90X Day 40: Squatty Lunge Fest w/ a side of Pullups
It’s funny how the more bizarre my post titles the more traffic that post gets. Now, granted according to Google Analytics, the bounce rate is fairly high for those posts, but no worries. I’m not writing novels here. If people want to read. they stay. If not, then no worries still.
But I digress…
I got nothing this time. Sorry, kids.
LEGS & BACK
Holy sore squats and side lunges, Batman! This time I bumped the weight I had in each hand for all the weighted squats from 15lbs to 20lbs and MAN did that make things tough. I noticed that the guy in the back never uses more than 12lbs. The 20lbs really helped with my grip. I feel like where I truly am the weakest in my body is my forearms. Sometimes they give out before my back does doing pullups. Having to hold 20lbs in each hand during the calf raises was a true test of grunting through and trying so hard to not drop the weights. During the Toe 180 lunges too! Good grief those are tough w/ that kinda weight. My legs were sore this morning already!
TOTAL LEGS & BACK CALORIE BURN: 996!!!!!!! (My HR was thru the roof! Great workout!)
"C'mon! Get 'em up! I know it burns!"
AB RIPPER X
Something different happened last night with ABX. Not sure what. Although I focused again on keeping my hands up in the early maneuvers. I did pretty well on the In & Outs and the forward bicycles. Arms up for the reverse bicycles is just painful. Not literally, they’re just really tough. Crunchy frog was easier this time. Having had my arms in the air for the first few, these seemed easier to balance on, and I was able to rock out15 or so before I had to take a brief rest.
TOTAL AB RIPPER X CALORIE BURN: 230! (One of my best yet. Wild how 15 minutes can net such a burn, eh?)
TOTAL CALORIES FOR WORKOUT: 1226 BAM!
Nate, I know what you mean. Holding the dumbells during lunges and toes raises, my hands get tired. Makes doing pullups killer.
That’s exactly it, Bob. Some of my pullups sets last night I know suffered because my forearms were wiped. However, in hindsight, a day later, feeling how sore my lats are….apparently they weren’t suffering TOO much last night.