Testing out #SixPackShortcuts

Forced myself to the gym after slacking up for 4 days. Monday I had off for Easter and I shouldve gone in yesterday, but was lazy (sigh)

So today...rocking my new shoes which I bought intentionally for working out since my Basketball AI Reeboks hurt my feet when I ran: http://shop.reebok.com/US/custom-shoes/mens/realflex

Elliptical 1 mile (11 mins) at resistance of 9
Running up single steps (n = 28) x 6, walking down

Then i wanted to test out this new youtube viral workout by this jacked Asian guy named Mike Chang called SixPackShortCuts. It emphasizes high intensity cardio over long cardio (which is what I have been doing), with the premise that the "afterburn" effect utilizes more fat burning mechanisms, particularly around your abs (since all of his exercises focus on that)

SixPackShortCut workout: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uQtPyWkXcc

So, I did a variation of it:
Alternating Crunches for 30 seconds
Elbow Plank for 30 seconds
Mountain Climbers, 30 reps total (hard to count when I do this)

Repeat for a cycle of 5 minutes.

I couldn't maintain the pace since I was so out of breath. I ended up doing 15 minutes worth...basically 3 sets --- very very bare minimum compared to what he did.

Then, one of my pet peeves working out has been my lack of chest strength - so I did 70lb resistance on the Iso-Incline Chest Press machine. 3 sets, 8 reps. Got through all my reps with 1 minute breaks. Annoying that I'm so weak in that area, so I figure even on my cardio days, I want to work on some muscle group solely (just abs and chest probably...[south] beach muscles FTW!

Tomorrow will be doing George's homework, and Friday Session 9.

Raj