This sums up my Insanity journey thus far. I am on week 6! On the Insanity calendar, they don't count recovery week, so this is five. Screw that! I'm counting it all!
So Recovery week was....repetitive. I was super nervous about doing the exact same workout for 6 days. I get bored. After the first two days, I did things to spice up my work out. I would play my iPod for added noise. One day I made it opposite day. If they started on the right foot, I'd start on my left. I know it sounds silly, but it really helped.
Month two brings MAX WORKOUTS! I made the mistake of watching some of the Insanity infomercial on TV. I scared myself. Shout outs to my boys Alex and Craig for the encouraging texts. They've both done it before and told me I could do it.
I'm sticking with my 4am work outs on work days. That only allows me about an hour to work out. Today's workout called for Max Interval Circuit DVD along with Fit Test. I knew there was no way I'd have enough time to do both, so I opted to work out in the morning, and do the fit test after work. After a restless night, I dragged my feet and made my way downstairs.
I was NOT prepared for that workout. I cursed several times. I had to pause the DVD a few times to catch my breath, and that 30 seconds they give was not enough. This makes month 1 of Insanity look like a cake walk! Some exercises that were part of the work out last month, became part of the warm-up. This left room for crazier, more intense workout moves. Also, the MAX DVDs are roughly an hour. These FELT like an hour! Month 1, work outs few by. It was time to cool down before I knew it. This right here....I was like "I STILL have 30 minutes left?!?!" What felt like 30 minutes later, I found myself saying "I STILL have 20 minutes left!?!?"
I don't know how I'm going to make it through. I refuse to let this DVD beat me though. I WILL conquer it!
So this evening, I took fit test for the 3rd time. I definitely felt stronger. Let me say, I make it a habit to leave previous results out of reach. I want to genuinely see what I can do. I don't want to push myself, and possibly do things wrong, just to beat a number. I did my best this go round (and the previous rounds), and will use that to measure my progress. Here are my results:
Switch Kicks - 76 (+3)
Power Jacks - 47 (+3)
Power Knees - 117 (+14)
Power Jumps - 43 (+4)
Globe Jumps - 10 (+2) Suicide Jumps - 12 (+3)
Pushup Jacks - 21 (+3)
Low Plank Obliques - 60 (+12)
I improved on everything again!!! I'm highly pleased with my results. Story: While doing suicide jumps, my nephew was throwing things at me, which could have resulted in injury. I had to stop, get what he was throwing and send him upstairs. I lost count and had to start over...I want to say I was like 5-6 jumps in. I was HEATED! So that makes me wonder if I could have done more. I'll have to see next fit test, which happens to be Christmas Eve.
That's it for now....thanks for reading!
