Insanity Day 2: To Pause or Not to Pause. That is the Question.

Day 2 of Insanity. Today was "Plyometric Cardio Circuit". I can think of another name. Something like, "Pick 5 things that are really hard to do, then do them 3 times, each time faster than the last, with only 30 seconds to rest between sets. Then repeat that whole thing 3 times with a different set of really hard to do things each time." I guess that title was already taken.

Today was crazy hard, but in a much different way than yesterday's Fit Test. Today I thought my heart was going to explode, but unless you're not really reading this, it didn't. I pushed myself today, but not to my "Gauley River Limit" (see my Jan 6, 2012 post). I had to take breaks.

The big question I asked myself was: When I need a rest, do I just take it while the DVD plays, or do I pause the DVD and resume when I'm ready? I chose the latter, meaning I'll end up doing the whole ~40 minute DVD. It will just take longer. Now is not the time to push myself to the extreme, right? If you're saying "yes it is", you're probably already in shape! :-)

I really feel like I need to build up some cardio these first couple of weeks by pushing hard, but not too hard. This program wasn't intended for the beginner, which I am. Besides, I look in the mirror and Oompa Loompa is still staring back at me. But he is pretty sweaty.

As for soreness, I was pretty sore this morning, but once the warm-up was completed I felt great. The warm-up was the same as yesterday. Perhaps it's the same every day. I guess I'll find out as I progress.

Only 62 days to go. So far so good!

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