Insanity Day 36: What's Significant about 1492?

If you guessed that's the year Columbus set sail for Africa but found a bunch of islands in the Caribbean, you'd be right. (By the way, Columbus never made it to what we now know as the United Stated of America. The furthest north he ever made it was Cuba. Not sure why I along with most other kids learned that in school, but I digress!)

The other significance of 1492 today is, that's how many calories I burned doing a combination of my third Fit Test and my first Phase 2 workout titled Max Interval Circuit. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to come off a recovery week then do this was CRAZY. Yes I know who it was (thank you Shaun T), but it was just cruel. I thought month 1 would prepare me for month 2. Wrong. This was absolutely insane. The warm-up was as hard as the hardest workout from month 1, and to do it back to back after being exhausted from my fit test was just mean spirited. To break down the calories, I burned 564 calories during the Fit Test (results below) and 928 calories during the Max Interval Circuit. I drank 3 bottled of water, then my recovery drink, and I'm still thirsty. This month is going to be a real test.

I couldn't keep up with the workout today. Nobody could, unless you're already a world class fitness instructor. This just wasn't human. I made it through the end, but I had to take lots of short breaks during almost every movement. The sitting switch kicks....there are no words. So it's back to square one. I'm a beginner again. It will be interesting to see how (or if!) I improve this month. The workouts are now an hour long instead of 40 minutes, so wish me luck!

Fit Test results:

The 4 voyages of Columbus. None made it to U.S.A. (News to me as well!)