I am REALLY sore today. Yesterday's double workout and 1492 calorie burn caught up with me last night. My back is actually fine (I did a lot of the heat pad and stretching), but my arms, legs, core and even feet were very sore when I woke up. It's not painful. It's just a really good sore feeling. First time I've felt that in Insanity, since it's more cardio than muscle work in general.
There's a saying that Shaun T uses, which is "Push Play Every Day". So despite being sore and really wanting a rest, I pushed play. I'm glad I did.
Today's workout was Max Interval Plyo. First time I've done this, and I expect I will pay the price tomorrow, since today was much more about strength training than cardio. So I basically used all the muscles that were sore, but once the warmup was completed they felt fine. I burned 779 calories today. My maximum heart rate was only 167 (average was 140) so I suspect when I get to the max cardio workout later this week, I may set a new record for calories burned in a single workout. We'll see!
Lots of new moves in today's workout. There was only one I couldn't do, and probably will not be able to do at all, which is one called a Power Pushup. The name is a bit deceiving, since it implies some type of fast, snappy pushup, perhaps with a hand clap. But it isn't. I can't do it because I'm simply not flexible enough to do it. Not even close. You start in a plank then jump up to a straight leg standing positioning while your hands are still down on the ground in front of your feet. My hamstrings are nowhere near flexible enough to even stand that way yet alone jump up into it. So I bagged that exercise completely and did the "in/out plank jumps" that I despise but I can do, and they work me hard. The side pushups and squat pushups were hard as well, but I could do a handful of each. With those, plus the Level 3 drills, I must've done over a hundred push-ups of one type of another. Where did I put that ice bag for my shoulders?
I wasn't really all that gased at the end because as I said it was more strength training than cardio today, so today was certainly easier than yesterday from that perspective.
Looking at the calendar, it seems this is the hardest week of Insanity. The next 3 weeks all have an easy Friday workout, which is the Core Cardio & Balance that I did during recovery week last week. All 4 weeks have a Max Recovery on Wednesday's which I'm guessing will not be easy, but probably won't be cardio. I'll find out tomorrow!
37 days down. 26 to go!
There's a saying that Shaun T uses, which is "Push Play Every Day". So despite being sore and really wanting a rest, I pushed play. I'm glad I did.
Today's workout was Max Interval Plyo. First time I've done this, and I expect I will pay the price tomorrow, since today was much more about strength training than cardio. So I basically used all the muscles that were sore, but once the warmup was completed they felt fine. I burned 779 calories today. My maximum heart rate was only 167 (average was 140) so I suspect when I get to the max cardio workout later this week, I may set a new record for calories burned in a single workout. We'll see!
Lots of new moves in today's workout. There was only one I couldn't do, and probably will not be able to do at all, which is one called a Power Pushup. The name is a bit deceiving, since it implies some type of fast, snappy pushup, perhaps with a hand clap. But it isn't. I can't do it because I'm simply not flexible enough to do it. Not even close. You start in a plank then jump up to a straight leg standing positioning while your hands are still down on the ground in front of your feet. My hamstrings are nowhere near flexible enough to even stand that way yet alone jump up into it. So I bagged that exercise completely and did the "in/out plank jumps" that I despise but I can do, and they work me hard. The side pushups and squat pushups were hard as well, but I could do a handful of each. With those, plus the Level 3 drills, I must've done over a hundred push-ups of one type of another. Where did I put that ice bag for my shoulders?
I wasn't really all that gased at the end because as I said it was more strength training than cardio today, so today was certainly easier than yesterday from that perspective.
Looking at the calendar, it seems this is the hardest week of Insanity. The next 3 weeks all have an easy Friday workout, which is the Core Cardio & Balance that I did during recovery week last week. All 4 weeks have a Max Recovery on Wednesday's which I'm guessing will not be easy, but probably won't be cardio. I'll find out tomorrow!
37 days down. 26 to go!
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