Today was my first Cardio Recovery day since my Round 2 "reboot" started on Monday. It was harder than I remembered. Lots of squats and lunges that you do slowly, then hold, then "pulse". Yes I could "feel the burn!" There's also lots of plank work. Oh what fun...
Anyway, there's no "cardio" in Cardio Recovery, but I still burned 313 calories, with my heart rate peaking at 153 and averaging 115.
Two more workouts until I get a real break on Sunday.
One of the things I've learned through doing Insanity for the past several months is to break up my days and weeks into as many small milestones and rewards as possible. It's like painting a house. If the only milestone is to finish the house, progress will seem very slow, like watching a pot of water heat up to boiling. It feels like it takes forever. But if I breakup the days and weeks into milestones and rewards, it goes by quicker and feels like I'm making constant progress. So I focus on each of the 5 meals I eat every day (rewards), and I focus on writing this blog, taking my picture, and putting the blue "x" on the Insanity calendar hanging in my door to the garage (milestones). Even during the workout itself, they have timers showing how many minutes and seconds are left in the current set. It all helps me get through this crazy program, while not losing sight of the big picture, and the big results I've seen. I'm almost at a big weight loss milestone, but not quite yet!
Back to the yellow shirts. You knew it would happen eventually!
Anyway, there's no "cardio" in Cardio Recovery, but I still burned 313 calories, with my heart rate peaking at 153 and averaging 115.
Two more workouts until I get a real break on Sunday.
One of the things I've learned through doing Insanity for the past several months is to break up my days and weeks into as many small milestones and rewards as possible. It's like painting a house. If the only milestone is to finish the house, progress will seem very slow, like watching a pot of water heat up to boiling. It feels like it takes forever. But if I breakup the days and weeks into milestones and rewards, it goes by quicker and feels like I'm making constant progress. So I focus on each of the 5 meals I eat every day (rewards), and I focus on writing this blog, taking my picture, and putting the blue "x" on the Insanity calendar hanging in my door to the garage (milestones). Even during the workout itself, they have timers showing how many minutes and seconds are left in the current set. It all helps me get through this crazy program, while not losing sight of the big picture, and the big results I've seen. I'm almost at a big weight loss milestone, but not quite yet!
Back to the yellow shirts. You knew it would happen eventually!
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