Today was slated to have the first double workout of Month 2, Max Cardio Conditioning and Insane Abs.  This is a struggle for me to do, not because of the workout, but because of the time constraint.  I can’t bring myself to working out for 1 1/2 hours when I get home from work and basically ignoring my family and not being able to eat dinner with them.  So, I had the plan to get up early and do Insane Abs and then do Max Cardio in the afternoon.  The plan fell through   I didn’t feel equipped and fueled at 5:30am to start jumping around the living room.  So I skipped it.  There you go, my first deviation from the program the entire time.

Now, for the good part.  I did Max Cardio Conditioning in the afternoon and it was my best workout thus far of month 2.  I did almost the whole thing it felt like and felt strong throughout.  This is by far my favorite of this month.  I am a bit reinvigorated after today because it felt so good.  Looks like I burned 565 calories.

So, then the dilema was this: do I push back Insane Abs to Saturday and double up?  Or do I do the Fit Test on Saturday so I don’t have to double up on Monday?  I have chosen the later.  I feel a rest day is of utmost importance at this stage so I will do the Fit Test in the morning and then Saturday’s workout Max Interval Sports Training.

In all honesty, I don’t know when/if I will do Insane Abs this month, but I will play it day by day. Heck, my abs are already insane so I don’t really need it!

Day 46 – Max Cardio Recovery

Today was back to the Max Interval Circuit.  I do think this is my least favorite of the month.  I can’t figure out why except for that it is the longest workout.    Today I came into the workout feeling pretty good.  It was a better day and I didn’t have a headache or anything.  Starting the warmup always feels like I am wearing a diver’s weight belt the first round through.  I guess that’s why it’s called a warm up!

I was pretty pleased with how I performed through this workout today.  I felt strong all the way through until the last 2 rounds of the last circuit.  I think I hit my wall and was really struggling to get through that last set.  However, I know I did a lot more exercises than I have done on previous attempts.  I suppose I am getting in the groove of this month if I am making this progress.

I develop an ache in back.  Not really in my back, but the muscle area sort of between the shoulder blade and spine.  Something I did created a nice big knot!  It’s nothing serious, but just one of those inconveniences as I am feeling it when I breathe deep and turn certain ways.  Hopefully it will go away after another heart pumping workout tomorrow.

Oh, and I got my new heart rate monitor tonight!  I didn’t have it set up to use for this workout, but will have it ready tomorrow and will eventually write a review about it.

Day 43 – Max Cardio Conditioning

Today is Monday, and Monday’s typically suck. This one was no different!  It’s always hard to get motivated for anything on Monday.  All sorts of things happened throughout the day from a website getting hacked to databases becoming corrupt.  And this is all before I even got to Insanity!

Once I got home, I was somewhat relieved to get into the workout.  Max Cardio Conditioning is my favorite workout this month.  I think partly because it is the shortest at 47 minutes.   No matter what happens during the day, if you do your Insanity workout, no one can take that away from you! It is your own accomplishment that can erase all the other bad stuff in a day.

Yesterday I mentioned my knees were tender.  I am happy to say they are just fine.  I think it was just a culmination of the pounding and the rest day came at just the right time.  Throughout the workout I was bit more cautious about the knees and afterward there was no pain.

I powered through the exercises as best I could today.  I felt pretty good once I got through the warmups.  This routine is odd in the fact that I generally feel better with the exercies later in the routine than the beginning.  I think they are just harder in the start.  I am happy to get through day 1 of week SEVEN!  It sure seems like time is flying by now . . .

Day 42 – Max Rest Day!