Day 52 – Max Cardio Conditioning
Ok, back in the saddle! After missing my first workout yesterday I am motivated to push through these last 11 days and finish strong. Today is one of those days where you are supposed to do both Max Cardio Conditioning and Insane Abs. I have resigned to the fact that I am not going to do Insane Abs. I plan on picking it up after the 63 days are up and will write my reviews and experiences then. So for now, I am pretending I didn’t see that on the calendar. 
As people have posted in the forum, we have our whole lives to get in shape, not just these 63 days!
Max Cardio Conditioning went pretty well for me today. I felt like I performed most of the exercises and was able to keep the heart rate up and pumping the entire time. My cardio conditioning is definitely improving. Some of the exercises they just go too fast for me, but I slow them down and try to keep good form and push through as long as possible.
My knee was bothering me throughout the workout. I noticed it almost immediately in the warm up. This did change the workout for me in some ways. While doing anything with a squat I was very very conscious of my knee being placed behind the big toe. I almost have a built in warning system now since if the knee is too far forward I can feel the twinge. I made sure to slow down on those exercises and concentrate on the form.
I still think this is my favorite workout of the month. It is non-stop, but seems very doable for me. Today’s calorie burn: 563 calories.
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How do you keep track of the calories you burn while doing the routines?
Jason, my heart rate monitor tells me how many calories I burn. You can read about the Polar FT7 here.
You are at the finishing line! What a great feeling that must be for you
I’m glad you’re taking care of that knee. I too have made sure to modify a tad to protect my right knee. I won’t go into those deep lunges in the warm-up, and I make sure I land very carefully when I squat and lunge.
Sean,
I love your blog, even though you did this a few months ago it’s fun to read it each day as I go through the workouts. I do have a comment/question that I was hoping you could shed some insight on:
Throughout the workouts, when I am forced to take a break it’s rarely from being too winded. Instead, it almost always comes because my muscles are burning to the point where I need to stop for a second, and then I jump back in. Is this something that you ran into as you went along?
Hi Brendan,
Yes, I experienced the same thing for sure. I would look at my heart rate monitor and see that I still had room to go, but my muscles would just not work anymore. I think this is normal and just keep pushing as hard as you can within your limits. Good luck with the rest of the workouts!