DAY 36: MAX INTERVAL CIRCUIT

'DEATH WORKOUT'

Is what i was thinking after completing this, compared to Month 1...holy crap!

The difference with this Month 2 workout to the previous is the time: (59minutes) and the amount of energy i needed, oh and the amount i sweat during. Wondering if somehow there's a way to not sweat so much...with Insanity, doubt it.

The warmup with this workout is similar to Month 1's.

Jog: As usual

Jumping Jacks with arm's up: Slightly different, no more angel arms, get them up and straight

123's: Guaranteed to trip up at least once

Jump Rope side to side: Different, and i feel a bit like a pansy

High Knees with arms out: Much harder than normal  high knees, ouch

Switch Kicks: In the warmup...REALLY?

Hit the floor: Again, in the warmup....are you mad?

Side to side floor hops: These are fun and i like hopping.

And guess what, do all of this 3 times!

Then we have our lovely stretch which lasts about 5 minutes, i'm getting seriously flexible lately too. My hamstrings no longer ache at all! Which is odd, considering there's usually always a twinge of an ache when stretching. I think with warming my muscles up throughly every day then stretching is really doing em good!

The workout begins...

The whole lot of circuits last approx 39 minutes which is how long a full workout including warmup and stretches lasted in Month 1..so you can already see it's gunna be tough!

Basically we have three circuits compling about 3 or 4 exercises into each, with three rounds each ciruit. 

The first circuit consists of Pedal/Power lunges, these really target your quads, and burn. Especially by the third round. Ski Abs/Jacks/In&Outs/Obliques, kinda like a dance routine haha. You gotta try and learn the sequence and then complete it, will get easier once you've done it a few times. Aaand, Power Strike closely followed by Frog Jumps!

After the third round we did some Football Runs and Cross Jacks for a minute. Everything burns and we still had two more circuits to go!

Second circuit we have Hook Jumps, really make you puff after. High Knees with twists, can occasionally get cramp with this one from the twists, High-Low Jab with squat, Floor Switch Kicks - these almost have me crying, arms shaking, sweat dripping..not fun. 

After the third round we got to do a fun filled minute of 123 Jab Across. Helped me to recover slightly as my heart was almost pounding outta my chest. 

Finally, third circuit, WOOOO. We haaave, Side Suicide Jumps, these are just ridiculous..seriously. Squat Hooks, i like punching air. Full body drill comes next, Plank Punches and then finally we're done!

Shaun T and the posse collapse to floor after this one, normally i don't join then..opting to stand up and shake it off, but i had to...i collapsed and i enjoyed it. 

This MAX business may just kill me off.

A. 

DAY 5: PURE CARDIO

I didn't get in till quite late tonight, which meant i had to do my workout late, no way in hell was i skipping a day of this. It's just not worth it..i want to see results, which means i have to work for results.

Most of the Insanity workout's names kinda give you a little inkling of what to expect.

PURE - def: not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.

CARDIO - def: cardiovascular exercise.

We all know that cardio, whatever type of cardio it is that you do is going to make you sweat and burn a few hundred calories. So PURE CARDIO will make you sweat BUCKETS and burn at least a thousand calories, well maybe a little exaggerating there. 

Once again we begin with the mother crazy warm-up, yep..three times, jog to sprint, power jacks - insane power jacks, bum kicks to take-your-butt-off-with-a-kicks, 123's to 123-i'm-gunna-die's. You get the picture, so three sets of these getting faster and faster. Another stretching 5 minutes, with more 30 second water breaks WOOOO.What kind of scared me at then end of the stretches though was the fact that Shaun T began to say he was getting nervous...uh....what?! Shaun T is getting nervous for what's about to come..HELLLLL NO. At this point i prayed and hoped i'd make it through. And i did, and i'm not lying i feel good! Sore good but good!It's no joke when he said he was nervous, i can now see why. Consant sprints, football sprints, suicide jumps, mountain climbers, level 2 drills...LEVEL 2! Even though it's not quite cardio, Shaun doesn't leave out the power moves, he had us on the floor holding the plank down. I think it ended with about 22 minutes altogether of cardio, with a 7 minute warmup, and 4 minute stretching each side. 
I honestly think i can do this, having done the past 4 days, i did have my doubts after my sprint to the toilet midst fit test. But its getting easier, my body is recovering faster and i'm ready for the next 55 days!

DIG DEEPER!

A. 

DELIVERY DAY / INSANITY DAY 1

It has finally arrived. WOO! After waking up at a ridiculous hour to go and collect my parcel after missing it yesterday. I've come home with a box of Insanity and a bag full of groceries.

I'm going to make two little changes to my upcoming blogging. I'm going to do two posts per day now, one will be an ongoing progress update on the actual Insanity workout, along with my feelings towards how i think it's going. The second post will be my meal plan for the day, hopefully including calorie/fat/protein content. I've toyed with the idea of putting my measurements on here, but i think i'm going to wait until Day 15 (Second Fit Test) because then i won't feel too bad about the start measurements...providing i've actually seen a little change. I don't expect a huge change but something little will let me know i'm going in the right direction. So up on my next post will be the workout, once i've completed it and recovered. Then later on tonight i'll upload my meal plan!

 LET'S DO THIS

 A.

THE DEEP BREATH BEFORE THE PLUNGE

So, i'm giving this blogging thing another go, but this time i'm doing it about something i'm A. interested in and  B. looking forward to writing about. However it's not just going to be pointless writing and boring updates, it's also going to act as a kind of motivator for myself as well as a 'diary' if you like so i've got something to look back on. Two for the price of one ey?

' What is it?! ' I hear you all yell.

Well, i'm sure most of you...if your reading this will have heard of the infamous INSANITY 60 day workout. Or if you haven't...you have now. It's different to those 'other' workout DVD's that promise fat loss in 30 minutes, or sculpted abs in one quick hour. Really? If i got fat loss and sculpted abs in a mere hour and a half i'd be a ripped machine by now.......and i'm not. It's a combination of 10 workouts from 30mins - 1 hour long sessions but from what i've heard it's one of the hardest workouts ever. We'll see!
Back to Insanity then, i purchased the enticing package online for £33 a month for three months, steep i know for workout DVD's but this is after a lot of research and endless scrolling about success stories. Inside my package i should recieve:

• 10 workout DVDs ranging from cardio exercise to deep stretching sessions
• Elite nutrition plan which includes meal ideas and recipes for the 60 days
• Fitness guide, i presume to help me get fit?
• Insanity Calender which is split into two months with assigned workouts EVERYDAY

 I even attended an Insanity class at my gym, almost throwing up during the class and waking up the next day with muscles sore enough to keep me in bed oddly enough gave me the brilliant idea to go ahead and click purchase.
I'm excited to begin Insanity and i've even decided to apply for the T-Shirt which means i have to measure and weigh myself thoroughly...that's not the worst part, i have to take before and after pictures to prove i've done the workout. Ideally i'm going to update my whole journey including the meals i eat every single day, you know the saying 'abs are made 70% in the kitchen and 30% in the gym' ... My next post should be in a day or so once the lovely postman has graced my door and then it begins! Exciting stuff.



A.