DAY 24: PLYOMETRIC CARDIO CIRCUIT & MEAL PLAN

Now we all know how much i don't like Plyo. But today was really like 10x harder, my energy levels were so low, i don't think i had half as much to eat as i should have. Or i spaced out my eating far too much. Not to mention a 6 hour late shift at work. A combo of all of those things = unhappy A. 

But none-the less i had to push through, i always think if i miss one workout, at the end if my body isn't how i want it, i'll think back and be like 'that one day i couldn't be bothered, that's why i don't have a perfect body' So i am not willing to take the risk, come rain or shine, come tiredness or illness i will complete Insanity!

With the majority of this workout i closed my eyes, honestly..it helped, kinda. I mean i bumped into my wall a few times but...meh no harm done. The reason it helped is it just made me push through, i just kept thinking to myself 'NO PAIN NO GAIN, NO PAIN NO GAIN'...literally over and over and over again. 

Now because of my knee pain i've been experiencing lately the footall sprints i kinda had to take down a knotch, the pain was like a burning sensation which i totally understand is fairly normal, but i mean like 5000 degrees burning, so to avoid injury i just slowed it down. Definitely didn't stop, just slowed. And it helped!

My breathing is also becoming much better, i exhale at all the crucial points which gets oxygen into my body to help push my muscles to where they need to be!

MEAL PLAN

Two slices of wholemeal bread and marmite, i love it, i love it, i love it. With a cup of green tea :)

For lunch i finished off the stir-fry i made the previous night, i really don't understand what people don't like about re-heated food. It's stopping all that unneccesary waste, and yeah it doesn't taste like fresh cooked food, but it's still food! SO EAT! 

Again i had to take some food to eat at work, so itook a few rice cakes and my tub of peanut butter to munch on, along with a little bit of the tuna pasta i had left alsooo. A bit of a re-heat day today! 

Once home i had some chicken legs with a few new potatoes and a small side salad. YUM!

A. 

DAY 2: PLYOMETRIC CARDIO CIRCUIT

Not going to lie, this workout is a killer. We started with the usual warm-up of jogging, jumping jacks, power squats, 123's, bum kicks, and high knees for about 30 seconds each exercise...then repeated that 3 times the pace getting faster each time. I'm so loving Shaun T, he really really knows how to keep motivation high.

I'm also LOVING the 30second water breaks, although my body screams for them to be a little longer, but no...i did not pause, i powered through.

SUICIDE DRILLS!

Guy's they are called Suicide Drills for a reason, i almost threw myself out of my balcony in one of the water breaks. Alas, i did not! They consisted of a few exercises involving mainly form and using your core to the maximum. Even when my body fatigued and i found myself going slightly slower, i kept the form exact in order to get the results i want in the end.
The middle part of this workout was definitley my favourite, STRETCHING! Being a dancer, i love to stretch anyway, the feeling of your warm muscles getting that bit more flexible is amazing. The thing that did make the stretching hard which i normally don't have to deal with was the sweat from my face dripping into my eyes (i know, not pretty) it almost blinded me, but a quick towel break soon sorted that out.

I did a bad thing then....i looked at the clock on the countdown bar onscreen. 20 minutes left, HOW CAN THAT BE i cried. But yes, more was to come. Level 1 drills...basically pushing your body past the point of fatigue. The drills were made up of push-ups, leg crawlers, basketball squats, mountain climber and football runs. Then we had some crazy exercise which looked like i was trying to punch someone, which at that point i happily would have.

But yes, after a cold shower and more beautiful breeze from my window i ain't gunna lie...i felt good! Little sore, but good.

Tips: 

• Don't have water in the water break in Level 1 drills, the motion made me iiiilllllll
• BREATHE, BREATHE, BREATHE
• Look at the people behind Shaun T, some of them rest, you can too!
• Make the most of the stretching period, helps to avoid muscle ache the next day

Tomorrow is Cardio Power and Resistance, now to me that sounds fun. However wait until tomorrow night's post...i'm sure FUN will be my last descriptive word of choice.

Dig deeper guys!

A.