DAY 26: PURE CARDIO AND CARDIO ABS & MEAL PLAN

Last time i do this dreaded workout! Wahoooooo. However, i can stop 'wahooo-ing' realistically because i'm pretty damn sure that 'MAX CARDIO CONDITIONAL & CARDIO ABS' that my calendar has to offer in the next few weeks is going to be double energy, double time and double pain. So i should probably prepare myself for that. 

One thing i do like  about Pure Cardio is we don't have anything repetitive, what i mean is every drill you do, you only do once! Thats still about 15-20 drills for one minute each without any water breaks. So it's still very very tiring. I'm starting to love the fact that i'm not dying by the end of a workout though, yeah i'm knackered but i don't feel like i used to, i feel energized and ready to go (not to do another workout, just good in myself) 

Doing Cardio Abs straight after is beneficial but because you gotta do another warm-up, it's a bit like torture to your legs. Shaun T and his posse are bone dry definitley have had a nice sleep and a day between the two lots of filming! So i kinda feel boss doing it straight after AND getting through it...yeah, WHAT?! Shaun T, don't see you doing this!

The C-Sit position is good to keeep your core solid. Although your sitting in it at one point for a good 3 minutes doing a variety of leg/arm moves and twists, once you sit up and rest, hell can you feel the burn!

MEAL PLAN 

In a bit of a rush again today as i had a hair appointment early this morning, so an apple and a cup of coffee had to suffice for me unfortunatley. I promised to have a good lunch though which i did. 

A jacket potato filled with chilli con carne and a side salad graced my stomach for lunch, i got this while i was out as i was so hungry by the time i'd sat in the hairdressers for 2 and a half hours, making it home just wouldn't do!

Because i don't normally eat a lot of normal potato, i was quite full for the majority of the day, so for my evening meal, i had some broth my gran had made me a while ago, defrost and re-heat..it still tastes amazing. Her broth is pretty much made up of vegetables, chicken stock, lentils and bits of chicken breast. But seriously, it's soooo good.

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.