Yes, in order to warm-up and stretch properly. But I’m talking about the schedule…
I found myself, mid week 3, just getting home at 10 o’clock at night completely worn out and considering “altering” (not skipping) the schedule. I did it. I did not work out on what should have been day 5 of the week. I couldn’t do it, just too worn out and in need of sleep. So… I took my rest day mid-week instead of at the end of the week. No big deal though right?
I think it actually did me some good. I was really dragging this week due to busyness and lack of rest (the sleeping kind). After my day off I hit it hard again last night with Cardio Power & Resistance. I had a great workout powering through those killer moving pushups, v-pushups and vertical jumps. Total calories burned eclipsed 870. And today I feel even better. One of the many benefits of working out so hard is the good sleep it brings with it!
I made a big mistake with Day 6. I had a rather large lunch which was not part of the nutrition plan (lets leave it at that) and by 5PM when I started the workout, I was still feeling like I had a rather full belly. Needless to say I felt sluggish during this workout.
This is the second round of the Plyometric Cardio Circuit (also done on day 2) and I would like to say I did better than the first round but due to the sluggishness I’m afraid that’s not true. Regardless, this is a brutal workout. Beginning with basketball drills and football drills, 3 rounds each, and wrapping up with some jabs, upper cuts and attacks, which are almost fun by the time you get to them. I had to take quite a few 10 second or so breaks in the middle of the workout this time. But I would rather do that and get back into it than just collapse completely and not finish the workout.
The workout wraps up with 4 – 5 minutes of stretching just like most do. By now you’re starting to really enjoy the tension release that comes from this time of deep muscle stretching. If you’re like me, you’ve never stretched out some of these muscles, especially not to this degree. You should be finding that you’re more limber than you’ve ever been. I think I may be nearing the ability to perform the splits!
Tomorrow is the first rest day, a total day off from the program so enjoy! I know I will…
4 days in, I have performed the 30+ minute fit test as well as two pretty intense cardio workouts. I’m pretty sore and worked over but my main sources of pain are calfs and quads. During the workouts I have had thoughts about whether I can actually handle Insanity. But, I assure you if you’ve made it this far you can make it the whole way. Those first two workouts are killer. You are feeling like you need a day off. But, Cardio Recovery is just what the doctor Shaun T., ordered.
Cardio Recovery consists mainly of a lot of stretching and some exercises based out of stretching positions. Now, mind you, this is still Insanity so you will be doing deep lunges, squats and balance moves and you will be holding these for upwards of a minute at times. I was still drenched head to toe by the time it was over. But this was a welcome break, needless to say.
On to Pure Cardio tomorrow!
