After nearly 2 hours of procrastination, I finally brought myself to press "play" on the dvd player. And now I see why the Lord gave me those 2 hrs of mental rest. Talk about precious moments...
Fit Test #3 Results
So as expected, I improved. They weren't huge improvements like before, but improvements are improvements. There were a couple of exercises where I got the same as last time, but still. It's better than going backwards. The test is STILL a challenge, and I've done it twice before. I could barely breathe after each section! I understand the need to have the test every few weeks, but I'm still not sure why it can't be it's own day, especially on the first day of month 2, or what I like to call "MaxMonth". I actually skipped the cool down for the test and went straight into the warm up for the max interval workout just to save energy. That still wasn't enough to prepare me for what was to come...
Max Interval Circuit Training
First of all, let me start off by saying how sore my upper back/shoulder blades are. This is the first time in the program that I'm actually sore. Although, that could have come from the crucifix push ups I did after the workout. But for the sake of arguing, I'm going to blame Insanity.
So there's that.
Next, let me say that I was not prepared for a 60 min workout. No gawd hunny! MaxMonth is THE BUSINESS! This month must be the month where people see all these supposed changed in their body. I'm super excited...and super sore. Allow me to explain...
So when I finally pressed play on the dvd player, my heart literally sank when I saw the 59:35 on the screen. For some reason I thought it was only 45 min. I was not prepared for that. So imagine little sweaty, already exhausted me thinking, "OK, just breathe, we can do this. Breathe". I looked so pitiful trying to wipe the tears sweat from my face. But anywhos, the warm up starts with a jog as usual, then go into a bunch of different things, most of which are variations of last month's movements. However, unlike most of last month, we actually do this one 3 freakin' times. My spirit was R.I.P. after the 2nd go 'round, but I hung in there. After that, we did the usual stretching...the same 25 different hamstring stretches we did in month 1, like the hams are the only thing being worked in the video.
*Side Note*
I just can't, Shaun. I seriously can't believe you put out a workout tape sans upper body stretching. And all that hamstring stretching...you gon' mess around and make people pull muscles with all that BEFORE the actual workout. All those push ups, punches, and planks, and you have a stretch routine void of any upper body work?!?! Have several, Shaun. My shoulder blades are JACKED right now thanks to that crap. Makes no sense...
But I digress.
The actual workout itself it fantastically challenging, if I do say so myself. It's the same basic principle as last month, only this time the intervals are hella long so your heart rate stays up for much longer (hence the term "max"). Shaun T and his lil' light-skinned slick self does this thing now where he combines what were considered separate moves in month one into one continuous movement. Example: plank/mountain climbers/moving push up jacks/wide leg mountain climbers - like we wouldn't notice all them "/" on the screen. Now say do that three times. First of all, that's a lot of stress on the shoulders because if you haven't noticed, that's in a push up-esque position. And you know it's hard when you're only required to do 3. If memory serves me correctly, that's called the "full body drill". I actually highly recommend doing these since they are indeed a full body workout. There was another bit he did like that, but I can't remember the name.
There were also a lot of jabs in this one, which I like because it uses the upper body. And there's a lot of jumping., too. I didn't keep track of how long the segments were, but I know you only get 30 sec break in between sections. Keep in mind, an Insanity 30 sec is like 5 sec in the real world, so you're still basically out of breath when you have to start up again. The all jumping and jabbing really takes it's toll on you, and my mind R.I.P. after I looked and saw only 28 min had passed. Complete devastation! After a while I felt like my neck was going to snap from all that jumping since we had to do more than last month. That, plus the fact that my legs were tired and it got hard to keep the proper form. Don't judge.
Stupid Side Push Up Oblique Thingy
There was this one move we did...I don't remember the name, but it was stupid. It's some kind of side push up thing; it supposedly works the obliques, but for some reason I was just super annoyed with it and I didn't feel like it was doing anything.. My sister was watching me do the tape (while chomping on an Angus burger and small fry from McDonald's...I know, iJudged), and even she agreed. I did it the first two times, but I skipped it the third time around. Maybe I'll try it again next time. Aside from that one, all of the moves were pretty do able. Really, I'm just glad they're different from last month. I don't know how much more I could take of that repetition.
Overall, yesterday was a success. I was sweaty, hungry, and exhausted by the time it was all said 'n' done. I can't remember what today is, but I'm really excited. I'm going to increase my protein intake this month to take advantage of all this increased muscle building exercises. Gotta get while the gettin's good.
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