Wow. And to think I was already doubting Insanity after just the 1st workout because I didn't think it would challenge me enough. I certainly no longer feel that way. The Plyo Cardio Circuit is rediculous. 45 minutes of tourture with 30 second breaks like every 4-5 minutes. Non-stop work. I started a bit late today (didn't realize it would be 45 min), so I rushed through the warm-up and stretch. The outside of my calves burned pretty bad with all the power squats, and I'm thinking it might not have been so bad if I had done the full stretch routine. Well, now I know for next time.
In my regular workout that I've been doing for over 2 years at lunch, we do something we call burpees - standing to crouch to plank to crouch to stand to jump and repeat x10. That's always been a pretty killer exercise. Well this workout has burpees on crack. Part of the basketball curcuit that you do towards the end has a workout where you go from standing with your hands up to crouch to plank to 4 push-ups to 4 mountain climbers (plank-runners) back to plank to crouch to stand with hands to the sky. And repeat like 10 times. At least. And for the last rep you stay in plank after the plank-runners and do these ski-jumps and then in-and-outs for another minute. For ski-jumps you stay in plank and jump your knees up to your left hand then right hand then left hand then right, etc. In-and-outs you just jump your knees into your chest then back to plank then back to chest, etc.
One of the cool things about Insanity that I like over P90X is that they have like 15 people in the DVD doing the workouts. You know it's a serious workout when these people are dropping like flies during these workouts, not able to finish. I mean, I thought I was a pretty fit guy going into this - especially after doing P90X - but there was NO WAY I was finishing this workout without taking some extra rest. I was whipped. Definitely had a nice steady-stream of sweat going there.
Energy level was good. Probably got about 6+ hours of sleep last night. Ate pretty well yesterday. Feeling good.
Diet (good start, poor finish)/workout:
Workout: Insanity (45 min)
Kashi GoLean with blueberries and skim milk
8 oz V8
Activia Lite yogurt
Powerbar Harvest Energy
Workout: pick-up Soccer (1 hour)
Cosi Chicken TBM flatbread sandwich
Cosi potato chips
1 cup of Coke
Apple
Workout: kickball (hardly a workout but whatever I was outside for an hour+)
unknown amount of Miller Lite
cheeseburger, fries and a coke from MickyD's (poor decision slash no other late-night food options)
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