After a 2 day break from Beachbody Insanity I finally decided to get back to the workout routine. I skipped Max Recovery and jumped right back to the next workout which was Max Interval Training - the tough one.
As you can see from the calories burned today, I did not work out as hard as in my previous workouts. I have also noticed my hear rate does not go as high as before. Which means I am really started to get lazy and taking breaks even when my heart doesn't say it needs one.
A few minutes ago I noticed there was a weird bump on my elbows funny bone. It definitely does not look normal at all. I think i might have twisted a nerve doing the side suicide drills. Hopefully it will look better tomorrow.
Woah! I can't beleive I actually made it through both workout videos! Yesterday I was thinking I should probably do the fit test so that I wouldn't have to do 2 workouts back to back. But, I was lazy so I decided to enjoy my OFF day.
Today I was kind of scared going into the workout because I was not pumped at all. I thought to myself that I would probably just stop the workout after 700 calories burned. I went through the fit test fine and burned 295 calories and then I started Max Interval Circuit from the start. Remembering what happened last time I paced myself in the warm-up and slowed it down a little so that I wouldn't be too burned out. It really did help actually. I kept going and going and before I knew it, there was only 20 minutes of the video left so I just did it all the way to the end. Of course, I am never following 100% of the time but I do what I can.
By the end of the workout I was feeling great. I wasn't exhausted and I made sure to sip water throughout the entire workout to prevent having a headache.
The end result was worth it. this is the first time I consciously burn over 1000 calories in one workout (even though it was an hour and a half workout.
I wish I would have taken some pictures to track my progress. I'll try to remember to do it tomorrow.
Bummer! I must have accidentally pressed the stop button while doing my push-ups so I don't have a more accurate count of my calories burned. But, I do remember having burned 660 calories when there was only 10 minutes left so I think 700 calories is a reasonable guess.
Today my workout was much better. I could tell I was a lot more focused and had a lot more energy to do the workout. For one, I noticed I was also doing the moves much better. That is part of the process - you will struggle and you will slowly get better.
One key point to keep in mind is that you should tighten your core muscles whenever possible. This does not mean hold your stomach in and be hardly able to breath. It means just firm the the tummy a little.
Last time I did this work out I only got half way through. Today, I completed the video. Completed in the sense that I watched the entire video - not actually worked out the entire video :P.
The workout was divided into 7 sections: 1) Warmup
- It has 3 sets as usual with things like jogging, jumping jacks, Heisman, jump rope, high knees, switch kicks, hit the floor, S-S floor hops (very intense). I could barely finish the first set!
2) Interval 1
- Also 3 sets of sprint, lunges, ski abs, jacks, in & outs, oblique planks, power strike, and frog jumps 3) Interval 2
- And yet another 3 sets of football runs, cross jacks, 4) Interval 3 - 3 sets of hook jumps, high and low punches, high knees with twist, high & low jabs, floor switch kicks (worst exercise!!!!!). 5) Interval 4 - Jab and step across exercises. 3 sets 6) Interval 5
- Side suicide jumps, squat + hooks, full body drill, plank punches. 7) Cool down / Stretch
I took many many breaks actually but still burned 725 calories. Imagine if I did the entire workout.
My least favorite was definitely the floor switch kicks. You definitely need to have strong arms, legs and abs. I couldn't really do them properly so I just lifted my legs and didn't really do the jumping switch.
My favorite was the full body drill which consisted of running in plank, moving pushups, some weird side plank movement and so on.
This workout was definitely INSANE!! But, it did make me burn over 700 calories :D
Youtube clip from WeAreThatTeam. It is great they have a group to do the workout together:
And so begins Phase 2 - I made the big mistake of doing this workout right after my Fit Test (see previous post). Here is my combined workout summary:
Workout Time: 57 minutes Calories Burned: 575
By the time I started this workout, I had already done 25 minutes of the fit test workout and was a little burned out. I also was not aware this circuit training workout would actually be 60 minutes long!!! I was expecting it to be more like 40 minutes, just like the other ones.
So what did I do? I stopped after I was 30 minutes into the workout. :(:(:( Why? Because this workout is
insane!!!!
After my fit test, I thought I could jump straight into the stretch after the warm-up. However, I decided against that and only fast forwarded the video 5 minutes. This landed me into the middle of the warmup. As I worked my way through the warm-up I noticed all the exercises were different. They used components of moves we made before but they were all just mixed together into the warm-up. I was beat by the time I finished the warm-up.
Once the stretching was done the real deal began. by this time I was already pretty tired but I tried to tough it through as much as I could. Moves are just as hard and my heart rate was going into the 90% MHR, more than it did in Phase 1. I knew at this point I shouldn't have tried doing 2 workouts back to back so I said, "I am going to stop after reaching 600 calories burned."After burning over 550 calories I decided to stop and skipped to the cooldown stretch and that was the end of my workout today.
I am still pretty tired, but it feels good. Lesson learned: don't do 2 Insanity workouts back to back.
Here is a clip from juliefit.com who did a much better job than me:
