Yesterday I said that I wanted to start early. Unfortunately family matters meant that I could not start until 9pm, so I was a little worried whether having less energy at this late in the evening would affect my results.
I did a longer warm up before this fitness test. I played the warm up twice and did the stretches then got in to it. Here's how I did:
I really wanted to improve on the switch kicks, but again my score was lower than my best ever result for it. I went like hell on them too and briefly rested for only 2 secs twice. I know my speed was good because I was keeping up with the guys in the DVD. My technique was sound too and I put in the maximum effort.
I am seriously thinking that the results from Tests 2 and 3 are incorrect and I must have miscounted, because I don't think there is any way I could achieve 127 switch kicks in week 2. That's over 2 per second with NO rest and I know I rested whilst doing them on all of the tests. I have a feeling that my counts may have messed up, perhaps done 68, 69, 80, 81 or something like that, because it is tough to concentrate counting, kicking away, breathing, sweating and trying not to collapse. But taking away those suspect results from Tests 2 and 3 it still shows I made a 15% improvement from the first week to today's final test.
For all the other exercises this week I bettered the results from the last fitness test I did (bar the Globe Jumps which I equalled). I felt fitter doing the exercises - I had more energy, did not tire as earlier on and had the strength to keep pushing.
What I am really impressed with is the huge improvements I have made from my scores in week 1 to the final fitness test in week 9.
15 MORE Switch Kicks - As I have described above.
14 MORE Power Jacks - This shows how all the jacks type exercises have been beneficial in every warm up. Plus all the squat work has given leg strength to achieve this score.
57 MORE Power Knees - This is a massive 78% improvement. The key here is stamina. I did not rest on tonight's power knees and I had the strength to power through to the end at a rapid pace. This is at a rate of almost 2 per second, very fast.
27 MORE Power Jumps - I am really impressed with this result as these are very tiring. I remember in week 1 when doing these that I thought 'why the hell am I doing this?' It requires leg and core power and tremendous stamina to just keep bouncing and powering the legs. I bettered my week 1 score by 87% - a huge improvement - and the pace I went at tonight even impressed me.
3 MORE Globe Jumps - This is 12 more individual jumps which is a good improvement since it is a full body movement exercise.
DOUBLE the number of Suicide Jumps - These were another tough one from week 1. I found it hard just to do 3 initially, but once you get the technique the number you can do soon improves. It requires legs and abs power to make you perform better. I did rest for about 5 secs twice during this exercise, so there are probably another 3 or 4 in me.
9 MORE Push Up Jacks - These show how my chest and arm strength have improved. I can now easily knock out 16 of these until I start to feel it, whereas it was about 6 in week 1. I rested about 3 times on this, so again I reckon I can probably do about another 4 of these if I was to try again. Although a 45% improvement overall is a great result.
16 MORE Low Plank Oblique - These are a highly technical exercise. It's a low plank balance and you need to alternate the legs. It's a big concentration exercise since it is at the end of the test it is one of the hardest because you are tired. I managed a 42% improvement over my 1st test scores so this is another big result.
I feel ecstatic about my results. I never thought I would get such massive improvements. I maybe thought a 15-20% improvement would be good, but I've achieved 31% to 100%. Insanity has been an AMAZING fitness programme and it has not only made me lose weight and body fat but it has also made me fitter, stronger, have greater stamina and more muscle power. The results shown here prove that conclusively.
Thanks Sean, it's been tough but really enjoyable.
Peace. Out.
PS - That's not the end of my Insanity Diary or the fitness programme:
I'm going to write up a summary of Insanity.
And I'm going to carry on doing it.
(Yes I must be crazy).
So the diary will continue too.
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