Different Trainers To Improve Balance

Trying my asics trainers tonight to see if they improve the balance.

Day 30 - Core Cardio & Balance

I still quite can't believe I'm in to my 5th week on Insanity. It was tough to start with but if you can get motivated to do the session then once you get moving you seem to get in to it and the workout goes quite quickly.

Tonight's session was better. The final 3 minute burn went a lot easier, only feeling it during the last minute.
The balance is getting better too, although I was getting some foot pain but I think that's more to do with my trainers than anything else.

Day 29 - Core Cardio & Balance

It's Recovery Week, which means a week of moderate workouts to allow your body to recovery after 4 weeks of intense workouts.
It starts with a gentle warm up and there are a lot of new exercises. There's a lot of emphasis on working the abs and core. Balance is an important factor too, with a few workouts requiring balance on one leg.
The ones that really burn are at the end when you sit in a squat position and do 3 minutes of work with your arms moving up and down, in and out, then rotating.
I felt good afterwards and not sweating half as much as I would be on the previous intense workouts.

Day 27 - Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs

My legs are better today and I managed today's Pure Cardio session well. Still not 100% but I put in a much better effort than yesterday. Some things were difficult, such as the frog jumps and power jacks, since they really test the quads.

One thing I really could give up on though is the cardio abs session. It may only be 16 mins long, but it is very painful. Not on my abs, but on my legs. I'm finding sitting on the floor in the C position very difficult. I can only manage to sit there for 15-20 seconds a time before my legs ache or my lower back hurts. I've tried resting and repositioning but it does not help. With all the other exercises I've had difficulty with I have managed to develop my style and get used to them. However, the sitted C position I cannot get used to.

Saturday tomorrow, so rest day. Then into a week of Core Cardio & Balance from Sunday. Not done that workout yet so it will be a new one to learn.

Day 26 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

I'm in a bit of a mess today. My quad's are still painful after the 6km run I did yesterday. I saw that tonight's workout was the 65 minute Pure Cardio & Cardio Abs and realised that my legs just wouldn't be able to take it. So I've swapped around tomorrows and todays session to try and make it easier.

I couldn't do the ski in and outs and normal in and outs, so I did mountain climbers instead. I tried, but my poor old legs were burning too much. I'm a bit disappointed with tonights session since my pace was a lot slower. But I tried my best and I'm hoping my legs will have recovered some so to put a better effort in tomorrow.

No Intensive Workout Day - Run Instead

In a moment of madness I agreed to go for a run with Tony from work during our lunch hour. It's the stretching day today and I felt like I had the energy to do it.

It's a beautiful sunny day in Swansea, temperature about 8c with no breeze. We did our usual 6 km run past the Liberty Stadium and around the Enterprise Park Lake. How did I do? Well not too bad. I though my pace was slower in the 2nd half of the run, but when analysing my results on www.sports-tracker.com it turns out it was my 2nd best ever run.

I'm sitting in my chair now typing this and my quadriceps are aching like hell. I'd even go so far as to pinpoint it to being the rectus femoris that is hurting. How do I know? Check out Body Browser from Google for a great insight in to your body

Day 24 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit

I thought I was going to vomit.

The Level 1 drills today killed me. The basket ball jumps are not too bad, but then straight in to the combination of 4 x push-ups, 8 x cycles, jump up then down is a real breaker. Then the ski-jumps, which absolutely wreck my legs. Finally the in and outs really get you.
There were several points where I had that taste in my mouth where I thought I was going to be sick. I had to stop and take a drink otherwise I'm sure I would have been.

Anyway I'm standing here typing this, still dripping in sweat as I recover.

Oh, and Happy St David's Day to everyone.

One other thing ....... I resisted temptation and didn't have any of those cakes from last night. My wife had two though so I'm going to make her feel guilty about it.