Day 52 - Max Interval Circuit

I'm still trying to catch up from the 2 days I have missed this week. Tonight was the 60 minute Max Interval Circuit. It follows the standard structure of warm up, stretching, then 3 rounds of 3 sets of 4 exercises each lasting 45 seconds. Each set has a 30 second rest between, which is no where near enough to recover!

I always dread these hour long sessions, but in truth they go quite quickly. You are so exhausted and sweating too much to notice where the time goes. I did well tonight. I found the side suicide jumps better, but the switch jacks I can still only do one leg at a time rather than the rapid movement that they manage in the video.

One last thing, this workout really makes me laugh at the end when one of the guys does a back spin on the floor. He throws himself up to a standing position but when he does he almost takes the head off the fit blonde girl in the video. The look on her face is priceless.

Another Postponement

It's not been a good week for Insanity as I have had to postpone tonight's session.

Unfortunately my grandfather has been taken ill and I have tonight been visiting him in hospital.

Back on Insanity tomorrow though.

Day 51 - Max Interval Plyo

This is the session I should have done yesterday but I am 1 day behind. I felt a lot better after doing this session tonight.I think it makes a difference whether you are doing a workout immediately after a rest day or not. Yesterday I felt terrible and thought I didn't perform well, but tonight I know I put in a good effort.

I'm still struggling with the push up jacks, but really trying. As for the balance push ups I am trying them on 1 leg and will try to progress to 1 arm, 1 leg next time. Tomorrow I am going to do Sundays exercise, Max Interval Circuit so to try and catch up on the sessions I missed.

Day 50 - Fitness Test Number 4

I've done the 4th fitness test tonight. I must admit that before starting it I did not feel ready to give my best effort.

I did the warm up, but found myself not feeling ready for the intensity of the fitness test exercises. Anyway, here are my results.



As you can see I started badly, but made a good improvement for the rest of the exercises. Perhaps if I had done a slightly longer warm up then my first two exercise results would have been better. I'm disappointed by the performance on the Switch Kicks, but on the Power Jacks I was only 1 behind my best score from the last test. For the other 5 exercises I managed to improve on all my previous results, so I am very pleased with those.

On to my body measurement results now. Having 2 days rest from Insanity I was apprehensive that those days would not have benefited my results, but the results were not as bad as I expected.



Importantly I have lost almost another kilo in weight. My body fat has gone down 0.5%, chest and hips going down too. I'm a little disappointed that my waist measurement has not gone down, but that is something to improve on for next time.

Feeling Better

My knees are better today and I'm no feeling the calf strain. I feel confident enough to do the fitness test tonight so hopefully I shall be back on track with only 1 day behind.

Postponed

I have had to postpone today's session because of my leg injuries. My knee's are both very sore to the extent that if I walk up and downstairs I have to take my time. My calf strain is better today, but I don't want to risk any more injury to it.

I'm disappointed not to do the fitness test today but don't feel I could do it to the best of my ability. I'm not quitting Insanity, but just taking an extra rest day to recover from the leg pains and hopefully have a go at the fitness test tomorrow. I plan to do the fitness test tomorrow evening (9pm ish), so that gives me over 30 hours rest from now.

I am hoping to reschedule a few of the workouts for this week. If I go straight through without a rest day then I can catch up by next Sunday, but it will be tiring.

Day 49 - Rest

Rest day, and I need it.

My calf strain is still bothering me and so is my knee. I've not got the opportunity to take it easy today, so I am hoping it recovers ready for the fitness test tomorrow.