2-23-16 HY: Insanity: Max Recovery + Splits + TCF.

2-23-16 HY: Insanity: Max Recovery + Splits + TCF.

This morning, I woke up and as I was getting my regular first-cup-of-water, I was standing at a slight angle and as my cup was filling up... I felt it. It was sort of like the feeling that a disk in my lower back attached to one of the vertebra detached and slipped, causing me to lose stability in my lower back. There was the initial "pinched nerve" pain, but I quickly stood up straight and the pain was gone. But since that point, certain angles cause me lower back pain. If I sit or stand straight up, I'm totally painless, but at the wrong angle... OUCH! It isn't a heavy injury, but I was thinking of what workout to do. It is a cardio day but I thought that even just 25 minutes of T25 my aggravate it unnecessarily so I finally decided on Insanity, Max Recovery. I had forgotten how tough that routine was, even for a recovery routine. Plus, I was sore from Build: Chest and Tris so that didn't help any. Push ups are usually good to me, but today, that 4-8-16 progression was brutal. I got a huge pump and burn in my upper body, and holding those stretches just massacred my legs. I had to come out of the hold a few times to prevent cramping. This was more like a total body workout than recovery. Also, back to my back, I couldn't do the "Arms out flat back" at all. So I ended up supporting my upper body with my hands on my legs. All the other moves were fine. But it was real work. Felt good and tough. There was enough standing core work to justify me not doing 0-6 Abs today. Plus, The leg raise work in the routine puts too much pressure on my lower back so I opted out. But I was satisfied with the core burn I got from Max Recovery.

I was really encouraged today by my splits. Encouraged that I might actually hit my goal of full splits this year, hopefully by July. I was able to get very low today, getting past my mark again at slightly an off angle for my hips. But I'll get there... FOR SURE! Flow was smooth and clean.

In the end, I burned a solid 500+kcals. That was a lot more than I had expected, so I'm happy.