2-04-17 HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + Insanity MAX 30: Cardio Challenge + Ab Attack: 10 + Splits + TCF.

2-04-17 HY: P90X3 - Cold Start + Insanity MAX 30: Cardio Challenge + Ab Attack: 10 + Splits + TCF.

I wanted to give myself every advantage starting off week 2, so I started my workout with Cold Start.  The stretch, especially on my legs and calves that I really could have used last week because of the soreness.  This week, not so sore, but feeling a little worn, therefore, the good warm up.

Week 2 begins with Cardio Challenge, so I was curious to see if I would be able to go longer this time.  Happy to report, I did go longer.  Last week, I Maxed out at 8 minutes.  This week, my MAX OUT time was 12 minutes.  As I got closer and closer to the 8 minute mark, I really started to feel like I was not going to get passed it, but I bore down and pushed passed.  Once I passed that 8 minute mark, it was like I got a second wind.  I felt energized and felt really good.  But the moves a few minutes later were just too much, and I maxed out.  There is a line that I didn't blast, but rather nudged by.  It was the exhausted line where every move requires an extra little breather to recover enough to continue.  Last week, I believe it was 17 minutes, this week, it was 17:24.  Then from then on, I needed a break almost every move.  It is just mean for Shaun to put that Double Punch with Two Tuck Jumps at the end.  I had to modify and just do a lower jump.  I couldn't get my knees up for anything.  Just totally blown.  Great routine! Happy to make some progress.

Moved right into Ab Attack: 10.  Last week, I maxed out at :46 seconds.  This week my MAX OUT time was 4:24.  No modification on the first move this time. Full move.  But I did modify in that I was at a much slower pace than Shaun T had in the DVD.  The move I maxed out on was that Leg Raise Cross Punch.  On each punch, I was doing a crunch and trying to touch/punch my toe.  I didn't just lay down.  Killer core burn for sure.  Again, Happy to blast last weeks time.

The stretch and the Flow were good.  I added some time to the Stretch to push harder.  I'm making progress on the side splits, but not the straddle splits.  I keep stepping backwards, unable to keep the progress I pushed for just the previous day.  It's getting frustrating.  Cracks are showing in my patience for this task.  It shouldn't take THREE YEARS!!!

In the end, I torched 1300+kcals.  Good start to week to of my new program.