3-05-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - Tabata Strength + Splits + TCF.

3-05-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - Tabata Strength + Splits + TCF.

Maybe it was the sudden drop in atmospheric pressure, but since last night, I have had a pounding headache.  It started about an hour after my workout yesterday.  It kept me awake for much of the night and slowed me down all day today.  I tried to take a nap, but I just couldn't get to sleep, AGAIN.  I was even considering not working out today because my head was just throbbing.  Finally, I decided that maybe getting my heart pumping and my blood flowing might do the trick.  Well, I discovered a cure for a headache, and it is an intense workout.

I started my workout and about three minutes in, the pain was already being alleviated.  By the end of the warm up, I was totally pain-free and I was feeling highly motivated.  Tabata warm ups have those stretch moves after the two Jacks moves so I decided not to modify the warm up.  But once my headache was gone, I made the decision not to modify the workout at all for as long as I could last before any type of dizziness hit.  If dizziness hit, I would slow it down and start modifying.  Long story short, NO DIZZINESS!!! So, I hit the routine with almost a full intensity.  I am very happy that I didn't get dizzy, but my strength level is still at only maybe 70%.  So I couldn't push as hard on the Push-Ups.  Rather, I kept a pace and stuck with a good number for the two rounds of each move.   But the even better thing is that I made it all the way through the routine without maxing out.  I came really close during the Ending Challenge on that Suicide High Knee move.  I just couldn't keep up with Shaun's pace, so I just did the best I could without stopping.  Also, that fast bobbing up and down, I was a little worried about the dizziness, but either way, I wasn't able to keep up with Shaun's pace.  But I went all the way without any move modification.  It felt good to nail the routine.

I took a lot of time today stretching out.  I was also trying to focus on breathing deeply.  I wanted to get as much oxygen into my system as possible.  A headache didn't return so that was a plus.  I wasn't as sore as yesterday so I was able to push a little more, but still, that left glute still gave me some problems.  No records were broken today, but just getting back to a good level of flexibility.  The Flow was also good.

In the end, after 120 minutes, I torched a good 917kcals.  That is a good leap back up after all the modifications.