3-11-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT CARDIO + Ab Attack: 10 + Splits + TCF.
Saturday, Saturday Night is supposed to be an off day for me, but due to a very weird schedule this week, I might have to take an off day on Wednesday, of all days. So, I'm going to go through this week until Wednesday and see what happens after that. So today, I start Month TWO of MAX 30. I know that the routines are going to be Crazy-Amped-Up if compared to Month One, but I didn't know how. Just let me say right off that I am so glad and relieved that at least in the first routine, the time of each move wasn't increased to 60-seconds like in Friday Fight Round One. Most of the moves stayed at 30-seconds, but there was the addition of the Power Move which is 60-seconds. I was a little taken off guard when the first Power Move came up at the end of the warm up. I was like, "WHAT IS THIS???" And on the time bar, I just assumed there were six circuits like before, but I discovered that there are actually only five circuits because of the Power Move. When I realized that, I was happy to get one less circuit. It's ALL Thirty Minutes!
My first time through this routine and I wasn't holding any expectations. I was just wanting to do my best and go to the point where my body wouldn't move anymore from exhaustion. Well, I found that point. My MAX OUT TIME is 19:10. That Lunge Punch Left side. I forget the move before it, but that move just killed me and when the Lunge Punch started up on the Left side, my body just quit moving. I needed to take a break and get some water. I was also wishing I had been paying more attention to the clock, because I may have been able to go to 20-minutes if I had known I was at 19-minutes. But at the same time, as I said, my body just quit. There was no "Willing" myself forward this time. My legs were burning as well as my shoulders. There were some new moves so I was happy to learn them. I particularly hated the Genie Tuck Jump. LOL! There were a few other new moves, but I can't remember their names at the moment. But this routine just totally drained me, but at the end, I felt good to have gotten through it.
I moved right into the Ab Attack. This time, in Month Two, I am not compromising form. No more half modified moves. It is all or breaking. And it happened early today. My MAX OUT TIME was 5:28. It was that Switch Kick Punch move. Almost half-way through, my abs were totally burning, my range of motions was suffering and my knees were bending almost making me touch the ground so I tapped out. I did worse on the Ab Attack and the Ab Punch Hold. Ab Attack was divided into two 30-second halves, and the Ab Punch Hold was divided into three twenty-second parts. I went for it and paid the price, the price of Pain. The intense BURN!
Moving into Splits, I had a hard time because my hip joints were especially sore today. Maybe from the tennis the day before, but splits were hard and painful. I could go only two rounds. No records, but stayed the course. Flows were good as always.
This was a tough day, but I had a good time with the new routine and learning some new moves and pushing myself further than I thought I could go.
Welcome to the new direction for this blog. In it, I will post my experiences and thoughts related to the sport of Pickleball and my efforts to grow Pickleball in the Prefecture of Kagoshima located in the southernmost tip of mainland Japan. I hope to post pictures and videos of the activities and events that are held in Kagoshima. And one day, hopefully, you will come and play some Pickleball with us! Please comment if you visit!
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