3-17-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - Friday Fight Round TWO + Power 90 - Ab Ripper 250 + Splits + TCF.

3-17-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - Friday Fight Round TWO + Power 90 - Ab Ripper 250 + Splits + TCF.

Early finish today at work so I was able to get home early and get started on my workout.  For the next couple weeks, I can be on my preferred schedule taking Saturday as my off day.

I felt a lot better than I thought I would when I woke up this morning.  But as the day progressed, I could feel the soreness and the wear and tear on my legs, especially my quads.  And also my biceps.  Pain from soreness was setting in and I could feel it every time I ascended and descended stairs.  Every time I lifted a relatively heavy item, the soreness in my arms made itself known.  So I was wary of today.  I had heard rumors about Round 2 but I figured that Month 1 had prepared me pretty well, so I thought I could at least get to the first break.  As I was getting ready and the soreness was peeking out, I considered doing Cold Start to get a little extra stretch done to prepare myself a little more.  But eventually, I decided to just go for it and see how it plays out.  I think that in the back of my mind, I wanted to conserve as much energy for the main routine as possible.  As I started the routine, the warm up was good and I got through it well enough, but as the main workout started, I was thinking that another name for this routine could be "Extreme Plyometrics" because there was so much jumping.  In the first 15-minute mega-circuit, almost every move had some sort of jump or hop and my quads were feeling it.  I almost went out at the second move which I believe was Floor Hops, but somehow I made it through and the next move was a little better.  But I only lasted a little while longer.  My MAX OUT Time was 9:00 right after Plank Jacks & Front Raise.  Moving into the Hook Lunge, my feet wouldn't move. I took my break, got a swig of water and got back into it.  I made it to the first scheduled break with only a couple short breather breaks.  I was still feeling good.  But the next circuit was almost like yesterday's strength workout.  Again with several variations of Push-Ups.  I needed a break for every move and often times mid-set breaks were necessary.  But I broke that 26-second barrier that happened yesterday.  BRUTAL!!!  The next circuit was core, and I honestly don't remember what moves came out, but I do remember feeling exhausted. And then the final circuit was sort of a little bit of everything.  Round TWO is way more difficult and intense than Round ONE.  I'm interested to see how far Shaun T gets me in this routine over the next three weeks.  At the end of the routine, I needed a few extra minutes to recover before I was able to do the Cooldown.  My legs were SCREAMING!!!  And they still are.  Pain with each step up and down.  So I am very glad that tomorrow is my new off day.  My legs need a break.  But that last stretch of routines in Month TWO is going to be brutal.  MAX OUT STRENGTH followed by FRIDAY FIGHT ROUND TWO is a killer combo as my quads can attest.

Since I haven't done an ab routine since Tuesday, I couldn't end today without an ab routine.  But I was DAWG TIRED, so I went with a short but intense routine, Ab Ripper 200 from the original Power 90.  But I didn't just do 20 reps per move, I added 5 and did 25 reps each move and didn't take any breaks.  I maxed out after the 4th move, or actually in the middle of the 5th move.  Not too tough a move, but my abs were BURNING.  I took a few deep forced breaths then got back to it.  Needed a few short breathers after that as well, but I got through it.

My Legs and Hip Flexors were fried and actually felt a little swollen so I decided to modify the splits and stretch each muscle for a few minutes individually. Quads, Hamstrings, Adductors.  Then I added a few stretches and focused on my tighter side, my right, and tried to loosen that side up.  It took a little longer than usual, but the burn was had.  Flows were all good.

Good news, I got my HRM back today, just in time to record today's workout.  So, In the end, I torched 926kcals in 152 minutes.  Unfortunately, I added about 16 minutes to the main routine because of all the breaks, but I hope to get that lowered in the coming weeks.  In Month ONE, I completed all the regular routines in 30-minutes except for Friday Fight Round 1.  I got to 23:38 on that one.  Let's see what happens in Round TWO. Ahhh, Off Day, Oh how I've missed thee!  Happy Weekend, everyone!