3-19-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT CARDIO + Ab Attack: 10 + Splits + TCF.

3-19-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT CARDIO + Ab Attack: 10 + Splits + TCF.

I woke up feeling really good this morning.  Another "Nothing special to do" day.  But when I got up, my wife told me she wanted to go out in the afternoon and asked if I could finish my workout in the morning or early afternoon.  So, I watched a little TV, did some housework, and then got to my workout around 1 pm.  Actually, I've always wanted to finish my workout early, but procrastination got in the way and I've usually started at the regular early evening time.  But not today!

Started Week TWO of Month TWO today.  MAX OUT CARDIO is a good routine to start the week off with because it sets the tone for the week.  It is intense and grueling, but doable.  Last week, my max out time was 19:10, so I wanted to just trust the work I did last week to bring me past that.  I certainly did.  My MAX OUT Time was 30:00!!!  It took me four weeks to finally complete month one's Cardio Challenge.  But I was shocked that I completed it in just two weeks.  When I went back to the calendar to check last week's max out time, I was a little bummed because it was longer than the other routines in month two.  But once I got started and caught my second wind, I was off to the races.  There were two points that almost forced me to tap out.  The first one was during round two and three of the move Moving Slap Back Jacks.  The first round was good, but second round, I could feel the burn, and then the third round, my quads were burning so badly I almost tapped out.  But I went a little deeper into the squat then bounced back up, and that helped me to finish out the 30-seconds. The next point that almost took me out was on the fourth circuit.  The first and second round of Floor Hops.  For some reason, I just felt so heavy and going side to side felt so tiring.  Then, from somewhere, I got a boost of energy or something and then I just killed it in the third round.  My pace doubled for the third round.  I had intended to pick it up in the final round, but not that much, and not for the whole time.  The final circuit was great.  I think the idea of finishing became a real possibility at the end of the fourth circuit and my body responded.  The biggest overall problem I had was with the Plank moves and especially the one arm plank moves.  I don't remember which circuits had those moves, but moves like Low Plank Side Punch, and Shoulder Tap Plank Jacks.  When my left arm was on the ground, my shoulder hurt more than normal.  So, on my left side, instead of holding my body square to the ground, I had to angle my body so my right shoulder was a little higher than my left.  That angle relieved some of the pain.  But I'm thinking I'm going to need to get some treatment or something for it.  It has been lingering for a few months now.  I had hoped that not doing anything while I had the flu would have given it the time it needed to heal, but no, still hurts.  But anyway, I got through with just that little modification.

I moved right into Abs and unfortunately, there has been no progress made.  Again, My MAX OUT Time was 5:13.  Yep, same move, those Switch Kick Punches.  This time, I couldn't even get to the 0:30 mark.  And I ended up doing the whole minute in four rep stages 10-20-30-12reps.  Abs were SCREAMING!!!  There was one positive thing, and that was that I was able to do the whole Ab Attack move with no break.  I died at the end and I had to do the final move, Ab Punches in three steps, but I finished with good form on all the reps.

Splits were fine.  Nothing record breaking, or even record matching, but after an off day with only about thirty minutes of stretching done, I'm satisfied for today.  I have to push more, I know.  I just can't get my hip flexors to open up and stay open so I can open them more the next time.  If anyone has any advice about achieving the splits, please let me know.  My Flows were all on point.

In the end, In 154 minutes, I torched 1149kcals.  I am satisfied with today's workout and I reached and surpassed some goals and came up short on others.  But that is the way life is, I guess.