3-27-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT CARDIO + Ab Attack: 10 + Unlock your Hip Flexors + Splits + TCF.

3-27-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT CARDIO + Ab Attack: 10 + Unlock your Hip Flexors + Splits + TCF.

Today was a really quiet day.  My wife was extremely tired from her travels yesterday so she was just taking it easy, and I was taking it easy with her.  But by early evening I was ready to get some moving it so I started to prepare for my workout.

I'm beginning week 3 of month 2 so I'm in the last quarter of the Insanity MAX 30 program.  Had I not lost that week, week and a half, I'd be done by now, but it was unavoidable and I guess a good mid-program break.  The pressure was on today because I did a full routine last week, so I didn't want to regress and do any less.  But if I did end up doing a full break-free routine, how would I judge if I had improved.  Short story shorter, I crushed this routine, and YES, I got all the way to the end.  My MAX OUT Time was 30:00.  Last week, there were a couple points that I felt I couldn't go on and almost tapped out.  This week, I felt much stronger, especially once I got my second wind.  I didn't feel like I was going to tap out at any time during the routine.  I did feel the burn, but the burn motivated me to push it harder and grind through the pain.  Good routine.

I moved right into Abs and I pushed as hard as I could, but the burn was just too much and I tapped out close to the same time as usual.  My MAX OUT Time was 4:40.  Same move, the Switch Kick Punches, but I think I got about 10 seconds further into the move than the previous time.  I was able to do full times on all the moves from then on except the last two moves, Ab Attack on the floor, I did a 40/20 second split on that move, and 30/15/15 seconds on the Drum-V Hold.  I just need to keep pushing until I get passed that plateau.

I moved into the stretch and the two programs for that.  I went back and tried one round of my regular Splits stretch routine and as far as depth, there wasn't much change, but there was a change in the free range of motion of my hip flexors.  What I mean is that before, I could feel some sort of a hitch in my hip flexors that was more prevalent on my left side.  So, when moving from the right side splits to straddle splits, there was often a sharp pain that shot up my hip and started to cramp the muscle right in my right hip so I would have to come out of my straddle splits for a moment, shake out my hip, then go back into the straddle splits.  But today, I didn't feel that hitch at all.  Everything was smooth.  So now, as I get back to the regular routine, or add the regular routine, hopefully, more benefits will be discovered.  I shifted my position of my right side stance in my Flow so I wouldn't put too much pressure on my knee, so no wincing today from pain.

In the end, after 160 minutes, I torched a solid 1040+kcals.  Nice to be on vacation so I can just relax and do everything that needs to be done without any pressure or rushing.