3-31-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - Friday Fight Round 2 + Power 90 - Ab Ripper 200.

3-31-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - Friday Fight Round 2 + Power 90 - Ab Ripper 200.

Well, today did not shape up to be what I had envisioned it would be.  I was planning to blow it out of the water in terms of the workout and stretch, but instead, I was rushing just to get in the main part of my workout before sunset.  I woke up to the news that we would be going out for shopping to take advantage of coupons that expire on April 1.  So off we went.  I was thinking we would be back in plenty of time for me to do a good workout, but the got longer and longer.  It was fun, though, and if I could count all the walking I did as part of my workout, I walked at least a couple of miles, and a lot of that, I was carrying bags weighing between 4-6kgs.  Once I got home, I barely had two hours to get everything done.  So I rushed through the prep and prelims.

The workout is the mother of all MAX 30 routines.  The previous two max out times were 9:00 and 11:07.  I was hoping to get to the first break today.  Or at least that was my goal.  The warm up was fine, but why in the world is the first move IRON LEGS???  I guess Shaun T. is trying to burn us out right at the beginning.  But I got through it and the rest of the moves before the first break.  There was a point that I almost tapped out, but somehow, I don't know how, I just gutted it out and finished the move, and I believe the following move was a little less intense, something a little "recoveryish".  I guess Shaun T. does have some mercy.  But that, what turns out to be a 40-second break really helped and I was able to power through to almost the next break.  My MAX OUT Time was 20:51 on the Lunge Punch Kick (L).  I was already dying, yes, but the real reason I had to take a break was my knee felt like it was going to give out, or even hyperextend.  Then after my initial break, I was taking breaks all over the place.  And who put variations of burpees and power/tuck jumps at the end of an extremely brutal routine??? SHAUN T.!!! Does.  I had the modifier track on, but I couldn't bring myself to modify.  But if my range of motion gets any worse on the jumps, it would probably be better if I did modify.  I was shocked at how far I got today.  Maybe I'll be able to go all the way to finish the program next week!  No Pressure!!!

I didn't have time to do even Chalene's Extreme Core Circuit today, so I went to my very handy short but tough ab routine by the original Tony Horton in Power 90, Ab Ripper 200+.  I say "+" because I did a few extra reps here and there when I had some extra time to kill.  But I also did the ab move for my Coach's Challenge Group.  I got that one done first before I did the ab routine.  I got a good burn, but I didn't burn out.  But that will have to do for this week.

Week THREE of Month TWO of Insanity MAX 30 is in the books.  One more week to go and I will have completed one of the most grueling programs I've done EVER!! But I'll be better for it.  If I didn't catch the flu, I would be done already, but as it stands, I will be taking this final week into my first week back at work for our new school year.  So I will have to work extra hard to stay focused and not waver from my goal.  But first, I get to take a lovely off day tomorrow and rest my body and muscles.  But I will have to do my stretches.  I was only able to do a limited amount of stretches before sunset.

In the end, in 120 minutes, I burned 800+kcals.  If all things were normal, I would have topped 1000kcals, but that's life.  Happy Weekend, Everyone!!!  One good thing, sort of, is that we were so busy, we didn't have time to stop by Baskin Robbins to pick up out semi-bi-monthly double scoop of ice cream.  It's a family tradition.  It will have to wait another couple of months.