Because my schedule was thrown out of whack, today turned into a cardio day. I was intending to do T25 to see how it directly compares with MAX 30, but I figured I'd do the Bonus routines I haven't done yet. Two remain "Pulse" and "MAX 15". I'll give those a go in the next week or two. But today it was Sweat Fest.
On just a brief look at the progress bar, I was a little surprised at the large number of breaks there were. Also, the room was a lot bigger than the program room to go along with the huge number of people. But it was nice to see some familiar faces from Insanity like Chris, Tania, and Ariel. A few from T25 as well. The routine started off as a normal MAX 30 routine, with a rigorous warm up. But after the break, there was a 5-6 minute stretch, so the actual routine ends up being only 20 minutes. So I thought I'd knock it out of the park especially with all the breaks. I will say that I did not like the disorganization of the clock. What I mean by that is that Shaun T was very slip-shod with the time of the moves. Most of the time he would go over the thirty seconds he said each move was. But each move was anywhere from 25 to 45 seconds. And when we are doing a really tough move, it is nice to know the ending time will be the ending time. I'm just saying. But on the positive side, I liked the short circuits and the breaks between each round. However, the differences with the regular MAX 30 program were many. Moves were the same as in all the Insanity programs, nothing new or original, just a repackaging. But the move combinations in the individual circuits was genius. Mixing the upper body move with a lower body move and a strength/core move. As I said, I thought I'd crush this routine, but I actually didn't. My MAX OUT Time was 24:34 at the beginning of the Ski Abs. I couldn't even get into Plank. I was just so spent after the Push-Up Jacks I couldn't even begin the Ski Abs so I MAXED OUT! After that, I needed a break every two moves. I was just so spent. The last move, "Plank Punches" ended up being the odd time of 1 minute and 11 seconds. I needed a few Breaks just to make it all the way through. But despite all the negatives that I found in comparison to the actual program, I really liked Sweat Fest. I called them negatives, but they were not actually negatives. Rather, as I said, differences with something that I had gotten used to and was not ready for all the inconsistencies that existed therein. It was like they were still figuring out how to run the routines. A bit freestyle refreshing. Either way, I will most likely do this routine again and again because it got me sweating like crazy!
I wanted to do my abs but didn't want to go full on because I did on regular routine yesterday, but didn't want to miss two days of Abs because tomorrow is a mid-week recovery day, definitely no Abs tomorrow, so I got out my old faithful and added 5 reps to each move. I was handling it fine, but those extra five reps add up and I was dying by move seven. I actually had to rewind the DVD to stay with it a few times. And my abs were BURNING!!! Felt great and painful.
I did my regular Splits routine but again in dynamic mode. I think I like that better. It moves a little faster and I can push more and harder. But my hamstrings were really sore from yesterday, so I had to go a little slower. My Flow was right on. I started taking Fish Oil again and I think that that has had a great impact on my knee.
In the end, I torched a nice 826kcals. Not bad for a shorter workout.
The big thing today, though is that I finally got a new pair of workout shoes. I used them yesterday, but with resistance training, I didn't get to really push them. Today with MAX 30, I pushed them and they felt great. Below are a couple pics of my new and old shoes.
I have been looking for new workout shoes for a long time because the material was stretching and I had just about tightened the laces as tight as they would go to take in that space. I looked a lot but I just couldn't find a good fit or style or whatever. So I hit upon the idea of looking for badminton shoes. They provide very good lateral support and have just as good cushion as tennis shoes, plus they tread is smooth so they won't rip up my mat. I used my new shoes today for the first time on an intense and brutal routine, and I must say, they were awesome! I'm very happy with them.
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