4-25-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX 15 + 10 Minute Trainer - Core Cardio + Unlock your Hip Flexors + TCF.

4-25-17 HY: Insanity MAX 30 - MAX 15 + 10 Minute Trainer - Core Cardio + Unlock your Hip Flexors + TCF.

Today was an unusual day, sort of.  Work was regular and we had our monthly faculty meeting.  But usually, the meeting is only around 45 minutes to an hour.  Today's meeting went for almost two and a half hours.  Needless to say, I got home a lot later than usual.  I really needed today's workout.  The good thing is that I knew exactly which workout I was going to start off with today.  Since today is a cardio day, I had pretty much decided on MAX 15 at the end of my last cardio day.  I got a sneak peek while looking for dead files on the DVDs so I knew that there were going to be 15 moves over 15 minutes, like a baby Friday Fight.  But I didn't know how intense it was or how tough it was going to be.  But I figured it wouldn't be that bad since it was only 15 minutes.  Famous last words... AGAIN!

It started off with 30 seconds on each side of Power Knee.  Nice non-impact not to intense move to start.  I guess that that was the warm up because it went uphill from there.  The moves got tougher and tougher.  Finally, at the 6-minute mark, It was Hit the Floor with Tuck Jumps.  I almost went out on that move, but maxing out at 6-minutes seem really early so I pushed through.  There were times when I slowed down a bit, but I kept moving the whole time.  The most intense move was definitely the last move.  Plank Jack Punches.  I was so dead, I was barely getting my arms out for the punch, or was it a raise?  I was sweating like a hog and I was breathing like a slashed tire.  But I had to make it to the end.  But when Shaun said, "TIME!" I literally flopped to the ground.  That was the most intense and brutal 15 minutes I have ever experienced in a workout.  I really pushed it hard today, all the way to the end.  Before I started I was actually thinking to add a T25 Alpha routine just to fill in the time, but I was too dead to do even 25 minutes.  So, I chose another alternative.

Since tomorrow is my mid-week recovery day, I wanted some core stuff today even though I did abs yesterday.  So, as I was flipping through my DVD's my eyes fell upon the perfect solution.  I could keep up today's cardio and get in some ab work.  And the time was perfect.  Just an additional 10-15 minutes with the warm up and cool down.  I didn't use the band during the workout.  Going freestyle with Tony seemed fine.  But the moves in Core Cardio are really tough, and right after MAX 15, they were exponentially more difficult.  Again, a flop at the end.

I did the special Hip Flexor routine with several additional stretches.  Felt good to open up those hip flexors.  And the Flow was on point.  Today was a lot shorter, but it was a good workout.

In the end, I torched a good 730+kcals.  But I was dead... in a good way.