Monday, March 26, 2012

Insanity Day 0 + 1!

So, I did the Insanity Fit Test late last night (Sunday-ish into early Monday AM).  I was pleasantly surprised with my results:

Switch Kicks - 71
Power Jacks - 52
Power Knees - 110
Power Jumps - 33
Globe Jumps - 7
Suicide Jumps - 12
Push Up Jacks - 24
Low Plank Oblique - 36

And I did the first workout today (Monday) - Plyometric Cardio Circuit.

To paraphrase someone on the intertubez, there's that moment of horror when you realize you've been sweating like a fiend and you're outta breath and your heart is about to pound outta your chest...and then the warm-up ends and the workout really begins.  They really aren't kidding in the informercial about being soaked with sweat by the end of the warm-up.  I can testify to the truth of that.

A great thing about the workout is that the movements are deceptively simple.  "Of course I can jump like that for 3 minutes," I think.

No.  No, I can't.  But neither can the super-fit folks in the video.  Everyone's pushing to their own personal limit and beyond.  People are falling out on the floor all over the place.  I seriously haaaate that dang circuit with the 4 pushups, plank runs, jump up, ski abs and all that.  But in a few scant weeks when I turn 33, it'll be worth it to have earned my t-shirt and my new body.

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