My OperaDía 18 a 35 / Day 18 to 35 ¡INSANITY!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:15:39 PM
It has been a while since I made any Insanity posts. That's why I'm going to try and include from day 18 to day 35 here in this one post again. I did it previously for days 8 to 17 but haven't translated it into English. I don't know if I'll ever get to that part but here we go.
Days 18 - 23
The two hardest days this week were Monday and Friday. Why? Well, because we had Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs on those days. Yes, the Pure Cardio/Cardio Abs combo-fination struck twice this week. The other days were standard workouts that by now I was almost completing without problems.....more on this later. This is the list of what we did this week.
I know that we did Plyometric Cardio circuit twice as well but it doesn't compare too much to the Pure Cardio/Cardio Abs combination. For day 20 I have Cardio Abs up there in brackets because even though it wasn't a part of the schedule I felt like I needed some more ab work. Another reason I did it on that day is because Cardio Recovery was on the next day and I'd be able to rest a bit if it really tired me out.
One interesting thing that happened this week, besides being tired out, is that my roommate had to leave for the week because of a conference. From day 20 to day 23 I was on my own doing the workouts with no one else to laugh at, or laugh at me.
I think that if this had been one of the first two weeks I might've just not wanted to do it. I usually need some competition to compare myself against or just someone to provide motivation. This wasn't the case, however, and I felt fine doing it by myself these few days.
Days 24 - 29
The next week was very welcome because it was a recovery week. We only did one workout the whole week. Here is the list.....
This week started off pretty easy actually. Monday was a breeze and it didn't even phase me at all.....but......the following days became more difficult for some reason. The workout wasn't heavy in cardio drills at all. Mostly it was like the Cardio Recovery but on a level that was much more difficult. By the end of the workouts I was sweating and my muscles were burning. Your heart will enjoy this week but your muscles will still feel the burn.
Days 30 - 35
*PHEW* This week was tough as a pool of nails.
Here is the list of workouts.....they were......insane.......
Oh no.....the first day was CRAZY!!!
I didn't know what to do on the first day. Should I try and reserve my energies during the fitness test and hold out for the real workout....or should I just try as hard as I could and hope the real workout didn't exhaust me even more? Well, if you know me, I went hard during the fitness test. I beat all my previous scores by only a few repetitions except for the last two exercises.
I had to take a rest between the fit test and the real workout. My heart felt like it was weakening and I felt light headed. What I did was start the Max Interval Circuit slowly. I paced myself and didn't push myself too hard. My heart started steadily strengthening and getting back on rhythm. After the second or third repetition of the warm-up my heart was back on track and I was digging deep to push through.
The circuits were tougher and the exercises were different from the first month. In addition, there were more circuits to complete. In month one we would do two circuits three times. In this month we're now doing three circuits three times each. That extra circuit is tough to complete but at the end it feels good.
Max Cardio Conditioning is like month one's Pure Cardio except it's 45 minutes of straight cardio. Max Interval Plyo was tough because of the amount of push-ups we did. By the time we got to the recovery my shoulders were sore, my triceps were burning, and my legs were shaky.
All these workout are tough! My roommate and I have decided that if anyone says "Hey guys, can I try the workout with you?", we're going to have to say NO! Either that or we'll need to have them sign waivers saying we aren't responsible for any physical side effects or heart failures that might occur. hahaha, we just can't let anyone try it unless we know they're in shape. I don't want to have to worry about them....and I will worry when I see them tired.
The Max Recovery is not easy at all. We didn't do any cardio but I still sweat like I did for Pure Cardio in month one. If anyone would like to try it with us I think that only Max Recovery would be a workout we might let them try. Even then....they might not be able to handle it if they aren't in good shape already.
Reflections : One of the things I've noticed is that if you're doing the workouts right, you should never feel like the workouts are a breeze. I think that some people get used to the workouts because they don't keep pushing to do more than they did last time. I've been trying to push to do more and go faster than the last time.
During each of the workouts I'm always exhausted and tired. If you're doing Insanity or any workout and you're "getting used to it" you probably aren't pushing hard anymore. You might have gotten used to the workout and you don't want to change your rhythm. Well, you're gonna have to push harder because plateaus will be inevitable.
Getting use to a workout and not wanting to push harder is like telling yourself "This is the best that I'll become because I don't want to do any more." You know you want to be better, so keep pushing harder.
Days 18 - 23
The two hardest days this week were Monday and Friday. Why? Well, because we had Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs on those days. Yes, the Pure Cardio/Cardio Abs combo-fination struck twice this week. The other days were standard workouts that by now I was almost completing without problems.....more on this later. This is the list of what we did this week.
- 18 - Pure Cardio/Cardio Abs
- 19 - Cardio Power and Resistence
- 20 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit [Cardio Abs]
- 21 - Cardio Recovery
- 22 - Pure Cardio/Cardio abs (yes, again, twice, what up?!?!)
- 23 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit
I know that we did Plyometric Cardio circuit twice as well but it doesn't compare too much to the Pure Cardio/Cardio Abs combination. For day 20 I have Cardio Abs up there in brackets because even though it wasn't a part of the schedule I felt like I needed some more ab work. Another reason I did it on that day is because Cardio Recovery was on the next day and I'd be able to rest a bit if it really tired me out.
One interesting thing that happened this week, besides being tired out, is that my roommate had to leave for the week because of a conference. From day 20 to day 23 I was on my own doing the workouts with no one else to laugh at, or laugh at me.
I think that if this had been one of the first two weeks I might've just not wanted to do it. I usually need some competition to compare myself against or just someone to provide motivation. This wasn't the case, however, and I felt fine doing it by myself these few days.
Days 24 - 29
The next week was very welcome because it was a recovery week. We only did one workout the whole week. Here is the list.....
- 24 - Core Cardio & Balance
- 25 - Core Cardio & Balance
- 26 - Core Cardio & Balance
- 27 - Core Cardio & Balance
- 28 - Core Cardio & Balance
- 29 - Core Cardio & Balance
This week started off pretty easy actually. Monday was a breeze and it didn't even phase me at all.....but......the following days became more difficult for some reason. The workout wasn't heavy in cardio drills at all. Mostly it was like the Cardio Recovery but on a level that was much more difficult. By the end of the workouts I was sweating and my muscles were burning. Your heart will enjoy this week but your muscles will still feel the burn.
Days 30 - 35
*PHEW* This week was tough as a pool of nails.
Here is the list of workouts.....they were......insane.......
- 30 - Fit test/Max Interval Circuit
- 31 - Max Interval Plyo
- 32 - Max Cardio Conditioning
- 33 - Max Recovery
- 34 - Max Interval Circuit
- 45 - Max Interval Plyo
Oh no.....the first day was CRAZY!!!
I didn't know what to do on the first day. Should I try and reserve my energies during the fitness test and hold out for the real workout....or should I just try as hard as I could and hope the real workout didn't exhaust me even more? Well, if you know me, I went hard during the fitness test. I beat all my previous scores by only a few repetitions except for the last two exercises.
I had to take a rest between the fit test and the real workout. My heart felt like it was weakening and I felt light headed. What I did was start the Max Interval Circuit slowly. I paced myself and didn't push myself too hard. My heart started steadily strengthening and getting back on rhythm. After the second or third repetition of the warm-up my heart was back on track and I was digging deep to push through.
The circuits were tougher and the exercises were different from the first month. In addition, there were more circuits to complete. In month one we would do two circuits three times. In this month we're now doing three circuits three times each. That extra circuit is tough to complete but at the end it feels good.
Max Cardio Conditioning is like month one's Pure Cardio except it's 45 minutes of straight cardio. Max Interval Plyo was tough because of the amount of push-ups we did. By the time we got to the recovery my shoulders were sore, my triceps were burning, and my legs were shaky.
All these workout are tough! My roommate and I have decided that if anyone says "Hey guys, can I try the workout with you?", we're going to have to say NO! Either that or we'll need to have them sign waivers saying we aren't responsible for any physical side effects or heart failures that might occur. hahaha, we just can't let anyone try it unless we know they're in shape. I don't want to have to worry about them....and I will worry when I see them tired.
The Max Recovery is not easy at all. We didn't do any cardio but I still sweat like I did for Pure Cardio in month one. If anyone would like to try it with us I think that only Max Recovery would be a workout we might let them try. Even then....they might not be able to handle it if they aren't in good shape already.
Reflections : One of the things I've noticed is that if you're doing the workouts right, you should never feel like the workouts are a breeze. I think that some people get used to the workouts because they don't keep pushing to do more than they did last time. I've been trying to push to do more and go faster than the last time.
During each of the workouts I'm always exhausted and tired. If you're doing Insanity or any workout and you're "getting used to it" you probably aren't pushing hard anymore. You might have gotten used to the workout and you don't want to change your rhythm. Well, you're gonna have to push harder because plateaus will be inevitable.
Getting use to a workout and not wanting to push harder is like telling yourself "This is the best that I'll become because I don't want to do any more." You know you want to be better, so keep pushing harder.
