Insanity: Day 16 – Plyometric Cardio Circuit
Today was a huge day for me. For the first time since I started Insanity I was able to complete the 10 and a half minute warm up from start to finish without stopping. I thought I was going to die, but I also felt so alive I can't really put it into words adequately.
Since Day 1 I have been having a hard time making it through the second set of jumping jacks in the warm up. The last real workout we did, on Saturday morning, I was able to get close to completing the second set but I ended up stopping with about 8 second to go in the set. Today I was determined to make it through the second set of jumping jacks. And not only was I able to make it through that set, I was able to just keep going.
By the time stretching came along I was dripping with sweat. Which is a good sign for me. It means that I was able to do more work in the same amount of time as I have been using for warm ups. It also meant more calories burned. Which for me will always equate to more weight being shed.
Another nice thing about today's workout was that I was able to recover much quicker than in recent days. By the time the first segment of the program started I was almost entirely recovered from the warm up and as a result I was able to complete almost the entire first segment without stopping during the routines. I did have to stop twice, for a few short moments, but otherwise I owned the first segment of the program this morning.
The second segment? Not so much. Level 1 drills are my undoing. Getting down into push up position, pushing up, then doing plank sprints before leaping to your feet and starting over again... well, my body doesn't agree with those that much. I gave it my all, but my all was pretty slipshod to say the least. I did do better in the second segment today than I have ever done. But still, it leaves a lot to be desired.
Oh, and Bekah kicked some savage butt today, too. I'm loving seeing her resolve as she encounters her limits and pushes through them. She is such a determined young woman with such a strong desire to excel... I'm amazed by her tenacity and willingness to stick it out with me every morning.
So, until tomorrow morning when I try to kill myself again with some Pure Cardio and Cardio Abs, I bid you farewell. I hope I am offering something useful in the way of this log of my journey. If nothing else, it will be useful for me. I will be able to look back on this entire experience and see how far I was able to come from beginning to end. Either that, or laugh at myself for being so freaking out of shape.
