Howdy folks!
I know it's been a while since I've updated this. There are two main reasons for that: One is I don't have an actual computer at home and lest I want to do this blog small time and update via my phone, it won't happen unless I have free time at a real computer. Secondly, I got sidelined by an injury. I did the first three days of week one, my schedule got really hectic and crazy, and then when I started back up the next week I found I had a rather nasty shin splint that made doing even the warm-up near impossible. As in addition to being Catholic, I also worship both Greek and Norse Gods, I called up my homie Zeus and asked him what he thought about my shin split and he assured me that if Hercules had the same injury, well, let's just say his twelve feats would have ended much more quickly and less positively. Don't worry though folks, I am alive and well and shin splint free now. I still have the occasional flare up of pain in my shin, but I just punch it in the head in the form of ice packs and all is well. Seriously, stop crying for me. I mean it. Now you are just embarrasing yourself. Geez. You are all a bunch of cry babies. WHY DO I LET YOU READ MY AWESOMENESS IF ALL YOU ARE GOING TO DO IS CRY?
Well, now that I've bothered you by calling you names and with my sob story of shin splints that would have made Achilles slice his own tendon to distract from the pain, on to the review!
I am officially on week three. I re-started week one as I wanted to do the program as close to what was directed as possible. In the first two weeks I have logged enough air time via all the plyometric jumping moves that I am considering contacting airline companies to see if I can get some frequent flyer miles. The workouts I've done thus far include: Plyometric Cardio Circuit, Cardio Power and Resistance, Cardio Recovery, Pure Cardio, Cardio Abs, and the Fit Test which I explained in my previous post. The warm-up for the fit test, which I thought was difficult, was actually just 1/3 of a regular warm-up I do. The eight moves that I had to do in the fit test are regular exercises I do in these routines and I have covered the floor in my apartment in a pleasant smelling layer of sweat more times than I can count. Because I don't want to get bogged down in the details of each individual exercise in each of those videos, I'll give general overviews. If I find out people are interested and/or I get motivated enough to, I'll go into more detail at some point. For now though you will read the overviews and you will like it!
Plyometric Cardio Circuit: You jump a lot in this DVD. Also, you find out Shaun T. is a dirty pirate hooker and lies a lot and leads you to believe it's just one more set or one more exercise. Towards the end you do punching drills and I regularly imagine that I am punching Shaun T in the face.
Cardio Power and Resistance: You do a lot of jumping in this DVD as well. However, you also do various forms of push-ups to work your upper body so it is as sore and hates you as much as your legs do. Shaun T. is still a dick.
Cardio Recovery: This is a day of no jumping, you do various stretches reminiscent of Yoga. I tend to sweat a lot because my body enjoys me being gross, but after watching my fellow Insanity do-ers in the video, I see it makes them work-up a pretty good sweat as well in the video. So while it is definitely a recovery from the other days, you will still work.
Pure Cardio: This was the day I decided Shaun T. is a sadist. You do the warm-up, get a water break, cause you know, you normally need a water break after a warm-up, then do some stretches to loosen your body up, have another water break, then you do a series of 15 exercises for a minute each with no scheduled water break. That probably doesn't sound too bad to you, which is fine, that's your opinion. I encourage you to remember that opinion as you come over and do this workout. Then tell me you still believe that. Also, as punishment for you insolence, you will not be allowed to swear at Shaun T. like I do nor will you be allowed to drink by Brita Filtered water. You get Milwaukee Tap water and you will like it. The saving grace of this workout is you do see the people in the video taking breaks, being told to go get water and at the end even Shaun T. lays on the ground in utter exhaustion just before a prompt on the screen tells you to never stop moving. Stupid prompts.
Cardio Abs: Much to my surprise, this video worked my abs. I expected it to work my deltoids and/or little toe. Weird that it works my abs instead. On it's own, it would be a workout but not insane. You work your core, especially your obliques. However, this is done at the end of another workout and when tacked onto the end of Pure Cardio, it's clear the devil is involved in this.
Yesterday, the start of week three, I did another Fit Test. I am happy to report that in 7/8 exercises I did better than my original test. The other exercise I matched, which is all I was hoping for as it's an exercise that involves four jumps but you can only count that as one. (Reminder Shaun T. is a dirty pirate hooker who lies a lot) So I have seen progress and combined with healthy eating, I have seen improvements pretty much all across the board, my cardio level, my weight, my energy and my confidence. Confidence sounds weird, but trust me, you do these work outs and you start to develop a little swagger and confidence that you can handle whatever the world throws at you.
Well that's all for now. I'm going to keep at this workout and I will continue to let you know how it goes. Until next time, remember, I'm clearly awesome and so everything I say is worth reading and listening to.
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