Day 3: Cardio Power & Resistance

Holy wow did this video kick my butt!  Yesterday, I wasn't as sore as I expected to be from Wednesday's workout - it hit me today.  But I sweated it out with Thousand Foot Krutch blasting in the background.  After yesterday's rest day (the weather didn't cooperate for a running day), my shins were feeling much better.  They gave me a few slight twinges, but nothing a few seconds break or modifying an exercise didn't solve.

Phase 1:  Warm Up
As with every warm-up in Insanity, you could just do this 10 minute circuit two or three times and have accomplished a great workout for the day.  But this isn't just a workout video - this is Insanity!  Today's workout consisted of jogging in place, Power Jacks, Log Jumps, 123-123 Heisman, Butt Kicks, High Knees, and Vertical Jumps.

Phase 2:  Stretching
Pretty much the same routine as almost every Insanity stretching session.  It's nice, but I'm thinking I may do a yoga session before I push play to get a better stretch.

Phase 3:  Workout Set 1

• Power Jumps - These are such a challenge for me!
• Belt Kicks - The martial artist in me absolutely loves these!  Instead of keeping my hands on my "belt" as Shawn does, I put my hands up as if I was sparring.  It just felt more natural to me that way.  Maybe after I finish Insanity I'll try out Les Mill's Combat from Beach Body.  It's a martial arts based workout.
• Hit the Floor - It took me a few minutes to figure out the proper form on these, but once I did it was an incredible ab workout.
• V Push Ups - Holy crap, these are hard!  I can't even do a regular push up, so for the first round, I modified these to be on my knees.  By the last rep, I pushed myself and tried to do them as shown.  I got about 10 in the 30 second interval.
• Triceps Dips/ One-Legged Triceps Dips - Shawn added this after the third rep.  I was able to do these until Shawn said pick up a leg.  By then, my arms were on fire!  I think I got about five dips for each leg.
• Triceps Ball Push Ups - This exercise was also added after the third rep.  They confuse the crap out of me.  I can't seem to figure out the proper form, so I don't feel like I'm getting the workout I'm supposed to.

My youngest thought that I was supposed to be holding her while I did this set.  She finally gave up and started following me and the video as best as an 18 month old can.  It was too cute!

Phase 4:  Workout Set 2

• Hurdle Jumps - These were pretty fun actually.
• Globe Jumps - Globe Jumps aren't my favorite.  Each rep consists of 4 jumps (left, back, right, front) and it will wear you out fast!
• Moving Push Ups - Wasn't able to do these.  I tried doing a modified push up on my knees in the same manner, but I could ever get my hands and feet in the right places at the right time.  I finally just started doing regular push ups.
• Floor Sprints - These don't seem hard, but trying to keep your butt down while sprinting in a plank position is extremely difficult.
• 8 Hop Squats/8 Push Ups - These were added after the third rep.  The hop squats weren't hard, but the push ups slowed me down.  I the people in the video get 4 reps, I believe I only got 2.

By the end of this, I was yelling at my TV.  My kids checked on me a few times to see if I was okay.  During this set, I also had to take a few breaks because my heart rate got up over 200 bpm.  According to heart.org, for my age, my target heart rate should be between 100 and 170 bpm with a max of 200.  I've found that exercises on the floor cause my HR to jump up higher than exercises where I'm standing up.

Phase 5:  Cool Down

Thank God it's finally over!

I probably won't be running Saturday as I have a birthday party for my cousin to attend.  I will, however, update my measurements tomorrow as Saturday is the day Noom asks me to weigh in anyway.  From now on, my measurement updates will be posted on Saturday mornings.