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Day 16 - Plyometric Cardio Circuit this morning. Really starting to hit this one hard as I know the moves. Dare I say that the warm up is getting "easier"? My HR was not quite as high as it has been in past work outs. That said I am still spent by the time I hit the basketball drills. Here is my theory, the more that I get comfortable in this work out the more I push it and thus I am always beat at the end. It is definitely surprising to me how tired my arms are during the floor drills. It is not my abs or my legs but my arms. I would have thought that with a round of the X under my belt that my arms would be stronger. Guess not. I can tell you that by the end of this they will be.

Perhaps tomorrow I will take a before and after picture of my new workout area just to show how much sweat this thing causes me to generate.

- Evil

Fit test done. Been a little MIA over the weekend. Will catch up on the interim days in a bit.

Day 6 INSANITY - So yesterday was day 6 and today is a complete rest day. It was again the Plyo/Cardio circuit that is also the preview DVD. I thought that it might start getting easier but guess what????? It doesn't.

I made it through the warm up easier. Felt good, HR was about 150 or do. Thought OK a week of this has me feeling good. I was not sweating nearly as heavy as I did earlier in the week. So Then it is into the stretch, believe it or not now the sweat starts rolling off me. 6 minutes or so of stretching and I we are again into it heavy.

HR is again pushing 180, I am hurtin'. Sweat is pouring off of me, so much that when I hit the level one drills my feet are slipping because the sweat is flying everywhere. My Plyo mat is a mess at this point. To the point that I have to wipe it down so that I do not slip and hurt myself.

Made it through, but I still took frequent breaks in the last couple of sets...especially during the floor drills.

HR was consistently 180 or so, via counting. Still have not picked up the band for my HR monitor.

I did push it harder than I did the previous session.

Will keep bringing it and keep on reporting....

- Evil

Insanity Day 4 and Day 5 in the book.....

Day 4 Cardio Recovery - This disk is some stretching, a little yoga, and some core all thrown in with light cardio. It is not very intense it is a nice break and a good stretch.

Day 5 Pure Cardio - Did this at 5:30 AM the morning following the late night cardio recovery. Good thing cardio recovery is not that intense because Pure Cardio is just plain off the hook.

It starts out with the same warm up as the Cardio Plyo circuit, then it goes into the same stretching sequence...an then it hits. 12 minutes of non stop movement that starts easy enough and steadily ramps up...sessions are a minute long vs. 30 seconds...and the progress bar gradually increases the intensity....

I did not make it through with out breaks...the Level 2 stuff kills me....and I am in pretty good shape. I do not know if they are acting or not but the "kids" drop like flies in this one..you see them taking breaks throughout....

I do not wear a HR monitor but I take it as I can and it was 180+ for most of the workout. (FYI I am 43 and weigh about 197 lbs)

This was my first morning workout in a couple of months so I was a little stiff in the beginning. I got out of bed and jumped right into it....next time I will let moving a little before jumping into it...also I usually take some N.O. Explode prior to a workout and I skipped that also this AM....that said I was still drenched in sweat....I love this...

- Evil

Ok...so Day three of Insanity was last night. A bit delayed in posting.

This session was very heavy on jumping with a good dose of push ups thrown in for good measure.

The warm up is in a word...HARD! For the first 8 minutes you do not stop moving...you do the same exercises for 3 cycles ramping it up a little more each time. There is then a 30 second break followed by a stretch session.

Then you start into the heart of it....exercise.....30 sec rest....exercise.....30 sec rest....exercise.....30 sec rest....ramp it up....exercise.....30 sec rest....exercise.....30 sec rest....exercise.....30 sec rest....ramp it upexercise.....30 sec rest....exercise.....30 sec rest....exercise.....30 sec rest.... and then he tacks on two new ones at the hihgest intensity level just for giggles.

30 second rest and then a new set of pain...

40 minutes flies by.

Day 4 tonight...wish me luck.

- Evil