DAY 38: MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING

WHEW!!! Sorry I've missed updates but it's been a busy couple of days. On Thursday, I started the day with doing the MAX CARDIO CONDITIONING workout. It's amazing to me that this program finds ways to top itself with the new workouts. This one was the toughest one yet I think! It just doesn't stop!!! and I LOVE IT!

After recovering from the workout, I went to my Parkour class at night where we did a huge plyometric lower body workout since we were working on jumps and climbs.... just what I needed after MAX CARDIO AND CONDITIONING!!!

DAY 37: MAX INTERVAL PLYO

WOW!!!

Today's workout was crazy! This last month is really going to be tough! I hope I can make it through. MAX INTERVAL PLYO was absolute INSANITY. That was nuts!

After doing it last night, I woke up this morning and my muscles were screaming!

DAY 36: FIT TEST & MAX INTERVAL CIRCUIT

The day has come!!!!! It's time for MAX INTERVAL TRAINING!

I woke up this morning and did my third FIT TEST! I improved on ever single exercise!!! But by the end of it, I was so worn out, I don't know how I'll keep improving.... We'll have to see in two weeks!

After my fit test, I had a busy day ahead of me with meetings, a rehearsal and a workshop. When I finally got home at 11:00pm, it was time do to the MAX INTERVAL CIRCUIT workout.

WOW!!!! THAT WORKOUT WAS INSANE!!!!!! I was dying after the warm-up! I did NOT think that workouts could get that much more intense than the workouts we did in phase 1 but MY GOODNESS is that workout ridiculous!!! I honestly did not think that my body could produce more sweat than the amount it produced during the first month but I think my body just doubled it!!!!! It was AMAZING! This is going to be a challenging but rewarding month!

Shaun T's not playin' around and NEITHER AM I!!!!

Tomorrow is MAX INTERVAL PLYO!!!! BRING IT!

DAY 35: OFF DAY

So today was an off day from INSANITY but I still managed to get out there and go on a short hike up Runyon Canyon. Runyon Canyon is an awesome short hike because it doesn't take too long, but the elevation change is big! Today was the first time that instead of walking the hike, I tried to run it all. I went up the steep side and ran down the not so steep side. It was awesome.

After finishing I decided to take the rest of the day off and do my fit test tomorrow with my first day of MAX INTERVAL TRAINING. No reason to mess around with the scheduled workouts. They are there for a reason.

That's all for today! Tomorrow we'll have a new Weigh In and I'll be starting Phase 2!

DAY 34: CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE

Alright! The end of my recovery week is here!

Today I spent a lot of the day getting an arm workout by stripping paint off of some chairs I got and sanding them as well. After about 6 hours of working on the chairs, I ate some food, and then it was time for my workout: CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE.

Today was the last day of working out for my recovery week. I had a really good workout today. I pushed hard and worked up an awesome sweat. When I was finished, I had my recovery drink, a delicious smoothie, and rested for a little while. Then, as I was watching TV, I decided to do some of the C-sit position exercises from the CARDIO ABS workout. Once I was finished, I decided to do some deltoid pushups or triangle pushups. After a set of 25 or so I got up and did about 60 seconds of wall sits. Then I did some Feifer Scissors from AB RIPPER X. Then I got up and did some Steam Engines. I continued doing core exercises for about 15 more minutes. Once I was finished, I felt great, stretched then took a nice hot shower before bed.

I decided to not take a day off tomorrow and I'm going to do the fit test. That way, I won't be pounding my body on Day 1 of Phase 2: MAX INTERVAL TRAINING by doing the Fit Test and the MAX INTERVAL CIRCUIT workout. I also might go on the hardcore hike, run and rock climbing adventure I did twice last week on Tuesday.

SO that means Fit Test 3 will be tomorrow and Tuesday we'll start with MAX INTERVAL TRAINING! Here we go people! Time to Dig Deeper!

DAY 33: CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE

Another awesome day today!

Woke up this morning and joined a bunch of friends on a leisurely hike up the Escondido Canyon in Malibu all the way to a beautiful, algae covered, 150 ft waterfall. Rock climbed all the way up to the top for an amazing view of the canyon all the way out into the Pacific Ocean. It was amazing! After hiking back down and driving home, I did my CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE workout for the day.

It was great! My body was a little lethargic to start the workout because of the hike we did earlier, but once I pushed through that initial laziness, I had a great workout! This one is growing on me! It's slow pace tricks my mind into thinking I'm not working as hard but by the end of the workout, certain muscle groups are burning with joy! It's awesome.

Only a couple of more days of recovery week left, and then its the Week 5 Weigh In and the start of the second and final phase of INSANITY: MAX INTERVAL TRAINING!!!

DAY 32: CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE

Today I had a packed day of errands and stuff but I was still able to fit my CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE workout into my busy Friday. It was great but my body was still very tired from the Parkour class I took last night. Muscles are sore on my body that I didn't even know existed. It's amazing!

Tomorrow morning I'm going on another hike with my friend up in Escondido in Malibu. It should be sweet! It's not as tough a climb as the Eaton Canyon one so it should be a nice start to a wonderful Saturday. Later on in the day, I'll be doing the CORE CARDIO AND BALANCE workout! I love this recovery week!

NEXT WEEK WE PUSH IT TO THE MAX!!!!!