Insanity Day #2 Plyo Cardio Circuit

Wow.  So the warmup kicked my butt, the stretching felt good but was a slight challenge and round #1 of high intensity cardio finished me off! 

This is going to be rough but fun. I'm looking forward to it.  All those people on the video? Surely I am just as good of an athlete as they are.  Hoping this helps me to "rewind the clock" a bit.  Getting those big muscle groups active and moving and supporting my body in all the activities I want to do and keep on doing...

Something I posted on facebook: 
I do have to say that all this plyo is NOT something to jump into (haha) without strong legs already...it can seriously and quickly mess up your knees, your back or both. I am making heavy modifications to the moves where I need to based on what I know about my body and how it responds.

YOu don't have to leave the floor to do plyo, you can just do the up & down movements but not so explosive you leave the floor. Leaving the ground is actually the easy part...it's the landing...how you land specifically that can cause injury or damage.

So anyway, if you're thinking about it, be strong to start with (like a round of power 90 or p90x or good old fashioned body weight lower leg work for several weeks to months first), OR know the modifications you can make.

Bring it!  Or rather, Dig Deeper!!

Insanity fit Test - Day 1

So I decided to give Insanity a try. I've done 3 rounds of p90x over the past 4 years with good results each time. (If you don't see many posts here about my most recent round, it's because I posted a lot of it on my facebook challenge group rather than here...slowly working to get posts over here as well).

I am 44  1/2 years old and have lost about 10 lbs since January of this year ... 4 months ago.  at times it was down to probabaly 15 lbs total fat loss but since finishing p90x and taking 2 trips some of that crept back on. But overall I feel great , I am moving better and still feel stronger.

Nevertheless, while at one point in my life I was a "power based" athlete having played a lot of soccer & volleyball, over the past 3-4 years I've been spending a lot of time swimming and not as much time doing body wieght supported land based activities.

I want to get stronger in my core, my gluts, my quads and knees so that I can function better all around.

Today I took the Insanity Fit Test - Day 1 of Insanity and here are my results:

1 Swithc Jacks 65
2 Power Jacks 40
3 Power Knees 82
4 Power Jumps 22
5 Globe Jumps 5
6 Suicide Jumps 10
7 Push up Jacks 15
8 Low Plank Oblique 21

Wow.  The first 2 exericises I was thinking to myself, "I'm in awesome shape from p90x". Then the cumulative fatigue hit me!!   THe final 5 exercises I took plent of breaks and I think the suicide jumps I just gave up after 10.  Not saying that I didn't dig deep...but that's what I had!!

Looking forward to how this all plays out over hte next 2 months!  It's different and I think it will be really really good for me.