You know, this Max Cardio Conditioning is starting to grow on me. I never thought I would say that. I actually look forward to the cardio days more than the interval days. There are more breaks with the interval days, but with the cardio days there isn't the repetition of having to do set after set of the same routines.

( more on day 59 of Insanity here )

So begins the last week of Insanity. I fully intended to go into this last week guns blazing and full of intensity. And like all moments full of unbridled enthusiasm, I forgot the key lesson from my first couple of weeks: pacing. I may have started today's workout a little too intensely. I didn't quite run out of steam, but I was laboring something ( Read more... )

I realized this morning that I forgot to blog yesterday. Yesterday was my last Rest Day before my final week of Insanity. I'm excited about the upcoming week for a couple of reasons: I want to do this final week as intensely as I can; and I can't wait for this workout program to be over ( Read more... )

Today was the last workout day of week 8. After Monday's rest day, I will have one more week left of this workout program. I can't believe I've come this far. I know I've had to skip three days, but two of those were from sickness while only one was a conscious decision to skip the workout. So with the last week just ahead of me, I'm looking ( Read more... )

Today was my penultimate session of Max Interval Circuit. The last couple of times I've done this workout, I've somehow tweaked my knee the night before and today was no different. I really hate trying to workout on some intense interval circuit with a weak knee. I feel like I have to overcompensate for a knee that's not performing up to par ( Read more... )

Today was Max Recovery. After the last few days, Max Recovery was a welcomed relief, but it's still a bit of a workout. In Max Recovery, there's a bunch of plank and pushup routines. In many cases, these don't seem like a recovery at all, but it is nowhere near as intense as all of the other Insanity days ( Read more... )

Today was Max Cardio Conditioning and Cardio Abs. Nicole thinks that I may not be completely selling out in my workouts and that I give up too quickly on some of the workouts. I'm inclined to believe her. I've been saying for weeks now that I need to work on my mental toughness and get through more of these workouts ( Read more... )

As I approach the home stretch of Insanity, I find that there is less to talk about that I haven't already mentioned. I would have figured that by the third week of month two that I would be in better shape, but part of me feels like I'm still dragging myself through the workouts.

( more on day 52 of Insanity here )

I really hate these two workout days, especially days like today. Today, I had to do another Fit Test and then I had to follow up with Max Interval Circuit. The Fit Test wasn't so bad, but I think I may have exerted a lot of energy trying to beat my previous marks. I was really tired for the second part of my workout, and I wonder if this was an ( Read more... )

Rest day today. I have to say that after weeks of working out on a Monday, it is very weird that my rest day now falls on this day. It almost feels like I'm skipping a day of workouts ( Read more... )