Last night was Insanity max interval circuit. I was so exhausted when I got home from all the running around we did yesterday that I didn't blog (just sent Chris an e-mail and went to bed). I really wanted to blog on this workout though because it was just crazy. It's the longest Insanity workout we've done (59 minutes) and I didn't think it was EVER going to end. I will definitely have to bring more water when we do this one again next week; 1 bottle was NOT enough! My kids did pretty well too, but after about 40 minutes they started having meltdowns.
With this program you do 3 sets that you repeat 3 times with one or two extra exercises between sets. None of the exercises were particularly long though (probably a max of 45 seconds each). On the second set of repeated exercises we had to get on the floor to do these floor switch kick moves...
Denver decided that would be the perfect time to snuggle on my lap, so I did these (3 times) with him sitting on my stomach/chest. He loved it and laughed the entire time. I thought it was super cute. I obviously couldn't do the move the right way, but I was able to kick my legs up (you're supposed to jump from foot to foot as you kick...I just kicked).
Half way through the workout my right knee started to throb (it's still tender today). This is new to me. I've never had knee issues. I'm not quite sure what caused it since I do modify my moves (I don't jump for most of them which has helped my back immensely). I'm thinking it was one of two exercises in the warm-up. Either this one, a side-to-side jump rope twist move:
or the side-to-side floor hops (get in plank position and hop to the left, back to center, then back to right while in the plank):
I have no idea how to modify the plank position jumping moves. I imagine the force of my weight coming down while in a plank position is tough on my knees/back. Both of the top two positions were during the warm up.
Overall I actually really liked this workout. OMG - did I just say that?! There were a lot of moves that were actually fun: pedal power lunges (football sprints mixed with Mary Catherine lunges); push-up jacks (I really like these...yes, something is wrong with me); power strike (a jumping side-to-side move that includes punches); jump hooks (for me these were squat hooks - do 4 hooks, squat low - do 4 more hooks, then jump rope, switch sides); and plank punches (hold the plank and punch your arms forward one at a time).
This is what the people in the video (and us too) looked like when we were done...
Ha, ha, ha...awe, Insanity, how I love to hate thee.
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