Insanity Max Interval Plyo - OH MY GOODNESS! I'm pretty sure I spent most of this workout cursing Shaun T. It's all part of the love, hate, love relationship we have with each other. It was the same old, same old warm-up followed by stretching, then we got down to business. I found myself saying several times today, "we did this in P90X plyo." I was happy about that since it helped me modify some of the moves. First was the switch jumps - a P90X move (in fact in P90X we had to jump all the way around in a circle), so we knocked these out without any problems. Squat push-ups were next - OH MY! I loved these! These were the type of move you don't forget and you add into future workouts; just a great exercise. These were followed by wide in and outs. These weren't too bad (don't tell Chris I did them); you get into the plank position, but keep your legs wide, then you jump in and back out. I think keeping my legs wide helped because I did them and felt fine (I might be singing a different tune tomorrow). The last exercise before repeating this set 3 times was power jumps (another P90X move) which I just squated for (I do want to be able to run tomorrow).
After repeating 3 times we did V-pushups...one legged. We did these in P90X too, just not one legged. They were not bad at all. Then it was time for the next set of repeat exercises. It started off with something called Pogo. I laughed and told the girls that sounded like a toy I had as a kid...um, yea, it was. You stand on one leg, bend down, and then hop into the air. I did the move but didn't hop in the air, just did a calf raise. We did one similar to this in P90X too (told you I'd say that a lot!). The next move was a power push-up. Um, I did some of these too (don't tell anyone)...I just wanted to see if I could do them. You do a pushup and then jump your feet up and "stand" (you stay bent over and touch your toes), then jump back to push-up. After a few, I just started walking my feet in to help with any back/knee pain. Next was a lateral frog jump with a rainbow type arm move (yep, we did something similar to this in P90X); and then we finished the set with 16 pushups/16 mountain climber type move - um, yea. By the third round my arms were on fire from all those push-ups.
In between sets we did Mary Caterines and hop squats. Nothing crazy. I was starting to get nervous though, I wasn't sure I could do another set of repeat exercises, and after I saw the first move I got really nervous.
More push-ups, only this time they were a sideways type thing. They're hard to explain, but once you get set-up they aren't difficult to do. I really liked the next exercise - kickstand touch the floor; you get into the lunge position, then you bring your leg forward, jump up, and come back into the lunge. It was fun (just be careful how you land so you don't mess up your knee...I stopped jumping after a few). Next was 8 power knees/4 diamond jacks (for me that was power knees and some squats). The last move was a balance push-up - seriously?! Because my arms aren't jello already?! It's a pushup followed by an extended arm/leg when you push-up. Crazy, but super effective. I actually liked them. I was busy mentally preparing myself to do this two more times, when suddenly they started stretching - oh sweet happiness, we were done!!! Most of the workouts I feel like, that's it, but not this one. I was never so happy to see it end. It was a great workout, and I learned some moves (squat push-ups, kickstand touch floor, pogo) that I will add to my fitness routine in the future (because there is no way I'd ever repeat Insanity again...that would just be insane) ;)
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