After the first month is complete, there is supposed to be a
day off (Day 28). But since I took Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off from Insanity,
I skipped it and went straight to Day 29 – Core Cardio and Balance. This is
supposed to be a “recovery” week but I thought the workout was still pretty
intense.
It began with a short warmup, using a couple of different
exercises from the previous videos, but each was a full minute. Then was the
requisite stretching section.
Then there was a series of one minute activities – most were
slightly new takes on activities from the earlier workouts, and some were
combinations. I actually enjoyed most of them. I really felt myself working my
core, and while each was challenging, I found myself able to concentrate and
really work my muscles. Until we got to
the hip abductor burners!
Standing on one leg, you do three sets of 30 second
exercises – lift your knee up and down, touching the floor; then holding it up
in a high knee position, do pulses up and down; then holding in a high knee
position, move the leg out and in (straighten and bend). Wow! These were tough,
and I was shaky. I had to stop several times as the burning started. But at least now I know what I need to work
on.
The final set of exercises was difficult as well, mostly
because you stayed in an outward squat position the entire time. The concentration was Shoulder Burners though…
Keeping your arms straight out, you first did pulses, then some circles, then
over your head… You get the picture. The shoulder part was ok; I could pretty
much work through that burn. But the
squat was the difficult part.
Overall, a pretty good muscle workout I think. Not so
intense as the cardio sessions, but not as boring as the pure stretching days.
We will see how I feel after 6 days straight of it though. Gym after work I hope!
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