Insanity Workout Day 11: Eating Before Pure Cardio - Shaun T Says It is a No No...I Agree

1-15-10: In the midst of a productive day, I had to squeeze in a the Pure Cardio workout. This meant that immediately after having lunch at the Loon River Cafe (15 Mile and Van Dyke), I had to get home and do the workout. Interesting side note...at the restaurant I had a venison chili. The nutritional facts for this item have been difficult to find thus far.

Challenge number...7...is working out immediately after eating. As if I did not have enough other reasons to take breaks during the workout. Now my angry tummy became a factor as well. Shaun T mentions you should not eat right before working out as there is not enough time for the body to convert that into a positive energy for the workout. In fact, there may be a decrease in energy due to the body spending energy on digestion. Ideally, eating a small meal one hour before the workout is the way to go.

Now, that I've thrown another excuse out there, I feel I should acknowledge that only 10 of the 30-70 breaks were probably a result of this tummy issue. In addition, half of those 10 were probably used as an excuse even though it wasn't really that bad. But, I fought through, and the 12 buckets of sweat led me to believe I did something positive.

Vince has suggested I also start mentioning a few of the individual exercises. A great idea. I will start that with the next post. The idea will be to kind of educate the readers on what some of the Insanity workout is all about, while also providing insights as to my personal most hated exercises (which currently there is about a 40 way tie. Also note that I will not mention my favorite exercises. There are no favorites).