1-30-10: I made it past sprinting in the third iteration of the warm-up. I made it halfway through the hyperspeed jumping jacks as well, but still needed a few breaks. I feel I am in a good spot though. I can force myself through the hyper butt kicks and the hyper high knees and while I stop hyper mummy kicks a 5-10 seconds early to catch my breath before stretching (which oddly starts off with breathing, but whatever), I know I could push through those if the motivation of getting through the whole warm-up was on the line. The other main roadblock is the hyper Heisman. The Hyper 1-2-3 Heisman isn’t as bad because there is a shuffle step break in between the Heisman which is definitely not a Cardio break, but at least gives the quads a break. That is why the hyper Heisman is still a formidable foe. I can do it at a slower pace, but that isn’t what the almighty Shaun T wants in the third iteration. He wants me to push it. He wants hyper. He wants insane. The non-hyper Heisman will not do. Still, not ridiculously far out on this one.
I made it through most of the first iteration of the workout as well. The power jacks (or…is it a slight variation…still jumping into a squat position and jumping up…just not sure if there is a slight variation on what you do with the arms) were burning in that first round, but I grunted and screamed and clawed and made it through the first time. I also climbed the mountain. Good ole mountain climbers. Of course, I needed to break when skiing down the mountain. I have gone cross-country skiing and downhill skiing and neither compare to this tomfoolery. It actually reminds me of watching my friend Joe attempt the moguls run the only time I went downhill skiing. A lot of crazy leg action was necessary…that…well…he didn’t have at the time. It was more of a “hey Dave! You fell down a bazillion times today. Watch me do the moguls to attempt to even things up”. Still, this is what the ski downs remind me of and I certainly do not have the crazy leg action necessary at the moment.
The rest of the workout was better than before. Still a lot of breaks, but I definitely felt improvement this time around. Yes, instead of only doing half of the actual workout, I think I probably did about 60%, so I’m kind of passing.
Tomorrow I am throwing in a Pure Cardio and Cardio Ab workout at Vin-a’s instead of recovery for two reasons. Initially it was just so that we could cross-motivate and get a workout in together this weekend, but I am also using it to adjust my weekly schedule so that recovery will now fall on Mondays.
Side nutrition note. While gung-ho about this new meal plan strategy, I already have several major cheat days in mind. One will be a day or set of days in early March (or whenever…it changes yearly) at Sarz’s annual b-day party. As part of his b-day I will demand a massive Meijer run and it will probably be the first time I have pop this year (caffeine is essential at his parties…so are 148 Swiss cake rolls). Another will be mid-October for my annual four day Halloween movie marathon. Again, a source of caffeine will be necessary along with a few extra thousand calories of delicious goodness. I am not bound by Shaun T’s nutritional laws. I will just be pretty good…most of the time.
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