Insanity Workout Day 9: Insurrection (Day off)

1-13-10: So, today was my day off. Hmm. Thank God! So, after another poor sleep, I woke up entirely exhausted. Not terribly sore, but very, very exhausted, my body in complete revolt. So much that I could not get out of bed until I made myself late for work (I would have gotten to work earlier if I had worked out). Insane level of exhaustion.

At work, I went out to lunch for a birthday. Chinese buffet. I can only imagine what this did for my meal schedule. Let alone how I was even more ridiculously tired after this meal than before. Let alone my body not being at all happy with the change of fuel consumption habits. It was damned delicious however. I still had my five meals, but I limited the calories for all of them. I figure the...1500(?) calories had at the buffet would certainly be enough. I love buffets (Challenge 19).

After work, I went to play two hours of basketball. This seemed like a good idea for my day off. In theory. In practice, I very quickly surmised that I would not be able to do the Insanity workout the following morning. I would have to do it after work. Thankfully, this kind of fell into place as I have Friday off, and getting back on schedule should not be too big of a problem (a decent night of sleep Thursday night should help a ton).

Basketball was a ton of fun, even if I was horribly out of shape. It is impossible to determine at what level the Insanity workouts helped me. I started off strong, but burnt out fairly quickly. This could be a combination of things: Too early in workout, muscles too exhausted, sleep exhaustion, long day of work beforehand. What I did decide was that this will be another baramoter to discover the beneficial aspects of this workout. Now there is the fitness test/weight/general appearance combined with the basketball test (speed, agility, jumping, endurance) to discover the physical attribute improvements.