Well I made it through the first bit of the insanity and mooched through the recovery week, then have been away and other things in the way, like no carpet and having to move the TV and stuff whilst on the MAX.
MAX insanity is like Insanity only longer. It is now tiring, and makes you max sweat – but isn’t really harder than the first part, it is just that things take longer – sessions are now about 45 – 50 minutes rather then 30. Its also getting really boring. I tried the MAX recovery today, because the carpets are supposed to be fitted, and we don’t have a TV – it was rubbish. There was a lot of squat type exercises, which do burn your legs, but also really knacker my knees up. So rather than stopping because of the no pain no gain mantra, it was because my knees were hurting enough for me to stop – that’s no good as an exercise regime.
Lost a stone in total so far, and the last couple of weeks have seen an increase on the beer, and last week I was away in Ipswich with work so had beers and burgers for two days – and a bit of a drink up on Friday. But will be good this week, then another normal week, then I am away for my birthday – but that is then the last week. So I will have to decide what to do next – I think run and do some of the Insanity workouts a couple of times a week.
So its still doing a job, but I feel the first round of insanity was the better one, but with another 3 weeks to go we will see.