Only 4:30 to my next break, I can do this! I kind of did it. The four and a half minutes flew by and there was another break. LOVED the next set, all power jumps and high knees, which modified meant mostly high knees which I kind of rock at. But what really ticks me off is that had I pushed through for another freaking 25 seconds, I would have made it to the next water break at 13:00. The second set is all planks and pushups tabata-style, 4 different moves, repeated twice.

I made it to the second water break at 8:30. Oh crap, its all LUNGES! Four moves, 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, repeated twice. If youвЂ™re not familiar, Tabata is 20 seconds of a high intensity move (or in my case, modified) followed by a 10 second break. Somebody shoot me! What the hell did I get myself into? I effing HATE cardio!! The 4 minute warm-up had effing lunges in it! LUNGES people!! I hate those jerks more than cardio itself! Ok, but just for 30 seconds, repeated twiceвЂ¦I survived.ДЈ0 second break before the Tabata madness begins. through the screenвЂ¦but I just donвЂ™t have the energy. Sometimes its uber helpful and other times i think IвЂ™m done and realize theres still 28 god-forsaken seconds left and I want to throat-punch Shaun T. I think that knowing the time of each move is your frienemy. The moves are about 30-45 seconds each and you repeat them 3 times in each set. IвЂ™m actually not sure if I even tried to finish the rest of the set, its all a blur really. I think it was the scissor stance jacks that did me in and IвЂ™m not sure I could have held out for 2 and half more minutes until the last break. So if you can push through, youвЂ™ll get your breaks without maxing out. The good thing is that there is a 30 second break every 5 minutes. Then you get a 30 second break before he jumps right into the hard stuff. I use that term loosely, it is still pretty intense. It starts with a вЂњwarm upвЂќ for the first 5 minutes. I was sweating, I was pushing hard and I may have even cried a little during вЂњplank-jack/in and out absвЂќ. And that doesnвЂ™t mean it was easy up until then. I was just sure that I could do the modified version with easeвЂ¦WRONG! I maxed out at 17:27. Ive been doing Beachbody workouts for over a year. So for my records, I was fit enough to make it through 17 min and 29 seconds of the modified (low impact) version before I needed to take a break.

вЂњCardio ChallengeвЂќ is the fit test for IM:30. workout before, there is a вЂњfit testвЂќ that you take at the beginning and the end to gauge your progress. HeвЂ™s cute, his form is bad and heвЂ™s better than me at 5 years old. Oh and my son sometimes decides to do it with me. So here it is, week one! My experience, my loves, my hates, my struggles and my tips for surviving. I often have people scared to do a program because it seems too hard but they are afraid they wonвЂ™t see results if they modify. I saw before and after pics of a girl that followed the modifier for only 30 days and she had INSANE results!Д¤. I just finished Body Beast and I was super вЂњcardio-lightвЂќ for awhile and I was scared of an intense cardio routine.ДЈ. The modifier track is really cool and I wanted to try it out.Дў. I decided to follow the modifier for the whole 60 day program for a few reasonsДЎ. IM:30В is the first Beachbody program to offer a modifier track where the person modifying the moves (doing a low impact version of the workout) is on the screen the whole time.

YouвЂ™re competing with yourself and getting better and stronger as a result. I am extremely competitive so this is fun for me. Each time you do that workout, you try to go a little longer and push a little further than the last time. When you finally hit your max and need to take a break, you write down the time. If you havenвЂ™t heard of it, the point of the program is to go as hard as you can for as long as you can. So week one of Insanity Max:30 is done! I freaking LOVE IT! ItвЂ™s intense, it is fun, it is HARD and Shaun T. (It seriously took me half an hour to get that photo at the top) I also welcome ANY advice on any of my screw-ups you see along the way. Finally, my first post on my new page! This has taken waaay longer than expected so I appreciate your patience with me, especially because I really shouldnвЂ™t be allowed to вЂњdo technologyвЂќ.

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