DVD - Fit Test
The following are my Fit Test results, with the improvement from Fit Test #3 in parentheses:
Switch Kicks 70 (+ 1)
Power Jacks 70 (+ 1)
Power Knees 124 (+ 5)
Power Jumps 52 (+ 8)
Globe Jumps 10 (+ 1)
Suicide Jumps 22 (+ 2)
Push-up Jacks 29 (+ 3)
Low Plank Oblique 68 (+ 8)
My improvement since the beginning:
Switch Kicks (because of the counting and math snafu, I'm not including this figure)
Power Jacks (+ 15)
Power Knees (+ 23)
Power Jumps (+ 20)
Globe Jumps (+ 5)
Suicide Jumps (+ 6)
Push-Up Jacks (+ 9)
Low Plank Oblique (+ 22)
2 weeks from today I will take this Fit Test for the 5th and last time as part of the 63-day Insanity boot camp.
I can’t believe how much of an improvement I made in some of the exercises! The intensity of the workouts these last 2 weeks has clearly made a big difference.
I did 8 more Power Jumps this time. My improvement between previous Fit Tests had been 6. Overall, I’ve improved by 20 reps since the pre-Insanity Fit Test. I improved by 7 Power Jacks, which surprised me since I’d only improved by 1 rep last time AND my knees had been so sore when I’d tried them yesterday (today they didn’t bother me at all).
When we do our Switch Kicks, the chart that came inside the Insanity package says that 2 kicks = one rep. I’ve only improve by 1 rep each time, while the girl in the video (Tanya) has improved by 30, which according to the chart would mean 60 more kicks. I’ve been thinking for a while there was something off with their count here, because she says she started at 80 and after the 9 weeks is at 110.
80 reps means 160 kicks. 110 reps means 220 kicks. That just isn’t physically possibly (or so I tell myself as I look at my measly 70 reps). Done for a minute, that means she’s doing somewhere between 3 and 4 kicks a second.
I call bullshit just on the math.
Today after I was done I decided I was going to count the number of kicks they did on the video. This was made a little hard because the cameras switch back and forth between Tanya & Chris (the guy in the video) doing the kicks, but I figure I’d just count every kick I saw between the two of them for an average. Counting Chris alone would make the number smaller - he doesn’t move quite as fast as Tanya. Conversely, counting Tanya alone would have slightly raised the numbers.
I counted 116. Kicks, not reps. Divided by 2 to get reps, that’s 58 reps.
They simply must be counting kicks, not reps. If so, and I am convinced it IS so, I’m pretty happy with my 140 kicks today. Even if it is only 2 more kicks, 1 little rep more, I’m still kicking the ass of the two Beach Body coaches on the DVD. Take that, Tanya & Chris!
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Day 16
DVD - Plyometric Cardio Circuit
I noticed a breakthrough this evening. I made it through the first interval circuit set with minimal breaks; one, maybe two per circuit that lasted about 5 seconds each. But when I took the breaks, it tended to be toward the end of an interval circuit, when I knew the 30 second rest break was coming up. An extra 5 or 10 seconds per 2-minute circuit is a lot better than multiple breaks that total more. With any luck, I'll be able to get through all of the first circuit without any extra breaks, just in time for the 2nd month and 2nd set of DVDs.
The second interval circuit set was a little harder to push through than it has been. I'm pretty sure this is because I expended more energy up front by being and staying stronger during the first interval set. This mirrors the crew pretty well: they all fall off at some point during the second set of intervals.
What is interesting to me is that at the same time as I am adapting to the workout, it really isn't getting any easier. I'm just able to get more of everything done, and with better form. The nice thing about Cardio Circuit Training is that your body never completely adapts to the workout, which means you will never plateau as long as you give it all you've got each time. You'll get faster and do more reps in the allotted time, but your ass is still going to be kicked after each workout just as hard as it was the first (albeit with less soreness later). I like that. A lot.
I noticed a breakthrough this evening. I made it through the first interval circuit set with minimal breaks; one, maybe two per circuit that lasted about 5 seconds each. But when I took the breaks, it tended to be toward the end of an interval circuit, when I knew the 30 second rest break was coming up. An extra 5 or 10 seconds per 2-minute circuit is a lot better than multiple breaks that total more. With any luck, I'll be able to get through all of the first circuit without any extra breaks, just in time for the 2nd month and 2nd set of DVDs.
The second interval circuit set was a little harder to push through than it has been. I'm pretty sure this is because I expended more energy up front by being and staying stronger during the first interval set. This mirrors the crew pretty well: they all fall off at some point during the second set of intervals.
What is interesting to me is that at the same time as I am adapting to the workout, it really isn't getting any easier. I'm just able to get more of everything done, and with better form. The nice thing about Cardio Circuit Training is that your body never completely adapts to the workout, which means you will never plateau as long as you give it all you've got each time. You'll get faster and do more reps in the allotted time, but your ass is still going to be kicked after each workout just as hard as it was the first (albeit with less soreness later). I like that. A lot.
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