Day 26: PURE CARDIO and CARDIO ABS

Glad to cross this one off one last time. I ate way, way too much yesterday and slept in this morning, so I was feeling lazy Saturday all over the place. But once again, the warmup was no indicator of anything, as I felt bleh during the first round of it and by the middle of the second, I was loosened up and pouring it on. You just have to get started. I really wanted to nail this one as another personal best because as much as I hate it, I think it's probably the most beneficial to your performance of all the month 1 routines. I was able to get through all of the power jacks but had to skip the first 15 seconds of the level 2 drills. Then, I had to take another 20-second rest toward the end of the frog jumps. There -- now when you do this one, see if you can beat me!

I do the drills a bit slower than they do, too -- consider doing ALL the reps in the drill rather than try to match their speed. What I mean is, do 8 slowly before you move on to the floor sprints; don't bang out 3 to their 8 and move on with them. I've seen better performance increase by doing it this way the last couple of weeks.

That middle section is a bear, and if you can get to the end of the frog jumps, the rest is cake by comparison. In Cardio Abs, I usually need to take a brief rest once during the double leg lifts. I do like Cardio Abs and will miss it.

One more day of month 1, and it's my favorite tomorrow, the Plyo Cardio Circuit.