Day 39: MAX RECOVERY

What the hell is this? I was looking forward to "recovery" today. I'm sore and crabby and have absolutely no energy, and was so relieved I didn't have to do one of the "real" Max workouts today. Should have known better. Who'd have predicted I'd enjoy Max Interval Plyo but find Max Recovery to be completely off the chain?

The muscle-building in this one is really insane. I didn't put my all into it. I couldn't. I'm the pushup queen and I barely did a fraction of all of these. The number/variety of pushup/plank work you do is nuts, and so is the plie work, which goes on forever. I'm probably going to dread this workout. I'm sure if I were using this at a non-Insanity time of life, I would push hard and enjoy it, but my muscles have met their match this week. I'm also right on the cusp of "that time," and I feel pretty lousy. My knees did enjoy the break, though. My shoulder also feels fine. I think that was just a minor blip.

I guess this is sort of a yoga-ish routine, although I don't like his variations and especially all the repetitive back rounding when coming to standing. I think for many this could be injurious -- much better to lift with a flat back and lead with the chest as we do in yoga. As far as deep muscle work goes, this was fantastic (in theory). As far as yoga goes, while it's nice to see him introduce side angle and side plank and some other postures, it's not very comprehensive and a lot of the movements felt weird or awkward. I doubt many people will agree with me, however. I do really love the standing ab work. But I felt distracted and all I could think was:

"THERE IS LEFTOVER PIZZA IN THE REFRIGERATOR."