Day 29 - Recovery Week

Yesterday was the 1st day of my week 5 Recovery Week. It's supposed to be Core Cardio and Balance all week but I have the Deluxe version so I wanted to check out Max Interval Sports Training. I figure since it's 54 minutes (what?!), I'd do it on Sun, Wed and Fri when I have more time, and then the Core Cardio on Mon, Tues and Thurs when my girls have dance. My assessment is below...

Max Interval Sports Training:

This workout is 54 minutes long. The workout starts with one warm-up circuit that is repeated for 2 rounds with no breaks in between, for a total warm-up of about 9 minutes. Then, the main workout is numerous sports based drills in a circuit format. Each circuit is done once, and each drill in the circuit is 30 seconds to 1 minute long. There are water breaks at various points throughout the circuits and in between the circuits. The workout ends with a cool down stretch.

Warm-Up Circuit: (not too bad; I was still sweating but not as much as the regular warmups)

• Jump Rope
• Jump Rope – Switch Heels
• Jump Rope – Switch Heels Higher
• Jump Rope Side to Side
• Cross Jacks
• Knee Pulls – High
• Knee Pulls – Low
• Knee Pulls – Hand to Floor

Boxing Circuit: (I enjoyed this one. Really fun and powerful)

• Jab Across
• Jab Across 2 & 2
• Jab Across 4 & 4
• Jab Across 8 & 8
• Uppercuts
• Uppercuts 2 & 2
• Uppercuts 4 & 4
• Uppercuts 8 & 8
• 8 Jabs/8 Power Jumps

Football Circuit: (Hate. Hate. Hate. lol I'm not a guy so football is not my thing...)

• Football Drills
• Tricep Pulses
• Tackle
• Offensive Line Elbow

Basketball Circuit: (this one is ok. It worked me out, just wasn't too fun)

• 3 Point Shot – Run
• Guard Drills
• Suicide Drills
• Basketball Dribble

Gymnastics Circuit: (this one was really hard. My 9 year old dancer/gymnast had no problem with these. I, on the other hand, looked like a spastic frog, especially on the pike jump and bronco jumps. You basically lean over in a V-push up stance, then push your feet off the ground and jump up into a sort of handstand. Not easy, and OMG it hurts).

• Pike Jump
• Pendulum
• 6 Inches Hold
• Flutter Kicks
• Scissors
• V-Push Ups
• Bronco Jumps

Track and Field Circuit: (just running. I just finished C25K so this was easy lol)

• Ladders – 15
• Ladders – 30
• Ladders – 45
• Ladders – 60
• Ladders – 45
• Ladders – 30
• Ladders – 15
• Long Jump

The Max Interval Sports Training workout is one of my favorite Insanity workouts, even if it is a bit long. You do a ton of new sports orientated exercises in this workout including boxing, football, basketball, gymnastics, and track and field. Shaun T drills you and pushes you like he is your coach, making you feel like it is game day and you are in it to win it. The gymnastics jumps are so different than any other exercise I have done before so I think it's definitely challenging and keeps you a little more engaged if you've gotten complacent so far. Overall, I think this workout is really fun and makes you forget how hard you are working out!