‘Recovery’ week (day 29-35)

If you get through this week without sweating at least half as much as you did in Month 1 you are not working hard enough. Insanity for me never gets easy, you just work harder. There is less jumping which I found allowed my muscles (and what feels like my bones!) to recover. You may feel like cruising through this week, completing the moves without giving it your all, but remember it’s not a holiday week! If you slow down too much, this will just mean a bigger shock in Month 2. Yes your muscles need to recover, but still push it! Some of you extremely fit people may not find this week challenging enough. The advice out there is contradictory. Do we trust Shaun-T and do this and only this for a week? Will I feel like keeling over on Day 1 of Month 2 (Day 36) just because of the acceleration after this slower pace? Only tomorrow will tell. I found towards the end of the week, the routine was getting a lot easier and I was able to keep up and didn’t need to stop. If you are itching for more (doubt it!) I would suggest doing some additional low impact exercise after e.g. abdominal exercises but avoid running or any high impact exercise. I would also avoid swapping the rest day this week for another one. Make sure you have the rest day before Day 36.  

 
If it’s as hard as they say…

I am embarrassingly fearful of tomorrow (Day 36). Friends have warned me that this one is horrific. Like all the previous ones, do NOT watch the DVD before you start. This is not an exam; if you revise you will fail! If you watch the craziness and talk yourself down before it has even started you are sure to watch more than you actually do. Writing this already means I am thinking about it too much. In the works of Nike, and surely to be easier said than done, “Just Do It.”

Until tomorrow, wish me luck.